Interlocked Rings - Mask Fun

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Re: Interlocked Rings - Mask Fun

Postby gpsmikey » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:34 pm

Well, the plot certainly leaves something to be desired (although it does resemble the current crop of political ads :evil: ), but that is a really cool effect Dean !! Well done.

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Re: Interlocked Rings - Mask Fun

Postby quetzal » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:47 pm

Hi Dean,
We thank you so much for the how to. We'll get a try this coming week. We will try the second method. quetzal :)

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Re: Interlocked Rings - Mask Fun

Postby Dean Athans » Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:13 pm

Mikey -

Well, I didn't invent a plot but have provided "appropriate" background music, as follows:

Mysterious/concern (that the sphere is entering a confusion of rings)
"Calculating" (as the sphere wends its way through the maze
Victorious (as the sphere escapes the final rings and heads off [into space?])

Corny, I know, but fun trying to use MacLeod's search algorithm.

Now you get to make up the story!

Here's the new address for the slightly edited version:

http://www.photodex.com/share/deanathans/98cxcmg4

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Re: Interlocked Rings - Mask Fun

Postby im42n8 » Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:24 pm

Dean,

Now that you're playing with masks ... I've a little challenge for you.

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewsho ... alb=135843

If you click on the link above and then, when the initial message finishes displaying click on example, see if you can duplicate the look of the outside oval ring using ONLY PSP gradients/solids and PSP masks.

The solution is not provided ... it's meant as a challenge. You can do stuff in Producer using only its masks, gradients and/or solids, that many folk considered impossible. When I created this, it was shortly after Producer gained masks (v3.2). Until then, the only way to get a similar effect was by using a bitmap editor.

No big deal ... but, it is an exercise that stresses one's masking abilities. (and yes, there is a "trick" involved, it just involves some mental exercises!).

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Re: Interlocked Rings - Mask Fun

Postby Dean Athans » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:54 pm

Dale -

Took a while, but see the attached:

http://www.photodex.com/share/deanathans/cdpxcmg4

The "trick" I had to use was making a screen capture of the background and cropping/vignetting it to fill the inside of the outer blue elliptical ring (and, therefore, under the inner solid ellipse). (It would be nice if PSP had an "image/layer from background" option as PSE10 does.)

Other than that, no built-in drop shadows were used.

Thanks for the reply!

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Re: Interlocked Rings - Mask Fun

Postby im42n8 » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:33 pm

Not bad Dean.

The "trick" I used was a set of gradients with the multiple colors set at an angle. With this option, changing the size of the ovals is a lot easier than using a screen clip. It doesn't dawn on many people to use a gradient in that fashion. I think most use essentially the default settings.

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Re: Interlocked Rings - Mask Fun

Postby quetzal » Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:06 am

Hi Dean,
We were working about two days to achieve the interlocked rings, but it's done. Now the new challenge is the one of Dale with masks (gradients and solid colors) using Producer only. quetzal :D

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