There were some great ideas posted in our previous '180' darts challenge. Thanks to all who took the time to participate.
This week we are off to Loch Tarff in the highlands of Scotland. The loch is close to Loch Ness on the south-east side. It's name Tarff translates as bad-tempered or, when referring to weather, as severe or intense. There are some sources though, that suggest the word Tarff used here is a transliteration of the Gaelic word Tarbh which means bull. Tarbh-uisge were mythological creatures said to inhabit moorland lochs. If those descriptions don't give you a starting point for creating and image in this week's challenge then what will?
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).
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 was convinced that I was going to see a refference to Van Gogh's Starry Night in your write up for this. Your sky is awesome. It looks like a stormy sea in places.
I did invoke Van Gogh for the painting style, but didn't call out Starry Night specifically. The marbling effect was most surpising to me; I haven't used Topaz Bloom that much. The much more realistic landscape details in contrast is interesting too.
...it does seem to make details up - such as the guy in blue (at 0:27) who now has only one leg! 🙂
Dave
By @davescm
Yes, it absolutely invents content when the original is that bad. I used Generitive Expand to open it out from the original 4:3 to 1080p 16:9, which gives you three choices, and they were wildly different at times. Having said that, in two of the examples it got close to spot on when there was almost nothing to base it on. I discovered that from other stills that had a wider angle showing more of the buildings on the right. So definitely not an accurate restoration, but in the case of a video meme, good enough. I am working on another project right now that uses two months worth of credits, based on a not especially sharp image of some old work mates. I showed them a very rough and ready version that they enthused about, but I am doing it again at higher resolution, and with more effects and content, and this one is way better. So if nothing else, Firefly video and the Photoshop Generitive Fill models gives you the opportunity to impress some olf work mates, and it is super fun to do. It's about 50% Ai and 50% Photoshop with some tricky issues to get around. Definitely not possible just using Firefly, and like these SFTW threads, a useful way to expand your Photoshop box of tricks.
I don't see it and the new site is so confusing to me.
By @Leslie Moak Murray
Leslie, I HATE the new Community Experts site. It means I almost never visit, so never do the challenges. I don't even collect the points for Dave's SFTW threads. As much as I dislike the ACE site, I dislike Discord more. Whatever happened to 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'?
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