Google+ Adds Advanced Photo Editing Tools and Instagram-Like Filters

The future of graphic design and photography just became a little more “blurry.” With a new set of editing tools and filters for photos, Google+ is looking to make its network better suited to creatives. You can now apply basic adjustments to fine-tune, crop, and rotate images as well as apply Instagram-like photo filters such… Continue reading Google+ Adds Advanced Photo Editing Tools and Instagram-Like Filters

The Future of Photo Manipulation: Software that Extracts 3D Objects from 2D Images

What you are about to see is an interactive method for modeling 3D man-made objects by extracting them from a single flat photograph. This method could be a major breakthrough in graphic design, combining the cognitive ability of humans with the computational accuracy of machines. The technique, which was developed by Tao Chen, Zhe Zhu,… Continue reading The Future of Photo Manipulation: Software that Extracts 3D Objects from 2D Images

Launch Your Star to the Galaxy in the Samsung Smart App Challenge 2013

Samsung Electronics has announced the Samsung Smart App Challenge 2013, a global contest to create new applications for the GALAXY Note. This is the second edition of the competition and will be divided into two categories ‘Smart Note Apps’ and ‘Smart Tablet Apps.’ A grand total of $1.1 million in prize money will be awarded… Continue reading Launch Your Star to the Galaxy in the Samsung Smart App Challenge 2013

In Photoshop, Adobe Makes It Easier to Go from Design to Development With Indispensable New Tool

For Web developers who use Photoshop to build design mockups, Adobe just eliminated one of your biggest headaches. Yesterday the company announced Adobe Generator, a new tool that allows you to create image assets in real-time as you work and access them in Edge Reflow, no copying, slicing, or manual exporting of any layer required.… Continue reading In Photoshop, Adobe Makes It Easier to Go from Design to Development With Indispensable New Tool

Adobe Offers Special Creative Cloud Photography Apps Subscription for $9.99/Month

During today’s Photoshop World conference in Las Vegas, Adobe announced a new, affordable subscription service specially designed for photographers. Those who own Photoshop CS3 or higher will be able to subscribe to Adobe’s new Photoshop Photography Program for $9.99 per month. Adobe stresses that this is not an introductory offer: this is a permanent offer… Continue reading Adobe Offers Special Creative Cloud Photography Apps Subscription for $9.99/Month

Beer Diplomacy: The Brews That Represent Countries Around the World [MAP]

Last week we brought you the United States of Booze map, where we celebrated the most popular beer or liquor from each of the 50 states. But what if we zoomed out from that map to find the most popular booze around the world? The Logo Company did just this. The company determined the most… Continue reading Beer Diplomacy: The Brews That Represent Countries Around the World [MAP]

14 Animated GIFs Highlighting the Most Creative Designs on Dribbble

Dribbble is a community of Web and graphic designers, illustrators, icon artists, typographers, and other creative types who share small screenshots of their work. The GUIFFF project is a collection of some of the best animated GIFs found on Dribbble which includes GIFs of everything from cool contraptions to interactive buttons to street sign monsters… Continue reading 14 Animated GIFs Highlighting the Most Creative Designs on Dribbble

Spaghetti Gotham: Batman Character Illustrations

What if Batman, some of his friends and arch enemies were reinvented as Spaghetti Western characters? Italian-based artist Giovanni Costa has brought that idea to life with this series of playful cartoon illustrations. [via whatanart]   Who’s your favorite Batman character?