In DESIGN

A Light Design with Light Coming from Nothing? See to Believe.

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I’m sure you’ve stood alone in a dark room, with silence as thick as the black crawling over you. Then screaming… and pies. Thousands of pies. But where are they coming from? No one knows. It all seems to appear from the darkness of space. Much like the light that suddenly turned on to reveal your sad, pie-riddled state.

But where does the light come from? Then screaming… then more pies. Edrick Thung, inspired by the work of Japanese designers like Junya Ishigami, desired to explore the possibilities of light coming from nothing. How? By exploring the structures we form around light. The raw, wireframe structure. The result are nothing but impressive and everything that is awesome.

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In 3D CAD TECH

The CPU Will Crush ALL Against the Rendering Wall

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Hey, there’s nothing like an industry brief on technology that pushes your agenda. amirite? Yeah for agendas! and YEAH for CPU’s and the power they have to push the limits of rendering. Huzzah!!

Hugs for multi-core and hugs for photon-dicin’ render divas showing us what kind of power the CPU has to do it. Among the mix, Luxology (modo), Luxion (Keyshot) and Next Limit (Maxwell). What are they saying? You wouldn’t believe it unless you saw it yourself. Enough hype for ya yet? Overclock me baby.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: The Deepened

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Determined to loosen the oily grip of the deepened people known as ‘The Mechanics’, he set out into a search of Darktrench. 10 years he wandered, then happened upon one silvering doom and whipped him with these links. Roman Jouandeau – There are some artists that make you feel like drawing and drawing and drawing.…

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In REVIEWS

Can You Rock 3D in Photoshop? Read and See… [Interview/Giveaway]

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3D? in Photoshop? Wait. Don’t hide your screen from the people around you. It is possible. Not long ago, you had to take a screenshot of your 3D model created in another program, paste it into Photoshop and use your background removal tricks to get a nice clean product shot. Then they added the ability to import 3D. Now, with Photoshop CS5, you have added import goodness with direct download from sites like 3DVIA and Turbosquid. Best of all, you have 5 new ways to create actual 3D geometry in Photoshop.

Zorana Gee, Photoshop Extended Product Manager, has written all about it in her new book titled, 3D in Photoshop: The Ultimate Guide for Creative Professionals – 224 pages of how 3D is done in Photoshop. We had the opportunity to ask Zorana some questions about getting started and how it can be used alongside other 3D CAD and rendering programs.

Win the 3D in Photoshop book!

Yes. We also have a 3D in Photoshop book to giveaway to one lucky person! How can you win it? Just hit the comments and leave a pithy, snarky or otherwise comical comment about 3D and you could be the winner! The winner will be announced here Wednesday, February 9th, 2011. Good luck!! Now, on to the wonderful interview with Zorana Gee.

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