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Posted on 05/01/10 10:45:58 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Perfect answer! I'm learning... slowly it seems. 
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Posted on 06/01/10 00:49:03 AM |
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China
Surreal Sculptor Posts: 109 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
[quoted] Sophie wrote: Brewell, you tease! Great images everyone! And good to see you again China. I found this much harder than expected. Well,thank you.Great to see you too.
I am not in this forum long time.I saw everyone's posts was so good,better than main. I hope everyone can help me again.And I can do it very well in this year. _________________ Impossable is nothing |
Posted on 06/01/10 03:27:40 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
You've all done great work, ..... really! Only recently got some time again. (See another thread for more work from us if interested )
I am not sure everyone will like it, so will frame...??) Ok I'll fix it later thanks |
Posted on 06/01/10 04:17:41 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Cork^3 
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Posted on 06/01/10 2:33:14 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2596 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Aaah! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 06/01/10 7:10:19 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
!  ok! one other idea, see if can complete tomorrow....??? Not romantic
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Posted on 07/01/10 4:00:30 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Not easy, but something I have meant to try for ages. Sorry, just noticed glaring mistake! |
Posted on 07/01/10 4:21:32 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Try again, although not sure if it is any better. Happy New Frosty Year to everyone.  |
Posted on 07/01/10 5:47:57 PM |
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Roister
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Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
My very first challenge. (If it uploads)!!!!  _________________ I'm a Photoshopaholic and proud! |
Posted on 07/01/10 5:51:57 PM |
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Roister
* Posts: 13 Reply |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Me thinks that I have got this uploading business wrong? I saved for web and the quality is kinda poor, c'mon someone tell me how please. I thank you in advance. Roi _________________ I'm a Photoshopaholic and proud! |
Posted on 07/01/10 6:07:12 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
... and finally ... 
Ok a few/several bits need "refining", but hope get the gist or anything. Have to go .... time..... |
Posted on 07/01/10 9:10:19 PM |
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Emil
KAFKAsFRIEND Posts: 413 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Happy New Year.  _________________ The most beatiful thing we can experience is mysterious. It is the source of all true art and sience. - Albert Einstein |
Posted on 08/01/10 09:07:08 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6838 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Happy new year, everyone - it's good to see so much has been going on here during my break. Sorry if the puzzle perplexed some of you! The solution is obvious, when you know it. In 1945 - indeed, in any year - Christmas Day may well be seven days before New Year's Day, but that's New Year's Day of the following year. New Year's Day of the same year is 358 days before Christmas. The first popped cork came from tooquilos, with a bottle that's certainly well shaken - but is that a screw cap? On champagne??? Still has plenty of fizz, though, as we can see clearly in the static version. A fantastic background from gaoxiguo, with perfectly torn foil. I like the label on the bottle, and it's good that the bottle is transparent - but glass that thick does need to distort the view seen through it! A very stylized outpouring of champagne from Gerard, which has a lot of movement to it. I like the ice bucket, but thick glass really has to distort the bottle inside. It seems michael sinclair had some trouble with the puzzle... still, it's lucky he had a mate on hand to open the bottle for him. I'd rotate the hand holding the champagne a little, Michael, it's a little too phallic as it stands. Plenty of motion from Jono - and there's either champagne or shaving foam cascading down the side. But, er, you seem to have forgotten to take the cork out! To answer your questions: thin liquids are easy using the Plastic Wrap filter, and label wrapping is best done with Image Warp. It's all, ahem, in the book... Nicely torn foil from maiden - although the neck of the bottle seems to be at a slightly jaunty angle. A spectacular animated version, though - I particularly like the way the pool of champagne builds up at the base, with the popped cork finally falling back into it. Most impressive! Nicely reconstructed label, and perfectly torn foil from Nick Curtain - and I like the fireworks (although shouldn't they be reflected in the bottle too?). Great splashes of champagne around the neck: but can champagne really come out of a bottle faster than the cork? A very stylized image from GKB, with a drawn glass and background that's reminiscent of art deco liqueur posters. And what a huge selection of bubbles! Are these all hand placed? Great label, too, and thanks for the message. Our first new member this week is pjansen960, with a truly surreal entry. I know people place corks on sharp knives to protect them, but this is taking the concept a step too far! Great image, Peter, and welcome to the forum! A perfectly placed bottle from Jota129, so convincingly blended into the scene that I wouldn't have guessed it was a montage. The rotation of the label is a great idea, and would be even more effective if it weren't for the fact that the top part of the label clearly indicates which is the front. Good reflection, though! An intriguing if slightly baffling second entry - that's quite a vapour trail! I really like the ingenuity of the Klein bottle in the third entry - and for those who don't know it, this is a model of a philosophical concept of a bottle that only has one surface (the inside turns into the outside, as it were). An amazingly complex animation from James - this really must have taken some work! Are those your own hands? I always find it really hard to hold the camera far enough away to photograph mine - I could really do with much longer arms. And is that a custom ground chisel you're opening the bottle with? A whole pack (sporran? tartan?) of dancing Scotsmen from Josephine Harvatt, with some decidedly oversized bubbles. And fantastic to see the animated version - hope to see more of these from you in 2010! Very tasteful work from LonnieK - I love the colouring on the text, the sparkle on the neck, and the bubbles inside the bottle. A good fit on the label, too - very nicely accomplished. My only small criticism concerns the angle of the glass: it's just not close enough to the angle from which we're viewing the bottle. Stretch the top of the glass vertically, and it will be much closer. Topical, and ingenious work from brewell: the way those boys are carrying the bottles is just perfect. A small point: the cardboard box is just too shallow to hold the bottles. Otherwise, this is spot on. A beautifully rendered bottle from China, wrapped in vine leaves - an interesting idea! Perhaps a little shadow from the leaves on the bottle? And I think the red wine bottle and glass confuse the image. An interesting approach. Ingenious work from katew, whose bottle is lying perfectly on its side - and I like the way the poured champagne spells out the words. A terrific cork, and great fitting on the label. My only concern is that the underside of the bottle should be darker, to match the deep shadow on the table. I like the texture on the inside of the foil in Sophie's entry, and that's a good attempt at fitting the label. The neck itself is, of course, the hardest part, and this is a valiant attempt. Perhaps the way to begin would be to draw the ellipse of the open neck from the angle at which we're viewing it, and then build up the rest of the neck around that. As you say, this was a tricky Challenge. Plenty of champagne in vibeke's entry - and I really like the way the cork and champagne are popping out of the top here. A great hand holding the bottle, too, and neat placement of the labels. Great stuff. A perfectly popped cork from Deborah Morley - Deborah, this really is beautiful. The foil, the new neck, the champagne itself and the cock - a stunning job. You should be well pleased with this one. It's only the label that feels a little awkward, but then it is a particularly tricky angle. Our second new member, and the first of 2010, is Roister, with an impressive piece of work - I like the way this has been thought out. A great choice of font, too, and an impressive pouring of liquid into the glass: the glass itself should perhaps lose its pink tint, though. Welcome to the forum, Roi! An exuberant final entry from Emil, with a perfect bottle neck and great fizzing champagne - although the champagne seems to be coming out of the bottle faster than the cork. I like the distortion of the clock seen through the glass, a subtle touch. Fantastic work all round. Here's to a great 2010. |
Posted on 08/01/10 09:30:11 AM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Many thanks Steve. I tried the label about 6 times and could never really get it right. I'll have another go at a higher resolution and see if that works. |
Posted on 08/01/10 09:36:19 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3732 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Thanks Steve. I did, of course, cheat with the bubbles. I, firstly, created a series of curved paths emanating from the top of the bottle. Then I stroked them with a small round hard brush with plenty of scatter and size jitter. Inner shadow and Inner Glow followed and then the Fill opacity was reduced to zero. I made a larger 'explosion' bubble for the mouth of the bottle and applied the same settings as above but this time I used the smudge tool to draw out the edges. On Christmas day I had a bottle of bubbly do exactly this with champagne all over the place! Nice work everyone. _________________ If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried. |
Posted on 08/01/10 09:50:56 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2805 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Thanks Steve. Happy New Year to you and everyone on here too. _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 08/01/10 10:21:59 AM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Not sure I understand. The neck looks OK to me. Should I be showing the top of the open bottle? I thought the angle precluded the necessity. Like Debbie, I had serious problems with the label as you noticed and ended up trying to fix it using too much burn tool. Perhaps we need a webinar on wrapping labels round bottles!
Thanks Steve. |
Posted on 08/01/10 12:02:48 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 676 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Thanks Steve. I never even thought about the underside of the bottle! |
Posted on 08/01/10 12:41:38 PM |
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China
Surreal Sculptor Posts: 109 Reply |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Hello Steve and everyone Ha Ha……Thanks ! I forget ablout the shadow always . In the particulars.
China _________________ Impossable is nothing |
Posted on 08/01/10 1:45:21 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 281: Pop my cork
Cheers Steve. |
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