Archive for April, 2009

Two mighty kings

Two mighty kings

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Jack Zhang continues to surprise us with another power-encrusted image, complete with a well-deserved CGChoice Award.
Jack Zhang brings us his workflow tutorial for ‘Two Mighty Kings’, an image he won a CGChoice Award and an Excellence Award in EXPOSÉ 7.
Introduction
First I would like to thank CGSociety for giving me the chance to present my latest [...]

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Making of Obidosby Hugo Silva

Making of Obidosby Hugo Silva

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Introduction- Since i remember i love the old historic streets, houses and objects around me, they have a story to tell. I’ve been born in Tomar, an ancient and beautiful city in Portugal. A few years later I have gone to Lisbon, another beautiful city with one of the most amazing history, culture and it’s [...]

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Philips: Carousel

Philips: Carousel

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Our first big interactive project of 2009 is for Philips’ swish new 21:9 Cinema TV. Working in conjunction with our friends at Tribal DDB Amsterdam, we created both the rich, visually-led microsite as well as the jawdropping film that functions as its centrepiece. Directed by Adam Berg, the film (which clocks in at a totally [...]

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Create a Glossy Volt Icon in Photoshop

Create a Glossy Volt Icon in Photoshop

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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First of all I would like to thank Negreu Andreas for collaborating with me in creating this tutorial. This is an inspiration from the Bolt movie poster. In this tutorial you will create a glossy thunder logo using a few layers and some white shapes that will make the thunder more interesting and glossy.
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How to Draw a Female Portrait in Photoshop

How to Draw a Female Portrait in Photoshop

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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I would like to thank Cucu Tudor for collaborating with me in creating this tutorial. In this tutorial you will learn how to use the brush and smudge tools and create a close to reality portrait.
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ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB Video Card Review

ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB Video Card Review

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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AMD is launching the World’s first 40nm graphics card today with the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 4770. With such a small die size, it means that AMD can fit more dies per wafer and reduce costs. AMD expects that the Radeon HD 4770 should sell for $109 with an available rebate of $10, [...]

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HDR Skydome Tutorial

HDR Skydome Tutorial

Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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For the 7 shots used to make this HDR skydome I used a Canon 1ds mk3 which has superb auto bracketing abilities as well as being very fast and having 21 megapixels. The lens used for these shots was a sigma 8mm fisheye which gives a complete circular image on a full frame dslr. I [...]

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ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 Graphics

ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 Graphics

Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Believe it or not – the best just got better. For the first time ever, 2.4 teraFLOPS of graphics horse power, 1600 stream [...]

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Scalable Multi-Touch

Scalable Multi-Touch

Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Devices such as the iPhone have begun to scratch the surface of gesture-based software interfaces, yet large, true multi-touch interfaces are still rare, bulky, and expensive.
This recent prototype – a next iteration of labs’ Sensing Screen – promises effortless touch interaction, full multi-touch, a robust glass work surface, low stack height, with comparatively moderate cost.  [...]

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Create an Asian Inspired Illustration with Impact

Create an Asian Inspired Illustration with Impact

Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Introduction
When it comes to creating this sort of work, it’s all about building your piece step by step.
I started out by wanting to use a model photo. I wanted a simple and impersonal posture and found this asian model on istockphoto. It’s the photo that gave me my theme, so I started looking for things [...]

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Making Of : Dream by Alex Kashpersky

Making Of : Dream by Alex Kashpersky

Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Greetings to everyone interested in the work of “Dream”. For the next few minutes I, Alex Kashpersky or, RIDDICK, will be with you. .

The original idea was to create a girl on a chair, because I became engaged in the search for the optimal form of a chair. Of the final composition, I removed it, [...]

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Interactive 360 panoramic video with YellowBird

Interactive 360 panoramic video with YellowBird

Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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A Dutch company called yellowBird has launched a system that brings to video the kind of 360-degree point-of-view-changing capability provided by Google Streetview. According to the company, the system uses a “Google Streetview-like” six-lens camera that creates an “all-encompassing…3D video” which can be played online on any computer equipped with Adobe Flash. The company says [...]

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Zen-filled Aspire One netbook makes VAIO P look cheap

Zen-filled Aspire One netbook makes VAIO P look cheap

Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Oh, right — we forgot that Sony’s not actually considering the VAIO P a “netbook,” but for all intents and purposes, it is. That being said, this highly decorated Aspire One easily blows the pants off of the aforesaid Sony, ringing up at $3,000 (minimum) on eBay. Why so pricey, you ask? No, there’s no [...]

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Inventors develop transistor to change color of any surface, your face notwithstanding

Inventors develop transistor to change color of any surface, your face notwithstanding

Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Color shifting has been a pipe dream for about as long as alchemists have claimed their studies to be legitimate, but now a brilliant team from the New University of Lisbon can finally say a breakthrough has been found. Essentially, these inventors have conjured up a transistor that changes the color of practically any surface [...]

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Dunk Your Logo in a Wave World

Dunk Your Logo in a Wave World

Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Adam brings back his charm in this tutorial that is all about the rarely used Wave World plugin. You will learn all the ins and outs about this plugin that can even do 3D!
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Smoothly Animate a Caricature Using Motion Tweens

Smoothly Animate a Caricature Using Motion Tweens

Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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In this tutorial we’ll see how we can create a caricature, split it into different layers then arrange the pieces properly as graphic symbols. Finally we’ll look at how easily we can smoothly animate the caricature by using motion tweens. This is a lengthy tutorial, so let’s get started!
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