Preserved Topic: See through glass with reflections?

How would one make maybe a bubble of glass, kinda like one of DG's sigs...the one with the 2 wireframes in it under what looks like a glass dome.

How can I get an effect similar to that? giving the impression of lighting but still keeping it see through?

make something like this... grrrr... the pic didnt work... <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/confused.gif"> NM.... and set to to screen... that should help ya! and dont forget your marbles....


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that image isn't showing up for me...
and eye, try brightening up the text in your sig just a bit...maybe add some glow

One thing disturbs me and if i dont get it out I will pop. Soloem stop giving sig advise till you take the advise given to you on inproving yours. I like his a whole lot better than yours. I hate to be the bad guy here but, you give advise to everyone and dont take any yourself.

i dunno...

just because you're not an artist, doesn't mean you can't critique art.

or musician/music...

or film maker..

you get the idea.

(god dammit, why do i have to be nice to sloloem?!!?!? hahaahahaaa... <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/wink.gif">

cheers.mikey.milker

I dunno what the prob is... it worked last night and then it stoped. and now i got it to work... Sololoem, that is just a wire frame i was playing wit... when i shrunk it it messed it all up... ya otta make yours a little longer....


We see what we want to see, according to what we believe to be the truth.

Don't worry, Mikey, I'm hurtin' just as bad as you are... because I have to agree with you. Sloloem does take the advice he's given, Nevex, if you bothered to look. He's come a long way. And he always shows every step of his progress. And even if he paid no heed to what others said... that doesn't mean he can't provide feedback of his own. Chill out.

BTW - I'm not exactly sure why you're worried about popping... this is like the third or fourth time you've basically told Sloloem off for giving sig advice. It's not like you're holding it in.



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THat iS SOME sig HS...
oh man.. i just read the little text on your sig... Your First line Of Defense... that is too funny... <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">
it would be cool if you made the blood more splattered.. hehehe... thats insane...


We see what we want to see, according to what we believe to be the truth.

As I keep looking at Sloloem's new sig, I can say that it looks better and better each time I see it.

I think the reason that sloloem is getting crap is because he has made vast improvements on his work in a short amount of time.

People still think of sloloem as the guy with the shitty eye candy sig. They haven't had time to adjust to his improvements.

I think that he has potensial given some more time, give him a chance, and you may even learn something.

And I must also say that his advice for eye's sig was correct. He has a good eye, so it isn't wise to nock him, even if you do gain some measly amount of enjoyment out of morally badgering someone.

Hey Soloem, I am just giving you crap. Dont take anything I say about you serious. I hope everyone else here isnt being serious either, I hope its just jokes.

hey...I don't take anything seriously anymore...if I did I'd probably bust a vien in my forehead like in that "Scanners" movie

HA. i live in the slant of thinking that it is all a joke to a more or less amount.... hehehehehe... although all the dang swearing is a little much.... <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/tongue.gif"> <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/tongue.gif"> <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/tongue.gif"> heheheheeee


We see what we want to see, according to what we believe to be the truth.

I havent seen that movie in a very long time.

wow, I just noticed I live remotely near Warmage...I used to go to Rochester to buy shoes!

I have to take everything seriously. I'm the Human Shield. I take the bullet for the other guy.

BTW - glad you like it, Eyezaer. I'm not as pleased with it as my old stretched flesh sig, but that one was just too big, and lost all the detail when I shrank it. Anyway, it's not really a sig... just a test between sigs. I'm not sure what I'll do. <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

Okay, anyway.. here's the skin sig when I shrink it. Which do you prefer.. metal or skin?

No offense Nevex, but your sig isnt so hot for you to make comments either. I dont know how anyone can say Sloloem doesnt take anyones advice, search through the forum and see exactly how many sigs he has released and then had critiqued and came out with a new one based on them. I know you appologized but it pisses me off because Ive seen a few times where you've given him shit and you have no reason to give anyone shit.

BTW Human Shield, c'mon that streched skin sig was mint ... go back to it until you find something else you like ...

Uh, the big one or this little one? Everybody's been complaining about size recently...

Didn't read all of this post...but have one comment to make:

NEVEX:

you have been repeatedly saying that sloloem shouldn't give sig advice because his sig isn't good.......have you seen your own sig lately???????????????

I mean, it's not so hot....and it was sparked as an imitation of someone else's sig.

No offense intended here.....just remember to look at yourself before you slam someone elsse <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">


Ask for opinions At Your Own Risk!

Umm whatever, I said I was joking with the guy and you guys are straight out insulting me. There is nothing wrong with my sig besides the fact you cant see the original detail since I shrank it. I didnt know any one person owned a style. Who did I imitate? If your thinking weadah liek I heard earlier, then I thank you. Weadah is the king of sigs here. In closing if you cant take a joke, grow up. At least soloem knew I was joking with him.



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Listen guys..I don't want us all to start fighting here, I apologize to you all and hope we can just leave it in the past. Below is my new sig, its nothing much. It however has a meaning and I am sure someone here will figure out what it says.

Not sure exactly what you are looking for, but this is a damn good read:
http://www.vgd.co.uk/pages/notebook/Raytracing%20in%20Photoshop/RayPS.html

A good read for you folks recently playing with displacement maps.

Hope this helps.

Okay, peace.

Looks like morse code to me.

Let's all agree that in the future, if we "make a joke" that could be construed as a verbal attack against someone, we put a smiley behind it or something... and also not make the same "joke" several times in a row. That way nobody will mistake it for seriousness. <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

(BTW - I'm not a morse code expert, but I know the letter 'e' when I see it. So I see -e-e- ... gosh, could it be 'Nevex'? <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/eek.gif"> )



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Damn I thought I could go at least a day with this one, good job Human Shield. I should of pick some anchient language. I will remember to put smileys on my posts. <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

OK, everybody share a bowl of Fruit Loops and calm down.

Nev, I like the new one much. Morse code, tricky tricky.

HS, I do like the smaller version very much. I saw it in another thread and meant to say something, but...well, I have no excuse.

FYI, a box of Fruit Loops in Mexico reads "Frutis Lupis."

Smaller version is nice ...

I actually don't mind the larger version, HS...it was a good sig and the shrink really hurts the quality...
*makes hidden motions at Nevex*

Sorry for ruining the surprise. <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/frown.gif">

....finally got around to making one.....

OK, My advice for HS? Go with the original one, the big stretched skin; it rocked, and while maybe bigger than my taste, it really did was cool, I always liked seeing it.

Nevex, I like your sig too, but what can be done with the fine lines breaking up? Maybe you could try this, re-size it, and make two copies, multiplying one over the other. (Do you have a verion with layers, lines on one layer, background on another?) If so, set the top layer to multiply and then set the opacity to 10%, 20%, step up until your lines beef up a bit, experiment, you can make it cleaner. Also try running the "unsharp mask" filter on it, may help tiughten up the edges some. Derivative, someone did it first? Screw 'em, we all stand on the shoulders of giants.

Sloloem! You *have* come a long way. Your first sig kinda sucked, but you knew that, that's why you asked for advice. I've seen you come a long way since then, and expect you to go further. The current sig is fine, but I know you can do better in the future, and you *will* do better, I just know it! Gotta say, I'm impressed with the maturity in how how you've handled yourself these last few weeks; lots of folks have given you a hard time, but you're still here, and still contributing. Stick around, you have the potential to be really good.

Hmm, who else needs feedback? Phil, you have this little white edge on yours, bugs me some, maybe you should chop your canvas size down 2 pixels and cut it off? I dunno, maybe it needs a frame of some sort. Nevex, I don't know morse too well, but I like the shapes of the new sig, maybe some heavier rusty red colors would give it more punch? eyezaer, I really like the over-burned sig image, nice work there, those colors and contrasts make me happy.

That's all I have to say about sigs tonight!



Your pal, -doc-

I need to rework it, I just tossed it together as a brain teaser. I am gonna make one with no e's so human shield has do his homework this time.

Hehe, it's kinda weird to see both "Sloloem" and "Phil" in the same post...That's my real name...heh

Yeah! i made the Doc happy! WeHA.

HS. i think that you should go back to your good old sig... it was much more expressive than than that slick new metal one. im not sayin the metal one is bad, it just dosen't have the character ya know... theres no blood on it or nothin..



We see what we want to see, according to what we believe to be the truth.

You want the BIG sig?

YES!!! Give us the BIG SIG, baby, yah, that's the way!

I really do like this one best, it's starnge, compelling, kind of gross and kind of cool at the same time. The metal one lacked subtlety, (while still being cool, though.)

Your pal, -doc-

Guess I'm out-voted...the big one it is!

FYI, a box of Fruit Loops in Mexico still reads "Frutis Lupis."

ok so i have questions ...whats a SIG? secondly how come whenever i save transparent gif's they look horrid like little dots show up instead of seamless blends? .

thanks =)

Sig is short for signature.
And good looking transperant gifs are hard to get. first off GIFs are limited to 256 colors I think. Anti-aliased things blurs are really the bane of transparent Gifs, blured edges often look....really.....bad.

A good way to get better look transperent gifs is to make your gif against the average color of the forum...the darker of the colors is 240000, I think.
Then when make your gif make the back layer filled with the average color of the forum nonvisible and that'll be your transparancy color.
set colors to the max availilble, set palette to perseptive or adaptive, no dither, lossy to 0%.
and I usually set my matte to the darker color, but a good idea would be to use the average color for your matte.
If this is horribly confusing I can try and write up a quick tut...maybe the Guru's Network would be interested in it as well.

i though this started out as question for making glass?...

"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."

-Josh Billings

and by the way my foot fell asleep...


www.netmosis.com - "we're on the leading edge of a false reality."

SHOUTS REALLY REALLY LOUD.........

.........."WAKE UP FOOOOOOOT...".............

(did that help at all?.. LOL)

no, it ran away with the spoon...i'm hungry...


www.netmosis.com - "we're on the leading edge of a false reality."

hungry?.. darn...and I am just about to go off and cook myself a nice New York Strip , baked pot, sautee mushrooms.......

oh well.. bon appetite! <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

I just ate some microwaved Mac&Cheese.

vegetarian corndogs and mr. pibb...

mmm...

cheers.mikey.milker

I've had pizza for 4 meals in a row... now it's time for some fish sticks. (I wish I knew how to cook real food).

- Dan -

One large can of Dinty Moore Beef Stew served over a bed of hot white rice and a Mountain Dew....

oh... well since it's dinner time.

i think i've got some grilled tofu and a nice big spinach salad waiting for me in the kitchen.. as soon as i make it, doh!

works for me.

cheers.mikey.milker