WWII as seen through modern photos

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WWII as seen through modern photos

Post by Andybev01 » Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:56 pm

Someone superimposed old photos from WWII over modern pictures from the same point of view and posted them. It's a neat effect...and somewhat spooky.

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Post by MacPhantom » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:10 pm

That is really cool. I'd like to see it done with some photos from Gettysburg.

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Post by Spookymufu » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:57 pm

how did I miss this?

these are really neat and eerie at the same time
http://theyard.netii.net/
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Re: WWII as seen through modern photos

Post by Andybev01 » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:35 pm

Spooky, it's a new topic so you didn't miss it by much...

Mac, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay at the bottom of the post there are some from Victorian era postcards as well. Gettysburg would be excellent.
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Re: WWII as seen through modern photos

Post by Andybev01 » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:37 pm

The ones with children are seriously eerie because they could still be alive today, or...
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Re: WWII as seen through modern photos

Post by Morticia » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:38 pm

That is a way cool link! Thank you!
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Post by MacPhantom » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:11 pm

I'd imagine he took an old photo, set up his camera in the same location, and took his snaps. That's something I think I could do. I'm not so great at the photoshopping bit, though. Still, I'm gonna try.

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Post by Spookymufu » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:15 pm

MacPhantom wrote:I'd imagine he took an old photo, set up his camera in the same location, and took his snaps. That's something I think I could do. I'm not so great at the photoshopping bit, though. Still, I'm gonna try.
I imagine he used the erase tool with the blurred edges and just wiped away what he wanted and exposed the WWII image under the modern era image layer
http://theyard.netii.net/
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Re: WWII as seen through modern photos

Post by Andybev01 » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:24 pm

And line up a handful of points, like the corners of buildings and landmarks, and stretch or distort them to stitch them seamlessly
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Post by Spookymufu » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:39 pm

Andybev01 wrote:And line up a handful of points, like the corners of buildings and landmarks, and stretch or distort them to stitch them seamlessly
I figured that was a given ;)
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Re: WWII as seen through modern photos

Post by Andybev01 » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:51 pm

I have only recently begun my foray into the black art of 'shopping'.
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Re: WWII as seen through modern photos

Post by Pumpkin_Man » Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:41 pm

Wow! That's some fabulout photo shop work, and great use of imagry. Thanks for posting the link.

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