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Please read before requesting a photoshop job. - 11/14/2006 12:26:49 AM

74_ironhead

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As a lot of you know me and a few other members have become pretty skilled at photoshop. All the work being done is volunteered so please be patient, it make take a little while but we'll do our best to get your request finished and returned for you.

A few guidlines.

*The bigger the picture the easier it is to work with, so try to post large good quality pictures

*The more pictures you post the better

*Give a general idea of what you want. (Yes we might have a pretty good imagination, but what good is it when the end result is better if it suits you and not the creator)

*If you go out to take pictures try to get a constant light, shadows are bad, take pictures in a well shaded area so the whole bike is getting the same amount of light. Around sunset is a good time to take pics.

*Make sure the object in the picture is the whole thing (not cut off.)

Flash-

When you use your flash in the "traditional way" (i.e., to provide EXTRA/ ADDITIONAL light in, say, a darkened room or at dusk or after dark outside), you're actually providing MORE light to your film (or to your sensor array in your digital camera), since there isn't enough ambient light to for you to capture a well-illuminated photograph.

ON THE OTHER HAND, when you're outdoors in the bright sunlight where there's ample natural light, your goal is entirely different: you don't need MORE light, you need to RE-DISTRIBUTE the light. Using your camera's FORCED flash (lightning bolt icon) feature, you're merely RE-DISTRIBUTING the light, so that MORE LIGHT (your flash) illuminates those pesky dark shadow areas... while simultaneously LESS SUNLIGHT is captured that otherwise results in harsh glare on your windshield and color bleachout on the painted surfaces. Voilá, with your flash you've "softened" all that harsh glare/harsh shadow! Put another way, essentially the same amount of light winds up on your film (or sensor array)... but the light is more evenly distributed, thus usually rendering a far better photograph, whether your subject is your motorcar or a closeup of your family on the beach (see photos directly below). You've taken a photograph instead of a crappy snapshot... and the only thing you did differently was to force your camera's flash to "soften" all that harsh shadow and harsh sunlight.

RULES to request a chop:

1. Post a picture of your ride that you want chopped. Try to get an good quality image, and make sure it is a decent size because tiny chops don't come out well. The quality of a chop depends a lot on the images provided, the better images you provide us with, the better chops we can do for you.

2. If you want parts (i.e wheels) to be chopped onto your bike...FIND THE PICTURES OF THE PARTS and post them.....we are already doing you a favor, we are not going to go search the net for YOUR chop.

**The chop will come out better if you post pics of the part that is the same angle as your bike. If you want wheels chopped onto your bike....and you provide us with a side angle view....DON'T get an angled view of the rims....you know what I mean.

Some things are difficult to add, such as taking a bike with drag bars and adding ape hangers, we'll do our best to give you an idea of how it looks but it might not be perfect.

Remember that we are doing this as a FAVOR for you!

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