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Posted on 08/07/14 10:00:38 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4005 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
Challenge 289: Photoshop Birthday Cake Challenge 319: Pumpkin Martini Challenge 445: Dinner by Candlelight The image of the picture and frame was not actually the Challenge but was part of my submission  _________________  |
Posted on 09/07/14 1:58:10 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
Challenge 432 http://www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com/cgi-bin/simpleforum_pro.cgi?fid=06&topic_id=1354870473 FREDERIC GERSHOM PARKINGTON 1886 - 1952 CELLIST AND CLOCK COLLECTOR WAS BORN HERE Can you imagine what such a person looked like, or how he might have combined his hobbies? Are you able to put your imagination into practice? This was FUN!! 
Here for your delectation ........ THE GERSHOM PARKINGTON CLOCKWORK CELLOPHON  Cellophon by david.macd, on Flickr
That's the real him in the portrait. Do please view this full size. I had such a wonderful time packing this with detail. 
(Click in the image to view on it's own and then click again for actual pixels. You'll need to use the scroll bars) If you're an engineer then maybe don't look too closely.  |
Posted on 09/07/14 2:05:12 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
Enthusiasts of mathemetics may spot a bit of Charles Babbage in there as well ................  |
Posted on 09/07/14 5:38:42 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
I think this is a quite astonishing piece of work Kathryn. Nigh on impeccable. Wow! |
Posted on 10/07/14 01:46:27 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
Now surely this counts as fiddling. I wanted the image to be a bit bigger so the detail could be seen. However, when I went back to my original Photoshop file, I discovered I had accidentally saved it as the smaller version. I had to recreate the image from scratch. I didn't think I would have time what with working now part-time and having to get ready to fly to Minneapolis on Friday. But, here it is. I hope it's better than the first one. We're all set for the opening on Tuesday, Mr. Can.  _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 10/07/14 3:00:38 PM |
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Kathryn
Woodland Wonder Posts: 84 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
David, You are much to kind. Now looking over Evans recolor, I have a lot of “could have” “should have” regrets. Any Photoshopper who has attempted colorizing knows what a marathon this can be. Lots of arsenals with Photoshop - from beginners to more advance techniques. But that was the whole point. I learn by doing. Hopefully my next attempt will be better. It’s all about the journey. . . Thank you for viewing. Kathryn |
Posted on 10/07/14 5:41:02 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
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20/20 hindsight is always easy and not always useful ..... |
Posted on 10/07/14 6:51:35 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
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Posted on 10/07/14 8:00:11 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply  |
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Here's another go at another animated Niagara which is the original photo without the added beach hut.
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Posted on 10/07/14 8:58:47 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
Young Etonian. Challenge # 501. Happy 10th Anniversary!!! http://www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com/cgi-bin/simpleforum_pro.cgi?fid=06&topic_id=1397798614&page=1 
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Posted on 11/07/14 00:34:54 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
Challenge 432 - Frederic Gershom Parkington David Mac's excellent image above reminded me about this challenge. Video version ---> http://vid1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee466/Artwel/PShop/Fredric.mp4  |
Posted on 11/07/14 00:47:07 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
Challenge 431: Toiletpaper family I also found this one, I did plan to animate it but didn't have the time. Plus it pretty much had nothing to do with the brief! 
http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/Artwel/library/PShop  |
Posted on 11/07/14 09:31:01 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
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Love the flies round the light bulb. If that image and video were prompted by my post you work fast ...... or the midnight oil stocks have been seriously depleted ....... |
Posted on 11/07/14 09:54:30 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply  |
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A clever image from Frank kicked off this week's entries, taking the 10 Year banner and extruding the text so it's viewed from an angle - neatly done, especially the way the sparkles have been recreated. And I like the fact that you've incorporated the egg from the very first Challenge in here. However, I do agree with DavidMac - surely there are two "p"s in Yippee? A fine revisiting of the recent Fountain challenge from srawland, with a neatly cut out spray bursting into the air. And is that someone playing the guitar behind it? I can't see evidence of the other two Challenges you refer to! I'm interested in your second entry, creating a pianos and what appears to be an artist out of some sort of shiny plastic material. Good old Plastic Wrap, eh? I'm glad brewell has revisited the close-up muddy field Challenge, because I always felt that was one with a lot of potential. I like the tinting of the forest, and the scale indicated by the boat. Is the water too bright and to placid, though? It seems to me we could do with more detail on that surface, especially in and around the reflection, to get the sense of scale. I like sciteach's return to Hogwarts, with the castle relocated to a spectacular desert surrounding. I'd be careful about using a soft brush to blend the base into the ground, though, as this does rather fly in the face of common sense: surely both the rock and the stone from which Hogwarts is built are hard-edged substances? I was very intrigued by Deborah Morley's entry, which places the lighthouse perfectly in front of the ship. But if you didn't cut the net out, how did you manage the image? Or are you saying that you had time to cut it out this time, but didn't the first time around? Just one suggestion: the shot would be much more dramatic if, given the stormy conditions, the boat were at an angle rather than dead straight: 
I like the way Daniel Millar has brought the mannequin to life with more convincing skin tones and a new head. The grass round the feet works especially well. Watch out for that join on the right of the neck, though; and when shading the face, you'd be better off in this instance using the Burn tool set to Midtones: that way you'll match the red shadow on the body, rather than creating too grey a shadow as you've done on the face. A neat colouring job from Kathryn - the new medal and the real bow tie work especially well. I like the subtle tones in the face, but I feel a man of this age would have more residual blue shadow around the beard area. A beautifully surreal image from tooquilos, with the castle standing on a very improbable floating island - I really like the over/underwater effect. Only thing that bothers me is the hard dividing line: I'd try rippling it very slightly, and perhaps adding a small surf effect between the two. I was deeply touched by the kind words in the intro to the animated version - and I was enthralled by the beauty of the animation itself, with its multi-layered textures and its lighting and rippling effects. Gorgeous. I like the fact that James has so quickly responded to my comments on his entry to last week's Challenge, by flying the plane out of the scene. But why does the background jump back half way through? Perhaps, after the plane first leaves the scene, we should see the man tumbling alone through the air? Maybe even a parachute for the faint-hearted? It's good to see the martini and the cake reunited in GKB's entry, and of course I do like the new lettering on the cake - although you'd have to be a dab hand with a knife to cut a slice with a squared-off end like that. Should the martini glass perhaps refract the wallpaper seen through it? A glorious entry from DavidMac, who has combined Frederic Gershom Parkington's two occupations into a single fabulous, detailed piece of furniture. It really is worth opening the image in a new window to see the full detail that has gone into it: a huge amount of work has resulted in a wonderful fantasy of wood and brass. And it all makes sense, in a Heath Robinson sort of way. Fantastic, David. Garfield72 has returned to the beginning, and opened the egg in the first Challenge. Very artfully opened - and I like the spoon. The toast seems rather too small, though; and that elaborate egg topper, when distorted to that perspective, now appears rather too thin, don't you think? Glad to see un Français has a glass of wine for breakfast. A very smoothly flowing waterfall from michael sinclair, with a real sense of downward motion. Perhaps a few more tween steps required between the end and the restart, though, so it doesn't appear to jump upwards? Also, there's a slight repeated pattern effect at the top, especially on the right, that could easily be avoided by stretching the water vertically to cover it. I like how Emy has updated the Etonian to give him a surfboard and, indeed, some surf as well - while retaining the floor and railings of the original. Very nicely judged shadows, too - but whats the bright spot on the chest? I'm glad to see David Mac's entry inspired Artwel to revisit the same Challenge - and it's a most entertaining scene, with visual tricks in the Out of Bounds cello paintings and elsewhere (but what light source is producing the shadow of the hanging lightbulb on the wall behind it?). A splendidly moving animated version, in which almost everything that can move, does move. Most enjoyable! And I do like the Paper Management System in the second entry - I'd completely forgotten about the toilet paper family. I've really enjoyed revisiting these old Challenges. Thanks, Deborah, for the idea! |
Posted on 11/07/14 09:57:34 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
Some great images - just sorry I did not have time to put in my twopennorth _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 11/07/14 10:45:20 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4005 Reply |
Re: Challenge 512: The Friday Challenge Amnesty
Thanks Steve _________________ You're never too old to learn something stupid. |
Posted on 11/07/14 11:28:08 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
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Until you start it up ........ I don't think the poor cello would have stood chance against the noise of all that mechanism ......  |
Posted on 11/07/14 2:38:55 PM |
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sciteach
Professor Pixel Posts: 126 Reply  |
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Thanks Steve! |
Posted on 11/07/14 3:16:00 PM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply |
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Haha no! It was made at the time of the challenge but I think I missed the deadline and didn't submit it, I wasn't particularly pleased with the video quality. |
Posted on 11/07/14 5:28:58 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply |
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Thanks Steve. |
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