Production Process

Production process
Daniel Morland

Opened photoshop and created a new A4
document. Naming by the respective page.
First I saved an image of the Tarkov skyline. An
image seen regularly by players and displayed a
lot in advertising. I only needed the central city,
so I enlarged the image to use the part I
wanted.
Next I took a screenshot from one of my clips I
got in preparation to production. I took a
screenshot of one of the characters in game.
I cut out the character and tidied up the legs.
This is this what it looked like:

After getting the outline, I used "colour range" to get a
mask of the figure. I then inverted the mask so it only
displayed through where the figure would be. Once I
had my selection, I used the mask tool to create the
mask. Once the mask was created I went to the image I
wanted to put within the figure and I dragged it onto
the image.
Before that I have to find an area I want to have the
image in. Once I have found a position, I drag the mask
onto the image and it. Once the image of Tarkov had
the mask applied I had the city being shown through
the figure.
To finish on this part, all I had to do was clean up the
rough edges the image of Tarkov gave when I applied
the mask. The mask is black so all I did was paint onto
the mask, areas where I wanted less of the image being
shown through.

I wasn’t fully happy with the
result, so what I did was copy the
first layer with the character and
put it above in priority. Then I
changed the layer style to
"screen" and parts of the figure
with detail came through. The
end result being:

However, in relation to the rest of my page, I realized that this image
wouldn’t be easy to combined with another background image. So I
switched up my front cover. Instead, I want to use the Tarkov city
skyline with another image of characters. The Tarkov skyline would fill
the bottom portion of the page. Making it easier to continue something
else to the top. What I want to do instead, is focus on the background
first, then develop into the other objects on the page.
I might use the technique that I used earlier, but I don’t think it was
right for the front cover.

(continued)
First, I got some images to use on the page. Then I got a skyline from
Escape from Tarkov's official discussion page. Next, I got the character
from an independent source who submitted it for a community contest.
The last image I got was from gameplay.
The first thing I did was adjust the gameplay the hue and saturation to
suit the same colours of the city skyline. Then I flipped the image to have
the tree skyline at the top of the page. Next, I used the blending brush
with selected colours to bring both images together. It now looks
continuous and fluid.
I then moved onto the character. I traced out the man with the pen tool
to get a precise outline. I then inverted the selection so that it only
included the background. After that I used the eraser to clean up the
edges and parts which the selection missed. Like between the gun and
arms. After cleaning up the character I put it Infront of the skyscrapers at
the bottom of the page with the intention of cropping the buildings and
placing the man behind them.

Next, I moved onto the lighting of the character. To do this is
used the Lighting effect tool so create some independent light
sources. There are 2 different light sources from the top and
bottom skylines. The first light was small and from the bottom
right. I used the pippet to get the exact colour being emitted
from that area. Then I placed the spotlight so that it emitted in
a small area like what is happening on the page. This casted a
light over the character.
The next light comes from the whole skyline. So what I did for
this is again pippet the colour from the top, but this time I
made the spotlight much wider. This is to reflect the broad and
calm light coming from the top.

I moved onto the skyscrapers. So I traced around them again with the pen
tool. After this I used the eraser to clean up the edges.
But the towers were too bright. So to combat this, I created a new layer and
filled it with a jet-black colour. Then I lowered the opacity 22%. This was
because I wanted the layer to only create a shadow cast over the towers to
darken them. Using the clipping mask tool, I linked this layer to the cut-out
skyscraper layer, so it was only cast on said layer. Then, I used the eraser tool
on 0% hardness and 20% opacity while being 1000px wide. This allows me to
take off small parts of the layers until it doesn’t stand out on the surrounding
buildings. Leaving it with a shadow which doesn’t look obvious.
Next I did the same technique for the character. This was because I believed
that the lighting effect wasn’t enough. Using the same eraser technique, I
took out parts of the darker character which a layer was on top of the lighter
version. This was an effective way to mimic a light being emitted from the
title and the top skyline.
The last image is this end result at this process.

After finishing the background, I have to now add the
text onto the front cover. For the title I used a
transparent image of the Escape from Tarkov title. The
background is Gray for illustration.
Next I made another layer with the title, and then I
changed the stroke of the layer to jet black, putting this
layer behind the initial white layer. it created a nice pop
out visual aid for the title, but it wasn’t enough.
So I reduced the opacity of the front white title to 70%
to so that the black title behind would slight be seen
through. This created quite a metallic/ridged style
which I might continue throughout the magazine.

The subheading is what I need to move onto next before finishing my front cover. I want a font which
either suits the Escape from Tarkov theming (Russian war). Or a font which is easily readable. But I might
only use that for informative subheadings. Subheadings with information. I already know that I'm going
to follow my planning and put 2 subheadings underneath the title. Stating: "excitement from winning,
Fear of losing." The two fonts I chose were: for the first subheading, DCC – ash
https://www.dafont.com/dcc-ash.font and for the other subheading I used Urban
jungle https://www.dafont.com/urban-jungle.font .
I again used 2 of each title to create the 3d popping out effect. Colouring the back subheadings black,
and the top ones white with the stoke effect. Then I moved both subheadings into their areas on the
page. I think the bottom of the page has plenty of space not being used at the moment. So I decided to
put them there. My original plan was to have them at the top. But it wouldn’t be feasible to move down
the character to the point where I want it. I decided to put the black text 5px down, as opposed to the
title, which is 3px down and 3px to the right. I like the falling effect it gives the subheadings. After seeing
them on the page though, the subheadings are losing the black text behind, and it isn't creating the
same effect. So I moved the "fear of losing" black text down by 7 px, this really emphasized the falling
text, and looks aching to read, as if you understand the connotations to the statement.
I wanted to keep the same title theming from the title, but because the subheadings are in a darker area
then the title, I can allow them to be a darker Gray. So this time I reduced the opacity of both top layers
of the subheadings to 50%. Allowing the black to really come through.
This is the end result of the finished text.

But I felt like the texts needed a connecting
factor. So I decided to make a subheading
divider. I found an image of a cracked wall
on google, inverted the colours and used the
rectangle selection tool to select a thin line
of the wall. This created a textured line
which I could place between the
subheadings. But it felt like it stood out too
much so I used a rectangle with the clipping
mask over the divider, to tone down the
colours. The colour of the rectangle was a
colour from the clouds in the middle. I
reduced the opacity of the rectangle to 40%
to only alture the divider a little bit.
It connects the 2 subheadings a lot more,
not leaving a large gap between them.

finished
Ive added the visuals I wanted to, even though I
strayed from my original planning, I still beleive
that the front cover does a good job of
illustrating to the reader, what the magazine will
talk about.

For my second page, I want to begin my animated gif idea. Before I get onto that, I will create a static version which could replace
it if animating is not possible. I begin by gathering resources within Tarkov.
Fortunately for me, there is an area with a green screen. This easily allows me to take out the areas of the image I don’t want.
What I left was the scope, cleaning up the edges of the scope. Next, I got a second screenshot with the same equipment. Then I
took out the scope in the second screenshot for the first image to go.
After removing the area within the scope, I placed an image of a guy flicking off the reader. I left the rectical with the guy, giving
the 'scope' a double rectical effect. Half from the top image, and half from the image with the guy. Again, I could easily remove the
background from this image. I colour corrected the guy and moved onto the area behind him. For this I used part of the
background you see when loading up the game. I layered it behind of the person.
Next I moved onto the text and I used the pen tool to layout where I wanted the text to be positioned. While holding shift, I clicked
on this shape with the text tool and then I pasted the pre-written text. I resized the text to 12 pixels, and the bottom part of the
text to 19 pixels. The font I used is called "bender" and it’s the font players commonly run into while playing tarkov, it’s the text
used for textboxes and misson descriptions as well as other areas. The Font: https://www.1001fonts.com/bender-font.html . After
placing and resizing the text, I wanted it to more resemble what is found ingame. On this page, I used the bold text and not the
light text. To resemble the text found ingame, I knew that the edges had to be darkend. To do this I added an inner glow, which
was a darker gray. This darkend the main text, and made the russian stand out. The Russian at the bottom was a common phrase
in Russian which translates to "Pay attention." The word attention is commonly heard in Russian in-game, through voice lines and
text.
Text in textbox: "Escape from Tarkov (EFT) is a hyper-realistic shooter based within the lonely and derelict city of Tarkov. From
minute 1, you are out of you comfort zone. One minute, you are minding your own business; suddenly, you hear some drunken
Russian off in the distance, and you think nothing of it. Next thing you know, 4 grenades explode all around you as you dive to the
nearest bit of cover, shots flying by. Would you be calm? Well, you should be. Because nerves get you killed.
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Next I moved onto the top and bottom of the page. I wanted to add guns into
each top corners. So what I did was I gathered screenshots of many different
builds. After getting a side on, I used the magnetic lasso tool to trace around
the guns and create a new layer which was just the guns themselves. After
getting a collection of guns for both areas, I layed them out in a half circle on
top of a blade. I then used the same background I used on the guy. I used it to
clipping mask the blade. Giving it some texture. Bare in mind that I made 2
separate semi-circles for each side, just to visually explain how many guns can
be found within Escape from Tarkov. Now I moved onto the title. I downloaded
a font which was similar to the title font. Next, I layed down where the text
should go, and then I decided that the text above needed some texture to
bring it closer to the titles font style. To give it some texture I used a clipping
mask with a downloaded paintbush called exlosion. I used the brush to take
away the edges of the text to give the text some ware and tare as if it has been
there for years. This sticks with the themeing of EFT. A theme of War,
destruction and nature reclaiming. The brush was not a solid colour, it had a
reduced opacity. This is the result of the war torn title. Last I wanted to give
the title something to make it stand out. What I did was use the command Ctrl
+ J to copy both the EFT title and the "What is title" I coloured it a bush green
which was already found on the page. This was to bring the page together
slightly. I moved the behind text 8 pixels down to create a 'drop shadow' using
a second layer.

Last I needed to fix the background behind the title, and I
needed to find something for the bottom of the page. I first
focused on the background by creating a new document
which I was going to use to create this background. First, I
created a rectangle for which the style would be contained.
Next I added a gradient. The gradient went from black to
dark green. This was to suit the camo style found ingame. I
wanted it to "blend in" to the rest of the page. Then I used
the 'distort' 'Wave' tool to split these colours across the
rectangle. Then I used the 'wave' tool again to put some
randomness into the striaght lines. After this I used the
"liquify" tool to push around these wavy lines. This
enhanced the waves even more. And to some extent it
included some motion. After creating this background I
went back to my second page, to put it behind my title. I
then decided to continue the lines at the bottom of the
background. To do this, I first used the tool Select – Colour
range to only select the colours I didn’t want at the bottom
of the background. Then I deleted these colours. This
allowed the lines to continue down the page, as if they
were melting. The last think I did to this was to make the
background grayscale. So it took less attention from the
reader.

I then added 1 last thing to the top, which was that
origional tarkov leading screen image. I then turned
it to grayscale, and applied a clipping mask to it, then
using the gradient tool, I selected the clipping mask
to create a solid shape to transparent as it went
down.
The last thing on the page to do was the bottom. For
this I added a welcoming sign which read: "Welcome
to Tarkov" this was an actual area which could be
found ingame. I resized it and messed around with
the hue and saturation until it fit the page.

For page 3, I started on the background first and for this page I
wanted a soft yet impactful background. To make this background I
make a new document which was larger then the page. This was so
I could pick areas of the background which I think suits best.
To create the backgorund, I first got a brush in size 1000px and with
a hardness of 0%. This would create a gradient outwards. I wanted
to stick with a darkgreen, gray and black colour scheme for this
background. I added a bit of paint in an area, and then I created a
new layer. Repeating the process until the canvas had been filled.
After this I used the Gaussion blur tool to blur the whole canvas.
This blurred the whole page, creating a soft image. I saved this as a
PNG and took it to my page 3 document. I changed the hue over to
the left while turning down the saturation. Creating a light blue
with a gray tint.

Next, I wanted to go from the top down. So, I started on the title. I used the
same clipping mask techneque on the "where is?" Title to give the same
effect as the eft title.
Then I moved onto the middle of the page. For this I grabbed many
screenshots of skylines around many different maps. This was to provide
the many different examples to the reader, to illustraght my point about
how there are so many different locations. Then I mesured how large the
page was, being 2480px wide. I then divided it by 10, so that I could include
10 different locations. After gathering 10+ locations to choose from, I
decided on the images to use. I split each image down a size of 248px. This
was to conform to the mesurments I made. Another thing to note, is that I
lined up the skylines so that they continued across the page.
Once I lined up all of the images, I traced around the guns like in the second
page, making sure to take out parts that the background showed through.
After getting plenty of cut out guns, I layed them out at the top of the
image, rotating them 45 degrees anti clockwise. After laying them at the
top, coloured them black. The guns also created a contnus line through the
images. Then I clipping masked a copied version of the 10 images onto the
guns. Using the eraser tool, I can take out the areas between the guns,
leaving that continus line. This effect connected the guns to the maps. 2
main aspects found within EFT.

I then moved to the bottom of these 10 images. First I got an image of a
silloette skyline. Then I put it at the bottom of the 10 images, using the magic
eraser tool to take out the background. Leaving the skyline. I used colour
overlay to colour the whole layer black. Once the layer was 1 colour, I selfected
the area the layer coverd, and used the layer via copy. Flipping the output
vertically so it would look as if the buildings were emitting a shadow of colours.
The skyline was in reference to the Tarkov city skyline.
Finishing this I moved onto the area behind the strip of 10 images. For this I
created a new layer which was behind. Using the loading screen background, I
turned it grayscale. i used clipping mask in a bit of a different way. This time, I
held the ALT key while creating a clipping mask. This removed the whole layer,
but I could bring it back with the brush tool set to white. So by using the
explosion brush preset, I could bring back the parts of the images I wanted to be
behind.
The last thing I did to the middle, I used the camo wave patturn I created for the
second page on top of the buildings and below the shadow of the buildings.
Made it so the lines of the camo patturn lined up as it went down the page. The
opasity was reduced to not take away from the image as a whole.
Moving onto the bottom, I took a snipping tool of a textbox within Tarkov. This
textbox is commonly seen in game. I removed the text and areas of the box
which I didn’t need, and used the remaining part in the center for text.

The font for my text was still Bender Light.
Text above:
"Tarkov is based within the northern regions of Russia.
Which is reflected with the nature and architecture in and around each map."
Text in the textbox:
"One of the amazing aspects about EFT is the vast variety of locations within the game.
From the 10 images above; I could tell you everything you would want to know. That
is the beauty of the maps within Tarkov.
When you start learning any of the maps, you are essentially thrown into the deep end
each new map. It can take people weeks to fully understand 1 out of the 7 (12 maps
planned at release). But everyone has the same experience with their first match. Pure
confusion, followed by panic leading most likely to them being shot. And as we
already know: Nerves gets you killed.
Every game has a learning curve and EFT’s largest learning curve by far is the map
knowledge. The difference between players who have and haven't got map knowledge is
extremally noticeable and key to understanding how to fight people within a raid."

Pages 4 and 5
For pages 4 and 5 I wanted to make a double page spread. So, I started
out by making a document with double the width of the last
documents. To start off these pages I wanted to make a soft
background again. I created a new document to make the background.
To create this background, I used the same technique as the last
document. Using a large brush size with a hardness of 0%. Creating a
new layer each time I change colour. Then after filling the page, I used
the gaussian blue to soften the whole page. After this I exported the
file as a PNG to put onto the current document. After creating the
background, I wanted to use a message board to Illustrate the
information. I already had an image to use for this. But the perspective
was off. The first thing I did was cut out the billboard, after this I used
the transform -> perspective tool to make it so you see the billboard as
if you are facing it. After correcting the perspective, I needed to fix the
colour artifacts. To fix this I used the spot healing brush tool to fix
some of the colour artifacts. I colour corrected the billboard by using
brightness and contrast as well as changing the hue and saturation.
Brightening up the billboard and bringing it closer to the background
behind it.

Pages 4 and 5
Next I moved onto the title. On these pages, I wanted to talk about
the stage of learning that players go through. I wanted to make it
as if the title is melting from the top of the page. To create this, I
started out by typing the title out. I used the font Bender Bold at
font size 35. I used a gradient overlay on the text, to give the text
some texture. Then I copied the text layer using the command
"CTRL + J." I flipped the text vertically, stretched it down and
applied a motion blur filter to it. then I used the liquify tool to give
the text some extra structure. And using the twirl clockwise brush, I
went over the text sometime to move it left and right. I added an
outer glow to the solid text, it was a soft red. I then fixed the gaps
between the liquid area and the solid text with the eraser and a
new paint layer. I dialled back the liquify a little bit, and after that I
finished up the text by adding a clipping mask gradient to the liquid
text. Making it become transparent at it goes down.

Pages 4 and 5
I moved onto the middle of the page. I wanted to split the page up with a
silhouette of the Tarkov skyline, with a blur effect attached to it. I took a
screenshot of the Tarkov city skyline loading screen. Using the magnetic
lasso tool, I went around the buildings. Only leaving the buildings, I
coloured the layer using the colour overlay. I colour the buildings a dark
Gray. After this I wanted to give the buildings some texture. To do this I
first created some rectangles which were darkest in the middle and
lowered in darkness as it dissipated out. The rectangles were used to
make it darkest in the centre of the page. I applied a gaussian blur to this
layer as well as adding a distort to it. I only wanted to use the bottom half
of this layer. To bring all the lines going in towards the title. I then got an
image of gameplay which had a lot of oranges and reds, to imply gunfire
and destruction. I stretched the fire image vertically so the yellows in the
centre would show through more. I turned down the opacity to have the
rectangle blur show through. I then copied this layer to apply a motion
blur to it. After this I used the forward push liquify tool to drag the
buildings from the middle to the bottom, to bring them down a little bit.
The end result provided the buildings structure with added commotion.

Pages 4 and 5
Next, I moved onto the characters on the page. Using the rectangles earlier, I
coloured the characters 1 tone out of the position they were at. For example, if
they were just left or right of the centre, I would use the centre colour. So, the
Gray softens as it goes outwards. The images were taken ingame infront of a
virtual greenscreen. i could easily take out the areas of background be using the
colour range selection tool. Then I coloured each character to their respective
position to the gray rectangles. Becoming lighter as they go out towards the
edges. I coloured them using the colour overlay tool. Filling in the middle of the
layers with the brush tool.
Next, I moved onto the text boxes. I wanted to have 4 areas to have text,
however I could only find 3 at this current time. 1 area below the buildings and
the areas directly right and left of the buildings. To makethe text boxes, I got an
image of a textbox from ingame and took out the areas by masking it with the
central black. I kept the top left x to keep some connection to the origional
untouched textbox. They still resembled what is found ingame. For the bottom
textbox, I made 3 new characters to symbolise a fight between a fast-paced
player on the left and a slow and tactical team on the right. Using the same
colouring techneqe as the past examples. After fixxing the visuals on the page, I
moved onto the text.

Pages 4 and 5
I want the text to resemble the text found ingame. I
got an example of the commonly seen text and I
noticed that they had applied some sort of inner
glow to the text to darken the edges. This makes the
text come towards the reader. to start, I used the
colour picker to find the colour in the centre of the
text. After gathering the colours. Made the titles for
each textbox. I had prewritten the text, so all I had to
do was colour it. The difference between the text and
the titles, is the agessiveness of the inner glow. On
the factual text, the inner glow was softer to not fully
consume the text in the glow.
Actual Ingame example text
Inner colour Outer colour
title edits
Text edits

DIFFERENTIAL OF UNDERSTANDING
EFT takes you on a journey of progression. Each Raid you join, you notice yourself
improving such skills as: Map knowledge, Hearing and most importantly, Gun handling.
However, the average player joins the EFT community off the impression that Tarkov is a
Fast paced, Head clicking simulator. But at the beginning of peoples learning, that
couldn’t be further from the truth. I base my knowledge on my 1600 hours within EFT, so
I would like to say that I have the decent understand for decisive decision making.
When you open the game for the first time, you have to remind yourself that Tarkov is
an unforgiving game, which if you make the wrong moves in an engagement, will leave
you with an unforgiving experience. You will be killed; you will have multiple deaths in a
row and you will have all enthusiasm for the game kicked out of you. But you need to get
back up and learn from your mistakes.
After finding a playstyle which worked for me, I kept continuing down the same
path until it reached a point where I knew I couldn’t get any better. And although I have
reached my maximum, I keep one underlying thought in my head which is: "Everyone I
am fighting is in the same playing field as me. They have the same opportunities and
access to resources." Therefore, any player has to understand there are 2 hidden
differences between 'good' and 'bad' players. The first being knowledge and the second
being application. It's all good knowing everything about EFT however, if you don’t use
what you have learned in the past, you WILL fall behind people who have that edge.

APPLYING YOUR LEARNING
In the last segment I mentioned a vital skill needed if you want to continue onto the last segments of your
experiences when playing EFT. The skill to recover and return to the next raid is critical when pushing through
the beginning parts of your learning. Trying to play consistently without allowing yourself to reflect on past
mistakes is a huge disadvantage mentally. So, you must be able to understand that you WILL die, and you WILL
be dragged through stages of disappointment and disarray. You need to take away what you can from each
engagement and APPLY your past successes and mistakes.
I would say that EFT has a relatively large learning curve compared to many other titles of its time. It is not a
game you can just pick up and play. To list a few things I've learned on my journey, I have: Built a full
understanding of every current map (up to update 12.8). Learned every gun model from a distance, including
the respective sounds made when they are fire inside and outside of buildings. Got to grasps with the different
medical equipment and each different item, and their uses. This is just brief look at the tip of the iceberg when
it comes to the amount of information within Tarkov. Any player has to go through many experiences and many
situations to refine and adapt their playstyle to suit them best.
As any player begins to gather a reasonable grasp of the different item, equipment and locations they can
begin to choose the level of investment. Comparing EFT to games before it like PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds,
Apex legends other battle royal games, each player starts with no equipment or weponary. EFT has a much
different system, where players can decide everything, they want to start each raid with. A flexable system
which suits most, if not all types of First-Person Shooters (FPS) players. This is because there is no luck involved
when deciding your equipment compared to the earlier battle royale games where luck is the main factor,
when it comes to gathering equipment.

investments
Deciding what equipment you want to take into each raid is a skill in of itself. An individual has to
not only be aware of the costs of each item, but they also have to find a use for their chosen
equipment. Finding the right equipment for the map you want to run is key when preparing how
you want your raid to unfold. Mentioning the gap between people who can understand the
economic and practical use of each item is incredibly useful when it comes to expanding your stash
value (the stash value being the in-game value of all your items and liquid in-game currency). People
have many different preferences when deciding equipment, choosing how much their gear set is
worth and the functional limits of their items.
What I mean by this is: every gun, armour, other items all have their different pros and cons. But
unlike most games, the cons for deciding what equipment to run is not based off of the statistics of
the equipment, it is based off the price. This comes down to the system that i referenced earlier
when i said EFT has a flexible equipment system. plainly because an individual player has to decide
the level of investment and if that level is going to bring a return on their spending. As a comparison
to realistic investments, you could invest into a more expensive car because its faster, but the
decision you must make is if you need that extra speed.

PREFERENCES
The charactieristics and prices of items fluctuate independently. This is as a result of the
intoroduction of the “Flee Market.” A mechanic the the developers released a few years
ago, where every player can sell items to and other players for a price. the price of items
changes depending on supply and demand. People can take advantage of the prices. If the
prices of an example itme were higher, you would go out of your way to find those items
and have the ability to sell them on the Flee market. If the prices of an item were lower,
then you could take an economic advantige by using a piece of a equipment for a lower
cost.
This is wher Tarkov differs. Choosing what equipment, you want to run is down to the
indeviguals preferences and not purly down to the statistics. returning to the concept of
equipment choice before any raid has begun, an indevigual can best suit their needs. This is
the point where preferences comes into play. Becuase there are some many different guns,
armours ect, indevugyals can pick what they think will give them the best result for the
investment. now i could list of many different gearsets and why you should run them. But
as a conclusion, I must mention that becuase there is a large number of items to choose
from picking what ti bring into a riad is up to the indevigual to decide.

Pages 6 and 7
I started off pages 6 and 7 with the background. I used the same
background as on page 2 however, I change the hue and saturation of
the layer to take on a duck egg blue. Next, I knew that I wanted to split
the page into visuals and text. So I began my prodcution on the middle
skyline to break the page in 2. I took 2 screenshots planned for page 3
and I removed the sky and bottom of the images to just leave the
centreal shapes. I flipped the image on the right horazontally. I made the
skylines be continious. I merged the layers and then I used the camera
raw filter twice on these images to give them a black overlay. This then
left the skyline. I added an outer glow to the skyline to make a
dampening effect to the layers behind it, which will be the background
layer below it and the image layer which I will do later (which is above
the skyline).

and 7
Now, focusing on the 2 characters I wanted to symbolise a
fight on page between the 2. Again, in reference to the
agressive person on the left and the slow and precice person
on the right. I used the same green screen people I took for
the last pages and re used them on these ones. It was easy
for me to remove the background using the magic erasor
tool. I duplicated both character layers. One to use for
texture and the other to use for colour. I began work on the
left character first, I wanted to the clouths to stand out to
the reader. On the texture layer, I used "poster edges" in the
filter galley. Then I used Image -> adjustments -> Threshold
to take away all colours apart from black. To add that extra I
used filter -> stylise -> oil paint to remove the rough edges
on the charaters. I repeated the process for the guy on the
right.

Pages 6 and 7
I moved onto the colour of the chartacters. And what I did to
bring the colours through was to start off by using poster
edges again, but this time I used much less aggressive
settings to show less lines. Then I changed the levels of the
layer to the right to reduce the contrast. I then went to hue
and saturation to bring the saturation of the layer up. Then to
blend and soften the colours and provide motion, I used oil
paints again. This is the result. To bring the 2 layers together, I
put the texturlayer above the colour layer, and set the blend
mode to multiply. This process was repeated with the other
character.

Pages 6 and 7
Now I moved onto the background. I started off by
deciding that I wanted a red/orage background. I used the
interchange fire image. I copied the layer and took on the
same technequie used for the characters. I started out on
the texture layer by using poster edges. Then using
threshold, I removed the colours to just leave the
outlines.
I then went to the colour layer, and did the same by
reducing its contrast and upping its saturation. Using oil
paints to soften the edges of the colours and to apply a
water colour effect. After applying the oil paint, I went
back to the texture layer and set the blending mode to
multiply. This is the result. One thing to note, I moved the
colour layer 10 pixels down to make the texture
dissconect and stand out to the reader.

Pages 6 and 7
From my current production, this is what the area looks like
above the skyline. I went to the bottom of the page, and I
began creating the patturn that I would use. To make this I
made a rectangle which was 200 pixels wide. I rotated the
rectangle 45 degress anti-clockwise. The reason I coloured 1
set black and the other not, was to easily display what ones
to remove. I continued it until it filled half of the bottom.
Then I mirrored the patturn and removed the green. Then I
made a new rectangle to remove the patturn where the text
will go. Selecting the shape, I could then use its selection to
remove the area of the patturn. I added a textbox to that
area, removeing the parts I didn’t need.

Pages 6 and 7
The last thing to do was the title and subheading. I took a
transparent title and added an outer and inner glow as well as
adding a pattern overlayer. For the outer glow, I set it to a mid
gray. I did the same for the inner glow. The last thing I did to
the title was add a pattern overlay. I set the blend mode to
hard light to symbolise the title burning.
Next the subheading had an inner and outer glow. The inner
glow was set to the same mid gray, but the outerglow had a
noise effect to the same colour as the background.
The text in the last section had the same innerglow as previous
pages.

Text left
Finnally, I wanted to explain the last parts of learning and how to recognice that you have
reached your end. Finding the maximum is hard with any task but with EFT players can have
many different playstyles which have mindsets and maximums. Take for example the difference
between a player who tends to stick away from fights and loots areas which are of low priority
and a safe bet. The extream opposite of this would be a player who is planning to pick fights.
They invest more into their gearset and openly go out of their way to find enemies. But for
them this is a safe bet due to the fact that they still make a profit. Finding what works for you is
something you learn early on in your learning, which you continue to refine up until the
maximum.
Working up to the maximum is the point of which you cannot learn much if any new bits of
infomation. You know all the maps, guns, loot areas Ect. But for me, the maximum is not
constent. Putting into practice the infomation gathered across 100s of raids is only part of the
larger maximum mindset. The second half of the mindset is making Tarkov a more natural
responce. Allowing yourself to become off kilter and paniced and as I mentioned at the
beggining of this fanzine: NERVES GET YOU KILLED. The more you play EFT the more acustom
you come to the different experiences and as a result of this, you will be able to maintain
composure while playing.
Having the knowedge, understanding and nerves to play EFT really allows a mature PvP player
to exploit the weaknesses of the foes they are up against. The experienced player can keep a
cool head, while mentally picturing the fight at hand. And most importantly finding the best
solution to win the engagement. You will know when you are approaching the end of your
learning as you regognice the useage of what I listed above. However, what im not recognising
here is the maximum of all players and this is becuase i have an agressive playstyle. Not
everyone approces EFT the same way.

Text right
The aim of this fanzine is a bit different from other sources of infomation. I belive the main aspect overlooked by
players across all skill levels, is their mental understanding and composure. With the fanzine, i wanted to start a
small spark in your mind about how you play. How can you impove apon your playstyle, and not explain ‘how to
get rich quick.’ Everyone has their own playstyle, so what I say about my playstyle might not have the same help
for your playstyle. Recognising that people have different playstyles links back to Tarkov as a whole. EFT doesnt
have a set playstle, it can be played in many different ways. And this is the luxary of EFT as a game. It can be
played in many ways. You're not punished for playing differently, infact your economically rewarded for finding
something new and different to other players.
This preference is the core of EFT. There is no 1 way to play the game so find what works for you and keep trying
to improve your gameplay and decision making. I could go on all day about what weapon is best for the different
reangs, but unfortunately it would mean nothing to you becuase i already know you play differently to me. Find
what works for you. The maps you prefer, the guns you prefer and most importantly find your easiest way to
make money.
Overall, everyone wants a large inventory filled with guns and armours and expencive items and you will get
there if you keep percisting and refining the way you play. Eventally, i belive everyone can reach that final stage
of learning. It might take more time for some, but you will never reach that final rewarding feeling when you
realise that you have improved to the extent you can improve no more.
Personally, I enjoy watching people improve and i have taken people through their stages of learning. To the
point where i would say that they are better than me. And now, I’m going to sign off by asking you a simple yet
definative question which you should ask yourself honestly: Where can i improve?

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