Hi After last weekend's aircraft challenge I though we should get our feet back on the ground this week. I wonder if when George Carwardine designed his task lamp back in 1932 he realised how long his designs would last. For this week's starting image, I have created a model, using Blender 3D, based loosely on the lamp he designed for home use, which was released in 1935 and is still sold today. Truly a classic. So now you have the lamp, what will you do 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 below in png format, so you don't even have to make a mask, and at 2000 x 2000 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) Have fun Dave

davescm

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Something for the weekend - Part 95 - Shine a light!

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May 29, 2020
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Hi

After last weekend's aircraft challenge I though we should get our feet back on the ground this week.

I wonder if when George Carwardine designed his task lamp back in 1932 he realised how long his designs would last. For this week's starting image, I have created a model, using Blender 3D, based loosely on the lamp he designed for home use, which was released in 1935 and is still sold today. Truly a classic.

So now you have the lamp, what will you do 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 below in png format, so you don't even have to make a mask, and at 2000 x 2000 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)

Have fun

Dave

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Semaphoric

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Not my entry, but this week's SFTW brought this to mind:Luxo Junior

davescm

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It is great how they give two lamps a human quality and manage to get expression and emotion from objects with no faces.

Dave

jane-e

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They're escaping!

Jane

Photo credits: davescm

SFTW89: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/something-for-the-weekend-part-89-lockdown/td-p/11056311

SFTW77: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/something-for-the-weekend-part-77-transistorised/m-p/10506246

davescm

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Quite a gathering Jane. It was only when I looked carefully I spotted all of them inside the cell 🙂

Dave

kphotopage

Legend

Dave your 3D work is truly masterful!

That lamp is a classic. I still have that same lamp after all these decades.

K

davescm

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Thank you and welcome to SFTW 🙂

Now that she has her lamp, will the lacemaker finally get her work finished ? 350 years is a long time 🙂

Dave

davescm

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Dave

Jacob Bugge

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I believe George Carwardine would have appreciated that one, Dave.

Jacob Bugge

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RightClick for closer look.

davescm

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Those aliens again 🙂

Dave

Rafael Aviles

Legend

Anyone for "light" ice cream?

jane-e

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That's awesome, Rafael!

Rafael Aviles

Legend

Thank you kindly, Jane!

hans-g.

Legend

Tamara and I again, oh we are fighting! At first I didn't dare to present our result! As you can see we need your help to insert a working gif, a little bit of a white shimmer from the bulb and to bring the yellow shadows into all the other images of the timeline. Ok, here we are:

davescm

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Hi Hans - your granddaughter has put her great imagination to work again 🙂

When making a gif, you don't need a layer for each frame. The wizard could be on one layer only, the same with the lamp, the same with the bulb.

You can then step through each frame and turn on/off visibility (using the eye icon) of which layers you want to be visible in that frame. So the lamp and wizard would be turned on for all frames, The bulb layer would only be turned on in those layers where it shines.

That way it is easy to add e.g. a shadow to all frames just by creating it once on its own layer then stepping through those frames and turning it on.

Hopefully that helps

Dave

hans-g.

Legend

Hi Dave,

many thanks for your hints! Tami's interest is unbroken and what is now needed is to activate our concentrated skills and energy, as best it can be!

Tami (7) und Opa Hans-Günter (77) ;-)))

War Unicorn

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There is no light here. Only darkness.

davescm

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Another dark and mysterious image Warunicorn !

Dave

jane-e

Community Expert

This is a beautiful render image, Dave. Every detail is perfect! The transparency is much appreciated, thank you for that.

~ Jane

Photo credit: Davescm in Part 22

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/something-for-the-weekend-part-22-see-the-light/td-p/9938560?page=1

davescm

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Thanks Jane, you get extra points for incorporating an old SFTW image 🙂

Dave

jane-e

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Dave, did you happen to follow the link to Part 22 and notice the number of views? There are a “few” more than the current Part 95, and by “few”, I mean 1.5K!

~ Jane

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Anonymous

Couldn't miss 2 weeks in a row 😄 . Hey, and you all thought the sun was made of hydrogen <LOL>. Hope you like...

davescm

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Nice idea Glenn 🙂

Dave

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Anonymous

Thanks Dave. I took this "photo" on the way back from "The Home World" once <hehehe>

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