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Imaging/Design Industry News:
• Auto FX Ships Mystical Tint, Tone and Color
Effects package offers 38 filters
• Anark Releases Anark Studio 2
Full Mac OS X version coming next month
• EZQuest Ships FireWire 800 Drives
Drives available in 250 GB capacity
• E-on Offers Discount for Mac OS X Users
Vue d'Esprit 3D software available for $149
• Sonnet Drops G4 Upgrade Prices
Company also intros 512 MB flash storage
• Adobe Launches New Service Program
Expert Support targeted toward creative professionals
• Canon To Ship PowerShot G5
Digital camera offers 5 megapixel resolution
• Kodak Intros Digital Cameras
DX6440 offers 4 megapixel resolution
• Celsys Ships Stylos 1.1 2D Animation Tool
Vector-based animation system comes to Retas! Pro
• Monaco Announces GamutWorks
Profile analysis tool allows for the visualization and evaluation of ICC profiles
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Using displacement and effects to distress an image
Readers are always asking me for the best ways to create distress effects on images. Of course, distress effects can be accomplished in a huge number of ways, some of which we've examined in past articles. But today we're going to go into Adobe Photoshop we're going to use its displacement functionality--plus a few filters--to create a rumpled paper effect, as if someone had taken your image, crumpled it up and then tried to smooth it back out again.
Controlling static extrusion contours
We've so far examined, pretty extensively, the basics of extrusions in Macromedia Freehand MX, as well as some methods for using this functionality to generate complex, abstract objects from simple polygons. This time around we head into more practical areas with a look at how to control static extrusion profiles for creating objects (or text) that zoom out at you in weird and winding ways.
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35 nature-themed texture brushes
We return this week with another free set of brushes for Adobe Photoshop, this time with a theme of nature. The collection includes 35 brushes designed to create quick background textures, floral patterns and the like with dynamic colors, sizes and shapes. Read on for download and installation instructions.
While many people have known about CSS few have really grasped the full power
While there have been many books written on this topic, most have been written with the techno-geek in mind. In many cases, the creative folk ended up getting lost in a sea of code. They shouldn't be. Holzschlag has created a vivid and colorful book that at just under 275 pages, is a very easy read and guide to understanding all there is in creating Style Sheets.
Special effects application and plugin for Adobe Photoshop
Mystical Lighting is the first graphics package I've reviewed from Auto FX, and I'm hooked. Mystical Lighting is a standalone application that also functions through a plugin interface with Adobe Photoshop. As its name suggests, the software is designed to produce lighting effects, as well as effects with a "mystical" quality--ethereal fog, vortices, fairy dust and the like. There are also some utilitarian effects, such as edge highlighting, shading and light casting.
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