How to change faction symbols?

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  1. mrgalvaprime

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    Can someone help teach me how to change the faction symbol on the following image:
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  3. Inikalord

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    Uhhh, what? Why?
     
  4. mrgalvaprime

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    Im trying to digibash him into a version of armada Overload and before you ask why its because i want to okay!
     
  5. TrueNomadSkies

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    If you can wait until tomorrow, I can do it & walk you through the steps I went by on paint.net (it's like a really simplistic version of photoshop). Don't expect a full blown tutorial or anything (no offense, but I'm far too lazy for that), but it's really not that difficult with a good picture (like the one you have) & if you're just wanting a diffy faction symbol.
     
  6. mrgalvaprime

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    Thanks
     
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    If you're going to digibash the picture anyway, why not start with Classics Hardhead?
     
  8. mrgalvaprime

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    The colours on onslaught are closer to the ones i want o the final product. Also Hardheads images on seibertron.com do not work for some reason so i cant get a large pic in that same (lack of) pose
     
  9. Maximo Prime

    Maximo Prime Bassist of Ill Repute

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    what program are you using?
     
  10. Maximo Prime

    Maximo Prime Bassist of Ill Repute

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    this took me 3 minutes with photoshop. i smudged out the d'con, grabbed an autobot from google images, changed the size, slapped it on. it's literally that simple, you should try it!

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    But it loos like it is just stamped on the picture not the figure itself
     
  12. TrueNomadSkies

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    Well to be honest, I think it looks pretty good, especially considering that you'd likely have used a brand new reprolabel sticker (oppose to a faded one).

    I'd have basically done the same thing. :) 
     
  13. Maximo Prime

    Maximo Prime Bassist of Ill Repute

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    that's an awfully long and drawn out way to say "thank you."


    what's the difference it's a digibash. BY all means go ahead and do it better.
     
  14. Bountyan

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    Take the other shoulder, mirror it, paste on the other side?
    The patch tool in Photoshop?

    Two ways I could see getting rid of the Decepticon logo.
     
  15. process

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    While you're digi-bashing, might as well practice doing this too.

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    1. Use the clone stamp to wipe out the shoulder's Decepticon logo. Trial and error this part.
    2. Find a good Autobot logo. Remove any background it may have using either the Magic Wand tool or Polygonal Lasso tool, playing with the anti-aliasing and Refine Edge button to get clean edges.
    3. Once you've isolated the Autobot logo, select the whole thing using the Magic Wand tool. This'll give you an Autobot-shaped outline.
    4. Once you have the outline, position the outline over the shoulder, and copy+paste from the stock image itself. You can discard the actual logo layer.
    5. Apply a blending option to this new layer, which right now should look just like an Autobot-outlined chunk of silver shoulder. Check off Color Overlay in the Blending Options, and apply a red color. Use the drop-down menu to see which Blend Mode works best. I think I used "Overlay" for the image above.
     

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  16. mrgalvaprime

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    Maximo sorry i souded a bit ungrateful its just I expected something more like what Process did. I apologize if i did sound to needy about it
     
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    It's ok. It's just that you weren't entirely clear on what the digibash was for, what you wanted out of it... usually people use digibashes as a guide on something they want to create. So simply slapping a symbol on (which is all i said i did) would be adequate. If the digibash WAS the end result, then yeah, I can see that you'd want it to not look like its own layer.

    SQ7 - So long as you're around to appreciate it, my work was not in vain :)