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| Wakoopa Computer Arts - Jim - 03 May 2007 4:17pm Reflecting the urgent Web2.0 need to share every aspect of your life with the entire Internet, Wakoopa acts like a Twitter for your applications, tracking what you're running and for how long and posting it to your own software profile. http://wakoopa.com/ |
| White Glove Tracking Computer Arts - Jim - 02 May 2007 4:56pm This is what the Internet should be all about: getting lots of people to tackle a task that'd leave computers baffled. In this case, analysing every frame of Michael Jackson's first televised performance of his moonwalk in order to track the movement of his white glove. http://whiteglovetracking.com/ |
| Leftlings Computer Arts - Jo - 01 May 2007 9:49am Now Wash Your Hands' senior animator Alex Amelines has been going all cack-handed and developed a new illustration style – Leftlings http://www.amelines.com/leftlings/ |
| Acrobots Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Apr 2007 4:28pm Excellent time-wasting fun here with a set of three-legged acrobatic bots for you to play with. Fling them around, mess about with the gravity, see how many you can add before everything slows to a crawl, or just sit back and watch. http://acrobots.net/ |
| Symbiob Computer Arts - Garrick - 27 Apr 2007 10:28am The artist/animator Meechy has created an online animation in conjunction with the London College of Fashion's Green Week. He's dropped us a line about it, and on Friday 4 May there will be a live screening of the animation at the Eco Design Spring Fair. Click the link and see what you think! http://www.symbiob.com |
| May 1st Reboot Computer Arts - Jo - 26 Apr 2007 5:18pm It's that time again. If your site is looking a little tired and in need of a refresh, why not join the annual May 1st reboot? http://www.may1reboot.com/2007/ |
| Shift.jp.org Computer Arts - Jo - 26 Apr 2007 5:13pm Influential japanese design magazine Shift has just updated its website. A great read when you're not looking at this site. http://www.shift.jp.org/en/ |
| Free Quark seminar Computer Arts - Garrick - 26 Apr 2007 12:20pm If you're interested in QuarkXPress and Quark Interactive Designer, the company is going to hold a free seminar on 10 May at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. You'll find out how to create rich, interactive content using the software. http://euro.quark.com/en/about/events/index.cfm?idx=640 |
| Static Prints Computer Arts - Tom - 25 Apr 2007 10:56am Those fantastic folk at Opus Underground have served up another dose of must-have prints, this time from design collective Static. ‘Cuckoo Clock’ and ‘Bi-Plane’ are limited to just 30 and available now at the pre-release price of £65. The prints go on general release as of 2 May, when the price will be increased to £75 – so get in fast to get your hands on one. http://www.opusunderground.com |
| The Truth is What You Believe Computer Arts - Jim - 24 Apr 2007 4:32pm That's, like, wow, man. And this is one of those deliberately obscure pieces of online strangeness where you mouseover and click things and stuff, like, happens. To what end, I have no idea. I hope it's not a viral for the Conservatives or something. http://www.thetruthiswhatyoubelieve.com/flash.html |
| Spot the Shadow Computer Arts - Jim - 23 Apr 2007 3:42pm No, not Hank Marvin. It's your chance to win a house by using your skill and judgement to work out where a shadow should be on a specially doctored picture. Heck, there are probably special software tools you could use to work it out exactly. http://www.winthishome.org.uk/ |
| Wonderous CS3 Computer Arts - Garrick - 20 Apr 2007 1:50pm Adobe's Creative Suite 3 has shipped this week (hurrah!), but with the price 50% more for UK users than US ones, we've gone into campaigning mode. We're calling on Adobe to urgently reconsider this pricing. Follow the link below to find out more and post your comments. http://forum.computerarts.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=17633 |
| Game on Computer Arts - Garrick - 19 Apr 2007 2:32pm Deputy editor Joe Russ has resurrected our popular forum competition and challenges members to create a computer game character. The prize is a brand new copy of the book Computer Game Design Course from Thames and Hudson, plus some other cool stuff too... perhaps. http://forum.computerarts.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=17624 |
| Escape to Birmingham Computer Arts - Garrick - 18 Apr 2007 10:57am They say the title of this is apt but I'm not so sure... however Escape Studios and Media Skills are running a special event on animation on 28 April. It's at Screen Media Lab in Digbeth B9, and will include studios, freelancers, games companies and more. Maya-oh-my. http://www.mediaskills.org.uk |
| Tado, Jeremyville and Tokidiki go Big Brother CA Projects - Kate - 18 Apr 2007 10:16am OK, so a lot of this has probably got lost in translation, but if you check out the link below and have a smattering of Italian, you should be able to navigate your way over to a site showing round the clock footage of some of our favourite designers shacking up together in a flat in Milan for the duration of the MTV Toy event. See what Mike and Katie, Jeremyville, Tokidoki, Maro Gatti and Rinzen get up to when they're not designing toys - presumably, arguing over tea bags. Ciao! http://www.mtv.it/mtvtoy |
| Universcale Computer Arts - Jim - 17 Apr 2007 4:15pm If you're ever in need of a sense of perspective, this presentation from Nikon should do the trick. Link. |
| Applied Geometry Computer Arts - Jim - 17 Apr 2007 3:35pm If you're at all like me, you'll have observed how a line of nested supermarket trolleys can be wrestled into a slight curve, and you'll have considered further implications of adding more and more trolleys. And so you'll understand just how delighted I am by this photo. http://www.robertwechsler.com/images/applied_geometry.jpg |
| CS3 Ships Computer Arts - Tom - 16 Apr 2007 12:28pm Adobe has finally announced CS3 is shipping from today. Though you’ll have to wait a tad longer to get your hands on the Master Suite, the Web and Design Standard and Premium editions are available now. Make sure you check out the current issue of Computer Arts (issue 135) for our in depth preview of all of the new applications, tools and Intel-Mac performance… www.adobe.com/go/gn_store |
| Voting colour Computer Arts - Garrick - 16 Apr 2007 10:48am Image, type, form and colour - key elements and visual references for the graphic designer. I came across an interesting site today that celebrates colour schemes. Upload your favourite palette, vote on others, discuss... They're running for a Webby as well. http://www.colourlovers.com |
| Designer dogs Computer Arts - Garrick - 12 Apr 2007 4:19pm Rappers have pitbulls, and the country set love their labs, but do designers prefer a particular breed of dog? It's something that has been keeping us distracted on the CA forum... http://forum.computerarts.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=17558 |
| fr-041: debris Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Apr 2007 2:10pm Amazing what they can do with just 177KB these days. This was the winning PC demo at the recent Breakpoint demo party; download and run it if you reckon your PC's hard enough, or just watch it on YouTube. http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=30244 |
| Forget the film, watch the titles Computer Arts - Jo - 12 Apr 2007 10:29am Movie titles can be inspiring and, in the case of some really crummy films, can be the best part of a movie. Submarinechannel.com brings together some of the best in contemporary film title design categorised by media used (e.g Animation, Motion Graphics or 3D) http://www.submarinechannel.com/titlesequences/ |
| CS3 Critique Computer Arts - Jo - 11 Apr 2007 1:56pm The backlash has begun. IT Journalist, Erik Vlietinck gives his two cents-worth on Adobe's much-hyped CS3. I'd be more inclined to agree if it wasn't quite so shoddily written. http://www.it-enquirer.com/main/ite/more/cs3/ |
| A late Easter egg Computer Arts - Garrick - 10 Apr 2007 5:18pm Hope everyone had a good Easter. We've got a bit of a late Easter egg for you here, as it were. Jon Burgerman and TADO have sent us a sneek peek image from their show, which I blogged on Thursday. Click here |
| Snapter Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Apr 2007 1:00pm A brilliant idea, this - photograph documents with your digital camera and then Snapter jigs them around to make them look like they've been scanned. It won't replace your fancy hi-res flatbed, but I've a feeling that my cheap A4 scanner's days are numbered. http://www.atiz.com/snapter.html |
| Mulheres Barbadas Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Apr 2007 12:38pm A collaborative project from Sao Paulo art directors Henrique Lima and Julio Zuckerman, Mulheres Barbadas sees them taking turns on a page until there are no empty spaces left, or at least not too many. Hope you have a handy large format printer for the results. http://mulheresbarbadas.com/ |
| Deadbeatt Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Apr 2007 12:04pm Man, I could really use some kind of server hammer at the moment. Still, I think everything's updated now. And on a completely unrelated note, here's Justin DeWalt's portfolio - an impressive body of work, and he's 19 and has only been in business for a year. http://www.deadbeatt.com/ |
| 8-core Apple Mac Pro Computer Arts - Jo - 05 Apr 2007 10:27am Whoa! We stumbled across this when looking for something else on the Apple site yesterday; Apple has just upgraded its line of Mac Pros to include an option for two 4-core processors. It's not a cheap option at $3,999, but by golly it'll be fast! http://www.apple.com/macpro/ |
| Burgerman + Tado Computer Arts - Garrick - 04 Apr 2007 5:26pm Illustrator Jon Burgerman has teamed up with Tado for an exhibition in Paris that opens 14 April. Expect doodly character madness, with helpings of booze and crisps, plus a signing on the opening day at 4pm. Details at: Click here |
| Who's.Amung.Us Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Apr 2007 4:44pm Hurrah for crazy Web 2.0 naming conventions! And another hurrah for this neat little widget - just paste it into your site for an easy live count of people looking at your bit of the web. http://whos.amung.us/ |
| Fancy showcasing your work in CA? Computer Arts - Amy - 04 Apr 2007 9:56am The Exposure section of Computer Arts looks great these days, but what's happened to all you UK-based designers? I have loads of overseas submissions, but far fewer entries from good ol' Blighty. So if you're a student, recent graduate or are just pretty new to design, and you fancy seeing your work in print, send some high-res examples of your work, plus details about who you are and what you do, to me at the address below. Go on, expose yourself! |
| Marrs and Potts Exhibition Computer Arts - Tom - 04 Apr 2007 9:49am Anyone finding themselves in Hastings from Good Friday onwards might want to take a break from battlefield visits and take a peak at CA contributors Tim Marrs and Andy Potts, both of whom are exhibiting at Todds Gallery on the High Street. http://www.andy-potts.com/ |
| Look at your walls Computer Arts - Garrick - 03 Apr 2007 12:16pm Classic artistic wallpapers by the likes of William Morris become a playground for animator Christopher Pearson. Horses, mice and daleks all feature. We're going to try and find out more about his techniques... http://www.lookatyourwalls.com/ |
| Art Below Computer Arts - Jim - 02 Apr 2007 3:55pm Art Below, an independent organisation set up to enable artists access to advertising space in the London Underground, is looking for entries for its next campaign. Head on over and fill in the form if you'd like to see your work in the underworld. http://www.artbelow.com/ |
| Accessibility in focus Computer Arts - Garrick - 02 Apr 2007 1:07pm My first blog since returning as CA editor looks at a topic that's seen heated debate for years. Students at Brunel University in London are putting up a site aiming to celebrate design that incorporates great aesthetics and accessibility for all users. It's a WIP - launch date 1 May. http://www.accessibilityinfocus.co.uk |
| The Red Book Project Computer Arts - Jim - 29 Mar 2007 4:26pm Nathan Monk - originator of this neat little project to leave little red books around the country for the public to fill as they see fit - managed to find one of my other email addresses in order to let me know about what he's up to. I'm slightly scared that I'll get home and find one of his books on my sofa. http://www.nathanmonk.com/thebook |
| Princess Computer Arts - Jim - 29 Mar 2007 11:50am Not the brilliantly cancelled cartoon from Matt Stone and Trey Parker, I'm afraid. Still, this is great all the same - the world's first playable online music video, according to Norwegian house electropop rocksters, Rektor. And it's deliciously retro, too. http://www.rektor.no/index.php?go=princess |
| Graduate Showcase: The deadline is looming Computer Arts - Amy - 29 Mar 2007 11:02am We announced a call to entries for this year's Graduate Showcase a few months back, and no doubt the deadline seemed like ages away. But if you're planning to enter, you'd better hurry, because entries close on 10 April. Entering is easy. Just download an entry form from our website and send it to us with the work you'd like to submit. You never know, your work could be showcased to 20,000 design professionals – just the exposure you need. www.computerarts.co.uk/graduateshowcase |
| Mediabox Launched by Form Computer Arts - Rob - 29 Mar 2007 10:40am Love design? There's nothing better in promoting design through the youth of today. This is a great site opening up opportunities for young creative wannabees., with some great examples to view on video. If you're aged 13-19 and living in England, Mediabox could offer you grants to make creative media projects for film, television, radio, online, print and multi media platforms. http://www.media-box.co.uk |
| Have your say Computer Arts - Jo - 29 Mar 2007 10:07am Want to see more of the kind of work you like in Computer Arts? Are there applications or technique you'd like see covered in more detail? Let us know what you think of the magazine in our ever active forum. http://forum.computerarts.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=4 |
Quicktime 7
QuickTime updates don’t usually get us that excited. But the inclusion of the H.264 codec in QuickTime 7 has us drooling as it’s the one the PSP uses for movies. Stick your showreel on a big memory card and put it on a PSP – that’s progress!
Canon EOS 350D
Canon’s pro-am SLR gets even better, now with an 8 megapixel sensor and new features previously only found on much more expensive models, including three focus modes, monochrome mode and faster memory card writing.
Annoying Apple
Jobs and co have sparked ire for getting heavy-handed with a student who put the latest OSX update online, so much so that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out and offered him $1,000 towards his defence.
Drunkenblog.com
Loonatics
“Hey, let’s take the Looney Toons characters and re-imagine them as angular, edgy superhero types in the year 2772 for today’s teen demographic!” No, really, we’re sure it’ll be at least as wonderful as Scrappy Doo.
Postgazette.com
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