x ray
x ray
inflate of a (low res) bird xray (from a negative and a positive)
i thought this may be interesting to some users
but will take a bit of explaining
i was interested in a few fossils of feathered dinosaurs and started looking at xrays of modern birds. it suddenly struck me that curvy would be good for inflating x ray images.(they are made up of gray shades)
so i tried it
points of interest
1 - curvy can be used to get some interesting base shapes from x rays
2. there appears to be a direct relationship between the fact that an xray picks out the densest material and the fossil which seems to preserve densest material. So the curvy inflates are very like fossils.
3. it seems to suggest there could be some interesting results from inflating fossil images (that might show them in a different way)
Last edited by sculptor on Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
you've got a great result there simon
the easy way i found for preparing the image was
1 auto equalize to get a good spread of shades
2 tone curve to push background towards black
3 then a sample /target balance(i.e. select the dark background and replace with black
here's the start of a dino reconstruction from an inflated fossil image
the head/backbone/neck bone gives a great start in curvy
the leg bones will have to be pulled out from the body
(but you can see them there ready to be pulled)
the easy way i found for preparing the image was
1 auto equalize to get a good spread of shades
2 tone curve to push background towards black
3 then a sample /target balance(i.e. select the dark background and replace with black
here's the start of a dino reconstruction from an inflated fossil image
the head/backbone/neck bone gives a great start in curvy
the leg bones will have to be pulled out from the body
(but you can see them there ready to be pulled)