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davescm
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October 16, 2020
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Something for the weekend - Part 115 - City lights.

  • October 16, 2020
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It's back to CGI this week. The Adobe Substance team have released a range of new materials on Substance Source entitled Parametric Cities. These are editable 3D textures designed to make city buildings. They are very clever and opening them in Substance Designer reveals the node networks used to create them. You can read more here: https://magazine.substance3d.com/parametric-cities-a-2021-collection-of-materials/

I decided to give them a try out and, using Blender and Substance Painter, quickly came up with the city scene below.

So now you have this week's scene, what will you make with it?

 

The “rules”:

  • Anything goes, as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright etc.
  • Anyone, and everyone, is welcome to have a go, whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert.
  • There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go!

 

To download the image at 3840 x 2560 pixels, with an embedded ICC colour profile (sRGB), hover over the image and click on the circle with the arrows at the top right. Then, when the image opens in its own window, right click and choose “Save Image As/Save Target As” (or similar depending on your browser).

 

 

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Have fun.

 

Dave

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jane-e
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October 18, 2020

 

See you all at Adobe MAX this week !

 

 

~ Jane

davescm
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October 18, 2020

Thanks for the reminder Jane, it just needs a bit of the colour reflected in the water 🙂

 

Dave

Trevor.Dennis
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October 19, 2020

Flood2 is definitely Flaming Pear's best plugin

Trevor.Dennis
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October 18, 2020

I thought it needed brightening up a wee bit.  BTW In case you are worried that I have spent hours masking the logos, I just add 'transparent png' to Google image search and Place Embedded.

kphotopage
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October 18, 2020

Nice added touch with the company’s logos on buildings.

 

We live in a big city area.

Dave’s custom cityscape, river and riverwalk is somewhat similar to ours.

It takes on a whole new dimension at night.

 

Kudos to Dave for really doing the hard part with the starting image!

 

K

kphotopage
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October 17, 2020

Evening out.

K

Ussnorway7605025
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October 17, 2020

its pretty to look at but its also cold so she wants a hug... smart man

kphotopage
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October 17, 2020

❤️❤️

Ussnorway7605025
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October 17, 2020

davescm
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October 17, 2020

Intriguing Graham. I like the water and was wondering whether the the image is printed onto a canvas or concrete block?

Dave

Ussnorway7605025
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October 17, 2020

its printed on the water disc so thats above the concrete & is basiclly looking down at a sidewalk puddle in the rain ... if i had time I would have made more side lights to sell the effect

Legend
October 16, 2020

A little something topical

using some resources from Pexels:

Fireworks Photo by rovenimages.com from Pexels

Sparkler Photo by Nur Andi Ravsanjani Gusma from Pexels

davescm
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October 16, 2020

Haha - the sparkler on the lamppost is a nice touch 🙂

Dave

Legend
October 16, 2020

thanks, Dave.

Rista12
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October 16, 2020

davescm
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October 16, 2020

I like that Rista, quite different 🙂

Dave

Rista12
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October 17, 2020

Thank you Dave

melissapiccone
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October 16, 2020

I am considering making videos and posting on YouTube what and how I do these. I would point people to come here to download and share. Dave, would that be OK with you? And... would anyone have any interest in watching? 🙂 

 

 

Melissa Piccone | Adobe Trainer | Online Courses Author | Fine Artist
davescm
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October 16, 2020

Hi Melissa

Nice job, if we get that close to the moon though the tide may come up and flood us all 🙂

 

Go for the video - but can you credit the original image please 🙂

Dave

melissapiccone
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October 17, 2020

Yes, absolutely. Tell me what you want the credit to say. You can message me...

Melissa Piccone | Adobe Trainer | Online Courses Author | Fine Artist
Jacob Bugge
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October 16, 2020

 

RightClick for full size, still to see the other pair in the pair.

 

jane-e
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October 16, 2020

This is truly beautiful, Dave! While it seems like we can peek into the windows a bit, I can't quite see what anyone is eating for dinner. 🤣 Nicely done!

 

~ Jane

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October 16, 2020

Thank you Jane. Of course a certain Mister Monroy would have shown you the detail in every window but his image would have taken months or years not just a couple of hours 🙂

Dave

Jacob Bugge
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October 16, 2020

 

RightClick for full size, probably needed, sorry James.

 

davescm
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October 16, 2020

A little too subtle Jacob (I did spot it eventually)

Dave

Jacob Bugge
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October 16, 2020

I apologize, Dave. Wait, what?

 

You started it this time, creating the first half exactly that subtle.

 

So what else could you expect, after those by me in SFTW 34 + 41/42 + 58, and all those by James?

 

Either of us had to do it.