Masamune Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 There's actually a much easier way to prevent messing up your render and that's by applying a Layer Mask to it and erasing bits of it with a black brush. If you mess up, just go over with a white brush or delete the layer mask and try again. No need to undo a whole pile of other steps you worked hard on. I just started doing that myself recently. But I think I have my history set to 100, cache to 1, & tile size to 128K. One thing I have a problem with history though, is it records every blending change, I've lost count of how many times I've forgot to click somewhere else after changing that, then when I scroll, it just goes through all the blending modes & fills my history screen with "Blending Change". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav9834 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I don't recommend this at all. By expanding the history in PS, you are causing it to have more memory useage which means it could crash easier (which result in losing work if not saving regularly), some people's PCs already have a hard time with PS so ideally, don't mess with these settings if you can help it. There's actually a much easier way to prevent messing up your render and that's by applying a Layer Mask to it and erasing bits of it with a black brush. If you mess up, just go over with a white brush or delete the layer mask and try again. No need to undo a whole pile of other steps you worked hard on. Ah right true true, if you don't have enough ram or page space PS will crash the OS. However that hasn't happened to me even when I have PS, Audition and Premiere running. So I still recommend setting it as high as possible, but with Demons advice of only if your computer can handle it.Ya masks are great too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raitandrul Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Voted for #2 on both battles, great work guys, I wish I had more time to participate as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DEMON Posted May 8, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) Voting is now closed, thanks to everyone who voted! Entries_____________________________________________1st Place: DEMON (12 votes [40.00%])_____________________________________________2nd Place: Ramonachan (9 votes [30.00%])_____________________________________________3rd Place: Yami (6 votes [20.00%])_____________________________________________4th Place: Masamune (3 votes [10.00%])__________________________________________________________________________________________1st Place: Chemergy (19 votes [63.33%])_____________________________________________J-2nd Place: Titanic Balls (4 votes [13.33%])_____________________________________________J-2nd Place: TheLastSurvivorD (4 votes [13.33%])_____________________________________________3rd Place: kuuhaku (2 votes [6.67%])_____________________________________________4th Place: Mesopithecus (1 vote [3.33%])_____________________________________________ And that's the second Signature Battle completed! Congratulations to DEMON (hey, that's me ) for winning in the Pro entries and congratulations to Chemergy for destroying in the Novice entries! O_O You are still a really new signature creator but you are improving fast, we'll be seeing you in Pro difficulty very soon hopefully! Well done to everyone who entered! _____________________________________________ As well as results this time, I'm happy to announce a new difficulty level will be added.For those of you that keep asking, no, it's no inbetween difficulty.It is in fact the highest difficulty that will be added to Signature Battle and it will be known as Elite, it will be 1vs1 and members who apply (via PM) will be randomly selected from. The difficulty will only run every 3 battles at the current moment.The render for Elite will be a different one than the Pro and Novice renders and will be recieved via PM.Elite actually involves some restrictions, these restrictions include: You must be on Pro Difficulty. You must have competed in Signature Battle previously. You must have one win in either SOTM or Signature Battle (Pro difficulty). So saying that, only a handful of the Pro members will be able to compete in this new difficulty.Here's a list of members who are eligible to compete in Elite difficulty (as of now): Ramonachan (8 SOTM wins) cmgravekeeper (5 SOTM wins + 1 SB win) DEMON (4 SOTM wins + 1 SB win) Izularia (1 SOTM win) RaveNScythE18 (1 SOTM win) Masamune (1 SOTM win) How to apply:Send a PM to DEMON stating you want to be in the selection for Elite difficulty. Only apply if interested in competing that month. This PM must be sent before the next Signature Battle starts.Please don't apply in the thread or even mentioned that you have applied as this will be kept completely anonymous.To make sure everyone gets a chance at this difficulty at some point, members from a previous Elite can't apply for the next Elite, they will have to wait until the one after that before they can compete again. Next Signature Battle is due to start on the 31st of May! Edited May 8, 2016 by DEMON 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xel Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Congrats to DEMON and especially you Chemergy you have potential. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yami Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Congrats to DEMON, obliterated us once again Also congrats, to Chemergy, be seeing you in pro soon And while I'm at it, congrats to the others too, you all did an awesome job ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlruka Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Like with last time, I'll appreciate any feedback that can help me improve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xx_ForTheSesh_xX Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I'd also appreciate some feedback for my signature; I want to improve as much as possible. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEMON Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 (edited) Okies, I'll give some FB. Like with last time, I'll appreciate any feedback that can help me improve. Imo, there was not enough blending went into this signature to tie it all together. Lara doesn't look connected to the scene very well. Although, what you have done in the BG is very good work, but it's unfortunate you didn't work on blending Lara in, this could have been done with lighting. Using things like Screen layers where you used like a Yellow/Orange screen. It would have helped connect her to the scene. Text is better than last time but looked a bit mismatched in color to me. I'd also appreciate some feedback for my signature; I want to improve as much as possible. First off, your entry was really good for a Novice signature (did tell you people be thinking I placed a Pro in Novice by mistake ), so I'm gonna critique it like I would a Pro signature. Your lighting is done really well, but I think you went a bit intense around the face of Lara, did you use a screen layer? Make sure to turn down the fill. The shards going up her arms look a bit sharp, I would have blurred them a bit to suit the rest of the C4D (since you blurred them all). I would have ditched the Lara text in this and just used PSNP and maybe have placed it just off her shoulder. Overall, KIU. You are improving really fast and have real potential in signatures (considering you only started.. like 2 weeks ago now is it?). Edited May 9, 2016 by DEMON 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aranea Highwind Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 And DEMON wins by making a signature of her favorite Waifu! Jokes asides aside nice job everyone. At this rate Chemergy will be part of the pro league in not time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xx_ForTheSesh_xX Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Yeah I noticed the lighting on her face was a bit bright a bit too late. I definitely see what you mean about the sharp black bits. But yeah, thanks for the feedback; I appreciate it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Masamune Posted May 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2016 So I guess I'm the worst of the best? I guess I could call that a simi-complement. Congrats to Demon & Chemergy! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav9834 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Congratulations to the winners and everyone! Always look forward to everyone's signatures, and nobody disappointed! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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