Portland Model Power Boat Assoc
Portland Model Power Boat Association
"Showcase" page
This page features works by the members and guests, news, photos of events, things that would be of special interest.
This page will change often, so be sure and check back soon!
so be sure to stop back in then!
I change the "Showcase page" once a month!
The 2007 club float and meeting schedules are posted on the schedule pages. Be sure to check back to the “Showcase Page” for interesting displays! Web Master, Neal
We are asked from time-to-time to show past “Showcase” pages. We will start to archive them for you.
New feature from PMPBA
Dec 07/ Jan 08
Watch for the 2008 club float and meeting schedules out soon!
As twilight falls, the crew of USS Oregon make ready for an approaching storm.
Digital Magic model of USS Oregon 1:96, 44" long
People aboard make the photo come to life!
Regular visitors to the Portland Model Power Boats Assoc. web site and “Showcase” page know your web master likes to create digital composite photos. Not all photographs you take of your model boats are good ones. But every once and a while a photograph is taken that almost looks real. The light, color of the light and scale of the water is just right. All that good photo needs is a little digital help for fascinating results. I use Adobe, Photoshop, (sells for about $100) to add to and manipulate my photos. As in the example above, the software allows you to cut out crewmen from one photo and paste that image into the background photo. The smoke, and gulls are all retrieved from the internet, (i.e., google search, “seagulls”) and then the same,” cut and paste” process is used. Sometime ago my son and I got into sailor and officer costumes and photographed ourselves in various positions, sailor walking, leaning, working, pulling a line and officers doing what officers do against a green screen background. (In addition, I am constantly building a library of scenery, sky, clouds, rust, waves and all things maritime to use in these projects.) The crew above is from that library although you can get “cast” from many sources. Why a green screen background? That lime green you see is opposite flesh color on the chromakey, (the digital color wheel) so when you have the computer remove the background it doesn’t subtract from flesh tone. It is not necessary to use the whole green screen process; it just means a little more time edge detailing your cut out crewman. This art form is not as difficult as you may think, as all things computer it just takes a little time to learn software. So get out you digital photos and see if you have the right photos to tweak. Once you have the camera and software it costs nothing. Don’t forget to check into that software that came with your camera, sometimes bundled on that CD is a simple program that will work just fine. Also there is “freeware” downloads from the internet, check out www.download.com or www.twocows.com and search, "Photo".
Your web master, Neal
One of the 22 crew above in raw form
