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Oh it has more than just pulse phasersPlz tell me it does pulse phasers?!
10x arrays, 4x pulse phasers, 2x heavy phaser cannons, 12x torpedo tubes
Plus an assortment of fighters, shuttles and runabouts.
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Oh it has more than just pulse phasersPlz tell me it does pulse phasers?!
I lightened up the image slightly for posting on DA.
And here's another shot.
Oh I confused myself making it.
Image of layers
- Firstly at the very back is a blue gradient, light at the top dark at the bottom.
- In front of that is the terrain image. I masked out the sky, made it 50% transparent and used "Overlay" filter.
- In front of that are three copies of the blue background. I'm using a gradient mask with a different direction on each. One is used to mask the terrain on the left, the other the terrain on the right, the third the terrain underneath. Each layer is partially transparent. This makes for a sort of vanishing point effect with the terrain disappearing into the gloom in the distance.
- Then there is another copy of the background, 50% transparency and "Multiply" filter to darken the whole set of terrain.
- Above this is a blue silhouette of the submarine. This is roughly the same colour as the background blue.
- Above this is the textured version of the submarine. I use a gradient mask along the length of the hull to make it look like it's disappearing into the gloom. This is why I need the silhouette underneath - because if I don't the terrain will show through the front end of the boat.
- WSKRs are separate layers, nothing really special.
- Above all this is the noise layer. This is just to add a bit of particle effect and is 10% transparent and the filter is set to "Screen".
- At the top is a solid black layer which I use to control the whole darkness of the scene. It is the "Soft Light" filter and I vary the transparency to suit. In the final image it's set to 65%.
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As for the spotlight, my problem is that I haven't figured out how to make a decent beam effect. Whatever I tried just looked like a white triangle.