Photoshop Katrin Eismann and Sean Duggan lead us through an exploration of the creative possibilities of extreme photographic effects in Creating Cross-processing Effects in Photoshop.
Photoshop It's easy to overlook some of the workhorse effects that can be generated using Photoshop's own filters. The Photoshop Fundamentals: Using the Color Halftone Filter tutorial shows how to get started with the classic halftone effect.
The Photos.com Challenge
The March Challenge is at the midway point, with entries this time needing to be based on a selection of six floral patterns from the Photos.com stock photo collection. The challenge is to use part of any five of the six pattern images in a new composition. The creators of three of the winning images will receive three months of access to Photos.com, while three more will receive one month. The entry at right, The Garden of Professor August Mobius, is by David Macdonald. It contains a puzzle, the solution to which is available in David's Graphics.com gallery.
Adobe Photoshop: Getting Rid of Black Fringe JClarkson needs to be able to bring images rendered in Lightwave into Photoshop, with anti-aliased edges. MadMutant and Dalibor have provided some suggestions.
Plants You'll Never Need to Water Mike Lenhart takes a look as Plants and Their Application to Ornament, a reproduction of the classic design book of 1897.
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CreativeBits 7 Cool Things You Need to Know About Google Reader Could Google Reader be the best solution for your feed reading needs? Or is Google evil, after all? Tech Masters Apple Dealer Campaign What would your comment be if this was a Microsoft campaign? Dynamic Graphics Magazine Design B.C. Designers, step away from the computer to rejuvenate projects with some old-school style collaboration, variation and... mechanics. LiquidTreat:Montage: Unmonumental Online Here's a perfect procrastination break: Through March 30, the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York hosts an online exhibit, Montage: Unmonumental Online. It features digital collages from 14 artists that mash up images, sound and programming know-how without a creative brief to play referee. Artist Oliver Laric strings together 50 YouTube videos with amateurs singing 50 Cent songs, while Guthrie Lonergan creates an Internet Group Shot by overlapping amateur group photos in a yearbook-style collage. GraphicDesignForum TheCreativeForum
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