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What is this amazing effect?

stitchstitch Posts: 10
edited October 2018 in The Commons

How did he achieve this?

 

See here: https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/661166

Post edited by Chohole on

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    Photo editing such as photoshop and lighting. 

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,751

    I agree with Serene Night, although some of the special effects can be done in Daz Studio and then enhanced in photoshop as well.

  • GreymomGreymom Posts: 1,139

    A vendor called designfera (at the other place) has a number of Photoshop effect brushes that could probably be used to duplicate that hand effect.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,970

    I see what looks to be manual painting over the image as well - so while there is probably photoshop effects at work, there looks to be quite a bit of manual post work and painting done as well.

  • E-ArkhamE-Arkham Posts: 733

    All of that guy's work is really good.  Very underrated and undervoted imo.

  • mwokeemwokee Posts: 1,275

    I do a lot of composites, looks to me we mostly used the blur tool in Photoshop. Perhaps the smudge tool to drag out the hair on the blond.

    The light thingy in the hand of the darker woman could be from a photoshop brush (one click POOF there it is) or a PSD file. Daz sells both, look up artist Deviney. I'm going to lean towards a PSD dropped in because of how far the light extends to the left.

    The background was probably a finished image then blurred. Some touch up with other brushes. Probably took less than 15 minutes to do the background if the artist has his workflows mastered.

    Maybe that's how I should make my millions, create tutorials on how to create these types of images. I mostly do online stock, that's turning into a dead end these days.

    I would say the image took 30 minutes to make after the renders were complete. Just getting the clothing, hair, and bodies manipulated could have been several hours.

    Once you have a library of backgrounds, brushes, and the workflows figured out it doesn't take much. Damn the rendering time and figure setups.

  • zombietaggerungzombietaggerung Posts: 3,844

    I would bet that the only thing in that image that's rendered are the figures. Their hair, clothes, the magic effects and probably the background is painted in probably Photoshop.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,970
    mwokee said:

     

    I would say the image took 30 minutes to make after the renders were complete.

     

    Funny... 

    There is lots of actual brush work in that image - I SERIOUSLY doubt it took only 30 minutes. 

     

  • mwokeemwokee Posts: 1,275
    Divamakeup said:
    mwokee said:

     

    I would say the image took 30 minutes to make after the renders were complete.

     

    Funny... 

    There is lots of actual brush work in that image - I SERIOUSLY doubt it took only 30 minutes. 

     

    There are many, many Photoshop brushes, tools, tricks, and cheats. I've had this discussion before with others, just because someone isn't familiar with various techniques doesn't mean they can't be done.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,970
    mwokee said:
    Divamakeup said:
    mwokee said:

     

    I would say the image took 30 minutes to make after the renders were complete.

     

    Funny... 

    There is lots of actual brush work in that image - I SERIOUSLY doubt it took only 30 minutes. 

     

    There are many, many Photoshop brushes, tools, tricks, and cheats. I've had this discussion before with others, just because someone isn't familiar with various techniques doesn't mean they can't be done.

    Photoshop is a program I'm very familiar with and have been studying and using for over 2 decades. I've gotten very familiar with the program, it's "tips and tricks" and what can and can't be "faked". Which is why I highly doubt that it's a 30 minute image.

  • mwokeemwokee Posts: 1,275
    Divamakeup said:
    mwokee said:
    Divamakeup said:
    mwokee said:

     

    I would say the image took 30 minutes to make after the renders were complete.

     

    Funny... 

    There is lots of actual brush work in that image - I SERIOUSLY doubt it took only 30 minutes. 

     

    There are many, many Photoshop brushes, tools, tricks, and cheats. I've had this discussion before with others, just because someone isn't familiar with various techniques doesn't mean they can't be done.

    Photoshop is a program I'm very familiar with and have been studying and using for over 2 decades. I've gotten very familiar with the program, it's "tips and tricks" and what can and can't be "faked". Which is why I highly doubt that it's a 30 minute image.

    Where do you live? Don't make me come over there and show you how to do it. :-) Seriously though, I said the BACKGROUND can be done in 30 minutes. I use Daz to create base images for backgrounds and then apply various brushes and Photoshop functions as needed. I also use photographs for backgrounds and use brushes to alter. The work done on the figures took longer but looks like blur and smudge tool work. I've done the same with figures I've rendered. I can't paint which has forced me to learn how to cheat.
  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704
    edited October 2018

    The image is nice, but I am struck that the blonde is very close to cutting off a chunk of her own flowing locks. I find that rather distracting I'm afraid. Kind of awkard, but certainly dramatic if all the hair wasn't in danger....devil

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  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621
    Serene Night said:

    The image is nice, but I am struck that the blonde is very close to cutting off a chunk of her own flowing locks. I find that rather distracting I'm afraid. Kind of awkard, but certainly dramatic if all the hair wasn't in danger....devil

    Well they are seconds from a certain death anyway, free falling, so losing her hair is no biggydevil I think the image is beautiful

  • MarcCCTxMarcCCTx Posts: 943

    If you want some glowy hand effects: https://www.daz3d.com/muelsfell-storm-of-magic-iray-fx

    Not the same as in the picture also has alot of other magic effects that are renderable. (Then enhance in photoshop if you want).

  • thistledownsnamethistledownsname Posts: 1,336
    Serene Night said:

    The image is nice, but I am struck that the blonde is very close to cutting off a chunk of her own flowing locks. I find that rather distracting I'm afraid. Kind of awkard, but certainly dramatic if all the hair wasn't in danger....devil

    If she continues her swing across the top of her head, yes.  But it would be a weak shot.  She's probably reversing it for a long arc out to her right instead - look how torqued up the torso is.  But that off-hand isn't going to help for either of those swings.  She could transition to a vertical chop and bring in the off-hand, but I'm pretty sure it would miss because of her relative angle to the target.  She could actually be in mid-kick too I suppose, but she's too close-in for it to be effective.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    I suspect she is jumping and the dark woman is floating, I don’t think they are falling because the dark girl’s hair isn’t moving sufficiently and the blonde is going sidewise as her hair is streaming back not up.

     

  • dragotxdragotx Posts: 1,147
    thistledownsname said:
    Serene Night said:

    The image is nice, but I am struck that the blonde is very close to cutting off a chunk of her own flowing locks. I find that rather distracting I'm afraid. Kind of awkard, but certainly dramatic if all the hair wasn't in danger....devil

    If she continues her swing across the top of her head, yes.  But it would be a weak shot.  She's probably reversing it for a long arc out to her right instead - look how torqued up the torso is.  But that off-hand isn't going to help for either of those swings.  She could transition to a vertical chop and bring in the off-hand, but I'm pretty sure it would miss because of her relative angle to the target.  She could actually be in mid-kick too I suppose, but she's too close-in for it to be effective.

    With the distance between them and the apparent relative velocities and trajectories, it looks to me like she's aiming for a body block to purple ladie's midsection, then a heavy two-handed backward slash as they rebound off each other

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,272
    edited October 2018

    Looking at other images by the same artist, the magic effect is probably partially the result of several small hidden "ghost" mesh lights, while the flame effects may have been produced in a program like Flame Painter https://www.escapemotions.com/products/flamepainter/index.php  Some of the blurring definitely feels like the PS smudge tool, but there also seems to be a selective motion blur on the blonde figure.    

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  • GreymomGreymom Posts: 1,139
    Cybersox said:

    Looking at other images by the same artist, the magic effect is probably partially the result of several small hidden "ghost" mesh lights, while the flame effects may have been produced in a program like Flame Painter https://www.escapemotions.com/products/flamepainter/  ; Some of the blurring definitely feels like the PS smudge tool, but there also seems to be a selective motion blur on the blonde figure.    

    You are right - that could be Flamepainter.  I had forgotten about that software - need to consider getting it.

  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631
    Cybersox said:

    Looking at other images by the same artist, the magic effect is probably partially the result of several small hidden "ghost" mesh lights, while the flame effects may have been produced in a program like Flame Painter https://www.escapemotions.com/products/flamepainter/  ; Some of the blurring definitely feels like the PS smudge tool, but there also seems to be a selective motion blur on the blonde figure.    

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  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    edited October 2018
    Serene Night said:

    The image is nice, but I am struck that the blonde is very close to cutting off a chunk of her own flowing locks. I find that rather distracting I'm afraid. Kind of awkard, but certainly dramatic if all the hair wasn't in danger....devil

    If you're fighting for your life, sacrificing hair would be easy.

    Edit

    To answer the OP; there would be a number of ways to achieve similar, how exactly that was done would depend on the tools the artist had available, the skills they were most comfortable with, and quite possibly what seemed like a good idea at the time.

    Post edited by nicstt on
  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,272
    Ruphuss said:
    Cybersox said:

    Looking at other images by the same artist, the magic effect is probably partially the result of several small hidden "ghost" mesh lights, while the flame effects may have been produced in a program like Flame Painter https://www.escapemotions.com/products/flamepainter/  ; Some of the blurring definitely feels like the PS smudge tool, but there also seems to be a selective motion blur on the blonde figure.    

    link gives 404

     

    Oops.  I redid the link and it appears to be working now.

  • stitchstitch Posts: 10
    nicstt said:
    To answer the OP; there would be a number of ways to achieve similar, how exactly that was done would depend on the tools the artist had available, the skills they were most comfortable with, and quite possibly what seemed like a good idea at the time.

    Can you give an example of one of those ways? Maybe a video or tutorial link

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