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Hi,
Thanks to Trevor for creating our last 'Smörgåsbord' challenge, and thanks to all who took part in it. There were some very clever, and imaginative, images.
For this week's starter image, we have these pebbles on a beach. You could use them as a background, a pattern, a texture, or cut them out and use them as indidividual objects. How far will your creativity take you?
The “rules”:
To download the starter image, 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 and use the 'Insert Photos' icon at the top of the reply box. If posting a comment on someone else’s entry, then please use the grey reply button next to their image post.
Have fun!
Dave
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I wonder if they are sharing their perch or are about to fight over it! 🙂
Dave
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Just queuing for a hairwash!
Dave
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I love the way you've mastered the shadows.
Great job!
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Footprint
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If toe-prints are unique in the same way that fingerprints are, then you could use your big toe to unlock your MacBook. Bad people would never think to use your toe. 😉
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Nice result.....
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I like that JR - how did you make it?
Dave
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Generative Fill.
It didn't do exactly what I asked it to do (a wet footprint) but I found this result nicer and more original than what I had in mind.
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A happy accident - it does look good. 🙂
Dave
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I love that!
Great idea and well executed!
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Yeah thats nice...
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The blue stone is there to distract our attention. You've hidden lots of objects amongst the other stones. I like it 🙂
Dave
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It's like Cluedo, except I am not sure how Colonel Mustard would murder anyone with a snail.
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The rune stone has been found!
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The Startled Surfer
I took you at your word, Dave. Photoshop to material to object in Stager, back to Photoshop and composited using Substance 3D Viewer. Two variations coming up.
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I like it Alan and it's great to see the 3D apps being used in SFTW.
Dave
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I like it Alan and it's great to see the 3D apps being used in SFTW.
Dave
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Oh wow. I was thinking how realistic it looked, but did not realise it was a Substance render. Would that be less complicated than Blender renders, or is it the same process? In the last week I feel like I have worked out basic After Effects for the Kaleidoscope, did some basic animations with Animate — but I'm not so sure about that as I think it is all vector. I also had a play with Adobe Express after discovering that's were the Firefly Text Effects had disappeared to. It even still had the last text I'd done with Firefly. It's a job to keep up. 😞 The other thing I have been doing is swapping to video timelines in Photoshop, and I can't see me going back to frame animations — Photoshop is more capable than I realised regards video. We have said it a bunch of times, Dave's SFTW threads are a effective Adobe app teaching aid. You have an idea, and you'll do whatever it takes to make it happen.
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A lot simpler than a Blender render if you have the vector, Victor.
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Is he swimming in liquid mercury lake?
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No, that's just the way the photograph was taken. The highlights are badly blown out in the original, but it was hanging out in one of my stock photo folders where I keep things that are mostly useless but might come in handy some day. SFTW becomes home to some of them! 😸
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Say Hello to My Little Friend
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