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Friday 6 May 2011

Saturday 5 March 2011

Video Inspiration #8

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Video Inspiration is a weekly(ish) post where we either feature a specific artist or show a sort of 'best of' list of videos we've discovered during the week. Everything here may not be brand new, but we felt it worth sharing with the community.


This week I'm featuring some cool videos I've found around the web that inspire me. However, I'd love to continue to post demo reels from you guys as well as cool stuff you're working on. Please feel free to send me your work or cool links in general to nathan@abduzeedo.com with 'video inspiration' in the subject line.


Enjoy!



Cumulus Collectif - Deux Mille Onze from Cumulus Collectif on Vimeo.



MODERN TIMES from BC2010 on Vimeo.




Water Sculpture from Shinichi Maruyama on Vimeo.



T4 idents from double g studios on Vimeo.



SOUNDWAYS from Laurens Groven on Vimeo.


About the author

Hi my name is Nathan Weller. I'm a Columbus Ohio based writer, producer, creative consultant, and all around art/tech enthusiast. When I'm not going on adventures, throwing dance parties, or cooking dinner with my girlfriend - I'm discovering and recommending art, music, movies, books, and all kinds of goodies on my Tumblr. You can also get to know me on twitter where I go by @nathanbweller.


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Wednesday 2 March 2011

33 Detailed Photoshop Tutorials For Working with Photos

33 Detailed Photoshop Tutorials For Working with Photos: "

33 Detailed Photoshop Tutorials For Working with Photos


Photography tutorials and photo manipulation tutorials are some of the most popular these days. Not only are photographers are interested in them, but also graphic/web designers and beginners. There are lots of layout or poster design tutorials nowdays, but it can be hard to find some truly detailed, professional standard photo-related tutorials. In this round-up we have collected a prominent collection of photo tutorials that are not just well-prepared but really fresh, so will hopefully teach you something new.


Achieve the Perfect Portrait Pose



A good model should know how to pose right. This tutorial will give you the tips necessary to pose like a profesional model yourself. Your job is just to learn.


Shooting a High Speed Fruity Water Splash



Think that is impossible to capture a moment? This tutorial will help you to capture the most important things in the very second when they happen.


Create a Mysterious Fashion Photo Manipulation



Today a simple photo doesn’t impress anybody. The post will help you adding a little fashion to your photos, making them atractive and cool!


Create a Surreal Floating Landscape



Here you can learn how to create fictional places where the gravity laws are defied! Have some courage and check this out!


Piece of the Arctic Pie Chart Photo Manipulation



Here you will learn how to make an insane 3D pie chart effect through photo-manipulation techniques.


A Photo Manipulators Guide To Blending



Want to add a little reality to your photos? This tutorial will teach you blending from the very start, setting your path to become a Photoshop pro!


Strking Collage Fusing Ancient and Modern Manipulation



Ancient and Modern – two things that are always in antithesis. Here wou will see how you can combine them in order to make a beautifull composition.


Light Streaks Photo



This post will show you how to add style to your photos by improving them with light streaks, easy!


How To create the perfect Christmas card



A good postcard is a postcard made by yourself. Here you will find how to create your own postcards, making you and your relatives happy!


Proffessional Post Production for Model Photograpy



Always wanted to see yourself on a magazine’s first page? This post will help you see yourself, as if you would be on the first page!


Create a Nature Inspired Digital Illustration



This beautiful and really detailed tutorial teaches you to create an awesome nature-inspired piece of art, which is really a stunning and nice example.


Creating You Own Fairytale Scene



This tutorial will teach you how to make a cool fairytale scene all by yourself from the most unexpected things!


The Ocean Girl Photo Effect



The ocean is one of the most beautifull things on Earth. This tutorial will show you how to make beautifull scenes in the ocean’s depth!


Creating Cool and Abstract Waves



Creating abstract waves can be very hard. This post will help you achieving the knowledge to create such beautiful waves.


Create a Speeding Car Scene with Light Effects in Photoshop



Speed is one thing that fascinated man. To make a realistic speeding car that would impress everybody is not that hard, all you just need to do is to see this tutorial.


Giving Your Photograph an Antique Look



A antique thing usually is very precious, so this tutorial will give your photos a true antique look, raising their values very much!


Serene Fantasy Photo Manipulation



This post will teach you how to make a superb landscape from different photos. All you have left to do is to imagine!


The Babel Tower Photo Manipulation



This tutorial will help you creating ancient structures guided by your fantasy. Now you can give a new look to the past!


Create a Digital Glamorous Illustration



Creating a glamorous illustration? No problem! Here you will find all the glamorous secrets for your glamorous picture!


Amazing Landscapes Using Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop



Here you will find how to improve your landscape using Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw. Check it out!


Create a Futuristic Photo Illustration with Photoshop



Nobody knows what lies in the future. But with the help of this tutorial you can give a new futuristical look to your illustration, making it one of the most awesome things ever seen!


Create a Dark and Surreal Photo Manipulation



This one will help you creating an amazing surreal photo, making your photo a piece of art with just simple imagination and some little tricks.


Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation



Want to improve your photo by adding pasion? Or maybe a little emotion? This tutorial will help you achieve this by teaching you the art of creating cool flames effect in Photoshop.


Create a Blueprint Photo Manipulation



Thought that is hard to work with 3D objects, even creating realistic images with it? This post will show you how to make a realistic blueprint from an 3D object.


Create a Fallen Rain Soaked Angel Composition



Here you will find out how to create a stylish surreal composition from regular photos that won’t leave anybody indifferent!


Create a Striking Scene Inspired by Nature



The nature is one of the marvellous things in the world. With it you can create magnificient nature scenes all by yourself! Here you will find out how.


Create a Snow Frog Manipulation



The tutorial will teach you how to manipulate photos in order to transform something usual into a cool-looking fictional thing, adding to your photos a bit of style.


Create a Stunning Product Shot using Lighting Effects



Here you will learn how to improve a product using professional lightning effects. Don’t be scared by “professional”! In this tutorial all is explained even for beginners!


Create a Castle Hallway Photoshop



If you want to create an impressive hallway, you should check this tutorial. You will find out how to pass your ideas into reality using Photoshop!


Remove Giraffe Spots with Photoshop



With Photoshop you can acomplish some of the most bizarre things in the world. Here you will see how to undress a girafe using Photoshop, creating a hilarious and original image.


Create a Nature-Inspired Photo Manipulation



Here you will see how it’s possible to manipulate nature, making a beautifull photo that would give a serious reason to think about the man’s influence on the nature!


Create a Cloaked Sword Assasin Manipulation in Photoshop



Creating a modern mysterious photo is not a easy task today. But this tutorial will help you understand the process of creating such pieces of art!


Create an Awesome Spage Age Composition



Wanted to see yourself in a virtual space? This awesome tutorial will help you achieve your dream, allowing you to create a cool space age composition!

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12 Top Quality Photoshop Light Effect Tutorials

12 Top Quality Photoshop Light Effect Tutorials: "

Below are a few Photoshop light effect tutorials that have caught my eye while looking over the tutorial sites, for me these produce the best results while using brushes, blurs and other media such as textures to create a top quality effect.


Create Awesome Abstract Nebula Circle Shape in Photoshop


Covers using filters with textures such as the twirl filter and warp filter with a Nebula star texture making for impressive results.


Create Awesome Abstract Nebula Circle Shape in Photoshop


Create a Colorful Aged Poster With Special Lighting Effects


You’ll learn how to use texture and adjustment layers to create an aging effect on a colorful abstract poster design.


Create a Colorful Aged Poster With Special Lighting Effects


Create a Surreal Girl with a Raven Composition in Photoshop Tutorial


Loads of great tricks in this tutorial. If you want to take your creative composition skills to the next level, this Photoshop tutorial is perfect for you as it involves illustration, textures and Photoshop.


Create a Surreal Girl with a Raven Composition in Photoshop Tutorial


The Making of “Constant Slip”


This is more a process description of making this illustration, than a detailed step by step how to, but is very detailed and can lead to some very creative ways of achieving light effects.


The Making of Constant Slip


Achieve Brilliant Lighting Effects in Photoshop


Using default brushes, blending options and a few stock images, you’ll learn step by step a variety of techniques that you can use in your own digital artworks to achieve professional results.


Achieve Brilliant Lighting Effects in Photoshop


Add Brilliant Light Effects to Your Work with Photoshop


Several super easy techniques for incorporating remarkable light effects to your work using Photoshop. Including making your own set of abstract brushes and working with textures.


Add Brilliant Light Effects to Your Work with Photoshop


Create a Cosmic-Inspired Dreamy Scene in Photoshop


A demonstration of how to use stock photography, 3d elements, and various techniques to create a cosmic-inspired Photoshop master piece.


Create a Cosmic-Inspired Dreamy Scene in Photoshop


Create A Gorgeous Light Effect Using Photoshop


Using soft brushes and smoke textures allows you to create simple yet effective light effect all is explained.


Create A Gorgeous Light Effect Using Photoshop


Creating a Surreal Smoking Bird Composition in Photoshop


Making a monochromatic scene with the subject being a bird with smoke surrounding its body. Using a high contrast stock image combined with smoke brushes.


Creating a Surreal Smoking Bird Composition in Photoshop


How to enhance your subjects with striking light effects in Photoshop


A simple technique that can be used to enhance any kind of subject with stunning light effects. Using a particular selection tools, gradients and brushes to achieve the result.


How to enhance your subjects with striking light effects in Photoshop


MSNBC New Background Design in Photoshop


Plenty and blur effects and colours to create a simple vibrant background.


MSNBC New Background Design in Photoshop


Show me the light digital art tutorial


How to use stock images to make a beautiful digital artwork with nicely colored lights, All you need for this tutorial is the provided colors in Motion textures pack and a model.


Show me the light digital art tutorial


Comments


Have any favourite Photoshop light effect tutorials let us know in the comments, also if there are any that aren’t on the list that are awesome let us know in the comments or on Twitter thanks.




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