VLC

[Bugdani]

Hello,

VLC? What, where, how much? are my questions.

Is anybody can help me?

Bug.

[toprob]

For the technical bits, check out Tim's website.

In beta at the moment. You'll need to ask Tim when and how much, but he's away at the moment.

[Adamski]

QUOTE (Bugdani @ Apr 9 2010, 05:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

VLC? What, where, how much? are my questions.

Bug ... you are NOT ALLOWED to buy this add-on ... your screenshots will be even better ... grrrrrrrr

[husker]

QUOTE (toprob @ Apr 9 2010, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

For the technical bits, check out Tim's website.

In beta at the moment. You'll need to ask Tim when and how much, but he's away at the moment.

Hi Rob - any chance you can do a shot of what your 'across the straight' signature pic looks like with VLC? It would be intersting to see how much better VLC blends with your scenery areas...

Cheers, Wayne.

[creator2003]

To me and i mite be wrong ,the sig that Robin is showing now on his user is the VLC and across the straight addon blended together ..

i myself have been trying to match some photoreal with VLC from a old horrible faded 2000 photo ,after alot of recoloring it is possible to get the blend close but not flawless.

[toprob]

Yes, Mike is right, the banner image does show Real NZ within VLC. It's a bit small to get a good look, so I've done a quick comparison. Here's the eastern edge of Real NZ Wellington, running straight down the middle of the pic. You can see the difference, but not the blend:)


However there are a few gotchas here.

Photo scenery normally comes with a single season (locked to the time the photo was taken -- of course) but VLC may change the appearance quite a bit at different times of the year. The shot here shows summer, winter, autumn. Some areas are more noticeable than others -- Wellington not so much, further south you will see a real difference in snowy areas!

The source image will also determine the colour to a large extent. Although most images are tweaked a bit, they really start off at the best the professionals could get at the time the image was put together. There is not really a lot anyone can do to improve upon this, except to make it more FS-friendly. (reducing blue light scattering, matching tonal range, sharpening etc.)

The transition impact can be reduced a lot by blending the edges, which I've done in later projects, but not older ones. Wellington is blended, Marlborough isn't, for instance.

[husker]

Thanks for that, much appreciated. That's lookings really good - especially winter which is looking nice and green (as actually is in winter!). Cheers, Wayne.

[Bugdani]

Sorry to be so late but....

...Thank you !!!!!

Bug.