Phun With Photoshop - Aircraft of World War II

thirtybg · 06-19-2008, 06:51 PM

Every now and again I mess around with PS in one way or another, mostly for fun or to create graphics for various web projects.

Recently a fella posted this image on another forum I frequent, and the creative juices started flowing...

Original image:

Jeff Hunt photo

And the photochop:

This particular piece is meant to loosely represent a photo taken with an old Brownie box, with the blurred corners/edges. All four B-17s in the image are the same ship... the late Dave Tallichet's Memphis Belle... or as she's now known, 'The Movie Memphis Belle'.

I'll try and dig up some others I've done.

thirtybg · 06-19-2008, 07:02 PM

Here's another... my Dad took this photo at Hamilton, Ontario in the mid-80s. The P-40 is Kittyhawk AK940, then owned by Bill 'Doc' Anderson.

Norb 'Bruno' Donacik photo

I found this image on the web, also showing AK940... albeit in Wanaka, New Zealand during 2002 before being delivered to current owner Tony Banta in Livermoore, California.

Photographer unknown

I replaced the P-51 in the background with the P-40 from the second image, removed some extraneous stuff, added some shadows, messed with the colors and levels and such, and came up with this:

thirtybg · 06-19-2008, 07:14 PM

This one may appear to have been a simple job, but it wasn't.

I started with this shot, taken at the NMUSAF earlier this year by a fellow forumite from another forum...

I added a B-17 (The CAF's Sentimental Journey) and spent the better half of an afternoon trying to get things to look right... it's still not there, but it's good enough me thinks...

Catch22 · 06-20-2008, 02:11 PM

Nice job!

Konigstiger205 · 06-20-2008, 02:27 PM

Nice job...I like to play a little with photoshop myself but I'm not that good

Marcel · 06-20-2008, 02:33 PM

I like the P40 job

Wurger · 06-20-2008, 03:35 PM

Interesting idea of Photoshop using.

to both of you.

timshatz · 06-20-2008, 04:31 PM

Pretty cool.

comiso90 · 06-20-2008, 05:14 PM

Good job..

Limitless possibilities...

Wurger · 06-20-2008, 06:07 PM

In meantime I've found this one via Internet.

comiso90 · 06-20-2008, 06:15 PM

Aircraft Pictures Gallery - Photoshop Aircraft Pics

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Wurger · 06-20-2008, 06:31 PM

Njaco · 06-20-2008, 08:22 PM

Really cool pics 30BG!

I thought this was good as well. From another forum, can't remember which.

Wayne Little · 06-21-2008, 10:59 AM

great shots mixed in there!

love the B-17..NJ, that would be an interesting conversion project!

thirtybg · 06-21-2008, 06:37 PM

Here's some older things I've done...

This first one was a super quickie (and ugly) job done to rib an acquaintance who drove Eagles with the 48th FW.

Here's another ugly one done very quickly during a PM session to rib a friend who's a fan of the Bic Jet... he didn't appreciate it very much... LOL

This is one of the first photochops I ever did... it's poorly done, but it was fun. The fella in the cockpit is/was a wrench monkey on Danish F-16s.

This one isn't aviation-related... 'twas just a bit of fun using photos of a couple friends...

Another very early one... and fairly simple... the N-3PB never carried US markings, so I had to remedy that right-quick...

I used to run an aircraft ID quiz on a number of forums, and this was done as an April Fool's joke one year. It's a composite using elements from images of three different aircraft.

I may or may not have posted this here before. It's just a little more goofiness using a NASA photo, a snap of a friend's model, a couple'a flying telephone poles, and Joe Cool...

06-19-2008, 06:51 PM	#1
thirtybg Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 43	Phun With Photoshop Every now and again I mess around with PS in one way or another, mostly for fun or to create graphics for various web projects. Recently a fella posted this image on another forum I frequent, and the creative juices started flowing... Original image: Jeff Hunt photo And the photochop: This particular piece is meant to loosely represent a photo taken with an old Brownie box, with the blurred corners/edges. All four B-17s in the image are the same ship... the late Dave Tallichet's Memphis Belle... or as she's now known, 'The Movie Memphis Belle'. I'll try and dig up some others I've done.

06-20-2008, 02:11 PM	#4
Catch22 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,293	Nice job! __________________

06-20-2008, 02:27 PM	#5
Konigstiger205 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bucharest Posts: 907	Nice job...I like to play a little with photoshop myself but I'm not that good __________________ These airplanes we have today are no more than a perfection of a child's toy made of paper."Henri Coanda"

06-20-2008, 02:33 PM	#6
Marcel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dordrecht Posts: 3,834	I like the P40 job __________________ " The knack of flying lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

06-20-2008, 03:35 PM	#7
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,974	Interesting idea of Photoshop using. to both of you. __________________

06-19-2008, 07:02 PM	#2
thirtybg Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 43	Here's another... my Dad took this photo at Hamilton, Ontario in the mid-80s. The P-40 is Kittyhawk AK940, then owned by Bill 'Doc' Anderson. Norb 'Bruno' Donacik photo I found this image on the web, also showing AK940... albeit in Wanaka, New Zealand during 2002 before being delivered to current owner Tony Banta in Livermoore, California. Photographer unknown I replaced the P-51 in the background with the P-40 from the second image, removed some extraneous stuff, added some shadows, messed with the colors and levels and such, and came up with this:

06-19-2008, 07:14 PM	#3
thirtybg Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 43	This one may appear to have been a simple job, but it wasn't. I started with this shot, taken at the NMUSAF earlier this year by a fellow forumite from another forum... I added a B-17 (The CAF's Sentimental Journey) and spent the better half of an afternoon trying to get things to look right... it's still not there, but it's good enough me thinks...

06-20-2008, 04:31 PM	#8
timshatz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa Posts: 3,446	Pretty cool.

06-20-2008, 05:14 PM	#9
comiso90 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL Posts: 3,294	Good job.. Limitless possibilities... __________________ http://www.BOOKSonWAR.com/ .

06-21-2008, 10:59 AM	#14
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 12,511	great shots mixed in there! love the B-17..NJ, that would be an interesting conversion project! __________________

06-21-2008, 06:37 PM	#15
thirtybg Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 43	Here's some older things I've done... This first one was a super quickie (and ugly) job done to rib an acquaintance who drove Eagles with the 48th FW. Here's another ugly one done very quickly during a PM session to rib a friend who's a fan of the Bic Jet... he didn't appreciate it very much... LOL This is one of the first photochops I ever did... it's poorly done, but it was fun. The fella in the cockpit is/was a wrench monkey on Danish F-16s. This one isn't aviation-related... 'twas just a bit of fun using photos of a couple friends... Another very early one... and fairly simple... the N-3PB never carried US markings, so I had to remedy that right-quick... I used to run an aircraft ID quiz on a number of forums, and this was done as an April Fool's joke one year. It's a composite using elements from images of three different aircraft. I may or may not have posted this here before. It's just a little more goofiness using a NASA photo, a snap of a friend's model, a couple'a flying telephone poles, and Joe Cool... Last edited by thirtybg; 06-21-2008 at 06:40 PM.

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