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Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-03-22 08:59am

The 1st, the 2nd just dosn't feel right.

Its time for you...to leave. Meh. The first gets it perfectly.
And I love the background.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2006-03-22 09:15am

That background must have took a bit of time in Photoshop or GIMP to get right.
Good work.

I vote for #2 because the trooper's saying 'leave' is plenty powerful.
Will you do a Samuel L. Jackson ('It's time to say goodbye, motherfucker'

) one next?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2006-03-22 10:05am

Glocksman wrote:That background must have took a bit of time in Photoshop or GIMP to get right.

Actually it was pretty easy to do because the original image file I'm working from has the clonetrooper isolated on a separate layer with transparency around him, so all I had to do was put the forum image on a layer behind the clonetrooper and then run a Gaussian blur filter on that layer to simulate the effect of a camera's depth of field.

Post by **Surlethe** » 2006-03-22 10:09am

I think it might be an improvement to drop the contraction and have the clonetrooper simply say, "It is time for you ... TO LEAVE." I don't think the contraction suits the gravity of the picture.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-03-22 10:11am

But that's the line!!

It's in the God damn movie!!

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2006-03-22 10:36am

Darth Wong wrote:
Glocksman wrote:That background must have took a bit of time in Photoshop or GIMP to get right.
Actually it was pretty easy to do because the original image file I'm working from has the clonetrooper isolated on a separate layer with transparency around him, so all I had to do was put the forum image on a layer behind the clonetrooper and then run a Gaussian blur filter on that layer to simulate the effect of a camera's depth of field.

That beats the shit out of having to manually erase every extraneous pixel around the trooper.

I did that once for a Tomb Raider pic of Lara Croft in a local park, and it took hours to get it right.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2006-03-22 10:47am

Glocksman wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Glocksman wrote:That background must have took a bit of time in Photoshop or GIMP to get right.
Actually it was pretty easy to do because the original image file I'm working from has the clonetrooper isolated on a separate layer with transparency around him, so all I had to do was put the forum image on a layer behind the clonetrooper and then run a Gaussian blur filter on that layer to simulate the effect of a camera's depth of field.
That beats the shit out of having to manually erase every extraneous pixel around the trooper.
I did that once for a Tomb Raider pic of Lara Croft in a local park, and it took hours to get it right.

Well, at some point you still have to isolate the trooper from the original background of the pic from that scene, but I did that at the very beginning in order to replace the original background with a black background. Besides, modern software tools make that a lot easier.

First, of course, you hand-draw a selection line around the trooper. Then you turn on the red selection highlighting mode, zoom in to 400% magnification, and use paint tools to touch up the line so that it's fairly accurate to the contours of the trooper. Then you just cut him out of the original picture, paste him into a new picture on a transparent layer, and voila. It also helps to have more resolution to work with: I started with a 1600x1200 picture.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2006-03-22 01:45pm

#2. The emphasis is on LEAVING. Anyone getting the ban hammer has already been called an asshole numerous times.

Post by **Kuja** » 2006-03-22 01:55pm

Darth Servo wrote:#2. The emphasis is on LEAVING. Anyone getting the ban hammer has already been called an asshole numerous times.

Agreed.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2006-03-22 03:34pm

I think I'd prefer the original background from RotS personally but there you go.

As to those two, #2 is better but would be even better with all the text in one block.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-03-22 03:59pm

I actually prefer it without an explitive, but the second one suggests a pause in the phrase that just doesn't read right.

So barring "It's time for you to leave." being all in the same place, I vote 1.

Necroid · Post by **Necroid** » 2006-03-22 04:17pm

I voted 2. The asshole version is better then the original "motherfucker" but it still feels a bit off.
Also, love the background.

Old Peculier · Post by **Old Peculier** » 2006-03-22 04:40pm

I voted 1. I still don't see why the trooper wouldn't say asshole. However, I don't much like the comma in the first section of writing. I think the space between the two parts allows for enough of a dramatic pause.

FSTargetDrone · Post by **FSTargetDrone** » 2006-03-22 06:09pm

Prefer the first. The emphasis on "To Leave" in the second seems a bit awkward.

You could lose the "Asshole" if you don't like it for some reason, but keep "It's time for you to leave" all together. Otherwise it loses impact. Visually and otherwise.

Edit:

I like the background as well. The first time you had the black background, that was fine, but this background fits so much better.

Edit the second:

Is it possible to change your picture of the trooper a bit so the top of the helmet isn't cut off?

Admiral Bravo · Post by **Admiral Bravo** » 2006-03-22 06:56pm

The second one defenetly.

Post by **Simplicius** » 2006-03-22 07:24pm

I do think having "to leave" isolated is a little awkward - but I imagine it's easily fixable, viz.:

It's time
for you to

LEAVE!

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2006-03-22 08:46pm

Number two, only make the text a single block just above the gun. That would make it much more effective.

Faqa · Post by **Faqa** » 2006-03-26 03:48pm

#2

*whistles for a few fundies to test shiny new pic on*

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2006-03-26 04:33pm

The second one flows better, I think.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2006-03-26 10:16pm

Rogue 9 wrote:The second one flows better, I think.

I agree. Number Two gets my vote.

Wyrm · Post by **Wyrm** » 2006-03-27 12:59am

#2, because #1 conjures up images of the RvB guys for some reason, which I don't think is your intent.

(I like the old "TERMINATE HIM!" pic better than both, though...)

(... What?! I like Galvy. Leave me alone!)

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2006-03-29 03:27pm

No. 2 for me as well. It puts the emphasis on the "leave" part, which is appropriate. I'm sure the fucktard's heard enough explicitives by then. :P

LeftWingExtremist · Post by **LeftWingExtremist** » 2006-03-29 03:52pm

Your going to kill me for giving you more work but I have a suggestion... Instead of 'asshole' or any other insult that seems to be out of place for a clone trooper. I would suggest puting something like 'now!', it gives the pic the same impact without it making the clone look out of place.

LeftWingExtremist · Post by **LeftWingExtremist** » 2006-03-29 10:14pm

I didnt kill this thread did I??

LeftWingExtremist · Post by **LeftWingExtremist** » 2006-03-30 06:37am

Please tell me I didnt kill this thread

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