© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
In my opinion the Photoshop tutorial “market” is oversaturated. Since there are so many, too many tutorials, I find it hard to find really good and useful tutorials. Eventually I don’t bother looking for tutorials at all, thats why I … Continue reading
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During the weekend there was some equipment stolen at vicinity all too close to home. In reaction to the crime there has been some discussion about improving security measures. Trailing the net today I read You Call That Security? featuring … Continue reading
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After a rather interesting lecture on sound, especially regarding modern pop-music our lecturer demonstrated the so-called Loudness War. My fellow student Thomas also wrote a post on the topic. As a nice visual demonstration the below YouTube video was used … Continue reading
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Yet another week has flown by, packed with a practice multi-camera studio production. This first picture is a statue close to the bus stop by the old “Televerket” building in town. I didn’t have time to write down the portrayed … Continue reading
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Just a nice littl online tool, which may just help you out when you are busy designing some graphics and need some color assistance. Sphere over at ColorJack gives you several nice features regarding choosing colors for various uses. I … Continue reading
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In the absence of free and proper vector based graphical material on the internet. Vectorportal.com now exists to provide a portal for finding vector graphics. There are several categories of vector graphics and most of the art is in the … Continue reading
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The guide: Creating a 3D effect with image editing software over at Instructables, helps you simulate a 3D effect by creating virtual “Polaroid” frames. Precision is crucial as not to give away the secret, but if your result turns out anything … Continue reading
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Brushes in Photoshop can be used for many different kinds of effects. Recently I just found out about Brusheezy. If you are like me, and seldomly use custom brushes, maybe it’s time to give them a try. And perhaps this … Continue reading
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A Gentleman’s Duel is a movie trailer clip from Blur Studios and has some of the ingredients that quickly captures audiences attention. Personally I am greatly impressed with their 3d and characters. Even though I do not like to admit … Continue reading
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Design is important, and nothing is perhaps more important than how we present our text. I previously wrote about designing logos: Logo of Letters. KISS or NOT?, but this time I stumbled upon a rather in-deapth post about choosing good … Continue reading