Photoshop's Got a New Plug In: Eye Candy 5 Nature
There's a new plug-in in town. Remember the Alien Skin filters series? The same developers were the ones who made a blockbuster out of the XenoFex and Eye Candy 4000. Now the latest in the series of Alien Skin, Eye Candy 5: Nature is a set of 10 plug-in filters for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Jasc Paint Shop Pro and Macromedia Fireworks.Eye Candy 5: Nature comes in the latest package that simulates a variety of nature's phenomena such as fire, smoke, rust, snow, ice, solar flares, halos, water drops and drips. The second from a three-part upgrade of Eye Candy 4000, Nature offers four new filters and six Eye Candy originals. The original filters have brand new looks, greater realism, and enhanced ease-of-use.
With Nature, users can now create new layers with effects without modifying the original layer. Viewing, editing and turning-off the effects are simple and doesn't change even an iota from the original image. The versatile and elegant renditions of the effects of nature will definitely be a hit among graphic designers, digital photographers and Web or multimedia content creators. Effects that create nature's phenomena?With the 10 plug-in filters provided in Nature, nature's phenomena can be recreated by the user to provide effects to the text and photo images.?Ripples- This filter has three modes that create refractive ripples around any shape, as well as chaotic reflective waves. ?Rust- From iron oxide to tarnished brass, this filter tarnishes and corrodes images and text along with mold and mildew.
Controls specify the size, color and texture of rust spots. And users can drip rusty water streaks down the selection surface. ?Snow Drift- It piles snow on text and lightly dusts images with surface snow and frost. Simple controls simulate deep, wet snow or a light dusting. By integrating Snow Drift with Icicles, users can produce winter effects on text and photos.?Icicles- Drip icy stalactites from ay selection.
Glaze surfaces with realistic ice. The Icicle filter makes any text adopt a wintry environment. It works great with Snow Drift. ?Smoke- Using two modes, users can simulate anything from voluminous clouds of smoke to murky haze. From volcanic eruptions to a steaming cup of coffee, users can create great effects with this new filter.
?Drip- It melts images, melds colors and provides oozing drops that drip from selections. This particular filter creates great wet paint effects on text. Users could even liquefy selections, artwork or photographic objects by altering the melt controls. ?Corona- This filter creates radiant solar flares, organic glows, and wispy auroras. You could also render coronas to a new layer, within the Eye candy interface, without affecting the original selection.?Squint- From the twinkling of the stars to the frosting of diamonds, this filter mimics poor or wet vision or camerawork, defocuses images and adds highlights and halos to the selection.
It provides that extra sparkle to any user's art with its classic, radial blur and soft light effects. ?Water Drops- Users can select color, opacity and viscosity of the water drops for that splash image and more.?Fire- A reincarnated classic, it provides more realistic flames, creating effects from blue flames to white-hot rocket exhaust. With two new modes, the filter offers greater versatility and flexibility, simulating anything from the romance of candlelight to towering furnaces of infernos..
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A mere baby in the stationery biz, Abby Jean, is already on everyone's next-big-thing list. Her adorable note cards were recently recognized by Daily Candy's Dallas edition as "the freshest twist on classic preppy stationery."
To further compliment this scrumptious new brand, Daily Candy Editor at Large, Dannielle Romano, featured a slew of Abby Jean note cards on Fox's "Good Day Dallas" morning show, praising them Daily Candy style.
"Abby Jean's note cards will put all your well-mannered friends (and enemies) to shame. They're ideal for all aggressively polite gestures, from a thanks-for-the-baby-shower note to a hand-written dinner-party invite"Within hours of the DailyCandy.com release, Abby Jean's note card collections became a hit for shoppers from California to Texas. Thus proving, once and for all, that quality not quantity is what really counts.
Inspired by shopping sprees and first kisses, chocolate cake and belly laughs, Abby Jean note cards are fashion...
Daily Candy Features Abby Jean Note Cards
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Two eBay Members selling a Candy Wrapper for Big Bucks
Scottsdale, AZ (ContentDesk) August 7, 2005 -- Remember when a grilled cheese sandwich with the image of the Virgin Mary was sold on eBay for thousands of dollars? You will never believe what an Arizona and Virginia resident are selling."Right now, up for sale is just an M&M wrapper and that's the M&M wrapper - there's nothing else," said Brian Schwartz of Scottsdale, also known as EZas123 on eBay.Shawn Stifflet from Virginia, also widely known as WooHooMysteryMan on eBay, has been a regular on "eBay's Pulse", which features the top 10 most watched auctions. After seeing some of Schwartz's graphic design, marketing techniques and web related skills, WooHooMysteryMan had contacted Schwartz with an idea to collaborate and sell a Candy Wrapper in a clever way. They have combined their efforts to bring this idea to life. It sure is a success. With 5 days still remaining, it has already attracted 18,000 visitors and now featured as the #6 most watched auction on all of eBay and slowly but...
Two eBay Members selling a Candy Wrapper for Big Bucks
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Eye Candy, Over $60,000 in Freebies and Brand New Technology! Now that?s a Computer Show!
Sub300.com, North America's only Linux store is about to have some real fun. At this year's Linux Desktop Summit, Sub300.com will be wowing the crowds with their unique presentation, products and commitment to give over $60,000 worth of Linux software and hardware away at the show.David Silverman, President of Sub300.com says: "The way software is delivered through Linspire's CNR Warehouse has been one of the primary reasons that Sub300 chose to feature the Linspire operating system on our desktop and laptop computers. Taking delivery to the next level, we have hired fashion models to ride Rietti Scooters around the Del Mar fairgrounds while giving out full versions of Linspire 4.5 ($60 value each) to all show attendees."After the tremendous success of the last year's Summit, Sub300.com felt that they had to out do themselves at this years show. The Del Mar show is an excellent opportunity to meet the fun brothers behind the corporation that sells thousands of desktop computers with...
Eye Candy, Over $60,000 in Freebies and Brand New Technology! Now that?s a Computer Show!
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Healthy Halloween: Hand-Dipped Strawberries Instead Of Candy
(ContentDesk) October 25, 2005 -- Those looking for a healthy substitute to Halloween candy or a festive alternative to boring Thanksgiving recipes, must try the gourmet delicacies that recently made The O List, items handpicked by Oprah Winfrey herself -- Sharis Berries hand-dipped strawberries.Sharis Berries Spooky Berries are not just a great alternative to candy, but these gourmet strawberries hand-dipped in an exclusive recipe including white, milk, or dark chocolate, are festively decorated to resemble friendly jack o lanterns, spider webs, and more.
Elegant Fall Berries, which can double as a Thanksgiving centerpiece, start with deliciously plump berries dipped in the same gourmet recipe as the Halloween berries, but swizzled with fall colors.
Parents and children alike are finding Spooky Berries a healthy, welcome treat and party alternative to the mounds of unwholesome candy so prevalent...
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Eye Candy, Over $60,000 in Freebies and Brand New Technology! Now that?s a Computer Show!
Sub300.com, North America's only Linux store is about to have some real fun. At this year's Linux Desktop Summit, Sub300.com will be wowing the crowds with their unique presentation, products and commitment to give over $60,000 worth of Linux software and hardware away at the show.David Silverman, President of Sub300.com says: "The way software is delivered through Linspire's CNR Warehouse has been one of the primary reasons that Sub300 chose to feature the Linspire operating system on our desktop and laptop computers. Taking delivery to the next level, we have hired fashion models to ride Rietti Scooters around the Del Mar fairgrounds while giving out full versions of Linspire 4.5 ($60 value each) to all show attendees."After the tremendous success of the last year's Summit, Sub300.com felt that they had to out do themselves at this years show. The Del Mar show is an excellent opportunity to meet the fun brothers behind the corporation that sells thousands of desktop computers with...
Eye Candy, Over $60,000 in Freebies and Brand New Technology! Now that?s a Computer Show!
Candy > Eye Candy, Over $60,000 in Freebies and Brand New Technology! Now that?s a Computer Show!
Daily Candy Features Abby Jean Note Cards
A mere baby in the stationery biz, Abby Jean, is already on everyone's next-big-thing list. Her adorable note cards were recently recognized by Daily Candy's Dallas edition as "the freshest twist on classic preppy stationery."
To further compliment this scrumptious new brand, Daily Candy Editor at Large, Dannielle Romano, featured a slew of Abby Jean note cards on Fox's "Good Day Dallas" morning show, praising them Daily Candy style.
"Abby Jean's note cards will put all your well-mannered friends (and enemies) to shame. They're ideal for all aggressively polite gestures, from a thanks-for-the-baby-shower note to a hand-written dinner-party invite"Within hours of the DailyCandy.com release, Abby Jean's note card collections became a hit for shoppers from California to Texas. Thus proving, once and for all, that quality not quantity is what really counts.
Inspired by shopping sprees and first kisses, chocolate cake and belly laughs, Abby Jean note cards are fashion...
Daily Candy Features Abby Jean Note Cards
Candy > Daily Candy Features Abby Jean Note Cards
HDTV EYE CANDY! Which wins? 1080i vs 720p. And what about 1080p?
The latest great thing in home theater displays is the emergence of 1080p resolution displays.
p stands for progressive, which means the screen fills all at once at 1/60th of a second, versus i for interlaced, which means every other line, then the other half of the full picture, each field displaying at 1/30th of a second.
At this time, there is no source for broadcast 1080p programming.
Instead, we have 1080i: two interlaced fields make a frame, at 1/30th second for each field.
Finger it out!
Take your fingers and spread them apart.
That's a crude example of interlaced.
When you bring the hands together, you combine both fields and you get the whole picture (one frame).
It happens fast enough that you don't notice the effect unless there's motion on the screen, then you might see a difference in the smoothness of the motion.
Progressive is all the...
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