Something for the Weekend - Part 192 - Get a grip!

[davescm]

This weekend's start image is brought to us by community expert @jane-e  
Jane took this picture whilst visiting the Audubon State Historic Site in St. Francisville, Louisiana. It is a metalwork vice (or should I spell that vise for our friends in the US) and our challenge is to use it in the creation of a new image.

The “rules”:

* Use the starter image as at least part of your own image entry.

* 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. This is not just for our forum "regulars".

* 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!

* The starter image is made available for you to use in this forum challenge only. Sorry to emphasise this, but the image is not for use elsewhere.

To download the image below, 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).

When posting back your image – please use the blue reply button in this first post. If posting a comment on someone else’s entry then please use the grey reply button next to their image post.

Have fun.

Dave

[Semaphoric]

Disco was '70s. Think New Wave.

[Trevor.Dennis]

We've all been enthusing over Photoshop's most recent Ai assisted tools, but try using the Neural filter Colorize on this image. The results are sensationally good.

[Abambo]

We've all been enthusing over Photoshop's most recent Ai assisted tools, but try using the Neural filter Colorize on this image. The results are sensationally good.

By @Trevor.Dennis

Yes, that filter really works well.

[davescm]

An excellent fit in that image Jain.

Dave

[Monika Gause]

Just where did this workshop get its safety certification? Won it in a raffle?

There - fixed it for you.

[Abambo]

Just where did this workshop get its safety certification? Won it in a raffle?

There - fixed it for you.

By @Monika Gause

It's always the same with those signs. The most important gets forgotten:

[davescm]

Haha - very clever. An interactive training video will follow !

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

Vice jaws made out of carrot!  I guess you could always nibble on them if using the vise in the dark.

[davescm]

@erinw95451402 I'm not sure why you marked two of the many replies in this thread as the correct answer. There is no correct answer to this open participation thread. I have unmarked them.

Dave

[erinw95451402]

Thank you for fixing! That was an error.

[davescm]

@erinw95451402 No problem Erin - I just wanted to make sure the thread remained open for others who might want to participate 🙂

Dave

[Myra Ferguson]

It's not an anvil, but I suspect there could be a mischevious, skinny, long-eared coyote underneath this.

 

[Trevor.Dennis]

It's in a desert, so it might be a mirage.   As I am looking at it, the scale keeps changing.  It;s going from what you'd expect a vise to look like, but then it kind of morphs into a GIANT vise.  Something to do with the low camera angle and how it interacts with the horizon perhaps.  Or it might just be me. 😞   It's very effective, and an excellent fit Myra. 

I am trying to think how to do a mirage effect with Photoshop.

[Myra Ferguson]

I was going for a Wile E. Coyote scene. The background was Generative Fill. I tried some other variations, but I thought this one looked as if it had be dropped--thus creating a slight crater. 🙂

[davescm]

At least the road runner's legs are not sticking out from underneath 🙂

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

LOL.  Your idea Dave.  You _have_ to do it.

[Jacob Bugge]

It is also an anvil

Click/RightClick to get closer

[davescm]

Vices? Come up and see my etchings.....!

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

This is just a step away from making plates to print your own money! 😉  

The embosed effect is excellent Dave.  They loos so lifelike and have a real depth. Even the smooth area looks like real metal.

[jane-e]

Haha, a firm “NO” to the invitation men have been giving to ladies for a century, Dave, but you may be the first of them to actually mean what you said! Bonus points for the humor and for giving us a laugh!

Your metal etchings are stunning and very realistic — I hope you'll consider sharing your technique.

Jane

[davescm]

Thank you both.

@jane-e said :'I hope you'll consider sharing your technique'

I made, and rendered, this in Adobe Substance 3D Designer.

It is a simple node arrangement that takes the image, reverses and sizes it, tiles it, inverts it then adds some noise and uses it to control the various output maps for a 3D render on a flat plane. 

Wouldn't it be nice if we could switch to a node based compositor in Photoshop 🙂

Dave

[Abambo]

Haha, a firm “NO” to the invitation men have been giving to ladies for a century, Dave, but you may be the first of them to actually mean what you said!

By @jane-e

Sometimes, ladies get disapointed, when they really meant what they say! 😂

[Jacob Bugge]

                                                             A former Vice President

Click/RightClick to get closer, Click again to get closer still

[AlanGilbertson]

Now I'm burning with curiosity about the meaning of "More" on that script!

[davescm]

We'll just squeeze things a little tighter..............

A clever idea Jacob 🙂

Dave