Mario Live! » People http://mario-live.com/blog The Blog Since 2008 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:08:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= RAW Edit For The Fro Week 59 http://mario-live.com/blog/2012/01/raw-edit-for-the-fro-week-59/ http://mario-live.com/blog/2012/01/raw-edit-for-the-fro-week-59/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:43:56 +0000 Mario http://mario-live.com/blog/2012/01/raw-edit-for-the-fro-week-59/

As this week RAW file by Jared Polin contains without a doubt a cool looking model it’s time to participate in the weekly RAW edit thing. Yes, again.

This time I also have a little critique on the image itself.

In fact it also involves a little tip as I said in the beginning of this video: never touch the model. Ever. At least not if it is not your partner or a very good friend.

So, if you would have shot this image and the model would have been hired or joined the shooting on TFP-basis and you would have seen that the string of her dress was twisted, you would have attended her on this. This way the model can correct things like that herself and no awkward or uncomfortable situations occur.

I hope you like this week RAW edit. I’m heading to do the next video. Thank you very much for watching and all your support!

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Traci told me via Google+ that she got lost when she watched my former video on Investigating the Scene before doing a shoot.

I should have mentioned that knowledge of the exposure triangle is mandatory in order to understand the explanation in mentioned video.

Even though there are plenty explanations of this triangle available on-line I decided to do my own in order to make the whole thing complete.

Enjoy:

Thank you very much for watching and all your support. I really appreciate this!

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    ]]>     http://mario-live.com/blog/2012/01/the-exposure-triangle-made-easy-hopefully/feed/ 0     Saving An Out Of Focus Image – RAW Edit For The Fro #58 http://mario-live.com/blog/2012/01/saving-an-out-of-focus-image-raw-edit-for-the-fro-58/ http://mario-live.com/blog/2012/01/saving-an-out-of-focus-image-raw-edit-for-the-fro-58/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:43:33 +0000 Mario http://mario-live.com/blog/2012/01/saving-an-out-of-focus-image-raw-edit-for-the-fro-58/

    If you shoot with an aperture of f2.8 or even shallower, you know that it can happen that your subject(s) can get out of focus by leaving the focal pane. This happens easily if you’ve set your AF to Single or One Shot instead of Continuous or AI Servo.

    Even though you can usually do with Single or One Shot AF and lock your focus when doing portraits it can get tricky in combination with a shallow depth of field like mentioned above. This is especially true when an animal is involved that can change the setting in an instance.

    A tong over a face is enough for a dog to achieve something like that.

    However, if it happens there is still a good chance to save the image. This is where today’s edit start. Let’s have a look:

    I hope you found this video useful. Thank you very much for watching.

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      There are many questions on the differences between the Debut and EX version of Manga Studio. In todays video I talk about the main differences when it comes to the export file formats.

      As you could see there a quite some differences and while the EX version has all the goodies on both computer systems: Mac and PC, the Debut version on the PC is more restricted than the Mac-version.

      I hope this little explanation helps you to decide for what version you want to go.

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        ]]>         http://mario-live.com/blog/2012/01/the-different-export-formats-in-manga-studio-debut-and-ex/feed/ 0         RAW Edit For The Fro Week 57 http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/12/raw-edit-for-the-fro-week-57/ http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/12/raw-edit-for-the-fro-week-57/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:58:15 +0000 Mario http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/12/raw-edit-for-the-fro-week-57/

        As some of you told me that they like my RAW-edits I decided to participate in another one. This time it’s a challenge but this is not the reason to do this. I can’t use the prize anyway.

        This week the RAW image was taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and I first edit it in Lightroom before I give it my finishing touch in Photoshop.

        This is probably my last post in 2011, so I wish you a Happy New Year already.

        Thanks for watching and all your generous support during the last 12 month.

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        Even though Manga Studio has a lot of balloon materials there are still users out there who want to create their own. Luckily this is very easy to accomplish as you’ll see in today’s video.

        I hope this short video was helpful for you. If you want to check out more tutorials on Manga Studio please check the site on Comic Art & Tutorials to find many more.

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        ]]>         http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/10/how-to-create-your-own-balloon-material-in-manga-studio/feed/ 0         How To Fill A Vector Shape With A Simple Color In Manga Studio http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/10/how-to-fill-a-vector-shape-with-a-simple-color-in-manga-studio/ http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/10/how-to-fill-a-vector-shape-with-a-simple-color-in-manga-studio/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:27:02 +0000 Mario http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/10/how-to-fill-a-vector-shape-with-a-simple-color-in-manga-studio/

        Gerald from Hamburg (Germany) asked me how he can fill his vector shapes with a simple color in Manga Studio. As the manual of Manga Studio can be a little overwhelming with more than 400 pages, I decided top make this little video to provide a fast answer.

        There are also some misconceptions when it comes to ruler-layers. You can have a look at my series on this by scrolling down on my comic-art-and-tutorial-page. However, I will provide another video on how to think in the right way when it comes to ruler-layers.

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          ]]>           http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/10/how-to-fill-a-vector-shape-with-a-simple-color-in-manga-studio/feed/ 0           Manga Studio Quick Tip #12 http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/09/manga-studio-quick-tip-12/ http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/09/manga-studio-quick-tip-12/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:05:00 +0000 Mario http://mario-live.com/blog/2011/09/manga-studio-quick-tip-12/

          Let’s stare at a blank page in this quick tip and have a closer look to all this print guides in Manga Studio and what they mean.

          I hope this video made things clear and answered the questions you had in mind around the print guides.

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            This is a fast and straight forward answer to a question I just got in my inbox from Anthony. This time I’m not doing a screen cast for this. I hope it helps.

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              With todays video I want to invite you to your drawing board. Be it a digital drawing tablet or pencil and paper. It doesn’t really matter.

              What we’re going to draw is just a western style head by throwing some lines. Especially if you passed the stage where you always use guide lines you’ll like to see that an easy egg like shape and a cross will do the job.

              The whole purpose is doing some finger stretching exercise for finally drawing model 19. What model 19 is all about I want to reveal in the last video on this project and I hope that you’re not disappointed.

              Most important is that you have fun drawing along or just watching. It’s up to you.

              As you can see in the above video the focus here lies on the facial features. I’m going to ink the whole thing but keep the hair untouched.

              Have a nice time drawing.

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