fishordie79 Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) Hi Everyone, I hope the document I put together is easy enough to follow although I do understand that skill levels vary and that some of you folks may not be as Photoshop savvy as others. Also, I may not have been as clear in some area as I had intended to be. If you find this tutorial difficult to follow just let me know and I will make a video version. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me grow in this amazing hobby. You guys are awesome:) If there are any questions please let me know! Link to the .psd file you will need: https://drive.google.com/open?id=15WMSmltSliQVRzxCJLxdak0hd96245rW How to Make 3d Holographic Fish Eyes.pdf Edited December 4, 2019 by fishordie79 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Unreal! Thanks for the tutorial. I'll hopefully be dabbling with this in the winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishordie79 Posted December 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 No problem @eastman03! Hopefully it works out for you. I think I'll also do the video version and when I have it finished I'll be sure to tag you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlela Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Fishordie can you post video version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 @fishordie79 so it's been a while, but I have almost all the right parts to make my own eyes! Learned a bit about photoshop, and waterslide paper during the whole process! Waiting for a leather punch kit to punch the eyes out. Now only my own creativity can hold me back! Thanks for the tutorial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishordie79 Posted November 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 Hey @eastman03 Awesome! Glad it helped you and the eyes look great man! After months of work I finally have built a new workshop and have gotten it stocked up. Just ordered some resin, microballoons, silicone, etc., and am looking forward to going into full production mode. I was thinking about modifying the Photoshop template to add layers for 15 and 20mm eyes so if you need the updated one I'll gladly get it to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) Yea I'd take all the help I can get. I don't own photoshop, and I wasn't sure I wanted to buy it, so I used an open source program called GIMP. It is similar, it allows me to play with layers and most of the same things as photoshop. That was probably the most difficult thing in this process lol. I've never used any program quite like this. I also see how much of the background comes through despite the eyes printing red. I'll have to play around with it, it is a fun challenge! I just received a leather punch set that I ordered, so I will be able to start punching out some eyes and getting them finished. I'm also kinda waiting for it to get cold enough to fire up my wood boiler so I can heat the shop. We are starting to get winter here in Manitoba, so that means less fishing and more lure making. Edited November 2, 2020 by eastman03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishordie79 Posted November 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 I hear you man a Photoshop license is expensive albeit far less expensive these days now that it is subscription based. I've used GIMP in the past and it is a powerful program. Any way I can help you man just let me know. Also, I recently watched the 36 Hours series on YT. Man that was one of the best fishing shows I've ever seen. Loved it! I have two bucket list trips: one to South America for Peacock Bass and another to Canada for pike, walleye, sturgeon, etc. You guys have so many awesome species there you must be in heaven:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Do you mean the 39 hours show from Uncut Angling? That series in so intense! Those are all my buddies that I guided with years ago. I'm very spoiled to have all the fishing resources around here that I do. Thanks for all the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishordie79 Posted November 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 Yeah 39 Hours. Man that was a great series! If I ever find myself in Canada I’ll look you up for a guided session. If you ever find yourself in Germany let me know;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Sounds good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted November 12, 2020 Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 This really works well! Thanks again. The eyes pop like crazy once you get epoxy on them. Here are a few from my first batch. I need to sharpen up the cheap leather punch I got for this as it kinda was tearing it off. I think I need a harder backing material to punch the eyes out cleanly. More experimenting will happen yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishordie79 Posted November 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 Nice man! Those look great brother. Yeah man a sharp leather punch and really dense piece of hard wood will make a huge difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishordie79 Posted November 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Hey @eastman03 I forgot to mention. I simplified my process by eliminating the need for the wooden block. screws, and glue stick. I basically just built a shallow frame out of Legos, maybe 25cm X 25cm, and poured a thin layer of silicone into it, maybe a half a centimeter thick. Now instead of gluing the eyes to the screws I just lay them out onto the silicone and then drop the epoxy directly onto them. Any epoxy you get onto the silicone just pops right off after its dry. Also, as long as you have the silicone on a flat surface the eyes will always dry flat and not to one side or the other if you screw isn't perfectly straight. Oh, and you can also use the waterslide paper to make little decals with your initials or logo on them which you can then stick to the underside of the bait before the epoxy process:) Edited November 16, 2020 by fishordie79 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Yea the application of the waterslide paper really opens the door to all kinds of things! Interesting idea with the silicone layer. So the eye sitting on the silicone has enough surface tension on its own I guess to make a little bubble, just like on the screw. Do you ever have issues with extra epoxy kinda forming a strange shaped eye, because it cant kinda fall off like if it were on the screw? Anyway, for the few eyes I'm making for myself at the moment, this will do just fine! Thanks again, just adds another level of customization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 @fishordie79 do you have any tips to align the leather punch with the eye. That seems to be my biggest problem. Maybe I just need practice. I think I'll make the outside of the eye slightly bigger so I can have some room for error. I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishordie79 Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 @eastman03 What I do is to use the "Stroke" function in Photoshop, not sure what it is called in Gimp, to make a thick black outline around the eye. This does two things: 1. It gives the eye a cool "shading" effect, and 2. it gives you something to align the leather punch with. The thicker you make the stroke the more forgiving it is when punching them out. . My leather punch has a slot or chamber I guess you could call it that allows me to look down into it when placing over the eye. It still takes a bit of practice to get a good alignment but after you've done a few alignment gets easier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlela Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 fishordie, I'm stuck on one part. I download the eye template to a jpeg. I'm stuck on "Open the Fish Eye Template .psd document." I'm trying to get to the part on the layers pane to pick what size I want. Any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlela Posted April 26, 2021 Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 In the layers pane once I reopen the jpeg it’s not showing the three layer groups. Just says layer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
