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by vitaly
2011-08-23T11:25:02-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: Extracting light layer from two images (with, w/o light)
Replies: 12
Views: 38923

Re: Extracting light layer from two images (with, w/o light)

I cheated :) I decided against the lighting layer and simply used the pre-lighted image (like the second one from my original post). But instead of sliding doors animation where it was very apparent that the light splits apart when door leafs start sliding, I use scaling on doors to imitate opening,...
by vitaly
2011-08-23T02:42:21-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: Extracting light layer from two images (with, w/o light)
Replies: 12
Views: 38923

Re: Extracting light layer from two images (with, w/o light)

Guys, thank you very much for your detailed replies! It's amazing what ImageMagick can do. fmw42, I tried your method with the 16Q version of IM, as I don't have an HDR build and it worked quite well: http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/4377/91365350.png I previously tried lighting a white image and ...
by vitaly
2011-08-22T11:48:38-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: Extracting light layer from two images (with, w/o light)
Replies: 12
Views: 38923

Re: Extracting light layer from two images (with, w/o light)

The lighting image is precisely what I'm trying to get. I don't have it. I just take the first image, apply Lighting Effects filter in Photoshop and get the second image. Since I actually want to animate doors, I need the lighting as a layer, not as part of the door, for animation to look realistica...
by vitaly
2011-08-22T06:59:47-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: Extracting light layer from two images (with, w/o light)
Replies: 12
Views: 38923

Extracting light layer from two images (with, w/o light)

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4177/27868493.png http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/7540/62416656.png Hi there, I'm using Photoshop's Lighting Effects plugin to light the image, but unfortunately the effect can't be applied to a separate layer, which is what I need. So I have to extract the sem...