And as to iconing older sources, it's like anything else - a matter of trial and error. I learned via tutorials a long time ago that a lot of the methods you can use on modern screencaps don't do older ones any favours. There might be better ways, but I usually make sure I duplicate the base, & add saturation to one layer, before I start on soft light and screen layers (and some caps can't take too much of either). I often wind up too pale, though, so I still have a lot to work on! But that's what I've found, really - with colour things, strengthen the base as much as you can before you start, and with b&w video caps just don't mess with them too much, mainly use contrast and colouring. Film is easier anyway, much more like modern caps, only frequently brighter, especially 60s stuff. And in compensation, you do get a lot of good close-ups and interesting 70s faces and things to play with. I'm not sure sometimes why I do this to myself, though!
(Press Gang here, though, isn't too bad, as it was shot on film in the 90s.)
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Date: 2019-07-10 01:47 am (UTC)and i'm always so jealous of your ability to icon older sources! i feel like if i try to icon anything from before 2004 it looks horrible.
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Date: 2019-07-10 08:46 am (UTC)And as to iconing older sources, it's like anything else - a matter of trial and error. I learned via tutorials a long time ago that a lot of the methods you can use on modern screencaps don't do older ones any favours. There might be better ways, but I usually make sure I duplicate the base, & add saturation to one layer, before I start on soft light and screen layers (and some caps can't take too much of either). I often wind up too pale, though, so I still have a lot to work on! But that's what I've found, really - with colour things, strengthen the base as much as you can before you start, and with b&w video caps just don't mess with them too much, mainly use contrast and colouring. Film is easier anyway, much more like modern caps, only frequently brighter, especially 60s stuff. And in compensation, you do get a lot of good close-ups and interesting 70s faces and things to play with. I'm not sure sometimes why I do this to myself, though!
(Press Gang here, though, isn't too bad, as it was shot on film in the 90s.)