Something for the Weekend - Part 247 - The finest cut!

[davescm]

Hi,
Thanks to all who took part in our previous 'Holding Pattern' challenge.

For our new challenge we start with a simple object, a pizza cutter, which I quickly modelled in 3D and textured in Substance Painter. You could use it to make an image cutting a pizza or put it to a new use entirely. The only limitation is your imagination.

When you post your response can you add just a few words on how you went about it. It may help others see the potential of different approaches, software, and tools to such a challenge.

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”.
• The challenge is not limited to Photoshop. Any Adobe software can be used. 
• There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off your skills, or bring a bit of humor 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.

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). It is set against a transparent background so there is no initial cutting out required.

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

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

For sh*ts and giggles, I did use Generate Image to make the base kid with him holding a magnifying glass for reference, but in my first iteration (I wish I kept it to show here) the magnifying glass was EMBEDDED in the child's face! To be fair, my prompt was "child with a magnifying glass" so I guess I needed to be more specific that they should be separated! 😉

[AlanGilbertson]

It's clear there is a lot more "A" than "I" lurking in Firefly's electronic entrails, a lot of the time. It's all about learning how to explain things to a zero-year-old.

[davescm]

A brilliant idea,  nicely executed. I did laught at your AI tale, along the way.

[PaintedKitty]

Must be looking at the details of his pizza. To see if he would want to eat it as he is a very picky kid. 🙂

[Warren Heaton]

"I'll take a slice!"

[Christelle RD]

Wow, so cool! I looove it 🙂

[GeekyGirlRex]

I love this!

[davescm]

A psychedelic pizza wheel, and getting lots of Adobe software in there. Great job Warren!
Dave

[AlanGilbertson]

Psychedelicious, in fact! A lovely bit of work altogether.

[Trevor.Dennis]

I love that the smaller slice rflects the larger one and background is pretty cool as well.  I am guessing you did this with a video timeline and exported with save for web?  I'm looking at the layers like how we are seeing reflections in the black outer ring, and thinking this took some thought.  It's very nicely done.

[JR Boulay]

May the force be we you

[Trevor.Dennis]

[AlanGilbertson]

Good likeness, Dennis. Who's the bloke with the white hair? 🤣

[Jacob Bugge]

Alan, your question took me 88 SFTWs back, and that took me 100 SFTWs further back.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/something-for-the-weekend-part-159-go...

[Trevor.Dennis]

I did the above edit manually, and it is not super great.  I'm playing with Gemini 2.5 and Nano Banana right now (isn't everybody?) and asked it make my Firefly avatar look terrified, and it did a way better job.

https://gemini.google.com/

https://nanobananaimg.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Ve7hNl9P0

[AlanGilbertson]

That is magnificently menacing, JR!

[davescm]

A great job, JR. Scary indeed, or he could be a pizza server in a far distant galaxy! 🙂 

Dave

[davescm]

A big thank you to all who have posted images for this challenge. A new challenge is now up and running here : https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/something-for-the-weekend-part-248-wh...

Dave

[johnson_8344]

Thanks, Dave! A pizza cutter is such a fun starting point - lots of creative directions to take this one. Can’t wait to see how everyone interprets it. I’ll try to put something together and share my approach too.

[Myra Ferguson]

Going pizza shopping

[Trevor.Dennis]

I love the shiny chrome trolley Myra.  I would trust some of the shoppers at my local supermarket with it though.  They would have to sweep up dozens of severed toes at the end of the day.

[Myra Ferguson]

Yeah, don't wear open toe shoes. 😉

[didiermazier]

No cheating no nano banana…

[JR Boulay]

Le vauclusien que je suis à immédiatement reconnu le Mont Ventoux.

J'y étais encore il y a quelques jours, pour profiter de la fraîcheur.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Reminds me of driving to the top of Mount Evans in Colorado (I see it has been renamed to Mount Blue Sky now).  On the way up we passed a guy on a racing bike, and he was doing pretty well considering this is (apparently) the highest paved road in America, at 14,266 feet.  We caught him up later and it took ages to pass him because of how fast he was moving!

When you get to the car park there is a short track that winds its way to the summit.  I did a lot of climbing in those days, so thought 'I don' need no stinkin' windy track', and walked directly up the steep slope.  When I got to the top I thought I was going to die because I could _not_ get my breath back!   

More recently (year before last) I spent a week in hospital (three days in ICU) in Cusco Peru with Accute Altitude Sickness, and that was only 11,000 feet!  I had seven, hour long, sessions in a hyperbaric chamber which left me partially deaf for a couple of months.  I'm not allowed to go to that sort of altitude again.  If my wife (a retired nurse) had not noticed I was away with the fairies (my blood oxygen was 53%) I would not have woken up the next morning.