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Post by PhantomWolf on Mar 14, 2019 22:22:07 GMT -5
... I tried to meld the drawing with an actual photo, but couldn't do it. It looked like I should have been able to, but no soap. Can it be done?This was and is a real question- anyone?? Seems like it would be possible with photoshop? I'm not versed in the program, but from what I've seen, anything can be done with it. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Mar 14, 2019 22:24:06 GMT -5
The celebrity posts have reminded me of a few encounters, albeit very brief that I had with people of celebrity status. We went to the auto show one year when I was in high school and Mario Andretti was there signing autographs. He had something to say to every kid and adult that stepped up to meet him. Seemed like a very warm and genuinely nice man. Thta is one of the few times in my life that I really wanted an autograph from anyone and he made it memorable. On another occasion, a few years later, I was at an air show featuring the Confederate Air Force. Pappy Boyington was signing autographs. One of my favorite planes of all time is the F4U Corsair and I really wanted Boyington's autograph. After waiting in line for some time, a father and his young son, stepped up to get an autograph. All they had for Pappy to sign was a show flyer or something similar. He cussed them out and said he was only signing his book, which was for sale there. I stepped out of line and walked away very dissappointed. My last incident is a very simple but memorable encounter we had with Robert Redford. I was in college in Durango, Colorado and a friend and I drove down to Sante Fe for the weekend. We had tied one on the night before and spent the night sleeping it off in the back of my pickup in a parking lot. We were young and foolish. Woke up and started looking for a place to get a cup of joe and some cheap breakfast. We were cutting through an alley and see this blond guy in denim with a leather jacket walking towards us. It was Redford. He could see we recognized him and we probably looked like hell. He smiled and nodded at us, said "boys" and we smiled back, speechless and we passed by each other. Then we spent the next 30 minutes talking about it. I like hearing all of these stories from you all about these encounters. I don't think any of this has been people bragging about these moments. I encourage everyone to relate these stories if you have them. I for one will read them every time, just as I will read your stories about special moments with family and friends and inspirational or nostalgic content. At any gathering, I will be the guy over sitting with the eldest person in the room, listening to whatever they have to pass on to me. All of this reminiscing has now made me a little melancholy. I miss my grandparents mightily.
That's a pretty cool story
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Post by PhantomWolf on Mar 14, 2019 22:28:40 GMT -5
I think that is why my first thought was that it was somebody trying to look like Aaron Neville. It was also strange to me that he was by himself. I think it was about the time that he had a pretty big hit with Stevie Nicks, so it wasn't like he was an unknown or niche type guy. I see someone remotely that looks like a famous person and I would kid friends and family like it was for real. Ran into a bunch of Kenny Rogers, Hemingway etc..so I'm with a group engaged in a marathon blackjack bender and this guy that is the spiting image of the drummer from the group Alabama sits down at the table next to us. Now the older mother of most of my group is a big country music fan so I lean over and say "Hey look, it's the drummer from Alabama!" She starts waving at him and jumping up and down and the rest of us are all just busting with laughter. Then, at the exact moment, dead silence as we all realize it is the drummer from Alabama.
Hahahaha That's great.
When I was younger, I used to do the same thing. On occasion I would even ask people for autographs to get a reaction out of them. You can pretty much find a Stephen King or Kenny Rogers look-alike just about anywhere. hahaha
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Post by Mac on Mar 14, 2019 22:55:43 GMT -5
... I tried to meld the drawing with an actual photo, but couldn't do it. It looked like I should have been able to, but no soap. Can it be done?This was and is a real question- anyone?? Seems like it would be possible with photoshop? I'm not versed in the program, but from what I've seen, anything can be done with it. Oh, for sure, PS can do it if the operator is up to it. But the Edit section of the profile says they can be combined. Yet I can't get it to work. No biggie. Thanks. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 15, 2019 10:10:57 GMT -5
Seems like it would be possible with photoshop? I'm not versed in the program, but from what I've seen, anything can be done with it. Oh, for sure, PS can do it if the operator is up to it. But the Edit section of the profile says they can be combined. Yet I can't get it to work. No biggie. Thanks. The combining of avatars means that a photo can be used as the background to the 'design-your-own' avatar...like this...  You can't merge them using the forum software, unfortunately. |
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Post by Mac on Mar 15, 2019 11:00:35 GMT -5
Ah, ok, Paddy, thanks.
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