August 08, 2006

My New Clip Art Technique Is Unstoppable

HDR, 3D, plenoptic cameras… who needs all that high-fi chaos when there’s the simplicity of le cinema de clip art? [Via] Of course, I still think it’s got nothing on the (incredibly) profane genius of My New Fighting Technique Is Unstoppable^* (speaking of giant pixels…).
See? Clip art is your pal! Now, fire up some fatty drop shadows & bevels, and get busy mixing 384 typefaces per page; you’ll be a pro in no time! Related: Woman Has Perfect Clip Art For Party Invitation.
^* [Note: Chock full of bad words. Really. Just in case that's not your bag.]

Flash video & AE tips, PDF searching, more in Design Center

The Adobe Design Center is brimming with new content:

New Dialog box:

• Tips for rookie video producers by Scott Fegette

New Gallery:

• Chris Georgenes (mudbubble.com): Profile

New Tutorials:

• After Effects 7.0 Classroom in a Book: 3 lessons
  • Getting to know the Workflow

  • Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
  • Rendering and Exporting
• Working with Acrobat 7:
  • Find just what you need with advanced search options in Acrobat 7.0 by Garrick Chow

  • Speed up searching by creating an index by Garrick Chow
  • Discover the best Distiller settings for desired text and image quality by Garrick Chow
  • Find Words and phrases in PDF documents by Garrick Chow
  • Search PDF comments effectively by Brie Gyncild and Andrew Faulkner
  • Customize search preferences for your workflow by Brie Gyncild and Andrew Faulkner
• Enhance an object’s appearance with Live Effects by Mordy Golding
• Plot the perfect course: Media specifications for e-learning courses by Rafiq R. Elmansy
• Work with .rtf and .txt files in Adobe InCopy CS2 by Adam Pratt and Mike Richman

[Text via Jen deHaan]