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Posted on 09/06/23 09:16:05 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Last weekend I took my mother-in-law to Birmingham to see a concert. Outside the concert hall was this statue of engineers Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch, which must have been rather impressive until some fool on the local council had the idea of painting it gold. Can anything be done to rescue it, do you think? High res is here.  |
Posted on 09/06/23 09:34:24 AM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Steve before they were painted gold (which i actually like by the way) were the statues bronze or stone?  |
Posted on 09/06/23 09:56:29 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
I have no idea! |
Posted on 09/06/23 10:15:57 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Double post removed _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/06/23 10:17:12 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Judging by the smoothness and detail I would say probably bronze. I'm no expert but I would guess the curled plan at the bottom would need a very accomplished sculptor to produce in stone. But we can make them whatever we like. Styrofoam anyone? _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/06/23 10:27:28 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
According to Birmingham info site - gilded bronze.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/06/23 2:01:42 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
This is much trickier than I expected. The catch if you want to change the texture much is how to get rid of the intrinsic shininess. Haven't quite got my head round that yet. So, in the meantime, I've attempted something else. After a lot of fiddling with blend modes and transparencies I've somewhat despaired of improving on this so I'm settling for 'Close but no cigar'. Must also 'fess up to generative fill to create the background behind the statues. (Needed six variations and some cloning to get a good match.)  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/06/23 2:17:48 PM |
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Frank
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Posted on 09/06/23 2:40:23 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Very much in the tradition of Steve's work in Photoshop London Frank.Nice. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/06/23 2:42:34 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Sandstone. Although I've managed to deal with the worst that shininess is still bugging me.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/06/23 5:01:05 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Last one I think. Following a 'twinning' of the two cities, Birmingham's famous statue is prepared for shipping to Las Vegas.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/06/23 5:24:08 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
 Now how did you know that I had made a 'quickie' earlier this morning but didn't plan to enter it until I noticed your Las Vegas comment... This was just a quick exercise to test the 'cutout'. 
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Posted on 09/06/23 5:38:57 PM |
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Ant Snell
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
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Posted on 09/06/23 5:52:47 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3383 Reply |
Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Great idea Ant... fun image! |
Posted on 09/06/23 6:02:13 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3383 Reply |
Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Frank - Nicely done indeed...! |
Posted on 09/06/23 8:22:51 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
They've arrived!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/06/23 8:23:48 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Ant that's great! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/06/23 9:12:00 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3383 Reply |
Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
Indeed they have... some serious bling in that one.  |
Posted on 09/06/23 9:16:50 PM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
I always find gold so very tacky  _________________ Have you ever noticed that all the instruments designed to detect intelligent life are pointing away from the Earth? |
Posted on 10/06/23 01:07:59 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3383 Reply |
Re: Challenge 959: The Midas touch
No kidding, starting image is 'over the top'. |
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