April 29th, 2010
As a creative, you will see a photo that is pretty good to begin with, however, there are minor details that makes it flawed.
A good example is this photo of this lady sitting at the pool; when turned 90 degrees, it appears that she’s sitting on a ledge and there is a wall of water.
Unfortunately, there are people as well as other distractions in this photo that take away that wall of water sensation.
It’s always a fun hobby to take a cool photo like this and make it even better.
This is the original photo.
This is after editing.
Everything was done in Photoshop CS4 using masks, patch tool and healing brush as well as rotating a layer to make the lady’s head look as if she’s not struggling to keep still in water.
Here’s a side by side comparison. What do you... Continue Reading...
Tags: 90 degree photo, clean up photo, Photo Editing, photo manipulation, photoshop cs4, wall of water
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April 6th, 2010
I am not alone when it comes to developing mock up websites or doing any sample graphic design work that requires dummy text or “lorem ipsum” text. I found myself always searching for this dummy text and then copy and pasting it. I’ve found several solutions to this dummy text madness we all experience.
Head on over to one of these handy lorem ipsum generation sites and you’ll get your dummy text. So have it bookmarked and you’ll always have it close enough. Plus you can generate based on number of paragraphs, words, bytes or lists. Not bad as its pretty customizable but how custom does it need to be since its only dummy text.
So repeat visits to the lorem ipsum generator can be mitigated if you plan accordingly. Open up a new text document and copy... Continue Reading...
Tags: dummy text, lorem ipsum, mock up design, Photoshop CS4 extension plugin, web themes
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March 22nd, 2010
It’s here. Finally here. I’ve been waiting for God of War 3 since they announced it back when the Playstatioin 3 was launched. From teaser art pieces all the way to the E3 demos and trailers; I knew this game was going to be epic.
I needed my fix of Kratos.
As Epic as it Gets
To sum up, God of War 3 is a video gaming masterpiece and pure adrenaline to play. It continues the tradition of the original series in its delivery of fluid game play. The visual spectacles and grand scale of it all just completely immerses you. If you have never played one of the God of War games yet, I highly suggest it.
The background story is that you control Kratos, a spartan warrior, who has made a deal with the Gods to have omnipotent power. The setting is in ancient times of Greek mythology... Continue Reading...
Tags: god of war 3 review, ps3, Sony Playstation 3
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March 22nd, 2010
I miss the days actually excited to go to my mailbox and see the famous Netflix envelopes. I would already know what movie is arriving and that is the reason I chose Netflix over Blockbuster.
Unfortunately, these days, the movies arriving in the Netflix envelope is not exactly on my top ten list of movies. Movies in my top ten are usually new releases in Blu-ray format.
That’s why I pay that extra $1 or $2 to get Blu-ray. It is such disappointment now because either Netflix has a short supply of actual discs available to ship out or they are holding back on new releases.
My top 10 list (its more like top 20 movies) I would like to see that are new release and in Blu-ray have been sitting in my queue since last year with a “Long Wait” status. Even the “Short... Continue Reading...
Tags: netflix, queue wait time too long, selection sparse, slow service
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March 11th, 2010
I love reading Smashing Magazine as it is extremely helpful for an aspiring graphic designer slash web developer. When they were advertising the release of their book Smashing Book, I pre-ordered right away. I had great hopes and they sure delivered a book chock full of ideas, concepts and smashing content.
The Good
As always from the writers, content is key. This book touches upon most topics that are relevant for any designer focused on the web as its medium. The topics range from taking full advantage of CSS for layouts to typography options as well as color theory. It covers on the fundamentals of user interface design and usability concerns that may not be something we may care as much as typical graphic artists.
Besides the graphical topics it covers, the book also covers the... Continue Reading...
Tags: smashing book, smashing magazine, web design
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