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Posted on 30/07/26 1:00:07 PM |
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Ben Boardman
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Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
David I enjoy the banter, adds to the forum. |
Posted on 30/07/26 1:01:39 PM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 839 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
Thank you Anna, on the improve. |
Posted on 30/07/26 3:06:06 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6467 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
Open Heart Surgery 
Definitely my last little kick. This was triggered by Loyd's edge trimmer. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 30/07/26 3:17:07 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3725 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
David- 
You have time to make the 'brain surgery' version as well.  |
Posted on 30/07/26 3:31:14 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6467 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
Now that's an idea but it needs some serious staging and lighting to really run with it. Not sure I have time. Maybe I can find a simple version ............... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 30/07/26 9:12:46 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6467 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
Loyd, I hope you realise that I am holding you entirely responsible for this ........  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 30/07/26 10:25:04 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3725 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
Perfect... another 'wish I had thought of that' entry! 
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Posted on 30/07/26 11:17:02 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1165 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
Added a few more parts. Close but no cigar. That's all I have time for. Off for some R&R. Visit you next week.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 31/07/26 07:56:07 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7212 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
First to get grinding this week was Ant Snell, with a fine marketplace mockup. I like all the detail you’ve included here, even got your avatar in there! Not sure about the yellow glow. Or the grey room. Good use of Rotate Object from DavidMac, especially given Photoshop can’t have one of these in its reference library. Would it be possible to rasterise this and then do it again, do you think, to remove all the distortion? Matching the original perspective must have been a job and a half – but what a terrific result! What was on that bench originally? A glorious image. It may be a little over the top for a cobweb scavenger, but I’m sure it will be up to the job. I like the brass ferrule on the end. And very finely rendered cobwebs. You’re saying the biplane is real? It does beg the question: why? The Wizard of Oz entry demonstrates the perfect way to give the Tin Man a heart - ingenious! And immaculately constructed. I like the clockwork heart. Young Frankenstein is suitably DIY… and disturbing. Steampunk time for lwc, and very fine it is too: a terrific setting, and the geared-up Minions are very cute. I keep waiting for a moose to walk past the window. The gratuitous animation is entertaining. I like the pulsating light and the steam. Not sure about the geometry of the rotating blade. The supersized flea market version is terrific, with its perfect shadow on the Lincoln photo. Do you think she’ll buy it? It’s not really childproof. Oh – I see someone else has beaten her to it. And shrunk it to a more manageable size. Oh no, my mistake: it seems there are dozens of them for sale. By the way, what do you call a car boot sale in the US? Since your cars have trunks, rather than boots. The crane seems the perfect thing to move that huge sculpture, but given how precariously the chains are attached to the hook I wouldn’t want to stand underneath it. The lawn edger is splendid – and steam powered! But why the German flag? Ah – so it’s not a grinder, but a coffee pod maker, according to Ben Boardman. A brilliant adaptation: the chute dispensing the pods, the glass bean holder, all splendid. A really coherent image. Spot on. And so good to see it perched atop Matisse! Complete with reflections! Glorious. Sorry to hear about the pneumonia – hope you're recovering well. A rather beautiful 3D model from dwindt, artfully constructed. This must have been a real fiddle to put together. I like the Peanut version with his steaming coffee cup. Very cute. The AI version is… scary! I like the extra add-ons, particularly the tarnished brass tubing. A full-on steampunk setting from tooquilos, with a coffee dispenser that really doesn't know when to stop pouring. Wonderful movement in the animated version! Very nicely assembled. I enjoyed this. Thanks, Vibeke, for the starting image. |
Posted on 31/07/26 09:53:13 AM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 839 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
Thank you Steve. Another enjoyable challenge. |
Posted on 31/07/26 10:57:07 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6467 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
First off a big thank you to Vibeke for a most unusual object. Lots of possibilities.
I was astonished that it worked! I did wonder about double correction vie rasterisation but had arrived a point I felt was sufficient.
Aside from the challenge image it’s done with just two images (four if you count adding the missing right arm and cup). I exaggerated the distortion a bit on the girl. 
It’s the sculptor’s own description. It seemed too good to resist.
Apparently it was one of the first planes to fly inverted and the upper landing gear allowed it to land that way. (I was intrigued to discover that the difficulty of flying inverted in the early days was not aeronautics but fuel supply!)
I think it’s one of the many bizarre human endeavours that beg’s that question. Tin Man and Young Frankenstein were just too easy …….. but fun! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 31/07/26 9:34:31 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3725 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
My rotation tool in the software needs circular, an ellipse doesn't work well but I used it anyway.
Just to see if anyone was paying attention. 
Fun challenge... thanks! |
Posted on 02/08/26 10:52:25 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1165 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1115: New Zealand coffee
Thank you Steve. Yes, the ai image is scary. An addict is scary. I thought it did a good job. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
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