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- Daily Inspiration #511
- Remembering Cool Vintage Ads
- Tiny Things, Flies and Creativity - Photos by Ukaaa
- 3D Water Text Effect with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5
- The Perfect Office #37
| Posted: 17 May 2010 01:51 PM PDT
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use "Daily Inspiration" in the subject, and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedoIf possible use the HTML code: <p class="imgC"><a href="Link to the page you found the image"><img src="Link to the Image" /></a></p> Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com 2D
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A day in PARIS from Benoit MILLOT on Vimeo. ChristopheraymondDevilEmDews DesignEdwardoEly LimaFabiano
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MTV PUSH Promo (Director's cut) from Nick Scott Studio on Vimeo. Felix MaiwaldGiseleGospel
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| Posted: 17 May 2010 06:43 AM PDT
It's time to remember a bit of the past, these vintage ads are really cool. If you remember some of them you provably thinking to yourself how fast things evolve. If you never seen them before you definitely going to get a good laugh and ask yourself; was that really real? Check them out and enjoy!<!--break--> Which one did you remember from the past? About the authorHi! I'm Paulo Canabarro and I'm here to post some really cool stuff for you, if you have any ideas or any requests please get @ me - pvpcanabarro@gmail.com you can also Follow me on twitter! Sponsored Links:     |
| Tiny Things, Flies and Creativity - Photos by Ukaaa Posted: 17 May 2010 05:58 AM PDT
I already mentioned here that I love macro shots. And last week, while browsing for some inspiring images, I bumped into Ukaaa's work and I simply loved it! He combines tiny things, some flies and lots of creativity to compose really funny shots. Ukaaa, or Nicholas Hendrickx, is a very talented photographer from Belgium who got a flickr account in 2007 to show his growing interest in photography.
I really liked his 'The Adventures Of Mr. Fly' series, you should check it out at flickr. Take your time and browse around his gallery, it has plenty of nice shots to look! Hope you like it as much as I did. :)     |
| 3D Water Text Effect with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5 Posted: 17 May 2010 04:03 AM PDT
Last year I wrote a tutorial called Incredibly Realistic Water Text in Cinema 4D and Photoshop where I created a text made out of water. I had to use Cinema 4D to create a 3D object then I imported this 3D file in Photoshop where I mixed with some stock photos. Now with Photoshop CS5 Extended and the Repoussé tool we can create 3D objects direct in Photoshop, so I decided to recreate that effect.So, in this tutorial I will show you how to create a water text. Even though it might look complex it's a very simple effect. We will be using the new Repoussé then some stock photos to create the effect. Step 1Open Photoshop and create a new document. Fill the background layer with black and using the Brush Tool (B) or importing a vector file with a handwritten text. You can the one I used in the PSD file that you can download in the end of this tutorial. Step 2If you create a text using the brush tool or importing a vector and paste it as bitmap, create a marquee selection of the area you want to apply Repoussé. With the selection active go to 3D> Repoussé>Current Selection. Step 3To create the water effect we will use the Inflate preset and pretty much use the same values we used in the previous step, the Inflate 3D type. Change the Depth to 0 and the Scale to 1, also for the Inflate, change the Slides to Front and Face. Step 4You will notice that the E will be a solid block and the hole will be lost, then select the area that you want to be hole and then change the Type to Hole. Also increase the Strength of the Inflate to 1. Step 5Select the Front Inflation over the 3D Palette and then click on the folder next to the Bump values. Select Open Texture to open the texture in a new document. Then in this new document create a new layer and go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Make sure that you are using black and white for the colors. After that go to Filter>Render>Different Clouds. If your result is too dark, go to Image>Adjustment>Levels, then increase the white input. This texture will be the Bump map, which will distort our 3D text. For the other values, use white for the Diffuse color, 15% Opacity, 20 for the Reflection, Black for the Illumination, 100% Gloss, 100% Shine, white for the Specular and 1.5 for the Refraction. You can render here to have a preview of the 3D effect. Step 6Now to make our effect more realistic let's mix some stock photos. The one I used is from Stock.xchng (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/884261 and http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1131843). Open these 2 images in Photoshop. Copy some parts of the water splash from the photos and paste it in our 3D image. Step 7Repeat the process, copy and paste more splashes. As the water splashes from the photos have black background, just change the Blend Mode to Screen, so the black will be transparent. Step 8Time to Render our 3D object. On the 3D Palette change the Quality to Ray Traced Final. It will take a few minutes to render the 3D object. If you want to change the lights you can do that and render it again until you find the best result. Step 9Duplicate the rendered 3D object and go to Layer>Rasterize>3D. I will rasterize the 3D object so I can apply some image adjustments, I could do that with the 3D layer but some wouldn't work the way I want or it can get a bit slow. Add a new layer and fill it with black, then merge the black layer with the 3D rasterized layer. After that go to Image>Adjustments>Levels. Use 15 for the Black, 0.8 for the Grey and 160 for the White inputs. Step 10Select all layers and duplicate them. After that go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 15 for the Amount. After that change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge and the Opacity to 30%. ConclusionLast year I created this effect using Cinema 4D to create the 3D part, which was really simple as well. However now with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5 Extended we can do everything, in this case the 3D part, in Photoshop. I have been playing quite a lot with Repoussé and there are lots of new things that we can create with this new tool, this water effect is an example. I hope you enjoyed it and now it's up to you. Download the Photoshop FileClick here to download the Photoshop file used for this tutorial.     |
| Posted: 16 May 2010 10:44 PM PDT
We've seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?<!--break--> Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture, sound system, gaming stuff (for lunch time!). A designer is totally allowed to dream with the perfect office, and that's what we're gonna do here! Comment telling us your suggestions, or even better, you may tell us via twitter (mine and fabio's), using #abdz_ofc so we can check it. Alright? I hope you guys enjoy this brief selection. Cheers! ;) Pisa Sofa and Chair by Ramei Keum Stability through balance is one out of elements considered when furniture is designed. However, it can be an element limiting design. I wanted to design a stable and convenient sofa in reality although it looked unstable. This form leaned forward as The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a characteristics in this sofa's form and helps this sofa play a role as a point furniture giving tension to simple space. (at Design Milk) Skullcandy Roc Nation Aviator Headphones Dre has Beats, Lady Gaga has her Heartbeats, and now Jay-Z has entered the personal audio game with Skullcandy Roc Nation Aviator Headphones ($TBA). Co-developed by his Rocness and Skullycandy, these over-the-ear 'phones sport 40mm full-rage mylar drivers, an aviator-inspired contoured fit, a tangle-free nylon cable, and tons of style courtesy of a glossy polycarbonate speaker housing with stainless steel and aluminum accents. Padded carrying case included; Grammy-winning diva wife optional. (at Uncrate) Ballon USB Speaker Up, up and away with my beautiful balloon! Kawaii? Definitely. These colorfully spongy "balloons" by Yuen'to Design of Japan get you flying on your favorite tunes. Or use it with your mobile phone. The foam ball fits comfortably in your palm. USB recharging takes about two hours and keeps the little balloon sounding off for about 4.2 hours at max volume. Turn it up! Audio cable included for playback. (at A+R) Solar-Powered Battery Gives You 29 Ways To Charge, Choose One f you're ready to start making this whole solar power thing work for you, this 20,000mAh battery, which comes with 29 adapters for charging phones, MP3 players, cameras and laptops of all stripe, will keep all your gear covered. Charging the battery with the power of the sun will take about eight hours, whereas plugging into AC will get it done in only three, but once it's full it'll work with just about any gadget you throw at it. (at Gizmodo) Optimus Popularis Keyboard Even though things have been very quiet at Art Lebedev recently the company has just released news that they are still working on the Optimus Popularis Keyboard. But unfortunately its not going to be OLED as thought but it will still be full colour. Rather than having a tiny screen for each key its thought that the design will have one large screen with the keys sitting on top of it. (at Geeky Gadgets) Dell Studio XPS 7100 desktop computer Dell has announced a new Studio XPS computer today that can be equipped with the recently introduced AMD Phenom II X6 CPU with Turbo Core technology. The company is called the Studio XPS 7100. Dell is also offering machines with other new AMD quad-core Athlon II processors. The new machines are aimed at 3D gaming and multimedia users. The XPS 7100 is packed with features like a 460W PSU promising enough power for expansion in the future. The rig can be fitted with 16GB of DDR3 RAM and up to 4TB of storage space. (at Slash Gear)     |
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