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    Quote Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ
    Just had my first poke around ya site, very nice, I must say. I notice you've used the same Brushed Metal look as you did on the White's site?
    smy brushed metal - i'll use it anywhere i like.
    it's actually created by a photoshop plug-in i've had since v2.0 (10 years?)
    'Midnights TV' on 30% grey and a bit of white air brush.

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    There are a number of reasons why harleys dont depreciate, some have already been mentioned. They are also generally owned by older affluent people who use them on fine weekends, keep them garaged, well serviced and since image is very important they keep them looking good and scratch free.
    Generally harleys dont change that much(aside from the Vrods and buells) so theres less incentive for people to update their bikes as the main reason for buying the bike isnt effected year by year. (such as they wanted the worlds fastest sport bike or what won the Isle of mann proddy)

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    Quote Originally Posted by madboy
    The markets for Harleys are two-fold - those who will sacrifice anything to have "that" bike, and those who are at a position in life where dropping $15k on a bike isn't such a big thing. Supply and demand, a material object is worth as much as someone wants to pay for it. People in either of those two categories WILL pay $15k for one.

    You're not buying a bike, you're buying a Harley. You don't say your ambition is to own a big, heavy, noisy cruiser (of which many Jappas are available for $5k) - it's to own a Harley.

    You don't see $5k Ferraris.
    $15k? more like 30.

    I used to take the piss out of Harley's, then I rode some.
    I'll still take the piss out of some Harley owners though. Note that I said owners, I'm referring to those that do 500 k's in a year. They're not riders.
    Nothing else gets the attention that Harleys do, if some of the more desperate young'uns on this site want to get laid, sell the TDF sprotbike and the 'jussed up' leathers and buy a Hardley. Get some tats and two days stubble too.
    I'm not guaranteeing which sex will hit on you though.
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    Thanks all. Seems my thoughts match what you all posted.
    90% of the time spent writing this post was spent thinking of something witty to say. It may have been wasted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
    smy brushed metal - i'll use it anywhere i like.
    it's actually created by a photoshop plug-in i've had since v2.0 (10 years?)
    'Midnights TV' on 30% grey and a bit of white air brush.
    I make mine in PS by starting off with a 50% grey base, then adding in some monochromatic noise, then doing a horizontal blur. And some lighting effects and bevelling if I can be bothered.
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    if you have a face afterwards well... that depends how you act...

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    Quote Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ
    I make mine in PS by starting off with a 50% grey base, then adding in some monochromatic noise, then doing a horizontal blur. And some lighting effects and bevelling if I can be bothered.
    I'll give that a try too.

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    This'd be from your own personal experience with the leathers and tatts then Lou?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
    I'll give that a try too.
    BD, as I am a total PS noooob, and was awe-struck by the second example of your "quasimoto" logo, would you mind telling me how you got that sweet outline for it?

    Is it just a slightly bigger outline of the original text with a smooth bevel on it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ
    BD, as I am a total PS noooob, and was awe-struck by the second example of your "quasimoto" logo, would you mind telling me how you got that sweet outline for it?

    Is it just a slightly bigger outline of the original text with a smooth bevel on it?

    select the non transparent part of the text layer.

    make a new layer

    choose a grey

    edit - stroke

    now select the non transparent parts of that layer

    run the white airbrush tool over it

    get layer properties

    outer glow

    bevel and emboss

    send invoice for $300.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
    send invoice for $300.


    Ouch. Um, I did a version of my own, not nearly as good as yours, but hey, I am teh suck. See attached pic. And I did it without your help!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ


    Ouch.

    'From' $300 I supply large format cmyk layered and flat psds, tifs and jpegs at screen res - and a vector version in spot and process colour.
    plus proofs and pantone numbers.

    oh and yeah - you got it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
    'From' $300 I supply large format cmyk layered and flat psds, tifs and jpegs at screen res - and a vector version in spot and process colour.
    plus proofs and pantone numbers.

    oh and yeah - you got it.
    a vector version too huh?

    just looking at your site Dave , pretty impressive!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
    'From' $300 I supply large format cmyk layered and flat psds, tifs and jpegs at screen res - and a vector version in spot and process colour.
    plus proofs and pantone numbers.

    oh and yeah - you got it.
    Well that sounds fair to me. And BTW, got what?
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    Pah. These young 'uns have it too easy.

    I remember working half the night on a hotted up Mac IIfx running Photoshop 1.5 under System 6.0.8 to do some tricky stuff back in about '91.

    Back then no such thing as layers. Or multiple alpha channels. Let alone layer effects. I had a 12 inch Apple colour monitor and a Radius Pivot (remember those?)

    Used to save all the alphas as separate files, load alpha to selection and use some previously worked out image calculations to achieve these effects.

    Ah the good old days...

    Good to see someone else has been using PS as long as me Big Dave...
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    We may have it easy, but that's only becase we deserve it! Well, I do, I'm not sure about the others...

    I need to increase my PS-1337ness. Any tips?
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