If you’re planning a party, you’ll need to send invitations. Being a creative type, however, prevents you from running out and buying them. That would be like catching Richard Simmons buying a candy bar! No, you’ll have to create your own invitations if you want to save face. While you’re at it, you might as […]
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Excerpted from “The Painter 7 Wow! Book” (Peachpit Press). Peachpit Press is offering this book at a discount to creativepro.com readers. Follow this link. Stephen Crooks, John Derry, and Donal Jolley all use Painter in their work. But their pieces — a tribute to the spirit of NYC, an homage to artist Wayne Theibaud, and […]
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Bit by Bit: Seeing Panoramic Images from a New Angle It’s relatively easy to take panoramic images with your digital camera, but what if the subject matter doesn’t lend itself to the horizontal orientation? Brain Lawler, a panoramic-photography enthusiast, tipped his point of view and devised a method for taking vertical panoramas. Read the story. […]
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Virtual reality or “VR” movies deliver a navigable, full-immersion environment over the Web, while 360-degree still images offer a unique and compelling point of view for any environment. Kaidan’s new 360 One VR attachment is a unique lens that lets you shoot a full 360-degree panorama with a single shot from a standard digital camera. […]
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For those who have followed my articles in the past, you know that I am a panoramic photographer and builder of accessories for panoramic photography. I carry a tripod and panoramic mount around with me nearly everywhere I go (I am a difficult travel partner). In the image of Sacre Coeur in Paris (see figure […]
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What better time than the holidays to say thanks to clients, colleagues, employees, and vendors with well-chosen gifts. But if you haven’t noticed, giving gifts to business associates has gotten a little tricky, what with numerous cultural, gender, religious, and business considerations. Nonetheless, it’s worth the effort because it’s a nice thing to do and […]
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At first blush, it might not seem that astounding: A new market research report from TrendWatch Graphic Arts shows that creative professionals are having a love affair with digital cameras. But read past the headlines and there are some interesting — and sometimes surprising — findings. For Starters… Contrary to popular belief — or rather, […]
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Excerpted from “Designing Web Sites That Sell” (Peachpit Press). Peachpit Press is offering this book at a discount to creativepro.com readers. Follow this link. Theory and discourse can only take you so far. At some point, good thinking and planning need to be turned into a site that sells. The challenge of site design is […]
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In the world of special effects, a “practical” effect is one that you create “by hand” in the real world, as opposed to an effect that’s created synthetically on your computer. Auto FX DreamSuite Series One is a collection of Photoshop-compatible plug-ins that digitally fabricates many effects that print designers often have to create by […]
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