Jim's Collection Special Effects anyone can do.

Shell the light effects are done with a free download from Vicman It is called Photo! Editor it is a old program the light effects are not as good as photoshop but it has some other neat light effects and another effect called... make up... great for touching up pictures . I will do some examples of the features of the program in a day or so.

Next program another free download called PhotoScape is the one you need to turn the light effects you add to a picture into a gif file or a moving animation.



You need both programs to make a light flash .If you or any of the members want to see what it will do post a picture of a tow truck.. police car ...or fire truck and I will add lights to the picture and they will flash.




Shell if you like effects that are not really that hard to do, my wife said she will do a tutorial on adding lights and another on how a gif file is done it takes about 25 to 30 pictures to show the step by step thing but it is a lot easier for someone to learn than reading boring instructions that just confuse you. I am positive you try it you will like it . If you just want some neat pictures of your little cars and have the patience to try new things you will like these two programs.

Then if you want to try rain or fog.. smoke.. or.. snow effects there are two other free programs for that .

Now pictures are worth a 1000 words they say. I have to go out I will post pictures later.

New York City depends on your imagination





Darken the picture add a bit of light to the roof signs.. A drizzle of rain and the cheap little Matchbox Checker Cabs look a little realistic.





My wife comes from the London area in England this building she bought with the people at a train show 50 dollars a bit high priced but she has got her moneys worth out of it a great background for little cars.



Add a little fog and rain it looks like London with the little London Cabs

Of course we  have to have snow as well.  Just added snow to the picture.




They don't all turn out ok this was a first try at a snow storm.I thought it was not bad she said it was crap l.o.l. but keeps a couple to show the kids if it don't turn out right try again .




It was a night picture that my wife was trying different effects .

Awesome stuff Jim.... Thanks for posting the pictures.... I have seen the water effect a few times on another board of a pond or lake that someone was doing for their project.... Looks like alot of fun creating scenes

I find it interesting but my wife looks at it as a entertainment .

 She never stops asking how things are done. l.o.l.

She has a camera with her every where she goes. This bug was in a walmart parking lot she thought oh it looks cute with the big ears and eyes in fact she would drive something like this. 

It is the first Canadian franchise car. You see these things in the U.S.A. so she had to take pictures of the bug.

It is pretty stiff plastic but I guess someone with nothing better to do could break it off.

My wife likes to fool around with pictures she puts them on a D.V.D. slideshow and adds music and I think every kid in the family has one .l.o.l.

Thanks ...It takes awhile before all the pictures load at least my computer we live out in the country no cable just the so called high speed stick and it dont work worth a darn.  I complained about it they said we live in a valley and there are places it don't work very well. Late at night it is a little better.

GREAT pictures Jim. I will deffentely trying those progams out. Any way you can post the links to them.

First is a free online editor I use this one just for one type of water animation there are a lot of other interesting things but they don't interest me . l.o.l. go on the site go to reflecting animation and check out the sample.


www140.lunapic.com/editor/

If you are not into this kind of thing and need help my wife can do a quick tutorial for you.


All these programs are Free .

Rain.... Snow.... Water animations this one is a bit complicated at first glance but a bit of patience and a desire to try new things this is as good as photoshop and easier .

sqirlz-water-reflections.en.softonic.com/




Light Effects .A old program light effects are not as good as photo shop but free. A very easy to use program with a few nice light effects and a great editor for fixing pictures with the Make up section.

pho.to/editor/download.php

This was where I downloaded from .

Softonic also has it on there site to the right side of there web page.


Smoke or Fog Effects. This program is as good as photoshop for working with layers .Another bit of learning but easy to use after a few trys.

www.phoxo.com/en/


PhotoScape. This is the one you need to convert your pictures into a gif file. I have only used the resize features on this one but im sure there are other things someone might use.


www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

I should mention all of these are FREE downloads .

And if and when you get a gif file working and have windows 7 crap movie maker and cant add it to a slideshow or video I have a cure for that as well. l.o.l.

Jim, I haven't had time to sit and work with the programs, but once I do I will let you know how they worked out for me, I do use gimp here and there, I use pixlr.com once in awhile, and I also use microsoft publisher to put my dio together and print it out on sticker paper to attach to foam board..

Here is a picture of my dio, I would like to make a few more when I get a chance... So many things I would like to do not enough time. Who knows maybe when I retire in 20+ years if I make it that long...




Of course it isn't perfect but it was my first attempt at making the dio, things aren't centered and probably are not to scale, I did have help from Dan (Liv N Low), he gave me the dimensions and I laid everything out.

Shell looks great a nice place to take pictures .It looks straight to me.

Not enough time ...I no that feeling. When I was working it was a 1 hour trip each way to work and back then a 600 mile return trip every day with my truck. So on a normal day up at 4.30 a.m. back home about 8.00 p.m. That was the reason I retired 10 years sooner . 55 I felt old l.o.l.

The work thing is all wrong we should retire on a good government pension about 14 till were 65 then we could go to work .That way you would not spend the best years of your life working. l.o.l.