Quick Photoshop help

Newer members often state that they think their question is too basic, or stupid, or whatever, to be posted. Nothing could be further further from the truth in any section at DSLRUsers.com, but especially here. Don't feel intimidated. The only stupid question is the one that remains unasked. We were all beginners at one stage, and even the most experienced amongst us will admit to learning new stuff on a daily basis. Ask away! Please also refer to the forum rules and the portal page

Moderators: Greg B, Nnnnsic, Geoff, Glen, gstark, Moderators

Forum rules
Please ensure that you have a meaningful location included in your profile. Please refer to the FAQ for details of what "meaningful" is. Please also check the portal page for more information on this.

Quick Photoshop help

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:32 pm

Hi Everyone,

I want to do a last minute, Shave for the Cure fundraiser. Aimed primarily at my workmates. So I want to send a round this photo of my (my work portrait) and then one of my looking like I have shaved my head and I mean number zero shaved.

Can anyone help me, I want to send the email of before the end of the day ? After all the great Leigh photoshops recently I hope this isnt' too hard, but it was be really good to help raise money for cancer!

(If I end up looking like Matt B, just wait for more Self portraits :shock: )

So anyone got a few minutes to help ?

Thanks very much,
Craig

Image
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:36 pm

If you can take shots of your head from the front and both sides, I can get a head generator going and you can see in 3d.
Producer & Editor @ GadgetGuy.com.au
Contributor for fine magazines such as PC Authority and Popular Science.
User avatar
Nnnnsic
I'm a jazz singer... so I know what I'm doing
 
Posts: 7770
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:29 am
Location: Cubicle No. 42... somewhere in Bondi, NSW

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:40 pm

Bugger I dont' have my camera at work with me, but I do have some shots on my laptop that might help.
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:42 pm

Excellente'.

Email 'em to me and I'll see what my head generator can do. :)
Producer & Editor @ GadgetGuy.com.au
Contributor for fine magazines such as PC Authority and Popular Science.
User avatar
Nnnnsic
I'm a jazz singer... so I know what I'm doing
 
Posts: 7770
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:29 am
Location: Cubicle No. 42... somewhere in Bondi, NSW

Postby gstark on Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:43 pm

Make sure that the exif data is suitably edited too.

I think that Stubbsy may have some soon to be recent experience in this. ;)
g.
Gary Stark
Nikon, Canon, Bronica .... stuff
The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it - US Pres. Bartlet
User avatar
gstark
Site Admin
 
Posts: 22896
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:41 pm
Location: Bondi, NSW

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:46 pm

Some random shots I found of the side of my head.. (I don't really have a collection just for this category).

Warning my shirt if off!

Image
Image
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby gstark on Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:53 pm

They seem about as well exposed as the Paris Hilton video.

:)
g.
Gary Stark
Nikon, Canon, Bronica .... stuff
The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it - US Pres. Bartlet
User avatar
gstark
Site Admin
 
Posts: 22896
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:41 pm
Location: Bondi, NSW

Postby xerubus on Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:00 pm

Image

quick and dirty.... :)

cheers
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane

Postby gstark on Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:05 pm

Mark,

Craig normally has a part in his teeth.

:)
g.
Gary Stark
Nikon, Canon, Bronica .... stuff
The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it - US Pres. Bartlet
User avatar
gstark
Site Admin
 
Posts: 22896
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:41 pm
Location: Bondi, NSW

Postby xerubus on Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:06 pm

gstark wrote:Mark,

Craig normally has a part in his teeth.

:)


:D
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:19 pm

Thanks Mark, that's pretty much what I had in mind :)
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby PiroStitch on Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:22 pm

Heh nice quick and dirty job :) Looks a bit like Darth Vader w/out the helmet.....
Hassy, Leica, Nikon, iPhone
Come follow the rabbit hole...
User avatar
PiroStitch
Senior Member
 
Posts: 4669
Joined: Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:08 am
Location: Hong Kong

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:45 pm

Well the excellent news is that I have already well exceeded my target!

Thanks to Mark's quick and dirty PP skills, I've had responses flooding in, so I'll be bald in just over a week. On the 6th, and just me there should be some good photos I hope to share too!

My goal was $150 to shave my head, and I've already hit over $300 so I'm stoked. If anyone is interested in sponsoring me, send me a PM. You can pay online via a credit card :)

Thanks everyone!
Last edited by Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby xerubus on Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:53 pm

excellent! ... and a great cause.

cheers
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane

Postby gstark on Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:58 pm

Craig,

Wonderful news.

Good luck with this.
g.
Gary Stark
Nikon, Canon, Bronica .... stuff
The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it - US Pres. Bartlet
User avatar
gstark
Site Admin
 
Posts: 22896
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:41 pm
Location: Bondi, NSW

Postby the foto fanatic on Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:30 pm

Craig
Wonderful endeavour, and I hope you raise megabux.

Always on the lookout for a possible "scam" (for want of a better word), I reckon you should run an alternative fundraiser simultaneously.
Your head looks so crook nude, I think you'd get even more money if you offered not to shave your hair off.

Depending on which side wins, then you could shave or not shave. :wink:

Simple, no? :)
TFF (Trevor)
My History Blog: Your Brisbane: Past & Present
My Photo Blog: The Foto Fanatic
Nikon stuff!
User avatar
the foto fanatic
Moderator
 
Posts: 4212
Joined: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:53 pm
Location: Teneriffe, Brisbane

Postby Glen on Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:34 pm

Well done Craig :wink:
User avatar
Glen
Moderator
 
Posts: 11819
Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:14 pm
Location: Sydney - Neutral Bay - Nikon

Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:38 pm

See, I'd been thinking of getting my head shaved, but because I wanted to... not because I'd be doing it for some sort of fundraiser.

Still, I'm generating that Craig 3d modelled head at the moment... well.. in 5 minutes anyway...
Producer & Editor @ GadgetGuy.com.au
Contributor for fine magazines such as PC Authority and Popular Science.
User avatar
Nnnnsic
I'm a jazz singer... so I know what I'm doing
 
Posts: 7770
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:29 am
Location: Cubicle No. 42... somewhere in Bondi, NSW

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:45 pm

Hey Leigh, how did it go ? Hope the program didn't crash again ?
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby stubbsy on Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:53 pm

Craig

If you showed them Mark's PS jobbie then they're probably wonder where you hide all that extra skull under your hair. I don't think your head is THAT big is it :shock:
Peter
Disclaimer: I know nothing about anything.
*** smugmug galleries: http://www.stubbsy.smugmug.com ***
User avatar
stubbsy
Moderator
 
Posts: 10748
Joined: Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:44 pm
Location: Newcastle NSW - D700

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:03 pm

 LOL, peter, I do think it's extragerated a little, but it did the trick the shot is being sent via email around the globe, and its the idea of me looking like a geeky cone head that is bring in the money :) Thanks again Mark!
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby xerubus on Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:05 pm

:) i couldn't resist the over gratuitous cone :)
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane

Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:47 pm

The third time around (third time lucky) it didn't crash.

I even have a Lightwave model of you I can use in Pong! The Musical if I wanted.

Image

Image

Image

Image
Producer & Editor @ GadgetGuy.com.au
Contributor for fine magazines such as PC Authority and Popular Science.
User avatar
Nnnnsic
I'm a jazz singer... so I know what I'm doing
 
Posts: 7770
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:29 am
Location: Cubicle No. 42... somewhere in Bondi, NSW

Postby xerubus on Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:04 pm

that is pretty awesome. what software and process did you use to generate this ?

cheers
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane

Postby blacknstormy on Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:53 pm

Craig - pm sent.

Congrats on doing something for such a worthy cause - I did it a couple of years ago (in the middle of the international airport) and went from just longer than shoulder length wavy hair to... well.... a very bald head :) It's amazing when you feel the air when you walk, or the rain on your head ... only bad thing will be the velcro head when it grows back :) ;)

And yes, I looked like an evil dyke (just ask Manta )

Rel
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships! -Ansel Adams

http://www.redbubble.com/people/blacknstormy
User avatar
blacknstormy
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2745
Joined: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Ipswich Qld

Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:54 pm

FaceGen Modeller, a 3d head generator I use that takes the time out of modelling heads.

You still have to model bodies, but using a point system, you can use side profiles and front shots of a head and over time, even with how buggy it is, it'll create a detailed head for you.

Like this one. :)
Producer & Editor @ GadgetGuy.com.au
Contributor for fine magazines such as PC Authority and Popular Science.
User avatar
Nnnnsic
I'm a jazz singer... so I know what I'm doing
 
Posts: 7770
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:29 am
Location: Cubicle No. 42... somewhere in Bondi, NSW

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:59 pm

Wow, considering the dodgey photos I gave you this is a great result.
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:02 am

Another Newbie question of a different kind.


For people that shave their head, what sort of shaving device do they use ? A normal razor blade and cream/soap, an electric shaver, just clipper ?
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby gstark on Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:04 am

A Victa.
g.
Gary Stark
Nikon, Canon, Bronica .... stuff
The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it - US Pres. Bartlet
User avatar
gstark
Site Admin
 
Posts: 22896
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:41 pm
Location: Bondi, NSW

Postby birddog114 on Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:07 am

Alpha_7 wrote:Another Newbie question of a different kind.


For people that shave their head, what sort of shaving device do they use ? A normal razor blade and cream/soap, an electric shaver, just clipper ?


After the Victa then Makita cordless sanding tool with vibration :lol:
Birddog114
VNAF, My Beloved Country and Airspace
User avatar
birddog114
Senior Member
 
Posts: 15881
Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2004 8:18 pm
Location: Belmore,Sydney

Postby losfp on Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:10 am

Ow. My eyes.

:)

I've seen a couple of these fundraising shaving things in companies I've worked at over the years.. Always a lot of fun, and it's for a good cause. The electric clippers seem to be the favoured option, but I suppose it depends a bit on just how CLOSE you want to be shaven ;)
User avatar
losfp
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1572
Joined: Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:45 pm
Location: Quakers Hill, Sydney

Postby MATT on Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:13 am

To go from long hair to clean.. I usually go the clippers with no shoe.

My Wahl clippers get very close on thier own, then I usually just go soap and a few disposable razors.

If its the first time, put some cream on your dome after. IF going out in the sun, wear a hat and suncream. Your baldy head is very sensitive to the sun.

But for raising money, usually the clippers with no shoe is low enough and every one will laugh and pay..

Good lUck

MATT
User avatar
MATT
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1748
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:24 pm
Location: Biloela, QLD-----nikon--D700-----

Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:28 am

Thanks everyone for the suggestions, I think I'll go clippers first and depending on how it goes, have shaving cream and some disposable razors on stand by.
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby Nnnnsic on Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:45 pm

I wonder how similar to the 3d model you'll look then. :lol:
Producer & Editor @ GadgetGuy.com.au
Contributor for fine magazines such as PC Authority and Popular Science.
User avatar
Nnnnsic
I'm a jazz singer... so I know what I'm doing
 
Posts: 7770
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:29 am
Location: Cubicle No. 42... somewhere in Bondi, NSW

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:34 pm

Great news, the shave goes ahead tomorrow (I think around lunch time) and so far the Tally stands at $995 which I'm over the moon about!
Thank to all those that contributed, and I'll post some shots tomorrow!
User avatar
Alpha_7
Senior Member
 
Posts: 7259
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:19 pm
Location: Mortdale - Sydney - Nikon D700, x-D200, Leica, G9

Postby Newidude on Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:51 pm

Good to hear and can not wait to see the results. Such a worthy cause too.
Never argue with a fool. They will drag you down to there level, then beat you with experience.
Although I gotta admitt, sometimes it makes for a good laugh ;)
Newidude
Member
 
Posts: 84
Joined: Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:55 pm
Location: Newcastle


Return to Absolute Beginners Questions

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 20 guests

cron