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Posted on 14/10/05 09:14:47 AM

Steve Caplin
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Contest 67: Rain on Martin's Hibiscus

You'll recognise the image - it's one mguyer posted in the Image Doctor forum earlier this week. Well, that seemed like too good a puzzle to pass up, so here it is as this week's Challenge. The task: to add rain or dewdrops to the surface of the flower, making them look as convincing as possible. Remember, you'll need to consider refraction as well as lighting! Choose either Martin's original, or my adjusted version as your starting point.

Posted on 14/10/05 12:07:31 PM

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dissclaimer: No plugins were used or harmed in the production of this image.

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Posted on 14/10/05 5:52:14 PM

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That was fun.

Posted on 14/10/05 10:08:07 PM

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my effort

Posted on 15/10/05 06:06:41 AM

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It's been a busy week, but this was just too enticing a challenge not to obsess over.

Posted on 15/10/05 4:31:19 PM

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Re: Contest 67: Rain on Martin's Hibiscus

For this challenge, I forsaken my favorite Photoshop 5.0 for version 7.0, which better Layer Blending and Layer Effects.

Posted on 15/10/05 4:32:33 PM

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Ooops! Photoshop 7.0 is a little too powerful me.

Posted on 16/10/05 01:44:09 AM

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great jobs especially from Neal. What I am learning from this though is that sometimes if we take a picture that we really like, we should just leave it as is and that change just because we can is not always the best way to go. I hope we can have some technique sharing on this one. Mine came with the help of a Photoshopuser Magazine tutorial and I am not impressed with what I did.

Posted on 16/10/05 06:01:44 AM

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I like this one better

Posted on 16/10/05 06:22:07 AM

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I meant I like it better than my first attempt.

Posted on 16/10/05 7:59:39 PM

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keeps evolving

Posted on 16/10/05 9:06:43 PM

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Re: Contest 67: Rain on Martin's Hibiscus

hi I am new to this site and just starting to learn photoshop, working through the secound edition, I think the effects you produce are great, what would be helpful is a few words on how you got them.

thanks

steve

Posted on 16/10/05 10:24:48 PM

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Hi Steve. The raindrop effect I used was to create a new layer use a brush set to white with a fairly hard edge to it and paint in various sized spots to simulate the raindrops. Then add a Bevel & Emboss Layer Effect changing the light direction to suit the picture then switched the Blending Mode of the raindrops layer to Soft Light. I used the Transform Tool to create perspective to the droplets and I also added shadows for the raindrops as well as a few more layers to tweak the effect. Hope that helps.

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Posted on 17/10/05 02:16:56 AM

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For fun, I went back to my old friend Photoshop 5.0, and dripped glue on the flower, the old-fashion way, with paint and Smudge tools. (Yes, I do have too much time on my hands.)

Posted on 17/10/05 09:40:32 AM

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Re: Contest 67: Rain on Martin's Hibiscus

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At 9:06:43 PM 16/10/05, steve hill wrote:
hi I am new to this site and just starting to learn photoshop, working through the secound edition, I think the effects you produce are great, what would be helpful is a few words on how you got them.

Hi Steve, you could always type in 'water droplets (drops) in photoshop' into Google - there's loads of tutorials, some good some not so good but at least you'll see a few techniques to have a go at

look forward to seeing your entry this week

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Posted on 17/10/05 5:26:19 PM

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At 03:16:56 AM 17/10/05, Neal wrote:
(Yes, I do have too much time on my hands.)

Wished I did, bloomin' Science Coursework to be in by tommorow!!

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Posted on 17/10/05 5:52:06 PM

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Ok, couldn't master the droplets, so i basically added some rain, a new background, and a diff colour flower, and a small layer of rain running all on my flower and the leaf

Also Steve, you didn't write about my entry last week

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Posted on 17/10/05 7:02:22 PM

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Re: Contest 67: Rain on Martin's Hibiscus

Martin's flower is so fragile and tears so easily. I did my best to fix it.