Archive for March, 2008

photoshop express now online

Posted in film/photography, web 2.0 on March 31st, 2008

photoshop express is image hosting, social network and image manipulation tool at once

https://www.photoshop.com/express

Paper Engineering: popup abc

Posted in paper engineering, typo on March 29th, 2008

a very nice popup-book featuring letters from a to z

YouTube – ABC3D

*thanks iv – nice one!*

Bob Staake Works In Adobe Photoshop 3.0

Posted in illustration on March 26th, 2008

Sic!

YouTube – Bob Staake Works In Adobe Photoshop 3.0 – VidFix 3

http://www.youtube.com/artcafe

motiondesign / typo : kinetic typography

Posted in motiondesign, typo on March 22nd, 2008

kinetic typography is the art of representing spoken word as a typographic animation

http://www.alwayswatching.org/features/
great-scenes-television-and-film-told-using-only-typography

on youtube are quite many examples too:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=
kinetic+typography&search_type=

via nerdcore

rich internet applications: adobe air

Posted in flash, net/working on March 22nd, 2008

“Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that lets developers combine HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash®, and Flex technologies to deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the desktop. Adobe AIR allows developers to use familiar tools such as Adobe Dreamweaver® CS3, Flex® Builder™ 3, Flash CS3 Professional, or any text editor to build their applications and easily deliver a single application installer that works across operating systems.”

http://www.adobe.com/products/air/

DrawerGeeks: princess lea

Posted in general on March 21st, 2008

DrawerGeeks!

Photoshop Disasters revealed

Posted in film/photography on March 21st, 2008

Photoshop Disasters

great digital illustrations

Posted in illustration on March 21st, 2008

great chinese digital illustration links

*mkay, thanks limoli *

hq youtube

Posted in net/working on March 21st, 2008

by adding the string “&fmt=18″ to a youtube video adress, its now possible to increase its quality (doestn´t always work)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1zgFlCw8Aw&fmt=18

also i noticed the unfold button in fullscreen mode, quite interesting

googles web OS: open social

Posted in web 2.0 on March 19th, 2008

http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/

googles handy os: android

Posted in net/working on March 19th, 2008

http://www.openhandsetalliance.com

social networking: bebo

Posted in web 2.0 on March 19th, 2008

aol bought it, might change it?!

http://www.bebo.com/

next level flash : mr doob

Posted in flash on March 19th, 2008

mr doob for sure knows what AS 3 can do:

http://mrdoob.com

specially:

http://mrdoob.com/lab/pv3d/dof/06/

edit:

a 3d raytracing engine written in as3 (sic!)

http://www.strille.net/works/as3/raytracer/ 

*thanks gerald*

homage to the animated gif

Posted in motiondesign on March 14th, 2008

http://loopable.wordpress.com

eboy-jerk portraits from ministeck

Posted in DIY on March 13th, 2008

http://www.fontblog.de/C1024143296/E984069437/index.html

art and games: selectparks

Posted in art, games on March 13th, 2008

http://www.selectparks.net

oil paintings inspired by internet memes

Posted in art on March 13th, 2008

http://nerdkore.com/

stop motion graffiti

Posted in audio/music, street art on March 13th, 2008

a stop motion shortclip, made out of graffitis, on the history of breakdancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff_rtQa_EV8

best of streetart 2007:

http://www.ekosystem.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4689

both via nerdcore

audio: melodyne

Posted in audio/music on March 13th, 2008

melodyne is transforming audio production (again!)

http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=dna&L=1

*thanks thomas*

cartoon: garfield minus garfield

Posted in manga and cartoon on March 12th, 2008

garfield cartoons are even more funny by removing garfield:

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

*thanks florian*

3D: HDR rendering tutorial

Posted in 3D on March 12th, 2008

http://www.maxoncomputer.com/
tutorial_detail.asp?tutorialID=241

Swiss Graphic Design History – a photoset on Flickr

Posted in motiondesign on March 12th, 2008

Swiss Graphic Design History – a photoset on Flickr

Posters: italian movies

Posted in film/photography, graphic design on March 12th, 2008

Italian movies. Posters, publicity, and ads. – a photoset on Flickr

Gerry Judah :: Paintings

Posted in art on March 12th, 2008

Gerry Judah has astonishing paintings, drifting between painting and sculpture

Gerry Judah :: Paintings

Audio shorts: La blogotheque

Posted in audio/music on March 12th, 2008

over 70 short interviews and clips on musicians

La blogotheque

*thanks flo*

best of: Lead Award 2008

Posted in CI/CD on March 12th, 2008

the best of print and web:

Lead Award

*thanks bernie*

3D animation: pixar showcase

Posted in 3D, animation on March 8th, 2008

http://graphics.pixar.com/

*thanks christian*

shredding images: glitchbrowser

Posted in algorithmic, art, blogs on March 7th, 2008

any website you look at with the glitchbrowser gets glitched, which means, all images get destroyed or error-interpreted

http://glitchbrowser.com/

live audio: Wii Loop Machine

Posted in audio/music on March 6th, 2008

the

Wii Loop Machine

now featuring support for two wii controllers!

web 2.5: netvibes goes ginger

Posted in net/working, web 2.0 on March 5th, 2008

not only widgetizing the web, but also integrating your other profiles from youtube, myspace ect. is the new way of netvibes, so go get one!

http://ginger.netvibes.com/

*thanks marcus, nice one!*

web based video playlist

Posted in web 2.0 on March 4th, 2008

im eager to try this one

http://www.feedbeat.com/

this one is for live-video broadcasting:

http://www.veodia.com/

audio on the web

Posted in audio/music on March 4th, 2008

http://www.songza.com/

an music on demand jukebox

http://www.splicemusic.com/makemusic/sequencer/ 

an online flash sequencer

http://www.soundsnap.com/ 

a database for sounds and loops

web OS: a collection

Posted in web 2.0 on March 4th, 2008

a small list of web operating systems:

http://g.ho.st/

http://jooce.com/

http://eyeos.org/

http://www.ajaxwindows.com/

http://www.ulteo.com

https://desktopondemand.com/ 

web 2.0 at its best: vote!

Posted in interactive design, web 2.0 on March 3rd, 2008

vote for the best webservices, and discover sites you didn´t know!

http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2008/browsing.html

all votes by category here:

http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2008/index.html

music video: justice – DVNO

Posted in 3D, audio/music, logo, motiondesign on March 3rd, 2008

stunning old school neon logotype-motiondesign for a music video from justice – “DVNO”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e_XzCR2MbrU

*thanks rainer – nice one!*

edit:

here is a top 100 list of the best music videos (via nerdcore)

http://zuender.zeit.de/kavka_dir/2008/kavka-11-musikvideo?page=all

image viewing online: piclens

Posted in film/photography on March 2nd, 2008

piclens is a firefox extension that lets you navigate images on the web just like coverflow,

http://www.piclens.com

music: robot orchestra aesthetics

Posted in art, audio/music on March 1st, 2008

a very aesthetic music playing robot

http://curiositycollective.org/curiosity/?p=283

*thanks rainer*