60 Excellent Gadget Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorials
Designing your own (or redesigning existing) gadgets such as MP3 Players, Game Consoles and Computers is an incredible way to improve your general skills in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (or any other design-related software package for that matter). You're bound to pick up new skills every time, even if you're considered an expert. The following round-up
Color Theory for Designer, Part 3: Creating Your Own Color Palettes
In the previous two parts of this series on color theory, we talked mostly about the meanings behind colors and color terminology. While this information is important, I'm sure a lot of people were wondering when we were going to get into the nitty-gritty of actually creating some color schemes.Well, that's where Part 3 comes in.
OpenCSG 1.3.0 image-based CSG renderer with better support for MDI applications
OpenCSG is an OpenGL API-based library for doing image-space rendering of shapes made up by constructive solid geometry (CSG). The new release 1.3.0 implements support for applications with a multiple document interface and use OpenCSG in different OpenGL windows.
The Cafu Engine using OpenGL is now open source
The Cafu Engine (formerly Ca3D-Engine) is now available to everyone as free software under the GNU General Public License! The source code as well as precompiled binaries are available at our Downloads page, and the new Developers page explains how to get started with the source code quickly.
Two Halves, Together: Patrick Gilmore On Double Helix
The newly-installed head of Foundation 9's Double Helix studio holds forth on its evolution, the creative direction of current-generation games, and the current state of Los Angeles-area game development.
Pirate Movie Privacy Case Set For The Supreme Court
Should copyright holders be allowed to get the identities of Internet users behind an IP-address for private prosecutions, or should that ability be left solely with the police? That's the key question behind a pivotal hit movie camcorder case which is set to move amid an unusual amount of secrecy to Norway's Supreme Court.
Landscape
by Michael W
This week's artwork features one landscape, from a set of three, that Michael has produced for a commercial project; Michael writes:
Due to a non disclosure agreement there's not much I can say about the project itself, but I can say that this was an unusual brief:
I had two weeks, I had to have a
Annie Awards
A very mixed bag of winners at the Annie Awards. 'Up' wins Best Feature and Best Director.
Open Letter to Cameron
Lee Stranahan writes an Open Letter To James Cameron: Fairness For Visual Effects Artists.
AVATAR video
Light Entertainment's Jon Landau talks about Autodesk's part on the creation of AVATAR.
SimpleFolio: A Free Clean Portfolio WordPress Theme
Today we are glad to release a beautiful, simple and clean portfolio WordPress theme SimpleFolio, designed by Omar E. Corrales and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. SimpleFolio is a portfolio theme that includes a blog and a very extensive option page that allows you to exclude all your portfolio items from the blog page. It also includes a front page slider.
The Pirate Bay To Be Censored in Italy, Again
Following a lengthy legal procedure the Court of Bergamo has once again ruled that Italian ISPs have to censor their networks and prevent customer access to The Pirate Bay. Millions of Italian Internet users will be denied access to the popular torrent site in an attempt to prevent copyright infringement.
Judge Jeopardizes Anti-Piracy Cash Operation
DigiProtect has shot itself and its business model in the foot during a recent court hearing. The notorious anti-piracy outfit refused to open its books for scrutiny during a case where it claimed compensation against a file-sharer. The judge consequently ruled that the defendant didn't have to pay the majority of the claim against him.
Python 2.7 alpha 3 released
The third alpha of Python 2.7 is now available for download.
Game Developers Skeptical About Ubisofts New DRM
Last week the gaming giant Ubisoft announced their latest DRM invention. In order to play purchased games customers have to be connected to the Internet at all times. Game developers are skeptical of this new anti-piracy solution, but could it actually be a step in the right direction?
10 Things Clients Look For In a Design Portfolio
By Thursday Bram There's no formula for a perfect portfolio. There's no format that's guaranteed to land you clients, as long as you follow it. However, there are certain questions that a prospective client has in mind when he's looking for a web designer. If your portfolio can supply the answers a client wants, you can
Free Saint Valentine's Day Icon Set
Today we are glad to release Valentine's Icon Set, a set with 10 free icons in resolutions 32 32px, 48 48px, 128 128px and 150 150px in formats .ico, .png and .icns. This set was designed by Iconsmaster and released especially for Noupe and its readers. The set was created from scratch using Adobe Fireworks the .png-sources are
Nir Hasson joins the team (officially!)
We're pleased to announce that Nir Hasson has joined the OGRE Team! Now, those of you who have been in the community for a while all know Nir anyway, and also know that he's been contributing code directly for a while, particularly his RTShaderSystem component for generating shaders which made its debut in Ogre 1.7.
