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Night Vision Tutorials

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koolbluez
koolbluez Original post #1
May 20, 2005 at 8:58 AM
You have seen many movies with characters using night vision goggles.
The pics catch our eye, as they caught mine. So here's a tutorial on How to make NightVision pics in PhotoShop

And lemme remind you, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECTION... (AND NO ONES PERFECT ;))
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h4xbox #2
May 20, 2005 at 11:59 AM
good tut again bro :D
bharat_r
May 20, 2005 at 1:22 PM
Simpler Night Vision

Night Vision effect can be got in a simpler way.
There is a free plug-in called VDL Adrenaline Night Vision plugin
Get it here(http) or here(ftp).

I made this using the plugin:

Original Image:

*images5.theimagehosting.com/jordan_day.jpg

Night Vision:

*images5.theimagehosting.com/jordan_night.jpg
bharat_r
May 20, 2005 at 1:25 PM
There are also many options & tweeks with which u can manuplate the way the image looks after night vision has been applied.
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cheetah #5
May 20, 2005 at 4:19 PM
Gr8 tut koolbluez....

Also guys try some free night vision plugins for photoshop....google for em..
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Tux #6
May 20, 2005 at 9:00 PM
THUMS UP man...
F
May 27, 2005 at 12:42 PM
great work dude
kapsicum
May 28, 2005 at 6:16 PM
that a great thing but can disable those lines
N
May 28, 2005 at 7:52 PM
That is great Dude.....Is there a way to do Thermal vision.:)
bharat_r
bharat_r #10
May 28, 2005 at 10:50 PM
kapsicum said:
that a great thing but can disable those lines

those lines can be disabled,see the options of the plugin:
*img17.echo.cx/img17/8264/night8le.jpg

uncheck "Raster intens" to remove the lines....there are plenty of other tweeks also. :!:
bharat_r
bharat_r #11
May 28, 2005 at 11:06 PM
netcracker said:
That is great Dude.....Is there a way to do Thermal vision.:)

do u mean this:

*img78.echo.cx/img78/6120/thermal10bw.jpg

Then it's very simple :idea:

I shall tell how I made it if this the effect u wanted.
I
May 29, 2005 at 1:16 AM
@bharat_r

which poor soul's picture is that?

looks like...........kamal?
bharat_r
bharat_r #13
May 29, 2005 at 1:09 PM
lol...yes it's Kamal Haasan
N
May 29, 2005 at 3:33 PM
Tht is cool bhart_r ...Can you tell me how to make it??
bharat_r
bharat_r #15
May 29, 2005 at 4:37 PM
Thermal vision effect!

Ok,here's how I did it....quite simple

1.Open the image in Photoshop
3.Go to Image->Adjustments->Gradient Map
4.Click on the "Gradiant Used for Gryscale Maping" dropdown list & select "Transparant rainbow".

*i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/bharat_r/rainbow.jpg

Original Image , Thermal Vision
*www.pix05.com/f/normal1277.jpg*www.pix05.com/f/thermal7503.jpg

that's it! :)
koolbluez
koolbluez #16
Jun 2, 2005 at 11:06 PM
hey dude... bharat_r... it's not that easy to get a thermal image!!!

Just by adding fancy RBGs to the picture, u don't get a thermal image... go to the basics... the warmer parts of the pic have to be redder & the colder parts bluish... ;) Not as simple as NIGHT VISION... dude...

The plugin u showed does work wonders.. but this tutorial is just to bring in another concept into Photoshop idealogy....

Btw... ur gradient map method was good.. though not realistic!!! It's against the laws of physics... for god's sake!!!
bharat_r
bharat_r #17
Jun 9, 2005 at 12:43 AM
does this look more realistic.

His coat,hair,etc trap more heat & hence radiate more heat than his body,so they are red.

*i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/bharat_r/heat.jpg
A
Jun 9, 2005 at 2:34 PM
great man u guys did awesome job
NikhilVerma
Jun 9, 2005 at 7:05 PM
bharat_r said:
does this look more realistic.

His coat,hair,etc trap more heat & hence radiate more heat than his body,so they are red.

We can easily imitate or emulate almost real looking infrared images through gradient tool... But a real Infrared Image is very different looking and one can easily spot the difference....


*www.x20.org/images/IRhuman.jpg*www.x20.org/images/IRscan.jpg*www.x20.org/images/IRhand.jpg


We have to do selective editing.... Coz the hair don't have heat radiations..
Touch your body :wink: And check out which area are hot and which areas are cold...

It's almost like B/W to Colour conversion....
NikhilVerma
Jun 9, 2005 at 7:08 PM
Sorry for Dual Post
koolbluez
koolbluez #21
Jun 9, 2005 at 10:30 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

As Niks pointed out... :lol:... the hair..coat... r the cooler ones.. the body has to be hotter... not viceversa.. come on maan... what class do u study in???!!!! The question is not whether it's a good or bad conductor... the question is if the object is hot or not.. hotter items r redder.... and kool ones bluer... :lol::lol::lol:

As niks pointed out.. selective editin has to b done...

Anyway... great job there... both of u...

USE PHOTOSHOP (or 4 that matter of fact, any sw) WISELY....
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dodo #22
Jun 13, 2005 at 11:41 AM
It looks kinda cool but its nowhere near to thermal vision. Thermal vision works on heat detection which implies that hotter(alive) parts of the body would appear (in color) reddish(remember the white light spectrum). In the image posted,thejacket and hair are red whereas the face is blue-violet. This should be the other way round.
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dodo #23
Jun 13, 2005 at 11:46 AM
.........And who is this guy- two faced?(the batman fiend) . Half of the face is hot and the other half cold. This looks like the thermal vision of a half dead zombie. :p
P
Jun 14, 2005 at 5:38 PM
nice one dude
S
Oct 13, 2005 at 4:15 PM
a good tip there ... :)