Doctor Who - A Journal of Impossible Things (Novelized Version)

I'd really rather figure out what I'm doing wrong. Haven't had any luck yet though. I've got the runes set on multiply and the gold set on screen and that's the best I could get it. Still not bright though, almost like there's something wrong with the opacity, but their isn't.
 
Excellent, thanks!

Well, I got the Gallifreyan writing set and did the title and the gold bar. I'm a bit stuck on the lens flare though. There aren't as many settings for those as I thought, it won't let me adjust the angle or distance of the artifacts and I have to render it directly onto an existing layer, which is a huge pain. It also means the lens flare has to be completely recreated for the spine title.
 
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About that lens flare. I think it's just taken directly from the 2005-2010 logo. Now I know for sure that there is a photoshop high res .psd file of all the layers floating around online. I'm actually currently downloading it now (well not right now as there is one seed and he won't connect) to see if it is the same lens flare. Certainly looks like it though.

Otherwise I'll have to just play around and see if I can get the look of it right.

As for the gold bar extending around to the inside flap, I've been thinking about that too. I mean it does seem weird that it would just stop and you said that the back cover flap is a continuation of the back cover gradient. It kinda makes sense that the gold bar would do the same thing on the front cover, even if we don't see it and don't know for sure. I'm really unsure on whether to extend it around the flap or not. It's a shame we'll probably never find out.

Also thanks for posting that image of the runes, Nick. I'm working on mine right now, so this is a great reference :D

Your finished piece looks fantastic. Excellent work :D

I've still got a fair bit to do on mine. I wish I was better/faster at this photoshop program lol.
 
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I think we may have the color of the back of the book wrong! I don't think it's green at all. (Despite what a particular picture shows)

If it is, it's actually a huge relief to me because the whole purple-green color scheme isn't exactly the most eye-pleasing.

I think it might be a brownish-grey to lighter grey.

Look at the back of the books here:

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Definitely grey/brownish-grey. In fact, it seems to match the color of the small posters and banners (Seen next to the Doctor here):

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As to why it might look green: Fluorescent lights. If a camera isn't properly set, anything shot under fluorescents will look greenish. I have a film degree, it's something they beat into our heads in school, I'm just surprised I didn't think of it before.

So what do you guys think?

And as for the lens flare. The easiest method is to create new layer, fill it with black, apply a lens flare to that. (And you CAN adjust the distance and angle just by clicking and dragging in the preview scene...you can also adjust the brightness) Then just set the blending options on that layer to screen and scale, adjust, and tweak it until it's perfect. Bingo! Instant lens flare.

-Nick
 
Hmmmm, I think you may be right. I had even seen and looked at that picture of the back of the books and didn't even realize it wasn't green. Now I feel like such an idiot lol.

I think you're right though. It may have been green because of the lighting, it sure looks more grey/white in that picture. I think it might have a hint of green still in it though. From that picture it almost looks like a grey/white gradient with a very slight hint of green.

Definitely an interesting find.
 
Well, brown has green in it. So if it's a brownish-grey that could explain where we're seeing some of the greenish tint from.

-Nick
 
I think it's still slightly green, just much less saturated than we had it before.

I like the black layer for the lens flare, but I still can't adjust anything but where the center of it goes. I suppose I can render the lens flare in a different image and then rotate it and cut and paste the artifacts closer. to get them in the right place. I'd have to render it larger as well, because at 300 DPI the correct size "A" lens flare doesn't have the ring around it. That doesn't show up until it gets roughly twice the correct size.
 
That's weird, what version of Photoshop are you running? Pre-CS2?

And here's my new and improved final cover (I just can't help but work on it):

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-Nick
 
Hmm...weird. I'm running CS2 as well and it lets me click and drag the source of the flare to my heart's content. I guess since you can't, your solution is probably the best.

Good luck.

-Nick
 
So, after watching the scene and taking some clear 720p screenshots, I've learned a few things.

1) The gold bar does indeed go into the inside flap all the way along to the edge of it.

2) The gold bar also does seem to have a gradient on it, I say this because there are book card displays as well as the books on the table. They have a less reflective surface and the light doesn't shine off them.

3) There is also a title page on the inside that we see, signed by her ("To Damien" and then signed "Verity Newman") in the book that she gives to the first guy in glasses. There's also an eyelash (probably Jessica's) that landed on the page in that shot lol.

4) Risu was definitely right about the gradient going on into the back cover flap. Not something I just found out but I'm just confirming what we already knew.

5 ... kinda) Due to the posters and flyers having the exact same graphics/colors as the book, I'd be willing to bet that the grey/white/green gradient from the back cover is the same gradient as the big flyers on the stands. This isn't a fact though, just a guess. It does look similar to my eyes.
 
I was just starting to replicate your #3, WM! I'm glad I'm not the only one who took notice of that page. Now we need to match the paper type and glue in a cover page if we want it to be accurate.

-Nick
 
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I was just starting to replicate your #3, WM! I'm glad I'm not the only one who took notice of that page. Now we need to match the paper type and glue in a cover page if we want it to be accurate.

-Nick
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You gonna glue an eyelash to the page too for screen accuracy? Haha:lol
 
I can move the source of the flare anywhere I want, what I can't move are the artifacts, which render all the way at the bottom of the cover for me and at the wrong angle.

And yes, the gold bar definitely does have a gradient.
 
That's weird. Mine lets me rotate and stretch the flare around a central point, including the artifacts.

How's it going otherwise with the cover?

-Nick
 
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