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July 31, 2004
Apple Keynote Design Winners
Wow, finally some news about Apple's Keynote presentation software. Keynote is Apple's contender to take on PowerPoint. 
If you use a Mac, do presentations, like QuickTime, want to use something besides PowerPoint, Keynote is worth a look. Here are the "Present Your Passion" Keynote design winners. Actually, after looking at these winners, Keynote's on a totally different level than PowerPoint.
More info on Keynote and presentations:
Creating Presentations with Keynote
Free Online Seminar: Keynote for Creative Professionals
KeynoteUser.com
KeynotePro.com
KeynoteHQ.com
KeynoteThemePark.com
Browse Related Subjects:
Communication -- Philosophy
Graphic design
Business presentations -- Graphic methods -- Computer programs
Microsoft PowerPoint (Computer file)
Visual communication
Graphic methods
Rhetoric
Posted by admin at 09:48 AM
MacDesign adds daily Photoshop CS tips to site
MacDesign Magazine has added a daily dose of Photoshop tips to its web site. These "tips of the day" (some basic, some not) cut through the interface and conceptual fluff (do you really need to learn about the channel mixer if you're never going to need it).
Posted by admin at 09:41 AM
2004 Adobe Design Achievement Award Winners Announced
Adobe has announced the 2004 winners of its achievement awards. The awards celebrate the work of students. There were nearly 1300 entries from 160 schools in the US, UK and Canada. "Winners were chosen in seven creative categories, representing work by some of the most talented and promising student graphic designers, illustrators, digital filmmakers, and computer artists from leading art and design schools. "
Posted by admin at 09:33 AM
Content: Stencil Brushes for Photoshop
Andy Budd: Blogography has some Photoshop Brushes for download. Here's a good intro to Photoshop's brush palette.
Posted by admin at 09:26 AM
July 30, 2004
New Issue: MacDesign Magazine
The latest issue of MacDesign Magazine has arrived in The Studio. 
In addition to the usual product reviews and the Design Makeover column, 2004 Crabby Awards winners, there are some great tutorials:
Photoshop (creating photographic edge effects)
Illustrator (Illustrator blowing Photoshop off the map?)
InDesign (image editing IN InDesign)
ImageReady (outputting multiple HTML files)
Dreamweaver (the tag inspector)
AfterEffects (fired up masks)
and Final Cut Pro (composite mode tricks)
Posted by admin at 10:29 PM
New Books in Studio
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Real world color management : industrial-strength production techniques
Browse Subjects:
Color computer graphics
Color in design
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Adobe AfterEffects 6.0 Classroom in a Book
Browse Subjects:
"Adobe After Effects
Cinematography -- Special effects -- Data processing
Also in Library Stacks: TR858 .A363 2004
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Final Cut Pro 4: Complete Course
Browse Subjects:
Final cut (Electronic resource)
Digital video -- Editing -- Data processing
Digital cinematography.
Also in Library Stacks: TR899.A76 2004
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QuickTime for the Web
Browse Subjects:
QuickTime
Motion pictures -- Editing -- Data processing
Web sites -- Design
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iLife 04: iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand
Browse Subjects:
ITunes
IMovie
IPhoto (Computer file)
DVD-Video discs -- Authoring programs
Digital media
Interactive multimedia
Macintosh (Computer)
Also available in Stacks: QA76.76 .I59 R83 2004
Posted by admin at 04:26 PM
July 29, 2004
Book Review: Web Standards Solutions
Whatdoiknow.com has a good review of a new book on web standards. The book covers HTML, XHTML and CSS (among other things.)
Cederholm, Dan. (2004). Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook. Amazon Link
Browse Related Subjects:
Web sites -- Design
Web publishing
Posted by admin at 07:10 AM
July 23, 2004
Web Site Showcase
Sites highlighted in the latest issue of MacDesign Magazine
misspato.com
http://www.misspato.com
A showcase almost 500 well designed web sites categorized by styles like cartoon, clean, futurist, pixel, retro, etc...
Conceptual Diagram Symbol Libraries
http://ian.umces.edu/symbols
"The IAN symbol libraries contain over 1000 custom made symbols (in 28 categories) designed specifically for enhancing science communication skills for the graphically challenged. Using the Drag 'n' Drop capabilities of Adobe Illustrator..."
Killer Sites
http://www.killersites.com
Based on Siegel's book, Creating Killer Web Sites.
Graphic Design Resources and Art
http://www.allgraphicdesign.com
"A Graphic Design Portal with Graphics Resources and Desktop Publishing Directory of DTP resources including Graphic Design Image Editing Shareware, Graphic Design Message Boards / Forums, Actions, Filters, Templates, Graphic Design Schools, Graphic Design Jobs, and other graphic design resources."
Posted by admin at 08:22 AM
July 21, 2004
Series: Some New (and old) Library Resources for Video Production, Cinematography & New Media
Author: Ablan, Dan
Year: 2003
Title: Digital cinematography & directing
City: Indianapolis, Ind.
Publisher: New Riders Pub.
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0735712581
Call Number: TR860 .A25 2003
Subjects: Digital Cinematography
Posted by admin at 04:17 PM
Is More Better? Beyond MegaPixels
TheTechLounge has the first of a three part (editorial) series covering digital photography hardware.
Browse Library Resources
Photography Digital techniques
Posted by admin at 08:46 AM
July 20, 2004
Web Design: Some Best Practices
piepmatzel.de has collected an (almost) comprehensive list of sites devoted to web design. Thanks to angiemckaig.com for the link.
Often "usability" is associated with good web design, and the (contested) guru of this world is Jakob Nielson. But there are alternatives. (There's an obvious design difference going on with these two sites...) And its refreshing to read words like "beauty" and "sublime" when talking about web design. From V-2's article:
"The result of thinking (and feeling) deeply about web design is a site that absolutely fulfills the informational needs of its users, but that evokes in them the feeling that they are more aware, better informed, maybe even a little hipper than they were before they came across it. The problem with the Jakob Nielsen approach is that a site designed solely from the perspective of usability is useless from the perspective of emotion."
Browse library resources
Posted by admin at 08:07 AM
July 18, 2004
iDVD 4 = DVDR only
Apple warns, use only DVD-R for iDVD4. Although the Superdrive will write to a DVD-RW, iDVD4 doesn't like it.
Posted by admin at 10:51 AM
I/O Brush: The Natural Tendency to Sample?
The Tangible Media Group at MIT's Media Lab, devoted to the "seamless couplings between physicality and virtuality," has developed the I/O brush. This thing looks like a paintbrush, but is actually a video camera with light and motion sensors inside. Aimed at children (4 and up), this object allows you to "paint" with samples on a special canvas. And as Matt Haughey muses, this is "one giant derivative work creator."
Posted by admin at 10:46 AM
July 13, 2004
Public Domain Photos
PDPhoto.org is a repository of public domain photos (some of which are rather nice). Since they are in the public domain (or at least have some sort of Creative Commons license attached to them that encourages derivative/non commercial uses), they are free to use.
The library also has a growing collection of digital library content and commercial databases available for non-commercial uses.
Posted by admin at 08:15 PM
iMovieFest.com
Another community/sharing site has launched around Apple's "digital lifestyle" apps. iMovieFest.com claims to be "an exclusive film community for Mac filmmakers... iMovieFest.com also gives you access to online movie galleries where you can rate/review movies you've seen, get exclusive tutorials, download free sound effects, participate in interactive forums, fun filmmaking contests and other goodies that will give you the tools and skills you need to make great movies!" Although you can know everything about iMovie (a mere software app) or Final Cut Pro for that matter, making great movies is another thing altogether. Having said that, Tarnation, made with iMovie and for 200 dollars, was a hit at Cannes.
Posted by admin at 07:44 PM
July 10, 2004
Santorini in black & white
Design by Fire has a detailed technique for converting color photos to black and white...it goes beyond the basics (convert to grayscale) and the whole channel mixer tinkerin.'
Posted by admin at 10:33 AM
Color in Motion: An Animated and Interactive Experience of Color Communication and Color Symbolism
A very cool use of Flash, and you get to learn something about color symbolism...
Color in Motion
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Posted by admin at 10:08 AM
Design and Dollars
An article from FastCompany where execs ponder how design can be "transformative..." From Proctor and Gamble's chairman: "You don't appreciate Tide's cleaning ability in every laundry load. But you appreciate the design of the cap every time you use the laundry detergent."
From Nokia Vice President:
"My mission was to change this little black blob with mini buttons into a colorful object of desire."
From Gap President:
"Plus, making just a bottom is a lot cheaper."
Rep from OXO International:
"If you can design a product that appeals to people's brains and hearts, you can get them to pay a great premium."
From President of Genzyme Corp:
"But the strategic value of architecture is not frightfully complex."
My reaction:
Hmm, I guess it is easy to confuse shopping with creativity.
For more on this subject front:
Photographic industry
Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects
Posted by admin at 09:30 AM
Leonardo On-Line Bibliographies: Art, Science and Technology
LEONARDO ON-LINE is the world wide web site of Leonardo / the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Leonardo began international publication of its print journal in 1968, and has continued to focus for more than 30 years on writings by artists who work with science- and technology-based art media.
Art, Science and Technology Bibliographies
Leonardo Electronic Monographs
Leonardo – Journal of Arts, Science and Technology
Posted by admin at 08:57 AM
2004 Apple Design Awards Winners
Apple has released its list of winners for its Design Awards.
Categories include: Application Software, QuickTime Content, Performance Demos.
Posted by admin at 07:29 AM
Into the Blogosphere
Who says blog culture is undertheorized?
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/
Posted by admin at 07:06 AM
July 09, 2004
PalmOne & Macintosh
Have Palm? Have a Mac? This site is your friend.
Posted by admin at 07:28 AM
Creative Bits
Creative Bits, at http://creativebits.raszl.net/, provides "bits of information about the Mac OS X system and the popular graphic design applications."
Posted by admin at 07:21 AM
Mac Hints and Tips for July
The web site Mac Hints & Tips has released its July issue as PDF. This monthly newsletter of tips is a compilation of hints and tips from a wide variety of Macintosh user groups.
Posted by admin at 07:15 AM
July 08, 2004
Home Made Dolly
Thought you folks might be interested in these instructions I ran across for making a home-made dolly. Looks pretty simple.
http://www.macmoviemaker.com/index.php?id=27
Posted by Michelle at 11:04 AM