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Post subject: Taking pictures of minis
 Posted: Feb 26, 2003 - 07:32 AM
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Da Warboss
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I've seen some great pics of minis, both as peoples avatars and elsewhere, but I cannot seem to replicate the quality of the pics, no matter how I try!
How do you do it!
I've tried using my webcam, which can't focus on anything small than a frickin' barn, and even my Dad's decent digital camera couldn't focus
Should I use a normal camera and scan the pictures? |
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Posted: Feb 26, 2003 - 08:28 AM
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| Digital cameras with around 2 megapixels should work pretty well. Just don't use a flash and make sure it's not focusing on something other than the minis. |
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Posted: Feb 26, 2003 - 11:05 AM
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For my pics on coolminiornot I used a camera from a friend of mine. I believe it's called a Canon Powershot (?), something like that. It makes incredibily good pictures but they're about 5 Mb each  At college we have a old digital camera from Sony which I'm gonna try out Friday to make some snaps of my Nurgle conversions, but I don't think the quality will be very stunning.
You can also scan your models (I've done that with my cheerleader and the results turned out quite okay, but it could've been better though...) |
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Post subject: Great photo taking resource.
Posted: Feb 26, 2003 - 06:02 PM
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There are some great articles on coolminiornot.com. Look under the General-Photography section.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/go.php?go=articlephp&expand=all&orderby=recent&levels=99
For me the basics are:
*Digital camera with macro mode (i.e will focus ok when 10-15cm away from mini).
*Turn flash off camera.
*Use neutral background - sheet of white paper, I've used the grey foam from my minature case before, find what suits you best.
*Use a lamp/lamps to light mini.
*Use software like Photoshop to crop image and adjust colour/brightness/contrast levels if it's out of wack.
Here's my latest posting:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/?id=12630
Feel free to give me a good score!! 
Happy snapping! |
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Post subject: Re: Great photo taking resource.
Posted: Feb 27, 2003 - 01:43 AM
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spree wrote: Feel free to give me a good score!!
I gave you a Public Comment. How's that? 
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Posted: Feb 27, 2003 - 03:50 PM
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Woohoo, new member here...
ok, try this: use the Macro feature on your digital camera. It allows for closeups to be shot clearly. Next, tweak the pic in an editor, like Photoshop.
hmmm... now I have to remember the url for my avatar.  |
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Post subject: Re: Great photo taking resource.
Posted: Feb 27, 2003 - 06:21 PM
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Squiggoth wrote: I gave you a Public Comment. How's that?
Excellent!! Thanks for that, just remember - the better the competition, the better you get...rivalry will fuel greatness!! |
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Posted: Feb 28, 2003 - 02:24 AM
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| Sneakily applied thinner will help you diminish opponents... |
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Posted: Feb 28, 2003 - 03:51 AM
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sadly I don't have a digital camera, so I might be forced to scan normal photos...
oh well |
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Posted: Feb 28, 2003 - 04:25 AM
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You can also scan the mini's themselves, it's quicker and cheaper compared to scanning photo's (but the quality is often less...)
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Posted: Mar 27, 2003 - 11:29 AM
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how do you post pictures up in the forum??
ive got a digi camera so i can DL IMAGE onto my HD then what do i do??? |
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Posted: Mar 27, 2003 - 01:06 PM
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MattRobson wrote: how do you post pictures up in the forum??
ive got a digi camera so i can DL IMAGE onto my HD then what do i do???
You need to get them onto somewhere on the web and then reference the URL for the image.
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Posted: Mar 28, 2003 - 09:47 AM
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Posted: Mar 28, 2003 - 11:25 AM
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Yup, go to lycos.com to get some free webspace. It looks kinda crap but it works fine if you just want to link things.
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