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Hey everyone! This post is all about inspiring you to create awesome vector illustrations. This weeks inspiration theme – ANIMALS.
Check these vector “beasts” out and in the comments section leave your ideas on what kind of theme should we choose for the next vector inspiration roundup!
About a red fox by MJ Da Luz
Maya Beginner Basics 1/10: User Interface
Maya Beginner Basics 2/10: Setting Preferences
By TechMindBlow·
HTML5 Up! is a small showcase of the free responsive HTML5 + CSS3 site templates that AJ put together while developing 5grid. All of them are clean, minimal, fully responsive site templates built on HTML5 and CSS3. They are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
Read more at http://www.webappers.com/2013/05/22/free-responsive-html5-css3-site-templates/#ukrZ3eiEO5lmTUTG.99
Even professional photographers need to take a course in camera phone photography, because it varies somewhat from traditional cameras. In order to get the most out of your mobile device, you have to trick it into performing like a supped-out $3,500 Nikon. This infographic includes professional tips, expert advice, and interesting examples of what you can expect when you explore different settings.
Today, we have an infographic made exclusively for Onextrapixel on how to you can take amazing photos from your camera phone.
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Instagram Video Vs. Vine: What’s The Difference?
http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/20/instagram-video-vs-vine-whats-the-difference/
Article writen by Neil Bennett
The editor of Digital Arts discusses why Adobe’s move to a subscription service has provoked such strong reactions, what the underlying reasons for the move are – and how to decide if you should move to Creative Cloud.
Adobe’s announcement last week that it’s set to stop selling its software in favour of renting it out inevitably riled up a large section of its users. Apetition on Change.org demanding the company return to offering Creative Suite alongside Creative Cloud currently has almost 13,000 signatures – while even some users who’ve been won over have found moving to the Cloud difficult.
The two main charges laid at Adobe over the move are that it’s denying creatives a choice they had previously – which is true – and that they’re a bunch of money-grabbing bastards who are trying to screw money out of their customers by forcing them to pay and pay and pay. And pay some more. It’s easy to write off these latter accusations as hyperbole and trolling, especially as you can currently pick up CC for as little as £16 plus VAT per month – but why do people feel this way?
A mechanical computer may not seem all that practical in today’s electronics-driven world. That didn’t stop Chris Fenton from building one for himself.
Chris, an electrical engineer by trade, made the Turbo Entabulator out of his love of computers–new and old–and an interest in how they work. Chris wanted to see how basic of a computer you could make while still being able to call it a computer.
The Entabulator runs the classic Fibonacci series, punching out the mathematical sequence on cards. Most importantly, though, the computer is purely mechanical–you won’t find any electronic components. As a result, the Turbo Entabulator requires some manual labor–you have to turn a crank for it to run. Chris produced almost all the parts with his MakerBot 3D printer, the only electronic know-how needed.
Apple announces new Mac Pro with cylindrical design, 12-core Intel Xeon E5 CPU, flash storage, Thunderbolt 2.0 and support for up to three 4K displays
It’s been brewing for a while, and now Apple has finally redesigned its flagship cheese grater pro desktop. The 2013-era Mac Pro has been totally redesigned with a new, cylindrical chassis and vastly upgraded internals that have been designed to last for “(another) 10 years.” At the center of the new Mac Pro is a 12-core, 256-bit Intel Xeon E5 processor with 1,866MHz DDR3 RAM capable of 60GB/s data transmission. Following the trend of the MacBooks, the new power tower uses PCIe-based flash storage, and so pro users will be relying upon four USB 3.0 and six Lightning 2.0 ports (that can take up to 6 devices per port with 20Gbps throughput) for expandability. Fortunately, for those of you who intend on placing the hardware beneath your desk, the expansion ports light up to help you find your connections in the gloom. Other connections include HDMI-out 1.4, dual gigabit Ethernet jacks, WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0 and the usual pair of 3.5mm audio in and out ports.
Today, in faculty technical meet, we managed to proceed a purchase of Arena Motion Capture software and OptiTrack system with over RM 140K budget. This will include MOCAP hardware and software system with 16 camers setup, a super-graphic rendering PC, a 10 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft volume truss structure, Autodesk MotionBuilder 2013, MOCAP suites, and also training and installation supports.
One of the best industrial standard MOCAP system will be available in our faculty. I’m planning on embedding the motion capture practice in multimedia as well as brand new digital art syllabus. Cant wait to see the art of 3D motion. To all multimedia students, these might be the outcome of our incoming multimedia course:
- Realistic 2D/3D character rigging
- 1st animation movie production
- Facial morphing
- Prob animation
- Virtual simulations
- Creative rigging concept and exploration
- and ….. (you name it)
To colleagues, tons of researches waiting for us. Hopefully, this will overcome all obstacles in championing the creative multimedia industry.
iClone5 offers the most affordable and intuitive, motion capturing solution in the industry. Now you can simply use your body to control virtual actors, in real-time, with motion smoothing optimizations. Lightspeed your animations and create realistic-looking motions as now you can literally control actors with your body movements.
MOGA launching new Power Series controllers, will charge your phone as you play
http://www.androidauthority.com/moga-power-series-controllers-223542/
Writen by Bryce Whitty
As a computer technician, my clients frequently ask me “Why do people create computer viruses?”, especially after I have been called out to remove a virus from their computer. This is what I tell them.
There are hundreds of thousands of viruses out there (if not millions) and they often designed for different objectives. Most of them fall under the following categories:
- To take control of a computer and use it for specific tasks
- To generate money
- To steal sensitive information (credit card numbers, passwords, personal details, data etc.)
- To prove a point, to prove it can be done, to prove ones skill or for revenge purposes
- To cripple a computer or network
By Andrew Price
Humans have been using visualization tools to communicate information for millennia. We continue to rely on charts, maps, signs, and blueprints every day to rapidly convey critical knowledge and data.
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Example of simple infographic
Today’s digital infographics trend represents an evolutionary step in the development of visualization tools. By incorporating stunning images, 3-D representations, and interactive features, infographics can provide a tremendous amount of information in creative, engaging ways.
An example of motion graphic with infographic elements
Motion Graphics by Andrej Preston: http://www.andrejpreston.com
An example of motion graphics with infographic elements.
Motion Graphics: Andrej Preston (http://www.andrejpreston.com)
Narration by Dorian Douglass (http://www.doriandouglass.com)
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a Realistic Eye Ball Vector using Adobe Illustrator. I am using the latest version i.e Illustrator CS 6 to demostrate. However, this can be made using any version of the software.
1. First of all you need to create a circle of size 245×245 pt using the Ellipse Tool.
2. Now add another circle of size 146×146 pt and align it in the middle of the previous one and fill in black colour. I’ve used this #231f20 tone, absolute black #000000 will also work.
By thinkfotos
Digital Painting Basic
This video will introduce some basics in lighting in digital painting.
By Wikus2009
MYO – wearable gesture controlled arm-band
Using new communication technologies, ‘MYO’, the wearable gesture controlled arm-band by thalmic labs is capable of measuring electrical activity in muscle movement instantly. the device provides a seamless way to interact with computers – giving users an accurate sense of control. with the wave of a hand, ‘MYO’ transforms interactions by simply utilizing the electrical activity in muscles to wirelessly control video games, phones, and other digital products.
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