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Free High Resolution Textures - gallery. Designers' List - Great resources and websites for designers. Photo editor online / free image editing direct in your browser - Pixlr.com. The best 30 photo manipulation tutorials for Photoshop | dpxmag.com. 100 Weird Facts About the Human Body | Bizarre stuff, Photos, News and More... Posted by rappin on April 7, 2008 · 8 Comments The human body is an incredibly complex and intricate system, one that still baffles doctors and researchers on a regular basis despite thousands of years of medical knowledge.

As a result, it shouldn’t be any surprise that even body parts and functions we deal with every day have bizarre or unexpected facts and explanations behind them. From sneezes to fingernail growth, here are 100 weird, wacky, and interesting facts about the human body. The Brain The human brain is the most complex and least understood part of the human anatomy. There may be a lot we don’t know, but here are a few interesting facts that we’ve got covered. 1. Hair and Nails While they’re not a living part of your body, most people spend a good amount of time caring for their hair and nails. 11.

Internal Organs Though we may not give them much thought unless they’re bothering us, our internal organs are what allow us to go on eating, breathing and walking around. 22. 34. 43. Photo editor online / free image editing direct in your browser - Pixlr.com. Season 1 » You Suck At Photoshop #10: Vanishing Point. 1000s of Free Photoshop Plugins & Filters MegaList. Have you been looking for a way to add some extra zest to your Photoshop images? Have you wanted to find some cool Photoshop filters but didn’t want to spend any of your cash?

Well, I have put together a long list of Free Photoshop Plugin along with a summary of what you will find on each of these sites. Amongst all of these sites you will be able to find 1000s of Photoshop plugins and filters so I hope that you have some time on your hands. Please comment about sites that I have missed. Have fun Photoshopping. You might also enjoy our List of Adobe Illustrator Plugins and Filters. Amphisoft - Free plug-in filters for Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Macromedia Fireworks, JASC and Corel PaintShop Pro, PhotoPaint and other image editors for Windows. Almathera Plugins - The Almathera plugins are free and you can create shape, bevel, halo, drop shadow, grayscale, warp, lightning and puddle effects.

Des Filtres - Site is in French but there must be a 100 filters that I believe are free. The Complete Guide to Creating Photoshop Filters. FEBRUARY 07, 2002The Complete Guide to Creating Photoshop Filters I realized some time ago that it's simply too difficult for new readers of our publications to go hunting through the tutorials archives here to find all of the parts to our Filter Factory tutorial series. To date there have been six parts--two specific tutorials on generating 3D effects, one on customizing the interface of completed filters and three general pieces on working with the Filter Factory's expressions, functions and operators to generate effects. To this we now add our seventh and final part and conclude the series. Why conclude? Well, as you may or may not know, the Filter Factory is a dying technology. It's certainly a lamentable end. For purposes of organization, I've broken this compendium into several sections, each accessible by clicking on section names at the bottom of each page or by simply clicking the "Next" button at the bottom of each page, if you prefer to read it through from the beginning.

How To Create Photoshop Actions. Photoshop actions are the best — they save time and make you more productive during post-processing. They can be used to speed up repetitive tasks, make quick work of time consuming edits, and give you a little creative inspiration. In several of my previous Photoshop articles I’ve given the option to download a set of actions that cover the topics discussed here on the blog. Want more great projects, amazing photos, Photoshop tips, and articles on photography? Subscribe to Epic Edits today (free!) So you don’t miss a thing. As I mentioned in my “Actions Teaser” post, I’ll be going through the basic steps of creating actions and give you some examples of how they can be used. Before you can do anything, you need to have the right tools in front of you.

If your actions palette is nowhere to be found, you can activate it under the “Window” menu. Sets are a way to group actions as you see fit. OK, you’ve got some sequence of events you want to record and you’re ready to start the action. Photoshop Tips. Harmony. Suche. Web Design Blog - Designers Inspiration Community - Web Development Blog - Web Design Blog – DesignM.ag. A Singular Creation - Art Community - Art Contests and Opportunities. Featured. Fine Art on Etsy - Original fine art, prints, sculpture. Kecleon Color Theory. Homemade Lightbox - Tutorials. Homemade Lightbox by rob_smith I needed a lightbox for my recent challenge entry and had a look on the interweb for a guide to make one.

There are a few good ones out there, but I needed something I could build in an hour to shoot for the Skin challenge that was a couple of hours away from closing. The Strobist's article was a pretty good guide so I thought I'd build one and document the process. You can judge the results for yourself. Stage 1: Materials Needed I had some big sturdy boxes left over from moving house so I used one of those, it's the double thickness kind, pretty handy as you'll be removing a lot of the cardboard so you need some strength left in the frame. Some large sheets of tracing paper, mine were 14" x 17", pretty cheap from any art shop. I have a little toy car in the shots for scale.

Stage 2: The Build I outlined around my tracing pad to mark how big the sheets were, and then cut using a craft knife about 1cm inside the line I had traced. Stage 3: Inside OK don't laugh. Drawspace.com - Learn to draw. Illustrator Tutorial: Tracing Photo. Prev • Tutorials • Next Full detailed tutorial on how to draw and trace people from a photo. Learn how to create realistic illustration with just simple gradient fill. No massive Gradient Mesh! Download Source File Required: Illustrator 9+ 1. First place a photo in Layer 1 by File > Place or Copy & Paste from clip board. 2. Make a new layer (Layer 2). Use the Pen Tool and start tracing the basic features of the girl. These shortcuts are: Ctrl+[ = Send Backward (This will send object back 1 step)Ctrl+] = Bring Forward (This will bring object front 1 step)Ctrl+Shift+[ = Send to Back (This will send object all the way to the back)Ctrl+Shift+] = Bring to Front (This will bring object all the way to the front)Ctrl+F = Paste in Front (This will paste object in front with same position) 3.

Draw a new path as shown (top). Use the same technique from previous step and make all shadow paths for the overall illustration. 4. Now fill in the base color for the face, eye, lips, and eyebrow. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Novation Remote 25. Reviews : MIDI Controller The concept of the portable laptop-based studio is enticing, but you still need a musical input device — hence the current popularity of compact MIDI keyboards.

And although it's not the cheapest, Novation's Remote 25 has much to offer... Derek Johnson & Debbie Poyser Originally projected as a dedicated controller for Propellerhead's immensely popular Reason electronic studio software, Novation's Remote was announced two-and-a-half years ago as a Propellerhead/Novation joint venture. Until now. Novation's 'reasons' aside, the change of direction means that, instead of standing out from the crowd as a Reason-centred device, Remote 25 now has to run with the pack of 'keyboard-plus-knobs' controllers from several other manufacturers.

Feature Overview 'Cute', if not 'revolutionary', is a word that comes to mind when looking at Remote 25. All connectivity is located at the rear, including the USB port, MIDI In and Thru ports, and two MIDI Outs. In Use With Cubase SX. Historical Anatomies on the Web: Cousin, Jehan. 20 Ingenious Origami & Folded Paper Creations | today in art. Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which throughout its history has produced beautifully crafted objects and inventions. There is something particularly attractive about elements of the natural world recreated in delicately folded paper forms, and animals and plants have been a favourite subject for origami artists. The evolution of mathematics has been reflected in ever more complex geometric paper creations, while digital technology has enabled intricately mapped patterns.

This post brings together twenty examples of ingenious origami and folded paper art and design. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. This is a guest post by Tom Walker who writes and designs at a UK based specialist supplier in Epson Stylus Photo ink, toners and paper. 8 Drawing Exercises That Every Artist Should Practice | today in art. Wire Drawing Exercise Example from save-janos.net – this example has been placed on a painted acrylic background With this exercise you are not going to be drawing at all. All you need is some wire and a pair of pliers with cutters.

My favorite wire for this exercise is tie wire and you can get it almost any hardware store. The idea is to explore shapes and lines that you create by bending the wire. Non-dominant Hand Give your non-dominant hand a chance to shine. Draw Vertically you should be doing most of these drawing exercises vertically if you have an easel or drawing horse. Continuous Contour Line Drawing Examples from Draw and Paint Online A Continuous Contour Line Drawing is an exercise to help us focus on the line. Continuous Blind Contour Line Drawing Example from Anne Leuck Feldhaus If you enjoy the contour line exercise, then you should certainly try this one.

Gesture Drawing Draw the Negative Space Value Drawing Exercise <A HREF=" How to Write Shape Relief Alphabet! 100 Best Photoshop Tutorials of All Time that Yield Professional Results. Photoshop tutorials are one of the most popular subjects on the web, as the digital art community continues to grow and new designers bring their unique skills.

However, quality Photoshop tutorials that teach you a useful effect, have a quality finished result and are well explained are harder to find, and with the large number of tutorial sites available, it can be hard to sort the quality from the mundane. In this massive roundup, we’ve collected the top 100 best Photoshop tutorials that have ever been created, that yield professional results, teach you a useful effect, are well explained, and will have you designing like a pro in no time. These tutorials are collected from niche tutorial sites around the web, and range in age from creation in 2008 to a few tutorials that were created just last week. So, if you think you’ve seen all there is to see from Photoshop, guess again and check out this post.

If you liked this post, check out our other design tutorial roundups: Manual. The concept of Resolume is very simple. By pressing keys on the keyboard you trigger and scratch video clips and apply effects. Enabling you to quickly improvise video playback. To install Resolume simply download the latest version from our website. We recommend the one that includes demo footage. Once downloaded simply double-click the installer and follow the installation wizard. Before you run Resolume make sure: - Your display resolution is set to 1024x768 or higher or preferably to 1280x1024. - You have installed directX 9.0 or higher.

If you would like to use Flash files you should also have the Shockwave Flash plugin installed in Internet Explorer. Advanced installation To ensure maximum stability it is best to have as little software installed and running next to Resolume as possible. Microsoft has published a multi booting guide on their website to help you install Windows more then once on the same computer. Step 1: Loading media files In depth: Browser, Channels Step 2: Mixing! 1. Muro. 70 Of The Best Photoshop Actions For Enhancing Photos. The compilation consist of 70 of the best Photoshop actions collected from all around the web from photo effects to actions for even creating photo borders, An essential design resource for all designers weather your an expert or an beginner.

Photoshop actions consist of a series of menu commands such as i.e. filters, image adjustments etc which can be recorded and played back this process is called a Photoshop action. Photoshop actions are perfect for novices to Photoshop simply because it allows you to apply multiple different photo effects to an image within a few seconds without having knowledge about the ins and outs of Photoshop. Photo Effect Actions 1) Double sketch effect action for Photoshop This action offers a “double” sketch effect, just like if you painted the sketch twice, once from left to right, and once from right to left. 2) Photoshop Action – Bright Eyes A Photoshop action to enhance the appearance of the eye but only works with blue eyes. 3) Pencil Draw Photoshop Action.