One for Donald.

[carregwen]

Sorry, Raylee, it wasn't the 'high key' option in OptikVerve - it was 'shoe box'.

[Camellia]

Did you use Optikverve?

The shot itself of the glass is fine, just the same as mine. It's not dark enough though. Mine was on black paper with a black backdrop. Try that and for lighting use an angle-poise light on the right side aimed at the glass. Turn the other room lights off, and draw the curtains. You just want the light to pick out the edges and certain parts of the glass. Set the camera to manual otherwise you will get a normal exposure. The dark areas of mine (most of the shot) get converted to whites in the Optikverve or Silver Efex plugin. That's what creates the high-key look.

I used 'invert' and then fiddled with brightness and contrast. Added 'fibres' for the texture. I also used white crepe paper as the background. I'll try your technique though.

[Camellia]

I just did this one (from the same RAW) using Optik Verve (BW High key option) plugins, which are free. It's Virtual Photographer you need, not the Studio, http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

Hmm. I've downloaded it but it doesn't seem to work. It does say that it's not compatible with CS4 on 64 bit and I'm running CS5 on 64 bit. Looks like I'm out of luck.

[Camellia]

I tried the black background and the single light source but I ended up with spot light effects. I started mucking around and this is what I came up with. Quite a way away from Rob's.

[Peter Ryan]

Hmm. I've downloaded it but it doesn't seem to work. It does say that it's not compatible with CS4 on 64 bit and I'm running CS5 on 64 bit. Looks like I'm out of luck.

Hi Raylee,

If you go back into Optikeverve and download Virtual Studio. It opens up as a standalone program (including Virtual Photographer). You can open it separately to PS and you will not have compatibility issues.

[Camellia]

Hi Raylee,

If you go back into Optikeverve and download Virtual Studio. It opens up as a standalone program (including Virtual Photographer). You can open it separately to PS and you will not have compatibility issues.

Thanks Peter. I'll try that tonight.

[carregwen]

Hi Raylee,

If you go back into Optikeverve and download Virtual Studio. It opens up as a standalone program (including Virtual Photographer). You can open it separately to PS and you will not have compatibility issues.

Or, you can load CS in 32bit version. You should have both installed.

[Camellia]

I finally got back to this task. I started off following Rob's instructions of black background, single light source, invert etc. I accidentally selected colour negative and liked the result. I was then influenced by Steve's use of smoke and this is what I came up with.

[MiniChris]

Pretty Slick!

[carregwen]

[Klickit]

Not too shabby, Raylee.

[Camellia]

Thanks Chris, Rob and Kit.