John Nack on Adobe

November 23, 2007

Delicious leftovers: 3D, Photoshop, & much more

As many of us Americans remain lolling around in a turkey-stuffed haze, I'll do my part to distract from the inlaws by trotting out a smorgasbord of stuff I've been amassing over the last few months--stuff that's just never quite made it to the table on its own.

To pretend this all has something to do with my job, let's start with the Photoshop bits:

• Some useful PSD-handling tools have been announced:
  • PixelNovel has announced the useful-sounding ComparePSD tool (haven't gotten to kick the tires yet myself). More info is in their press release.  These guys also make FlickrShop for uploading directly from Photoshop to Flickr. [Via]
  • If you're a fan of Layer Comps--a really simple, lightweight way to store multiple design variations within a single PSD file--check out this Layer Comps plug-in for InDesign . [Via]
• In other Photoshop news:
  • Thomas Knoll gets a lifetime innovator award.
  • Fishing and Photoshop don't mix. [Via Rob Corell]
• Face/Offs
  • FreakingNews.com features rather unsettling partial face transplants, each mashing up the mugs of two well-known individuals. [Via]
  • Oh, and taking it up another notch, Selfkiss features people kissing themselves through the power of Photoshop.  (NB: Not for the terribly squeamish.)
• Typewriter bits
  • Jeremy Mayer creates typewriter-based sculpture. A bit more info is here. [Via]
  • Chris Dimino's press forms typewriter-shaped waffles.
  • Andrew Macrae makes ASCII art using a typewriter. [Via]
• Japanese curiosities
  • A green roller coaster?  Okayama's pedal-powered Skycycle seems to be just that. [Via]
  • We're stuck with Howie Mandell while these guys get a "Human Tetris" game show?  Can we at least bring back American Gladiators?  (Don't tell me you don't miss the pugil sticks.)
• Vehicles
  • Something Awful rocks out imaging (and P-shopping) all kinds of alternate Transformers. [Via]
  • An unnamed Brazilian ad agent sculpts choppers from old watches.
  • Business Week readers rag on the world's ugliest cars. (Featured: Pontiac Az(z)Tek. Oddly absent: Chevy Assalanche.) [Via]
  • Car Design News's Studio Photos collection seeks to provide the perfect 3/4 shot of any car, nicely isolated on a plain background. [Via]
  • This crazy 1873-vintage monocycle looks amazing. [Via]
  • Automotive sweetness goes VDub in CNET's Beetlemania gallery.
• Sculptures
  • The hard-core plane geek in me vibes with these MotoArt tables, constructed from reclaimed bits of aviation history (e.g. a bomb + a B-52 turbine = the "Get Bombed" table).  [Via]
  • I love this crazy little creature made from rolled-up newspaper [Via]
  • Art Lebedev's "Copilcus piggybank" reshapes the traditional slot--because "'Plus' savings are far better than 'minus' savings." [Via]  They also make the way-cool Folderix folder-shaped flash drive.
• Crafty ads
  • This ad for the BC Highland Games cleverly meshes 2D & 3D.  You can almost feel the hernia.
  • Worth1000 fine art ads. Dig the Shout & Diet Pepsi entries especially.
  • I'm feeling these simple yet effective ads for Off bug repellant.
  • The World Wildlife Fund uses a balloon to depict your car's pollution cloud.
  • You want a zoom?  Leica's got it.
• From the ever-growing world of whack-job printers:
  • Target'll get you printing on toast. [Via]
  • To keep things smaller, try printing on peanuts.  [Via]
• Finally, here's an amazing 3D rendering of "The Last Elf."  CG Arena provides details on the model's creation. [Via]

Now, if that doesn't leave you feeling logy, head back to the Remains of the Bird. ;-)

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