

(better in my head, as with so many things)

but I'm having a job making a picture into a two tone Che Guevara style thing - does anyone have any ideas what the best way to do it is?
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:53,
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I am too tired to paintmash it. please don't tell me to paintmash it.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:53,
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I'm afraid
Sorry to say it, but paintmashing it probably the easiest way unless there's a lot of very good light and shadow in the pic, in which case you can reduce to 2 colours and then run a despeckle filter.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:55,
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Sorry to say it, but paintmashing it probably the easiest way unless there's a lot of very good light and shadow in the pic, in which case you can reduce to 2 colours and then run a despeckle filter.

never mind, it can wait until tommorrow.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:58,
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it is 2-tone already... what is it you're after doing exactly?
In Photoslop, change the colourtable thingy to Bitmap and that'll make it a purely black/white image...
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:55,
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In Photoslop, change the colourtable thingy to Bitmap and that'll make it a purely black/white image...

I didn't realise that the Che pic was an example, silly me - the bitmap thing will work though, as will adjusting the brightness and contrast whole huge amounts... maximum contrast will make it a purely black/white image, and you can adjust the contrast to determines how much detail remains from the original.
Edit: Damn, Fnord actually posted the same thing before I saw and posted this - I really did do a fnord! ;-)
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:59,
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Edit: Damn, Fnord actually posted the same thing before I saw and posted this - I really did do a fnord! ;-)

see the picture?
and look! it's a giant laser (space) kitten! ;)
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:55,
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and look! it's a giant laser (space) kitten! ;)

I wooed it, I really wasn't expecting this many people to answer me.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:13,
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thought it was funny 'cos we were talking about giant space laser kittens earlier!
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:19,
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to medium (ie 128) would do the trick.
Image>Adjustments>Threshold...
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:57,
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Image>Adjustments>Threshold...

It ends up looking very pixellated when I try it.
:)
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:01,
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:)

I can get it so far, then it just looks a bit speckly / pixelly and it won't be fixed by despeckling. ho hum.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:03,
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i'm sure there's a way to do it easily anyway, there usually is, i never find it until much later though.
You jusy need to use the 'levels' go to the levels slider and drag from the left and the right until the contrast is just how you want it.
Making the pic greysclae first may help.
You could even do it in a rudimentary way using the brightness contrast - but levels is the right way to do it.
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You jusy need to use the 'levels' go to the levels slider and drag from the left and the right until the contrast is just how you want it.
Making the pic greysclae first may help.
You could even do it in a rudimentary way using the brightness contrast - but levels is the right way to do it.

but for this specific job levels are better suited i think. (pretends to know what he's talking about)
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:04,
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Curves (control-M)
Then move the curve & you get a preview...
It might pay you to muve the ends of the curve inwards.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:59,
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Then move the curve & you get a preview...
It might pay you to muve the ends of the curve inwards.

CTRL+L
Or Image: Adjust: Threshold - probably is better
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:56,
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Or Image: Adjust: Threshold - probably is better

I'm overwhelmed with help!
Thankyou all - I shall be testin these things out.
:)
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:00,
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Thankyou all - I shall be testin these things out.
:)

and selcting "trace Bitmap" from some menu or other, results are usially a nightmare, but they come out abit like that.
DO NOT TRY IT ON A SLOW COMPUTER!
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:56,
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DO NOT TRY IT ON A SLOW COMPUTER!

you can get that kind of effect by using an image as a mask of itself then playing with the contrast on the mask layer? (Copy the image, apply a mask layer, then paste the image onto the mask). You can certainly get some interesting effects by doing that, but I'm not sure exactly what results you'd get!
edit - actually, I;ve just had a quick play, and I doubt that'll work! Still interesting to play with though! :O)
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edit - actually, I;ve just had a quick play, and I doubt that'll work! Still interesting to play with though! :O)

but the caption is the best!
btw, is it just me or is it really slow on here tonight? fewer pics and rarely anyone replying to them
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:52,
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btw, is it just me or is it really slow on here tonight? fewer pics and rarely anyone replying to them

like that last nite but i thought it was cause it was a sunday and all
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:54,
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we still haven't got to THAT post, it must be tommorrow.
/Fnord
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:54,
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/Fnord

I thought people might post more as we got closer to try and reach it.
The way it's going now it certainly won't be tomorrow and could end up as 'some Wednesday afternoon' as I postulated previously.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:00,
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The way it's going now it certainly won't be tomorrow and could end up as 'some Wednesday afternoon' as I postulated previously.

has turned a lot of people off this week (I just got an email from Batsgirl saying, among other things, that's why she's not here much this week.)
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:55,
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Best ignored.
Shame, as in isolation some of the entries were fab.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:05,
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Shame, as in isolation some of the entries were fab.

I know that having most of the compo pics coming up on her screen would cause a lot of trouble/heartache in her house, even if it wasn't just the most warped idea for a compo B3ta's ever had. (IMO, taking into account the state of the world and all...)
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:14,
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as i got back from paris after an all-nighter in the airport on saturday, and then slept for 14 hours, and then stayed up til 6am this morning, and then slept for 5 hours, and as a result my sleep patterns are fucked and i am very tired. and i start a new job tomorrow.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 22:56,
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Early night for you.
Good luckage.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:06,
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Good luckage.

but yes. i am nervous. it's april fool's day tomorrow. i hope it's not going to be play tricks on the new girl day too.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:15,
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...to make pics over the past few days.
...but I've still been lurking a bit. I can never seem to stay away.
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Mon 31 Mar 2003, 23:00,
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...but I've still been lurking a bit. I can never seem to stay away.

Much better than this iffy giant space cat themed effort - I'd rescale to post it properly but I'm in work without tattyswop access, boo hiss.
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