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    setting up mirror for flipping in studio?

    what i want is something like flipping canvas horizontally in Photoshop, how do you go about it in real world?

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    if you need it full size, use transparent/translucent paper.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Conniekat8 View Post
    if you need it full size, use transparent/translucent paper.
    I suppose you mean that it could be looked at from the back side? A lightbox helps with that, with virtually any paper thinner than board.

    Or just use a big mirror.

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    Have a mirror on the wall behind your easel. Turn around and look at your work in the mirror and there you go.

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    Good to have if you want to do self portraits as well.
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    A small pocket mirror will suffice: Stand in front of the work, hold the mirror edge to your nose (mirror facing the work), ta-daa, instant flip

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    Flip the canvase physically maybe?
    "Everything must serve the idea. The means used to convey the idea should be the simplest and clear. Just what is required. No extra images. To me this is a universal principle of art. Saying as much as possible with a minimum of means."
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    Quote Originally Posted by OmenSpirits View Post
    Flip the canvase physically maybe?
    Please contact me urgently. I want to learn your method of manipulating objects through the 4th spatial dimension.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arenhaus View Post
    Please contact me urgently. I want to learn your method of manipulating objects through the 4th spatial dimension.
    A flux capacitor, infinity gauntlet, and the ashes of george carlin.
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