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It does not, here is an example:
As c.pfaffenbichler mentioned, you can use the Deco Fill scripts. One of the issues there would be size of the bottles to give perspective of distance and confining the bottles to the river area. I wrote a script that allows you to define an area to use the fill, where you don't get cut off lines:
This would allow you to fill the river with bottles, but you would still need to work on the perspective. Perhaps several different sections at different sizes. You can download the script here:
Scripted Fill UI - Photoshop CS6
The script takes some time running and creating the file for doing this, so don't make your sample size too small, or you will spend hours doing this or crash PS.
If you have access to a 3D app with a particles system, then this is easily achieved.
I used Blender 3D and modelled 1 plastic bottle. Then I used particles to randomly place 30000 copies of the bottle all at random angles on a single plane which was aligned to same viewpoint as the river picture. Then it was just a simple matter to bring the render back into Photoshop to mask and make a composite with the original image.
Dave
Hi guys,
I've thought about and explored the various options you suggested, and I think that scripted patterns is going to be the most practical solution. I did go through several of the blender tutorials as I think the end result that davescm provided was excellent, however I am too pushed for time to learn the software well enough for this image.
I have explored the scripted patterns option, and it seems like something that could do the trick, although I've hit a wall with regards to how good I can make the effect. I applied the scipted pattern with a size and rotation jitter, and also did the fill in sections along the water to account for perspective. I'm using the 'lighten' blending mode as this seemed to give the overal best effect. I also brushed over the bottle in the mask with the brush set to a lower opacity to make the bottles less sharp, as they would be if they were in water.
That's now the point that I'm at, and the result is not satisfactory.the bottles look too flat and 2d, and the colour doesn't look right. Could you please offer suggestions on what steps I could now take to improve the image?
Don't try and fill the river right off the bat. Create your plastic bottle swarm in a new document that is the same height as the river is long, but three or four times the width, and fill with plastic bottles using scripted patterns.
Then use Free Transform > Perspective closing the top of the bottles layer to the width of the river.
Cut out a rectangle discarding the angled corners.
Make the layer a Smart Object
Now Free Transform > Warp to fit the layer to the river. If you don't get it right first time, that's not going to be a problem because being a Smart Object you can fine tune as many times as you need, and the FT handles will always be at the corners.
Very quick & dirty, and I realised a few points while doing it:
Don't try and do it with one layer. I gave the bottle layers some Bevel & Emboss to give them depth, and if the bottles overlap, it messes that up. So use a lower density over multiple layers.
If that still results in some overlap, select around errant bottles and move them on their layer.
The Free Transform process breaks the bevel & emboss, so take care, and more time than I did.
Ultimately, I think Dave's Blender approach is going to be best, because there is no really easy way to create the depth realistically with that many objects, unless you are prepared to spend a lot of time adding shading to each bottle.
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