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

davescm

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

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August 15, 2025
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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

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fbeaume

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Christelle RD

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Amazing retro vibe Frank!
Love the concept, perfect 👌

fbeaume

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Thanks Christelle!

Jacob Bugge

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The must have tool set to keep the workshop going

Click to get closer

After cleaning it was just hung up again.

davescm

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I remember modelling that workshop, Jacob. It took a while, so it's good to have pizza to keep things going 🙂
Dave

AlanGilbertson

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Started by rotating the tool to a more practical angle, then GenMade a closeup of a freshly cooked pizza as background. Expanded the image via the crop tool and GenFill to get enough canvas to work with while maintaining good image quality.

Squeak (via FLUX.1 Kontext and a script by @Rob de Winter that I'm testing) and Whiskers (via GenFill) came next, just for fun. Modifying the handle and adding the chef's hand required GenFill followed by an edit with FLUX Kontext where the prompt was literally just, "make the fingers look more realistic." The wheel had to reflect its surroundings (GenFill), but because the metal isn't polished I used a Radial Blur filter to give it the right look. Added the shadows on their own layers (the one on the wheel is from a layer in Overlay mode filled with 50% grey and "burned").

Final step was the usual Color Lookup layer to pull everything together, then I cropped it to 5x7 ratio and exported.

(The PSD after cropping is ~5600 x 4000 px, so I exported at half size for posting.)

R

Rob de Winter

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So nice @AlanGilbertson! And, a fun challenge too @davescm !

AlanGilbertson

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That script got some exercise here, too, in the new cross-product challenge.

Christelle RD

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It always has something to do with a wheel 😁

AlanGilbertson

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Lovely polished product, as always.

Like a circle in a spiral, a wheel within a wheel., never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel . . . (One of the best circle-of-fifths songs ever written, still awesome almost 60 years later, from the real Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, not the copycat remake.) (I'm slightly horrified to realize I saw that movie when it came out, and I wasn't underage for the rating.)