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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 10:08 PM
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good stuff eric i was wondering how to do it
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Im guessing that wheel thread sparked this one?
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by orangeapeel
Im guessing that wheel thread sparked this one?
Nah, about 4 or 5 people have asked how I did the effect in the pics I posted up in the "new high res pics" thread I made...
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and if you have a tripod that obviously makes it much easier to get identical angles, that way you dont have to resize or adjust the location of the bay and it matches perfectly
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Originally Posted by 78novacaine
and if you have a tripod that obviously makes it much easier to get identical angles, that way you dont have to resize or adjust the location of the bay and it matches perfectly
Yupp, exactly. I'm poor right now and having to deal with some... lets just say... debt collecting issues... so I don't have a tripod
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Originally Posted by westtexasbuff
Yupp, exactly. I'm poor right now and having to deal with some... lets just say... debt collecting issues... so I don't have a tripod
hell, mine are cheap as hell, but they work

btw, read about those particular issues, that sucks man!!

and for the millionth time posted, MOAR PIXZORS of chick in avatar
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westtexasbuff I think your going to get pictures of that girl or he will never let it go
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Originally Posted by westtexasbuff
CRAP! I just ordered a semi-transparent hood!
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westtexasbuff I think your going to get pictures of that girl or he will never let it go
as a matter of fact that was the first time I have ever mentioned it I didn't say for the millionth time I posted, just find it funny that every thread he posts in SOMEONE asks about it
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I asked about it too, but no pics!
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Damnnnnn!!!! Yall are getting annoying about that already... lol. I forgot where I put the big version of it, if not I'd have posted it already. May have gotten deleted because I just reimaged my pc...
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