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Posted on 01/04/08 00:35:03 AM

mguyer
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Re: Contest 191: Shipwreck!

here is my contribution...mrs mguyer took the background picture at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

Posted on 01/04/08 03:38:44 AM

RichSchneider
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Re: Contest 191: Shipwreck!

An experiment with creating elements for use in a montage. I played with AutoCad, Illustrator & Photoshop to create the subs. It seems that this doesn't provide the level of detail a photo provides. With enough time I suppose it could work but who's got that kind of time.

Posted on 01/04/08 09:11:48 AM

astral
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Re: Contest 191: Shipwreck!

Thank you Nick, James and Josephine. I used to check the forum the first months of the last year but i ran out of time and i had to stop until now. There's alot of fun here for sure

Very nice pictures this week.
P.S. Josephine, i like both of yours avatars

Posted on 01/04/08 11:22:50 AM

Deborah Morley
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Posted on 01/04/08 1:22:24 PM

GKB
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Re: Contest 191: Shipwreck!

Sorry about second post but I was unhappy with the cork and the lack of a proper plaque.
Some really nice underwater scenes from everyone this week.

Posted on 01/04/08 7:55:26 PM

steve hill
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Re: Contest 191: Shipwreck!

long time no see

Posted on 02/04/08 03:27:50 AM

Steve Mac
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Re: Contest 191: Shipwreck!

Thanks Chris

Posted on 02/04/08 05:58:11 AM

Ellen
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Re: Contest 191: Shipwreck!

I came upon this sink and had to post another-

Posted on 02/04/08 08:59:54 AM

Mick Malkemus
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Love the bottle

GKB, I always love to see a photo redone when it can be improved. No apologies necessary I think.

Posted on 02/04/08 09:05:29 AM

chris berry
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Re: Contest 191: Shipwreck!

GKB wrote:
Sorry about second post but I was unhappy with the cork and the lack of a proper plaque.
Some really nice underwater scenes from everyone this week.

Gordon, how did you create that cork!?
Chris

Posted on 02/04/08 11:16:49 AM

GKB
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Re: Contest 191: Shipwreck!

Mick,
Thank you. Both items were shouting ‘fix me, fix me!’ so I just had to do it.

Chris,
In the true spirit of the HTCIP site……….I cheated! Don’t tell Steve!

The bottle, its base and the cork were all rendered in Cinema 4D. Cinema is a very nice, easy 3D programme to work with and I would recommend it to anyone thinking of going down the 3D route.

The cork was just a plain cylinder with rounded ends which had a cork texture overlaid on it. I used the identical image to create a ‘bump’ map to give it some texture. The image below is another render using another image superimposed on the cork image. It shows a bunch of grapes with our local ‘Ditchling Wine Society’ titles. At this magnification you can see that there is an issue about the ends of the cork but that didn’t matter at the size originally posted.

One of the nice things about using a 3D programme to create glass is that you can give it a refractive index and it will sort out all the reflections and refractions for you - at the cost of increased render times.

Gordon