What does 2,000 hours of Photoshopping get you?

[bokep]

So this dude dedicated almost a year of his life making this pic... coulda just used a camera
Regardless, it's pretty awesome

Damen
This is my latest and most ambitious digital painting of a Chicago scene unveiled at Photoshop World in Miami on March 22, 2006.
It is a panorama of the Damen Station on the Blue Line of the Chicago Transit Authority.
Adobe Illustrator was used for generating the majority of the basic shapes as well as all the buildings in the Chicago skyline.
The rest was created in Photoshop.
" The image size is 40 inches by 120 inches.
" The flattened file weighs in at 1.7 Gigabytes.
" It took eleven months (close to 2,000 hours) to create.
" The painting is comprised of close to fifty individual Photoshop files.
" Taking a cumulative total of all the files, the overall image contains over 15,000 layers.
" Over 500 alpha channels were used for various effects.
" Over 250,000 paths make up the multitude of shapes throughout the scene.

Close-up 1:
The front face of the train was created in its own file. The reflections in the windows were added once the train was placed in position within the overall image.
The side of the train car was created in a separate file. Duplicating that file made it easy to add additional cars.
The duplicates required changing the reflections in the windows, the accumulated grime and the car numbers to make each car appear different.

Close-up 2:
Symbols, text and logos were created in Adobe Illustrator.

Close-up 3:
The grime was created with Spatter brushes, available within the Photoshop brushes palette, which were modified to randomize the effect.
The rust was created with the same Spatter brushes but with Color Dynamics applied. The rust was in a separate layer that was also given a layer style of Inner Shadow to add the dimensional effect of the rust appearing under peeled paint.

Source: http://www.bertmonroy.com/fineart/te...eart_damen.htm

[quikkid]

A camera would never get you that much detail on a part of the scene so far back. I bet even the buildings in the very back still have quite a bit of detail.

[x86asm]

VERY impressive.

[wesleyw]

Thats awesome! I wonder how we can get the original master file

[cluless]

Wow!! definitely very impressive!

[Rehan]

It took eleven months (close to 2,000 hours) to create.

He may be good with Photoshop, but he's not very good with math. 2,000 hrs is way less than 11 months!


That pic's probably going to end up in a computer museum somewhere. Amazing detail.

[CSR]

What if he just photoshoped a photo?

[prynce_qt]

doesn't mean he worked on it 24/7.

He may be good with Photoshop, but he's not very good with math. 2,000 hrs is way less than 11 months!


That pic's probably going to end up in a computer museum somewhere. Amazing detail.

[7jaii]

Super impressive dude. Could never figure out Photoshop

[gaurav_fhs]

You stole that of rage3d.com forums eh?

[aZn_Popcorn]

extravagant! keep up the good work

[napasah]

It is very impressive, but I'm not sure it's worth 2000 hours of someone's life. That said, if this is his "life's work" or the "masterpiece of his life", at least it is good. He even got to add his own name

[Hellfire]

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[seshwan]

He may be good with Photoshop, but he's not very good with math. 2,000 hrs is way less than 11 months!


That pic's probably going to end up in a computer museum somewhere. Amazing detail.

2080 hours in a work year. You're right that someone's math is off though

[Rehan]

doesn't mean he worked on it 24/7.

Oui, je sais. I was making a funny (or at least trying to...).