In "Paint",...."Flip Horizontal"vanzen@rockerboxer.com wrote:I've thought about how this backward image could be made ...justoneoftheguys wrote: The 2nd image that we are talking about has been "flipped", in a mirror-image sort of way.
See the final drive on the left side of the bike?
I even tried to match the results with every possible tool in Photostudio
including the edit / orientation / mirror function – no luck.
The only possibility (to my way of thinking)
is if a negative or transparency was used and inadvertantly "flipped" to create the image.
Actually, I have achieved this very result when presenting 35mm slide documentation of my artwork ...
Which will be why, 35mm slides are always imprinted on one side, "this side towards screen".
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Yup, I figured it out while you were posting ... and edited before seeing your reply, Native.

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Damn - so all my research was wasted.vanzen@rockerboxer.com wrote:Yup, I figured it out while you were posting ... and edited before seeing your reply, Native.
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That was my first thought too, but the shifter looks to be in the right place...justoneoftheguys wrote:The 2nd image that we are talking about has been "flipped", in a mirror-image sort of way.Chuey wrote:It looks like a body work kit. I like the style but it looks like a stock bike for the most part. Did I miss something?
Chuey
See the final drive on the left side of the bike?
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More research, Rob !Steve in Golden wrote:That was my first thought too, but the shifter looks to be in the right place...justoneoftheguys wrote:The 2nd image that we are talking about has been "flipped", in a mirror-image sort of way.Chuey wrote:It looks like a body work kit. I like the style but it looks like a stock bike for the most part. Did I miss something?
Chuey
See the final drive on the left side of the bike?

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Looks like a (hydraulic) brake lever to me.Steve in Golden wrote:That was my first thought too, but the shifter looks to be in the right place...justoneoftheguys wrote:The 2nd image that we are talking about has been "flipped", in a mirror-image sort of way.Chuey wrote:It looks like a body work kit. I like the style but it looks like a stock bike for the most part. Did I miss something?
Chuey
See the final drive on the left side of the bike?
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Yeah, it could be, probly is. Kind of looks like a shifter linkage anyway. You're probably right about how the image was flipped.justoneoftheguys wrote:Looks like a (hydraulic) brake lever to me.
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I've read and reread the posts about "flipping" the photo but I still can't get my head around how simply "flipping" the photo could achieve that result. Wouldn't flipping create a mirror image? How the hell did it flipping get the final drive on the left side?
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Put one glove on your right hand. Look in a mirror. What hand is the glove on in the reflection?twist wrote:I've read and reread the posts about "flipping" the photo but I still can't get my head around how simply "flipping" the photo could achieve that result. Wouldn't flipping create a mirror image? How the hell did it flipping get the final drive on the left side?
Look at the "BMW" on the side of the motor. It's mirror image.
Edited because I had looked at the wrong picture at first.
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I dug out an old negative from when my R65 was nearly new.twist wrote:I've read and reread the posts about "flipping" the photo but I still can't get my head around how simply "flipping" the photo could achieve that result. Wouldn't flipping create a mirror image? How the hell did it flipping get the final drive on the left side?
My negative scanner software has a mirror image selection and produced these results:


But I tried it with a digital image taken this summer using the same Photoshop directions that Native/5 provided and achieved this result:

Electronic wizardry, I suppose.