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Imaging/Design Industry News:
• E-on Previews Vue 4 Professional
3D scenery creation software to include dynamic motion reaction
• WoodLab Released for Electric Image Universe
Shader provides more than 200 preset wood materials
• Epson Ships C84 Printer
Sub-$100 inkjet offers 5,760 x 1,440 DPI resolution
• Reindeer Graphics Releases Optipix 2.0
Update adds 16-bit tools for digital photography
• AGFA Adds Baseline and FontSmith Foundries to Fonts.com
Collections include 40 new fonts and font families
• Olympus Intros C-5000 Digital Camera
Dye-sublimation printers also announced
• LumaPix Updates FotoFusion
New version 2.0 generates automatic photo collages
• WiebeTech Drops Prices on FireWire Storage
1.2 TB Quad BayDock reduced to $2,359
• SanDisk Launches Ultra II Flash Cards
CompactFlash, SD cards get read/write performance boost
• Pentax Updates Optio Digital Camera Line
New models offer resolutions up to 5.0 megapixels
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Part 1: An introduction to the basics of the medium
With the print and Internet publishing industries still recovering from their three-year-old slump, designers, in order to survive, have to seek opportunities wherever they arise. One such opportunity still in relative infancy is graphic design for DVD. I'm not talking about commercial DVD production for movie studios. If you're in that business already, you're set. If you're not, good luck. What I'm talking about is the proliferation of DVD among a whole range of production services with one thing in common: the need for high-quality graphics design services.
16-bit image correction filters for Adobe Photoshop
If you perform image corrections for a living, you're no doubt aware of the limitations of Adobe Photoshop when it comes to working with 16-bit images. Yes, you can perform a few color correction tasks, and you have access to a short list of 16-bit-aware filters. But most of Photoshop's useful tools are completely unavailable. Fortunately Reindeer Graphics has come along with the Optipix 2.0 filter collection to fill in the gaps, bringing powerful image manipulation, enhancement and compositing features to the 16-bit workflow.
26 brushes for hair and fur effects
For years the process of creating hair and fur in Adobe Photoshop has been a tremendous labor. But the advent of the Photoshop 7 Paint Engine has made this process almost simple. I recently wrote up an article covering techniques for creating hair and fur effects in Photoshop using Paint Engine dynamics, and interest was enormous, as was the volume of requests (and sometimes demands) for a set of preset brushes for accomplishing this technique. Hence this week's free download, featuring a range of brushes for generating hair and fur effects.
How to turn any spline IK joint setup into a soft body and use it in your animations
This tutorial will show you steps you can take to turn any spline IK joint setup into a soft body and how you can use it in your animations. Spline IK has many uses. You can use it to make a character's back stretch, you can use it on a creature's tail, or tentacles. It's often considered confusing and complicated, but I'll show you how to bring it all together.
A workflow overview
Profound Effects Useful Things is a wonderful addition to Adobe After Effects. With it you have the ability to create over 300 effects – many come with the app, while others are created by a huge user base. For some users, the way you create an effect can be a bit daunting. In this overview, I’ll walk you through the process of creating one of my favorite Useful Things effects.
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