/pone/ - World of Equestria

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Let´s post the greatest hits from the previous thread so you can get an idea of what´s been made before.

Starting with a few alternate versions.

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and now, let´s get into the twisted zone

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No photoshop was used for this edit even if it looks like it. The explanation behind this process is right here  >>/2513/

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and the chosen picture for the OP.

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 >>/3800/
alternate images, more focused on certain adjustments

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first edit has the brightness adjusted. The 2nd edit is a gothic version of it with a sharper contrast.

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Well, I think that should be a pretty good sample of what´s been made on the first thread. There are a lot of explanations and discussion about how they were projected and reviews of this material. 

/endpone/ Editors: 

Bridgefag: >>/3780/,  >>/3781/, >>/3787/,  >>/3792/, the bridge banner  >>/3793/ and the discovery of Canterlot Daily in his /go/ thread,  >>/3794/,  >>/3805/,  >>/3811/ (goth edit, also with Vaporwave and emboss versions on the last thread) and three of the edits of this post (Dolores, dark Amore and the emboss edit).

Board owner:  >>/3816/ (a test of how far he could reach with the compression) and the  >>/3793/ edit of that Canterlot Daily banner.

L23: what hasn´t been said before.

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 >>/3863/
this pic with some fangs of meh quality.  and a bubble because why not 

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 >>/3866/
If you only managed to implement bat wings to her, that picture could have been pretty useful tbh

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now, speaking of the 2nd mascot....

by using the flaws from the mobile app, I believe that your picture about Candy was way more exploitable than one would have expected...

 >>/3868/
It could've. I actually made it after th fic though. Though for future Bat Cadence appearances that is a path I could take.

 >>/3869/
Now this is good. My asset is still a bit amateurish but now looks both purposeful and creepy in its own way.

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 >>/3873/
> I actually made it after th fic though. 
yeah, I know, it´s just that it simply looks like it could perfectly fit for whatever you have planned with her.

> Though for future Bat Cadence appearances that is a path I could take. 
yeah, even if it´s taken to a derivative edition from the original picture, as long as it puts the reader into that concept and translates decently what you want, that should be enough.

> Now this is good. My asset is still a bit amateurish but now looks both purposeful and creepy in its own way.
yeah thanks. I doubted for a while about its brightness and I had to decide among 5 editions and decide which one should make the cut.  I have other versions of her (more red colored and with less brightness) and I can post them as well.

The main thing about it was making your drawing a little bit more complex with the flaws and give her a little bit of a bat feeling. I simply pressed my finger a couple of times inside the wing and the contours of her body were transferred to the inside of the main wing. Adding more sharpness, a partial color wash and the little adjustments made with the PC, turned out to this product. I haven´t made a chaotic edit that would make the cut for a good while.

It´s not like the first time I do this with your pictures.

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also I am posting pictures I have found out there on Derpi

they are unedited and I simply leave them here so if anyone feels inspired at editing them, they could serve for future material. 

Just like the Candy edit  >>/3817/(which seems that you have liked it a lot)

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 >>/4061/ 
Definitely an improvement. Like it.

 >>/4062/
This is so cool! An old picture that wasn't a gem, but not horrible. It feels very Halloween or Autumn themed. It (and the original pic even to an extent) are kinda strange. Did ya have any special thought process or drive with this one?

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 >>/4064/
and this is kids, how you transform an over the edge gif to a comedic one (we already have a ton of suicide reaction pictures). It would make much more sense if it were a quesadilla though.

 >>/4063/
> Definitely an improvement. Like it.
yeah, simply using the shadows, a little bit of sharpness, clarity and more intensity in the color can end up with this result. It served me to warm up a bit because I haven´t made edits for a long time. Not that it requires any practice but what came right after it, it would make sense that I started with something as simple as that.

 >>/4063/
> This is so cool! An old picture that wasn't a gem, but not horrible. It feels very Halloween or Autumn themed.
thanks, I didn´t expect to see such a positive reaction because...


>  It (and the original pic even to an extent) are kinda strange. Did ya have any special thought process or drive with this one?
it is indeed strange and most likely, the most unknown territory to show. I have always feared about using more than 3 layers in any picture and without the flaw effect from the mobile app, this is probably the most recharged and saturated pictured that has ended up in this state. 

I didn´t know what to reach, it´s all been trial and error, modifying the adjustments until I created layers that looked correct to me. I kept going as if it was a video game and I have like 5 checkpoints/layers of images that I have saved during the process in order to continue, I cannot explain exactly what I have made nor what I wanted except lessening the cold effect from the original picture. 

I wanted to add a little bit more of brightness because it looks certainly awkward to me but I would ruin that aesthetic that you have described. I left it at that and after a certain layer, I played with the wings´ shadows and almost any adjustment would look cool with them by taking them into account.

I could analyze the process by judging on reverse but I have clicked on so many things and moved the effect all the time that it came because of having a good time while listening to dream pop rather than achieving anything in particular.

I couldn´t conclude nor comment about anything because my feelings were (and still are) mixed towards it, posting it for having this thread more active.

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 >>/4070/
> It would make much more sense if it were a quesadilla though.

Why didn't I think of that!? Yes indeed that'd be cool

> 

I didn´t know what to reach, it´s all been trial and error, modifying the adjustments until I created layers that looked correct to me. I kept going as if it was a video game and I have like 5 checkpoints/layers of images that I have saved during the process in order to continue, I cannot explain exactly what I have made nor what I wanted except lessening the cold effect from the original picture. 
I get that pursuit. You were just moving on aimlessly with it.

> I couldn´t conclude nor comment about anything because my feelings were (and still are) mixed towards it, posting it for having this thread more active.

> it is indeed strange and most likely, the most unknown territory to show. I have always feared about using more than 3 layers in any picture and without the flaw effect from the mobile app, this is probably the most recharged and saturated pictured that has ended up in this state. 

I like it. I'm pretty sure I've seen some pics somewhere with a similar look before that were Halloween or Nightmare Night themed. I thought you may have been aiming for something like that a little bit.

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 >>/4070/
I also like that Luna in the forest edit. Though the original is a bit too dark I see it as tranquil. The edit feels more like a departure than an improvement, with several different contexts depending on the mood. From happy to actually a little creepy.

 >>/4079/
> You were just moving on aimlessly with it. 
basically that.Again, I could make the explanation in a retrospective analysis of what adjustment I had modified the most between pictures but that´s a task which anyone can figure out from the eye itself.

> I thought you may have been aiming for something like that a little bit.
not even close, I only wanted to get rid of so much blue from the picture and get more dynamic by using the tone and the contrast. There were a little bit of a couple of effects in between and it escalated to a different variety of colors that didn´t go all that extreme. Now, that cost me to try literally everything just to guess what I wanted to do. It´s like shooting blind at random targets. Maybe I wanted to go further because it would be too predictable to deliver the same all the time. 

By the way, that´s quite possibly the best take I have seen with the emboss filter in which it doesn´t get too weird or collapses the picture with the effect in its entirety. Also, I must say that Candy looks like she has come from an 80s (maybe early 90s graphics?) game in this case. The thumbnail at least makes her look like a sprite. 

 >>/4080/
> Though the original is a bit too dark I see it as tranquil. The edit feels more like a departure than an improvement, with several different contexts depending on the mood. From happy to actually a little creepy.
ufff that´s up to a personal interpretation from the viewer. You are onto something. While I am editing it especially when I do it aimlessly, sometimes I simply don´t focus so much on the meaning but on the visual aspects. In retrospective, after a certain undefined period, the user gets to see the meaning of it without being so biased.

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I can see why you like this one. Though I'm not sure i remember everything I did  it wasn't much but it seems there was a few steps  I'll try to repeat it with something else.

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 >>/4138/
> I can see why you like this one.
I knew that before this post, you had used more than effect just to arrive at this picture. I had never seen a similar edit that you had show before. 

> I'm not sure i remember everything I did it wasn't much but it seems there was a few steps I'll try to repeat it with something else.
if I had to explain everything I did in the edits, I would get crazy trying to figure it out. Normally, I would save a few copies of the process just to have a checkpoint/base material for the next step and apply the inductive method. 

Judging it without knowing the Photoshop effects, it seems that you used a derivative negative effect.

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 >>/4089/
> Now, that cost me to try literally everything just to guess what I wanted to do. It´s like shooting blind at random targets. Maybe I wanted to go further because it would be too predictable to deliver the same all the time.

> You are onto something. While I am editing it especially when I do it aimlessly, sometimes I simply don´t focus so much on the meaning but on the visual aspects. In retrospective, after a certain undefined period, the user gets to see the meaning of it without being so biased.

I can understand that. Just trying to get your barings by feel and seeing where it goes. I still need to try to find some pics from the style I thought you were aiming for though.

> By the way, that´s quite possibly the best take I have seen with the emboss filter in which it doesn´t get too weird or collapses the picture with the effect in its entirety. 

Its actually the fabric filter this time. I ought to try to do more like this where I select just parts of the image. The only part I do not like is the darkened wing, I should have made it a different color or the same color of the rest of the image.

> Also, I must say that Candy looks like she has come from an 80s (maybe early 90s graphics?) game in this case. The thumbnail at least makes her look like a sprite. 

It's the cubism filter. She certainly looks pretty retro in the thumbnail that's for sure.

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 >>/4148/ 
> I knew that before this post, you had used more than effect just to arrive at this picture. I had never seen a similar edit that you had show before. 

> Judging it without knowing the Photoshop effects, it seems that you used a derivative negative effect.

It looks like a more stylized contrast filter. I'm trying to  repeat the process, I know I changed the contrast and messed with some contrast and color filters but it seems like there was something else.

> Normally, I would save a few copies of the process just to have a checkpoint/base material for the next step and apply the inductive method. 

When I'm not messing around and being serious that could be a good idea, the only problem is when I'm in a bit of a zone and don't want to think about it if ya get what I mean.

Nice color addentions with that seapony Luna. I also like the lighting as well.

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alright, you are making it really hard to pick just one because the base image is really great but some of these effects just add a cherry on top of it.

Ironically enough, this edit  >>/4157/ is technically the least impressive of them all for some reason. 

I will try to rank them in a quick way because it´s getting a bit late for me:

emboss<= emboss with supernova <<< eroded< ice blue=abstract< supernova=<the faded out 

The pink filter works pretty well for this picture (the ice blue doesn´t fall short either). Almost all the effect could be pretty valid for the image itself. The abstract and the eroded 
works for thumbnail and the supernova works great at replacing the sun/moon by bringing rays all over the picture. It almost looks as something inherent/natural to the picture itself.

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 >>/4157/
> Just trying to get your barings by feel and seeing where it goes. 
do you want the whole process visually? I have all the pics for the process...well, I am uploading them all in order so you (and I) can figure out how "that magic" (if touching buttons is magic) happened.

> I still need to try to find some pics from the style I thought you were aiming for though.
finding autumn themed pictures should be easy to find (over 1k pictures on Derpi) but as for lo-fi/flawed pictures.....good luck at discovering any. Nobody wants to see a low quality image. Even if you found their tag, barely anything in its category would reach over 100 upvotes.

> I ought to try to do more like this where I select just parts of the image. 
going into a partial route could be a more playful method to try a few effects instead of the whole picture. 

> The only part I do not like is the darkened wing, I should have made it a different color or the same color of the rest of the image.
yeah, it looks a little bit out of place even though I thought you had added that color just to make it clear her bat aspect or something related to your vision about her.

> It's the cubism filter. She certainly looks pretty retro in the thumbnail
yeah, I had seen that filter before with this image  >>/3780/. It shows how situational some filters are depending on the image entirely. No filter is going to work in the same way all the time. Instead of looking like cubes, they feel more like a 32 pixel art by downgrading the definition. 

 >>/4158/
> I'm trying to repeat the process, I know I changed the contrast and messed with some contrast and color filters but it seems like there was something else. 
it definitely looks like the colors are sharper than the original picture and definitely doesn´t look like the invert filter could be applied here. As soon as you modify lots of aspects even if it´s a slice of that adjustment, you cannot remember the settings unless you record yourself for the whole process

> the only problem is when I'm in a bit of a zone and don't want to think about it if ya get what I mean. 
I don´t think that much about my images either even though in retrospective, I do care when they go further than expected and I have to put some logic into them. 

> Nice color addentions with that seapony Luna. I also like the lighting as well.
yeah thanks. Even though I can enjoy the original image perfectly, for the sake of editing slightly the lightning and removing the darkness by giving it a more vibrant look, I decided to make a "what if" into it and get both options for those who feel that it´s looks darker than it should have.

However, I didn´t have problems with that image, it´s pretty well received...

unlike the next picture which I am going to post next...

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 >>/4184/
I had to edit this picture. It looks great by itself but this fits into the oversaturation of color damages your eyes category. Normally the lightning would be the most common problem to deal with but this time, the image is set to get over a hundred upvotes because of its quality yet the oversaturation ruins the picture in the long run, looking absrud and turning off the viewer.

In comparison, this edit blows out its sparkly nature but an optional contrast should be there for those who cannot look at it for too long.  I like the image but unlike the seapony Luna case, this one needs to provide a little rest for the eyes. 

At least, that´s as far as I am concerned.

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these are only slight modifications that anyone can apply to those pictures. Contrast and brightness for the most part, there are no secrets here.

The only real edit that go a little bit further is this one. It seems that one has created an OC out of this image but...well, we all know who she is.

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this image has been a wild one and the first one in which I have used the error adjustment. It´s more or less like the flaw effect but this one can actually fix pixels from any pictures....by clicking a lot in the circle and having a little bit of luck.

So I picked this image from the artist needed because the contour of Celestia looked really nice. There is one big problem though, how do you fix the rest? You cannot post an image like this without telling you that the "psychedelic effect" makes it colourful 
in a messy way. The original has like 30 upvotes and I highly doubt anyone out there shares this picture on the imageboards.

My first solution consisted in applying the monotonic image, (one single colour) so the rest doesn´t look so messy. I made this edit back in November.

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so having removed that psychedelic effect and getting a cleaner result, it has always looked as something incomplete to me. Why? Well, the picture has technical glitches and this leads me to believe that this was a bootleg image for the artist, hence the artist needed tag. 

I´ve had like 14 checkpoints before getting into the final base material, removing all of that stuff that overloads the image. Sure I looked for flaws in other picture but here I have gone through the reverse route and I haven´t certainly accomplished it,there are some outlines that have taken some form while editing.
 
The main tool has been the correction of said errors and not all the times it fixes them but creates them as well. In short, a random gift and a curse depending on what you are looking for. As the image was pretty messy by itself, I have taken the freedom to experiment with a couple of edits out of the final material, particularly the addition of heat into the picture and...

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...a black and white picture by playing with the contrast and the shadows. 

The fanbase liked to ponify everything back in the golden era so I decided to mimic a bit this album cover which might be pretty familiar. Not for the sake of cringe but more like trying to accomplish something else after spending more than an hour trying to fix those random lines.

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 >>/4234/
Will elaborate more in detail on what I think later but I will leave my 3 word assessment: This is AWESOME!

 >>/4232/
Glitch art can be pretty cool

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 >>/4232/
> My first solution consisted in applying the monotonic image, (one single colour) so the rest doesn´t look so messy. I made this edit back in November.

This first edit looks like another Ice Celestia theme. I like it pretty well. 

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 >>/4234/ 
so the final correction base is the one in you used as the fallback for your others?

> so having removed that psychedelic effect and getting a cleaner result, it has always looked as something incomplete to me. Why? Well, the picture has technical glitches and this leads me to believe that this was a bootleg image for the artist, hence the artist needed tag. 

Makes it feel like buried treasure amongst the trash, and you are trying to bring it to its potential.

> As the image was pretty messy by itself, I have taken the freedom to experiment with a couple of edits out of the final material, particularly the addition of heat into the picture and...

> The fanbase liked to ponify everything back in the golden era so I decided to mimic a bit this album cover which might be pretty familiar.

This ponification of th album is my favorite. It has a nice atmosphere to it. I can understand the fear of cringe, as both ponification and the dark and gothic could get you shouted with dead meme  well, partly dead meme  and deviart tier taste but I like the atmosphere of it and I've had way crazier ponify for the shake of ponifing urges than that... 

Second place is your first edit from way back in November,
A 3rd is the flame edit. Then your correction base and final the pre flame one which just feels like its in a lackluster state of incompleteness.  

This was just some messing around trying to correct my least favorite part of the image, her snout and mouth. With mixed though not horrible results. It just feels like most of it needs to be better realized/need to spend more time actually learning how to draw with my tablet.

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 >>/4252/ 
This one I'm more split on which one I like most of these to edits. Though the final one barely edges out because I like th purple. The original image ain't bad and these feel more like a new take than an improvement.  

 >>/4238/
Indeed it can. Though I agree that it does feel incomplete, I have seen stuff of a similar vein in the fandom that I quite dig. 

Speaking of incomplete. These Cadence edits all feel incomplete to me. Much higher threshold of potential and I like them better, but they don't feel fully realized.

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 >>/4238/
it can perfectly lead to interesting at least.I haven´t considered it too much until this edit but as I say, too easy to mess it up at random and really hard to master its aesthetic in an artistic way.Either the results end up in a postmodern mess or it gets a breath of fresh air
 >>/4235/
out of these,emboss fortunately works pretty nicely because of the curvy lines in her design.The filter cleans up and creates a contrast that helps at telling her body structure.
 >>/4253/
> looks like another Ice Celestia theme. I like it pretty well.
I could have posted it long ago but as I say in my previous post, I felt that something was lacking in that image that didn´t satisfy me completely.

> Makes it feel like buried treasure amongst the trash, and you are trying to bring it to its potential. 
that´s the point of editing leftovers from the artist needed tag or pictures that have little to no upvotes that can be potentially polished. I simply save a few images while clicking page after page for images that no one would post.
> so the final correction base is the one in you used as the fallback for your others?
eeeyup,I stopped removing the glitches with the corrector and I simply went through the ordinary editing again until I got the finished product.

I didn´t imagine that I would make a parody of this album at first, I am amazed that it manage to look so close to the original that I still cannot believe it.My main focus was about removing the errors and I kind of gave up at that point with those forms around Celestia left at random. 
I listened to that record again because of the news about a leak of minidiscs of 18 hours and I looked at the cover again. I cannot help but loving it visually (the music too but that´s another story) and when I posted it here, I couldn´t believe the results. 

> This ponification of th album is my favorite. It has a nice atmosphere to it.
getting to combine both things and create a symbiosis between them leaves me out words. I will say that I wanted to have an experimental edit with the black and white coloring but I didn´t expect to have it with this one.I didn´t have this picture in high regard at all because it has stayed there in the folder for 7 months or so. 

> I can understand the fear of cringe, as both ponification and the dark and gothic could get you shouted with dead meme well, partly dead meme and deviart tier taste
> I've had way crazier ponify for the shake of ponifing urges than that
yeah thanks. I will say though that the album cover art helped me to get a different expression for the picture and I saw it more like a solution after correcting the picture for more than an hour and not like a straight parody of it. Any fan likes to ponify everything but I won´t deny that music has influenced a lot when it comes to fics and in some way, through the edits. As if it wasn´t clear with the lo-fi edits you have a more explicit product of this statement

> A 3rd is the flame edit.
> orrection base and final the pre flame one which just feels like its in a lackluster state of incompleteness.
yeah,I felt like looking for the heat effect because of her Daybreaker side. It didn´t translate as nicely as it sounds in theory.
Also, you said that image seems like it´s a buried treasure from the trash. Did I comment properly about the original picture? I realized that the "psychedelic" effect isn´t that original from the original artist. Looking back at it, the image mashes up a vector of Celestia with questionable color decisions and the background...I didn´t notice this but it had the Hub logo and Twilight´s face behind, hidden between blurriness and the screenshots looks like it was taken in reverse
Can you imagine that the glitches were coming from Twilight´s face/eyes? I didn´t realize about it after comparing the edits with the original.  I don´t usually like showing ego here but this is the closest thing that I have turned into something that could be seen as artistic from a sample that it wasn´t at its core.

And yes, the official edit for this picture is the AMSP cover edit.

 >>/4253/
> This was just some messing around trying to correct my least favorite part of the image, her snout and mouth. With mixed though not horrible results. It just feels like most of it needs to be better realized/need to spend more time actually learning how to draw with my tablet.
I left that picture here long ago just to put more material to edit in general.

The black silhouette makes her look badass and out of all the mouth edits,it looks like the angled down works nicely but I wouldn´t have a clear idea what to do with that image tbh. The 2nd edit is my least favorite mostly because of the semicircle at the right of her mouth.

 >>/4254/
> Though the final one barely edges out because I like th purple. The original image ain't bad and these feel more like a new take than an improvement.
yeah, I left those two together because they would compete against themselves closely, basically leaving them just to see which one is the favorite of the two.

> I have seen stuff of a similar vein in the fandom that I quite dig. 
I haven´t seen it all that much. If you manage to post it, maybe they could give a spark of a few ideas....

> Much higher threshold of potential and I like them better, but they don't feel fully realized.
except the first one, I am pretty split between the other three. Maybe it sounds edgy but the red edit (3rd picture) looks like the most consistent one in her colors, despite the other two barely being behind. It´s all a matter of taste in this case.

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Will reply later. Was just messing around and these turned out pretty cool(ish).

 >>/4371/
the image is a pretty popular one on DA and yeah, that Star Wars pic sets a pretty dark tone for Candy. 

I cannot tell between the two dark green (?) edits but so I consider them equally awesome. Maybe they are slight changes (contrast or intensity) but to me, those two look the same. 

And for the other two, as far as I am concerned, the pinkish filter definitely looks more vibrant, causing more impact to the eye. Although I must say that the brighter edit of the green ones reminds me of those dark green pixels that appear in the old video games. I also must say that the intense edit resembles a military poster from a soldier/guard because of the green´s tone that appears in a standard uniform.

Honestly, I wouldn´t have a clear preference. I guess this is up to which one convinces you the most for your next material. In general, as you say, they look pretty cool and in my opinion, I find it more difficult to pick just one. This dilemma is what I have to face before posting a few edits here.

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Howdy, a quick PoLS with some edits I worked on eariler! I tried removing the backgrounds to some gifs.  This trick only works on some gifs that are formated a in a certain  way and while I can't say it's too terribly interesting on it's own it is something that might be fun with a little further editing. The AJ I resized smaller because I feared with endchan's 8chan chaos I may have a harder than normal time posting an 18mb file.

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Howdy, a quick PoLS with some edits I worked on eariler! I tried removing the backgrounds to some gifs.  This trick only works on some gifs that are formated a in a certain  way and while I can't say it's too terribly interesting on it's own it is something that might be fun with a little further editing. The AJ I resized smaller because I feared with endchan's 8chan chaos I may have a harder than normal time posting an 18mb file.

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 >>/4491/
In fact I couldn't even post these all in one post.

 >>/4489/ 
 >>/4490/
 >>/4491/
Well I tried posting like 10 times with varying file combinations, I see a couple more got through despite telling me otherwise.

 >>/4491/
> This trick only works on some gifs that are formated a in a certain way and while I can't say it's too terribly interesting on it's own it is something that might be fun with a little further editing.
it´s quite fun honestly, it reminds me a lot of the RPG battles in which only the opponents matter and the backgrounds truly irrelevant. It´s a quite peculiar idea to be honest even though it seems quite tricky to domain all the pixels for the parts of the picture. 

For the TFH character fits pretty well I must say. 
 
> The AJ I resized smaller because I feared with endchan's 8chan chaos I may have a harder than normal time posting an 18mb file.
you can post it again with a more calm mindset, we are not meeting the same fate as them....hopefully (even though a few ones are claiming that it could come back(?)) 

 >>/4492/
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also, it seems that I am the savior of Dashfag´s posts before Endchan went to a full crisis, hiding behind a bunker of 11 days. 

He has even attempted to combine his tastes with Rainbow Dash and well, this is a picture of several layers...

I am impeding him from doing pony related content and editing something over here, not to mention that I have left this thread aside for quite some time.

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 >>/4515/
 Thanks bro 

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 >>/4517/
Thanks Bro

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just filling the thread with an artist needed picture. I come back to editing a source filmmaker picture. My previous attempts for editing 3d image didn´t go all that well, so le´t´s see if I can go a little bit further with this thing.

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 >>/4528/
The basic edit looks okay, not a fav not a dislike. The more advanced one looks like one of those inverted creepy pasta images from the 2010 to 2012 (and maybe some would say 2014 era). Visually the Luna looks still to much like a 3d asset to call great but I really like the ripple effect in the background. Almost looks like cubism in a few places.

 >>/4514/ 
> it´s quite fun honestly, it reminds me a lot of the RPG battles in which only the opponents matter and the backgrounds truly irrelevant. It´s a quite peculiar idea to be honest even though it seems quite tricky to domain all the pixels for the parts of the picture.

I didn't think of it that way but RPG battles do fit. The idea I had with the fragmented gifs is that they perhaps could be modified or added to in other ways. Maybe some type of none cyberpunkish glitch art (well cyberpunk would be on the table, but I wanted to take it in a different direction).

> now, that´s a pretty damn great transition. Into the hits it goes. 

I'm almost surprised you liked it so much yet I can understand too because I find myself just staring at it as it fills in with pixels. All I did here was delete the background layer.

 >>/4515/
It surprises me as well. CarrotDashfag is at this point almost becoming a regular.

 >>/4517/
 Thanks 

 >>/4519/ 
 Bro 

and one last thing before I go to bed. You have praised the background of the advanced image but I am quite surprised that you haven't noticed something hidden in my latest edit so far.

I will leave you wondering a little bit why it took me so many pictures by using the spotty correction but if you want a little hint from me,I suggest you to...

check a world map

With that said, have a good night folks.

 >>/4533/
> The basic edit looks okay, not a fav not a dislike.
I was considering that basic edit to leave it at there and after watching for a short period, I noticed that it wasn´t enough.

> looks like one of those inverted creepy pasta images from the 2010 to 2012 (and maybe some would say 2014 era)
as long as the image induces to some kind of feeling or transmits something else beyond a SFM, I´d rather stick with anything. I have picked this image because it appeared in the artist needed tag but let me tell you, I didn´t have any sort of expectations save giving another attempt to SFM edits. I was pretty much indifferent for picking the base material when it comes to 3d stuff. 

I might get an idea of the style from 2010-12 but I cannot picture how the trends of 2014 worked back then. 

> Visually the Luna looks still to much like a 3d asset to call great
da*yay*it, I thought that the background and extreme editing could have prevented from noticing it and hide her ture nature (maybe I should have probably corrected/deleted the shadows so her model gets more plain for the viewer)

> I really like the ripple effect in the background. Almost looks like cubism in a few places.
the funny thing is that unlike your photoshop program, I haven´t used the cubist filter for the advanced edit.Most of the time, I have focused on using the spotty correction for creating some sort of cohesive layers that change the colours gradually, especially around the moon (dressed up as the sun because of the luminosity and its whiteness) 

Now, about your three edits:the erase filter in the original pic doesn´t fit all that much for the pink colour.

However, I am torn between the other two images. The problem here is that I personally wouldn´t have a strong feeling to edit this picture because it looks completely fine. 

Leaving my vision aside, I don´t know what to pick because the erase filter works for the green tone. In the second picture, that filter delivers a slight vibe of nocturne rays/tech vision  so I suppose that associating it with that aesthetic really does a favor for this image. I don´t get that charm with the original pic + the rows of said erase filter though.

As I am one of those who sees this image as perfectly fine, I do believe that the simplest one also works here as well. This means that the clean version without the erase filter makes the cut as well, staying as a really classy pony with her brown mane. If this is an inverted edit, she looks great for what it offers.

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 >>/4534/
> The idea I had with the fragmented gifs is that they perhaps could be modified or added to in other ways. Maybe some type of none cyberpunkish glitch art (well cyberpunk would be on the table, but I wanted to take it in a different direction).
well, you have shown very different results from your original intentions, so it has clearly deviated even though the aesthetic perfectly fits for the cyberpunk style.

It seems that you have considered BO´s words about how sick glitch can turn out and yeah, it shows that there is always potential. However, the material that you have used doesn´t seem to aim where you wanted to arrive at.

> RPG battles do fit.
for the image that you have picked, it clearly does.

> I'm almost surprised you liked it so much yet I can understand too because I find myself just staring at it as it fills in with pixels. All I did here was delete the background layer.
sometimes the simplest things work the best. When it works, it simply works and there not much mystery beyond that except for doing more tests and trying over and over again. 

You might have been surprised by my reception but I am one of those who waits and judges whenever the author feels ready to deliver the content to the public. 

About my reasons for finding it appealing, the lack of background prevents me from getting distracted with the colourful background and my eye only focuses on the moving pixels that are doing a transition, bringing more colour and paying off in the end with the full title. As you have said to yourself, the eyes only focus on how the pixels are filling the image but not the point where they fill all the image but some elements from it. My eyes don´t get distracted and they notice all the parts that partially compose this picture.

Keep in mind that you are not only taking a visual aspect but more like a psychological take, adjusting the impressions that the consumer can take about it. 

 >>/4535/
> It surprises me as well. CarrotDashfag is at this point almost becoming a regular. 
it doesn´t surprise me that much. I have found some proof of it in the meantime that shows his other side a little bit. 

He has also praised AJ´s image for looking kind of badass to him by the way.

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 >>/4533/
U have shittaste 

see the coolness now?

no all U want is abstract crappy indie game pixle art

no all U want is 2d animation that is hand painted

3d forever

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 >>/4535/
 Ok  











 Bro 

 >>/4541/
> proof

> he knows

> what does he know?

???????????????????????

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 >>/4546/
> what does he know?
I know that you have visited /flutter/ even though it´s not that much of a mystery for noticing it

 >>/4544/
> no all U want is 2d animation that is hand painted
you have described why the fans watch this show. That´s not a contempt but an essential part of the franchise.

> 3d forever
I was going to comment about the changes that the orange colour produced over the purple textures but...

I think....I think that´s not how 3d works.

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 >>/b/23013/
 This was you right? 

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 >>/4558/
yeah because I saw flutter.  Im not polish 

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 >>/4558/
No it's peak 3d. The carrots are meant to distract your eye and help make the CGI more realistic.  Although I prefer shitty 3D myself 

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I present to everybrony my first OC. Carrot Corn Betty. I sometimes ship her with Rainbow Dash and her favored  food is  Carrots 

Here are some other facts:
< is fat but hides it well

< is short but hides it well

< is autistic and doesn't hide it well

< secretly has a crush on Tucker Carlson 

< hates steroids

< hates steady state AI

< Thinks Derpibooru is amazing and can't believe how badly the weebs and furfags have lost the arms race

< hates manga that mention joy

< Loves taco bell

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 >>/4581/
> This was you right? 
definitely not coming from the Spaniard 

 >>/4582/
> yeah because I saw flutter. Im not polish 
the board detects it as if you are polish with your post. That ahppened to me once and I got the US flag for some reason. This phenomenon comes because Odili wanted to have some randomness with it and leave it at that.

> Although I prefer shitty 3D myself 
I am not the biggest fan of the source filmmaker models. You can do a lot of weird things with it to your own will but the textures feel like we are going back to the late 90s. There are a few gems with pony related content because of the scenery but that´s like picking a  nice three star hotel out of 200 ones that are not accredited at all nor have had any quality check.

 >>/4584/
> I present to everybrony my first OC. Carrot Corn Betty. I sometimes ship her with Rainbow Dash and her favored food is Carrots
hold on, Dashfag. I know that you want to post and spam your religion as if you are the next messiah to illuminate this site but you are running way too fast. You are excited about endchan coming back and all of that but you still cannot clear the skies in ten seconds.

Let me put things clear here. The pony I posted  >>/4558/ is not an OC, in fact, the pictures that come from Derpibooru show the tags and the thumbnail gives you an idea if that character is an OC or if it has an actual canon name. 

That pony is a special one. Even people who weren´t fans at all nor watched the show whatsoever actually knew her name: Derpy Hooves. You can check her wiki if you want but basically, that pony became famous because of an error in the animation from the first episode, she wasn´t supposed to be like that (she was copy pasted pony that stayed in the background, serving as filler for the screen) but fans posted the hell out of her and her popularity skyrocketed to such huge levels that any appearance from her would cause a big reaction from the fans...

and it happened. She talked in this episode for the first time:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gchZrRk2KlI

Besides "varied" reactions from the fanbase, they decided not to call her Derpy and just leave her without name. This video has her name mentioned and it´s the uncensored one before soccer moms and a few offended ones decided to complain that it was an insult to those people. 

She disappeared from the map and she didn´t have any sort of relevance until a couple of seasons later with a permanent comeback.

I have written a pretty short summary and I´ll leave it at that for now.


Back to your post, you have certainly got right a couple of things for a newcomer who has no contact with the show:

> is autistic and doesn't hide it well
yes and that´s the main reason she was born and went from a copy pasted background character to a helpful secondary one that affects the events. She even saved Twilight Sparkle from turning into stone in the movie.... so yeah, that escalated a lot more than it should have been.

> ship her with Rainbow Dash
shipping doesn´t fit but I will tell that Rainbow Dash actually interacted with her in her first episode that Derpy had a voice.

As for the rest of your lines, either they are satire or you are simply disguising your views or descriptions about yourself. 

> Thinks Derpibooru is amazing and can't believe how badly the weebs and furfags have lost the arms race
and I don´t know what you truly mean with this one between your intentions of comedy.

 >>/4584/
also, one sad thing I´ve got to tell you, Dashfag. Her favorite isn´t what you want it to be. She has always had one special food from the very beginning:

Muffins.

You went too fast m8. Sorry to ruin it for you but it is what it is. The canon was written almost 9 years ago and there nothing that anyone can do.

 >>/4541/
> da*yay*it, I thought that the background and extreme editing could have prevented from noticing it and hide her ture nature (maybe I should have probably corrected/deleted the shadows so her model gets more plain for the viewer)
Don't fret too bad. I still like the image (and the cameo of Spain, which as a Texan I can totally relate to because we put Texas everywhere) and you could still go for a slightly rough style and make it work pretty well.

 >>/4544/
> U have shittaste 
...

> no all U want is abstract crappy indie game pixle art 
I don't know enough about indie games to make a judgment other than I recall people sometimes saying that a lot of pixel art is just laziness put under the shield of nostalgia

> no all U want is 2d animation that is hand painted 
I do value things that are hand crafted but what I'm really an enemy of is ubiquity of one method or idea at the expensive of everything else (like Cloud Computing). Besides MLP itself is flash animated and a lot of fans prefer the show style.

 >>/4590/
Well, it wasn't me either... 

Also nice job with the carrot gif edit. I can see you were paying attention to previous posts over here.

I'll get to the rest of this thread later, night endpone!

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 >>/4597/
> hold on, Dashfag. I know that you want to post and spam your religion as if you are the next messiah to illuminate this site but you are running way too fast. You are excited about endchan coming back and all of that but you still cannot clear the skies in ten seconds.

Carrots are enteral and I can clear them in 5 seconds.

> Let me put things clear here. The pony I posted  >>/4558/ is not an OC

I know.

> That pony is a special one. Even people who weren´t fans at all nor watched the show whatsoever actually knew her name: Derpy Hooves. 

I didn't know the backstory but I did know of Derpy. I thought her name was Derpy Doo and didn't have any idea anything else except she was a klutz or autistic. I don't know every detail but this isn't my first rodeo shitposting with you fags.  Like any one of your fagdom's shiter OC she is merely a preexisting character with 1 thing changed. She's a carrot corn with carrot magic. 

> shipping doesn´t fit but I will tell that Rainbow Dash actually interacted with her in her first episode that Derpy had a voice.

seems like they have good chemistry to me

>  She even saved Twilight Sparkle from turning into stone in the movie.... so yeah, that escalated a lot more than it should have been.

Is she basically like Jar Jar Binks but liked?

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 >>/4590/
 >>/4605/
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 >>/4597/
> and I don´t know what you truly mean with this one between your intentions of comedy.

This is for real though. I cannot believe how good derpibooru is and that it is custom coded. Look at any other booru and it is utterly lacking compared to it. I almost hate to admit it but that's one other feather you ponyfags can honestly put in your cap.

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 >>/4597/
 >>/4599/
> also, one sad thing I´ve got to tell you, Dashfag. Her favorite isn´t what you want it to be. She has always had one special food from the very beginning

> Dashfag. I know that you want to post and spam your religion as if you are the next messiah to illuminate this site but you are running way too fast.

< she is stupid

< carrots are better than muffins for horses 

 and you were betrayed by your own booru on this one 
It's CARROTdashfag to you.

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 >>/4604/
> I still like the image (and the cameo of Spain, which as a Texan I can totally relate to because we put Texas everywhere) and you could still go for a slightly rough style and make it work pretty well.
alright thanks. Just two aspects of the edit and we clear this topic out. The map of Spain wasn´t planned at all and I simply wanted to adjust the random lines that looked pretty ugly and random, hence you have felt that sense of cubism. While editing the middle of the picture, I was trying to modify it for a more consistent layer and I sort of made the north of my country. Then I joked myself about trying to see if I could do it just for fun and in the end, I wouldn´t finish this if I didn´t have its contours complete (the south and the west of it cost me a lot of corrections and clicks).

The other little sad fact is that I have tried that rough style and whatever I tried, I wasn´t convinced at all, nothing worked and I decided to consider this one as the final edit. I found no path to thrive nor any proper step to move forward and find something more interesting on top of it. 

In short, it´s the ending point because any other attempt would only lead to worse results than this.

> I recall people sometimes saying that a lot of pixel art is just laziness put under the shield of nostalgia
that´s a  pretty likely theory. However, pixel art can turn into an impressive tool if used properly just that the most popular cases end up in subpar results. Just like flash was for animation, the pixel artstyle is seen as the cheap one. However, flash has had its own success and appeal (MLP is one of its finest examples) while the latter has to make more efforts in order to become less infamous. 


> I do value things that are hand crafted 
it does require effort and some of its imperfections/eclecticisms are actually charming, Derpy came from a mistake of it by the way.

> I'm really an enemy of is ubiquity of one method or idea at the expensive of everything else (like Cloud Computing).
is this a metaphor about 3d in animation? or is it more a criticism towards one peculiar trend that everyone copies (like Dreamworks ripping off Shrek over and over)?

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 >>/4606/
> I can clear them in 5 seconds. 
prove it...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UmwzklbrhtY

oh....she actually did it....

> I didn't know the backstory but I did know of Derpy. I thought her name was Derpy Doo and didn't have any idea anything else except she was a klutz or autistic. 
well, her autistic aspect is the most visible one to anybody so it´s considered as the starting point for identifying her. I explained like the shortest summary I had in my mind last night. I didn´t explain that from season 5 onwards, she got to have a voice and influence on some plot devices because of her work in the post office (mainly in seasons 8 and 9). Also, the writing staff also thought of her canon context for getting the retarded eyes. In season 6 (Where The Apple Lies, Ep23) she was seen in a very short clip that she was blindfolded and it literally confirmed that her autistic vision comes from a failed surgery in her vision. Not only she became relevant because of the fanbase but after having her as an established character, she got an actual backstory in the show as an afterthought.
 
> I don't know every detail but this isn't my first rodeo shitposting with you fags. Like any one of your fagdom's shiter OC she is merely a preexisting character with 1 thing changed. She's a carrot corn with carrot magic. 
I know. By the way, I haven´t personally created an OC....yet I have written about them dealing with a couple of different topics in their stories (one is about fear and the other one is about a prostitute). I won´t deny that some fans create OCs only with cheap recolors of established vectors but hey, they want to spend their time on that.

> seems like they have good chemistry to me 
unfortunately, I don´t recall seeing them together all that much after that scene. Rainbow Dash has become a pretty busy pony and Derpy has become an independent pony after finding her job in the post office. Derpy has interacted with Rarity,Twilight, the princesses, Big Macintosh and Dr Whooves/Time Turner. She reappeared in a Rainbow Dash´s episode in season 4 but didn´t have any dialogue with her. 

> Is she basically like Jar Jar Binks but liked?
hmmmm I don´t think that comparison is the best one. Yes, she saved Twilight from being petrified but that was a really short scene that didn´t have any sort of relevance after escaping from Canterlot. However, being a hero is not her role at all. She has ended up as the finest example of canonized fanservice. It´s something that the fans have gone crazy about but over time, her role has become more integrated to the show to the point where you cannot notice in hindsight that she was shoehorned because of an external influence at first. She achieves her place very silently, yet bringing a little smile to the fans because of her innocent behavior in the meantime.

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 >>/4608/
> This is for real though. 
oh
> I cannot believe how good derpibooru is and that it is custom coded. Look at any other booru and it is utterly lacking compared to it. I almost hate to admit it but that's one other feather you ponyfags can honestly put in your cap.
I don´t want to throw flowers at the fanbase (because it´s going to sound obviously biased) but yeah, Derpibooru itself is a gem. You check other places for images and after using it, you see how barebones places like Deviantart, the anime booru or the furry sites truly are in comparison. 

It´s a site that you don´t adapt yourself to it but more like it adapts to you with really appealing custom options. Consider that the brony fanbase had a problem of infamy because of rule 34 and leaking porn of ponies in the google images search by simply typing their names (the excess of content was way too much to handle for the browser) so children would find that inappropriate content instantly.

This lead to build up a careful mindset about leaking that content. Porn is a huge titan that you cannot avoid at all and it will keep increasing so you cannot make it disappear.....but you CAN organize and filter it nicely, hence Derpibooru became so sophisticated.

It has filters and without visiting any other site, you can have it as a normal gallery or in the split of a second, use it for the most gore stuff or as your ponified Pornhub. You cannot complain about seeing NSFW content over there because the site itself warns you about it and you voluntarily want to see it if you want. As if that wasn´t enough, with your account, you can filter tags that you want to avoid so they won´t appear at all while browsing.

You can also skip the cringy/terrible material with the score option (greater than the score of 100 likes mostly guarantees it) so all that you get to see are the most praised images considered from the community....among other options.

That site is truly a blessing and while this sounds as cheap propaganda, I find myself surprised why other communities haven´t copied the formula yet. The accessibility over there is absolutely ridiculous and you can get everything you want in a very short period of time.

 >>/4609/
> It's CARROTdashfag to you.
fair enough

> and you were betrayed by your own booru on this one 
that image was uploaded 11 days ago and it has no source in order to check where it came from (also the user who uploaded it did that with no account at all). It could literally come from yourself and you had posted on /endpone/ before the existence of this edit. 

It has 37 likes though so if that one is yours, you haven´t got a bad result for an edit of this kind.

 >>/4610/
the board owner did those meta edits as well...

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so, I´ve been giving a few spins in my head and I think that we are using free software for these edits....so it would make sense to edit images that were created from a free tool...

this means that I should reconsider the comeback to the SFM models, making them a little bit more peculiar and focus on experimentation without having as many fears as I would feel while editing a high quality hand-drawn picture.

This one (pic related) was the beginning and it didn´t go right at all, let´s see if I can go further than that...

because, what could possibly go wrong with 3d models of this kind? 

We´ll see it  in the next Dragon Ball Z episode

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 >>/4625/
This interests me. It really does... 

> because, what could possibly go wrong with 3d models of this kind?

Everything but that's half the fun.

 PoLS /) 

 >>/4626/
oh dear, Twilight must have tested the new mushrooms that Zecora discovered last week. Her eyes have fallen into the colourful world of psychedelia.

I don´t know what the lines drawn in Paint are supposed to mean besides the contours of her mane.

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so I think that I am ready to take over the SFM pictures and edit them. I posted this reply  >>/4625/ just to make clear that I didn´t know how to handle them, so there is a lot of room to improve in my personal case.

Let´s start slowly with slight changes that don´t require much thought nor look outlandish from the original material, should we? Just simple adjustments here for aesthetic reasons and this falls more into a subjective perspective than anything else.

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 >>/4628/
oops, I´ve truly messed it up with these. I have turned them into jpg format.

This isn´t a double post but more like fixing them for a more mundane number of MB for each picture.

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there we go. Now, let´s continue with Nightmare Moon and this edit doesn´t have any radical changes at all, we keep following the same trend of aesthetic purposes. 

Basically, we are seeing nothing new under the moon.

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as we can see  >>/4630/, I´ve only changed the brightness so it looks less turned off in comparison to the original.

Now, let´s put on the spotlight a one time character in the series: Pharynx. In the original image, we see the two brothers with the standard SFM models and this is where the filters come in to its very extreme.

I had mentioned that I would have less fears while editing these 3d images so I wouldn´t ruin a great picture at some point. What does this mean? 

Well, I couldn´t tell what the end result was but I am implying that this gets closer to those colourful comic drawings that stand out and look really vibrant yet really plain.

Can you tell any characteristic aspects or slight details of 3d in the edit? 

As we keep talking, the princess of the night is waiting for us, she misses our presence (by only leaving her aside just this post, she is sure impatient to become the star tonight).

Will she offer anything new?

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and yes, she really wants to impress us. As if the previous edits about her weren´t enough, she is willing to show another style here and now. 

Pharynx looks like it comes from a western style but someone over here could argue that it reminds a lot of the anime style.

Arguments or not over the previous edit, this one attempts to be a game changer and go to the extreme and beyond with the clarity effect. So much that it also downgrades the picture but simultaneously, makes it more plain and tricks the eyes if we are seeing a SFM 3D model or a screenshot taken from an anime.

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and we are ending this series of SFM with a weird one.

Okay, let me put you in context about this one. This image has 18 upvotes so you can imagine that this came and went without pity nor glory for the community (by Derpibooru standards, I can´t tell if someone else has posted it over the imageboards)

Why didn´t this get any sort of attention? The good old blurriness that no one wants to see. We are living in an era in which everone wants a phone with a camera of high definition for photos and posting them without any pixelated mistake nor blurriness for attracting the followers on social media.

However, if someone has read this thread and the previous one, this blurriness doesn´t look good and one could wonder how to take something useful out of it, standing out a little bit above from the rest.

Well, what if I told you that Nightmare Moon isn´t actually flying in the space? Ladies and gentlecolts, we are not floating over there.

By cutting the image,leaving the moon aside, one can focus on the princess.

Everything could have gone wrong with this attempt but I hope that everyone can enjoy this as much as I did while editing it.

All this material was mostly edited last night in less than 2 hours with the exception of this post. 

 >>/4626/
> Everything but that's half the fun.
if you only knew about the process behind this one. If you only knew...

As for now, I am only leaving this final result but there´s more to show behind this...

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 >>/4628/
> Let´s start slowly with slight changes that don´t require much thought nor look outlandish from the original material, should we? Just simple adjustments here for aesthetic reasons and this falls more into a subjective perspective than anything else.

Looks slightly nicer. Colors look a little richer. I dig it.

 >>/4629/
Brighter is better with this. The translucent effect on the mane looks especially nice with it a bit more vivid. Though I think overall the model itself is actually pretty good and the slight edit shows its strength. Her mane and tail look like jello, but they don't feel stiff like some other models where the princesses mane's look like rubber balloons.

 >>/4631/
This looks like the best if your objective is transformation. In truth it feels like a hybrid between one of those models and the comic style (I guess one might say it looks like cell shading) but it's an order of magnitude better than that dull puke green model.

 >>/4632/
Parts of the image look really well, especially the clouds. The main giveaway is the mane and the platform she is standing on which look in parts clearly CGI. It's visually confusing and I like it, though  >>/4631/ is the most well executed.

 >>/4633/ 
> By cutting the image,leaving the moon aside, one can focus on the princess.

Other than the stiff pose it looks pretty good. Almost whimsical in spirit. It makes me feel strangly happy... if that make sense.

> Everything could have gone wrong with this attempt but I hope that everyone can enjoy this as much as I did while editing it.

I did. It actually inspired me a little (though I haven't acted on anything with that bit of inspiration yet).

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 >>/4633/
> if you only knew about the process behind this one. If you only knew...

If it's something that isn't too private than I'm all ears.

> As for now, I am only leaving this final result but there´s more to show behind this...

Same for the scraps I'm posting right now.  I'm only posting ones that don't reveal my  [REDACTED] 

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 >>/4627/
The lines are just her main and me half thinking if I should try tracing it with a poor paint 2D  border but I called off the attempt.

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 >>/4641/
before I comment on anything else. Let me say that when it comes to judging filters, it becomes really difficult to put one above the other whenever I am editing, it really falls into a subjective taste and it really depends where you are trying to go with them.

So, about these comic covers, the two filters that stand out the most (to me) are the neon and the photocopy filters (if I have to pick). 

The former amplifies the contours of the lines and it can become really useful for certain expressions/ aesthetics. While this image doesn´t fit the most for a black cover, the colourful contours give a richer tone than doesn´t appear in the original. For the logo it does look certainly like a title from those creepy 80s shows but for the rest of the picture, it maintains the innocence. 

The latter not only serves as a great base for giving something to the kids to paint on it but also gives a clearer focus on the shadows and how they define the picture even more than the original.

The cloth filter doesn´t add up all that much and the only way I imagine its texture is if it´s painted in a wall in real life (which would be awesome by the way). And as you say, the red filter is a just because...

 >>/4643/
> The lines are just her main and me half thinking if I should try tracing it with a poor paint 2D border but I called off the attempt.
understandable. 

 >>/4642/
> Same for the scraps I'm posting right now. I'm only posting ones that don't reveal 
I see. Did the scrap have something to do with Mare Do Well or is it just a dark identity that comes from Twilight herself?

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 >>/4641/
> Looks slightly nicer. Colors look a little richer. I dig it. 
alright perfect even though I still keep that both make not much difference between each other, unlike the following ones.

> Brighter is better with this. The translucent effect on the mane looks especially nice with it a bit more vivid. 
eeeyup. By the way,I forgot to mention that I modified very slightly the contrast and not only brightness is involved but there´s more clarity. In this case, these adjustments play a more important role (still in a subtle way)

> Though I think overall the model itself is actually pretty good and the slight edit shows its strength. Her mane and tail look like jello, but they don't feel stiff like some other models where the princesses mane's look like rubber balloons. 

yeah, that model must have been recent or an updated version. Looking at the serial number, you can tell that it´s appeared much later than the first ones and it has a pretty good score (not over 100 upvotes but something close to them). I was wondering for a little while if this image was actually SFM for a little while.

> This looks like the best if your objective is transformation.
my last Luna edit tried to convey that and you mentioned over here  >>/4533/, it looked too much like a 3d asset. So yeah, my idea was to go for the heavy editing until getting the feeling of 3d, even if the background shows a lot of brightness. 

> feels like a hybrid between one of those models and the comic style (I guess one might say it looks like cell shading) but it's an order of magnitude better than that dull puke green model.
while posting the "descriptive story", I didn´t consider the style of the DBZ games but as I couldn´t remove the shadows, they become like the only elements that could give you a clue that this is a 3d model. 

> Parts of the image look really well, especially the clouds. The main giveaway is the mane and the platform she is standing on which look in parts clearly CGI. It's visually confusing and I like it, though  >>/4631/ (you) is the most well executed. 
well, I didn´t think that you would end up liking the Pharynx´s one the most. Before posting these 5 pictures, I thought this one would stand out even though I admit that the mane would be the main 3d element to point out. I don´t know if cutting the platform would make the image more awkward or more convenient though.

> Other than the stiff pose it looks pretty good. 
it had 18 upvotes and unlike  >>/4630/, you cannot expect much from these models even though....

> Almost whimsical in spirit. It makes me feel strangly happy... if that make sense.
I would like to know why it makes you think like that. I will admit that I forgot that Nightmare Moon could bring villainy vibes on this one for a while and looks more like an impish character with that face.

> It actually inspired me a little (though I haven't acted on anything with that bit of inspiration yet).
oh, that´s a nice thing to hear.

 >>/4642/
> If it's something that isn't too private than I'm all ears. 
I will reveal other personal thoughts for other works/posts. 
For this one, I meant to describe the working process in order to get to this result. Basically I am showing to you the steps of how I reached that picture and probably, you are going to like more the middle of the road content than the final result. 

Let´s see if I can expose everything properly without getting into a mess.

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Okay, so let´s go for the technical explanation behind this one because this one is certainly new. I am leaving all the programs and the  main guidelines to do it.

But first, we need to talk about parallel universes  (Oops,meme alert from SM64)

 
I mean, we need to talk about adjustments (1st step) and 3d effects applied into a video (2nd step). All of this by using the Photo application that Windows 10 offers so I cannot get more basic than this tool. 

The first step is pretty much the same that I follow for most of the edits, adjusting the values as usual. The thing is that I have actually checked the actual numbers that changes the settings with one single edit (I didn´t screencap nor write the values for the first attempt) and what I am showing here has less brightness, contrast and clarity than  >>/4633/ because I felt like Nightmare Moon fit more with less lightning, not to mention that it can damage a little bit the eyes in the long term. 

So yes, I have had to edit it with the two steps twice (from the starting point) because of the wrong adjustments in it. I will expose from top to bottom what numbers should be applied (not 100% exact but it´s really close) for this step (the program is in Spanish so I am translating them for the explanation):

From top to bottom in the screencap (inside the orange circle):

Clear: +32, contrast: -66, exposition: +55, luminous areas: +35, shadows: +50, colour: +83, tone: -37, clarity: 0, vignette: 0. 

By cutting the image until you focus simply on her, these values turn this picture from flying to swimming. Only a single layer from the original one so there is no need to go beyond these values and the edit it over the top. 

After the first step, we arrive at a checkpoint and I call it: "Base for the  video effects". From here, it doesn´t rely on the adjustments for advancing with the intended ambient.

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 >>/4664/
Note: I think that I´ve got all the values correct except for the tone. If you want a less greenish water, set the number between the values of -20 to -30.

So, after having the getting the proper values in order to make it seem like she is in the water, we have to go for the next option. Instead of picking the editing option, we have to click on the video with music option. 

What the hell would I want a video for this edit? Because it has the bubble effect and it´s most likely (personal opinion of mine) the most viable of the bunch that doesn´t destroy the fantastical settings.

Now, this effect needs some time to develop  organically during the video and make the image completely immersive so this means that we need to make a video with all the bubble placements and then, save a little clip/screencap from it and secure it with another set of adjustments (just in case).

The first image points out the length for making the effects appear. I tried a clip with 5 seconds but they all appeared too rushed for my taste so I went for a 35 seconds video and then I cut it, leaving a clip of 20 seconds (I am posting both anyway in the next post). 

After adjusting it, then the 3d effects come into play and this is quite possibly the fun (and the longest one). 

Not only one has to focus on placement, the rotation and the size of the bubbles but also you have to keep in mind how they appear through Nightmare Moon´s body (which explain I have barely put big bubbles under her body so it wouldn´t look unrealistic) and the black stripes from the sides because the 3d effects don´t take into account the picture itself. 

If I cut it inside the video program, there are missing parts of the picture so that option doesn´t count here. Careful not to drive the effects outside the picture, otherwise it becomes noticeable its man-made process (at least in the video itself, if one wants to edit all over again, you can right ahead for it and pick a clip of 5 or 10 seconds). The best solution is by adjusting the efffects into small ones for filling those ambient spots.

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as for adjusting the timing for each effect, that´s an option under your own will. You can make them either appear abruptly or subtly depending on your intentions.

In my case, I have decided to through a progressive evolution and give some time to adjust them and flow naturally. Either you put them from the start or you can place them after a certain period. 

However, there is a slight disadvantage: it´s really noticeable to make them disappear whenever their lengths end, so that makes it a little bit more complicated. The easiest route here is by putting them until the very end without needing to spend many neurons on this detail. If you want to replace them or make them bigger/smaller after a while, put the next effect right before the previous one ends (like 4 or 5 seconds for the subtle transition).

Now, this bonus task doesn´t interest at all for an image nor a silent webm but if you want to go with the full experience, the cherry on top of this would be the volume adjustments according to the size of each effect. This is for those who really look for the A mark but if you synchronize the sounds with every single effect added through the video, I will take off my hat because of this additional effort.

The entire video (the 35 seconds one) has approximately 20 effects all over its length. If you don´t have powerful computers,it will lag a lot so I suggest to save a series of synchronized effects first and then, add the rest over on top of the first video. The previous effects will be inherent to the video so the value of effects added inside the program will reset to zero.


*The format is in mp4 and they take up the same memory in the webm format. I´ll leave them like this for now but I think that I can share them with less MB.

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and now we are returning to the usual task, getting a copy of any seconds that you like from the video, cut the black sides and check if it has all the adjustments correct or if you see that the picture doesn´t convince you completely. 

In my case, from the image taken until the final product, I have set these values:

From top to bottom in the orange circle:

Clear: -10, contrast: -22, exposition: +14, luminous areas: -33, shadows: +19, colour: 0, tone: 0, clarity: 0, vignette: 0. 

And there we have it. No sorcery needed for this one. 

I have explained a lot of trivial/basic stuff but if I hadn´t done this in a detailed chronological order, I would have left a few holes in it(not to mention that it could become really confusing for spotting specific aspects/problems) 

It also makes visible the editing process behind my edits in which I add the "PC edit" tag on the thumbnails (even though I haven´t edited a picture for a few months on mobile, so I will tag them as mobile (+PC) editions instead because they are the rare case these days).

Despite having repeated this one because of that excess of clarity and brightness in this  >>/4633/ (realizing about that mistake after posting it, *facepalm), I have had fun while editing this and it was the right time to explain that the bubbles (among other filters in the video option) aren´t the standard options that I have used for this year and a half, not to mention that I have written in the values for the adjustments (I don´t usually do that)

I might have typed about this stuff in the previous thread but I believe that this is the most complete one that I have written on this board. 

I hope that after this dedicated explanation, no one raises questions about weird/alien stuff in the edits because I cannot use a more standard tool than this. I will describe a few things (if I get to know how I did them while setting up random values) and if needed, or at least, an approximate direction of what´s been done for each case.

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so it´s been a while since I have posted here. I wouldn´t consider exactly these pictures worthy for standing out on their own so they have been there, inside the folder of the artist needed pictures. 

For the most part, I don´t see them as interesting as the previous images posted here, so they serve as leftovers in order to fill the thread. I don´t see anyone posting these pictures in the usual pony imageboards so definitely, these are pictures that one would rather avoid because other ones shine more.


I wanted to bring a different Proof of Life Shitpost with these edits (instead of shitposting comments about the show all the time) and well, I´ve been feeling pretty relaxed after the ending of gen 4 in general.

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 >>/4883/
Proof of life as well. In a couple of days I'll be getting to my review... or perhaps calling it my attempt to assess thing.
 It's turning out to be pretty long  I'll get to here in a bit.

>  and well, I´ve been feeling pretty relaxed after the ending of gen 4 in general.

Same, with a mix of emotion on the side. More at peace than before for sure.

 >>/4884/
So I can edit posts as mod...

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 >>/4885/
it seems so. By the way,"Dolor" in Spanish means pain....just saying.

 >>/4884/
> In a couple of days I'll be getting to my review... or perhaps calling it my attempt to assess thing.
> It's turning out to be pretty long I'll get to here in a bit. 
alright, don´t worry, I am not asking for a rushed review because you anticipated that huge length last week and combined with the fact that we are talking about a finale of three episodes (1 hour), by the number it was going to bring more work at reviewing it than the rest of this season, with the additional task of handling the feelings properly (how to express them).

> More at peace than before for sure.
yeah the mood has noticeably changed here and considering the personal problems that you might be facing right now, it´s no wonder that there is more time to feel relaxed and come up with your thoughts with no pressure.

In fact, I try to not carry myself into an emotional state and think too much about the ending. There will be a point in the future when this event will impact me more than these days, so I stay chill with the fandom content and other things unrelated to this franchise. 

Anyway, PoLS as usual. Whenever you feel prepared for it, I will leave my comments as well.

 >>/4883/
I understand you consider these edits less interesting but  >>/4678/ is actually pretty cool transformation.

 >>/4883/
This one is pretty nice to me.

 >>/4891/ 
This one looks more dramatic.

 >>/4880/
 >>/4881/
 >>/4883/
 >>/4892/
These are all decent tier but I can see why you would find them uninteresting. 

 >>/4882/
This one is the most questionable. The colors with both edited or otherwise look kinda unappealing.

 >>/4886/
> alright, don´t worry, I am not asking for a rushed review because you anticipated that huge length last week and combined with the fact that we are talking about a finale of three episodes (1 hour),

I'm not. Been carefully considering my thoughts and working at my own pace.

> In fact, I try to not carry myself into an emotional state and think too much about the ending. There will be a point in the future when this event will impact me more than these days, so I stay chill with the fandom content and other things unrelated to this franchise. 

True, after all, why be nostalgic for something you are still part of? 

> By the way,"Dolor" in Spanish means pain....just saying.

I choose the name because Dolores. Oh well, that's actually kind of funny...  cue emo music 

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 >>/4899/
> Been carefully considering my thoughts and working at my own pace.
nice. Although your thoughts seem to build a quite extensive review so I don't have a clear idea when I have to start with the replies. Nonetheless,there is no release date for them so as long as you are convinced with your own self about those episodes,the rest will come and go.

> why be nostalgic for something you are still part of? 
I will fall into that nostalgic state later in my life when a cycle ends and get to move forward. However,I cannot feel that for now and I ask myself how I have been able (well,you or any fan) to have the patience and interest after 5 years.The impact is already much bigger than expected....but it will also hurt more than expected. 

Anyway,you are right about that question.

> that's actually kind of funny... cue emo music 
it is indeed. 

Having said this,my reply is a PoLS in disguise.

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 >>/4898/
> I understand you consider these edits less interesting 
they are and I have admitted it while posting them. I had a couple of these saved in my folder as leftovers and I edited a couple more so I could expose a little gallery and give a little bit of activity here. There have been much better edits than these ones in the past. 

 >>/4678/ is actually pretty cool transformation. 
oh, that was the easiest ones ironically enough. I could literally pretend that I am a pixel artist when I simply used the pixelated filter from the video format that I had explained here  >>/4665/.. I used the spotty correction for a few spots and there you have the result. 

> This one is pretty nice to me. 
the biggest secret out of that one is that I modified the brightness/exposure and pick the purple tone (slightly). It goes from the night to a picture taken in the morning. 

> This one looks more dramatic. 
the edit is an excuse to expose that picture. I was browsing on Derpi and checking Nightmare Moon pictures that were around 20 to 50 upvotes. This one had 44 upvotes this thursday and I have given it subtle changes so anyone can pick between the two according to the personal taste. 

> These are all decent tier but I can see why you would find them uninteresting. 
yeah, I haven´t taken any risky move with them, in fact some of them took me less than 5 minutes. It feels more like a selection of the artist needed pictures that I have decided to pick instead of coming up with an inspiring vision towards them.

> This one is the most questionable. The colors with both edited or otherwise look kinda unappealing.
the image has less than 20 upvotes but for some reason, my mind thought that I could make something interesting out of it. If anyone can make it interesting or more appealing, go ahead. In fact, I remember that you edited pic related with better results than me in the last thread.

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there aren´t many pictures of Cosmos out there so there are barely any reasons to edit one and get something out of it.

Nonetheless, I think that something should be posted about her in this thread so this edit isn´t meant to impress anyone nor requires any effort.

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I didn´t have plans to edit this picture but it seems that the lack of brightness ruins the picture for this user....

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so there you have my attempt at it.

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 >>/5148/
I am so big headed that I still have to edit it with the spotty correction and make it more organic. It´s not really noticeable unless you see the black lines spread out there.

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 >>/5149/
I'm not sure one could say it's bad. Yeah though this looks better.

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 >>/5154/
well, that´s more or less a relief but like I said while I was posting it, I didn´t have plans to edit this one until I saw that comment. 

Do you have any idea for making it look better than the original? The main problem consists in the brightness but I admit that the image loses a lot of edge there.

 >>/5157/
what if that's a good thing?

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 >>/5165/
you know, considering in the format that one is in, one expects the negative/challenging things first unless there is something specific that makes you think otherwise. 

Normally, when something is fresh, people actually take a hot opinion while the positive ones focus on the past material. That means that I still don´t have a clear idea where this edit or your opinion is aiming at. I only know that in relative terms, it looks better (from your words) but I have said several times that these are images that I edit so others feel encouraged to do the same or do it better than me, or at least, see what sticks out there.

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okay, so if the previous pictures of this thread weren´t so obvious, you know that I decided to dive into the world of SFM models, mostly because I feel that one can easily take a picture/screencap in the Source Filmmaker so by itself, making that picture interesting is more difficult from the very beginning (the models don´t change unlike the drawn pieces). 

My question is: what would you do with this picture? Besides saying that it is uninteresting and doesn´t lead to anything worthy to post out there , we know the user wanted to have some fun by imitating Jojo´s poses (which leads to semi-anthro material by the way, I don´t blame the user though), how would you edit this one? 

I´ve been trying a few effects tonight but I am not all that convinced to post them yet so I am simply posting the original without anything else for now.

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 >>/5167/
well, I am aware that you cannot do much with SFM models so that offers more room to mess the image with the editor. 

These were my attempts at trying to do something with it, focusing on each princess separately instead of editing the whole image. 

Did it deserve any attention to begin with? I don´t know but at least, it was fun to play around for a while.

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and an extra image about the princess of the night with a pixelated filter.

 >>/5154/
Howdy stranger! 
 >>/5157/ 
Not off the top of my head but perhaps I'll tinker with it.
 >>/5167/
Biggest problem with SFM is that it's mostly posing and lighting. You can't draw. Can't have your own style very easily unless you model your own stuff. So what my focus would be, other than just experimentation, would be to see if you can add a touch of something that gives it that touch. That'd be an idea.

 >>/5166/
This luna image is based. Fav so far. Turned out almost a charming low polygon feel. 

 >>/5170/
They all look a bit better with the edits but the poses still look awkward. Still, I could see value in edits  maybe mixed media thing? 

 >>/5171/
This one I still like but is probably the weakest since it isn't as fun as the ones above and still has the awkward pose.

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 >>/5170/
> Not off the top of my head but perhaps I'll tinker with it.
alright, after all I have been mostly doing that as well.

> Biggest problem with SFM is that it's mostly posing and lighting. You can't draw. Can't have your own style very easily unless you model your own stuff. So what my focus would be, other than just experimentation, would be to see if you can add a touch of something that gives it that touch. That'd be an idea.
well, look at that, you have described the biggest merit that one can reach in this thread: giving an existent picture a unique character/attribute that didn´t have before. This is why one needs to test everything in order to go further. How does one check that? By simply testing, pure trial and error. 

Also, this hurts to say but in reality, I am not creative and I cannot be qualified as a creator. You give me a blank paper and my mind is asking me for something to be based on, combined with the fact that my drawing skills leave a lot to be desired (formally speaking). 
Also, you might be laughing out loud but I do not have a scanner (in 2019!, even though it´s due to the fact that I have never needed one yet), and my PC relatively speaking is a potato for today´s standards (AMD of 2013-14, 3.15 GB), despite getting optic fiber. I have tried to run the SFM program and it runs painfully slow.

In short, it never rains but it pours (creatively speaking).

> This luna image is based. Fav so far. Turned out almost a charming low polygon feel.
that was one of the easiest out of the bunch, ironically enough. The Photo App of W10 has a filter for pixelating the images (even though you have to create a video first) and I simply cut it, made some adjustments and added the filter. Pic related is the original image.

> They all look a bit better with the edits but the poses still look awkward. 
I knew from the start the poses looked like that and as I am big headed, as soon as the image clicks on my head for editing, it starts engineering something undefined. 

> Still, I could see value in edits maybe mixed media thing? 
I don´t know but as long as something from here ends up being more valuable or adds something else that didn´t offer before, it´s sufficient. If any masterpiece happens to occur here, it will be by accident.

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 >>/5201/
I meant to reply to this  >>/5195/.

 also I am posting a softer version of Celestia´s edit because of the noise reduction that I adjusted with the help of another program

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 >>/5195/
> This one I still like but is probably the weakest since it isn't as fun as the ones above and still has the awkward pose.
I have to agree with that part of being less fun and having less room to tinker with it. I edited in that way because the unfocused pose reminded me of something symbolic for some reason (mostly because of the helmet).

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this is it for me tonight. I am leaving this little curiosity from the previous pictures that I should have figured out long ago....

Goodnight folks.

 >>/5201/
> This is why one needs to test everything in order to go further. How does one check that? By simply testing, pure trial and error. 

And then what? Who knows. I will say I've had more fun simply running pictures through filters and sometimes more advanced edits than I thought I would. 

>  I am not creative and I cannot be qualified as a creator.

Says the person who started this thread and has contributed a few fics to the board. I'm not calling it ingenious but some of your attempts at changing and giving new meaning to pictures I have enjoyed most of all.

>  PC relatively speaking is a potato for today´s standards 

 None of my computers were made in this decade... 

Well, let this be a tiny PoLS as I have been called to other duties.

 >>/5206/
Goodnight /endpone/

 >>/5206/
Pardon the spoon feeding. What is significant about this pic?

 >>/5209/
there is not much beyond the fact that using the negative filter in Nightmare Moon´s body would lead to Daybreaker colours. 

The thing that I should have figured out earlier is that the colour combinations are actually the opposite between the two royal sisters.  

See  >>/4664/ so you can compare it with the original.

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 >>/5207/
> And then what? Who knows
eeeyup, no one actually knows what´s the end result and as I share that feeling of having fun during the process, getting further into a development that one wouldn´t expect at first. I suppose part of its charm. 

> I've had more fun simply running pictures through filters and sometimes more advanced edits than I thought I would. 

> None of my computers were made in this decade
well, evil of many, consolation of fools. We´re well fucked in this regard (even though the nostalgic IBM keyboard kind of redeems that). I suppose that one has to wait until the components don´t work anymore.

> Says the person who started this thread and has contributed a few fics to the board. 
I haven´t written a single fic for more than a year and they have a couple of secrets behind their writing: they mostly relied on my emotions felt at that moment, hidden between the context for the story and little interactions until the central point arrives. And secondly, I have mostly relied on music in order to type something with that mood. More like things appearing out of nowhere, a few songs induced me to have a few images in my head, as if I typed what I saw while listening to them. I will admit though that June 2018 was the best month in this regard, coming up with two fics in the middle of a period of exams.

> I'm not calling it ingenious but some of your attempts at changing and giving new meaning to pictures I have enjoyed most of all. 
well, at least, you´ve got some enjoyment from them. As for ingenious pieces...would you post any of them on Derpibooru? Are they even worthy to share out there (besides this place)?

At least, they are interesting enough for you to consider that. However, edits are easily replaceable and one always imagines that there are better ways to convey that new meaning. 

Basically, creativity cannot come mostly because I always need something to rely on. The true authors are those who actually build it from scratch. 

If anything, you could describe an editor as something similar like electronic musicians who take samples and modify them, getting combined into a sole piece because of recycling (vaporwave, maybe?). But even then, anyone could come and do it better. I am simply waiting that someone else does. It feels more like I am trying to guide others for taking that next step. You have outdone yourself for the fics though, one of them could be translated easily into the official material.

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and I am leaving this place tonight with one question: what would you do with this picture? Like I did with  >>/5167/, before giving the results, I wonder what you would cook up here.

 >>/5211/
> As for ingenious pieces...would you post any of them on Derpibooru? Are they even worthy to share out there (besides this place)?

> At least, they are interesting enough for you to consider that. However, edits are easily replaceable and one always imagines that there are better ways to convey that new meaning.

In one word, yes (some of them at least). In a longer explanation: I think these edits could be something, even the tiny SFM ones. I think adding new meanings, personal touches, etc. Could go somewhere beyond nowhere. I've enjoyed your experimental and messing with obscure mid to lower tier art. Not telling ya to not keep yourself grounded but don't let "this isn't anything so I shouldn't even bothering" prevent your experimentation. 

> I haven´t written a single fic for more than a year and they have a couple of secrets behind their writing: they mostly relied on my emotions felt at that moment, hidden between the context for the story and little interactions until the central point arrives.

I thought part of your Celly fic was 2019?

> Basically, creativity cannot come mostly because I always need something to rely on. The true authors are those who actually build it from scratch.

Perhaps. Though I think that a lot of things start as mixing than one can add your own and it can depart.  Liking mixing toddler shows with Star Trek...  

> And secondly, I have mostly relied on music in order to type something with that mood.

Not sure how much of a drawback as I've done that too. You're talking about listening to a song over and over and over again while typing it right? I don't do it all the time but I have and my eariler days in the fandom I would write fragmented fanfics to one song all the time.(may have mentionned this before.)

> We´re well fucked in this regard (even though the nostalgic IBM keyboard kind of redeems that). I suppose that one has to wait until the components don´t work anymore.

I actually prefer'em to the modern stuff. Easier to tinker with. You can keep a computer running pretty long if you want to with spare parts. Though I primarily run different flavors of Linux on Laptops so I imagine my experience is vastly different from the needs of somebody who is trying to run the latest and the best on Windows 10. Something that maybe required of ya in a university setting.

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 >>/5212/ 
Well, you know what? Perhaps I'll try my own edit of it too.  My first thoughts are simple stuff like coloring, but I may try something more ambitious... 

 >>/5210/
That is actually really cool. Maybe you should have a edit contest to see how many Nightmare Moon would be good for the change.

 >>/5210/
Simplest advise is to just have fun.

 >>/5219/
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 >>/5214/
> I think adding new meanings, personal touches, etc. Could go somewhere beyond nowhere.
probably something can be done with that. One might have the tools but there has to be some room out there for expressing one self. The more I think about it, the more this looks like songs of electronic music to me. How can you express something with such a cold medium like technology. 
  
> I've enjoyed your experimental and messing with obscure mid to lower tier art. Not telling ya to not keep yourself grounded but don't let "this isn't anything so I shouldn't even bothering" prevent your experimentation. 
thanks for saying that advice.
About messing up with mid to lower tier art, why would one try to edit a great picture (a clear example: the Cosmos picture chosen for the OP in the NMAiE)? While it´s true that there have been great pictured edited because of several reasons: fun, curiousity, adjustment/filter tests..., editing a picture that not many people care about and has a low amount of likes or doesn´t express anything extraordinary, then that´s where one gets the absolute freedom to get to a different place that the original never did. 

> I thought part of your Celly fic was 2019? 
November 2018. Even though, I wrote for one night a few paragraphs that I felt writing at the time, that fic was posted last year. I believe that the Revolution fic that you wrote was also posted before ending the year. Creatively speaking, you have written all the important fics of this board for now.

> I think that a lot of things start as mixing than one can add your own and it can depart.
that´s true and then one builds up that unique aspect over time. Looking for something original is really complicated and while this has been said since ancient times (the phrase: "It´s all been done before"), one annot avoid to get influenced by something unconsciously. 

> Liking mixing toddler shows with Star Trek... 
John de Lancie must have enjoyed taking part in the ponified version of The Next Generation, repeating the same role as he did back in the 90s. The results of that mix: guaranteed entertainment almost all the times he appears in it.

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 >>/5214/
> You're talking about listening to a song over and over and over again while typing it right? I don't do it all the time but I have and my eariler days in the fandom I would write fragmented fanfics to one song all the time.(may have mentionned this before.)
eeeyup. Mostly because that gives the source of what one could write next (hence why the originality might lack from the "author").

You indeed said that statement before (you relied on the lyrics of song made by Rush for the Revolution fic).  The main problem with that technique is that...well, one writes according to the emotions and not with a solid base in its core (maybe it´s not explicitly the guilt coming from us but more like we are living in an era where relativism and the opinions count a lot for driving things forward). It´s almost as if one writes romantically and while the emotional bursts can express a lot, the consequences of breaking those standards could be overwhelmingly awkward. I am mostly incapable to find value in songs made for parties, so it implies that there won´t be many happy moments out there. Reading your stories, they feel similar in the philosophical regard but they are less visible because of the descriptions, relying on subtlety or questions that ask for unanswered implications. 

Listening to one song over and over while writing a fic, that happened with the Comforts of Darkness and that came because of listening to a heart-wrenching melancholic song and true story, crying while writing that part. There is some sort of magic when you listen to one song too much, it becomes a part of yourself for a while and you know it like the back of your hand. This leads to different paths: one is getting tired and move on or achieve an exclusive aspect out of it for you personally. 

and when you get the second case, it sadly happens when one is depressed or stays in isolation with it. 

> I actually prefer'em to the modern stuff. Easier to tinker with. 
not everything new is good nor all old stuff is bad. In the end, it depends on the needs and the preference that one person has. 

> Something that maybe required of ya in a university setting
not all the computers have W10 in my university. Sure some of them have 4GB of CPU and run smoothly but others have Windows XP or 7 and guess what? They have the grey IBM keyboards with that charming sound while pressing the buttons. 

Universities don´t need much else beyond that (there are some programs of calculation and analysis that improve the speed because of that) but it´s true that the better parts it has, the more it runs faster for routine tasks but we´ll arrive at one point where the speed won´t matter all that much and it´s mostly focused on the video game industry. Don´t get me wrong, the AMD that I have is great for using the internet or typical tasks but as soon as you test it with games that were released after the mid 2000s, you can say goodbye to run that with high specs. This is why I can barely run the SFM program on my own (like 6 or 7 fps and loading screens of a few minutes). 

> I primarily run different flavors of Linux on Laptops so I imagine my experience is vastly different from the needs of somebody who is trying to run the latest and the best on Windows 10.
yeah but you don´t need to bother about it. You know better about that than me. I have never tried a Linux even though it offers appealing options like using Tor, VPNs and editing it according to one´s personal tastes.

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 >>/5215/
> you know what? Perhaps I'll try my own edit of it too. My first thoughts are simple stuff like coloring, but I may try something more ambitious...
alright, that  sounds interesting to say the least. 
I am posting the edits that I could have posted yesterday. However, there is one problem: there are three edits that I found appealing aesthetically speaking even two of them look really similar between each other. 

So, the plan is to expose them and you decide which one you like the most. Either that or giving some comments to get some feedback...

or better yet, go for the 4th option and edit it for yourselves and put the version(s) onto the table so the rest can judge it (I don´t have the serial number but you have the original picture to apply whatever idea you have for it).

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 >>/5215/
about the pixelated Luna, you were right that using that filter for her was the least fun part of those. 

Has this edit made it better?  The changes that I notice here are: more blurriness and pixels, and turn that eyeless Luna into a vivid one by using sparks. 

I suppose that the blurriness makes this image softer visually speaking and so it becomes more pleasant in comparison to the radical colours exposed before. As none of us can change that pose, it has gone from looking like a badass to "Equestria, I´m CIA". 

Is this attempt better? It is simply because you put more effort in it than me because I only cared about using one single filter, so in this regard, yours deserves more respect because you were focused (yet the results are blurrier ironically enough) on it.

Does it have any personal aspect from you? Yes, you edited a few pictures with huge sparks before and you have used the right proportions for this one. 

 >>/5219/
> Maybe you should have a edit contest to see how many Nightmare Moon would be good for the change.
hey, that´s not as bizarre as it sounds, one could compile a good gallery with Nightmare Moon looking like her opposite. However, the negative effect doesn´t always translate all that well. You edited a Cadence gif with the emboss filter and nailed it...here it´s the same happy accident (and realization) but in terms of combining correctly both the body and the sky. I have tried to use that negative effect and the colours don´t match all that well unfortunately. You can try it on your own as well an you will see how the biggest problem for using the negative is when it comes to the surroundings, not the body.

> Simplest advise is to just have fun.
yeah and I should listen to that advice from the stars more often  but I am like Cosmos in this regard