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Posted on 29/06/18 12:44:37 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply  |
Serenity now...
Coincidentally I was fooling with pictures within a picture and this weeks 'cooling off' challenge seemed to fit... 
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Posted on 29/06/18 3:04:33 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5526 Reply  |
Re: Serenity now...
The fun thing is that this is an idea where you can repeat the picture in picture infinitely ....... When I was a child I had book that had on it's cover a picture of the book that had on its cover a picture of the book that had on its cover ............. and so forth. I never tired of looking at it. i could imagine myself, like Alice, disappearing into it cover by cover ....... But I'm damned if I am going to try it animated in Photoshop. I'll leave that to the movie software's ........   _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 29/06/18 4:05:14 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
You could also make yourself crazy... 
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Posted on 29/06/18 5:20:22 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5526 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
Distinct possibility ........ _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 30/06/18 05:29:06 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2884 Reply  |
Re: Serenity now...
lovely Loyd! Like a dream within a dream!! _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 01/07/18 12:35:24 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
Thanks Anna... your "dream within a dream" comment reminded me of being given ether as an anesthetic many years ago. I still remember the spinning hallucinations.  |
Posted on 01/07/18 12:44:16 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1848 Reply  |
Re: Serenity now...
Loyd the first video is fantastic, and I downloaded it to find a 75-frame gif. How did you create that effect please? |
Posted on 01/07/18 3:19:43 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
It's all in the software Michael... It's no secret, as I've mentioned before, it was basically made with DP Animation Maker here and my standby gif animation editor. One needs the ability to crop and modify the finished DPAM animation to complete the more complex effects. 
I used two images for this animation, the tropical beach and the hand with tablet. Animated the base image with DPAM, then cropped the image for the tablet in my gif editor. Put the cropped image into the hand and tablet and then copied and pasted it back into the original base ani... and that's it... finis. I only use the trial version of DPAM, download it and give it a try. Their website has a number of sample projects that you can save and learn the basics of the software. Sorry, I am a very poor teacher, but if you have additional questions I would be glad to try and answer them. Cheers! |
Posted on 02/07/18 01:05:07 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
Another attempt at a somewhat serene setting...  |
Posted on 03/07/18 1:43:22 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
My golf match was cancelled this morning at the last minute... totally bored, so I messed around and came up with this partially serene effort: 
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Posted on 06/07/18 08:28:00 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6987 Reply  |
Re: Serenity now...
Splendid animations! Just checked out Animation Maker. Looks fantastic. Wish they did a Mac version! |
Posted on 09/07/18 12:18:37 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
Thanks Steve. Too bad about no Mac version, I think you would have enjoyed using all the controls, sliders and such. 
I used one frame of your superb Christmas banner for 2017 in the screenshot showing a few of the controls of Animation Maker. I've studied your banner and simply cannot achieve the smoothness and wonderful timing. 500 frames even... amazing!
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Posted on 09/07/18 2:02:21 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5526 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
Have you never tried a virtual Windows Steve? I do it under VMWare Fusion quite successfully. If you you do it using boot camp then it's a pain to change systems but it will run even quicker. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/07/18 8:56:02 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1848 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
Superb work as usual Loyd, but What's a Mac? |
Posted on 11/07/18 01:53:47 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
Seen here on board Intergalactic Shuttle #322 as it arrives in New London, and not pleased with being responsible for it's delivery to the New London Antiquities Museum. HAL 122.03300.004, wonders how his ancient cousin MAC could possibly have been of any real value in 1984, 317 years ago... 
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Posted on 11/07/18 09:06:07 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Serenity now...
Charming! I really like that. |
Posted on 11/07/18 11:00:49 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5526 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
 _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 14/07/18 12:11:20 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3092 Reply |
Re: Serenity now...
Thanks, it was fun to make. |