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Photoshop Quick Tips #9: Using Photoshop Actions

Posted on 31. May, 2009 by admin.

A really good element of Photoshop that a lot of people don’t even know about is the Photoshop Action, if you never used it before you should definitely check out this tutorial and see what these actions are all about. I also selected some great actions for download, so check it out!
Actions are effects already [...]

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Reader Tutorial: Dark Water in Photoshop by Julien Brionne

Posted on 31. May, 2009 by admin.

This is my first Photoshop tutorial, I will show you how I did my first creation whose name is Dark Water. The idea of this image was exactly to create a tutorial. To achieve this creation, you will need to download some pictures, you can find the links below.
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Mapping Procedures: 3ds max to ZBrush

Posted on 30. May, 2009 by admin.

First of all – I write this “tag” assuming that you already know Creation (modeling), Importing/Exporting within both 3ds Max and ZBrush. Also the maps creation in ZBrush and UVWs in 3ds Max.
A) If you have made your base model in 3ds Max [...]

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Illustrating with vectors and pixels

Posted on 30. May, 2009 by admin.

Luke O’Neill takes advantage of Illustrator and Photoshop’s strong points to create his work of dark art
Both Illustrator and Photoshop have their strengths: Illustrator enables the user to draw perfect vector lines with no loss of detail, while with Photoshop you can bend and manipulate any image at will.
Although both applications can be used on [...]

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Making of MGS Female Ninja

Posted on 29. May, 2009 by admin.

Information:
I created this piece as a tribute to Metal Gear Solid. Base modeling in Lightwave, detailing and texturing in ZBrush, and post work in Photoshop.
The process:
I used Grey Fox from Metal Gear Solid as my main reference (Konami): ->
I decided to start with a sporty body type (Lightwave). There were no ears in the [...]

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Full HD 3D Monitor Panel with Enhanced Brightness From LG, With Video

Posted on 29. May, 2009 by admin.

This morning LG announced their latest Full HD 23” 3D LCD with enhanced brightness (twice as bright as a conventional 3D LCD), giving LG the possibility to acclaim a world’s first. Make sure to check the video below…
Priceless, especially the end.

Seoul, Korea (May 27, 2009) – LG Display Co., Ltd. [NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220], [...]

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Ball Rigging – Video Tutorial

Posted on 29. May, 2009 by admin.

Introduction
Learn how to create a simple rig that will help you explore the complexity of animating a ball.  Everyone should to start their animation experience animating a ball, and this rig will give you some cool tools to make your animation life easier. Topics include MaxScripting, Reaction manager and more.  You’ll never look at animating [...]

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Create Your Own Pseudo 3D Pong Game

Posted on 28. May, 2009 by admin.

In this tut I’ll describe how to create a basic 3D scene using the new 3D options of Flash Player 10. Then I’ll explain how to add interactivity to the elements and set up a basic pong game. Let’s go..
Step 1 – Setting the Scene
Let’s set up the stage and create the 3D scene. In [...]

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Create Whispy Spirit-like Text

Posted on 28. May, 2009 by admin.

Adam keeps digging through the good ol’ built in CC plugins and continues to come up with very clever and visually awesome solutions. In this tutorial Adam uses CC Smear as the basis to create text that appears in as if a spirit whisped into it.
Video Tutorial:
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Downloading this tutorial will [...]

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How to Create a Steampunk Style Illustration in Photoshop

Posted on 28. May, 2009 by admin.

Go simultaneously backward and forward in time with this Steampunk tutorial. The main focus, aside from the style of course, is fusing elements from different sources together to create a cohesive whole. There are many tricks to this end and we shall be looking at light sources, shadows, and image grading.
Introduction
Steampunk is a sub-genre of [...]

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