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Just something I found interesting to do Google Diamond Tower for the true image. Mines a little doctored.

Object of the Fortnight #10 – Whole Red Apple ? The deadline for entries is 2000 UTC (8:00 PM UK Time) on Monday, August 7. Please see the Countdown Timer for exact time remaining. Competition Rules: 1. Your entry must not have a background/backdrop/scene; just the object on a transparent canvas. Shadows are fine. 2. Your entry must be 100% made using Paint.net. Don't use another image editor. Don't use stock images/photos (in full or parts thereof). 3. Max dimensions are 600x600. 4. You may modify or replace your image until the deadline. 5. Multiple entries per entrant are allowed. Make a separate post for each one. You may link to alternative versions, but they will not be part of your entry. This thread is for posting competition entries only. If you're not posting an entry, don't post here. If you want to talk about any of the entries, or ask a question regarding the competition, you can do so in the discussion thread found here.

I think you mean the text caret (the blinking line at the text insertion point). I agree, it is difficult to see. I should have noticed that. I'll change the color.

My entry 100% MadJik. salad and leaves from my pictures collection.

Many thanks to those who voted for me . Congratulations to @MadJik, @MJW & @barbieq25. It was a fun theme and my Beer Glass was adapted from this tutorial. Great entries from you all, such variety and imagination. Many thanks to @Toey for his hosting. Ha, ha - I've just noticed @toe_head2001's new signature.

Congratulations to @Pixey for the very impressive mug of beer. Every part was well done, but I particularly love the foam. @MadJik's cocktail glass is excellently rendered, with the shading of the base and the colored cast shadow standout features. @barbieq25's subtle glass shading is most effective and quite elegant. The tilted angle is a clever touch. Thanks to @toe_head2001 for hosting! (Thanks, also, to @AndrewDavid for telling me how the achieve the partial erasure I used to make the ice cubes look submerged!)

Yay! Another slap for PB. Well done Lynxster!

Re-hosted all images away from PB.

1st Place: @Pixey with 12 votes 2nd Place: @MadJik & @MJW with 9 votes 3rd Place: @barbieq25 with 7 votes

Congratulations to Pixey, Woodsy, and MadJik's. All very impressive entities. Congratulations, too, to barbieq25 and Maximilian on their excellent entries. I also think Djisves's entry is quite stylish. Lots of variety and quality in this contest. Thanks to Pixey for hosting!

I certainly did I had almost forgotten I had a similar project from a birthday card for a friend from last year, and then it suddenly dawned on me that I could recycle parts of it as a base for something new and hopefully catchy. So, thanks to all supporters for the reps and votes and also to Pixey for the ongoing hosting of contests, and greetings also to all fellow participants

Inspired by a recent post. Only one stock image in there somewhere. So many layers - so many choices how to blend.

So many excellent entries. Congratulations @Pixey @MadJik & @Woodsy Well done @MJW & @Maximilian Thank you for hosting duties @Pixey

Can't afford a real Mercedes, even if I could I would only be able to have it half gold

I stumbled across this thread looking for something else and it inspired me to try the tut out. I'm still tweaking some of the more streaky parts. I didn't have my mouse earlier.

Playing around with some blurred white text on a texture.

Mini-tutorial on my dished buttons: 1. open a reasonably sized, single layer canvas - I generally use the default 800x600 (NB: it doesn't have to be square). 2. fill the entire canvas with your base color. 3. open Effects > Render > Shape3D. 4. change the Depth Radius to around 0.3. This gives the button a nice domed appearance. 5. turn on Antialiasing. Level 4 or 5 is perfect to eliminate the rough outer rim. 6. increase the Strength of Light to 1.2 7. change the Specular Highlight to 0.1 8. hit Ok. 9. duplicate the layer. 10. the upper layer should be selected. If not, select it. 11. press Ctrl+Shift+Z to open the Rotate/Zoom dialog 12. hold Shift down while you drag the outer roll control to the 180 degree position. 13. reduce the zoom to around 0.8 14. if required, use the pan feature to recenter the reduced image. You could use Align Object, but I'm lazy and just eyeball it. 15. hit OK 16. apply Effects > Blurs > Gaussian Blur on the upper layer at radius of 25 or so. 17. flatten and save,