Polenicus wrote:Your effects are coming along nicely! And I like the almost casual way Blade dealt with their attackers (Not even watching as he deflects the shots of chibi-Ruination, instead watching Strarf, then harpooning the poor guy and smashing him with a single punch)
being the oldest toy in my collection he's alredy very experienced when it comes to wars and stuff like that
(that and the fact that Blade's half decent articulation and lack of alternate hands dont leave another choice when it comes to posing, good thing i already have a solution for that heheheh)
i still have to try and fine tune some fx though, photoshop CS is not exactly user friendly when it comes to certain FX...
although i pretty much envy your mad skillz on gimp
... which is a living hell for me (compared to photoshop)
Polenicus wrote:As for the issue you mentioned before about shots being out of focus, this is an undocumented feature of autofocus on all cameras equipped with it. Autofocus is made from equal parts Evil and Retard, which means when you line up the most epic shot you've ever arranged, your camera will decide instead of focusing on the items filling the focus target area, it will focus on the small speck of junk on the floor in the far left corner of the shot, putting everything JUST enough out of focus that it's unusable, even though it looks okay on the dinky LCD screen.
To combat this, I personally take the following measures:
1. Take each shot at least twice. I've taken the shame shot, with the same lighting and same settings, and gotten two utterly different results. Yay fuzzy logic!
2. Take the same shot with varying settings. Vary the exposure, ISO, etc. What looks good on the camera's LCD screen may look like crap on your computer, and vice versa, so having a variety ensures a greater chance of getting the best possible pic to use.
3. After taking the shot, use the camera's review feature to check it, then digitally zoom in to the part of the picture that SHOULD be in focus. If it is in focus, details will be crisp and sharp when you zoom in, right up to jaggies. If not, you will see a lot of fuzz. If you see fuzz on what should be sharp, retake shots.
4. If you're having trouble getting the autofocus to focus on what you want, move the camera slightly. I've found even a few millimeters of change can suddenly snap a shot into focus. Again, yay fuzzy logic.
5. Increase the lighting. The more light you have, the better the shot will be, period.
i already am using some of those "tricks" to make my comic look decent... but the rest are pretty mush impossible to accomplish with my
current camera and to be honest i cant get a new one until i get the money to get a new laptop...
