10-21-2012, 01:15 PM
It was a lot of work Ralph. You also need a Photoshop program. I use MS Picture it v.10.
First. I took a picture of the GP-38 on my layout. Moved that out of shot. Leaving the camera in the same spot, I set up the Consoldation going the opposite way and took a picture. After downloading to my computer, using MS Picture It, I chopped out the unwanted areas(spaces in handrails, grabs) on the GP-38. When finished I placed it into one of my backdrop pictures. Moving to the picture of the Consolidation, I traced around just the loco, tender and the passenger car, then copied and pasted to the first picture. I then chopped out the unwanted areas so there weren't any blank(raw) areas on the Consolodation. Using Picture Its "transparency" function, I kept going til I got the Consoldation to the right "ghostly" transparency.
First. I took a picture of the GP-38 on my layout. Moved that out of shot. Leaving the camera in the same spot, I set up the Consoldation going the opposite way and took a picture. After downloading to my computer, using MS Picture It, I chopped out the unwanted areas(spaces in handrails, grabs) on the GP-38. When finished I placed it into one of my backdrop pictures. Moving to the picture of the Consolidation, I traced around just the loco, tender and the passenger car, then copied and pasted to the first picture. I then chopped out the unwanted areas so there weren't any blank(raw) areas on the Consolodation. Using Picture Its "transparency" function, I kept going til I got the Consoldation to the right "ghostly" transparency.
Torrington, Ct.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.