The folks over at PhotoshopTalent.com and TutCast.com show how to use distort and displace in Photoshop to add realistic texture to an image. In this case, the demonstration uses a flat flag image, and adds a nice dynamic flowing look.
Formed in 2007 in Lyon, France, the Toast Concept design group looks more like a fun-seeking and fun-loving collective than an actual company. Officially a graphic design and motion graphics firm, Toast Concept made a big splash in the industry when they formed, taking on Sony Music, Land Rover, and Nike as their first clients. The majority of their work is still, however, not part of their professional portfolio. They have developed their brand through art, entering graphic design and motion graphics contests from Paris to Melbourne, spreading their non-professional work around, getting their name out there, and even designing a few toys - everywhere Toast Concept turns up, their signature of a toaster in a thought bubble follows. Toast Concept, now only in its second year of life, is truly the next design firm to watch.
Written by Pat Ortali, Multimedia Consultant III at Washington College’s Multimedia Production Center
Beginning the week of January 26th, Instructional Technology will be offering professional support for campus technologies, multimedia and more via Open FLEX Lab Hours in both the Beck Instructional Lab and the MultimediaProduction Center. Beck’s Open Lab Hours (FLEX Lab) will remain the same and the MPC will be opening its doors for the campus community. If you need help with a computer related task or project, stop by to receive one-on-one help from the Instructional Technology staff of experts.
Open Lab Hours for Spring 2009 will be:
Beck:
Mondays 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
MPC:
Tuesdays 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Wednesdays 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
If you have questions about any of the Open FLEX Lab Hours, please contact Nancy Cross, Brian Palmer or Nick Smerker. To find out who will be available during which hours, visit: mellon.washcoll.edu/staffprofiles.html
Tags: Help, JIT Training, Just-in-time, live support, MPC lab
Having a variety of brushes in Photoshop gives you more options, and having them very high resolution will allow you to create designs that can be printed and used in large format. Here are 75 collections of free brushes for you to choose from!
Tags: Brushes, creative inspiration, CS3, CS4, Design, High Rez, Photoshop, Resolution
Interested in experimenting with long exposure photography and painting with light? This tutorial shows some tips and examples of what you can do with your DSLR, a tripod, and a few light sources.
Tags: light art, long exposures, painting with light, Photography
Chase Jarvis does it again, explaining how he executes a high speed photography production with post production composting to produce magical results.
Tags: Chase Jarvis, Compositing, High speed photography, Photoshop
Shortly after Nikon released their D90, a DX format 12MP Digital SLR capable of shoot 720p video, Canon fires back with the impressive 5DMKII. I’m not going to go into why this is a great still photo camera, or list all of the details around this 1080p video capture beast. But I will mention that for $2700 and the cost of some lenses, you’ll be able to shoot beautiful photos AND footage you’d expect from a video camera priced 10-30x as much.
Check out this short film, created by Vincent Laforet, who was supplied with a pre-release version of the camera body for a few days. You’ll see why everyone is drooling over it.
Then take a look at an interview with Vincent to see why he, a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, is excited about the camera.
Tags: 1080p, 5D Mark II, Canon, DSLR, Video Photo
A short film that gives a rare glimpse into an industry that few fully understand… The Harvest
Tags: film, humor, The Harvest, Video
This collection of candid photos from the 2008 Olympics shows that timing is everything.
