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Posted on 19/01/18 11:05:55 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Thank you - it wasn't the most convincing water was it  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 19/01/18 11:36:19 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Wooden in the sense of static. |
Posted on 19/01/18 1:05:02 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 566 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Hi Steve, This is the before and after of the picture on the wall of last week’s Friday Challenge. After doing a bit of online research I found that it is a devise for whipping and churning liquids so presumably for making cheese etc. Patented date June 15th 1886 by Joseph Baker & Sons of London. I won’t be seeking a Patent for my re-incarnation. http://www.bphs.net/GroupFacilities/J/JosephBakerAndSons/index.htm#1 
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Posted on 19/01/18 1:41:50 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Thanks Steve. Now there is a thought: "robot". Maybe you watched TV series Humans. I haven't. Probably should have, but have my own ideas. So maybe this became a subconscious manifestation of this. I prefer that. Fits into the surrealness. She was human. Cosplay character. The pheasants and grass are from the freshly mowed hay field behind were I live and walk these days. I like fish. Blimey had to use PS Perspective Warp on that tank. Funny how can forget to take advantage of such features/tools, but it was still in my head, Steve's excellent tutorials probably drilled that in. I don't have much of a problem with the result (alarm bells with refraction and reflections), though took three attempts, knocking the dust off of using it. |
Posted on 19/01/18 2:23:01 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Um, I did mention you in the credits. That might have given him a hint. _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 19/01/18 2:26:52 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Thank you Sara 
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Posted on 19/01/18 2:44:40 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Thank you, Steve. To make the Fuse character open and close it's mouth I had to first make 27 screenshots of that character while it was still in Fuse. One of the modifications to the face is to have the mouth open to various degrees. Then I created a frame animation which I then rendered to use as a clip. Unfortunately, the frame rate cannot be made to exactly match the rate of the resulting clip so there's guesswork involved as to how long the resulting clip is going to be. Also, my computer is slow and won't show me how a sound clip matched up with a video clip in real time. The video always lags. and the sound clip exists as a bar so there is no way to tell where the sounds actually start. It's also a guess based on listening over and over again. I can't be sure how it will turn out once it's rendered. _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 19/01/18 3:07:14 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3229 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Thanks Steve - Another glaring detail error, I have a condensed sans bold, I simply failed to use it. I think that I was too focused on coming up with text for the newspaper articles. Trivia: The two detectives used in the newspaper text were references to a couple of famous actors from the 1930s, '40s and '50s. Archie Leach being Cary Grant's real name. Mahatma Kane Jeeves was the name used by W.C. Fields in the credits for the screenwriter for his movie "The Bank Dick". (as in "my hat, my cane, Jeeves") The only Belgian detectives I can think of belong to Agatha Christie. The banner you're using this week includes a photograph of the first 35mm camera that I owned, a brand new 1956 Kodak Signet 40. An interesting fact is that the Signet 40's lens contains thorium oxide, and is in fact radioactive.  
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Posted on 19/01/18 4:34:47 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 920 Reply |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Thanks Steve. Thin coffin...lol....currency in S.A. is suffering therefor everybody is slim....ha,ha. Don't want to pay for wood that won't be needed. Interesting work everyone. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 19/01/18 5:23:25 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
I recognised Archie Leach, but W C Fields' pseudonym is a new one on me. Apart from Hercule Poirot, the other two Belgian detectives are, of course, Thompson and Thomson from Tintin. |
Posted on 19/01/18 5:36:21 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Well no actually. They are Dupond and Dupond. Thomson and Thomson are an English invention. As are Snowy and Professor Calculus who in the originals are Milou and Professeur Tournesol. Now you can really impress your friends with your trivia knowledge ............ _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 20/01/18 7:57:22 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Dupond and Dupond? No spelling difference? Interesting. And why name the professor after a sunflower? That makes no sense! At least Hergé came up with Captain Haddock. |
Posted on 20/01/18 9:54:25 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
My french is not good enough to know if sunflower has some association with absent mindedness, excessive intellect or simply being on another plane ......... it does seem an odd choice.
Which equally makes no sense ....... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/01/18 10:42:03 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 688: The hotel hallway
Orthogonal: I just remember the fields of sunflowers while cycling through France as they track the sun during the day. They are grown to produce sunflower oil from their seeds. They just look happy and induce happiness in me, especially after miles of cycle-touring I know they are near a village where we have a café stop. 
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