I'm still not great with editing but I have come a loooong way from where I was! Little by little, I'm learning the basics. I'm still not great at cutouts but that's not an issue of skill, really. It's an issue of patience. Usually by the time I reach the halfway point of mapping my path, I grow impatient and start haphazardly clicking. If only things like smart scissors really worked! If I could cut out a Sim with a click of a button, I'd be creating a LOT more pics. As it stands, I'm forced to deal with the path tool which is just annoying when cutting out a full body shot. Shading...I knew nothing of shading. I always see photos on the forums that just look incredible. I knew it was because of shading...but I had no idea how to actually do it! Well today someone posted a tutorial on the forums and I jumped right to work! It was really pretty cool! So here is a before and after edit. The picture is glitched, I know, but I was just practicing with editing so I didn't much care. So, here's the in-game before pic:
So then I performed my edits. I was playing around with the eyelash brushes. Fun stuff! Something else I knew nothing of until yesterday. I downloaded them and got right to work. So after playing around with my normal editing settings and then adding the eyelash brushes, I started playing around with the shading. Here's the after:
Definitely a difference. Truth be told, the shading didn't offer a drastic difference but then again, i didn't have a wide area to work with so I'll be practicing on my next few shots and see how it looks. For now, any improvements to my shots are a plus. So, I'm off to score the mock assignment on my first competition now. See ya!