r/photoshopbattles • u/PhotoShopBattles • Jun 02 '14
Weekly Battle | Closed Battle #115 "Black Swans" via last weeks winner, fatdonuthole
Previous Winner
This week's image was chosen by /u/fatdonuthole, the first place winner in Battle 114:
Stock image: Family Portrait Gone Wrong
Winning entry: Move, bitch, get out the way!
The stock image for Battle #115 is... Black Swans
Prizes
The winner of this weeks battle will:
Recieve 3 months of Reddit Gold!, courtesy of admin /u/cupcake1713
Get to choose next week's stock image.
Get a number added to their contributor flair.
If you this is your first win, your standard flair will be replaced by this winners' flair. On your second win, you'll get this winners' flair, etc.
Get to keep the trophy for a week, after which it's handed on to the next winner.
(more information on flair here)
The Rules
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You can post as many as you want.
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The Schedule
All entries will be hidden for the first 48 hours.
Voting will open on Wednesday, after which all entries will be visible.
Contest mode will be enabled for another 24 hours. This will sort comments randomly, obscure vote counts, and automatically minimize child comments.
Contest mode will be disabled on Thursday.
From there on out, each comment's vote total will be visible, and entries can be sorted by karma (just like any other reddit thread).
The battle will end on Sunday, June 8th.
Next week's battle will be posted the same day.
Best of luck, everyone, and don't forget to have fun!
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u/gnostic_cat Jun 03 '14 edited Jun 03 '14
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u/RespectfulBull Jun 04 '14
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u/SirShakes Jun 05 '14
This is fucking beautiful. I'd be tempted to use it as a background if that terrifying swan eye wasn't still staring at me.
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u/IAMA_dragon-AMA Jun 05 '14
That's amazing. If you don't mind, how did you get that effect on the swans?
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u/RespectfulBull Jun 05 '14
not sure exactly but i started by increasing blues and cyans in color balance, then played w/ threshold, then idk.. kind of new to photoshop
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u/Your-Methadone-Fuel Jun 04 '14
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u/FullNoodleFrontity Jun 05 '14
I like this idea, but it looks like a photoshop. I've touched it up a bit, here.
The differences between this and your original:
- duplicated the billboard, desaturated and dropped the opacity of the duplicate - to make it appear slightly faded
- on a separate layer set to overlay, created a checkerboard grid the same size as the billboard, buttonized each square - to emphasize the panels behind the ad
- I finished it by adding some noise and a bit of blur to the billboard - mostly to de-emphasize the whiteness of the white area of the ad.
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Jun 06 '14
But...no vanishing point?
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u/FullNoodleFrontity Jun 06 '14
Well, I thought that was a given and didn't require me pointing it out.
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u/AgileBadger Jun 06 '14
Thanks for actually sharing your methods! As someone who only dabbles in the photoshop this is huge! I even used the before and after as a "lets see if I can do it too".
Figured you deserved more than an upvote and a personal thanks is all I can do. :D
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u/FullNoodleFrontity Jun 06 '14
It's my pleasure. I think this is a hold over from being an instructor for years (I taught aircraft maintenance, programming, software troubleshooting, malware removal...). Being critical of something is fine but I figure you're more likely to be appreciated if you can demonstrate how to improve.
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u/KittenBoner99 Jun 04 '14
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Jun 06 '14
I can't stop laughing at the image in my head of Billy Mays yelling "Shits everywhere!"
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u/Shappie Jun 06 '14
Somebody should make a bizarro-world version of this with a clean shaven Billy Mays spraying blood over a dead lawn.
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u/Shappie Jun 03 '14 edited Jun 04 '14
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u/Carbonara_Based_Life Jun 05 '14
Ohhh, what book is that from? I remember reading it as a kid :D
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u/jorkazatka Jun 03 '14
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u/TheBlazingPhoenix Jun 04 '14
I know this thing will mostly likely will not won anything, so, just passing by!
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u/FullNoodleFrontity Jun 05 '14
Really nice job on the graininess. I would've desaturated the swan a bit more but I still like this... a lot.
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u/JoshuaHaunted Jun 03 '14 edited Jun 03 '14
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u/somebodyeIse Jun 04 '14
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u/JellieBomb Jun 03 '14 edited Jun 04 '14
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u/otterwolfy Jun 03 '14
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u/DeathByTrayItShallBe Jun 06 '14
This gave me a giggle, very realistic wacky waving inflatable movements.
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u/G-regory23 Jun 02 '14
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u/Low50000 Jun 05 '14
Bitch did you think I woudln't notice those boots you put on there? I love that shit.
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u/Grizzant Jun 03 '14
We have a lift-off, 32 minutes past the hour. Lift-off on Mother Goose 1!
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u/EmptyRender Jun 03 '14
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u/michaelarney Jun 04 '14
Great job! This is really clean! I might need to borrow it to make something new.
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u/Thedarkfly Jun 04 '14 edited Jun 04 '14
I wanted to do some color corrections and enhancements but I merged two layers that weren't supposed to be merged. I ruined the whole thing. Oh well, too bad. Have it anyway.
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Jun 02 '14 edited Jun 04 '14
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u/osrule86 Jun 04 '14
unfettered