I've been OOB'ing

[Mog]

I came across this yesterday by accident. OOB'ing ( Out Of Border Images ) has a rather large following and some of the stuff that people are producing is stunning..

Here's my 1st attempts, good fun and makes a nice change...

http://mog.smugmug.com/photos/101792982-M-1.jpg

http://mog.smugmug.com/photos/101967770-M.jpg

[Skippy]

I came across this yesterday by accident. OOB'ing ( Out Of Border Images ) has a rather large following and some of the stuff that people are producing is stunning..

Here's my 1st attempts, good fun and makes a nice change...


Hi there Mog..... yes this is something I'd like to learn to do too, did you follow a tutorial?? or did you work it out for yourself ??
I can see you could have heaps of fun with OOB'ing :clap
Thanks for sharing....... Skippy (Australia)

[Ann McRae]

OOB-ing can be really effective and really beautiful. I've seen some images that take on a 3-d effect because of it.

I used it once on a large collage of soccer shots:
http://canadian-ann.smugmug.com/photos/31573711-M.jpg

[Mog]

Hey Skippy,

I simply followed the tutorials that I found HERE (http://www.logicscape.com/oob_tutorials/), they are very well written and incredibly easy to follow.

You're right, it's great fun.....

[Skippy]

Hey Skippy,

I simply followed the tutorials that I found HERE (http://www.logicscape.com/oob_tutorials/), they are very well written and incredibly easy to follow.

You're right, it's great fun.....

Thank you :D I just downloaded the two tutorials and I shall check them out in the morning cause its coming on midnight on my side of the globe.
........ thanks for the link...... Skippy (Australia)

[Forehead]

That looks fun!

I should try that:thumb

[Awais Yaqub]

Loved it looks like fun
you did it very well

[Mog]

Thanks for the replies. Im getting rather addicted at the moment and find myself going through my old photos to see which one's can be OOB'ed easily :D

Another one from this afternoon..

http://Mog.smugmug.com/photos/101993320-L-1.jpg

I've even set up an OOB category on my site :rolleyes

http://www.mog.smugmug.com/gallery/1993405/1/101993320

[photodoug]

my first try...I see mistakes, but this is sure fun!

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/102044333-M.jpg

[photodoug]

ok, this is now a problem

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/102060851-M.jpg

[saurora]

Oh I can see how this could easily become an addiction!!! :rofl

[Mog]

failed to "turn off" the original photo....shown through. Not entirely a bad effect.

Doug,

I really like that snail shot.... :thumb

[gus]

This looks great but i keep hitting a brick wall..can anyone please help.

I get to the bit where you drag the inside frame about & it then asks you to "select add layer mask icon" but mine are locked out from me ???

Its on the 10th page of instruction. :scratch

[Mog]

I'm guessing here but make sure you have applied the distort, press Enter...

[gus]

I'm guessing here but make sure you have applied the distort, press Enter...
That was it mate...ta. :scratch

I went & checked & it did'nt say to hit enter...did it ?

[photodoug]

I can quit anytime I want ...

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/102141682-L.jpg

[gus]

I can quit anytime I want ...



Me too.......


http://wadjelaphotography.smugmug.com/photos/102284047-L.jpg

[Dramatapix®]

I don't know what I'm doing wrong...

I've tried to do three of these. Everytime I get to the point where I have to move the shadow, nothing shows up. If I get rid of the eye for the main image, I can then see the gradient layer as well as the frame layer and the shadow layer, but the minute I put the eye back on the layer to view it, a solid color covers the area where I painted.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Brett

[DavidTO]

Me too.......


http://wadjelaphotography.smugmug.com/photos/102284047-Ti.jpg


:thumb

[photodoug]

Me too.......




warp-age rocks....nice subject...hard water edge....nice job

[gus]

warp-age rocks....nice subject...hard water edge....nice job
Tks guys...thats a hell of a steep photoshop learning curve even if it is paint by numbers !

[Mog]

I don't know what I'm doing wrong...

I've tried to do three of these. Everytime I get to the point where I have to move the shadow, nothing shows up. If I get rid of the eye for the main image, I can then see the gradient layer as well as the frame layer and the shadow layer, but the minute I put the eye back on the layer to view it, a solid color covers the area where I painted.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Brett

Make sure the shadow layer is in the correct position, should be 3rd up from tghe bottom, see the screenshot below, the shadow layer is layer 3.
You can move layers just by clicking on them and dragging them.

http://Mog.smugmug.com/photos/102347456-L.jpg

[gus]

I can stop if i want...


http://wadjelaphotography.smugmug.com/photos/102347496-L.jpg

[Skippy]

I can stop if i want...




Wow!! Thats a beauty Gus gawwwwd leapin Whales Batman!! :rofl
Well dang it I wanna do one...... alas I dont have access to masks :dunno
.........and this is your first go too, wow be prepared folks for what Gus can come up with hehehe....... great shot mate :clap ... Skippy (Australia)

[gus]

Wow!! Thats a beauty Gus gawwwwd leapin Whales Batman!! :rofl
Well dang it I wanna do one...... alas I dont have access to masks :dunno
.........and this is your first go too, wow be prepared folks for what Gus can come up with hehehe....... great shot mate :clap ... Skippy (Australia)
Ta skip...actually this was my first (http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=402950&postcount=17). Im all over this like a rash on a bum

[Skippy]

Ta skip...actually this was my first (http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=402950&postcount=17). Im all over this like a rash on a bum

yeah I wish I could do it........sucks........but that's life :D Skippy

[saurora]

Awwwwwwww, c'mon Skippy! How about one of those macro bugs shots of yours???? We know you've got some great images to work with!!!! :barbSorry, skip, I just caught that you don't have access to masks....bummer. What software do you use????

[Mog]

Great whale photo, love it...

Last one from me, well for this weekend anyway :D

http://Mog.smugmug.com/photos/102354670-L-1.jpg

[Dramatapix®]

Wow... so many great OOB's. Thanks to those who offered help on why I wasn't able to create my OOB image correctly, it turned out that when I went to paint the mask layer to expose the gradient, I had clicked on the image instead of the mask, so I was actually painting over the image. DOH

Anyway, here is my first completed OOB image.

http://www.dramatapix.com/photos/102695399-L.jpg

[SirArmstrong]

:bow You guys are good, I like what you have done.

I have Photoshop Elements (I know, I know, but $$$ is the issue for me) and found it difficult to do, but managed. Thanks for the tutorial, I learned much. Here is my first attempt.

http://sirarmstrong.smugmug.com/photos/102413284-M.jpg

[gus]

Great whale photo, love it...

Last one from me, well for this weekend anyway :D

http://Mog.smugmug.com/photos/102354670-L-1.jpg

I'll take my hat off for this one...excellent !! How hard were the water droplets ???????????

[Dramatapix®]

Another attempt at this.... I see what you mean about being addictive!!!

http://www.dramatapix.com/photos/102695390-L.jpg

[Skippy]

Awwwwwwww, c'mon Skippy! How about one of those macro bugs shots of yours???? We know you've got some great images to work with!!!! :barbSorry, skip, I just caught that you don't have access to masks....bummer. What software do you use????


I've got Elements three but I get to a certain point then Im stuck cause of not having masks........ I don't know the work around for the steps where you should have a mask....... Skippy (Australia)

[Awais Yaqub]

:huh Wow great work everyone

[Skippy]

Great whale photo, love it...

Last one from me, well for this weekend anyway :D



Geez Mog, now your just plain showing off :rofl
That is one amazing shot gawwwwwwd, and you even included the water droplets as well :clap I can see this thread is gonna be real popular with folks producing these simply stunning images.
Really this shot is a Beauty :thumb Well Done! .... Skippy (Australia)

[Dramatapix®]

OK... Last one (for tonight anyway)... LOL

http://www.dramatapix.com/photos/102696935-L.jpg

[Skippy]

OK... Last one (for tonight anyway)... LOL



Nice one...........Ohhhhhhh I'm leaving on a jet plane......don't know when I'll be back again.....leaving on a jet plane.

First song that popped into my head :D ....... Skippy (Australia)

[Dramatapix®]

OK, OK... I need intervention!!!

http://www.dramatapix.com/photos/102695394-L.jpg

[Skippy]

Okay all you folks who have PhotoShop Elements 3 you can do this OOB stuff too :clap :clap all you need to do is download the free plugin that gives you CURVES from ..... http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-elements-curves.html (http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-elements-curves.html) as the package includes MASKS as I found out accidently after many hours of frustration trying to figure out how I too could do OOB's not having access to PhotoShop CS.

Here's my try at this very addictive technique....enjoy... Skippy (Australia)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Ozzie_Skip/Test%20Shots/IMG_4197-01Web1.jpg

[Dramatapix®]

Yay.... Skippy can play. Nice job!

[Barefoot and Natural]

OMGoodness....this thread is so cool! These are the neatest pictures!!

I want to play too....can this be done with Paint Shop Pro XI?
I won't get PS Elements 5 until the end of the week and I do not know if I can wait!!!!!

They need to have a "biting fingernails" smilie. That's what I do everytime I come to DGrin....I just get so excited!!!!

GREAT PHOTOS EVERYONE!!!

[Skippy]

OMGoodness....this thread is so cool! These are the neatest pictures!!

I want to play too....can this be done with Paint Shop Pro XI?
I won't get PS Elements 5 until the end of the week and I do not know if I can wait!!!!!

They need to have a "biting fingernails" smilie. That's what I do everytime I come to DGrin....I just get so excited!!!!

GREAT PHOTOS EVERYONE!!!


Hi there :D the tutorial can be adapted to other programs, it's a matter of finding out if your program has work arounds or the same tools, just located in a different area of your drop down menus.

I just brought PhotoShop Elements 5 as well, I don't have mine yet either.
It can be pretty frustrating when you see things get posted on Dgrin that you wish you could do too... if only you had the right tools ... oh well .. :rolleyes

I hear ya........yep I hear ya ..... Skippy (Australia)

[Barefoot and Natural]

Well I tried to hang with the popular people.....but I can not firgure it out in PSP XI .......I guess I have to wait until Friday :cry


Keep posting those cool OOB's

(I learned a new term....I learned a new term :ivar)

[Phyxius]

Oh, yay! These are REALLY cool. My clicker finger is tried from all the clicking to add the mask though! :)

Here's my first try. (If it wasn't 11:40 and if I didn't have to be up by 5:30 I could see myself doing this for hours!) Thanks for the link to the tutorials!

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j51/phyxiusfoto/OOBjump1.jpg

[Dramatapix®]

Oh, yay! These are REALLY cool. My clicker finger is tried from all the clicking to add the mask though! :)

Here's my first try. (If it wasn't 11:40 and if I didn't have to be up by 5:30 I could see myself doing this for hours!) Thanks for the link to the tutorials!

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j51/phyxiusfoto/OOBjump1.jpg


NICE!

[Skippy]

Oh, yay! These are REALLY cool. My clicker finger is tried from all the clicking to add the mask though! :)

Here's my first try. (If it wasn't 11:40 and if I didn't have to be up by 5:30 I could see myself doing this for hours!) Thanks for the link to the tutorials!



Hahaha :rofl join the club ..... I've been trying for hours too :rolleyes
This is more addictive than sugar hehehehe ...... your image looks great :thumb ... this has been quite a fun THREAD I must say, and it's drawn a lot of interest, all because one person shared what they had learnt and their resources.... yep thats why I love this Forum :lust ... Skippy (Australia)

[Phyxius]

This one was done by the tutorial guy,
http://static.flickr.com/45/118510975_32432462f7.jpg?v=0

Anyone know how to get all those little hairs on the legs, paws, and ears like that? I can't image that he clicks every pixel. Someone mentioned something about a "fur" brush??

[Mog]

Wow, that fur is very impressive indeed, would be interested to know how he did that....

I'm now looking at getting one of these USB tablets to make Photoshop work easier...

[Phil U.]

Very cool thread everyone.

[tlee]

Wow! These OOB images are great :barb! I will have to get on the band wagon. I must find the time first...

Thanks to everyone who has shared their info and images. :thumb

[tlee]

O.K. I Oob'd instead doing other things that needed to be done....

Wasn't sure why it did not look quite right. I see that the other posted images have frames that are wider--will do next time--and there definitely will be next time, and a next, and so on, and so on....:ivar

http://traceystapestry.smugmug.com/photos/103067947-L.jpg

[GREAPER]

I thought I would give it a go as well.

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/103078985-L.jpg

[Skippy]

O.K. I Oob'd instead doing other things that needed to be done....

Wasn't sure why it did not look quite right. I see that the other posted images have frames that are wider--will do next time--and there definitely will be next time, and a next, and so on, and so on....:ivar



Hahaha your hooked too :rofl you will just get better and better at it, there's quite a few steps to follow in that tutorial but gosh its a lot of fun with really pleasing results .....that's the part that makes you want to do more :clap ....... Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

I thought I would give it a go as well.



Nice one Greaper :thumb I need to try a bug too .... Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

Need help..........can't stop ..... :rofl

Here's one I did last night, I sent this to my mother this morning, she made this dear little bear for me several years ago, it's all hand sewn too, I'm sure she will enjoy it :D ....... Skippy (Australia)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Ozzie_Skip/Test%20Shots/TeddyOOB.jpg

[Dramatapix®]

Awwww Skippy that's AWESOME

[wxwax]

What a cool thread!

Somebody want to make something that's falling/coming out of the bottom of a frame?

[photodoug]

cat nap stretch

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/103156889-M.jpg

[Phyxius]

I thought this would be easier than the first one...nope. :huh
So, I like my first one better, but since I spent way too much time on this I 'm posting it anyway!!


http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j51/phyxiusfoto/OOBcap18x10.jpg

Photodoug, love the cat nap :)

Everyone is doing awesome, very neat idea and fun for everyone :):ivar

** also, I have photoshop 6.0 and I can't find the "warp" to warp the frame. Does 6.0 not have warp or is it just hiding somewhere?

[photodoug]

I tried using a color gradient background...blurred and desat'd a bit

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/103220945-M.jpg

[photodoug]

last one

Agent Smith

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/103224809-L.jpg

[gus]

last one

Agent Smith



Superb work mate !!!

[GREAPER]

This is kinda fun :)

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/103302027-M-1.jpg

[GREAPER]

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/103316752-L.jpg

[Phyxius]

WooHoo Greaper!

[GREAPER]

I can't seem to stop.... :D

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/103329840-M.jpg

[gus]

I can't seem to stop.... :D



ok greaps...youve had your fun. Now i want to see a curve on that photo.

[GREAPER]

I took up your challenge Gus... but I can't figure out how to do it.

I use PS 7 and there is no warp command where the tutorial shows it... Does anyone know how to do it with PS 7?

In the mean time, imagine the frame warped on this one...

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/103337926-L.jpg

[Skippy]

Gosh theres some really nice shots in this thread, talk about adictive :rofl
Well done folks ......... Skippy (Australia)

[dlibrach]

This looks like too much fun. Good shots everyone:clap.

Still have some cleaning up to do around the edges but here's my take so far....

Cheers,
Davehttp://DLPhotography.smugmug.com/photos/103384335-L.jpg

[Skippy]

This looks like too much fun. Good shots everyone:clap.

Still have some cleaning up to do around the edges but here's my take so far....

Cheers,
Dave

Wow Dave that's a beauty.........don't worry most of the images being posted in this thread are from people just learning to do it.

......... Skippy (Australia)

[Zanotti]

http://zanotti.smugmug.com/photos/103395096-M.jpg


You guys are good! this is harder than it looks, especially on a 12" laptop with a bulky trackpad instead of a pen or mouse........

What fun trying to learn this, translate it to PSE3 and try and acheive results. Like always, the better the beginning photo, the better the results.

Z


One more:

http://zanotti.smugmug.com/photos/103402277-M.jpg

Much fun!

[UT Scott]

I figured I'd try my hand at this too, I'm nowhere near as good you guys but I still think it looks kind of cool.

http://scottmartineau.smugmug.com/photos/103401350-M.jpg

[moose135]

Great work everyone...now you got me started!

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/103419627-M.jpg

Still need to figure out the gradient, can't quite get what I want, but I guess that means I'll have to keep trying :D

[Swartzy]

The original link with the zip file is for PC's....well, I'm a Mac guy....so where's the tutorial for Mac? I wanna play...whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:scratch

[BeachBill]

The original link with the zip file is for PC's....well, I'm a Mac guy....so where's the tutorial for Mac? I wanna play...whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:scratch
I've never heard of a modern mac that can't open a zip file. Did you try opening it? The contents of the zip is a pdf file. I'm not sure why it's zipped. Perhaps an attempt to compress the file for storage and downloading. :dunno

[ziggy53]

This is one of the most amazing threads I have seen in a long time. Bravo and kudos to all the participants. :thumb:thumb

ziggy53

[Dramatapix®]

I figured I'd try my hand at this too, I'm nowhere near as good you guys but I still think it looks kind of cool.

http://scottmartineau.smugmug.com/photos/103401350-M.jpg

I really like this with the added text and bezeled frame, etc. How did you get the fram to be different sizes. That is not on the tutorial is it? Nice job.

[photodoug]

more wife slime

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/103563261-M.jpg

[Phyxius]

I really like this with the added text and bezeled frame, etc. How did you get the fram to be different sizes. That is not on the tutorial is it? Nice job.

When you do the "contract" step and the tutorial states "enter 30", if you choose a higher pixel number you'll get a thicker frame. Likewise if you higher res. picture you'll need a bigger number to get the "normal" size frame. :)

I've got no clue about beval though :)

[Dramatapix®]

When you do the "contract" step and the tutorial states "enter 30", if you choose a higher pixel number you'll get a thicker frame. Likewise if you higher res. picture you'll need a bigger number to get the "normal" size frame. :)

I've got no clue about beval though :)

But if you look at his/her image, the bottom edge of the frame is larger than the top and sides... was wondering he they acheived that.

[Phyxius]

Ohh! I didn't notice that!

*I'm jealous now. I can't warp either. :)

[UT Scott]

I really like this with the added text and bezeled frame, etc. How did you get the fram to be different sizes. That is not on the tutorial is it? Nice job.
Thanks, I just messed arround with the "perspecitve" and "distort" tools under the free transform or modify or what ever the tool is. For the bevel I just used "blending options" on the frame layer and set it to "bevel and emboss."

[GREAPER]

more wife slime

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/103563261-S.jpg

Very cool shot

[photodoug]

can warp now. desat'd the background and hind leg...waduyathink?

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/103646015-O.jpg

AC/DSHE - all girl tribute band - very good and authentic - more here (http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/gallery/693445)

[photodoug]

here's a shot I found, think it's probably the best application of OOB I've seen

http://static.flickr.com/95/243187805_7e76960fa9.jpg?v=0

[moose135]

Couple more I did while watching the Mets:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/103660461-M.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/103660484-M.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/103691983-M.jpg

[UT Scott]

Ok this stuff is WAY too addicting! I guess I have to try warping next :wink

http://scottmartineau.smugmug.com/photos/103762753-M.jpg

[tlee]

I'm addicted too! I am really enjoying all the posts in this thread!

http://traceystapestry.smugmug.com/photos/103983490-L.jpg

[Skippy]

This is quite a popular thread still, so many folks are enjoy this new found technique thanks to Mog's original post :clap

Keep Posting, the images we are seeing are amazing, and the best thing is, your all having fun learning how to do it.

Thank you all for sharing your OOB shot's :D ..... Skippy (Australia)

[ian408]

These are some amazing PS shots! I really like this and just might
have to give this a go...

Thanks everyone!

[Zanotti]

I am seriously hooked!

http://zanotti.smugmug.com/photos/104291880-L.jpg


http://zanotti.smugmug.com/photos/103598310-M.jpg

[pug8]

I tried the technique for the first time last week. My first attempts didn't work for some reason, but I tried again a couple of days later, and I got it. Maybe I could have chosen better pictures, though. This is Sharlene the Emu, whom I'm doing a 30 Day Pet Portrait Challenge on.http://pug8.smugmug.com/gallery/1951422

[pug8]

This is the other attempt (I couldn't post both them in one post for some reason...)

[Richard]

I just had to try it. First attempt:

http://rsinmadrid.smugmug.com/photos/104457783-L.jpg

This could become a problem...:rofl

[GREAPER]

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/104406643-L.jpg

[lynnma]

oh dear.. now I've got it...

http://Lynn.smugmug.com/photos/104481334-L.jpg

[Barefoot and Natural]

can warp now. desat'd the background and hind leg...waduyathink?

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/103646015-O.jpg

AC/DSHE - all girl tribute band - very good and authentic - more here (http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/gallery/693445)


I love this look......it's so "Wizard of Oz" especially those socks!! :rofl

I LOVE how the background image is really the background instead of just colors!!

I WANT MY ELEMENTS!!!:cry

[justME]

:D love to see these everyone. Just great!

[dbaker1221]

http://snapshotz.smugmug.com/photos/104556161-L.jpg

[Skippy]

as post by dbaker1221

http://snapshotz.smugmug.com/photos/104556161-L.jpg

Ohhhhhhh this is different...... I like this one you did a great job of this one :thumb ... Skippy (Australia)

[tlee]

Should I keep the grasshopper's refelction or take it out? :dunno

http://traceystapestry.smugmug.com/photos/104831524-L.jpg

[Stormdancing]

Great shots and PS work in this thread.
I did this one back in the early spring in Paint Shop Pro. I'll have to try this tutorial with PS now.

http://heartsfire.smugmug.com/photos/65477227-L.jpg
http://heartsfire.smugmug.com/photos/65477227-M.jpg

[Skippy]

Should I keep the grasshopper's refelction or take it out? :dunno



Leave it in :clap I like it with the reflection in ........ Skippy (Australia)

[wxwax]

Yeah, leave the refelction in.

This is one of the best threads ever on dgrin.

[Skippy]

Watch out for that treeeeeeeeeeee.................... :rofl Skippy (Australia)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Ozzie_Skip/Test%20Shots/ParaOOB.jpg

[Dramatapix®]

http://www.dramatapix.com/photos/102695389-L.jpg

I'm bummed... I tried to do some warping, but don't seem to have the warp command in the version of PS that I have. :(

[Skippy]

I'm bummed... I tried to do some warping, but don't seem to have the warp command in the version of PS that I have. :(

Dont worry most people posting dont have Warp Mode either :D .. Skippy

[GREAPER]

Drama

Skippy


Excellent work.

[controld]

This is extremely cool and I now fear for what I used to know as my "free time"! My first attempts (I need to find higher quality original shots):

http://mikeapted.smugmug.com/photos/105515764-M.jpg

and:

http://mikeapted.smugmug.com/photos/105515756-M.jpg

- Mike

[photodoug]

regularOOB:

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/105548191-L.jpg


framelessOOB: removed frame and shadowed based on remaining image...you can see where I'd masked the background away which would have been hidden under the frame.

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/105548148-L.jpg

[Skippy]

This is extremely cool and I now fear for what I used to know as my "free time"! My first attempts (I need to find higher quality original shots):
and:
- Mike

Be stong Mike :rofl OOBing is so darn addictive isn't it.
These two you've posted are pretty cool, and you can warp too, an added bonus ..... Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

regularOOB:

framelessOOB: removed frame and shadowed based on remaining image...you can see where I'd masked the background away which would have been hidden under the frame.



Without the frame, the young boy looks like he is gonna fall out of the picture doesn't he :huh ......... Skippy (Australia)

[Seneca]

OMGOSH...I absolutely love this!!! Very very cool. :lynnma

[flydragon]

this is fun. my first try. pic from the Camp Pendelton Mud Run.

[Skippy]

this is fun. my first try. pic from the Camp Pendelton Mud Run.

Ohhhh this is a good one.
..... and now tell me the truth.... are you hooked :rofl Skippy (Australia)

[RogersDA]

O.k. I'm late. But, I tried it, too.

http://DaRPhotos.smugmug.com/photos/107419512-L-1.jpg

[RogersDA]

And this nice, centered image I did for skippy:skippy

:D:D:D

http://DaRPhotos.smugmug.com/photos/107512116-L.jpg

Edited to correct a shadow issue....

[GREAPER]

I really like that orange.

Excellemt.

[JenGrace]

Wow this is the coolest thread I have seen yet! I'm almost afraid to try it (addictive personality!). :rofl

[Skippy]

And this nice, centered image I did for skippy:skippy

:D:D:D

Edited to correct a shadow issue....


Awwwwww shucks thank you, don't show young Nick though will ya :rofl
he's got a thing about this ---- > :skippy :nod

The orange and the flower look great :thumb ..... Skippy (Australia)

[pug8]

There was a cow parade in Tokyo during the summer. I wanted to practice the technique and this one was the first I found that would be suitable. It cuts out a lot of background distractions, that's for sure.

[Phyxius]

And this nice, centered image I did for skippy:skippy

:D:D:D

http://DaRPhotos.smugmug.com/photos/107512116-L.jpg

Edited to correct a shadow issue....

I noticed a few people have these really nice shadows. Are you guys hand drawing them in there with the paintbrush or am I missing something? Either way, looks great!!:clap

[Skippy]

I noticed a few people have these really nice shadows. Are you guys hand drawing them in there with the paintbrush or am I missing something? Either way, looks great!!:clap

In the second tutorial for OOBing it shows you how to draw in the shadows, but Im not sure that is what everyone is doing.
...... Skippy (Australia)

[LOVEphotos]

GREAT creations in this thread :D

Thanks for sharing :thumb

[Serrator]

Hi fellow editors...I literally stumbled into your awesome thread of OOB creations, very nice work!! I always enjoy seeing others takes on creating OOBs.

Here are a couple of my latest...

A full size T-Rex recreation at a local museum. I used a three shot HDR for the Rex and inserted him into a new background.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/111/312561296_08059906eb_b.jpg

The cannon is at a doctor's clinic nearby and I thought I would add a little action to the shot by adding the cannon ball.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/279626722_10c82adc94_b.jpg


...if interested here is my OOB gallery:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/serrator/sets/72057594091393842/

[Skippy]

Hi fellow editors...I literally stumbled into your awesome thread of OOB creations, very nice work!! I always enjoy seeing others takes on creating OOBs.

Here are a couple of my latest...
A full size T-Rex recreation at a local museum. I used a three shot HDR for the Rex and inserted him into a new background.
The cannon is at a doctor's clinic nearby and I thought I would add a little action to the shot by adding the cannon ball.
...if interested here is my OOB gallery:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/serrator/sets/72057594091393842/

Ohhhhhhhhh my goodness those are Brilliant :jawdrop
They are both amazing, but that last one with the Canon Ball going through the paper is really clever :clap :clap
Welcome to the Dgrin froum Serrator, I'm sure you will enjoy searching through the many threads on all the forums, and boy are we looking forward to seeing more from you :D ...... Skippy (Australia)

[wally5656]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/205362867_7da3316117_o.jpgHere's one of mine.

[ian408]

I'm amazed every time I come back to this thread!

Serrator, awesome job! Looked through the gallery too. Wally5656, nice
work on the wakeboarder!

[Sam]

Amazing creativity with great execution!

Thank you all for posting.

Sam

[tlee]

Serrator, Awesome OOB's. I went to your gallery--WOW!! What a creative mind you have. Makes me want to take mine to the next level--However, that would take settimg aside some time--does anyone know where I can find some:D ?

[sodjdobe]

Ok, this is my first post in this forum, but i was reading it for a long time, and i like it very much. I was stunned, when I saw this thread and, so I decided to give it a try...

here is my first OOB try, I hope u like it!

[LOVEphotos]

ALL these shots are soooooooooooooooooooooooo AMAZING! :bow

Funny, I was looking for this thread the other day ... I'm glad it was bumped back up :D

Keep them coming ... I'm enjoying everyone's creativity :thumb

[Serrator]

Skippy...thanks for the warm welcome! Excellent work being done here in this group.

Nice job on the skier and the dessert looks good enough to eat! Awesome work!

Thanks guys for sharing your splendid OOB's.

Have a safe and wonderful new year!!

[jsedlak]

these are getting AWESOME!

[wxwax]

Ok, this is my first post in this forum, but i was reading it for a long time, and i like it very much. I was stunned, when I saw this thread and, so I decided to give it a try...

here is my first OOB try, I hope u like it!Outstanding!

[Flyinggina]

Hi Skippy! Happy New Year to you from half way around the world!

This is such a great thread do you think you could make it a sticky so more people will have a chance to see it? My family made donations to my special fund for Christmas and I except to become the proud owner of CS2 very soon. :ivar I'll have lots to learn but, boy, it will be hard not to give the OOB's a try first thing. I've already downloaded and printed out the tutorials! Gotta try it.

Virginia

[Wingin'It]

This thread rocks! Thanks to Skippy for the link to the masks and curves for those of us with PSE. I found this thread yesterday, and wanted to show my result after playing around with the technique.


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h147/cwing2000/Coronaarchoob.jpg

[sodjdobe]

Wow! The last one is amazing!

I wonder what it would be like, if the rock would go into another frame...u should give it a try!

[Wingin'It]

Wow! The last one is amazing!

I wonder what it would be like, if the rock would go into another frame...u should give it a try!
Thanks. I will try it with two frames and see how it goes... :clap

[pug8]

Hey, Wingin'It, that's a really cool one. I just think you could have extended the frame down a bit so that those people at the bottom aren't cut in two. Good job, anyway!

[Seneca]

What program is this... really cool...I need to try this. :thumb

[gus]

What program is this... really cool...I need to try this. :thumb
Its in the 3rd or 4th post of this thread your reading now. (http://www.digitalgrin.com/showpost.php?p=402016&postcount=4) Its quite addictive though.

[Raz]

ok, ok, I must post my first oob as well :) even though there's some greater stuff here already:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/347537077_67129a6d77.jpg

Raz

[Barefoot and Natural]

Ok, this is my first post in this forum, but i was reading it for a long time, and i like it very much. I was stunned, when I saw this thread and, so I decided to give it a try...

here is my first OOB try, I hope u like it!


GOT..... TO...... BAKE...... SOMETHING....... NOW!!!

Yummy yummy!!!

Oh, yes, I think you did marvelous!

[sodjdobe]

GOT..... TO...... BAKE...... SOMETHING....... NOW!!!

Yummy yummy!!!

Oh, yes, I think you did marvelous!

Hehe, thanks!

My girlfriend baked it form me, and she made it look good too, so i had to take a few pictures:)

...oh, and it was very delicious, too!!!

[Skippy]

Ok, this is my first post in this forum, but i was reading it for a long time, and i like it very much. I was stunned, when I saw this thread and, so I decided to give it a try...

here is my first OOB try, I hope u like it!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm Chocolattttttttteeeeeeeeee ......yummmmy :D
Your image just screams "Eat Me" .... nicely done :clap :clap
Glad your enjoying the forum, nice to see you here, and hope to see more of your postings :D .... Skippy

[mwalters]

Inspired by this thread I thought I would have a play in Elements 4. The first thing I needed to do was find a layer mask plug in (the one listed earlier only goes up to Elements 3). Here's a link I found:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/p/layermasks.htm

Good luck, I'll post my efforts later!

Matthew Walters

[mwalters]

As promised, first effort at OOB. I can see me spending a lot of time with this trick...

[Skippy]

As promised, first effort at OOB. I can see me spending a lot of time with this trick...

Hey thats a beauty :clap any chance of making the image bigger ???
.... Skippy

[Serrator]

Cool OOB on the rock arch! I was there in Arches National Park this last summer and every view is a photograph. I hope to get back there this summer and perhaps camp out under the stars in the park.

The horse and warrior OOB is another great job! Nice subtle curve to the frame as well...works well.

...and the little predator bird OOB is a great start too!

Excellent efforts guys!!

[Mr. 2H2O]

You guys are SICK! :thumb Now you got me and my kids all hooked on OOBing. I have to clean up post processing on two events I just shot before I can get to start trying...cry for me...I have to wait before I can get pulled into the vortex!

-Mike

[mwalters]

Here's another go. I also used a bit of gaussian blur on the background image and desaturated a little to give the tortoise a bit more punch.

Bigger version of the Kestrel to follow...

Matthew

[wxwax]

:lol3 That's great!

[Phyxius]

Here's another go. I also used a bit of gaussian blur on the background image and desaturated a little to give the tortoise a bit more punch.


Hehe, that's too cute!

[Flyinggina]

Matthew, I love this picture. I live a few blocks from where the photo was taken and I know how hard it is to capture the tortoise and hare. The distractions in the background (trees, buildings, trash can, benches) make composition difficult and the amount of space between the two statues makes it almost impossible to use a shallow depth of field and get both animals in focus. You found a wonderful solution for capturing the light heartedness of the statues (even though the hare, appropriately, didn't quite make it)!! Kudos. :bow:clap

[mwalters]

Thanks for the comment, I'm so glad you like it. As you said, there are lots of distractions like the trashcan etc and I was a bit disappointed with the image to start with but this technique really seems to work.

[Phyxius]

Yay! I've finally joined all you cool people with CS2 and I can now WARP! :lynnma

So, originally I posted this one:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j51/phyxiusfoto/OOBjump1.jpg

Now, with the wonderful world of CS2 I add a bit of warp...
http://phyxius.smugmug.com/photos/122207507-L.jpg
I'm quite chuffed!

[Serrator]

Great "warp-age" Phyxius! It really makes the picture much more dynamic to me. Excellent work.

[Serrator]

Matt,

Nice work too on the turtle OOB...looks like his next step might be a doosie! :)

[mwalters]

Time to start saving, unless someone comes up with a Warp add-on for Elements :cry

Until then, here's my next effort. The water isn't great, but it's taken from a scan of an old print. The subject just seemed spot on.

[sodjdobe]

Pyxius your picture is amazing!! The horse wants to jump out of my screen! :)

[Splatt]

EDIT: Finished this one, went with a different gradient color and added some texture.

The OOBs here look amazing!

Here's my first try.

BTW, my first post here! I just upgraded my membership a few days ago. I love this place.

http://splatt.smugmug.com/photos/122643681-M.jpg

[TylerW]

Ok, I'll jump on the OOB train as well. Just cracked this one out:
16744

[tlee]

Tyler W--I like your background. nice job!

[Serrator]

Fantastic OOB renditions folks!

Matt...nice water spillout! Love the look of the front left rider as he enters the OOB world! :D

Splatt...very nice work! The only thing I would suggest is to change the gradient so that the darker portion is in the lower left corner to provide more contrast to the snow spillout. I know you changed it from the first one but I would still go with more contrast to help show the snow better.

Tyler...awesome pic and OOB work. Action shots are some of the best pics to OOBize and this one is no exception! I have a friend who is a big mountain biker that I want to try and get some shots like this for OOBing. Excellent effort.

[ian408]

That m/c is pretty nice as is the R/C car. Nice work Tyler and Splatt!

[kwcrow]

Here is my first try at it! This is so addictive.
Some of these are awesome! I am not sure that I am attaching this correctly. This is my first post with an image.
16883

[kwcrow]

And Another, it's 3:30 in the morning here! I am insane with this stuff!
16884

[Serrator]

kwcrow...fantastic job! Especially the second OOB, great masking work and perfect subject matter for OOBing!! Remember to eat and sleep some in-between OOB's. :D

[kwcrow]

Thanx Serrator,
I owe it all to your great tutorials. They lay everything out as simply as possible. You may have lawsuit issues for beeing such an OOB enabler.

General questions or statements.

1. In your second tutorial you did some great shading on one of the curved frames. Could you explain how you got your results and maybe some tips on how to do it?

2. I figured that I was hooked on this after reading your tut's and put together a PS action to create and name all of the layers and masks in the proper order. This gives me a good starting point and might offer an even simpler tutorial for those that use know how to use actions. I will try to clean it up and post it for others to use if I get a chance.

3. Also, I have seen some neat 3-D type frames on some of these. (Have thickness and texture). If someone could explain or give tips on how to do it, that would be great!

[fmkjr]

kwcrow...fantastic job! Especially the second OOB, great masking work and perfect subject matter for OOBing!! Remember to eat and sleep some in-between OOB's. :D Nice job on the instructions!!! frank

[Skippy]

And Another, it's 3:30 in the morning here! I am insane with this stuff!

Hey those are great Kwcrow :clap :clap excellent work :thumb ... Skippy
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[JWilbur26]

My First few attempts. What a great tutorial that is.

http://SunshineStatePhotography.smugmug.com/photos/124261100-M.jpg

http://SunshineStatePhotography.smugmug.com/photos/124261108-M.jpg

[traunerk]

here's my very first attempt (a quick rush job...:D)

http://kt.smugmug.com/photos/124288232-L.jpg

Enjoy...

Regards...Keith

[Serrator]

Wonderful OOB's guys! Keep 'em coming.

kwcrow,

You asked about shading...here is a quick mini tut I made that hopefully will help:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=227887195&size=o

Also you asked about adding thickness to the frame, this is easy...just make a duplicate of your frame layer. Change the color to a gray. Move this new layer below the main image layer and above the gradient layer. Move the new frame layer out as needed to create the illusion of thickness.

Have fun.

[Skippy]

here's my very first attempt (a quick rush job...:D)

Enjoy...

Regards...Keith


This one's very clever :clap ..... Skippy
.

[Seneca]

Very nice...I'm still trying to attempt this.

[Skippy]

Wonderful OOB's guys! Keep 'em coming.

kwcrow,

You asked about shading...here is a quick mini tut I made that hopefully will help:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=227887195&size=o

Also you asked about adding thickness to the frame, this is easy...just make a duplicate of your frame layer. Change the color to a gray. Move this new layer below the main image layer and above the gradient layer. Move the new frame layer out as needed to create the illusion of thickness.

Have fun.

Thank you Serrator, your tutorials kicked off quite a bit of excitement as people tried their hand at this amazing Technique.

I just had a look at the link to the tutorial you have in this post, and I just love the way you explain things with images and text, that even I can follow :rofl <---- trust me this is a major compliment :nod

Your a very talented man, you must get a kick out of seeing what people have created knowing that you started the ball rolling :D

Thank you again........... Skippy
.

[Awais Yaqub]

Great work !!

[JCDoss]

My first go at it... Super thread guys!

http://www.dhvp.net/photoclub/uploads/post-3-1169423127.jpg

[ian408]

Wow JC, that's a nice one!

[Serrator]

Awesome boardwalk and dog OOB! The 3Dism is high on this one!!

[Serrator]

Skippy,
Thanks for your kind words and all! It is fun to see what others can do with their editing tools. I was hoping that the tuts would give some folks unfamiliar with editing the basics to try it out. I am always encouraged by others who take the technique and push the out of bound-aries...pun intended! :) I have seen some really nice work here and enjoy watching how beginners progress from the simple learning stages to the adventurous OOB masterpieces.

Here are a couple more OOB's that I have done.

This one is of a knight statue from the Art Museum located in St. Louis Missouri and I added a local castle looking building in the background:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/362167677_b2ce593936_b.jpg


This one is of a RC model jet (radio controlled), they came to our area and put on a big show of around 150 pilots with several hundred jets this last summer. These things fly at around 200mph and have real jet engines that are scaled down, this one here has around a 3 foot wingspan and costs around $20,000 dollars.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/264372840_c2b5c906de_b.jpg

Thanks again for this forum to share our creations.

[kwcrow]

My first go at it... Super thread guys!

http://www.dhvp.net/photoclub/uploads/post-3-1169423127.jpg
Perfect choice of subject for an OOB! It's so 3-D.

[kwcrow]

Wonderful OOB's guys! Keep 'em coming.

kwcrow,

You asked about shading...here is a quick mini tut I made that hopefully will help:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=227887195&size=o

Also you asked about adding thickness to the frame, this is easy...just make a duplicate of your frame layer. Change the color to a gray. Move this new layer below the main image layer and above the gradient layer. Move the new frame layer out as needed to create the illusion of thickness.

Have fun.

Thanks again for even more help Serrator. You do some great tutorials. I agree that shading the frame can really help the realism of OOB's. I thought you might be using some tricks with a grey and white gradient or something. This is very helpfull and I like the idea of your daughter grabbing the frame and curling it, in your tutorial.

-Kevin

[kwcrow]

Here is my latest OOB.
16953

[kwcrow]

Sorry they are all Lake photos. They seem to be my most OOB-able photos. This is the last one that I will post from the lake.
16954

[Phyxius]

The lake ones are all very cool! How do you get all the little water droplets though?

[kwcrow]

The lake ones are all very cool! How do you get all the little water droplets though?
Basically I duplicate the Red Color Channel of the image (It has the most contrast with the blue water) and then use the levels command to create a mask from it by pulling the black and white and midtone markers in towards the middle and play with all three until I get the mask that I want. (not quite black and white but just so the foam is about the only thing that is not black then blacken in anything that you don't want showing through your gradient. I then select the image mask and do a load selection and choose the copy of the red channel that I made (you may have to do an inverse on this? I am away from photoshop and forget.) Anyway now you can just select a big paint brush and choose white and paint the selection. This will reveal only the water droplets from the image. For the Frame I do the same thing so that the foam or water is over the top of it. It makes what seems like an impossible mask very simple once you master the technique. If others are interested, I would possibly be willing to do a better tutorial with some images.
-Kevin

[Skippy]

My first go at it... Super thread guys!




This is such a cool OOB :clap :clap look at those dogs off on a big adventure :D .... Skippy
.

[Skippy]

This one is of a RC model jet (radio controlled), they came to our area and put on a big show of around 150 pilots with several hundred jets this last summer. These things fly at around 200mph and have real jet engines that are scaled down, this one here has around a 3 foot wingspan and costs around $20,000 dollars.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/264372840_c2b5c906de_b.jpg

Thanks again for this forum to share our creations.

Wow Wow and double Wow ..... I love the Jet Serrator.
It looks like it's hovering ready to just take off , the vapours coming from the back of the Jet add to visual effect this image has :ivar

Your OOB's are just amazing ....... Skippy :D
.

[kwcrow]

Wow Wow and double Wow ..... I love the Jet Serrator.
It looks like it's hovering ready to just take off , the vapours coming from the back of the Jet add to visual effect this image has :ivar

Your OOB's are just amazing ....... Skippy :D
.

This may be the best OOB that I have seen so far!

[Serrator]

Thanks guys for the kind words!!


Kevin...your skiing OOB's are definitely top notch work, superb job!!!
I like aircraft pics for sure, here is another I did on a guys awesome pic:

"Breaking the Frame Barrier"

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/197762217_55e530bec0_o.jpg


...and another one for fun:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/145382241_3f50f07b56_o.jpg

[davev]

Thanks guys for the kind words!!


Kevin...your skiing OOB's are definitely top notch work, superb job!!!
I like aircraft pics for sure, here is another I did on a guys awesome pic:

"Breaking the Frame Barrier"



...and another one for fun:



Ok, I haven't gone through every post in this thread, but these are cool.:D

[Skippy]

Thanks guys for the kind words!!


Kevin...your skiing OOB's are definitely top notch work, superb job!!!
I like aircraft pics for sure, here is another I did on a guys awesome pic:

"Breaking the Frame Barrier"
...and another one for fun:



Gawwwwwwwwd Serrator you truly are an expert at this stuff :clap :barb glad you wrote the tutorials or none of us would be hooked :D

These two definately are full of WOW Factor !!
Thanks again for sharing your amazing OOBs with us :clap .... Skippy
.

[Serrator]

Thanks guys for checking them out!

Skippy...you are way to kind!! Just a fun past time...better than watching the old tv. :D

Took this pic of a local dragon today that a guy built from scrap metal, it stands around 2.5 meters tall in his front yard.




http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/Serrator/DDragonOOB.jpg



Here is the unedited version...kinda of a busy background.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/Serrator/DragonOrig.jpg

[Skippy]

Thanks guys for checking them out!

Skippy...you are way to kind!! Just a fun past time...better than watching the old tv. :D

Took this pic of a local dragon today that a guy built from scrap metal, it stands around 2.5 meters tall in his front yard.
Here is the unedited version...kinda of a busy background.


Gosh that would have taken you some time to remove the background on that one .... very cool touch adding the smoking coming from the dragons nostrils :clap :clap thanks again Serrator ...... Skippy
.

[Zanotti]

To me this is the coolest thing about OOB shots. The ability to take a rather plain photo and make it very dramatic!

Excellent job with the dragon. You are right, the origional was a bit busy, the the end resuly is spectacular!

I find myself looking at my own well shot "throw aways" in a new light.

Z

[ShepsMom]

Thanks so much! Now, i have to spend my time doing just that! Wait, they don't have it for Mac?? Excellent photos everyone! :clap

[Stustaff]

Basically I duplicate the Red Color Channel of the image (It has the most contrast with the blue water) and then use the levels command to create a mask from it by pulling the black and white and midtone markers in towards the middle and play with all three until I get the mask that I want. (not quite black and white but just so the foam is about the only thing that is not black then blacken in anything that you don't want showing through your gradient. I then select the image mask and do a load selection and choose the copy of the red channel that I made (you may have to do an inverse on this? I am away from photoshop and forget.) Anyway now you can just select a big paint brush and choose white and paint the selection. This will reveal only the water droplets from the image. For the Frame I do the same thing so that the foam or water is over the top of it. It makes what seems like an impossible mask very simple once you master the technique. If others are interested, I would possibly be willing to do a better tutorial with some images.
-Kevin

Id love to see a tutorial on this. Thanks

[FotoPhocus]

Okay, okay... I give in.

Here's my first 2 tries :D

http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/037/b/1/Out_of_Boundaries___Molly_by_collidgegraduit.jpg
http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs14/i/2007/037/2/5/Out_of_Boundaries___Petey_2_by_collidgegraduit.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/037/e/a/Out_of_Boundaries___Petey_by_collidgegraduit.jpg

[Serrator]

Shepsmom...thanks for checking out this fun pastime...addiction. Not sure what you mean by not having this for Mac's?? If you mean how these pictures are edited, then you most certainly do have the capability! Just go download the Photoshop CS3 beta and give it a whirl or pickup a copy of PS Elements...for that matter you can really do OOB's with just about any photo editing software. If you get stuck...post a question here for help.

FotoPhocus...very well done! Cute pup too!!
Don't forget to use your burn tool to add some hints of shading on the frame to help with the illusion.

[FotoPhocus]

FotoPhocus...very well done! Cute pup too!!
Don't forget to use your burn tool to add some hints of shading on the frame to help with the illusion.

Thanks for the tips! I modified my original 3. I also did another one late last night.

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs15/f/2007/037/f/6/An_OOB_Rhino_by_collidgegraduit.jpg

[BlueHoseJacket]

Probably needed to work on the "plumbness" of the frame. I also need to get a mouse for my laptop, the little pad control makes it difficult to work with in Photoshop. I think I could have done better, but for my first time it turned out ok. whataya think?

http://bluehosejacket.smugmug.com/photos/128452009-L.jpg

[Skippy]

Probably needed to work on the "plumbness" of the frame. I also need to get a mouse for my laptop, the little pad control makes it difficult to work with in Photoshop. I think I could have done better, but for my first time it turned out ok. whataya think?



Hey there its an excellent first try indeed :clap
In the original is the girl on the lefts hand cut off??? if not it needs to come outside the frame :D

You did real good :thumb now that your hooked hehehe I'm sure you will be doing a heap more ....... Skippy

.

[viningsbee]

http://www.student.gsu.edu/%7Eadrinkard1/baller.jpg

Man, this is WAY TOO MUCH FUN. Time for my OOBers Anonymous meeting.

This is my first post, too. Seems like a cool board. :thumb

Working on that basketball net was teeeedious. Had to manually redraw the left side of the net too, as there was a bright light behind it in the original photo that had drowned out that part of it completely. Final complaint: her arms and legs got the skinny treatment since she was blurred in the original. A sharper pic would've been better.

Edit: By the way, this is Natasha Howard, likely the #1 high school fresh(wo)man in the country. She's gonna be big, sho 'nuff.

[viningsbee]

Basically I duplicate the Red Color Channel of the image (It has the most contrast with the blue water) and then use the levels command to create a mask from it by pulling the black and white and midtone markers in towards the middle and play with all three until I get the mask that I want. (not quite black and white but just so the foam is about the only thing that is not black then blacken in anything that you don't want showing through your gradient. I then select the image mask and do a load selection and choose the copy of the red channel that I made (you may have to do an inverse on this? I am away from photoshop and forget.) Anyway now you can just select a big paint brush and choose white and paint the selection. This will reveal only the water droplets from the image. For the Frame I do the same thing so that the foam or water is over the top of it. It makes what seems like an impossible mask very simple once you master the technique. If others are interested, I would possibly be willing to do a better tutorial with some images.
-Kevin

Kevin, I'd love to see a tutorial on this as well if you've got the time to spare. I love those OOBs!

[BlueHoseJacket]

Nice to see a Hiver on the Dgrin site. Nice work by the way.

BlueHoseJacket

[ShepsMom]

Shepsmom...thanks for checking out this fun pastime...addiction. Not sure what you mean by not having this for Mac's?? If you mean how these pictures are edited, then you most certainly do have the capability! Just go download the Photoshop CS3 beta and give it a whirl or pickup a copy of PS Elements...for that matter you can really do OOB's with just about any photo editing software. If you get stuck...post a question here for help.
Thanks, i have PS CS2, i d'l the tutorial, LOL, i don't know what i was thinking :rolleyes

Well, here is my pathetc attempt at this. I'm not sure i like this one, i couldn't find anything more approprate. I need to go snapping...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/roxysmom/DSC_0025.jpg

[Serrator]

-FotoPhocus, good job on the shading touchups. One more slight tip on that, try to shade only on one side of each protruding object such as the rhino's horn, only shade the lower area of the horn and not above the horn too. Try to match the lighting of the image and in the rhino's case the light is coming from the upper right it appears. Nice work though. Hope this makes sense...

-BlueHoseJacket, wow...using a touchpad, you are brave! Knowing that... you did extremely well on your OOB. Just consider adding some shading on the white frame under the car. Fun pic too!

-viningsbee, terrific job! Having the OOB of the girls and then the backboard shows the creative thought you gave this one!! Excellent.

-Shepsmom, you have been holding out on us...very nice! Great looking canine too!!

[pete-menefee]

I'm fairly new to the site and just noticed this thread. This was done some time ago, and I couldn't do it again without following the instructions to the letter.

Some great work here. You guys are really good!

Pete

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/pmenefee/1866Serve-oob.jpg

[Andy]

I'm fairly new to the site and just noticed this thread. This was done some time ago, and I couldn't do it again without following the instructions to the letter.

Some great work here. You guys are really good!

Pete

:wave welcome to Dgrin!

[Skippy]

I'm fairly new to the site and just noticed this thread. This was done some time ago, and I couldn't do it again without following the instructions to the letter.

Some great work here. You guys are really good!

Pete



Hi Pete......yup thats what its all about mate, having fun, and heaps of people here can help you out and the clever man that provided the Tutorials for learning to do OOBing visits this tread quite often, his screen name is Serrator (http://www.dgrin.com/member.php?u=14513)

Thanks for sharing Pete...... enjoy the forums ...... Skippy
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[kwcrow]

Id love to see a tutorial on this. Thanks

Some of you were interested in how I created a mask to allow only the water splash and foam to show outside of my OOB frame. Here is an attempt at explaining it.
This is my original OOB.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/390911850_865a57f57c.jpg?v=0

Next we are going to click on the Channels Tab. (Assuming you are in RGB Mode) you should see an RGB combined Channel along with a Red, Green and Blue Channel.

If we compare these channels, we can see that the Red channel produces the most contrast between the white splash and foam of the water and the blue water itself. ( I will not go into detail of why this is so, other than Blue water contains little if no Red in it, therefore it is dark or black and white contains much red in it (as well as blue and green) therefore it is light. This is why we chose this particular channel to use as our mask.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/390911853_83e4825ce1.jpg?v=0
Red
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/390911847_6888c57948.jpg?v=0
Green
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/390911840_670d1078e1.jpg?v=0
Blue

1. First we are going to make a duplicate of our red channel to use as our eventual selection mask. Make sure that you have selected the Red Channel from the levels pane. Now right click on the red channel and select duplicate channel. You should now have a "red copy" channel. This is what we will create our selection mask from.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/390911854_04e7840607.jpg?v=0
Now this channel alone does not have enough contrast to make a good mask yet, so we are going to fix that using the levels command.

2. Make sure "red copy" Channel is selected and then Select from the Menu Image->Adjustments->Levels...
3. Now bring the black arrow(left) towards the center until you have turned the blue water to the level of black that you want without losing the splash and foam that you want.
4. Now bring the white arrow(right) towards the center until you have made the foam pure white where you want the foam to show through. I like to leave a little room between the black and white arrows to allow for some gradual fading of what shows through and what doesn't.
5. Now adjust the grey arrow(middle) to your preference where you still have a little texture in the foam. You should have something similar to below. Click OK and now we have a perfect selection mask.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/390913155_1f623b9490.jpg?v=0
6. Click the RGB tab so you see the OOB in color again. Click back on the layers Tab and select the layer "mask" (click on it) that is linked to your original image (very important).
7. Select from the Menu Selection->Load Selection... From the channel drop down menu, select the "red copy" as your selection mask. You should see something like this with the crawling ants as your selection that matches your mask that we created from the "red copy" channel.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/390911844_e6bad1e7c5.jpg?v=0
8. Now select a big paint brush and make sure your foreground color is white and start painting over the water. You should see that the white foam is showing through everywhere that you paint.
"If this is not happening then you probably do not have the mask linked to the original image selected." ("hint: ctrl-H will toggle marching ants on and off in windows")
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/390913158_68f5db15ff.jpg?v=0
9. Now we want to make the foam also look like it is on top of the frame in places, so using the same selection we want to click on the mask linked to the white frame(very important). But now we want to change the paint brush to black and then paint over the frame where we want the splash to be on top of the frame.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/84/390913157_671e670920.jpg?v=0
Hopefully you have something like this when you are finished. This method can be used for other things that are hard to mask. You just need to pick the color channel that provides the best starting point.

[Skippy]

Some of you were interested in how I created a mask to allow only the water splash and foam to show outside of my OOB frame. Here is an attempt at explaining it.
This is my original OOB.


Next we are going to click on the Channels Tab. (Assuming you are in RGB Mode) you should see an RGB combined Channel along with a Red, Green and Blue Channel.

If we compare these channels, we can see that the Red channel produces the most contrast between the white splash and foam of the water and the blue water itself. ( I will not go into detail of why this is so, other than Blue water contains little if no Red in it, therefore it is dark or black and white contains much red in it (as well as blue and green) therefore it is light. This is why we chose this particular channel to use as our mask.

Red

Green

Blue

1. First we are going to make a duplicate of our red channel to use as our eventual selection mask. Make sure that you have selected the Red Channel from the levels pane. Now right click on the red channel and select duplicate channel. You should now have a "red copy" channel. This is what we will create our selection mask from.

Now this channel alone does not have enough contrast to make a good mask yet, so we are going to fix that using the levels command.

2. Make sure "red copy" Channel is selected and then Select from the Menu Image->Adjustments->Levels...
3. Now bring the black arrow(left) towards the center until you have turned the blue water to the level of black that you want without losing the splash and foam that you want.
4. Now bring the white arrow(right) towards the center until you have made the foam pure white where you want the foam to show through. I like to leave a little room between the black and white arrows to allow for some gradual fading of what shows through and what doesn't.
5. Now adjust the grey arrow(middle) to your preference where you still have a little texture in the foam. You should have something similar to below. Click OK and now we have a perfect selection mask.

6. Click the RGB tab so you see the OOB in color again. Click back on the layers Tab and select the layer "mask" (click on it) that is linked to your original image (very important).
7. Select from the Menu Selection->Load Selection... From the channel drop down menu, select the "red copy" as your selection mask. You should see something like this with the crawling ants as your selection that matches your mask that we created from the "red copy" channel.

8. Now select a big paint brush and make sure your foreground color is white and start painting over the water. You should see that the white foam is showing through everywhere that you paint.
"If this is not happening then you probably do not have the mask linked to the original image selected." ("hint: ctrl-H will toggle marching ants on and off in windows")

9. Now we want to make the foam also look like it is on top of the frame in places, so using the same selection we want to click on the mask linked to the white frame(very important). But now we want to change the paint brush to black and then paint over the frame where we want the splash to be on top of the frame.

Hopefully you have something like this when you are finished. This method can be used for other things that are hard to mask. You just need to pick the color channel that provides the best starting point.

Thank you very much for taking the time to make these screen shots and go into detail about making a mask and showing us how you got that water splashing done in your OOB shot, this is how I learn by picture, the words without the pictures don't make sense to me, I learn by seeing then reading and doing.

I have bookmarked this post so that I can refer back to it when I get a shot I'd like to try this out on.

Thank you again, your tutorial is very much appreciated :clap :clap
..... Skippy
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[wxwax]

Excellent tutorial, kwcrow! :clap

[Serrator]

Fantastic tut kwcrow! Channels can sure make busy selections a whole lot easier to deal with as you have shown. This is a perfect example of it's usefulness too...thanks for sharing it.

[kwcrow]

Fantastic tut kwcrow! Channels can sure make busy selections a whole lot easier to deal with as you have shown. This is a perfect example of it's usefulness too...thanks for sharing it.
Thanks all for the kind words, especially Serrator who I consider the Master of tutorials. I'm not worthy!!!
This has too many viewings to not Bump it once in awhile!

[kwcrow]

Thanks all for the kind words, especially Serrator who I consider the Master of tutorials. I'm not worthy!!!
This has too many viewings to not Bump it once in a while!

I want to keep this thread alive, since it has the most viewers of all the threads in "Other Cool Shots" so I am posting my latest OOB I did for my son's graduation invitations.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/229/500557405_98d89de8ca_o.jpg

[destes]

Me too.......


http://wadjelaphotography.smugmug.com/photos/102284047-L.jpg
Now this is absolutly fantastic :thumb:barb:clap:bow. I've GOT to try this when I get home tonight.

[Serrator]

kwcrow...wow your son's graduation flyer is awesome! Somehow I missed it until now. Really nice work.

[Skippy]

I want to keep this thread alive, since it has the most viewers of all the threads in "Other Cool Shots" so I am posting my latest OOB I did for my son's graduation invitations.


That looks great :clap except for the foot missing on the bottom left.
It still looks great :thumb he'll think your pretty darn smart doing that for him, gosh I'd be rapt if someone was doing that for me :nod

Well done. .... Skippy
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[kwcrow]

That looks great :clap except for the foot missing on the bottom left.
It still looks great :thumb he'll think your pretty darn smart doing that for him, gosh I'd be rapt if someone was doing that for me :nod

Well done. .... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy and Serrator,
I'm 44, so I don't know what "rapt" means:dunno (Is it the same as stoked?:scratch ). I didn't like cutting the foot off either, but it was cut off in the original picture, so no way of cloning that back in easily. (Feet are pretty ugly anyway:D ).

[UNCTEP]

After seeing some of the images here I thought I'd give it a go. Below is my best effort so far... done with Elements 2.0

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/UNCTEP/OOB4thTry2.jpg

[Serrator]

Wonderful work UNCTEP!! Great pic to use for your OOB...looks like the pup didn't mind it either. :rofl

[Iota]

My First Attempt. (Not the easiest picture to try it on, imho, but it seems to have come out 'okay).

http://athans.smugmug.com/photos/153880107-M.jpg

[dlscott56]

Can I play? This is cool and really easy with the tutorial you provided.
Thanks!

http://4scotts.smugmug.com/photos/153990580-M.jpg

[Serrator]

Great job on your OOB's Iota and Dave!

Iota your transition OOB is really nice for a starter...well done.

Dave your family OOB is great too, you did really well considering all the hair masking you had to deal with. Excellent.

[Hinson]

Wow! These are all fantastic. I've just spent the last hour going through all 12 pages of posts and some just blow my mind. I thought I was doing something no one else was with my flowers. (below) Now I see there is a whole community built around these OOB images and much more sophisticated then what I have been doing. I think I've found a new home...hehehe

Hinson

[esheato]

http://esheato.smugmug.com/photos/154074074-L.jpg

[mbx777]

This is a phenomenal thread - I don't know who to compliment most! I discovered it a few days ago and had to try. Here's my - actually second - attempt:

http://mbx777.smugmug.com/photos/154081037-M.jpg

[mercphoto]

I can't get the magic wand left-click selection to work (see page 26 of 35). What does "left-click" mean in Mac-speak?

[mercphoto]

My first attempt:
http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/photos/154211144-M.jpg

[Serrator]

-esheato, great cobra OOB. Perfect masking job.

-mbx777, outstanding masking and fun pic to use for your OOB. Nice frame warpage too!

-mercphoto, tremendous job...well done! I see you figured out the Windows to Mac translation. If I remember my Mac days the left click should just be the mouse button for Mac...they don't have a right mouse button or at least when I used to have one, but it's been a while??

[mercphoto]

The hardest part is the masking, which I'm not overly good at. I don't feel I get nice clean lines on my masks.
http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/photos/154240553-M.jpg

[Serrator]

Bill, another nice job on your car OOB. As far as the extraction method masking, use a "harder" brush vesus a "soft" brush for hard edged items such as your car body and such. Also be sure to use the shift key when masking straight edged areas. Like for instance the car fender, just click on one end of the fender where it sticks out of the frame and then hold down the shift key, move the brush as far along the edge that is being masked so that when you click again the brush will mask out between those two clicks creating a perfectly straight mask line.

For hair/fur or other softer edged items use a softer brush accordingly.

[kwcrow]

The hardest part is the masking, which I'm not overly good at. I don't feel I get nice clean lines on my masks.
http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/photos/154240553-M.jpg
Nice job Bill on both of these cars. If you are having trouble drawing the mask, with something with this sharp of color change edge like the car, the magic wand selection tool works very nice. It should be able to distinguish the car from the background easily and might be better than trying to draw the mask free hand. Select the car with the wand and if you don't get it all on the first click then Shift Click on the part of the car that didn't get selected. This should add to your selection until you have selected all you want and then inverse your selection and use that to paint your mask. I hope I didn't confuse.

[mercphoto]

Good advice on selecting for the masks from both of you. Thanks!

[Skippy]

After seeing some of the images here I thought I'd give it a go. Below is my best effort so far... done with Elements 2.0



Awwwwwww how cute is your dog :lust well done :D ... Skippy
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[Skippy]

My First Attempt. (Not the easiest picture to try it on, imho, but it seems to have come out 'okay).



This is an excellent image love the selective colouring too :clap .. Skippy
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[Skippy]

Can I play? This is cool and really easy with the tutorial you provided.
Thanks!



Ahahaha thats a good shot :D ... Skippy
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[Skippy]

Wow! These are all fantastic. I've just spent the last hour going through all 12 pages of posts and some just blow my mind. I thought I was doing something no one else was with my flowers. (below) Now I see there is a whole community built around these OOB images and much more sophisticated then what I have been doing. I think I've found a new home...hehehe

Hinson

Hi Hinson, Dgrin is full of amazing images from people who are incrediably talented indeed, searching through the many forums is a wonderful way to discover the many hidden talents of the folks on Dgrin :thumb
I saw you Lilly posted on Other Cool Shots, its a great shot,
and very nicely framed too :D .... Skippy
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[Skippy]

Cleverly done :D ... Skippy
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[Skippy]

This is a phenomenal thread - I don't know who to compliment most! I discovered it a few days ago and had to try. Here's my - actually second - attempt:



Looks like this little girl is about to jump right out of the picture :D
Good Job :thumb ... Skippy
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[Skippy]

My first attempt:


Ahhhhhh I see your addicted already :rofl
The cars looks great :D .... Skippy
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[rwells]

I'm gonna' join in on the fun too :D

My first three attempts

http://rw.smugmug.com/photos/158227683-M.jpg


http://rw.smugmug.com/photos/158227703-M.jpg


http://rw.smugmug.com/photos/158227694-M.jpg

Fantastic tutorials !!! I wouldn't of had a clue without them.

[Serrator]

Randy...fabulous work! You did an excellent job of masking especially with the bull and ex-rider! :D

I really like the jeep and the panoramic framework though. Excellent.

Welcome to the fun.

[rwells]

Thanks Serrator, that's quite the compliment coming from you...

I seriously don't know how you figured that process out, but I'm glad you did. I haven't gotten to your second tutorial yet, but if it's anything like the first one :D :D :D

One of the best written/screenshot tutorials I've had the pleasure of using!

I'm afraid the OOB'r monster is in me now :huh

Later,
Randy

[Skippy]

I'm gonna' join in on the fun too :D

My first three attempts
Fantastic tutorials !!! I wouldn't of had a clue without them.

Wow :clap those are really cool.
I love the Bull shot, that's very cleverly done :clap .... Skippy
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