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Stamets @lemmy.world

1y ago

Ah, the early day

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I like that the reflections largely indicate that the text is sitting right on top of the water surface. And then you have this weird, non-euclidean, lowercase 'g' that completely demolishes the perspective.
- The lower half of the g is actually folded in a 90 degree angle and lying flat on the surface of the water, which also explains why it has no reflection. Truly a photo manipulation worthy of a first place.
  
  It really showcases that it's almost impossible to find the spot where that g is located.
  
  No no the bottom half of the g is underwater and the light is being refracted
  
  Am I fucking bonkers or does the g not have a clear reflection on the lower half that totally breaks this take.
- Also the shadow indicates that it's well above the surface. It's just not a great photoshop by any means. That must have been a horrible class.
  
  Log off. Go find a cat. Pet it gently for five minutes. Wash away the bitterness enveloping your soul.

Depending on when this was, that could have been pretty sophisticated. We wouldn’t think much of it now, but there was a time where I purchased expensive books on step by step instructions for wild text effects. We’d laugh at them now, but they were cutting edge in the 90s.
- Removing backgrounds used to be a highly specialized skill that took hours, or plugins that cost hundreds of dollars. Same with eye and teeth touch-up. It's crazy how automated Photoshop stuff is these days.
  
  Cutting things out of an even mildly noisy background was a pain in PS when j went to college
  6 months ago I cut out a game character from a really noisy background using a free web based PS knockoff and it took like 5 minutes
  I cried a little for the lost time past me had

What are you talking about; this image is legitimately quite a good effect for early-days photoshopping. It's not perfect, but it's perfectly fine for a student project with an enjoyable result.
The pure audacity of the "g", which in honesty couldn't have had anything else done with it without becoming even more jarring and interfering with the readability, only adds to the impact. 10/10

The drop shadow is so close but also somewhat distorted, it kind of adds to the comedic effect.

won by not using comic sans
"seems right"

Me neither. Especially with that g

Me neither. Maybe if you post the entire image instead of cutting off the bottom inch, there might be a clue.
- if you look at the corners, they probably did post the entire image. It's the screenshot that crops

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