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Video-Based Tutorial: By Ko Maruyama

Photoshop CS3e: Halloween Cross Part 2
Painting a 3D object in Photoshop CS3e can be really easy

If you have Adobe's Photoshop CS3 Extended, you can import 3D models from other applications. If there are 3D models in a Photoshop CS3e project, you can open up the textures and modify them to suit the project at hand. You can paint just as you would on any smart object project. All of the tools are at your disposal. Read More

Planetwide Media's My Comic Book Creator, including Comic Book Creator 2 and Marvel Heroes Comic Book Creator (Windows only, www.myplanetwide.com), along with Plasq's Comic Life 1.4 (Mac and Windows, www.plasq.com), are making it easier for users to create their own comic books. The applications are a lot of fun, and for this comic book geek, a way to try my hand at even professional comic book creation. Read More

Video-Based Tutorial: By Ko Maruyama

3D in Photoshop: Simple Religious Icons Part 2

Manipulating the texture on a 3D object within Photoshop CS3 is really easy. If you know how to use the tools in Photoshop, there's really no limit to what you can do with a 3D material. Like a smart object, the 3D material is just an embedded Photoshop document. In Part 2, I check out other models which aren't as easy to break down as the geometry in the cross. Read More

Tutorial: By Jean Hauptman

Type Tricks in After Effects with Boris BCC Filters

I was pretty happy when a national TV show I freelance with gave us Boris BCC filters. On the surface, BCC filters are simple for fast turnaround, but each filter has tons of options for custom effects that will have the anti-filter snob in the next cubicle eating his/her heart out. The four text effects we will cover were all made with BCC Glitter. Normally, BCC Glitter is used for twinkling stars, ala ET. Like Trapcode Starglow, it follows the alpha, which makes Glitter good for type effects. Read More

Product Preview: By Ko Maruyama

Alien Skin Blow Up 2 for Photoshop

Alien Skin is a plugin developer that has been around for a while and it's nice to see that they're continuing to keep their product line alive with new tools that we are all looking for. The new version of Blow Up works in Photoshop and Photoshop Express, giving us the option to get clean scaling solutions even when we have to get closer than we should. Read More

Profile: By Ko Maruyama

Flash Games with Design

There are plenty of games that you can play through simple browsers. Some of them are created with beautiful illustrations and artistry that takes advantage of the small file sizes for these games. This month, I took a look at the sequel game: Daymare Town 2. The simple puzzles (although sometimes tricky) are packaged with the great looking rough drawings. Read More

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ninjacrayon

Event: MyToons Political Cartoon Contest

MyToons.com , the world?s first and only online animation community to deliver HD animation, today announced the launch of its latest artwork and animation contest, Red, White, and Who? Focusing on the funny aspects of the political arena, Red, Wh... Read More

ninjacrayon

CINEMA4D ipod Render Settings

There are many great new features in the latest release from MAXON in their CINEMA 4D R11 package. One simple, yet time saving features is the redesigned Render Setting menu. In the render setting preferences, C4D comes with a bu... Read More

ninjacrayon

Upgrading to ImageSynth2 = $49

You can upgrade to the new Luxology imageSynth 2 for $49. If you're trying to create seamless textures out of photography - you need to look at this. (and then you'll buy it). If you were waiting for Photoshop CS3 s... Read More

TechUniverse

User generated LittleBigPlanet Levels already ama...

A friend of mine is working on LBP so I got a chance to see the Beta in action this weekend. For those that didn't know, you can try and get a Beta Key Here (not sure how many are still out there). The game is nothing short of amazing. The co... Read More

TechUniverse

MashON!

From Planetwide. Read More

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