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Posted on 22/07/11 08:53:19 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
This was a tricky technical Challenge, and I'm delighted to see that you all seemed to have breezed through it. Good work! First to decorate the house was Stewart Scott, with his first Friday Challenge entry. And it's a great piece of work - not just the removal of the tramlines, but the addition of all the Banksy graffiti. I like the way the top right window has been removed and replaced by a painted version. Excellent! A very clean entry from GKB, duly detramlined. The only thing that concerns me here is that the two upper sets of blinds appear identical, and this is always a giveaway to a photo fix. It's the bright patch halfway up the left that does it: cover this with a bit of texture from lower down and you'd never notice. I like Nick Curtain's solution to the identical blind problem: to adjust them so that the left one is part-way pulled up. It gives a much more realistic look to the scene, as does darkening the top right corner of the duplicated window. I'd have lost the crane, though. I was hugely impressed by Jimbean's entry: the explosion in the far right window, complete with flames, flying glass and a billowing blind (with a nicely turned-up corner); the smoke coming from the windows next door, again with the blind distorted to allow it to exit; and the knotted sheets on the left which provided the escape route for the residents. It's a really well-conceived piece of work, and is certainly worth an early title for you. So, let's see... as an electrician, I think Sparky Shopper seems appropriate (and, as always, let me know if you want it changed). Very fine work, Jim. A beautiful makeover from LonnieK, with a more decorated house - curtains, a window box, the open window, and the satellite dish just to provide a bit of a jolt - all with shadows from precisely the right direction (but I wonder if that open window should have a bit of sun glare on it?). I like the ivy, of course, but it's the trees in the foreground that really give this picture depth. This is a bit of a Lonnie Kraemer trademark, and it's a terrific technique. Great mottling shadow! Amazing work from brewell, who has not only removed all the tramlines, but then put them all back again in a different place. This is such an astoundingly difficult job that I'm amazed at the fluidity of the result: has each tramline been painstakingly cut from its background? Or did you patch the building and then use a Difference mode to extract them all? Whatever technique - and I suspect it was the laborious, hand-crafted way - it's a glorious piece of work. Cheers, Bruce, you've done yourself proud. Artful work from Eggbox, with many subtle additions - the open windows, the drying blanket, the passing jet, and the man on the crane. Is his shadow just a touch too solid, perhaps, especially over the window? But this is nitpicking: it's a very fine piece of work. Nice one, Ted. I'm sure Nick doesn't mind Eva Roth borrowing his clean-up - and I like the added graffiti. The part painted-out News of the World banner is a nice touch, but I think you could have gone further and obscured a little more of it - perhaps in paint the same colour as the building? So there I was thinking the dove was going to grab James's squirrel, and in the end it's the passing hawk that snatches the dove. Great use of the guttering and hole under the eaves as perching places for the dove, and I like the appearance of the man in the window. Do all the shutters pop open too suddenly, though? Should they perhaps open over the course of a few frames? A very subtle entry from JmarcP, in which the cables all appear to have been pulled inside by the occupant of the top right window. I like the way the two right blinds have been made different from each other, and the fact that the rebuilt window below is different from the one next to it: very convincing touches. A great story from tooquilos, starting with a tightrope/passing tram disaster - now there's a novel reason for the tramline removal! Some nice touches here, like the floating Clone tool and the hourglass... an entertaining animation, Anna. A very good clean-up and plenty of added detail from puffin31939 - the ivy, the washing, the figure at the window, the distant birds, the pigeon on the windowsill - all go a long way towards livening the image up. Just one small point: the closeness of the shadow suggests that the washing is lying right against the wall. Shouldn't it be a couple of inches away? At least far enough to clear the lintel below? Very tidy work from LagoDiLecco, with two nicely different blinds, and different window treatment. I like the birds, and especially the sinister figure at the window. Is he holding a sheet of paper? Cool hat! Great destruction from tissana - looks like you had fun with this. Beware of duplicating the same set of flames, though: much easier to draw your own, really. With all that fire, though, wouldn't the whole building be rather brighter than this? Surely it would be very well lit by the flames? Yes, pigeons are a problem everywhere, as Deborah Morley has pointed out for us. I like the two shooters in the windows, but I'm wondering if perhaps they're both a bit too small - certainly, compared to the pigeons. And perhaps we could do with a could more in flight? If there's one real purpose this week, it's to introduce joeysala to the new Clone tool in CS5... it really is good, isn't it! Hope you've discovered and made full use of the Spot Healing Tool, too. I like the tightrope walkers, especially the subtlety of the one right at the top of the frame - and the fact that the front door is halfway up the wall. Nice one! Very fine work from everyone this week - no exceptions. The standard really is going up all the time! |
Posted on 22/07/11 09:23:14 AM |
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JmarcP
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Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
Fells thanks Steve... but this challenge was difficult to remove all this cables. Best regards |
Posted on 22/07/11 10:05:21 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
I looped around each section of wire and cleaned it up with a layer mask and a long, narrow brush. The bigger challenge was visualizing and plotting where the intersections would end up. It was a great rainy day activity. Thanks _________________ The journey of a thousand hours begins with a single layer. |
Posted on 22/07/11 10:34:50 AM |
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Eva Roth
Luminous Liberator Posts: 269 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
Thanks for your comments, Steve! Good point about the paint. It was very much a rush job (but I did get rid of the crane...) |
Posted on 22/07/11 11:06:40 AM |
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LagoDiLecco
Lombard Illuminator Posts: 41 Reply |
Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
As always, thanks Steve, for both challenges and comments. BTW the guy in the window is wearing Austrian national dress, so it's a white shirt with braces (which looks like a sheet of paper). |
Posted on 22/07/11 2:26:57 PM |
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stewart Scott
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Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
Thanks a lot Steve - looking forward to getting stuck into the next challenge! _________________ Join me on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/Stewart_Scott |
Posted on 22/07/11 2:26:58 PM |
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stewart Scott
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Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
Thanks a lot Steve - looking forward to getting stuck into the next challenge! _________________ Join me on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/Stewart_Scott |
Posted on 22/07/11 3:08:42 PM |
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Jimbean
Sparky Shopper Posts: 105 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
Hi Steve thanks for your kind comments, much appreciated! Thanks also for the title, "Sparky Shopper" is cool. On to the next challenge now!!  |
Posted on 22/07/11 7:03:07 PM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
I did have trouble with that shadow. I just couldn't work out what was wrong with it (Oh, to have that seeing eye!) I tried various shadows before settling on that one. I will adjust it and see if that improves it. Thanks, as always, for your helpful comment. _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
Posted on 23/07/11 02:59:50 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
Thank you kindly, Steve. I can't wait to discover more things CS5 has over PS7! I have a problem - I can't access any of Anna's videos. I just ordered high speed internet (after 15 years of dial up); might having high speed be the answer? I can't try it yet, 'cause it takes 5 to 15 days for them to set me up. I really want to see her animations! Joey |
Posted on 23/07/11 05:19:03 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
Thanks Steve I nearly removed the crane, but it was more fun removing the wires around it. Eva - I'm flattered you used my image. Nick |
Posted on 23/07/11 11:45:07 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
Thank you Steve  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 23/07/11 11:47:46 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply |
Re: Challenge 360: Tramlines
Joey, a high speed connection will do the trick ) Well done on the upgrade!!!
_________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
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