Monthly Archives: July 2005
'Snip Snap Snappy' – Schnappi
Someone left a spam comment this morning but I decided to let it through because of the “cute” factor of it.
Snip Snap Snappy is the official English language website of Schappi, a German language children’s cartoon character. If the English site is to be believed then it’ll be the next big thing to hit parent’s wallets hard! Oh yes! I can hardly contain myself, they even have ringtones available to buy! Oh Joy!
Clumps and Chumps – film vs digital
In this short essay Michael Reichmann demonstrates why digital photography is sharper than film, all other things being equal. It’s all about the clumps!
Good thing too because film is dead apparently.
A picture worth a 1000 words
Worth1000.com is a site to visit when you’re flat out of inspiration and/or bored with photography. (via Photos That Bite Back)
Thoughts on a Sharpening Workflow
Thoughts on a Sharpening Workflow – if you don’t know about sharpening, have a read of this lengthy article.
The author makes the case for 3 sharpening stages in a successfull workflow.
Be aware however if you excessively sharpen an image you’ll lose detail and introduce halos around contrasting elements of the image.
I generally leave sharpening to the end, and apply an unsharp mask just before saving.
Perfect Skin Tutorial
This tutorial is simple and straight forward. I’d rather do a little more to preserve the overall image quality and detail but this has a nice romantic/glowing effect!
And here’s how to do it if you have a make up artist at hand!
tits and sex – more more more!
fuzzix posted a great rant about how silly and stupid the furour over the GTA Hot Coffee mod is. Players go around beating up the police, breaking into houses and other nastiness involving prostitutes and baseball bats. Yet, when a nipple is spied all hell breaks loose, US Senators go into fits, and people all over the world are tut-tutting the irresponsible publishers of the game! Ha! Bloody mad!
Don’t forget, there’s a lovely tit on In Photos. Any idea what kind it is?
GIMP Tutorial – Arwen Icon
Here’s a very detailed tutorial showing how to create a beautiful avator icon from a photo in the GIMP. Lurvely!
Lots more icon stuff in the noldo icons community too!
Sky – news before it happens
Some people doubt the reliability of Sky News. Here’s a sample from their site for you to judge for yourself!
Pulp Fiction in 30 seconds with bunnies.
Pulp Fiction in 30 seconds, and acted out by bunnies.