My new desktop background

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

I recently had the occasion to hop into the seat of a WWII warbird (under restoration). Instead of taking of selfie of myself playing pilot, I took a quick shot of the dashboard. The picture was too crisp to be used as a background as is (a background shouldn't be distracting) so I tried to reduce the contrast and give it a bit of a grunge effect.

The original:

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The background:

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I'm now flying my PC

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Pretty cool.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:36 pm **(#3)**

That is great ofnuts!

Wallace · **Posted:** Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:38 pm **(#4)**

Nice effect, it looks like an old image now.
Speaking of flying, have you seen the online game "World of Warplanes"?
Here's the "World of Warplanes - E3 2014 Trailer"...

Video from : www.youtube.com

If you're interested in checking this at a greater extent go here...
http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldofWarplanesCom

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:41 pm **(#5)**

Nice retro look ofnuts. :bigthup

How about blending the background colors on the new one?

1. Colors | Info | Border Average
2. New Layer, Foreground color (from border average)
3. Multiply, Opacity 50%
Burn or Hard Light might work and a vignette.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Wallace wrote:

Nice effect, it looks like an old image now.
Speaking of flying, have you seen the online game "World of Warplanes"?
Here's the "World of Warplanes - E3 2014 Trailer"...

Video from : www.youtube.com

If you're interested in checking this at a greater extent go here...
http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldofWarplanesCom

Yes, but so far nothing beats IL2 and its sequels (Pacific Fighters, 1946, etc...).

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Odinbc wrote:

Nice retro look ofnuts. :bigthup

How about blending the background colors on the new one?
[ Image ]

1. Colors | Info | Border Average
2. New Layer, Foreground color (from border average)
3. Multiply, Opacity 50%
Burn or Hard Light might work and a vignette.

The end result looks a lot like Levels with the output max set to 154. A bit too dark for me.

Wallace · **Posted:** Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:04 pm **(#8)**

ofnuts wrote:

Yes, but so far nothing beats IL2 and its sequels (Pacific Fighters, 1946, etc...).

I checked it out, and do believe you're right. It's a very complex game, every key on the keyboard does something and then some.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Wallace wrote:

ofnuts wrote:

Yes, but so far nothing beats IL2 and its sequels (Pacific Fighters, 1946, etc...).

I checked it out, and do believe you're right. It's a very complex game, every key on the keyboard does something and then some.

It's mostly that the simulation of the flight characteristics of each plane is very good. Being in a P39 or a F4U is very different. You don't crash the same way, nor for the same reasons:)

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16251

That's a really interesting idea for a wallpaper Ofnuts.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Rod wrote:

That's a really interesting idea for a wallpaper Ofnuts.

In my wildest fantasies, I change the dials to actually display things (CPU temp, network...