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21-FEB-2007

5th: The Spinout!
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A fun Photoshop project. My basic shot here was of some Quilling Paper.
Using Free Transform, in Photoshop, I duplicated and rotated the image every 45 degrees to form the circular spinner.
I thought it might fit the theme because it seems to be spinning out of it's surroundings :-)
If you're not familiar with Quilling Paper, you can see a package of it here. It comes in many beautiful colors.

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Katherine Stanback's Photos03-Apr-2007 01:44
Wonderful composition - I love the bright colors, and the spirals fading into the background! Very cool design and excellent job in photoshop!
Guest 25-Mar-2007 02:15
A fantastic image, bottles - the color and symmetry are magical! Bev
Denise24-Mar-2007 02:30
Yowser, what an outrageous image!!!!!! I want it hanging in my family room ;-)) Fabulous bottles and thanks for the link to Quilling Paper. I can't believe I never heard of it before. You are magic with the camera and Photoshop!!!!!
jp 23-Mar-2007 22:10
Beautiful, Bottles. I used to work with a quilling fanatic so I even know what *quilling* is.
Guest 23-Mar-2007 22:09
LOL - Thanks MCsaba for commenting. Well, actually it's just an abstract design done in Photoshop (I may replace it later). I did think it looked (sort of anyway) like one of those wind spinners that are so popular in gardens :-) The original shot was of just one "blade". Using the "free transform with duplicate data" command (option+cmd+t on the Mac), I moved the reference point to my desired center of rotation and rotated the blade 45 degrees. The remaining six blades were created by simply using the keyboard shortcut for "transform again with duplicate data" (shift+option+cmd+t on the Mac). It was really a fast and fun experiment!
Sony Forums Challenges23-Mar-2007 13:41
Very interesting. I think I'm not alone who asks what is it and how you made it. MCsaba