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Posted on 31/01/11 9:37:22 PM |
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Luis
Six-String Synthesist Posts: 236 Reply  |
Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
I just finished creating the desk drawer. I added some stuff I created. The only thing I'm not sure of is the scale of some of the objects. I hope you like it. Luis 
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Posted on 01/02/11 07:05:55 AM |
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Emil
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Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Brilliant Luis, especially the watch, amazing. The watch still hold my attention. You know, I had really big problem with the watch at this chapter. Appearance of the gold metal was the hardest. It looks that you had not any problem with it. It is my opinion: if the watch are sitting on rubber and battery should not be there a shadow in more distance on bottom? (I hope you understand me). You right, some scales should be changed. I would change the scale of transparency frame (hope it is right word) and clamps, they look small to me if I compared them to I-pod and the watch. Anyway it is really great piece of work. Emil _________________ The most beatiful thing we can experience is mysterious. It is the source of all true art and sience. - Albert Einstein |
Posted on 01/02/11 11:02:11 AM |
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joeysala
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Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Woweee Luis - I'm impressed!! I agree w/Emil - the watch is supreme. Sure makes mine look like _____! How'd you get that wonderful metal effect? Um-mmm sooo good! I particularly like the bit of reflected color the battery and blue pencil cast on the watch. It's that kind of detail that makes the difference between good and great - IMHO. Can't wait to see more................Joey |
Posted on 01/02/11 1:42:58 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Great work Luis! I like it a lot. I might have some minor comments/ questions, maybe similar to Emil, but from me not really justified within the overall context, quality and agree with Joey! I like the kneadable eraser and pencils  Very pedantic point on the watch, which is really great, the hour hand moves in proportion to the minute hand so should it not be rotated a little clockwise/anticlockwise more? Well I am looking 
Looking forward to more as well, thanks for sharing, Trevor |
Posted on 01/02/11 3:13:59 PM |
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Luis
Six-String Synthesist Posts: 236 Reply |
Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Thanks for the comments, Emil, Joey, Trevor. Emil, your right about the size of the paperclip and 35mm slides. I always have problems with sizes of different objects together. I think I made the pencils a little to big. Trevor, interesting points about the watch hands. never thought about that.
Joey, The watch body started out looking nothing like the pictures in the book. All of it was trying different settings to the layer styles. The main watch body layer has 3 layer styles added to it. To make it look like shiny metal, I used different Contour settings for each styles. Fig 1-3 Fig 1: Inner shadow: Contour: RIng Fig 2: Bevel and Emboss: Gloss Contour: Cone Asymetrical Contour: Valley - Low Fig 3: Satin: Contour: Ring - Triple Fig 4: After adding additional parts to the watch body, Then it was time to add the Curves and Hue/Saturation. This would give it a more metalic look. I changed the blend modes of these layers to get different result until I found the one I like. Fig 5: To give that round look, I created a 50% gray circle with the blend mode set at Hard Light with the center deleted. Then I added a Inner Shadow and Bevel & Emboss styles. 
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Posted on 01/02/11 6:29:34 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Fantastic work Luis. Thanks also for the steps for the clock brass effect. Just wondering if the pencils are too large. It was the first thing that struck me. |
Posted on 02/02/11 07:51:11 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Very convincing work, Luis - and I really like that shiny style you've developed for the watch. It's the colouring in the final step that really makes it look reflective. The desk drawer has some fantastic components in it, but you do need to watch the relative scales! The watch is huge compared to the slide and the iPod. Very small point about the watch hands: the hour hand (and Trevor's quite right about the angle) should be shorter than the minute hand, but not narrower. You've scaled the whole hand down in proportion: better to shrink it vertically only. |
Posted on 05/02/11 6:01:12 PM |
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Luis
Six-String Synthesist Posts: 236 Reply |
Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Here is my final project for the desk drawer. I fixed the scale of the objects I think and added some new things. I'm sure there are some mistakes in this picture, but I'm happy on how it turned out. 
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Posted on 07/02/11 01:30:27 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply |
Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Well dammm.....just when you thought it couldn't get any better!!! Genius. Joey |
Posted on 24/02/11 12:44:05 PM |
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Vince
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Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Hi folks. Im very much a newbie to PS and I need some help! When I make the pencil, I create the rectangle and elipse but if I merge layers to make them one object, I can't change the colour. How do I do this? Luis - your work is great. |
Posted on 24/02/11 5:06:06 PM |
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Luis
Six-String Synthesist Posts: 236 Reply |
Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
Hi Vince. Welcome to the forum. To change the color of the pencil as shown is step 3 in the book, you use the Hue/Saturation. There are several ways to do this. You can use the Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer and change the color of the pencil any time you want. If you are not sure about Adjustment Layers, take a look at Chapter 1: Essential Techniques page 7. Or If you hold down the Ctrl key and press U, this will bring up the Hue/Saturation window. Luis |
Posted on 25/02/11 08:47:38 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Chapter 4: The Desk Drawer
I think Vince's point is that once the pencil is merged with the end cap and eraser, attempting to change the hue changes the colour of the cap as well. There are several solutions. One is to make a selection of just the pencil, and use Hue/Saturation to change the colour. Or you could use the Replace Color dialog (image>adjustments): click on a colour in the picture and drag the sliders to change that range of colours, and add to the range selected by holding Shift to select further areas. There are several other methods, but these are probably the most straightforward. |