Chrispy
Active member
First of all, I\'m writing this because I hope it\'ll help some people. However, It\'s also a little something to get off my chest because I see these so many times, and people could do so mch better if they would stop and follow these guidelines:
Blurry Pictures: This can be a number of thing: your not holding the camera steady, you\'re lens is dirty, the resolution got messed around with, and your camera sucks. Here\'s how to fix things:
Steady camera: Do what sharpshooters do: get the camera up against a soild object, inhale, aim, shoot, exhale. That ensures your hand is steady while taking the picture.
Lens is dirty: clean it, either with glass cleaner or a clean handkerchef.
Resolution: More of a porblem of sizing things. You really should have to decrease the resolution too much, just the size of the picture, more later.
Camera sucks: A webcam will not get you a picture that should go in White Dwarf. I suggest a digital camera with macro lens, I know these are expensive, but if you\'re really into the hobby, it pays to get one of these for WIP and auctions
Next, we have the problem of Image Size:
Image size and resolution go hand in hand. The bigger the resolution, the bigger image wise it will be on the computer. What does this mean? It means that though an image of 5\" x 5\" will always print at that size, a 5x5\" picture will be 360 pixels at 72 pixels an inch (inches X Pixels per inch= size in pixels). So that means a picture at 200 pixels an inch would be 1000 pixels wide, that that is huge!
You can fix this easily in many photo programs, and you should. I get pic from my camera at 300 pixels, so they can get pretty big.
Another thing about the image size: cropping. This is basically taking out everything that you don\'t want to be in the picture. There should be just enough space to see the picture, and hopefully none of it should be cut off. Again, Photoshop can do this easily, just use the marque tool (dotted box thingy) select what you wnat, then just copy and paste into a new image!
Next is camera angles. Did you paint minis sideways? Why do we have to look at them for that angle? And why do you want a whole picture of a mini from the back? All you need to do is turn the photograph around and if you want a back veiw, put it with the front veiw, but below it because people always want to look at the front first.
Notice all these things have nothing to do with painting quality, but if done incorrectly they could hurt your score a lot. Like I said, just use a little time to make it neater and it will be refelcted in the pics!
Blurry Pictures: This can be a number of thing: your not holding the camera steady, you\'re lens is dirty, the resolution got messed around with, and your camera sucks. Here\'s how to fix things:
Steady camera: Do what sharpshooters do: get the camera up against a soild object, inhale, aim, shoot, exhale. That ensures your hand is steady while taking the picture.
Lens is dirty: clean it, either with glass cleaner or a clean handkerchef.
Resolution: More of a porblem of sizing things. You really should have to decrease the resolution too much, just the size of the picture, more later.
Camera sucks: A webcam will not get you a picture that should go in White Dwarf. I suggest a digital camera with macro lens, I know these are expensive, but if you\'re really into the hobby, it pays to get one of these for WIP and auctions
Next, we have the problem of Image Size:
Image size and resolution go hand in hand. The bigger the resolution, the bigger image wise it will be on the computer. What does this mean? It means that though an image of 5\" x 5\" will always print at that size, a 5x5\" picture will be 360 pixels at 72 pixels an inch (inches X Pixels per inch= size in pixels). So that means a picture at 200 pixels an inch would be 1000 pixels wide, that that is huge!
You can fix this easily in many photo programs, and you should. I get pic from my camera at 300 pixels, so they can get pretty big.
Another thing about the image size: cropping. This is basically taking out everything that you don\'t want to be in the picture. There should be just enough space to see the picture, and hopefully none of it should be cut off. Again, Photoshop can do this easily, just use the marque tool (dotted box thingy) select what you wnat, then just copy and paste into a new image!
Next is camera angles. Did you paint minis sideways? Why do we have to look at them for that angle? And why do you want a whole picture of a mini from the back? All you need to do is turn the photograph around and if you want a back veiw, put it with the front veiw, but below it because people always want to look at the front first.
Notice all these things have nothing to do with painting quality, but if done incorrectly they could hurt your score a lot. Like I said, just use a little time to make it neater and it will be refelcted in the pics!
