Comments on: Moon Patrol Bezel Reproductions http://www.rotheblog.com/2007/11/arcade/moon-patrol-bezel-reproductions/ Classic Arcade Game Artwork, Tutorials, and Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha By: Jamie http://www.rotheblog.com/2007/11/arcade/moon-patrol-bezel-reproductions/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Jamie Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:07:04 +0000 http://www.rotheblog.com/?p=1516#comment-81 That was a real bitch, and what took the longest. If you look at the top and the bottom, you can see that it's mirrored (left is similar to the right). It's not quite even down the middle, and they don't actually mirror the entire top and bottom if you know what I mean. It looks like they mirrored it and then changed some parts on the outside edges. Because of that mirror, I only had to clean up about half of the top, and half of the bottom. Then I flipped the cleaned up portion and redid the areas around that weren't part of the mirror. The pieces that were missing were a pain. In some areas, I used the clone tool to fill in the gaps. After I did all that, I wasn't happy with some of the light areas. They were too gray in my black and white image, so I messed with the levels to brighten them up. Then, I went over the entire thing again with the paint brush tool fixing scratches and covering spots that I think were dust on the outside of the glass. I thought I was never going to get it done. If I had a NOS or even a decent original to work with it would have been much faster. That was a real bitch, and what took the longest. If you look at the top and the bottom, you can see that it’s mirrored (left is similar to the right). It’s not quite even down the middle, and they don’t actually mirror the entire top and bottom if you know what I mean. It looks like they mirrored it and then changed some parts on the outside edges.

Because of that mirror, I only had to clean up about half of the top, and half of the bottom. Then I flipped the cleaned up portion and redid the areas around that weren’t part of the mirror.

The pieces that were missing were a pain. In some areas, I used the clone tool to fill in the gaps. After I did all that, I wasn’t happy with some of the light areas. They were too gray in my black and white image, so I messed with the levels to brighten them up. Then, I went over the entire thing again with the paint brush tool fixing scratches and covering spots that I think were dust on the outside of the glass. I thought I was never going to get it done.

If I had a NOS or even a decent original to work with it would have been much faster.

]]> By: admin http://www.rotheblog.com/2007/11/arcade/moon-patrol-bezel-reproductions/comment-page-1/#comment-80 admin Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:40:19 +0000 http://www.rotheblog.com/?p=1516#comment-80 The question I have...how did you do clean up on that irregular night pattern in the Moon Patrol background? I haven't seen it closeup, so maybe there is enough of a pattern in the lines to work with....but seriously, you were missing some chunks! The question I have…how did you do clean up on that irregular night pattern in the Moon Patrol background? I haven’t seen it closeup, so maybe there is enough of a pattern in the lines to work with….but seriously, you were missing some chunks!

]]> By: Jamie http://www.rotheblog.com/2007/11/arcade/moon-patrol-bezel-reproductions/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Jamie Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:30:47 +0000 http://www.rotheblog.com/?p=1516#comment-79 Hey! Thanks for posting this. I'm famous now. ;) Can't wait to see this printed. Hey! Thanks for posting this. I’m famous now. ;) Can’t wait to see this printed.

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