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Marionette
Rohan
Jul 14 2011, 7:04pm
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Definitely I am happy with these three but Bombur is awesome, so cute!
These dwarves rock, the hot ones Kili and Fili included, and I will be pleased to see some fun with all these guys together. Bombur will make me laugh
Hopefully, I love the dwarves, the Hobbit ones they are funny.
"Dear friend good bye, no tears in my eyes. So sad it ends, as it began"
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Mad Hatter of Middle-Earth
Lorien
Jul 14 2011, 7:05pm
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thats not the way its supposed to look! Seven fingers would be ridiculous! Even for a dwarf.
All you have to decide is what to do with the time that has been given to you...
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dave_lf
Gondor
Jul 14 2011, 7:07pm
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Why the heck would they be Photoshopping his hands to begin with?
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Flagg
Tol Eressea
Jul 14 2011, 7:10pm
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Hey, that's offensive to polydactyls!
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What would the guy who killed Inigo Montoya's father think if he could hear you now?
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mykonos
Bree
Jul 14 2011, 7:10pm
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send it in to Photoshop Disasters 
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narflet
Bree
Jul 14 2011, 7:15pm
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The background has been photoshopped in, so I guess something went (very) wrong with trying to blend the edges of Kili in to the background? Either that or perhaps they were trying to tweak the pose of his hand. All sorts of weird things are done with photoshop!
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Phibbus
Rohan
Jul 14 2011, 7:26pm
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That these photos are green-screened. My guess is that may have been an error in the automated edge-blending (which is pretty amazing, otherwise and better than any I've seen.) That kind of error makes you nervous, though.
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maut
Rivendell
Jul 14 2011, 7:46pm
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Bofur is Russian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushanka
Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day
To seek the pale enchanted gold.
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...and the sound of the kettle on his hearth was ever after more musical than it had been even in the quiet days before the Unexpected Party
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Welcome back to Middle-Earth!!!
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Bryan
Bree
Jul 14 2011, 7:47pm
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that every new dwarf image is revealed later in the day than the one before?
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Mad Hatter of Middle-Earth
Lorien
Jul 14 2011, 7:55pm
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Not sure! Maybe "Prepare to die!" 
All you have to decide is what to do with the time that has been given to you...
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narflet
Bree
Jul 14 2011, 8:17pm
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For sure, you can tell they are. All promo shots are done this way, you see them every year for tv shows. Actors are shot individually (to ensure everyone has the best look/pose) and then merged together. I don't think they'll have been shot against green screen though, shots like this are either done on a white background or on a set (if shot requires an elaborate background, like the Battlestar/Lost 'last supper' photos, it's easier to take photos of the actors posed on the set on by one and then merge them together than to insert the background).
These have been shot on a plain background, as you can tell from the feet that the background we see is not what they were originally standing on. You can tell that they were shot individually too, from where the characters have been placed over each other (i.e. where they 'overlap'). The person doing the photoshop work would've probably first grouped them together, then put the background in, and finally worked on the details (such as blending the edges with the background and adding in fake shadows). I doubt it was fully automated either, work like this needs to be done by hand.
Something went horribly wrong when they were doing Kili's hand though. No idea why it wasn't caught. The rest of the work looks fairly good. Ironically, the rest of the Kili/Fili image is actually a lot better than the others!
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Eldaria
Rivendell
Jul 14 2011, 8:31pm
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By comparison i'm very keen on Bofur's costume ... He does remind me of someone, i'm not sure exactly who 
“There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep ... that have taken hold.”
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waaimasjien
Bree
Jul 14 2011, 9:05pm
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I'm guessing Aidan didn't have his sword during the photoshoot, so he had to fake holding one, and thus held his hands in a position that didn't quite fit the picture they had of the sword. The person who photoshopped it either forgot to hide a layer or was trying to be an amazingly fast photoshopper who consequently didn't pay attention to what he was doing.
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Phibbus
Rohan
Jul 14 2011, 9:18pm
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The only thing that makes me think green screen...
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I posted it in the Oin/Gloin thread: If you compare the backgrouinds of Oin/Gloin and Nori/Ori/Dori, you find that they're the same but slightly metamorphosed between the two (the shapes have changed organically and have shifted in position relative to one another.) To me, it indicates that the background was either action-footage of some kind of fog wall or else cgi of a moving pattern, with the two photos being several frame elapses apart. It's not something that would have occurred as a result of 'shop blending, to my eye.
Of course, it is still possible that they used individual frames of footage and inserted them into the white background as you describe... wand, lasso, feathering, etc.. But the edges still have a different look that I'm not used to, and I just thought they might be taking advantage of some of the new capabilities they're using for editing composite shots in the film.
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
Jul 14 2011, 9:19pm
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That makes really good sense about the Sword.//
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Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain
Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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namarie
Rohan
Jul 14 2011, 9:40pm
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that "thing sticking out of his head"
There is always hope
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Patty
Immortal
Jul 14 2011, 9:41pm
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no mohawk for anyone.
Permanent address: Into the West
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
Valinor
Jul 14 2011, 9:43pm
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...from their perky little holier-than-thou sister?
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namarie
Rohan
Jul 14 2011, 9:54pm
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yep. I think it's the other way around too
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Dwalin is the bald one and Balin is the gray haired one.
There is always hope
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
Jul 14 2011, 11:53pm
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get great cell phone reception.
Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain
Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
Jul 14 2011, 11:55pm
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Aw, can't just have one little one?//
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Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain
Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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Patty
Immortal
Jul 15 2011, 12:41am
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Nein.
Permanent address: Into the West
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Oiotári
Tol Eressea
Jul 15 2011, 12:42am
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but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?"
"Nope, but I do have seven fingers on my left hand." 
..The land of long-forgotten name:
......no man may ever anchor near;
..No steering star his hope may aim,
......for nether Night its marches drear,
..And waters wide no sail may tame,
......with shores encircled dark and sheer.
..O! Haven where my heart would be!
......the waves beat upon thy bar
..For ever echo endlessly,
......when longing leads thy thought afar
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
Jul 15 2011, 12:47am
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Didn't polydactyls go extinct with the dinosaurs?//
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Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain
Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
(This post was edited by Kangi Ska on Jul 15 2011, 12:48am)
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
Valinor
Jul 15 2011, 12:52am
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a fauxhawk fit for a future king?
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