Feronix
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This RAM looks so good that it's almost a shame to modify it... almost, but not quite!
The clips come off pretty easily. They're on firm enough not to fall off by accident, but if you pull them a little they snap off pretty quickly. Intentional or not - this is some modder friendly stuff.
My go-to weapon of choice for computer hardware (and mainly this project).
It's sometimes a bit difficult to work with, giving this 'frost' look the first few layers. Now, I happen to want this for this build, but make sure you give it enough time between layers to set down and become a little more smooth.
First layer:
Now I'm letting that dry, time to measure the sticker sizes!
Modifying the stickers in PhotoShop
Document settings:
(Always 300 resolution for printing jobs)
Product shot with the rest of the dimm removed:
Used the Magic Wand tool (uncheck 'Contagious', set Tolerance to 50) to select the yellow logo and then ctrl+J to copy it to a new layer. Then give the new layer the desired colour overlay, and also a 1 pixel stroke with 50% opacity.
Then set the saturation way back on the base layer (or change the hue if you simply want to change the colour, I decided to make the background black & white).
Pump out the contrast completely to get rid of the grey areas and turn them into either black or white (you can add multiple of these overlays to strengthen the effect). Also adding in some brightness.
Lastly, I chose to set the exposure back a little. This did mean the white turned ever so slightly grey, but made the honeycomb pattern a lot more distinct.
PSD Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3kntv56no00zg96/Vengeance+Pro+Sticker.psd
Applying stickers
I printed out the stickers (well, as soon as I finally got that POS printer working
).
Figured I'd use the paper cutter, but the blade had gone completely blunt so I had to cut them out by hand. Some lines aren't 100% straight, but you can't tell unless you're very close. I'll still fix this at a later point though, as it annoys me knowing it's not perfect.
The stock stickers came off surprisingly easily with some peeling. They went off in one go, it's a very satisfying feeling
It also needs to be said that these things still look drop-dead gorgeous all stripped down. Perfect for stealth builds.
Didn't get that reflective look the stock ones have. I did think about printing them on glossy photo paper but 1) We were out of that, 2) This is a lot better with dust :lol:
I keep taking pictures before I clean things... bad habit.
The clips come off pretty easily. They're on firm enough not to fall off by accident, but if you pull them a little they snap off pretty quickly. Intentional or not - this is some modder friendly stuff.
My go-to weapon of choice for computer hardware (and mainly this project).
It's sometimes a bit difficult to work with, giving this 'frost' look the first few layers. Now, I happen to want this for this build, but make sure you give it enough time between layers to set down and become a little more smooth.
First layer:
Now I'm letting that dry, time to measure the sticker sizes!
Modifying the stickers in PhotoShop
Document settings:
(Always 300 resolution for printing jobs)
Product shot with the rest of the dimm removed:
Used the Magic Wand tool (uncheck 'Contagious', set Tolerance to 50) to select the yellow logo and then ctrl+J to copy it to a new layer. Then give the new layer the desired colour overlay, and also a 1 pixel stroke with 50% opacity.
Then set the saturation way back on the base layer (or change the hue if you simply want to change the colour, I decided to make the background black & white).
Pump out the contrast completely to get rid of the grey areas and turn them into either black or white (you can add multiple of these overlays to strengthen the effect). Also adding in some brightness.
Lastly, I chose to set the exposure back a little. This did mean the white turned ever so slightly grey, but made the honeycomb pattern a lot more distinct.
PSD Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3kntv56no00zg96/Vengeance+Pro+Sticker.psd
Applying stickers
I printed out the stickers (well, as soon as I finally got that POS printer working
).
Figured I'd use the paper cutter, but the blade had gone completely blunt so I had to cut them out by hand. Some lines aren't 100% straight, but you can't tell unless you're very close. I'll still fix this at a later point though, as it annoys me knowing it's not perfect.
The stock stickers came off surprisingly easily with some peeling. They went off in one go, it's a very satisfying feeling
It also needs to be said that these things still look drop-dead gorgeous all stripped down. Perfect for stealth builds.
Didn't get that reflective look the stock ones have. I did think about printing them on glossy photo paper but 1) We were out of that, 2) This is a lot better with dust :lol:
I keep taking pictures before I clean things... bad habit.
