Each week we are going to feature a set of desktop screenshots that we find inspirational, intriguing, and unique. If you would like to participate by sending in your unique desktop, use the contact form to send a link to your image.
Here are the desktops for this week.
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I was surfing around Vimeo looking for some inspiration. I ran across this Wacom commercial. I think I might have seen another video like this one. Either way, it blows me away. Hope it inspires you to get out there and create some artwork.
• Step 3: Go to Filter>> Blur>> Radial Blur and use these settings:
Amount: 51, Blur Method: Zoom, Quality: Best or Good.
• Step 4: Go to Filter>> Texture>> Patchwork. Set the Square Size to 1 and the Relief to 2. Then go to Filter>> Sharpen>> Sharpen.
• Step 5: Duplicate the layer (Layer>> Duplicate) and just use the default settings. Next, go to Filter>> Stylise>> Extrude. Use the following settings:
Type: Blocks, Size: 5, Depth: 30, Random. Keep the boxes below that unchecked.
• Step 6: Go to Filter>> Blur>> Gaussian Blur and set the radius at 0.7. Now change the layers opacity to 50% and merge the layers (Crtl+E is merge).
• Step 7: Now it’s time to add some color. Press Ctrl + U, check the ‘Colorize’ box and simply move the sliders around until you get a nice color. Also, hit Ctrl+L to change things until you get the lighting how you want it.
That’s it! I hope this helps. Remember to keep coming back.
Here are two I did while doing this tutorial:
This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple blood effect.
First you’ll need to open a new document in Photoshop. I chose to use 400 X 400 pixels, with a white background.
• Next go up to, Filter >> Render >> Difference Clouds. You will want to repeat this step 5 times, you can press Command + F on the mac, or Control + F on the PC, five times. This will Redo the last used filter. In this case, it was the difference clouds filter that was last used.
• Now go to, Filter >> Artistic >> Plastic Wrap. I left all of the settings at the default settings, so just hit OK.
•Now hit Command + U on the mac, Control + U on the PC. This will open the Hue & Saturation dialog. You’ll want to click the check box that says “Colorize”, then slide the saturation slider to 54 and hit OK.
•Now you’ll want to go to your tool pallet and click on the Burn tool.
•Now you’ll just need to “burn” highlighted areas all over, you can choose to burn the areas you’d like, I usually burn the really bright highlights. There is no specific way to burn, or any certain pattern you should follow, you just need to burn it to your liking. Your final result should resemble the image at the top of this tutorial.
Image Resize is now Snow Leopard compatible.
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The current version is 1.5 This version is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard. The application only weighs about 1 megabyte. Please download it and give it a try!
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