[palms1]

Ok something a bit different, no photo to artify but a sort of challenge
As it is nearly xmas ( you have noticed Dougs decorations at the top of the page )
I thought we could make our own baubles and post here.

There is a action here for a sphere which could be made into a bauble ( works in ps6 upwards (Ok SteveC))

http://www.chainstyle.com/free_actions.html

A tutorial here http://www.tutorialwiz.com/xmas_ornament/

lkroll has done a bauble already here
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...ke-joey-4.html
(sorry if i have beat you to the punch here Lyle)

Just found a tutorial for a dreamy winter scene

http://myphotosoft.com/creative/winter-dream-3.html

so make a bauble with a xmas theme or what xmas means to you and post OR any other decoration you can come up with, also post any more actions/tutorials that you find (as well as too the library )

Palms

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More links:
* Snow globe: http://www.escrappers.com/snowglobe.html

[dkcoats]

Okay, I'll go first.

I did this several years ago, actually, for the company Christmas card. I tried adapting existing ornament photos to my evil purposes but wound up creating the thing from scratch (except for the gold hanger thingie (must be a word for it)). I have, of course, completely forgotten how I did it. The rest of the image is a photo I made.

I realize the context won't make sense to anybody; it's pretty much an 'in' joke.

[Godmother]

My turn

Also a company xmas card


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/3...0e902046_o.jpg

Everything but the photo machine and the bg laces was drawn in photoshop.

A year ago

[palms1]

Dc that is cool and i think thingy is a brilliant name I have done a couple with the spherize action but trying to make a thingy now ! ! ! !

Godmother that is very cool love the top part of the bauble, I do mean the snowy/frosty bit (as well as your thingy)

When i get round to posting mine they are not going to be close to both of yours but i will have enjoyed myself and have something to learn for next year ( there may be questions)

Palms

[lkroll]

Yes you did, but still needs to be done. It's Christmas by golly. Looks like all's quite on the DPR's front, but I'll try to post another one here soon.

Edit:
Well I already did this one recently as a response to Jan's thread on Innographx. Here's my response.

http://www.innographx.com/forum/down...mas_bauble.jpg

[patriciakay]

Great idea Palms...hopefully i will find time to do a thingy this side of Christmas....Cant wait to see yours i heard a rumour it has snow involved???

Dc...Very nice...you must have had lots of time and patience.....

Godmother....Its a great company Christmas card...a lot of work in that one ...hope you did it in working time!!!!

Lyle....I love this one ......the leaves look great in the thingy(actually its a bauble)....

Patricia...........

[lcramer53]

Palms, what a fun project idea! I can hardly wait to see yours!

DC, Godmother and Lyle, definitely can tell that you guys are the pros! Mine isn't, but I just had to join in the fun and I did!!

[palms1]

Well i think you are going to be disappointed here, as all i have done is a sphere using one of Paricia Kays photo's.

The darn thingy (hanger) had me beat i couldn't make one that looked as if someone over 5 had done it, ! ! ! ! but i will try again ( and i did try cheating but that didn't work either )

Lyle I like that one a lot

Susie that is great and you made a thingy (hanger) (can i bribe you to post it ?) Dont stop there try some more

Palms

[patriciakay]

Hi Palms...

My snowy trees look good in your sphere...I like it ...just need the thingy and maybe you could find one in a clip art or a scrapbooking place????Never needed one before so sorry cant send you one!!!

Susie...Its really good and i like your cheeky snowman!!!

Patricia..........

[lcramer53]

Palms, I think yours is beautiful!! I don't understand what you mean, "..bribe you to post it"? I thought that my 'thingy' really sucked, but, had to get going. I just used the directions from that 2nd link that you mentioned at the tutorialwiz to do the whole thing. Let me know what you're talking about to post, ok? Great fun everyone!

Thanks Patricia, you are very kind. And your snow trees are fabulous!

Edit: Palms, I think maybe you meant to post the "thingy". I saved its 2 layers as a gif, but, I had used drop shadow on it and it might not work for you. Let me know if you want me to save it without the drop shadow. Cheers!

[lkroll]

Used some roses for the reflection of this orb.


edit:

I should have said, I used some flowering cabbages that Patricia posted on another thread. Sorry about that (well they look like roses anyway; lol).

edit:

Arggh; it is a rose afterall. Man, I thought it was a flowering cabbage. I really need to lay off the Diet Cokes. lol.

[lcramer53]

Lyle, you are SO inspiring!! Your work always amazes me.

[lkroll]

Thanks Susie. Been playing for several years now. I still am learning things. This hobby amazes me for sure. Just play and figure things out and learn from others. That's how I learned. Not really a learn from a book guy; I tend to learn by playing.

[palms1]

Originally Posted by lkroll

Used some roses for the reflection of this orb.


edit:

I should have said, I used some flowering cabbages that Patricia posted on another thread. Sorry about that (well they look like roses anyway; lol).

lkroll you "rock"

Palms

[lkroll]

Thanks Palms. I should have made more facets to be closer to the type that we had on our tree, but it came out pretty cool anyway. Real simple to do using Unpluggeds Tangent Deformation filter and the Bauble procedure that I already outlined.