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Posted on 13/02/15 09:57:39 AM
DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 542: The courtroom
Steve Caplin wrote:
A splendid match, David: what filters did you use on the background to get this look?


But I'm not sure the guillotine made it across the channel!


I am not a fan of, often expensive, plugins that do just one thing, but a few years back I did a commission for a poster for a French Theatre. The play was about the Commune de Paris, the left wing revolutionary movement which occupied and governed Paris for two months in 1871 until it’s bloody suppression by the government of Adolphe Thiers. I decided to use the engraving style for this and, since it was a commercial commission, bought the Akvis Engraver plugin to do it. This is what I used for the background. I have just been to Akvis' site and Engraver is no Longer listed in their products. I don't know if this means it is discontinued or whether it is incorporated into one of their other products under a different name.

A historical footnote on the guillotine. Much as the French would like us to believe it, the guillotine was not invented by the eponymous Docteur. The guillotine was invented in Halifax, in Yorkshire, and was first used in 1286 for execution of a criminal named John Dalton - many centuries before the good Docteur.

Docteur Guillotin, who was a member of parliament, suggested the construction of a more efficient "execution machine". His suggestion caused such revulsion the the debate was abandoned. However the idea was eventually voted through Parliament. It caused a lot of repugnancy and they were unable to find any workers in Paris prepared to undertake the construction.

The first French guillotine was constructed in Strasbourg in 1792 by a harpsichord maker with the good French name of Tobias Scmidt. It was tested on animals and corpses from the hospital. The first man who had the dubious honour of trying it was an armed robber Nicolas-Jaques Pelletier. It then acquired fame as the execution instrument of choice in the French revolution and thousands died under its blade. Docteur Guillotin just barely escaped his own neck being the victim of the machine he had himself suggested to parliament when he was imprisoned for suspected Royalist sympathies.

Just thought you'd like to know ........


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Posted on 13/02/15 11:04:21 AM
Steve Caplin
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Most interesting. I had no idea it was invented in Halifax, and as early as that!

Posted on 13/02/15 12:19:45 PM
GKB
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Re: Challenge 542: The courtroom
I haven't tried either of these but they might be worth investigating.

For Photoshop:


This piece of software is available as free download for After Effects:

I always liked the Kenneth Williams sketch in a 'Carry On' film about the French Revolution when, with his head on the guillotine, he received a letter saying "just drop it in the basket - I'll read it later"


I have deleted both of these links as one, at least, was blocked by my anti-virus programme. I do hope that nobody has been infected by either programme


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Posted on 13/02/15 1:31:41 PM
shaneworth71
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Re: Challenge 542: The courtroom
ahh thank you I hadn't noticed I didn't carry it through to the background. Probably with getting in a rush to leave work lol.

I am kicking myself because I didn't even think to open the big doors. I could have done so much more.

Posted on 13/02/15 3:12:32 PM
srawland
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Re: Challenge 542: The courtroom
Steve Caplin wrote:

A good cast of characters from srawland, particularly the two sitting neatly on the steps. I like the cat, too, but I'm not sure about the amount of blur on the man in the foreground - although I suppose cameras were a lot slower in the 17th century. Best of all is the tunnel inside the barred doorway - a very fine addition.


Thank you, Steve, for your critique. I thought about opening the doors, but not until last night. I also was sure you were going to comment on the size of the rat crawling out of the barred doorway. Yes, the man is rather blurry but it hides the fact that he was photographed under dappled light and I couldn't quite remove all traces of it. The blur really hides it well.

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Posted on 13/02/15 4:47:58 PM
darrenandcolleen@telus.net
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Re: Challenge 542: The courtroom
DavidMac wrote:
Steve Caplin wrote:
A splendid match, David: what filters did you use on the background to get this look?


But I'm not sure the guillotine made it across the channel!


I am not a fan of, often expensive, plugins that do just one thing, but a few years back I did a commission for a poster for a French Theatre. The play was about the Commune de Paris, the left wing revolutionary movement which occupied and governed Paris for two months in 1871 until it’s bloody suppression by the government of Adolphe Thiers. I decided to use the engraving style for this and, since it was a commercial commission, bought the Akvis Engraver plugin to do it. This is what I used for the background. I have just been to Akvis' site and Engraver is no Longer listed in their products. I don't know if this means it is discontinued or whether it is incorporated into one of their other products under a different name.

A historical footnote on the guillotine. Much as the French would like us to believe it, the guillotine was not invented by the eponymous Docteur. The guillotine was invented in Halifax, in Yorkshire, and was first used in 1286 for execution of a criminal named John Dalton - many centuries before the good Docteur.

Docteur Guillotin, who was a member of parliament, suggested the construction of a more efficient "execution machine". His suggestion caused such revulsion the the debate was abandoned. However the idea was eventually voted through Parliament. It caused a lot of repugnancy and they were unable to find any workers in Paris prepared to undertake the construction.

The first French guillotine was constructed in Strasbourg in 1792 by a harpsichord maker with the good French name of Tobias Scmidt. It was tested on animals and corpses from the hospital. The first man who had the dubious honour of trying it was an armed robber Nicolas-Jaques Pelletier. It then acquired fame as the execution instrument of choice in the French revolution and thousands died under its blade. Docteur Guillotin just barely escaped his own neck being the victim of the machine he had himself suggested to parliament when he was imprisoned for suspected Royalist sympathies.

Just thought you'd like to know ........




Thx for the save David. Darren

Posted on 13/02/15 5:49:42 PM
Emy
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Re: Challenge 542: The courtroom
Yeap, you a right, Thank you

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Posted on 14/02/15 08:45:14 AM
GKB
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Re: Challenge 542: The courtroom
GKB wrote:
I haven't tried either of these but they might be worth investigating.

For Photoshop:


This piece of software is available as free download for After Effects:

I always liked the Kenneth Williams sketch in a 'Carry On' film about the French Revolution when, with his head on the guillotine, he received a letter saying "just drop it in the basket - I'll read it later"


I have deleted both of these links as one, at least, was blocked by my anti-virus programme. I do hope that nobody has been infected by either programme





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Posted on 15/02/15 03:06:17 AM
tooquilos
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Re: Challenge 542: The courtroom
Thank you so much Steve. I felt the Carl Orff piece was suitable too. I love that piece of music.

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