This is a casual variation on a reading circle. There is no real obligation to read each others' stories (although many of us do read each others' work already anyway), and no structured weekly discus...
@lone_cat Aww, I remember asking what preset you use early on in your chapters because I love your colors. I tried to follow the tutorial for Clear Bloom on Pictureamoebae’s tumblr, but I can’t seem to understand it. I’ll try again after this! :)
@ThePlumbob @SnuffyBucket Thanks! I’m glad the props I used look part of the game. Last thing I want is for them to take center focus. I’m glad you like the ‘make happier’ edits too!
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"ThePlumbob;c-17625338" wrote: @mercuryfoam Oh wow, that's a lot of tools! I'm lucky since I get the Adobe Suite through work, so I just use Photoshop for everything (really, I should be less lazy and actually do more with it haha)
I thought your pictures are already pretty. I was already gushing in the earlier chapters! :lol: Imo pictures are simply the writer’s personalisation and taste. If the default colors are pretty enough as it is so, there’s no reason to use a third party software. I’m just stubborn about the story direction so I have to learn to include objects. :)
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I've tried to use in-game lighting to emphasise mood, like the second part of Weird Juice where I turned off all the lights in the room to denote that the situation was going downhill, or having Melinda in the pitch dark room and her parents in an overly bright one in Foil in the Microwave
Ooh I’ve never thought of that! That’s a good point actually, to use in-game lighting as filters. It’s possible too since we’re able to tweak color and brightness of the lights in the room! I don't think what I do is anything noteworthy. It's a skill anyone can pick up. I'll show you in the tut below.
How did you get those 6 TV screens to work so seamlessly?
I’ll use pictures so I don’t send you another wall of text. :blush:
I didn't keep the save so I'm using a different example but same technique. #1 I have the main photo opened in gimp. https://i.ibb.co/wd8ngQP/T1.png
It's on a layer of its own. https://i.ibb.co/6vnVFTP/t2.png
#2 I add the 'security photo' into the same project https://i.ibb.co/p4NWrkt/T3.png
Notice how this photo is not combined with the first one. It's on its own layer. https://i.ibb.co/42b2SBW/t4.png
#3 Because it's on its own layer, I can resize, and grayscale the photo without affecting the first one. https://i.ibb.co/TqYw7Xm/t5.png
#4 I use the perspective tool to modify the angle of the photo and fit it into the the tv screen. https://i.ibb.co/1MBCW3v/t6.png
#5 Cut out Thayne's silhouette on a 'Layer Mask'. https://i.ibb.co/XkW9sNM/t8.png
This is a 'Layer Mask'. It means you are not cutting the photo directly. There won't be a 'hole' in your picture. (A bit technical. It's not important.) https://i.ibb.co/P9m80kq/t7.png
#6 Tada! First 'security photo done'. Repeat for how many TV screens you have in your main photo lol. :) https://i.ibb.co/gFBwdTK/t9.png
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