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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. ;-)
Comments
Be careful what you wish for:
American Gladiators Returns
[Holy crap!! Poor Laila Ali. --J.]