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Posted on 01/08/19 7:54:08 PM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

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That kid needs to go see a knee doctor ... quick

What's wrong with his knees?

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Posted on 01/08/19 7:55:08 PM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

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A Stormy Night at the Workshop starring Vincent Price as the Witchfinder General, and George Sanders as Plantin.

I really like this. BTW where did you find the figure?

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Posted on 01/08/19 8:58:11 PM

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Michael, your patience to work with such intricate detail in Girl with a Bread Roll is amazing... excellent!

Posted on 01/08/19 8:58:54 PM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

srawland wrote:

GKB wrote:

That kid needs to go see a knee doctor ... quick

What's wrong with his knees?

Posted on 01/08/19 9:05:37 PM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

srawland wrote:

lwc wrote:
A Stormy Night at the Workshop starring Vincent Price as the Witchfinder General, and George Sanders as Plantin.

I really like this. BTW where did you find the figure?

Thank you very much Sara...

The character was a result of a Google search for '17th century clothing (or costumes)' I can't remember which. I liked it because it was full length and the position of his hand... I knew right away I could have him holding something I just wasn't sure what.

Posted on 01/08/19 9:12:21 PM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

Thanks Gordon, David and Sara for the links. I found spoongraphics gallery examples were wonderful and the most realistic of the three links; however, after downloading the requisite files and putting them into the requisite Photoshop folders, I could not get the bloody thing to work--talk about the "Black Arts". It would be nice if somebody could write one of those tutorials "Engravings from photos in two minutes"

I've been most impressed by the entries this week: well done everybody.

Posted on 01/08/19 11:45:17 PM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

Did you mean something like this? I used the original image. Note it still has the radiator and the railing.

Easy-Peesy!

1. Duplicate the background layer and call it B&W
2. Image>Adjustements>Black & White
3. Choose a preset or fiddle with the sliders until you get the image you like. Click OK
4. Duplicate the layer and call it Sepia
5. Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation click the colorize box and move the sliders until you get a nice, sepia-toned image. Click OK.
6. Duplicate layer and call it Color Burn. Change the layer blending mode to Color Burn.
7. Click Filter>Other>High Pass and Drag the radius slider to the left until you can just see the image outlines in the dialog box. Click OK
8. Click Image>Adjustments>Threshold. Click and drag the Threshold level slider to between 123 and 128 to make the outlines of the woodcut. Click OK.
9. Right Click on the Sepia layer and click on convert to Smart Object. Click Filter>Blur Gaussian blur and add a small amount of blur ( I added 1.6 px)
10. Click on the Color Burn layer, Convert it to a Smart Object and add Gaussian blur as in step 9. (I used .3 px on this layer)
11. Go back to the Sepia Layer and add a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer moving the sliders until you get the image you like.
12. (Optional) Adjust the opacity setting on both the Color Burn and the Sepia Layers until you get the image you want.
13. (Optional) Adjust the sliders for the Gaussian blur filters for either or both of the Sepia and Color Burn layers until you finally get the image you want.

Voila! Woodcut engraving. I'm sure it would look even better if I fiddled with the opacity and the blur a little more.

Steve: Please note this is not a submission but just an example to show Michael Sinclair that you can achieve a passable woodcut engraved look without spending any money on a plugin.

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Posted on 02/08/19 05:16:59 AM

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Posted on 02/08/19 06:54:12 AM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

Thank you Sara and Loyd.
My aim, as always, is to create something which holds your attention.

Posted on 02/08/19 08:00:42 AM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

First to enter DavidMac’s challenge was, er, DavidMac, with a totally unprepared declaration of delayed entry. Very neatly done, with a new easel - and a fine choice of font, even if some characters are hard to decipher (‘workers’ took some working out). An interesting second entry, in semi-darkness; shouldn’t the monk be casting a huge shadow on the wall?

A nicely tinted entry from lwc, with a fine view through the windows; the ‘painted’ version is an interesting technique - perhaps go the full way and add a canvas texture? I agree, though, that the radiator should have gone. I like the added apprentice (and the removed radiator) in the second entry. I like the flickering candlelight in the third entry - as well as the guest appearance from Vincent Price, of course.

An interesting engraving style from Eva Roth, complete with Latin motto. Very fine typography here. Engravings, though, would rarely use straight lines - and certainly not horizontal. It’s a tricky one to get right.

A brand new printing press from GKB, lovingly hand built in solid Cinema4D. And it works beautifully in the animated version - even if your printer himself is on roller skates. What’s the E for in HTCIPE?

An outside view from tooquilos, looking through grimy windows. Interesting choice of font as the intro for the animated version; did you consider using Plantin? And while we’re talking about typography - don’t use an apostrophe in a font that doesn’t have one! I really like the rotating handle, and the steaming pizza; that mixing bowl is subtly animated. And the grease stains in the pizza box at the end are terrific. Not sure why the Open sign is painted in reverse on the back.

I hugely enjoyed Ben Mills’ comical entry, although it beats me where you got the idea of Princess Leia marrying Hulk. Love the ruffs, especially the one on R2D2. Most entertaining.

It seems srawland has come over all Terry Gilliam - and no bad thing, too, in this really funny dance animation. As ever, the soundtrack is a great addition. Love those spinning legs! And the moving eyes, in both Plantin and the apprentice, work really well.

An outstanding rebuild from Mariner, with lovingly remodelled walls and windows. The sparkled up (and straightened up) copper jars are now beautifully aligned, and the rolls of paper fit perfectly. The Girl with the Bread Roll adds a Vermeer of respectability.

They’re all hard at work in Frank's entry, the first to really show the printing press in action: terrific lighting, and very well placed printers. That table in the foreground adds a lot of authenticity, but personally I’d have missed out the iPad on it.

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Splendid week. Thanks, David, for the original photo.

Posted on 02/08/19 09:49:53 AM

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Thanks Steve...

Posted on 02/08/19 09:54:53 AM

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Steve wrote
... adds a Vermeer of respectability.

Haha! Thanks Steve.

Posted on 02/08/19 10:13:38 AM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

Steve Caplin wrote:
...... shouldn’t the monk be casting a huge shadow on the wall?

Umm ..... er ....... yes .......

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Posted on 02/08/19 2:33:45 PM

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Re: Challenge 766: Plantin's workshop

Sara, thanks for your efforts, but I'm looking for more of a cross-hatch wavy line effect; that said however, I managed to get more of an "engraved effect" when I used shadows and highlights a couple of times, and then Levels which I think is a further improvement. Anyway, thanks very much for your input Sara