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| Sphere 2 |
Hey people of the world, i'm back from a weekend of essays, math homework and hiking. This week in my GT class we're making tiny planets, and it all starts with composite images, Composite images are taking more then one photo and then digitally putting them together, but what's the point? I'll tell you. The reason why people composite photos is to expand the limitations of a camera. So you can see beyond the camera. For having much more content and more detail in your photo. If you've read my last post your probably thinking: isn't this the same thing as photomontages? No, their not, in joiners (aka photomontages) you take many photos of one thing and overlap each other to create a abstract/new view of it. Composite images are not very abstract and are only digitally made, but a good example is the pano on your iPhone. Don't they make a nice photo? That's why composite images are important.
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Ok, enough ranting about composite images, now we can talk about our little worlds! So, we're actually making two. One is called Polar, and the other is called Spherical, and here's the difference between the two. Polars are like a tiny planet with a background or sky around it. Sphericals are more like a crystal ball with a pinch in the middle. Plus they have a white background, it kinda looks like your seeing the future or a dream. When I see a polar I feel like I can go out and grab it. With Sphericals everything inside is in a somewhat loop, their bending into a circle. Although with Polar it's bending outside, and things such as trees are popping out. Polar has its sky on the outside, but spherical has the sky on the inside. Basically the major difference between Polar and Spherical is that Polar is bended outwards, and Spherical is bended inwards.
Whew, that took awhile... especially watching the super bowl all day. (Broncos won! Halftime was the best part btw) Obviously our "tiny worlds" are photoshopped are heavily edited, but how
are they realistic enough to make you believe it could be real? I think what makes them look real is
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blending them with the stamp tools, Using normal-ish effects. Also making sure your horizon line is exactly in the middle, because if your horizon line is on the bottom your planet will be teenie-tiny, and if the horizon line is at the top your planet will be ridiulousy huge like Jupiter! I'll have my G.T photos up very soon....See you guys next week!
