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Posted on 11/10/06 1:18:26 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3744 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Glad to be of help guys. Toby I agree with Wayne - excellent text. |
Posted on 11/10/06 4:16:43 PM |
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2bfree
Twilight Trickster Posts: 81 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Here is one just for fun. 
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Posted on 11/10/06 4:29:12 PM |
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meguyer
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Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
can you tell me where to buy the stuff in quantity so I can promote it my office? GREAT JOB WITH TEXT !!! |
Posted on 11/10/06 9:00:52 PM |
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Wayne
Printer’s Devil Posts: 312 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
The kids have lost the top again! I tried to put toothpaste smears around the thread and on the top of the tube, but found it very tricky.  |
Posted on 11/10/06 10:51:20 PM |
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Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
I'm sure Wayne cheated! He bought a tube and put it in his cup! This is VERY realistic! Great great job! The postings this week are awesome! Well done gang! Now if I could just find time...  _________________ |
Posted on 12/10/06 06:32:38 AM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
I realize the toothpaste is striped but it was hard enough to make that blue blob. 
Larger version 155kb here. 
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Posted on 12/10/06 10:25:23 AM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Tom, What an elegant blob of toothpaste  . I have only just worked out a simple way to simulate toothpaste and that is to paint three stripes with a hard fat brush and apply the plastic wrap filter, though there is probably a better way than this. It looks as if you have used this filter very effectively on your convincing water splashes and possibly your glass backing.
Looks good. Like your well squeezed tube too. Sophie |
Posted on 12/10/06 10:51:40 AM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Revised.  |
Posted on 12/10/06 7:44:07 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Toby / 2bfree. Gentlemen, your demonstration of text changing is excellent, but leaves me intrigued to know how the existing text was removed without altering other features. I wear my ignorance on my sleeve. |
Posted on 12/10/06 8:56:26 PM |
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Wayne
Printer’s Devil Posts: 312 Reply |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Thanks Pierre. But you're right, I did cheat: After merging a new top on the tube, I was stumped for a good background. I found this image on google, swopped the Colgate for the Aquafresh, did a bit of cloning, added a layer mask and some highlights. The shadows were already in place and just needed tweaking. I finished by toning down the white of the tube with Variations. I probably spent more time on Google than in Photoshop! You're right, some great images this week, some excellent efforts at creating toothpaste!  |
Posted on 13/10/06 00:01:46 AM |
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2bfree
Twilight Trickster Posts: 81 Reply |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
James, I created another layer and painted over the places that had something I needed to remove, adjusted the opacity and then added noise to that layer. I then placed my text in other layers over that, then I used liquify on the text layers to form the shape of the text to the tube body. |
Posted on 13/10/06 02:17:30 AM |
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Dek_101
Apocalyptic Artisan Posts: 175 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
 ... wasn't gonna post this as it's not really finished but I guess one of the ideas behind the Friday challenge IS working to a time constraint and showing what you can do i the time you have available.
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Posted on 13/10/06 08:45:00 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6846 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
A tricky Challenge this week - but with many excellent solutions. I think this one really tested your skills! First into the bathroom was meguyer, with a neat montage that placed our new tube onto an existing photograph. A neat fit, even if the tube does appear to be a little horizontally challenged! No squeezing, though? What's making the toothpaste come out? The added colouring in the second entry is a nice touch, with a subtle improvement in the third. An excellent entry from Ben Mills, with a beautifully curled-up tube and a burst of striped paste coming out of the end. A great new cap, too, but the best thing about this has to be the reflection in the side of the tap - fantastic! What an eye for detail! Amazing entry from vibeke, with a child's hand that looks exactly like she's holding the tube. Good, subtle distortions, too - and an intriguing stream of paste coming out. Now if it had been me, I'd have been tempted to add a little Plastic Wrap on there... Not just a great gag, but a beautiful piece of work from Eggbox. The false teeth in the glass, the paste, the squeezed tube, the shadows - great work, Ted! Ah, it's one of those skeletons again… Good to see David Urquhart's been making good use of the CD. And who'd have better need of a tube of toothpaste than Mr Bony? Something odd going on with your taps, though, David - they seem to be blending into the wall! Like the Pop Art second entry! Excellent squeezing from dave.cox, with a particularly well drawn end to the tube and a neat curl of paste - copied from the tube itself, and why not. The row of three works really well, especially given the different lighting treatment on the distant tube. Good detail! Michael Sinclair seems to prefer a different toothcare product - eeurgh. Still, at least his feet will smell cool and minty. Nice work! Very good tube squeezing in the second entry , and the multiple shadows - from a variety of bathroom lights - work very well. But, Michael, since you specifically asked me to point out mistakes... (1) the shadow shouldn't be bigger than the tube, unless the light is only a few inches away from it; (2) the cap is at a slightly awkward angle: if it's resting in the basin, it should be pointing more downhill than that; (3) The index finger should, I think, be wrapping over the top of the tube, so it was being squeezed by the second knuckle; (4) your toothpaste seems to be mixed with Viagra! Always one for attempting the impossible, james has given us a view from - where, exactly? Inside a mouth? Not sure how the ghosting effect is working here. You may be trying to get that girl to brush her teeth, James, but she should really do something with her hair first. A good tube and reflection in the second entry - but what a low res starting image! A self-confessed difficult job from 2bfree - but what an excellent job this is. The automatic toothpaste squeezer has left convincing ridges on the tube - that must have been hard to achieve. And a great squirt of paste, too. hard work, for sure, but worth the effort! And the new text in the second entry is a great fit. One tip here: when adding a white stroke to the lettering, don't use pure white - choose a 'white' from the brightest part of the tube, for a better blend. Most entertaining work from Deborah Morley, with a beautifully foaming tooth-cleaner. Great bubbles! And I like the pink paste dripping out of the tube, and especially the way the paste on the tube itself has been recoloured. Very classy work. So is that you, then? Should we crop it for your avatar? I don't know how a parrot can perch on porcelain without slipping, but Sophie's seems to manage it well. A good tube, with a great smear of paste - but a perspective problem, of course, with the view. We're looking down on the basin, but up at the building: the lines of perspective in the two images are going in opposite directions. Changing the view so we're looking down on the balcony takes a lot of effort, of course. but we can fool a a casual glance simply by changing the angles of those railings: 
At present, the railings clearly point in a different direction to the window frame (left). By simply distorting the view so that the railings point in the same direction, we make the view much easier on the eye (right). Some very accomplished work from GKB: a beautiful thread end to the tube, toothpaste with a sense of gravity, and an expertly folded tube. The reflection in the glass shelf is a real bonus, too - except, of course, it should be rather darker than that, assuming you don't have underfloor lighting in your bathroom. The newly inaugurated Paste of the Week award has to go to Neal, whose excellent entry gives us a set of marching ants, truly gooey toothpaste and a well-squeezed tube. Great gag! A great tube end and some well realised paste from Toby: yes, a tiled floor would have been good, but tricky! As it is, choosing a wood surface - with no reflections - makes the job much easier for you. Great shadow, which recognises the 3D shape of the tube extremely well. Of course, the real work here went into changing the text on the tube: expertly done, a near perfect match for the original. A fine, subtle job from Wayne, with delicate tube squeezing and a neatly realised caking of paste around the end. But - seven toothbrushes, all sharing one tube? Just as well we've given you a second one! Gorgeous squeezing, a beautiful blob of paste and acracking rippled reflection from Tom this week: the drips and misting on the rippled glass are stunning. Love the water on the surface, too - good old plastic wrap! A classy angle from Dek_101: the slight refraction caused by the glass works well here. Small problem, though: we can see the reflection of the tiles through the reflection of the tube. No! It should be concealing it! Most interesting to see the different methods you all use to squeeze toothpaste tubes. Next week, we'll be doing used toilet paper to see if you fold or scrunch. (Only kidding!) |
Posted on 13/10/06 09:30:47 AM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Thanks for the comments Steve, yes it is me but I prefer my avatar to be through rose tinted glasses rather than pink bubbles! Will do one some time. Lovely work Tom. |
Posted on 13/10/06 1:50:16 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Thank you very much for illustrating the perspective problem and fix. And I love reading through everyone's feedback. Very instructive and entertaining. Now onto the shades and shadows. 
Sophie |
Posted on 13/10/06 5:39:59 PM |
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2bfree
Twilight Trickster Posts: 81 Reply |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Steve, Thanks for the comments, and for the tip about stroke color selection, as you can tell the idea totaly escaped me. I tried other methods but none satisfied my goal...note to self... think, think, think... I am learning much from your book and many, many things from the ever helpful members of this forum. Thanks, Joe |
Posted on 13/10/06 10:10:31 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2152 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Thanks Steve, In a way I cheated, my grand daughter was holdng a tube of toothepaste, so I rushed for the camera, and then pulled and squashed Steve's tube to fit. |
Posted on 14/10/06 10:32:58 AM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply  |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Vibeke, its OK to confess you cheated but isn't that the purpose of this forum?  |
Posted on 14/10/06 2:07:44 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
2bfree. Thank you for the information, your responce is heartening. I can see this will take little practice. |
Posted on 14/10/06 6:40:10 PM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply |
Re: Contest 117: Squeeze the tube
Thanks for looking Steve. To be clear, my drips were made with a layer style. For those interested; Paint a hard brush stroke on a blank layer. Apply a layer style. Then continue painting. |
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