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    M17x Photoshops - What's your dream laptop look like?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Praze, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    OK, here we go, I like this one better, ooh-rah?
    [​IMG]
     
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    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Hey praze are you using a vanishing point to conform the image to the laptop?
    I just woke up so it's time to try to do some of my own!!! what can I say, you inspire me lol
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jun 10, 2009
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  3. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    hey praze i will proably gonna get a skin for my m17x so i might ask you to design a picture is that ok?
     
    The_Moo™, Jun 10, 2009
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  4. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    I'm sure he'll be flattered lol!
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jun 10, 2009
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  5. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Sure thing! What'cha lookin' at puttin on it?
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  6. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Nope, that's a great tool, but I do it all by hand with the "Free Transform" tool. I have one of those brains that just knows how to make something perspective correct, I guess... I used to do a lot of sketching ;)
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Yeah Skew and free transform work... But you could do it so much quicker with vanishing point!
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jun 10, 2009
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    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Here's an update on the ones I've made, but have yet to place in attachment form for those with network limitations ;)
     

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    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    *Cont'd for attachment limitations*
     

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    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Very true, honestly it's one of those things I did before I knew there was a better way, keep reverting back to it... I'll use that exclusively for a while and see if I can't break the habit ;)
     
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  11. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    nice .....

    im having troubel decideing what i want as my skin

    thinking binary code....
     
    The_Moo™, Jun 10, 2009
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  12. Huey Long

    Huey Long Notebook Consultant

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    a COW :D
    [​IMG]
     
    Huey Long, Jun 10, 2009
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  13. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Okay that's nasty... why's the snot beeding on his nostrils? o_O
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  14. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    they sweat on their nose and they lick it alot from drying out.... it chaps

    but it looks like it just drank some water

    (we actually have a cattle farm)
     
    The_Moo™, Jun 10, 2009
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  15. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    filet mignon FTW !!!!!! - that was OT...lol

    ok...try this:

    carbon fiber, race stripe, outlined in blood red...
    i am also searching for a wallpaper i have to see if you can add that to one...

    found it... dragon....awseome one....try this out and let me see what you come up with...
    (you can lose the Lineage II wording - maybe substitue something else or just nothing at all)

    :)
     
    ryujin, Jun 10, 2009
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    Clauss Notebook Unboxer

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    I wonder if we can actually get any of these paint jobs does. I'm partial to just adding a red racing strike or spawn logo. btw sick job praze
     
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  17. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    im sure you could find a local artist willing to do it.
    or as moo is doing...getting a skin made.
     
    ryujin, Jun 10, 2009
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  18. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Just saw your request there, ryujin, will get to it after I post this ;) .

    Couple more for the more popular options, just combined some of the things people liked most about a few of them.

    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
     

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    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    So you want the race stripe to be red, with carbon fiber lettering?
     
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    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    wow....luv the balck and red race stripe dude...

    i was thinking the carbon fiber background with blood red pin striping around the race stripe and wording.

    PS: i added your thread to the M17x General Info thread... :)
     
    ryujin, Jun 10, 2009
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  21. MrButterBiscuits

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    Yeah the Black red looks pretty natural
     
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  22. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Ah, so let me make sure I got this, all aluminum surfaces will be carbon fiber, the stripe will consist of nothing but blood red pin stripes (outlining where the solid stripe would be), and the lettering will be nothing but blood red pin stripe outline. Right?
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    yes...as well as one with the stripe would be solid black, but with pin striping around the letters and stipe...hehe...making you work.

    you should really get with a local artist (usually tatto places have people that can aribrush and such) and see about getting a side biz going....
     
    ryujin, Jun 10, 2009
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    my tego offers a service to make custom skins

    upload your own pic. Just get a 17 inch skin and it will fit over the ripley


    i want to find something that will use the alien head as a centerpeice
     
    The_Moo™, Jun 10, 2009
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    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Hey Praze... I can't get my vanishing point to work, it keeps Freezing on me... So how do you apply after the Trasnform and skew... Do you do anything to give the sticker texture and or fit the lighting of the laptop? Do you use a healing brush or healing spot?
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jun 10, 2009
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    Moo your getting a "skin" made, like a sticker basically?
     
    Clauss, Jun 10, 2009
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  27. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    The trick there is to change the layer's blending mode, for a lighter surface, you're most likely going to use "Darken" or "Multiply". Darker surfaces generally work well with "Lighten" or "Screen". Many other options can produce some nice effects and reallism, so try a few out each time to make sure there's not something better. Some times you might have to adjust the opacity of the layer to fix what the blending options don't, Duplicating a layer and having both apply a darken/lighten/etc effect can make some things stand out a bit more if you're having issues there ;)
     
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    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Your a god send, hopefully I can start getting a few things up in here, that's if you haven't created everything possible at that point ;)

    Ummm. BTW Im more of a newbie then I thought, where are the blending options?
     
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  29. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Of course you have to have a crysis version... I tried ;) lol
     

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  30. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    There is no end to this, I assure you, lol. Blending options can be found in the layers toolbox (the pane that shows all your layers stacked) it's a drop-down with 20 or so options.
     
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  31. Praze

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    Nice, that's not bad at all =D
     
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    nicer butter....good job...
     
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    Lol I feel like he's telling a little kid, hey bud you tried your best lol :D

    I still couldn't find the blending options, I had to do it the hard way lol... you know, with an eraser tool :(
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jun 10, 2009
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  34. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Gonna have to go soon, peeps, almost finnished the carbon fiber ones, too! :(

    Might be able to squeeze em out...
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  35. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    oh - page 7 has the link for the dragon id like to see... :)
     
    ryujin, Jun 10, 2009
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    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Have you done a Fallout 3 one yet?
     
    Mandrake, Jun 10, 2009
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  37. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Since he has to go, I'll give my best shot at it... now Praze before you go, it might help... If I you know knew where the blending options where under??? ;) lol

    BTW, Ryujin what base color do you want, the black?
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jun 10, 2009
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  38. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    yessum...black plz! :)

    this is a fun thread...thx guys and the Praze for starting it... :D
     
    ryujin, Jun 10, 2009
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  39. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    He deserves some PRAZE! ahhhh puns
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jun 10, 2009
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  40. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Seems like you've been doing these for 24 hours straight.

    More rep for the hard work!
     
    Mandrake, Jun 10, 2009
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    Someone should start making stickers/tags for these...Alot of ppl would buy them for multiple manufacturers of laptops...And i want one.
     
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  42. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    They already do my friend, they already do... You send whatever Image you want, and the make a sticker to a custom size and shape
     
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  43. Praze

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    Okay, I got some more time to finnish up with the 2 carbon fiber ones... First one turned out great, second one... not so much, the red is hard to see on the carbon fiber when it's thin... any other ideas? (for later of course, lol).
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
     

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  44. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Blending options can be found (in CS2 at least) by right clicking on the layer in the layers tool box, or by selecting the layer and changing the mode at the top of the layers tool box, other than that, then it must be a CS4 change :(
     
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  45. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    i want the carbon fiber one.....the first one that is.... :)
     
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  46. MrButterBiscuits

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    Yeah I found them, just poked around but thanks anyway...

    So Ryujin, what do you think so far, how do you want it changed?

    I think the red center stripe needs to be skewed more? at least on the left
     

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  47. MrButterBiscuits

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    Here, got it and added some Hot Dragon Breath!
     

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  48. Huey Long

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    my dream laptop would have my avatar on it lol, would you mind putting it on there :D
     
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  49. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    nice butters...
    two things...

    can ya flip the dragon so it is facing the edge...not center?
    and take the red above the middle line out.
    this may help get the center red line more emphasis...
     
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  50. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    not there.... :(

    edit: is now...i like it....nice touch
     
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