I have always been fascinated by 3D animation, but I unfortunately don't have the time to sit down and learn a 3D program to really produce great looking animations. A few years back, Zaxwerks released a set of plug-ins called Invigorator (Pro and Classic) that brought the world of extrusion to the "3D" in After Effects. I love the plug-in, but I always found it cumbersome to create complex animations, as time was always an issue.
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When you work with brushes in Adobe Illustrator, chances are you'll want to customize them a bit to suit your own style, rather than conforming your style to the stock presets. But the customization process isn't always straightforward. So in this tutorial, we'll take a look at three different ways to make brushes your own and try to keep it as simple as possible....Read More »
In Illustrator CS2, standard radial gradient fills won't automatically follow the edges of an object. They'll generally be circular and clipped by the bounding box of the object, rather than conformed to the object itself. However, with oval-shaped objects, there's a little trick to get the gradient to follow the edges of the object, rather than appearing completely circular and clipped by the bounding box....Read More »
Student Chris Riehl is new to CINEMA 4D, but his teacher, a moderator in the DMN Forums and demo artist for MAXON COMPUTERS has noted how quickly he has taken to the software. I had a minute to sit down with Chris to ask him a few questions about C4D's new module: HAIR....Read More »
No matter how long you've worked in Adobe Illustrator, there's always something new to learn--even in terms of the most basic functions of the program. For the latest installment in our "Illustrator Tips" series, we take a look at ways to manipulate color swatches, from importing color swatches--selectively--from Adobe Photoshop to merging color swatches to adding new swatches to Illustrator's default Swatch library so that you don't have to import colors on a document by document basis....Read More »
A look ahead at future development and releases of Adobe Creative Suite 3 was published by thinksecret.com, a well-known Mac rumor site. The site has a reliable track record of presenting solid information, so let's take a look at the clues it has obtained and see what might be in store for users of Photoshop and Illustrator. Keep in mind that this is not confirmed information, and should be considered in the realm of what's possible and not necessarily what's probable....Read More »
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As a sinus sufferer, I don't like earbuds either for my music player or as a mobile phone headset. You continually feel as if you should be blowing your nose, every sound echoes around inside your skull and when you speak, because you cannot hear yourself properly, you tend to shout; the more you shout, the more it rattles around your head.
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In the past I have queried whether people would actually watch video on a small screen; I d now say they will as long as the quality is there. Today though, a player even smaller than a Zune or an iPOD " more like two match boxes end to end " arrived called a T.sonic 850 and it is astonishing.
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The Kodak EasyShare line of digital cameras is one of the most successful digital camera line for the company because they are really easy to use, and their user interfaces are some of the easiest to navigate. The company has recently shipped the Kodak EasyShare M1033, a sub $200, 10 megapixel digital camera that features a 3X optical zoom lens (35-105 35mm equivalent) and a 3-inch wide angle LCD.
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Want to make a dynamic photo slideshow and put it on Youtube? Sure you can do that by means of many flash slideshow software. This guide explains how to do that with Wondershare Photo Story Platinum in a few simple steps without Flash skills.
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When you work with brushes in Adobe Illustrator, chances are you'll want to customize them a bit to suit your own style, rather than conforming your style to the stock presets. But the customization process isn't always straightforward. So in this tutorial, we'll take a look at three different ways to make brushes your own and try to keep it as simple as possible.
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In Illustrator CS2, standard radial gradient fills won't automatically follow the edges of an object. They'll generally be circular and clipped by the bounding box of the object, rather than conformed to the object itself. However, with oval-shaped objects, there's a little trick to get the gradient to follow the edges of the object, rather than appearing completely circular and clipped by the bounding box.
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Student Chris Riehl is new to CINEMA 4D, but his teacher, a moderator in the DMN Forums and demo artist for MAXON COMPUTERS has noted how quickly he has taken to the software. I had a minute to sit down with Chris to ask him a few questions about C4D's new module: HAIR.
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No matter how long you've worked in Adobe Illustrator, there's always something new to learn--even in terms of the most basic functions of the program. For the latest installment in our "Illustrator Tips" series, we take a look at ways to manipulate color swatches, from importing color swatches--selectively--from Adobe Photoshop to merging color swatches to adding new swatches to Illustrator's default Swatch library so that you don't have to import colors on a document by document basis.
...Read More »
A look ahead at future development and releases of Adobe Creative Suite 3 was published by thinksecret.com, a well-known Mac rumor site. The site has a reliable track record of presenting solid information, so let's take a look at the clues it has obtained and see what might be in store for users of Photoshop and Illustrator. Keep in mind that this is not confirmed information, and should be considered in the realm of what's possible and not necessarily what's probable.
...Read More »
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