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Microsoft shares vision for interactive design Computer Arts readers get sneak preview of Expression products at special event |
| Mojizu Computer Arts - Jim - 25 May 2006 2:45pm How to earn an instant ban from our forum - sign up and then spam us with a bunch of messages about your new character design community. Even if it's actually quite a good destination for budding Burgermans. Harsh but fair, that's me. http://mojizu.com/ |
| Tasteful MySpace Computer Arts - Jim - 24 May 2006 5:00pm MySpace, I'm told, is really popular amongst the teen-agers despite (or maybe because of) the fact that the average MySpace page is the design equivalent of having your head kicked in by Sigue Sigue Sputnik, in full costume and performing Love Missile F1-11 at maximum volume. Here's how to hack yourMySpace page into something less offensive. |
| Magnum in Motion Computer Arts - Jim - 24 May 2006 4:39pm Not a hint of Tom Selleck to be seen; rather this is a collection of 'interactive essays' using imagery taken from the Magnum photo library. http://magnuminmotion.com/ |
| TypeNavigator Computer Arts - Jim - 24 May 2006 4:06pm Step away from the Comic Sans. If you have a vague idea of the sort of font you're looking for, whittle it down to exactly the font you need with this online tool. http://typenav.fontshop.com/ |
| Interested in architecture? 3D World - Jim - 23 May 2006 1:55pm Then check out 3D World's 44-page architectural visualisation supplement, available free with issue 79. From the largest ever survey of salaries and working conditions in the field to a glimpse of London's skyline in 2020, Architectural Visualisation provides a complete guide to the art, business and technology of 3D's fastest-growing market sector. www.3dworldmag.com |
| Infernoptix Computer Arts - Jim - 22 May 2006 4:52pm Best. Display. Ever. I'm not convinced that this would make a particularly sensible replacement for my work monitor, but damn it, I want one anyway. And possibly a welding mask. http://www.infernoptix.com/ |
| Whitney Music Box Computer Arts - Jim - 22 May 2006 12:41pm Amazing what you can do if you hook up one of John Whitney's particle systems to a tone generator, isn't it? The end result's a bit like Stockhausen having a fight with a kaleidoscope. http://www.coverpop.com/whitney/ |
| Chronon Computer Arts - Jim - 22 May 2006 11:43am Eyezmaze - mad Japanese creators of the ever-lovely Grow games - have come up with a new offering. It seems to involve time travel and the serendipitous clicking of random objects and it has me thoroughly baffled. But in a good way. http://www.eyezmaze.com/chronon/v0/index.html |
| Pawel Nolbert Computer Arts - Jim - 19 May 2006 5:17pm Here's a decent last-minute find for a Friday afternoon - a very pleasant little portfolio wrapped up in a rather cool Flash front end. Well worth perusing. http://norrb.com/ |
| 10 Ways... Computer Arts - Jim - 19 May 2006 12:01pm ...to explore the Getty Images archive. Five agencies have come up with this collection of Flash applets providing various imaginative ways of interacting with the Getty archive. Be sure to check out Sumona's offerings. http://interact10ways.com/ |
| Express Yourself Computer Arts - Jim - 18 May 2006 2:57pm Want an early go on Microsoft's new Expression Web Designer package? You're in luck, then - there's a brand new Technology Preview version ready for download. Help yourself! |
| Learn to Animate with John K. Computer Arts - Jim - 18 May 2006 12:03pm Want to learn animation with one of the latter-day masters, John Kricfalusi? Seems to me like one of the better offers available online right now. http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/ |
| We Feel Fine Computer Arts - Jim - 18 May 2006 11:56am Or, "We Feel Fint," which is what it looks like it says on the front page. I'm rather jealous as I don't think I've ever felt fint. But anyway, another great blogosphere-scraping applet that shows you just how everyone's feeling at the moment. Right now 128,155 people are feeling better. Good for them! http://www.wefeelfine.org/ |
| Tyger Computer Arts - Jim - 17 May 2006 3:46pm Ooh. This is a stunning little film, using Blake's The Tyger as a starting point and mixing up puppetry and motion graphics to create something really rather special. Excellent work by Guilherme Marcondes. http://guilherme.tv/tyger/index.htm |
| Tighten Up the Graphics Computer Arts - Jim - 17 May 2006 11:28am If you ever get bored working in design, how about an exciting career testing and designing video games? It's literally just like this! Link |
| Flickr Goes Gamma Computer Arts - Jim - 17 May 2006 11:16am We're all used to alpha and beta versions, but I don't recall ever seeing a gamma version of anything before. Obviously Flickr doesn't think it's quite up to Release Candidate yet. Anyway, new and improved Flickr, although the layouts and navigation seem as eccentric as ever. http://www.flickr.com/ |
| Google Notebook Computer Arts - Jim - 17 May 2006 11:13am Don't bother remembering things or writing down notes! Cut and paste it all into your Google Notebook - your own online, well, notebook, that you can access anywhere. Google account required, obviously, which means I'll just have to rely on my memory and bookmarks and Notepad and scaps of paper and stuff. http://www.google.com/notebook |
| Try Ruby Computer Arts - Jim - 16 May 2006 12:13pm Don't worry about the 'on Rails' bit just yet - if you want to be 'in' with the achingly hip Web2.0 crowd, get yourself acquainted with Ruby thanks to this excellent online tutorial. http://tryruby.hobix.com/ |
| Transform Selector Computer Arts - Jim - 15 May 2006 4:14pm Super-cool new plug-in for the Illustrator CS2, in ease of integration and workflow enhancement with the Application Intelligence advancement to new power and added control result that is to never look at Illustrator again the same way. Yeah! http://www.transformselector.com/ |
| Road Blocks Computer Arts - Jim - 12 May 2006 4:58pm Lordy, is that the time? Just in case you're watching the clock tick until it's time to head off to the pub, here's a time-wasting puzzle game that should fill the rest of your afternoon. http://www.roadblocks2.com/roadblocks1/ |
| THINK Computer Arts - Jim - 12 May 2006 12:37pm Are you the perfect client? If you are, and you have a good enough pitch, these chaps will give you £10,000-worth of free work. Bargain! http://thnk.co.uk/competition/ |
| Swansea North Residents Association Computer Arts - Jim - 12 May 2006 11:32am Poor residents of Swansea North - evil commercial-makers ruined their streets by flinging a load of fruit down them and not clearing up afterwards. Something about all this doesn't seem quite right, though... http://www.swansea-res.org.uk/index.html |
| Adobe Live's A-Coming Computer Arts - Jim - 12 May 2006 11:00am It's a mere two weeks until Adobe Live hits Olympia in London, and as Adobe's main media partner we've lined up some top creative names to speak at our Real World Inspiration sessions. Come along and you'll be able to receive words of wisdom from the likes of Jason Arber, Hoss Gifford, Adrian Shaughnessy, Ryan Carson, Jasper Goodall and more. That's 24-25 May - sign up now to avoid disappointment! http://www.adobe-live.com |
| Causes of Color Computer Arts - Jim - 11 May 2006 11:41am Here's something to ponder while you're sweating over a Pantone swatch: what actually causes colour? Apparently all colours originate from just fifteen fundamental physical causes. Find out more here. http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/index.html |
| Pendulumeca Computer Arts - Jim - 10 May 2006 2:47pm It's far too nice out to sit around in front of a computer. But assuming you don't have any choice in the matter, here's something to make it more bearable - a really simple but challenging bit of gaming. Me, I'll be busy uploading a new Gallery. http://www.yarukinoki.net/flash/pendulumeca/ |
| A Swarm of Angels Computer Arts - Jim - 09 May 2006 4:37pm I like the sound of this - a scheme to fund, make and distribute a £1 million film online. And my fave musical raves, The Kleptones, have signed on as soundtrack producers. Who's in for £25? http://www.aswarmofangels.com/ |
| Flood Maps Computer Arts - Jim - 09 May 2006 10:55am Are you going to have to swim to work once the polar ice caps melt? Find out with this Google Maps hack, which uses NASA elevation data to calculate what'll end up underwater if sea levels rise. http://flood.firetree.net/ |
| Anyone for Croquet? Computer Arts - Jim - 09 May 2006 10:55am It's been a long time since Neal Stephenson wrote Snow Crash and we still don't have a Metaverse to wander around in. Second Life's one contender; here's another. Croquet's billed as an open source OS with a 3D interface and peer-to-peer networking; essentially a 3D world you can wander round and collaborate in. http://www.opencroquet.org/ |
| Excel Art Computer Arts - Jim - 08 May 2006 5:14pm Art? Using Excel? A spreadsheet? Madness. But considering that there are some brave souls out there who are capable of creating acceptable artwork using the dreadful MS Paint, perhaps this isn't such a great surprise. http://danielleaubert.com/print/exceldrawings_book.html |
| mn8 Computer Arts - Jim - 08 May 2006 12:15pm Jake Sargeant's portfolio site features a showreel plus examples of his motion, print and photographic work, plus more besides and all wrapped up in a really nice Flash front end. http://www.mn8studio.com/ |
| Robotic Action Painter Computer Arts - Jim - 08 May 2006 12:13pm RAP is described by its creator, Leonel Moura, as an autonomous robot that uses AI algorithms to create its own paintings, decide when they're finished and then sign them. Clever stuff, although the results look more to me like the work of a Logo turtle (remember them?) gone mad than anything Jackson Pollock would put his name to. http://www.leonelmoura.com/rap.html |
| Digit Al Computer Arts - Jim - 05 May 2006 4:22pm Haven't switched over to digital telly yet? Prepare to spend the next seven years being persuaded to do so by Digit Al, the Matt Lucas-voiced robotic star of a £200 million campaign to help us all get switched from analogue. Digit Al. £200 million. My inner Luddite is stirring. http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/ |
| Cubrius Computer Arts - Jim - 05 May 2006 2:37pm This is doing my head in, somewhat, so I thought I'd spread the love. It's a nicely-done puzzler with shades of Soko-Ban and a tendency to become really hard really quickly. That's your afternoon sorted. http://www.cubrius.com/ |
| Eboy NYC Computer Arts - Jim - 04 May 2006 5:12pm Eboy have been giving another city their special kind of treatment - this time it's the Big Apple getting a pixel makeover. Check it out, and buy the poster if you like what you see. http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/ |
| Street Wars Computer Arts - Jim - 04 May 2006 11:50am Think you've got what it takes to be an assassin? It's events like this that really make me wish that I lived in London. Perhaps they'll do one in Bath some time... http://www.streetwars.net/ |
| The Sultan's Elephant Computer Arts - Jim - 04 May 2006 10:21am Keep an eye out for a forty-foot elephant if you're around central London over the next four days. http://www.thesultanselephant.com/ |
| Kollabor8 Computer Arts - Jim - 03 May 2006 4:03pm Collaboration taken to its logical extreme - either add to an existing chain of pictures by doing your own thing to the last picture in the chain, or post a new image and watch as it gets mutated out of all recognition. http://kollabor8.toegristle.com/ |
| NFCTD Computer Arts - Jim - 03 May 2006 12:52pm Another of those oh-so-strange sites where you, like, click stuff and strange stuff happens, man. All very peculiar and rather pretty in a monochromatic Terry Gilliam kind of way. http://www.nfctd.com/ |
| Propaganda Computer Arts - Jim - 03 May 2006 12:43pm Adobe Live's fast approaching, and here's your chance to spread the word and maybe get yourself noticed at the same time. Head this way and use the nest little stripped down interface to create your own piece of Adobe Live propaganda. http://www.adobe-live.com/propaganda/ |
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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