A mashup between random music and random images results in an oddly compelling and kind of scary A/V art piece. It really illustrates how much of an effect music has on the perception of images. It changes mood and even one’s sense of time. Try it with the sound off for a totally different feel.

Clever social commentary v.s. reality. Gee, I wonder which will win?

People are asking. I’m answering:

Cycle Blending Modes Backward: Shift and -
Cycle Blending Modes Forward: Shift and +

I’ll write a comprehensive post on Blending Modes soon, with extra Mathy Goodness for all you compositing geeks out there. If you’re too excited to wait, go get and read The Art and Science of Digital Compositing by Ron Brinkmann. I was very excited to note that there is a second Edition, and One-Clicked it right away. The First Edition rocked. Thanks to Lexi at Sterling-Rice Group for getting me to post on this subject.

You still suck at Photoshop. Season 2, by popular demand. This week: Smart Objects. Go Ronnie Go!

But you have to turn the color management switch on. Read all about it on Rob Galbraith’s site.

Deke McLelland has lost his marbles. Guess he’s lived in Boulder too long.

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Absolutely charming and technologically amazing wind and light-powered mechanical critters. I want to see them on the beach outside my window when I wake up in the morning.

Google does it again.

More than 800,000 frames from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope were stitched together to create this infrared portrait of dust and stars radiating in the inner Milky Way. Individual full-res frames are available on the website. 800,000 frames were stitched together. Oy.