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I'm guessing unless someone involved has the game and knows the exact things they want it would be easiest to just say:
 
Give me Music from X
Give me Video from Y
Give me Animation from Z
 
But obviously more complex stuff would be cooler as well. I know you used to be able to put custom music in which I assume is still possible but obviously complicates things.
 
I'll definitely PM you sometime and at least get a basic intro down so that things don't look so bland.

Welfare: Dec 28-Jan 3 - 5
Grading - 4
S46 Prediction Points - 10
 
PE: 19
TPE: 103
 
+8 Reaction Time (58)
+11 Hand Speed (60)

Technically speaking no although you get an auto 6 on all PT's now anyway so that doesn't matter. Feel free to post the changed one if you want people to see it.

This is both different and sexy, I highly approve. Normally having the BG go right down to straight black would be a no-no but I think nit actually looks pretty cool here. Especially in contrast with the red highlights and that sexy as fuck text. If I were to give pointers for this piece it would be to do a tad more with the cloudiness around the edges and maybe a bit more with the lightning looking thing below the text. If you could get that a bit more contrasty it would make the text pop even more. Damn good job though.

Hey look, it's that thing I fixed!
 
Because I collated this with you (although I can't submit mine dammit!) I actually know more on the issues it has which is good news for you. First off, the text needed some major work. It was too far from the render, the subtext stood out too much, and the effect just didn't really blend well with the piece. Second, the lighting was started but never really went anywhere. Those light streaks worked great, which is why I left them, but you need to have them do SOMETHING with the render. Lighting can't just be slapped on if it doesn't interact with the render. Get some curves layers on that bad boy and make the light really pop one side of his face. Lastly, don't be afraid to experiment. I probably doubled the amount of layers this thing had by just adding different things here and there. Fill out the canvas and blur some things to create depth. Also, avoid grey things on lighten unless they are there only for depth, it just looks weird against the colour.
 
Nice JC BTW, I left that

Best piece of advice I can give you is work smaller. This would be considered an LP (Large Piece) which means its much harder to get right than a sig, as a Wallpaper is harder. Simply put, the more congas you have to fill the harder a piece is to make. Work with a sig size canvas (400x200 is a decent place to start) and work up from there.
 
As for the actual piece, get yourself some stocks and learn how different settings affect them. Right now this looks like a photo with a few filters and some text which is fine to start yourself off but it won't get you too far. Also, don't be afraid to go simple with the font. It sounds counterproductive but working with implicated fonts just limits what you can do with them. I've done better things with Arial and Helvetica than I ever could with something elaborate.
 
Jackim put up a very good beginners guide HERE which you should definitely give a read. It covers a lot of the basics to help people out. Follow some tutorials and look at what others are doing, you'll get the hang of it eventually.

You suck at reminding me, I almost left again without uploading this. Ho Ho Ho motherfuckers!
 
http://www.mediafire.com/download/38qs212gmyi7fdr/Koponen_collab.psd

Thanks for trading for me so Miller could get that second up. Given that we failed the first time around with Helsinki it feels great to end on that high note in the city that started his career, glad I finally decided to show up when it counted.
 
Party hard boys, we deserve it.

Feels great to retire Miller with a second cup, not sure I've ever won two with one player before. 
 
It it was a roller coaster of a season for me. Was great to finish off my career where it started and help Helsinki break the curse.

Thanks for trading for me so Miller could get that second up. Given that we failed the first time around with Helsinki it feels great to end on that high note in the city that started his career, glad I finally decided to show up when it counted.
 
Party hard boys, we deserve it.

Feels great to retire Miller with a second cup, not sure I've ever won two with one player before. 
 
It it was a roller coaster of a season for me. Was great to finish off my career where it started and help Helsinki break the curse.

Feels great to retire Miller with a second cup, not sure I've ever won two with one player before. 
 
It it was a roller coaster of a season for me. Was great to finish off my career where it started and help Helsinki break the curse.

Feels great to retire Miller with a second cup, not sure I've ever won two with one player before. 
 
It it was a roller coaster of a season for me. Was great to finish off my career where it started and help Helsinki break the curse.

I've been invisible against my old team but I'd rather get the wins. GG

Back in my day we had reason to accuse people of rigging, now it's just a fad!
 
#oldmanVHL

Back in my day we had reason to accuse people of rigging, now it's just a fad!
 
#oldmanVHL

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Salty much?

Hey look, I'm doing things!
 
3-1 looks promising but we all know that with STHS that's the most dangerous lead to have.

If it were a clipping mask of say an image onto a text layer or something only the top image would apply. However, adjustment layers are infinite. You can add as many as you want.
 
For example, to help my lighting I clip two curves layers to my render. One to brighten, on to darken. I then mask them based on what is needed.
 
Also, as a general hint, you can apply clipping masks by holding alt and clicking the line between the layers you want clipped.

My usual system is a little topaz and a lot of lighting.

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Just a note while I'm thinking about it BTW. If you ever have a cut with that annoying line around it where the cut was just a little off. Go to layer->Matting-> Defringe and set it to 1px. That'll get rid of it. That's why my version doesn't have that annoying outline.

I'll do as I please with my voyeur footage thank you very much.

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