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Posted on 08/07/17 12:54:21 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Wow! Terrific Gordon. You took a self portrait to fit? _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/07/17 7:45:32 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Gordon, who took the photo? It looks a bit nippy out for you to be driving with the top down and in shorts. _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 08/07/17 11:09:18 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4005 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Thanks David and Sara I shot the image of myself in the garden referring to the image that Steve posted. Camera on a tripod approximating the focal length of Steve's camera. I used a radio remote release to shoot a series of shots with my left arm in various positions then picked the best one that gave me the correct angle. As for it being 'a bit nippy', we Scots are built for that kind of weather.  _________________ If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you. |
Posted on 09/07/17 05:49:33 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3063 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Brilliant work, Gordon! |
Posted on 09/07/17 09:18:40 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4005 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Thanks Michael _________________ Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana. |
Posted on 09/07/17 09:56:03 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
I noticed elsewhere in the galleries that you use Capture One Pro. Did you do this tethered with a laptop so you could see the picture or did you shoot blind? Its very well done indeed! I do this all the time for my own images, sometimes tethered, mostly blind, but I have to confess it's very rarely I'll do bespoke pictures for a challenge unless it's one I am really in love with. Hats off to you Gordon. .................. Besides which I don't possess a lens wide enough to match Steve's Angulus Latus Horribilis.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/07/17 10:04:42 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
By the way Gordon. Did you re-colour the car green as way of dealing with the green reflections in the red paint? Because, if so, it's a very clever piece of lateral thinking. I don't think I would ever have thought of it. I can see myself going completely crazy trying to recolour the reflections to a matching red or trying to paint them out ......  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/07/17 11:06:27 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4005 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Good morning David On this occasion I didn't tether to Capture One. I eyeballed the angle through the viewfinder and guesstimated the equivalent focal length to be around 35mm. I changed the colour to an approximation of 'British Racing Green' by converting the RGB file to Lab then selecting the 'a' channel in a curves adjustment layer and 'swapped the corners' to change the reds to green (and also change the greens to red). I used the curves layer mask to bring back the reflection of the red car in the wheel hub. Lab is a very powerful mode that, once you understand what can be done, can solve some problems that are difficult,if not impossible, in RGB or CMYK. The bodywork and wheel reflections were taken care of with a selection of the road surface placed above and the blending mode changed to 'colour'. This was masked as appropriate. This seemed to work very nicely with the wheel reflections to give a nice shiny metallic finish. _________________  |
Posted on 09/07/17 1:39:11 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
I AM impressed. 
Thank you. Very interesting. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/07/17 4:47:21 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Very time-consuming... 
SEE NEW ENTRY |
Posted on 09/07/17 5:22:26 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
A split personality Trump .... unless he has a twin. This is a terrific re-build. Especially the dickie lid with the spare tyre inside. And you've managed not to let it look too looped. One of your best. Now all you need to do is add all the moving reflections .....  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 10/07/17 3:49:15 PM |
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Gerard
Digital Dutchman Posts: 145 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Here is my humble effort!  |
Posted on 10/07/17 5:32:59 PM |
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Linda Eckert
maîtresse marocaine Posts: 148 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Steve, thank you for the car you have presented to my husband. He likes it very much...  |
Posted on 11/07/17 10:43:42 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Not my finest effort but it was a bit of a b*gger 
When Beatrix Potter meets the Wind in the Willows POOP - POOP!  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 11/07/17 1:13:47 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
http://vimeo.com/225077228 Oh very cute Josephine!  _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 11/07/17 9:04:49 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Anna I never cease to be amazed at the life-like fluidity of your people
Following David's advice I have revamped my entry which included fixes to the wheels.
UPDATED 13. 7. 2017: what is that naughty seagull going to do I wonder?... 
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Posted on 12/07/17 08:53:24 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
I answered this a while back but it seems to have vanished. So I hope it won't re-appear and double post. Nicely done Michael. On his way to golf in Florida ....... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 12/07/17 09:05:13 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
I suffer from an implacable hatred of Poser, Daz, Fuse and similar figures - they are so irredeemably fake and plastic. Perfect for a tale of love and romance among shop dummies. But, that being said, your animation of them is just wonderful!! Nigh on faultless. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 12/07/17 11:42:51 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply |
Re: Challenge 662: Back seat driver
Thank you Michael and David
In some respects, I do agree with you, David, regarding the plasticity of 3D people. It’s like anything though, it needs to be in the right context and scene. This week’s challenge shows them up in a glaringly bad light, as they are the focus and the starting image was shot in the middle of the day in hard light making it a very bright and vibrant image. I have learned, through this challenge, that 3D people don’t work so well when combined with these types of images. I was unhappy with the rendering of them, particularly the blonde girl. I spent several hours rendering and re rendering her to get her hair, at the very least, looking half decent but I failed terribly. I gave up in the end. In an ideal world, I would quite happily film/record “real humans” to suit the scenes using green screens, lighting etc and keying them out .I have lighting, screens, cameras, all at home…but the amount of time, effort and energy involved week after week would make it impossible to achieve so I resort to Fuse and/or Poser with the hope that they can be viewed as an entire scene rather than individual 3D rendered characters. I would be interested to hear what you thought of the title..which I made, from scratch, in another 3D application. _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 12/07/17 1:35:22 PM |
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Frank
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