Photoshop Tennis
Chris Knoll says:
It's a great way to increase your skills get ideas from other designers, and have fun!
Also called Photoshop Tag, or a Design Duel. It's a collaboration (not a competition) where two or more designers take a composition in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, do a little work on it, then send it back and forth a few times until everyone decides it's finished. See: Wikipedia.org. It's fun -- there's no wrong way to do it. The first time you do it, it's hard to get your head into the idea, but after that first one, you jam. Or maybe you jam right out of the gate! Either way it's fun.
Player comment: "This is fun, because it lets me implement things from the millions of tutorials I've seen, but just never had the live projects to do for actual clients. Here, there are no clients, and there is no "wrong" design."
You must be a member of the Design Cafe to play; because that's where we discuss the various Photoshop or Photoshop Elements techniques employed in each round.
All Design Cafe subscribers are welcome
Game #5 is a Pick-up Game: When a game is labeled "Pick-UP" that means anyone can jump in and have a go at it -- you don't have to be a 'registered' player... "pick it up and run with it!"
Mystery Contributor: Will the person who posted THESE PHOTOS please sign in?Photoshop Tennis Rules
- All volleys must be returned from the last image in the series
- ONE (1) return volley per day -- please try to return quickly
- Image must change sufficiently to be a "new" original image, yet retain enough of the previous volley to be recognizable
- Don't change the file size (pixel dimensions)
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File names must be : yymm-dd_name.jpg
(year month dash day underscore name or initials dot jpg - example 0604-15_lbj.jpg) Always lower case. - File identification (name) must be included in a white strip at bottom (approx 16 pixels deep) with file name in 10 point anti-aliased type (small but readable)
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Work files must be clean Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) files with dot-psd extension, compressed to a zip file with dot-zip extension. Strive to keep small work-file sizes
a) effects or adjustment layers merged down
b) template or other unnecessary work layers removed
d) layer masks can stay in place, but remove paths once used. - Players must sign up for next game by emailing listmom (privately, NOT on the list), unless it's a "pick-up" game.
- No more than four players per game. (Doubles) Player to serve the first file selected by random drawing (unless requested)
- Players can remain anonymous by request, utilize initials rather than name in the file name(s)
- All work must be appropriate for "public" viewing, any objectionable or inappropriate images will NOT be used -- at the listmom's discretion.
- Players cannot retain copyright or ownership of images All images become the property of "Photoshop-Folio Tennis" for display in the Photoshop-Folio.com Tennis web site
