September 08, 2007

13 gigapixels or bust; sketchy photogs; more

• In Spectacle, photographers David Rockwell & Bruce Mau "celebrate the phenomenon and history of communal, awe-inspiring public performance worldwide–from the stadium to the streets, from religious festivals to political marches."  Dig the really well-chosen type treatments as well. [Via]
• For a different kind of spectacle, see Harlem in 13 Gigapixels. Photographer Gerard Maynard & software developer Alexandre Jenny have teamed up to create a massive image of the famous New York neighborhood.  With results spanning 279,689 x 46,901 pixels, the project’s raw numbers
  are pretty eye-popping:
  • 2,045 individual photos from a Nikon D2X
  • 21.49 GB of compressed raw data
  • 1 day for image placement and color correction
  • 46 hours of rendering on an 8-core Xeon system with 8GB of RAM
  • Results: A single 48.8 GB image stored in the Photoshop Large Document format (.PSB), converted via Zoomify & displayed through the Flash Player.
    [Via Maria Brenny]  (If this is up your alley, see previous.)
• Ah, the 1950′s, when you had to be the lookout for "corn-fed belles" hanging out of trees along the road, ready to disrobe in your U-Haul trailer.  At least that’s the world conjured up by the (more than a little creepy) Glamour Photography magazine–one "designed to give the camera man a better understanding of the technical and philosophical aspects of photographing pretty girls."  Philosophy–yes, that’s it. [Via]
• Elsewhere in history, here are 50 years of a woman’s life, as told by photos bought at a garage sale.  Note to self: Keep trying not to get old.
• Clayton James Cubitt shares portraits of Hurricane Katrina survivors.  (I’m a big fan of Flash galleries in general, but in this case I think the jerky transitions distract from the subject matter.) [Via]

New Lightroom, Dreamweaver, AE tutorials on Design Center

The Adobe Design Center offers up a smattering of new content:

* New Gallery:

• Adam Woodhouse

* New Tutorials:

• Correct an image using the Develop Module in Lightroom by George Jardine
• Find your best photos easily using Compare mode and the Quick Develop panel in Lightroom by George Jardine
• Create animated characters from still images with After Effects by Bob Donlon
• Creating a master-detail page relationship in Dreamweaver by Matthew Pizzi

Adobe training mavens Luanne Seymour and Jen deHaan are blogging, so check out their sites for fresh material.  And as always, check out some of the 1000+ Adobe links on del.icio.us.  Info on how to contribute links is here.  [Via]