Manic Monday (ooo-wee-ooo.. I wish it was Sunday)

I thought I would use Monday to give my pick of what has come to my attention over the weekend. 

My Quest

I have been trying to find someone, anyone, that has used the content aware scaling in a real world situation. Only one so far, for resizing a photo to a standard print size. Is that the only use for this enhancement? Drop me a note if you have found  another use, and used it!

Things to Do

PlanetPhotoshop, the home of Corey Barker, have a  forum that runs a Friendly Tutorial Challenge starting on Sundays. This week is making a textured photo frame. Really nice use of an alpha channel. 

Speaking of Mr Barker, a video of his was posted at Layers Magazine.com, 3D Reflections on Video

Say Anything Caption/Photoshop Contest: Be Funny, Win A Free Movie Title Says it all

 

Free Stuff

Colorburned have more great give aways, this time 53 Hi-Res Paint Brushes, a great set.

 

 

 

 

 

Tutorials

AdobeTutorialz posted a great tutorial called The Amazing Spiderman. Not the most useful of tutorials for the final image, but the techniques used are very well explained and worth a look through.

 

From PhotoshopSupport

Create A Photoshop Action To Watermark Your Images – Photoshop Tutorial

Always a handy skill to have

 

 

Inspiration : 

I’m afraid I can’t tell you anymore about the artist as I don’t speak Russian. Some stunning images on the site.

Laurent Batailley

 

 

Things To Buy

These have been around for a little while, but i never tire of them. 

Photoshop and Illustrator Magnetic boards. 

 

 

Happy Monday everyone. See you all Tuesday!