June 08, 2009

PS Automator Actions v4.0 Beta now available

Photographer/author/developer Ben Long has posted a new beta of his Photoshop Automator Actions. He writes,

This 4.0 collection currently only supports CS4 and has a number of bug fixes, and 6 new actions.

Like previous versions of the Action Pack, this collection of Automator Actions lets you drive Photoshop from Apple’s Automator. These are not actions that you can run from within Photoshop’s Actions palette. This is a Mac-only product that allows you to build automated workflows that can go beyond what Photoshop’s built-in actions provide.

Ben is looking for feedback (bugs, etc.) on the new version. For more info on what the Action Pack does, see his earlier post.

Monday Illustrations: Monsters, luchadores, and more

• Jon Hicks creates Daniel’s Daily Monster for his son. “Every morning when making his lunch, I give myself 5 minutes to draw a monster on paper from one of those memo pad things, give it a name and quickly photograph it with the iPhone.” Awesome.
• I love Steve Bonner’s intricate take on the classic Stormtrooper.
• Paper:
  • Jen Stark makes beautiful, incredibly intricate cut-paper sculptures. She even animates them in kaleidoscopic blooms.
  • StarWars.com features Star Wars lucha libre masks. (Our little guy will go nuts for these in a year or two.) [Via]
• Logos:
  • “Get Excited and Make Things” is a nice riff on “Keep Calm and Carry On” (a WWII-era poster that’s hung on Adobe’s West 9 for quite some time).
  • Killed Productions; heh.
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