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Posted on 18/06/26 11:34:30 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4179 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Thanks Anna. I got the idea from ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’; a great, fun film, well worth watching if you have an ironic sense of humour. _________________  |
Posted on 18/06/26 1:04:04 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6267 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
I can't help wondering if this might be a case of leave well alone Vibeke. I really prefer the first. I am presuming that what you were trying principally to change was the reflections. Although they were intrusive they were quite natural. Now they have become a kind of unsightly scratching. On the supposition that this is what you were trying to do, I had a go myself, using your first image, and it’s damn near impossible! Remove Reflections in Camera Raw doesn’t touch them and the various PS remove tools do a pretty poor job. Trying to select them for treatment with a pipette in Colour Mask or HSL doesn’t work either. I think the only solution along these lines is to paint them out one by one with the Spot removal brush, but that is seriously tedious and needs a lot of touching up afterwards. I think the best, and quite possibly simplest, solution would be to remove the window entirely and build your own interior and car from scratch and then add clean reflections to create the new window. Of course I may be completely misjudging your intentions and barking up the wrong tree. Obviously this all revolves around whether we are looking at a magical giant box or a more pragmatic box shaped building. I found the fact that it was a giant box and not a box shaped building was what gave the first version its charm. A kind of Alice in wonderland ‘Drink me’ effect in reverse. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 18/06/26 10:20:05 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1882 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Thanks all - nice entries everybody with some innovative presentations. Good to see your Gifs back again Loyd. |
Posted on 18/06/26 10:20:06 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1882 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Thanks all - nice entries everybody with some innovative presentations. Good to see your Gifs back again Loyd. |
Posted on 18/06/26 11:40:52 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2207 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Thank you David, you were right in your assumptions. I'm still not sure which one I prefer. What I thought would be easy turned out to be really hard., As so often happens.  _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 19/06/26 07:53:08 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7180 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
First to polish the Batmobile this week was Mariner, with an astonishing feat of detailed reconstruction. I’m hugely impressed by what you’ve achieved here. I find Robin’s Peaky Blinders haircut a little disturbing, but I suppose that’s how he was painted in the 1960s. Beautiful work. I like lwc's box shot, although the perspectives of the box and the car are at odds with each other – and the back of the car is crashing through the box. Small error: by flipping the car you’ve put Robin in the driving seat. Batman would never allow that. The hand entry is nicely done, although there’s a slight tonal mismatch between the two. It’s always slightly disconcerting to see myself in one of the images, but that’s a very cute animation. That hand holding the Batmobile from below looks uncomfortable, though. I like the speeding car entry, made all the better by the dust trailing behind it. And the Bat speedboat is glorious – your own design? I like the Bat Tower, with its hovering Batcopter. That’s some very powerful perspective distortion on the building, though; is it at odds with the scene below it? So good to have your animations functioning again, we’d all missed them. A splendid Batmobile from dwindt, I like the fact that Batman is standing next to it. Although… that’s a much more muscular Batman than the version usually seen in the 1960s. Many thanks though for introducing me to Sketchfab – the ability to view images full screen is great, and I’d never have figured out that you can move the lighting around with the Option key. Top stuff! The Flash entry is beautifully done, with the Joker holding the rope at the back. I like how you’ve switched on all the lights. Of course, Joker is in for a shock when that rear burner kicks in. I enjoyed DavidMac's wistful version of me – in my studio! Although I seem to have bulked up a little. Very nicely done, but perhaps move the eye position so they’re looking at the car rather than the desk lamp. That’s a cute way of storing screwdrivers. Thanks for sharing the video of the man who makes Batmobiles. What a thing to specialise in. I’m not convinced that Adam West should be the new James Bond, although it is good to see Oddjob again (and thanks for the biographical details). Reminds me of a cartoon I once saw, Goldfinger dripping wet wrapped in a towel opening the door to Bond in his tuxedo, and saying “Ah, Mr Bond… I wasn’t expecting you.” A tremendous car-smashing image from Frank, in a perfect setting. There’s a real sadness to Batman’s pose, I’m not sure how you achieved that. Your work just gets better and better. The Playmobil Batman and Joker from GKB work well next to the car – how did you find them from the correct angle? I like how you’ve replaced the original Robin with a Playmobil version. The Joker does appear to be hovering in space, though. And I like the way you’ve only repainted half the car. The tabletop display is very cute, but why doesn’t the Batmobile itself have a reflection? Only the wheels? It should surely Multiply on the highly reflective surface. And maybe cast a shadow. A tribute to Only Fools and Horses from Ant Snell, with the Batmobile parked next to the Trotter three-wheeler – and both Del Boy and Rodney in full cosplay gear. (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, Google will fill you in.) It really is very dark! But from what I could make out, it appears everything is in place. A boxed original from Vibeke, with a full-size car on the street. A beautifully made box, and you do have to love that Plastic Wrap cellophane! The reflections really work well. Splendid. I don’t think the second version is an improvement; the cellophane loooks rather scratched here, which is at odds with the pristine nature of the box. The car does fit rather better, though. Detailed repainting from Ben Boardman, with a close-up light and very fine paintbrush. An interesting way of holding the car; I suppose it avoids fingers sticking to the new paintwork. Great attention to detail, there’s even a reflection of the lamp. A terrific crash scene from tooquilosbeautifully composed and blended. I can’t find a single fault with this image. The animated version has a lot of interest, particularly the very graphic speeding intro sequence. I love the smashing glass roof and the explosion! Glorious. |
Posted on 19/06/26 08:15:11 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3350 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Thanks Steve. Sorry I could do no more. |
Posted on 19/06/26 11:16:37 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6267 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Where else? It was still buried deep in my phone archive.
Yes. My first thought too. But when I played around I found that looking at nothing in particular seemed to emphasise the idea of day dream and the wistful look.
My first thought was him crushing the model in his hand (remember the golf ball?) but it was too small to really communicate the idea properly.
Ha ha ha. How many Bond movies used the "expecting you" catch phrase I wonder? More than a few ....... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 19/06/26 12:21:53 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3565 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Ha, it’s a British made Batmobile, Batman is still in the driver's seat. 
I simply modified a Batboat found in an internet image search and added Batgirl. I didn’t change the perspective of the Bat Tower image as found, only cropped it to a square format. (Giphy seems to work best with a square format.) 
Thanks Steve! P.S. I had completely forgotten about that old banner, nice to see it again. |
Posted on 19/06/26 8:52:10 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1882 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Thanks Steve, I used the Rotate Object on the car - great tool. |
Posted on 20/06/26 01:58:56 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2989 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Thank you so much, Steve. _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
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