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Posted on 11/04/06 10:29:06 AM |
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Glen
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
Marty, B2R said it, they're supposed to be a cutout. Steve 'guested' on their show a couple of weeks back - talking about plug-ins (not). they do a early evening chat/competition/review show on television where most of the guests are plugging something or other. Mind you, you inadvertantly got it close when you said they needed making 3 dimensional, as far as I've seen, you would be giving them an extra two dimesions ! (they're a bit of a cheesey couple really but I suppose they must appeal to certain people) as for the books on the right, well, you just can't get decent book stackers these days! (I'm not at all happy with the angles of the top books or the perspective of the inside of the paybooth but ..... hey, it was getting late and I had a bad case of 'senders click' at the time !) _________________ minds are like parachutes - they only work when they are open |
Posted on 11/04/06 11:41:36 AM |
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Lexus
Persistent Pixellator Posts: 623 Reply  |
Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
I didn't mean Hoover by the name, I just call vacuum cleaners, hoovers...... _________________ 3TV Visit http://www.3television.co.uk and watch. You will love it! |
Posted on 11/04/06 3:03:31 PM |
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mguyer
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
Glen, I know just how you feel. Sometimes one feels"this is all the time I am giving this". |
Posted on 12/04/06 10:12:16 PM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply  |
Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
In my opinion this lecture tour got a little out of hand and turned into a LAN party. What you see on the screen(s) is the final Counterstrike battle.  _________________ It must be a clipping mask, I never could get the hang of clipping masks |
Posted on 12/04/06 10:17:26 PM |
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tank172
ThreeDee Thriller Posts: 692 Reply  |
Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
Haha! What a great job Whaler. I especially like the Black-light effect throughout the composition. |
Posted on 13/04/06 00:28:23 AM |
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Lexus
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
whaler i take it you go to lan partys? i have them at a mates garage playing enemy territory  _________________ 3 Radio Visit http://www.3-radio.co.uk and listen! You will love it! |
Posted on 13/04/06 01:41:17 AM |
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Steve Mac
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
 _________________ Steve Mac |
Posted on 13/04/06 02:35:13 AM |
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raffy
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
The Queen makes a visit to an ad agency,and gets a surprise... _________________ Dogs have masters;Cats have staff. |
Posted on 13/04/06 02:40:48 AM |
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raffy
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
Well,for some reason my entry didn't show up,so I'll try again (not that it's worth waiting for...)  _________________ Dogs have masters;Cats have staff. |
Posted on 13/04/06 4:49:18 PM |
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Lexus
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
wow! the queen sure has got her stilts on today!  _________________ 3TV Visit http://www.3television.co.uk and watch. You will love it! |
Posted on 13/04/06 5:47:55 PM |
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raffy
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
That's because she stands tall among the great people of the world-a Queen above all others! _________________ Dogs have masters;Cats have staff. |
Posted on 13/04/06 5:55:50 PM |
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trinityofone
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
The first one didn't show up because you used an apostrophe in the filename. *** -10 points and sit at the back of the class for 20 minutes! *** _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 13/04/06 6:01:54 PM |
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raffy
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
Oh,No!!!  (I thought that might be it-I apostrophise profusely.Thanks for helping!)  _________________ Dogs have masters;Cats have staff. |
Posted on 13/04/06 6:13:15 PM |
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DaltonX
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
It's amazing who turns up at these Photoshop seminar thingys... 
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Posted on 13/04/06 6:16:12 PM |
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DaltonX
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
Seeing as mine looked a little like a cartoon in real life.. I thought I'd go ahead and make it into a real cartoon ..Steve... you've been cartoonized!   
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Posted on 13/04/06 6:31:05 PM |
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pauline
Centenary Challenger Posts: 213 Reply  |
Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
Dalton those are great!!! As usual another entry to make me smile. _________________ Pauline |
Posted on 14/04/06 00:04:24 AM |
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wetdirt
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
not what I had hoped, for my introduction, but didn't have an opportunity to get back to it. 
-nicole  |
Posted on 14/04/06 00:41:50 AM |
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raffy
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
Those are super,Dalton!How did you cartoonize Steve and Co.? _________________ Dogs have masters;Cats have staff. |
Posted on 14/04/06 03:11:12 AM |
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Brian Garrison
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Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
It's been awhile since I've been around, but hello to my Photoshopping friends! I didn't really have the time to get this the way I wanted it, but it'll do. Looks like some of the other Photoshop instructors are jealous of the competition...  |
Posted on 14/04/06 09:31:52 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6935 Reply  |
Re: Contest 91: The lecture tour
It's surprising how much interest an empty room can generate. Kind of a blank canvas, with perspective lines. So much creativity this week! Lexus got in first, with a deceptively simple piece of work. Excellent lighting effects really make this one come to life, especially the shadow of the woman on the screen, which is a very well judged touch. Offsetting the projection on her back works well, although I'd have curved it slightly to follow the contours of her back; otherwise, top job. And I really like the placement of Henry in the second entry! I don't know how many Photoshop lectures Peter Edwards goes to, but they're nothing like mine! Seems to be a knees-up in an old folks' home, although both the camel and the Van Gogh baffle me slightly. Can't help feeling there's a hidden message in here somewhere, rather like those Renaissance paintings where everything's symbolic. Good door opening! A very neat job from mguyer - obviously, the British Museum has extra-thick doors for added security. Great lighting (I especially like the way that glass panel beside the door glows). You need to get yourself a new projector, though, the resolution on that one's awful. And while I appreciate the immediacy of having a physical piece sculpture in the room in your second entry, I'm note sure BM policy extends to chopping lumps off the Elgin Marbles for lecture purposes! A fantastic flight of imagination from mr.pbody, with a great fantasy enhanced by those swirling gloops of paint and ink. There's a real energy here, and it's great to see so many references to previous Challenges. Are you sure that student's really paying attention to what she's being shown, though? Stefan has done a really excellent piece: so much detail, and a perfectly altered expression. Having the two guys in the foreground out of focus really draws the attention back into the image. One sligh technical hitch: there's a piece of the desk in the background coming in front of me, where it looks rather out of place. And who is the guy coming in the door? Am I supposed to recognise him? A thoroughly convincing montage from vibeke, who has populated the lecture room with kids - each perfectly integrated into the environment, both in terms of scale and position. I like the way the boy at the whiteboard is painting the scene outside, and was especialy taken with the rippling glass effect. One minor detail: if the boy opening the door is casting such a strong shadow, shouldn't the door be casting an equal shadow? Some great added details in the second entry, especially the painting lying against the wall and the tipped paint pot. So this is what happens in lecture breaks - the students slip off to read Photoshop magazines or play games on their PCs. Or so BobbyJo would have us believe. Good to see an old Challenge up on the screen, but are you sure the Very Tall Woman is in the right scale for the room? I'd bring her down a foot or so, I think. As always, Tom has given us some beautiful textures - in particular, the combination of Texturizer and Plastic Wrap on the man in the foreground perfectly highlights the skull beneath the skin. Loads of stuff going on here, and a tremendous energy to it all. A slightly awkward composition, though: I'd bring the man further into the scene, and raise him up a little. As it stands, with the eye travelling left to right, I'd prefer him to be one of the highest points. Loads of detail in Pauline's entry, with added text on the board, bookcase, picture, flag and more. A very well opened door, as well, with a scene through it that's totally convincing. One or two technical issues here, though: the perspective of the picture follows the same lines as the bookcase below it, when the top of the wall above shows that it should be sloping down here. Think of the horizon line as matching the eyeline of the people in the scene (and that does mean, as well, that they should both be at closer to the same height). All the angles of horizontal planes would tend to this horizon. Essentially, this means that all horizontals above the eyeline should be tipping down, rather than up. Does this make sense? Also (and this is a really minor point) if the woman's shadow is cast by the projector, it shouldn't extend beyond the screen. Sorry, Pauline, this sounds like I'm just complaining - but this one is so, so close, I have to point out the tiny errors! Pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap, eh? That's Glen's message, and who can argue with that. Personally, of course, I'd never be so gauche as to mention one of my other books on this site. But since Glen's brought it up, I feel duty bound to point out that The US version of Dad Stuff will be published on 2nd May under the title Be the Coolest Dad on the Block. There, you forced it out of me. Oh, yes, nearly forgot. Great montage, Glen. Slight perspective problem with the Pay Here sign, though? A really ghostly scene from Born2Run - a great glow through the door, and a great figure of the grim reaper sneaking in. Seems the soap opera's playing to an empty house tonight, though! but I do like the treatment in the second entry - the way the image on the screen is slightly out of focus, the view from behind in the foreground, the torch illuminating the puppets, and the shading on the puppets - all really great work. Excellent! Now that's the way to do a lecture! Whaler has the solution - hook 'em all up and let them get fragging. Hmm... are you sure Adobe would be happy with this technique? I do hope Steve Mac isn't suggesting that wood work is in any way something to run from. It is a passion of mine, of course. Great positioning of all the elements here - the router and chisels (see, I know all the technical terms) on the workbench, the perfectly opened door (love the lock, a nice touch), the glass rippling on the figure outside, and the slightly dodgy projection on the screen. Great work! Levitation all round in raffy's entry - not just the Queen hovering outside the door, but a beefeater floating in front of the Tower of London. Not entirely sure of the sea anemone projected onto the window blind, but you seem to have made one glaring error this week, raffy - no cats! A truly wonderful, exceptionally entertaining treatment from DaltonX. Damn, this guy's good. I really can't find a single fault with this one - the angles, perspectives, positioning of all the figures are just perfect. And what a great piece it is to look at! Beautiful. And an exceptional cartoon version , too. Great job, Dalton. I'd never seen Photoshop as a potential weapon of mass destruction, but then I've never been in the situation room with George Dubya. A fun-packed political piece from wetdirt, with loads of great detail - Iran for Dummies, the missile in the mouth, the bombs dropping on the map, and lots more. Welcome to the forum, Nicole - and thanks for such a great first entry! Aha! So that's where Russel Brown gets his ideas from! A superb gag from Brian Garrison, with great body language throughout. Curiously, that's almost exactly what I wore on the day, too. Great to see you back here, Brian - been far too long. A really great entry! Wonderful work all round this week . Really enjoyed it! |
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