Automatically resize photos with PictureTray
Apr 20
This is a rather nifty tool, if you take tons of pictures with your digital camera, and you need to mail many to friends and relatives or you need to upload to your social network of choice then this tool is for you. Many of us prefer to shoot pictures using the highest resolution of our camera so we have the best quality for printing, but the pictures are way too big to send via email, upload...
Fracture: Create Cubism Paintings on Your iPhone
Sep 01
There is a new iPhone app which enables you to ‘paint’ pictures in the style of the Cubist works like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. You can use any pre-existing image (or from a photo taken on the spot) to transform them into your own Cubist masterpiece. You can do this by dabbling your finger across the screen, much like a paintbrush across the canvas. Just shake the screen if...
Make Origami using Adobe Illustrator
Jul 27Developed by designer Jürg Lehni, ‘Crumpler’ is a plugin for Adobe Illustrator that turns vector graphics into ‘paper’, allowing them to be folded and crumpled. Crumpler from Scriptographer.org on Vimeo. With just a click of the mouse, users can manipulate the vectors to create folds as if it were paper. By dragging the mouse, the vector graphics will start to fold over...
Livebrush Introduction – Livebrush.com
Jun 17Livebrush is a drawing application. It employs an easy-to-use brush tool that reacts to your gesture. By combining simple motion controls with brush styles, Livebrush offers a fun and unique way to create graphics. Go to: livebrush.en.softonic.com to download the application. Designer’s Depot: the best source for artists, designers and art...
Top Painting Apps for the Iphone
May 14
Photo courtesy of David Hockney I don’t know if you guys know it by now but you CAN make really great masterpieces using your iPhone or iPod touch. I have been trying a few apps myself, and I have to say I’m really getting hooked. The idea of being able to make your art absolutely everywhere is quite exciting. Inspirations for art comes spontaneously, while waiting for the bus, or...
Art of Illusion – 3d modelling program
Sep 25
Art of Illusion is a free, open source full featured 3D modelling, rendering, and animation studio. It is written entirely in Java, and can run on almost any operating system. The current version is 2.6.1, released August 3, 2008. This version is both stable and powerful enough to be used for serious, high end animation work. Many of its features and capabilities rival those found in...