This is a very nice little tutorial on hoe to produce those nice high dynamic range photos that people like to go on about. This one uses Adobe Photoshop CS2, so if you have a copy your in luck. This tut even covers some basic work flow techniques that help when your trying to figure out how to start making your HDR masterpiece.
Tag: Artistic
Realtime Mandelbrot Fractal Generation
Now you can explore the wonders of fractals with this online generator. I’m with Revo of Ektopia on this one, I used to sit in front of my Commodore 64 and wait for hours as a short fractal zoom loop slowly rendered on the screen. After I moved to the PC platform I did the same thing with Fractint. Now there was a program!
Evil Dead, The Musical
I’m not normally a fan of musicals. In fact I tend to avoid them at all costs. However, I will make an exception for one that is based on the Sam Raimi film ‘The Evil Dead‘. Now the show closes on Feb 17 so you have to act fast if you want to see it. It’s in New York so it might be a bit of a walk for some of you, others it’s just a plane flight away.
Spaceship Serenity Paper Model
I found this beautiful paper model of the spaceship from the science fiction TV series ‘Firefly‘. I just started watching the DVDs yesterday so I naturally was looking around the ‘Net for more info on the show. It’s pretty good, pity that it was axed so quickly by Fox, but I guess everyone says that.
The ship looks like a pretty complex build, it has more detail that you would expect, it even has the ambassadors shuttle craft.
A Colder War – a Novelette by Charles Stross
I ran across this short story a few months ago and thought it was pretty good. It’s a story about an intelligence office that learns the chilling truth behind the worlds most insane weapon. Makes the nukes look like candy…
Thomas Raschke – Wire Frame Sculptures
This is something nice, German artist Thomas Raschke creates metal real world representations of things that exist in the world of computer graphics, except without texture or even surfaces.