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2012-01-27T08:09:00.001-05:00

Word of the Day for Friday, January 27, 2012

conciliate \kuhn-SIL-ee-eyt\, verb:

1. To overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over.
2. To win or gain (goodwill, regard, or favor).
3. To make compatible; reconcile.
4. To become agreeable or reconciled.

"Mrs. Dombey," said Mr. Dombey, resuming as much as he could of his
arrogant composure, "you will not conciliate me, or turn me from any
purpose, by this course of conduct."
-- Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
But this was sufficient, and served to conciliate the good will of the
natives, with whom our congeniality of sentiment on this point did
more towards inspiring a friendly feeling than anything else that
could have happened.
-- Herman Melville, Typee
Conciliate comes from the Latin word conciliāre meaning "to bring
together." It is related to the words council and calendar.

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Word of the Day for Monday, December 5, 2011

2011-12-05T10:36:00.001-05:00

frondescence \fron-DES-uhns\, noun:

1. Leafage; foliage.
2. The process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.

What we found were three hundred pristine, mostly level acres with a
forty-five-acre pond, completely undeveloped, covered with exquisite
wildflowers and frondescence.
-- Paul Newman, In Pursuit of the Common Good
I now become aware of the sound of rumbling water, emanating from
somewhere inside the rain forest next to my tropical rest stop. I
approach the wet and abundant frondescence of the forest.
-- Richard Wyatt, Fathers of Myth
Frondescence is from the Latin root frondēre meaning “to have leaves.”
It is clearly related to frond meaning “leaves.”

Word of the Day for Friday, December 2, 2011

2011-12-02T08:36:00.001-05:00

bobbery \BOB-uh-ree\, noun:

A disturbance or a brawl.

“Allow me, Mr. Ivolgin,” Ippolit suddenly interrupted, irritably,
“what's all this bobbery for, if I may ask...”
-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Kicked up the most delightful bobbery that had ever been witnessed!
-- Anthony Trollope, Is He Popenjoy? A Novel
Bobbery, unexpectedly, is from the Hindu phrase bap re meaning “O
father!” It was first recorded in print in 1816 in The Grand Master

ITech News Net

2010-11-16T06:36:00.001-05:00

Telstra T-Touch Tab Android Tablet

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 11:50 PM PST

While Optus offers the My Tab, another Australian carrier Telstra launches the T-Touch Tab Android tablet, which is actually a rebranded Huawei S7. The 7-inch T-Touch Tab runs Android 2.1. It has a 2 Megapixel main camera with video recording and a front camera.

The T-Touch Tab supports GPS and WiFi connectivity. It supports microSD/SDHC memory cards and comes with a 2GB card. The tablet is available for AU$299.

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Posted: 14 Nov 2010 10:05 PM PST

In addition to the ICR-PS401RM, Sanyo also brings a more advanced Xacti Sound Recorder, the ICR-PS515RM. It has a 3-WAY X-Y rotation microphone with low-frequency compensation, for high-quality sound recording. The device records in WAV and MP3 formats.

Sanyo’s ICR-PS515RM linear PCM recorder supports playback of WAV, MP3, WMA files. It has 8GB internal memory and supports microSD/SDHC for expansion. It uses one AAA battery. Sanyo will release the ICR-PS515RM on 28 November.

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Sanyo ICR-PS401RM Xacti Sound Recorder

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 09:42 PM PST

Sanyo announced a new digital audio recorder, the ICR-PS401RM Xacti Sound Recorder, for Japan. The new linear PCM recorder is available in white and pink colors. It features adjustable noise sensitivity “with a newly developed high-performance stereo microphone”, a LCD display and 4GB internal memory.

The Sanyo ICR-PS401RM can record in linear PCM (up to 48kHz) and MP3 (up to 320kbps) formats. It supports playback of WAV, MP3, WMA audio files. The Xacti Sound Recorder supports microSD/SDHC cards and has USB 2.0 port for PC connection.

Sanyo’s ICR-PS401RM Xacti Sound Recorder will be released on 26 November.

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iGo UP-2020 Pocket Projector

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 09:22 PM PST

iGo, maker of portable battery charger, introduces the UP-2020 palm-sized pocket projector based on DLP display technology. iGo’s pico projector features 854×480 native resolution and is able to project a viewable screen up to 70 inches. It has 20 ANSI lumens and LED light source with up to 20,000 hours of life.

The iGo UP-2020, like many pico projectors, has built-in media playback function. It supports MP4, JPG and BMP files. The UP-2020 has microSD card slot, micro USB port and built-in 0.5W speaker. It offers composite video, VGA and mini HDMI inputs.

The iGo UP-2020 Pocket Projector is available at Amazon for $349.99.

[igo]

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 09:06 PM PST

IOGear GKM571R

IOGear launches two new 2.4GHz wireless keyboards with built-in mouse functionality, the palm-sized GKM571R with LED backlight, and the larger GKM581R ergonomically designed for on-lap productivity. Both of them are ideal for use with your HTPC. These keyboards use 2.4GHz wireless technology and features built-in left and right mouse buttons and an optical trackball with 400, 800 or 1200 DPI selections for scrolling directly from the keyboard.

IOGear GKM581R

The IOGear GKM571R is designed to fit in one hand and comes with an auto on/off lid that provides protection for the keyboard. It has LED backlight that allows for use in a dark room. The GKM581R is an all-in-one keyboard is designed with a slip resistant rubber bottom and contoured form to sit comfortably on laps of all shapes and sizes.

The IOGear GKM571R and GKM581R are priced at $99.95 and $89.95.

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AAXA M2 Micro Projector

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 07:28 PM PST

AAXA Technologies launches the follow-up to the M1 series, the new M2 Micro Projector that is the world’s first XGA micro projector. The ultra compact multimedia projector can produce images up to 100-inch and features Vibrant Color technology for up to 110 lumens brightness and deep colors for rich viewing experience.

Based on LCoS technology, the M2 offers 1024×768 XGA resolution, 2000:1 contrast ratio and Luminus PT-39 PhlatLight LEDs for backlighting. The M2 micro projector supports direct playback of MP4, AVI, WMV, SMV video, MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV audio, and BMP, JPG, GIF images and TXT files. The device has 1GB internal memory and supports microSD/SDHC memory card. There is also mini USB connector.

The AAXA M2 offers VGA, Composite AV and HDMI inputs, as well as 3.5mm headphones output. The M2 costs $369. It comes with a remote control and a tripod.

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AUO Solar-powered Touch Keyboard for Notebook

2010-11-07T05:42:00.001-05:00

IK Multimedia iKlip Microphone Stand Adapter for iPad
Jawbone JAMBOX Portable Bluetooth Speaker
ViewSonic VG2436wm-LED and VG2236wm-LED Eco-Friendly LED Displays
Armour Home Q2 – The World’s Easiest To Use Internet Radio
ck Calvin Klein ck3D 3D Sunglasses
ActiveMP Gold Bullet USB Flash Drive
iHome iB24 Noise Isolating Metal Earphones
AT&T Samsung Focus Coming on 8 November
Wi-Ex zBoost Metro YX540 Cellphone Signal Booster
AUO Solar-powered Touch Keyboard for Notebook
Asus-Lamborghini Eee PC VX6 Netbook Released
HP G62m series Notebook
Yamaha BD-A1000 3D-Ready Blu-ray Player
Gigabyte Aivia K8100 Gaming Keyboard
Canon BU-46H outdoor and BU-51H indoor Remote-Control HD Pan-Tilt-Zoom Cameras
Sony EyePet Move Edition and EyePet PSP with Camera
Novatel MiFi 3352 Mobile Hotspot with MiFi OS
Foremay has the world’s fastst 1.8-inch SSD

IK Multimedia iKlip Microphone Stand Adapter for iPad

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 02:06 AM PDT

IK Multimedia launches the iKlip, a universal multi-angle lightweight microphone stand adapter for iPad. The adapter allows music performers to use their iPad on stage for live performance or basically in any live settings such studio, school.

the iKlip has a multi-angle adjustable design that lets users securely position iPad for optimal viewing and accessibility, It is constructed from dense thermoplastic molded components for extreme durability and is made in Italy. The iKlip costs $39.99.

[ikmultimedia]

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 01:44 AM PDT

Aliph, the company famous for its Jawbone Bluetooth headsets, has just released the Jawbone JAMBOX, a portable wireless Bluetooth speaker. The speaker packs a pair of highly powerful acoustic drivers and passive bass radiator, offering 85dB at 0.5m output level and 60 Hz – 20 kHz frequency response. The JAMBOX has a stainless steel construction and industrial-weight molded rubber casing, and a stylish, fashionable design.

The JAMBOX use Bluetooth 2.1+EDR technology with A2DP, Hands-free and Headset profiles. It can sync with Jawbone’s MyTALK online platform for downloading apps, software upgrades, and the latest features. Its built-in microphone lets you to share conference calls anywhere. In addition to Bluetooth, the JAMBOX also provide 3.5mm input jack for connecting other audio sources.

The Jawbone JAMBOX Bluetooth speaker comes in Blue Wave, Black Diamond, Grey Hex and Red Dot. It will be available on 16 November at Apple Online Store and BestBuy.

[aliph]

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 01:05 AM PDT

Viewsonic has just launches the VG36-LED Series environmentally friendly LED monitors to further its commitment to smarter, greener computing. Two models are available, the 24-inch VG2436wm-LED and the 22-inch VG2236wm-LED, both with a slim bezel profile. These LED-backlit displays feature Full HD 1920×1080 resolution and a 20,000,000:1 MEGA Contrast ratio.

The VG2436wm-LED and VG2236wm-LED comes with stand with 90-degree pivot, height adjustment of up to 5.4-inch, 360-degree swivel and tilt, and are VESA ready. ViewSonic’s monitors have Energy Star and EPEAT Gold certifications and offer an energy savings of up to 50%.

The ViewSonic VG2436wm-LED is available for $266 and VG2236wm-LED for $217.99.

[viewsonic]

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:44 AM PDT

Armour Home, a UK company, introduces the Q2 that is said to be the World’s Easiest To Use Internet Radio. Though there are thousands of Internet radio station, Armour believes that user tend to stick to their favourite two or three. With this idea in mind, users can select and program four favorite stations to the Q2, by connecting the Q2 to their PC or Mac computers. Of course, you can change the stations you want by connecting the Q2 to PC/Mac again.

The compact 10cm cube virtually no buttons, no display and no knobs. Simply turn it on and tilt the front upwards to increase the volume. To decrease volume, just tilt the cube forward. To change to another of your four favourite stations, simply tip the cube onto another of its four sides. To turn it off, just tilt it onto its front, the Q2 at first mutes and then, if not moved for several minutes, goes into standby to conserve its rechargeable battery. A single charge offers 8 hours of internet ratio.

Armour Home’s Q2 is available in white, black, lime, pink and blue. Each Q2 is finished with a soft touch feel with a contrasting high gloss front bezel and matching speaker grille. The price is GBP90.

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ck Calvin Klein ck3D 3D Sunglasses

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:04 AM PDT

Following Gucci and Oakley, here comes ck Calvin Klein. The famous fashion brand has just announced its ck3D 3D sunglasses based on Marchon3D’s M3D technology, which is the only curved 3D lens on the market that is RealD certified. The ck3G features the M3D circular-polarized lens technology to provide the best possible 3D viewing experience, and photocromic capability for transitioning from indoor 3D glasses to outdoor UVA/UVB/UVC protected sunglasses, allowing users to wear their glasses indoors and outdoors.

“With Marchon3D’s M3D technology and ck Calvin Klein Eyewear’s sleek, fashion-forward design, we are providing consumers the best 3D-enabled sunglass on the market,” said Claudio Gottardi, President of Marchon and CEO of Marchon International.

ck Calvin Klein’s 3D sunglasses will be available in December for $180.

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ActiveMP Gold Bullet USB Flash Drive

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:50 PM PDT

Active Media Products launches a new gold bullet-shaped USB flash drive with a rugged aluminum case. Comes in the shape of a 50-caliber bullet, the waterproof drive comes with a water-tight seal that will shield your data from the elements. The gold bullet drive includes steel keychain and clip for attaching the drive to a backpack or keyring.

Available in gold color only, ActiveMP’s bullet drive has 4GB of 8GB storage capacities.

Models:

R4G-BULLET1 – 4GB – $12.45
R8G-BULLET1 – 8GB – $21.95

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:31 PM PDT

iHome launches the iB24 noise isolating metal in-ear earphones with in-line remote control and microphone for use with iPod, iPad and iPhone. The in-line remote with microphone lets you answer and end calls, controls volume, play/pause, track selection, even voice commands for compatible iPod, iPhone and iPad models.

iHome iB24 comes with three sizes of detachable, soft-yet-durable ear cushions to ensure proper fit for reduced background noise and a travel pouch.

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AT&T Samsung Focus Coming on 8 November

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:16 PM PDT

AT&T is going to release the Samsung Focus (SGH-I917) smartphone on 8 November. The Focus is a phone running the newest Microsoft Windows Phone 7 OS. The price is $199.99, with a 2-year contract after rebate of course. The phone supports tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 3G and quad-band GSM/EDGE networks.

The Samsung Focus comesw ith a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel camera with HD video recording, auto focus and flash, GPS support with AT&T Navigator, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. The phone has 8GB internal memory and supports up to 32GB microSD/SDHC.

Buy from Amazon Wireless.

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:08 PM PDT

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Vectortuts+ Updates - Using Stock References in the Creation of Vector Art

2010-10-23T07:56:00.001-04:00

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Using Stock References in the Creation of Vector Art

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 06:55 AM PDT

Historically, artists have used live models and landscapes as a base for their work. In the digital age, stock photos are easily accessible and widely used in all forms of art and vector art is no exception. In this article, we’ll look at how useful stock is to the vector artist.

Introduction

Stock photos can be used for a variety of reasons ranging from being the source of inspiration for a piece through to help with portraying an element of an illustration more accurately.

As a stock user, I mainly use stock to help with drawing anatomy and portraits. I manipulate stock images and then use the result as a reference for my vector art. Of course this is not the reason for all to use stock.

The Stock Usage “Rules”

Wherever you get your stock from, there are several things to take into consideration. The most important thing you must do is to check the rules of any stock image:

Are you able to use the stock for commercial purposes?
Do you need to notify the stock artist/company that you’ve used their stock?
Are there any manipulation limitations?
Are you limited to where you can display your work? Offline? Online?
Do you need to credit the stock artist wherever you post your work?

From personal experience, I’ve previously used stock that has included children and seen some common sense restrictions of no sexual themes and some limiting the use of animal stock to no gore.

The majority of stock websites and communities will have these conditions listed on the stock page or will have a link directly to the stock terms and conditions. It’s vital for any professional or hobbyist to follow these and to respect the wishes of the stock artist.

If in doubt, try to contact the stock artist or site for further clarification.

Picking Your Stock

When choosing your stock, you may want to consider several qualities of it:

Resolution: You may be using it with an infinitely scalable format, but with a high resolution stock image you’ll get all the little details that could give your work the edge.
Lighting: Is the subject/object well lit? Is it cast in shadow that it distorts the texture or even hides elements, specifically any crucial elements of the reference?
Originality: If you’re using the stock image for an artistic purpose, then have you seen that specific stock image referenced before? Would you feel comfortable with others possibly comparing your work to another artists work?

What do you think people should consider when looking stock hunting?

Artists and Stock Usage

I asked some skilled vector artists about their experiences with stock and any advice they would give others on using stock.

Non Cadenza by Jared Nickerson aka J3Concepts

Jared used a fantastic stock image by TwiggXstock as inspiration for Non Cadenza.

He tells us:

I want to say that I can only speak for my personal illustration style and how I personally use stock. I can’t give advice to anyone doing photo manipulation, etc.

Q What benefits do you see in using stock for your work?

In my case, I’m not the best at anatomy, so using stock for the human form is essential to creating realistic human illustrations.

Q When using stock, what is your basic process?

I usually draw out rough shapes of each individual object, then I start to fill in details like hair, lines in the skin, facial features, eye details, then shading and detailing, finally colouring. The stock photo is only used in the initial shaping process and then again for shading.

Q Do you hunt out stock as inspiration?

I wouldn’t say as inspiration. I usually get the initial idea and then I hunt out stock to suit my needs. Occasionally, I will find a photo that I really want to work with, as in the case of “Life is Nothing without Love.“

Q Do you seek stock for a specific element in your work?

I usually only use stock for the human form.

Q Do you alter the stock before using it?

I never alter stock before using it. Because I am redrawing the image, there is no need for pre-alteration.

Q What advice do you give others who wish to use stock references in their work?

Remember that stock should serve as reference only, rarely as a key element.

Q Are there things they should avoid?

I think you should avoid stock that does all the work for you. You should always use your imagination and create something in your own style.

Q Are there things they should look out for?

Be on the lookout for high-res images, but if a photo that you really want to use isn’t high res, don’t let that discourage you. If you are only using the image for inspiration, and you have a good eye, you can fill in the gaps on your own.

Grave Full of Secrets by Kat aka Turp

Kat used a fantastic stock image by Odessa11stock, unfortunately the original image is no longer available.

She tells us:

Q What benefits do you see in using stock for your work?

I’ve never been a portrait artist, my style is a lot more cartoonish, so it’s given me the ability to combine the realistic proportions of a photo with my style and come up with something completely new.

Q When using stock, what is your basic process? Do you hunt out stock as inspiration? Do you seek stock for a specific element in your work? Do you alter the stock before using it?

My vectoring style started out based entirely off of stock photography I was inspired by and I’d spend hours looking. The older I get, the more I just use it as a reference for poses and hands so the hunt is a lot more specific. And other than cutting the pictures out of their backgrounds and placing them, I leave the stock as is, colour schemes and everything usually come to me once the picture is done.

Q What advice do you give others who wish to use stock references in their work? Are there things they should avoid? Are there things they should look out for?

It takes skill to make realistic pictures, but it takes talent to create something that wasn’t there. Never let the stock photo limit your creativity, you should always be trying to do something different. And watch out for grainy photos! I dunno about you but they drive my eyes crazy when I zoom in.

er.. heimlich please? by RD aka duCkieasdfasdf

RD used a fantastic stock image by NikxStock.

He tells us:

Q What benefits do you see in using stock for your work?

The main benefit I see in using stocks is that they provide so many different approaches and ideas to what you could use them for. It always gives me a way to experiment around expressions and poses. Not to mention, my drawing skills have improved 0% since the third grade, so I don’t have to worry about the correct shape/anatomy/proportions when using stock.

Q When using stock, what is your basic process? Do you hunt out stock as inspiration? Do you seek stock for a specific element in your work? Do you alter the stock before using it?

The first step for me is always laying out the lines since I am in fact, a line art whore. Then, I block in the bases and shades; this is where I tend to stop using the stock as a reference and start using my imagination. Finally, I fix up the colors and curves. That’s basically my process in a nutshell. Whenever I see an awesome stock with some solid lines and curves, I either jump right on it or save it for later. There is still a huge line of stocks on my computer waiting to get ravaged by my pen tool. I usually resize the stocks before I start working so it’s not too large or too small.

Q What advice do you give others who wish to use stock references in their work? Are there things they should avoid? Are there things they should look out for?

Some clichéd advice I could give is to be creative and to have fun. Each time you are fabricating your next magnificent vector/vexel using a stock, try to depend on the stock less and less. “A carbon copy” of a stock (which I am guilty of doing) can really limit your creativity and imagination! Although, I wouldn’t like to tell anyone not do something, after all, it is your own art.

CRAZY FOR VECTOR IV by Orlando Aquije A. aka AtixVector

Orlando used a fantastic stock image by VeeStock.

He tells us:

Q What benefits do you see in using stock for your work?

Mainly, that it can save you a lot of time, because it’s a part of the creative process that someone else already did for you. Either for reference or inspiration, it will always be very useful for materializing an idea and a great aid for going from scratch to the final job.

Q When using stock, what is your basic process? Do you hunt out stock as inspiration? Do you seek stock for a specific element in your work? Do you alter the stock before using it?

It depends on the work and what you have in mind. If it’s a personal project and you don’t know where to begin, picking stock may be a good idea to get started, also it’s great for inspiration. If you already got the idea, finding the right stock for reference is a blessing. Sometimes I have to alter the image to get what I want, sometimes it seems that everything in the piece was made just for my needs. I don’t have a basic process for that. Each project demands a different way of using stock.

Q What advice do you give others who wish to use stock references in their work? Are there things they should avoid? Are there things they should look out for?

It’s important to understand that stock is just a resource, and that the final outcome of your work should communicate something with your own style and your own way of doing things. You can make a carbon copy of the image that you used as a reference, but that does not have much value or significance. We must try to make a difference between our work and the work of many others who will use the same image. People who share stock in communities like DeviantArt, expect from you to do something interesting with their work, and that’s their main reward.

A Bored Stiff by Joey aka CopperThistle

Joey used a fantastic stock image by Bananered.

He tells us:

Q What benefits do you see in using stock for your work?

I personally love the community aspect of it. 99% of the stock images I use for reference in my illustrations are found on deviantART. I just feel like it’s this exchange between artists that keeps us all going. I honestly believe the only people that can truly understand our lives as artists are other artists… This may spill over into other aspects of creativity, but I can’t sit down and explain my processes and mindset to say, an accountant. It just doesn’t work that way. I’m just really appreciative that people are willing to share themselves with the art community in this way.

Q When using stock, what is your basic process? Do you hunt out stock as inspiration? Do you seek stock for a specific element in your work? Do you alter the stock before using it?

It really depends on the piece. Most of the time, I will have a rough visual in mind or sketched out, and I will try to find an image that would work best with it. Other times, I’m just looking for something interesting to draw reference from and I will do the random digging around. It gets a little shady sometimes at the workplace, where I might stumble across a naked chick in bondage and saran wrap, but whatever. That’s why I’m in a remote corner of the office!

Q What advice do you give others who wish to use stock references in their work? Are there things they should avoid? Are there things they should look out for?

Not really, specifically anyway… It all depends on what you’re trying to achieve. I personally like as high a resolution as possible when finding images; It helps me to work out all the little details which helps breathe a little more life into the piece. I would also encourage people not to work from reference verbatim.

Again, this is a personal preference, but I feel in order to truly take ownership over your work, you have to put at least a little of your personal style and flare into it. I’ve seen a millions gradient mesh jobs that look exactly like the reference photo used. On one side, it’s amazing that it could be replicated in such a way, but on the other side, I always ask “Well, what was the point?”, you know? I love to be able to just glance at a piece, and say “oh yeah, that’s such-and-such’s work.” I love personality in art.”

Hot by Cristiano Siqueria aka CrisVector

Cris used a fantastic stock image by LockStock.

He tells us:

Q What benefits do you see in using stock for your work?

Well, I can’t simply remember all details of a face or the human body without references. Also, the human body and face have lots of details that help to make the drawing more expressive and true. There’s so many combinations of expressions, muscles, skin toning and each of these combinations tells a history. What I try is to get one of these genuine expressions and give it another feeling, with my work. Using a stock photo helps me to save a bit more of time to get the perfect expression and anatomy too.

Q When using stock, what is your basic process? Do you hunt out stock as inspiration? Do you seek stock for a specific element in your work? Do you alter the stock before using it?

First, I need to say there’s a difference between using a stock and reference pictures. When I want to use a stock photo, I’m interested by the photo itself, there’s something in the original photo that caught my eye and makes me think about a good work. Sometimes I use reference photos and, for this process, I use lots of photos to do draw a single object.

So, back to the question, I got a stock photo as inspiration, yes. And, as I said, I like to work with the stock photo on its original look, using most of the original picture’s appearance. I try to get the information and improve it adding elements or even a technique that helps to keep telling the history that the original photo has started. Sometimes, in the final work, we can see a very different image, but for me it’s just an improvement from what I’ve seen.

Q What advice do you give others who wish to use stock references in their work? Are there things they should avoid? Are there things they should look out for?

The first advice is ask for authorization first It’s not polite to use stock references without asking first to the photo owner or model if they authorize the use. With the authorization, it’s good to not just copy the image with a different technique, the good thing is to add some artistic view to the original picture, make it more interesting, improve the original history that picture tells. Unless, of course, the new work is just an exercise of technique. I like to consider the stock photo as a static model. I have all the basic information about shading, light, anatomy, intentions and I can build my work under this basis.

Conclusion

Stock can be a great resource to assist and inspire you. Experimenting with a variety of techniques and styles can help you transform a stock image into a piece of art.

I’m going to leave you with some great words from Kat, which are a great way to look at stock usage:

It takes skill to make realistic pictures, but it takes talent to create something that wasn’t there.

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CTL 2goPad SL10 Multitouch Tablet PC

2010-10-16T06:51:00.001-04:00

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ViewSonic V3D241wm-LED 3D-Capable Full HD LED Display
Siemens miniTek connects gedgets with hearing instruments
SteelSeries Medal of Honor Gaming Peripherals
SteelSeries Cataclysm WoW MMO Gaming Mouse
Zibra Open It! Package Opener
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Roku HD, XD and XDS HD Streaming Players
ONN OPad N2 Android Tablet
VidaBox CubeCase Mini-ITX Server/Media Center Chassis
Philips 226CL2 Full HD LED Monitor
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Archos 43 Android Tablet/PMP
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Rugged Notebooks Eagle Series Rugged Laptops
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ArcadeDock turns Lenovo Notebook into desktop arcade

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:55 AM PDT

Modder Dean Liou has been invited by Lenovo to create something for Lenovo laptop. The guy has created the ArcadeDock laptop dock, which basically holds an IdeaPad Y560 laptop and turns it into a retro-style gaming arcade.

You can see more pictures and video of the ArcadeDock after the break:

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:20 AM PDT

ViewSonic Europe launches the new V3D241wm-LED, a 24-inch 3D-capable LED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The display features Full HD 1920×1080 resolution, 300cd/m2 brightness, 20,000,000 dynamic contrast ratio, 2ms G-T-G response time and 170/160-degree viewing angle.

The ViewSonic V3D241wm-LED comes with built0in 2Wx2 stereo speaker with SRS Premium Sound enhancement. It provides DVI-D, HDMI, D-sub inputs and a USB type-B port for connecting the included active 3D glasses.

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Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:52 AM PDT

Siemens introduces the miniTek, a compact, palm-sized devices that syncs all your gadgets with hearing instruments. It serves as an automatic streamer as well as a remote control. The device can connect to multiple devices simultaneously.

The Siemens miniTek is based on Bluetooth technology and communicates with nearly all Bluetooth devices. It stream audio signals to both ears in true stereo and works with all Siemens wireless hearing instruments.

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Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:09 AM PDT

SteelSeries introduces its line of Medal of Honor gaming peripherals, including 6Gv2 mechanical keyboard, Shift keyboard bundle, Shift Medal of Honor keyset, Xai mouse and Qck mouse pad as well as the 5Hv2 gaming headset and Spectrum 5xb headset for XBox 360.

All these Medal of Honor peripherals are themed by this first person shooting game. The price is $99.99 for the Medal of Honor 6Gv2 keyboard and Shift keyboard bundle; $24.99 for the Shift keyset, $79.99 for Xai mouse, and $14.99 Qck mousepad.

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Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:47 PM PDT

SteelSeries has partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to create the new World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO gaming mouse, following the original WoW MMO mouse. The ergonomically designed mouse features an intuitive 14-button layout. The 14 buttons can be programed with more than 130 preset game commands and custom macros.

The Cataclysm has 16-million color illumination options, 4 pulsation levels, the ability to save up to 10 character-linked profiles as well. It features 11,750 frames per second, 150 inches per second. It is compatible with Mac and PC. The price is $99.99.

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Zibra Open It! Package Opener

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Holiday season is coming and you will receive some gadgets and electronic devices with a really-hard-to-open packaging. To make your life easier and reduce the amount of package opening-related injuries, a company called Zibra introduces the Open It! package opener.

The green in color Open It! has an ergo-design to provide left-handed compatibility, patented angular jaws that keep your hands free from all sharp plastic edges. It features five useful tools including a cutting jaw, steel blade, slicer, removable screwdriver and bottle cap opener. The new green Zibra Open It! is priced at $9.99 (original orange version at Amazon for $9.91).

Cut It: Long cutting jaws cut quickly through sealed clamshell packaging
Snip It: Hardened, precision ground steel blades snip through zip ties and twist ties
Slice It: Slices CDs and DVDs and the auto-retract system prevents blade from being exposed when not in use
Unscrew It: Removable screwdriver for easy use and convenient storage
Pop It: Bottle cap opener is cleverly built into jaws

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CTL 2goPad SL10 Multitouch Tablet PC

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:08 PM PDT

Thanks to the iPad, the slate style tablet PC is now more popular and more new models are coming out, including the 2goPad SL10 from CTL, the company that sells Classmate PC. Powered by Intel Atom N450 processor, the 2goPad has 2GB of DDR2 memory, integrated graphics and a 250GB hard drive.

The 2goPad has a 10.1-inch LED-backlit capactive multitouch screen. It supports WiFi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth. The slate PC also has 1.3 Megapixel webcam, microSD card reader, mini VGA output with adapter. It gets a 4-cell battery for up to 5 hours of use.

The CTL 2goPad SL10 is priced at $499.

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Posted: 14 Oct 2010 08:54 PM PDT

Roku releases its new line of HD streaming players, the Roku HD with 720p, the Roku XD with 1080p and WiFi-N and the top-of-the-line XDS. All these Roku players connects to the internet and deliver over 100,000 movies and TV shows from Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand, live and on-demand sports from MLB.TV; music from Pandora, MP3tunes, MOG, and RadioTime; photo and video sharing from Flickr and Facebook.

The entry-level Roku HD ($59.99) streams video in up to 720p resolution and features built-in support for Ethernet and WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity. It offers HDMI and composite output. The Roku XD adds support for WiFi 802.11n for extended range and faster speed, while the Ruku XDS sports dual-band wireless technology, component output, optical audio output and a USB port for direct playback of media files.

The XD ($79.99) and XDS ($99.99) provides 1080p Full HD output via HDMI and includes Instant Replay utton on the remote, enabling the viewer to instantly skip back in 10 second increments without having to wait for a rebuffering delay.

You can find all Roku HD players at Amazon.com.

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ONN OPad N2 Android Tablet

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 08:39 PM PDT

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is probably the best and the most expensive Android tablet, at least at this moment. If you are looking for a cheaper option, take a look at this OPad N2 from Chinese firm ONN. The OPad comes with a 7-inch 800×480 touchscreen and a trackball. It sports a 600MHz ARM9 processor and runs Android 2.1 OS.

The OPad includes WiFi, USB port, built-in G-sensor, and microSD/SDHC slot. Thanks to USB port, users can add 3G USB dongle for mobile broadband connectivity. No words yet on availability.

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Nemoptic unveils an OLED coupled with a Bistable Nematic LCD display

2010-10-11T04:47:00.001-04:00

Nemoptic unveils an OLED coupled with a Bistable Nematic LCD display

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:04 AM PDT

Nemoptic has developed the world's first display that combines a color OLED with a monochrome Bistable Nematic LCD (Binem). The idea is that you can choose whether you want to have an OLED displays, or a e-paper like display, depending on the application and lighting condition (this somewhat reminds us of Pixel-Qi displays).

A Binem display, which is patented by Nemoptic offers the optical performance of a normal Nematic display but is still retains the image even without any power (i.e. it is bistable, like e-paper). Nemoptic displays are suitable for e-readers and other applications. Nemoptic claims that their displays offer a very high reflectance, a good contrast and good colors. They can also be made on flexible substrates - which means that the OLED/Binem display can probably be made flexible, too.

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How To Trace a Sketch with a Vintage Comic Style

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:00 AM PDT

You can find the vintage comic style in newspapers, magazines, and in animation. In this tutorial you will learn several techniques for tracing a sketch, including how to make custom brushes, how to combine shapes and brushes and how to combine multiple brushes. You will also learn how to simulate shadows with a hatching technique.

Step 1

Let’s begin with the creation of the sketch and place it on the artboard (File > Place). Pay attention to the lines and make sure they have variable widths. Lock the layer with the sketch in order not to move it during tracing.

Step 2

Let’s get down to tracing the contours. Create a new layer over that one with the sketch, the picture is to be traced in this new layer. It’s easy to create brushes for the stroke with an ellipse. Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and create an ellipse. The height of the ellipse will correspond to the maximal width of the stroke. You can define the height value in the Control Settings.

Step 3

A drop-like brush is the preferred shape for the stroke. Make a form out of the ellipse similar to the shape below. Once you’ve made the shape, drag it into the Brushes palette and save the brush as an Art Brush.

Step 4

Here are a few tips that will make your work easier.

Choose the brush color different from that of the sketch. I chose red color. Use the same color for the stroke, when you work with the Pen Tool (P).
Set the Keyboard Increments to 0,25 px. This will help you move the points of the contour very accurately. Jump to Edit > Preferences > General to do this
Set the color of the layer, in which you work, so that it differs from the color of the sketch and the brushes. It will help you differentiate all the secondary elements of the contour: points, lines, handles. I chose green. To set the color double-click the layer in Layers Palette and select the color.

Step 5

Let’s get down to tracing. Take the Pen Tool (P), create the curved segments and apply the brushes to them.

Note: Often the direction of the brush doesn’t coincide with what you need. It’s easy to correct. Take the Pen Tool (P) and click on the anchor point, the direction of the brush will change. See below for reference.

Step 6

You can change the width of the brush by changing the Weight value in the Stroke palette.

Step 7

Examine the form of the lines your tracing and create the necessary forms for the brushes.

Step 8

Select the created lines and jump to Object > Expand Appearance and click Unite in Pathfinder Palette. Here you get some form. We’ll add all following elements to this form, the result will be a single form that makes up the image.

Step 9

It’s not always possible to create a brush that will reflect the sketch’s lines. In this case we can combine shapes, created with the help of the Pen Tool (P) and simple geometric shapes.

Step 10

Let’s examine the technique of combining two brushes. Create the ear contour with the help of the Pen Tool (P). Now take the Scissors Tool (C) and cut the contour into two parts. Make two brushes as shown in the picture below.

Apply the created brushes to each part of the contour. Select two parts of the contour and jump to Object > Expand Appearance and click Unite in the Pathfinder palette. Delete unnecessary anchor points.

Step 11

Let’s consider one more way of stroke creation with a variable width. Take the Pen Tool (P) and make the curve shown in the picture below.

Copy the line and paste it front (Command + C then Command +F). Now select the line copy and move it up horizontally.

Dragging anchor points of the upper line, transform it into the form, shown in the picture below.

Close the contour with the Pen Tool (P).

Step 12

The last method of stroke creation. Take the Pen Tool (P) and create contour following the sketch. Without de-selecting the line selection, jump to Object > Expand Appearance.

Cut the contour in point 1 and 2 with the Scissors Tool (C). Select the unnecessary part of the contour with the help of the Direct Selection Tool (A) and press Delete.

Contour the lines from point 1 to point 2 with the Pen Tool (P).

Step 13

Using all the techniques demonstrated, trace the entire image.

Step 14

Tone with image with the help of hatching. Create an Art Brush by transforming the ellipse as usual.

Create a new layer below the one with the main image, but above the sketch layer, here we’ll implement hatching. Take the Line Segment Tool (Backslash), create two lines and apply the created brush to them. Without de-selecting the line selection jump to Object > Blend > Make.

The width of the lines and the number of blend steps depends on the shadow’s density in a given place. The density of the shadow can also be reflected with the help of putting the one hatch on top of another.

Don’t worry if the hatching overlays the main image.

Step 15

Select all the lines of the hatching and jump to Object > Blend > Expand and Object > Expand.

Now, without un-checking the hatching selection take the Eraser Tool and remove the hatching, overlaying the main image. It’s important to note that the layer with the main image should be locked in the Layers’ palette, otherwise we’ll remove parts of the main picture.

Step 16

Add hatching to the rest of the image, using this technique.

Step 17

Now let’s trim the image. Create a rectangle with no fill and with a stroke of any width.

Unlock all the layers and sublayers (it’s very important in this step), select all the objects (Command +A) and click the Crop button in the Pathfinder Pallet.

Implementing this operation will perform two tasks, 1. Cut the image according to the rectangle shape and 2. Cut the hatching with accordance to the shape of the image!

Conclusion

You can add a color with the Live Paint Bucket (K) to accent the caricature. You can fill the chicken’s body with a yellow color. Your image is now complete. To keep the vintage comic look, try and use as much line work and hatching as possible and only add one or two accent colors.

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Create a Glowing Neon Sign using the Appearance Palette

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:00 AM PDT

This tutorial shows the potential the Appearance Palette in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll be building an elaborate neon sign, utilizing the Appearance Palette to speed up the process and remove the need of drawing complex paths.

To understand what is possible with the Appearance Palette, have a look at the image below. A simple path can be turned into fairly complex vector artwork simply by applying multiple fills and effects. With this in mind, let’s get started.

Step 1

Create an artboard of 500px by 500px. Make sure you have the Appearance Palette open as we’ll be using it right away. Pick a heavy typeface of your choice and type your words at about 70pt. When you’re happy with the hierarchy, outline the letters by clicking Type > Create Outlines and then Ungroup them if necessary so each letter is independent from the rest. Remove the fill and strokes that are assigned to the letters by default. The appearance palette should show they have nothing applied to them yet.

Step 2

To start the effect, we’ll add a radial gradient to the letters, lighter in the middle, darker on the edges. (C=4 M=55 Y=70 K=0) and (C=5 M=90 Y=100 K=0). In the appearance palette, click on the empty "fill" attribute. Open the Gradient palette, and select your colors.

(Note: For clarity, my images show the letters unselected, but in order to continue adding effects, you need to keep them selected throughout the tutorial.)

Step 3

Next, select the empty "stroke" attribute in the Appearance Palette. Apply a 1pt stroke of a similar color to those in your gradient fill, (C=4.5 M=80 Y=90 K=0). With the "stroke" attribute still selected, open the Transparency Palette, set it to Multiply and 50% Opacity.

We want this stroke to be offset a bit from the edges of the letters so go to Effect > Path > Offset Path. In the options box that opens, select an offset of approximately -3 px. This dictates the stroke will be 3px away from all edges of the letters. Click OK and the new effect will be applied and be visible in the Appearance Palette. The offset can be adjusted at any time by double clicking on the Offset Path descriptor in the Appearance Palette.

Step 4

In the appearance palette, click on the drop-down menu on the side and select "Add New Stroke." With this new stroke selected in the palette, follow the same process as Step 3, only make the stroke yellow (C=5 M=30 Y=65 K=0), 0.5pt, and Offset the path by -2.25 px.

Step 5

The next step is to add a bit of dimension to the letter-forms so we’ll want to add a slight 3D edge and a shadow. This will be done by adding two additional fills of color to the letters and adding effects to each fill respectively.

First, click on the drop-down menu and select "Add New Fill." You will need to drag this fill layer to the bottom of the appearance palette so that it appears Below everything else we’ve already applied to the letters. Make the fill a bright red (C=5.5 M=100 Y=100 K=35) and then go to Effect > Distort and Transform > Transform. Under "Move," set the Vertical positioning as -2.5 px, which will cause this red fill layer to appear 2.5 px lower than the fills and strokes above it.

Create another fill layer, drag it below all of the others and apply a dark green color (C=100 M=50 Y=65 K=50). Set this fill to Multiply and give it an Opacity of 30%. Again, Move the vertical positioning down by 2.5 px like before, but this time also offset the path. Go to Effect > Path > Offset Path and set the offset to 1.5 px. You’ve just created the base of the neon letters!

Step 6

Now we’re going to create the inner neon lights. First, Lock all of the letters by selecting them and going to Object > Lock. With the Pen tool (P) draw simple paths within all of the letters, defining their basic shape.

Step 7

Select these paths and remove any fills and strokes they already have applied. In the appearance palette, start building up their glowing effect.

First, apply a 1.75pt stroke. Give it a dark orange color (C=5 M=90 Y=100 K=0) and set the stroke to Multiply. Using the same technique as before, move this stroke down by 2.5 px by going to Effect > Distort and Transform > Transform and adjusting the Vertical positioning to -2.5 px. This will serve as a slight shadow for the neon forms.

Create another stroke above. Make this one 4.5pt and set the Opacity to 20%. Set the color to a dull yellow (C=2 M=15 Y=30 K=0) This will serve as a subtle glow for the neon effect.

Step 8

We’re going to keep applying new strokes to build up the glowing effect. In the end, we’ll have 6 strokes applied to a single path.

Apply another stroke on top of the others. Make it 4.5pt thick, its color a slightly darker yellow, (C=3 M=16.5 Y=36 K=0) and set the opacity to 25%. Create another stroke above. Make this one 2.25pt and set the Opacity to 30%. Set the color to a darker yellow (C=5 M=30 Y=65 K=0). Add another stroke above. Make it 1pt and a brighter yellow than the rest (C=2 M=12 Y=26 K=0) and finally, add just one more stroke. This will be the brightest of them all so make it practically white (C=0.5 M=3 Y=6.5 K=0) and give it a stroke thickness of 0.5pt.

Note: Since all of the remaining steps incorporate an extremely similar process, only the necessary explanation will be given from now on. Please refer back to these first few steps for clarification if necessary.

Step 9

Now that we’ve built the letters, we’ll use the same techniques to build the rest of the lights on the sign. Draw a rounded rectangle slightly wider than the letters. Following the process we have so far, we’ll remove the default stroke and fill and build up the layers in the Appearance Palette.

First, apply a black fill. Set it to Multiply and the Opacity to 35%. We want this fill to act as a shadow so we’re going to stagger it a bit from the strokes we’ll be placing on top. Go to Effect > Distort and Transform > Transform and set the Vertical positioning to -4.5 px. This time, we’re also going to adjust the vertical scale to 200%.

Apply the first stroke as 9pt, (C=50 M=0 Y=10 K=0) and reduce the Opacity to 20%.
Apply the second stroke as 5.5pt, (C=55 M=0 Y=12 K=0) and reduce the Opacity to 25%.
Apply the third stroke as 5.5pt, (C=75 M=0 Y=15 K=0) and reduce the Opacity to 30%.
Apply the fourth stroke as 4pt, (C=75 M=0 Y=15 K=0).
Apply the fifth stroke as 3pt, (C=60 M=0 Y=12 K=0).
Apply the sixth stroke as 2pt, (C=40 M=0 Y=8 K=0).
Apply the seventh stroke as 1pt, (C=22 M=0 Y=5 K=0).

Copy and paste the rounded rectangle six times and place them at equal distances beneath the letters.

Step 10

To build the base of the sign, draw an ellipse, and then two rectangles overlapping it at the top and bottom. Open the Pathfinder Palette and while holding down the Option key (Alt on PC), select Subtract from shape area.

Step 11

With this new path, we’re going to follow the same process by assigning multiple strokes and fills to one shape, but first we need to make a pattern that we’ll used as one of the fill layers.

Create a 25 x 25 px square and give it a 1 px stroke of a light tan color. Next, fill the square with nine rows and columns of small circles. You can use the Align Palette to space the circles evenly if necessary. Finally, using the direct selection tool, (A) delete the bottom-right anchor-point of the square. Select the entire group and drag it into the Swatches Palette, forming a repeating pattern. We’ll be applying it to our sign shortly.

Step 12

Returning to the path we created in Step 10, start building up the layers. Start with a solid black fill and adjusting the vertical positioning by -6 px so that it will sit lower than the fills we’ll be putting on top. Create another fill on top and fill it with a radial gradient, (C=43 M=48 Y=48 K=52.5) and (C=62 M=68 Y=70 K=75).

Make another fill and open the Swatches Palette. Choose the repeating pattern swatch we created in the previous step. In the Transparency Palette, set the Opacity to 25% and the blending mode to Multiply. And finally, add a 3pt stroke to the path. Set the color to tan, (C=10 M=15 Y=40 K=40) and offset the path by -6.5 px.

Place this shape in behind the letters and the main structure of our sign is complete!

Step 13

We have the main Appearance styles for the sign complete but will want to apply these same appearances to other paths in order to complete the sign. To speed up the process, open the Graphic Styles Palette. Select the back of the sign and create a graphic style from it by clicking the "New Graphic Style" icon on the bottom of the palette. Do the same thing with all of the other sign elements as well.

Step 14

Make a rectangle approximately 340 px wide by 100 px tall. Go to Effect > Warp > Arch and set the bend to 25%. Click okay and then expand the warp by clicking Object > Expand Appearance. Place this rectangle on top of the other sign elements.

Remove any default fill and strokes that might already be assigned to the shape. Click on the appropriate style in the Graphic Styles Palette, assigning all of the fills and strokes we’ve created for the sign.

Step 15

Following the same technique, create a square, assign the same graphic style, and place this square at the bottom of the sign. The main structure of the sign has been created and all that’s left is to add the finishing touches!

Step 16

Finish the sign by creating the remaining details. Since we’ve already created all of the Graphic Styles, we only need to create empty paths to apply these styles to. Pick a scripty typeface and type out a secondary message for your sign. Create Outlines from the text by clicking Type > Create Outlines and clearing the fills and strokes that they default to. Assign the graphic style created from the blue tube lighting and position this type in the arched rectangle.

Continue this process for any finishing elements. If you need additional graphic styles, follow the same process as before but switch the colors of the strokes and fills.

Finishing Touches

All that’s left to do is place a dark background behind the sign and you have an easily editable neon sign. And the best part is there are only several paths in the whole thing! No complicated bezier curves or stacking multiple vector shapes on top of one another was needed. The Appearance Palette does all the hard work for you. Take a look at the images below to see how simple the paths are compared to how impressive the final product looks.

Conclusion

To really accentuate the neon sign effect, bring the vector artwork into Photoshop and apply some glows and atmospheric imagery. Experiment to create some really intriguing artwork! I hope the tutorial was beneficial and you learned the power the Appearance and Graphic Styles palettes can have.

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An Introduction to Illustrator’s Color Tools

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:08 AM PDT

You may know about RGB and CMYK, but how about LAB or HSB? With all these color choices and ways to use them it’s often easy to get confused. In this introduction to Illustrators color tools you will learn about the different color spaces, how they work and what tools you can use to get the most out of them. Let’s get familiar with the powerful color tools that Illustrator offers!

About Digital Colors

Colors are everywhere around us and every time we deal with them in digital or print media they are represented by several color models. These color models are based on the way the colors tones are mixed.

RGB

This color model is created by overlaying Red (1), Green (2) and Blue (3) colored lights. It represents a wide range of color shades. Every of these three colors has range from 0 to 255 which represents their intensity. For example R=0 G=0 B=0 represents Black and R=255 G=255 B=255 represents White.

CMYK

This color model is based on absorbing ink printed on paper. It’s working with Cyan (1), Magenta (2), Yellow (3) and Key/Black (4) the particular color is mixed through percentual values of these colors. Lower percentage equals the lighter colors and higher percentage equals darker colors. For Example C=0% M=0% Y=0% K=0% represents White and C=100% M=100% Y=100% K=100% represents Black.

HSB

This color model is closest to human perception of colors. HSB contains three base elements which are Hue (1) Saturation (2) and Brightness (3). This color model can be also found as HSV which means Hue Saturation and Value and is similar to HSB. Hue (1) is the position of color on the color wheel. It’s value is defined in degrees. If you want to see the Color Wheel in action look at kuler.adobe.com. Saturation indicates the amount of gray in the shade of particular color in percents – 0% equals Grey and 100% equals deep color.
Brightness (3) or Value indicates the brightness or murkiness of the color – 0% equals black and 100% equals full color.

LAB

This color model is based on how color looks rather than its value on digital media. It represents the absolute value of color independently from computers. The color value is mixed through three axes. L (1) which means lightness and has value from 0/Black to 100/White, a (2) which represents green to red axes and b (3) which represents blue to yellow axes.

Selecting Color

You can use various way to select the exact color you want to use in your artwork.

Eyedropper tool (I)

Take the exact color from part of the artwork when you click on it. Just select the Eyedropper Tool (I) and click on the artwork at the point where you want to get the color from. If you have selected shape in the artwork it gets the color from the eyedropper too.

Color Panel

This is Illustrator’s color mixing and editing pool. You can mix the color here, change the color mode (through context menu I mentioned earlier) or check if the color is safe for print. On the left there is the current fill color (1), current stroke color (2), out of web color warning (3) – this means that you are not using web safe color. If you want to use web one click on the icon and it will change it to the nearest web color; Out of gamut (4) – which means that you are using the non-printable color. To fix an out of gamut color, click on the icon as in the case of web color to fix it; the transparent/no color (5) – click on it if you want to use no color for fill or stroke; Black/White color (6) and color pane (7) – just click in it to select the color you want. Color value sliders (8) – using the color sliders you can craft your swatch to exact tone you want, you can also use the number values instead of sliders (9).

Color Guide Panel

Color panel can be described as the built-in inspiration tool for art work. It’s a simple color mixing tool like Kuler with capabilities to create a particular color and its shades and variations. You can choose ready made variations through the dropdown menu (1). You can also choose color from the shades palette (2) which updates every time you pick the color somewhere in illustrator. If you want to use a particular group of colors you can limit the guide to use one of the swatch libraries (3). Just to create brand new set of color directly from Color Guide panel click on Edit Color button (4) to get the color wheel. Two other things you can do in the Color Guide panel are creating new swatch libraries by saving the color guide selection (5) use Variation Options if you want to use a particular number of colors (6).

Color Picker dialog box

Color Picker can be accessed by double-clicking the fill or stroke color on Toolbar. This tool is the same through most of Adobe applications and it contains Color Field (1) to pick the shade, the Color Spectrum bar (2) to pick the color; area showing the current and new color (3) for comparison; Color Modes options (5); Switch to Web Colors checkbox (6); and HEX value of selected color (7). There is also the button for accessing Color Swatches (4) which is similar to Photoshop.

Swatches Panel

The swatches panel does what you are expecting it to do, providing the swatches and the swatch libraries. By using this panel you can quickly pick a swatch or create your own set of swatches. The Illustrator standard swatch panel contains transparent/no color (1), registration color (2) which means that this color will be printed on all plates during the printing process, then colors continues with black and white (3), CMYK group of colors (4), several other colors to work with and gradient/pattern fills (5). Below these swatches you can see two simple swatch libraries – shades of grey (6) and brights (7). If you want to add some other color libraries as shades of grey or brights ones then you can find them through swatch libraries menu (8). The Show Swatch Kinds Menu (9) is useful when you want to use only particular type of swatch library – colors/gradients. Swatch Options (10) were already explained. Other possibilities in the Swatches panel are Creating New Color Group (11) from current artwork or from selected swatches; creating New Swatch (12) or Deleting (13) the existing one. The context menu of the Swatches panel offers explained points and sorting functions for swatches.

Gradients

The Gradient panel provides several tools to develop a gradient you want to use in the artwork. The Gradient Fill dropdown (1) provides preset gradient types and also saves your gradients as well. If you want to add new gradient just click dropdown – save button. The gradients can be linear or radial, these options can be set in the Gradient Type dropdown (2). For the gradient it’s necessary to set at least two colors (3). You can adjust the center point between two color points by Gradient Slider (4). As the center point the position of color points can be set by dragging them or manually through the Location (6). You can set also the opacity of the color points (5) and the angle/direction of the gradient (8). The last two options are to Switch the direction of gradient (7) and adjust the dimensions of it (9).

Live Paint Bucket Tool

Live Paint Bucket (K) is great tool to color a shape in the dynamic way. It’s biggest power is in coloring sketches after tracing. Using this tool is as simple as working with paint bucket in Photoshop. You only have to select a group of shapes and the color you want to use. When the mouse is over, the fillable area appears with red borders so you know which one will be filled.

Live Paint Bucket Tool Eyedropper option

If you want to use color from the artwork and not from swatches you can use the eyedropper option. Select Live Paint Bucket Tool (K), set it over the color of the artwork you want to use and press Command, pick the color and release Command (1). Now you can use the color from the artwork somewhere else (2).

Live Paint Selection Tool

This tool picks and highlights shapes or meshes. You can pick several shapes or meshes with Shift + Mouse click.

Paint Bucket and Live Paint Selection Tools settings

The settings can be accessed by double clicking on tools in the tool panel, there are several options to set up. You can set the tool to select or paint fills and strokes, showing of the swatch over cursor and color of the highlight. In Live Paint Selection Tool settings it is also possible to set the width of the highlight area.

Gradient Mesh Tool

Mesh tool is powerful and is my favorite illustrator ‘weapon’. It’s simple and with some practice it’s possible to do anything one can imagine from simple gradients to complex, shiny, photorealistic images. Basically, Gradient Mesh can be created from any vector object in your artwork except compound objects or text.

Create & Edit Gradient Mesh

Ways to create Gradient Mesh:

Select the Mesh Tool (U) and click into the object you want to change to Gradient Mesh. This adds the mesh points into object.
Select the object you want to change to Gradient Mesh and choose Object > Create Gradient Mesh Tool. This way creates regular set of mesh points in the object. You can set number of horizontal and vertical mesh points and type of appearance of highlight.
Select object filled with a gradient, select Object > Expand and select Gradient Mesh.

Ways to edit Gradient Mesh:

To add new mesh point select Mesh Tool (U) and click into object.
To delete mesh point Command-click on mesh point with Mesh Tool (U) selected.
To move mesh point drag it with Mesh Tool (U) or with Direct Selection Tool (A). To keep the mesh point on the mesh line shift-drag it.
To change color of the gradient mesh drag the color from swatches panel or by Eyedropper tool (I) on the mesh point (1) or mesh patch (2).

Kuler

Kuler is a great color mixing tool from Adobe. You can mix colors directly at kuler.adobe.com or open the Kuler panel directly in Illustrator. Just open windows – extensions – kuler. The panel automatically loads the highest rated color libraries itself. After that you can Search (1) by color Tags, Color Name or Author. The color libraries can be sorted by popularity, rating, custom criteria or date (2). At the bottom of the panel you can find Previous/Next set buttons (4) and Refresh button (5) to navigate through libraries. Libraries from Kuler panel can be added to Swatches panel (6) and Swatches can be also sent to Kuler community (7).

Conclusion

Even if you don’t use all of the tools very often it’s always an advantage to know exactly what they do. You never know when a particular tool will come in handy and save you time and frustration in the future. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading, an Introduction to Illustrator’s Color Tools.

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VECTORTUTS Updates

2010-05-05T06:35:00.001-04:00

How to Create a Shiny Bucket Icon

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:00 AM PDT

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a realistic vector bucket icon. You will learn to use the 3D Revolve function, how to add realistic light effects and how to draw different objects to form a composition.

Step 1

First thing you have to do is open a new document at 500×500 px. Using the the Pen Tool (P) make a shape like the one in the next image and fill it with a color (I chose blue).

Step 2

Now, go to Effect > 3D-Revolve and press OK. Leave the settings as default.

Step 3

Select the object after revolving and go to Object > Expand. Ungroup the shapes (Shift+Control+G) and select each side. Fill the shapes with a single color and Merge them.

Step 4

Select the hidden shapes behind the ones that can be seen and delete them.

Step 5

Draw a shape, like the one in the image, using the Pen Tool (P). Select the ones that I selected and Trim (in the Pathfinder menu). Ungroup and delete the shape you created with the Pen Tool.

Step 6

Duplicate the bucket body and make this copy smaller.

Step 7

In this step we will apply gradients to each part of the bucket. I made a stroke around each part of the bucket and a gradient style to see which ones fits. You don`t have to do this, you can use the same gradients I’ve applied to each part.

Step 8

Draw a handle using the Pen Tool (P) and apply a gradient that’s the same as the image below.

Step 9

In the next few steps we will make the screw. Make a circle and fill it with a gradient that’s the same as the image below. Make sure the circle is slightly distorted on the sides, this will keep with the perspective of the bucket.

Step 10

Duplicate the last circle created and make it smaller, fill it with black and reduce the opacity to 40%.

Step 11

Duplicate the white layer again, send it forward and make it smaller than the black one. Apply a gradient that’s the same as the image below.

Step 12

Now let`s make the screw holes. Using the Pen Tool (P) draw an X shape like the one in the next image. Fill it with black.

Step 13

In this step we will make the screw 3D. Using Pen Tool (P) make an arrow shape. You need to make 3 shapes like that. Apply radial gradient to each arrow (white inside the radial and black outside).

Step 14

In this step we will make the handle more realistic and give it the 3D feeling. Draw a shape that’s the same as the image below using the Pen Tool (P) and add the same gradient to it.

Step 15

In this step, we will make a lighting effect for the handle. Using the Pen Tool (P) draw a shape that’s the same as the image below, and make it white. Then duplicate it. Select the shape resulted from duplicating and add a black and white gradient to it.
Select both shapes – the white one and the one with gradient – and go to Transparency > Make Opacity Mask.

Step 16

Take the Pen Tool (P) and draw a shape that’s the same as the image below, send it backward, fill it with black and reduce the opacity to 40%. This will be the shadow on the bucket crown.

Step 17

Now we will make the handle shadow on the bucket. using Pen Tool (P) make a shape that’s the same as the image below, fill it with black and reduce the opacity to 40%. The shadow will come from the left side, so the shadow will be above the first half of the handle
and under the second half of the handle.

Step 18

To make the bucket more realistic we will make 2 shapes on the bucket crown. Draw the shapes using the Pen Tool (P) that are the same as the image below. Fill the left one with a dark gray and the right one with a light gray.

Step 19

Use the Pen Tool (P) to make a shape that’s the same as the image below, and make a layer mask. Set a black to white radial gradient, with white inside and black outside.

Step 20

Using the Pen Tool (P) make a shape that’s the same as the image below, send it backward until it appears under the crown and in front of the bucket. Fill it with black and reduce the opacity to 20-30%

Step 21

Duplicate the body of the bucket, distort it a little and move it to left. Add layer mask and make the gradient linear with white in the left side, black in the right side. Drag the gradient from left to right.

Step 22

Draw a circle under the bucket, slightly distort it to make it look more realistic. In this case distort it selecting the upper path with the Direct Select Tool (A) and drag it upwards like you can see in the next image. Go to Effect > Stylize > Feather and change the number to 13. Press OK. If the shadow is to dark, fill the circle with gray.

Step 23

Useing the Pen Tool (P), draw some files.

Step 24

Now we will apply a gradient to the file. I’ve applied a stroke to the file to see it better, you don`t have to do this. Apply a gradient that’s the same as the image below.

Step 25

Select the Pencil Tool (N) and draw some lines. This will make the writing on the file.

Step 26

Duplicate the file and send it backward. Rotate the copy and move it to the left. Then using the Pen Tool draw a folded page and apply the same gradient.

Step 27

In this step we will make file’s shadows. Using the Pen Tool (P) draw shapes that are the same as the image below, fill them with black and reduce the opacity to 30%. Send the shadows backward to be behind each file.

Step 28

Set the stroke and use the Pen Tool (P) to draw a paperclip.

Step 29

With the Pen Tool (P) draw some abstract shapes, this will represent the paperclip shadows. Move them away from the paperclip.

Step 30

Now let`s make the DVD and it’s cover. Start with a circle, fill it with dark gray and the stroke with a lighter gray. Go to Object > Expand and Ungroup.

Step 31

Duplicate the stroke and make it smaller, fill it with a darker gray.

Step 32

Duplicate the dark gray circle, make it smaller than the duplicated stroke and fill it with the same gradient that’s in the image below.

Step 33

Now select the dark gray circle and fill it with the gradient in the following image. After you’ve set the colors of the gradient, drag the gradient sliders from the top right to bottom left.

Step 34

Draw a white circle in the middle of the DVD circle.

Step 35

Using the Pen Tool (P) draw the cover of the DVD and apply the same gradient that’s the same as the image below.

Step 36

Duplicate the cover, send it behind the DVD. Fill it with the same color as the image below.

Step 37

Using the Pen Tool (P) draw the corners of the cover in a darker colour to the previous shape. To make it look more realistic add the 3D effect.

Step 38

Using the Pen Tool (P) draw the shape that will form the shadow from the crown of the bucket. Draw a shape that’s the same as the image below, fill it with black and reduce the opacity to 20-30%

Step 39

Using the Pen Tool (P) draw the shadows of the DVD, fill them with black, reduce the opacity to 20-30% and send them behind the cover.

Step 40

Draw the shadow cast by the DVD and its cover ontop of the files. Fill it with black, reduce the opacity to 20-30% and send it behind the cover and the DVD.

Conclusion

So there you have it, your very own bucket icon. You can apply these techniques to other objects and create an icon set or customise the contents of the bucket for different applications. Think about the items you see around the office and try and replicate them using the same techniques you’ve learnt in this Tut. Have fun!

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Online ReadersINFO

2010-04-21T07:29:00.001-04:00

Online ReadersINFO

Readers Specification Update

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:49 AM PDT

1Cross Tech MIDhybrid
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- Android 1.6 - - E-Ink screen, LCD plus keypad on the right - - - - - - - - - -
Resources: http://1crosstech.com/

Adobe - Digital Editions
Adobe Digital Editions is a popular free ebook reader software that allows users to read EPUB and PDF files, as well as Adobe Flash (SWF). "Adobe® Digital Editions software offers an engaging way to view and manage eBooks and other digital publications. Use it to download and purchase digital content, which can be read both online and offline. Transfer copy-protected eBooks from your personal computer to other computers or devices. Organize your eBooks into a custom library and annotate pages. Digital Editions also supports industry-standard eBook formats, including PDF/A and EPUB." - http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/features/ , compatible with most ebook readers except Kindle.
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Resources: http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/

Aigo EB6301 e-book reader
No internet or Wi-Fi connectivitiy but supporting a variety of formats including TXT, PDF, DOC, HTML, CHM, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG (Max to 4000 * 2000) 爱国者电子书.
- - USB2.0, built-in speaker - 6-inch E-INK e-paper - 800x600 - 1200mAh Li-Ion battery up to 5,000 e-book page - 2GB built-in - TF (microSD memory) card up to 8GB - - 164 × 127 × 11mm - - - -
Resources: http://en.aigo.com/en/ProductInformation-676.aspx

amazon kindle 2 (2009-02-10)
, Freescale 532 MHz, ARM-11 90 nm processor, 32MB main memory, 2 GB moviNAND flash storage, Kindle AZW format, the Kindle 2 reads also TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion. 20% faster page turns than original Kindle, integrated HSDPA modem (3G) with a fallback to EDGE/GPRS for 3G connectivity, wispernet, get books delivered wirelessly in less than 60 seconds; no PC required, Kindle Store, Text-to-speech, built-In Dictionary with Instant lookup, pros: Global wireless, browser, low ebook prices, text-to-speech; cons: No ePub support, no folders, Amazon's DRM, no touch screen.
- Linux - USB 2.0 port (micro-B connector) for charging and sync, 3.5mm stereo jack - 6-inch E-Ink electronic paper display - 600 x 800 resolution at 167 ppi, 16-level gray scale - 3.7 V 1530 mAh lithium polymer battery, U.S. power adapter (supports 100V-240V) Now read for up to 1 week on a single charge with wireless on, a significant improvement from the previous battery life of 4 days - 2GB internal (approximately 1.4GB available for user content) , 1,500 titles - - - 8" x 5.3" x 0.36" - 10.2 ounces (289.2 grams) - - -
Resources: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Display-Generation/dp/B0015T963C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=fiona-hardware&qid=1264092223&sr=1-3 • shortcuts, hacks and tips - http://ireaderreview.com/2009/03/09/kindle-2-tips-kindle-2-hack-list-top-25/ • PC Magazine article, Kindle 2: 10 Things You Should Know - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2340721,00.asp • latest Kindle news - http://kindlebuzz.com/ • Kindle forum site - http://www.mobileread.com/?s=17c900bc0afb2f4eeeaa31ab3ae9f7a7 • How-tos are the greatest asset on this blog. - http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/ • hacks for use with the Kindle - http://blog.fsck.com/ • weekly podcast that shares news and information on all things Kindle - http://www.thekindlechronicles.com/ • Amazon Kindle Support - http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200127470 • Kindle Help Desk - http://www.kindlehelpdesk.com/ • http://ireaderreview.com/category/free-books/ • http://www.box.net/shared/29xx4ufted • http://www.instapaper.com/ • http://www.kindlefeeder.com/ • http://ireaderreview.com/2009/11/30/kindle-pdf-feature-kindle-vs-sony-pdf/ • http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=573

amazon kindle DX (May 6, 2009)
9.7-inch ebook is designed for newspaper and college student textbooks., 3G wireless, Holds up to 1,500 books , up to 1 week on a single charge with wireless on, Built-In PDF Reader, Read-to-Me Text-to-Speech feature, Kindle (AZW), PDF, TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion, Built-in Dictionary, It is the first Kindle model with an accelerometer, automatically rotating pages between landscape and portrait orientations if the device is turned on its side, pros; 9.7" screen, free internet, low ebook, prices, TTS, auto screen rotate, no ePub support, no folders, Amazon's DRM, no touchscreen.
- Linux - USB 2.0 (micro-USB connector), 3.5mm stereo audio jack, built-in stereo speakers - 9.7-inch (24.6 cm) diagonal E Ink® electronic paper display - 1200 x 824 pixel resolution at 150 ppi, 16-level gray scale - Rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery, power adapter a single charge for up to 4 days with wireless on - 4GB internal (approximately 3.3GB available for user content), 3,500 titles - - - 10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38" - 18.9 ounces - - -
Resources: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Display-Generation/dp/B0015T963C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=fiona-hardware&qid=1264092223&sr=1-3 • The Kindle 2 vs The Kindle DX - http://tech.spotcoolstuff.com/amazon-review/kindle-2-vs-dx-comparison

Amazon Kindle for PC Beta
free ebook reader program that allows people in over 100 countries to download ebooks from the Kindle Store to read on their PC, get the best reading experience available on your PC. No Kindle required, automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync, create bookmarks and view the annotations you created on your Kindle, shop for Books in the Kindle Store, create notes and highlights, find a word or a sentence in the book you are currently reading, zoom and rotate images.
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Resources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&ref_=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd&docId=1000426311

Astak 5" EZ Reader Pocket PRO
Faster response and page turns, Support 20+ open formats: ADE(Adobe Digital Edition), PDF, TXT, PDB, DOC, HTML, FB2, LIT, MP3, EPUB, WOL, CHM, PPT, TIF, PNG, GIF, RAR, ZIP, DJVU, JPG, BMP, font increase 3 sizes+, fast page turns, rotating display (not available on certain file formats), PDF reflow, text-to-speech, Text zoom, Internal MP3 Player.
- Linux OS - USB2.0, thumbwheel - 5-inch ePaper - 600x800 pixel 8-level grayscale - 3.7V Li-Polymer battery 1000mAh - internal flash memory 512MB - SD card slot (support up to 16GB) - English, Spanish, Chinese & more - 6"(L) x 4.1"(W) x 0.4"(H) - 6 oz (including battery) - storage temperature -4F~131F, operating temperature: 32F~104F - -
Resources: http://www.theezreader.com/

Astak 6" EZ Reader
Samsung Arm9 200MHz processor, Support 20+ open formats: ADE(Adobe Digital Edition(, PDF, TXT, PDB, DOC, HTML, FB2, LIT, MP3, EPUB, WOL, CHM, PPT, TIF, PNG, GIF, RAR, ZIP, DJVU, JPG, BMP, font increase 3 sizes+, fast page turns, rotating display (not available on certain file formats), PDF reflow, text zoom in 3 sizes, Shortcut keys, Onboard MP3 player, shortcut keys.
- Linux - USB 1.1, 3.5mm stereo audio jack for headset - 6-inch ePaper - 600x800 pixel, 4-level grayscale - replaceable battery 3.7V Li-ION 950mAh - NAND Flash internal flash memory 512MB - SD card slot (support up to 4GB) - English, Spanish, Chinese & more - 7.2"(L) x 4.7"(W) x 0.4"(H) - 7.8 oz (including battery) - storage temperature -4ºF~131ºF, operating temperature: 32ºF~104ºF - -
Resources: http://www.theezreader.com/

Astri MID (Mobile Internet Device)
Baseed on Marvell PXA310 hardware platform. You can interpret ebooks and remaining documentation on the E Ink panel, making annotations and notes with the Wacom bustling digitiser, while navigating the Golem LCD demonstration on the remaining broadside for web reach, transmission and email/IM. .
- Android - - 5-inch E Ink Wacom-enabled touchscreen and 4.8-inch LCD touchscreen - 800×480 - - - - - - - - -
Resources: http://www.itechnews.net/2010/01/19/astri-my-interactive-device-android-e-book-reader/ http://www.astri.org/en/business/ECE-MID-en.pdf

Asus DR-900 (aka DR-950)
text-to-speech, virtual keyboard, RSS reader, Supported file formats include PDF, TXT, Audible, MP3, ePub, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP, 802.11g and/or optional 3.5G HSDPA.
- - microUSB 2.0, 3.5mm stereo audio jack, built-in stereo speakers. - 9-inch Sipix touchscreen - 1,024 x 768 resolution, 16 shades of gray - removable battery Up to 4 days with Wi-Fi enabled, up to two weeks with Wi-Fi disabled - 4 GB of internal memory - SD expansion slot - supporting 26 languages - 222 x 161 x 9mm - 370g, 13.1oz. - - -
Resources: http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/01/18/asus-dr-950-9-inch-e-reader-spied/dr950-4-3/ http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article6989540.ece http://techinstyle.tv/trends/desired/asus-unveils-the-dr-950-ebook-reader/

AUO AU Optronics Corp. 友達光電
"E-Paper AUO is an active player in the e-paper market and has been devoting efforts to the research and development of e-paper in all sizes. The SiPix Microcup® e-paper technology and products will make their debut in China. Products such as the 2-inch e-tag, the 4.3-inch e-book, and 6 and 9-inch e-books with in-cell multi-touch panels will be showcased. In addition, a 20-inch e-paper display module for electronic bulletin boards, a 6-inch foldable e-book module and flexible e-paper technologies are also to be seen at the show. " - http://auo.com/auoDEV/pressroom.php?sec=newsReleases&intTempId=1&intNewsId=768&ls=en.
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Resources: http://auo.com/ http://www.sipix.com/technology/faq.html

Barnes & Noble nook
Free wireless from Barnes & Noble via AT&T, the nation's fastest 3G network, Wi-Fi ( 802.11 b/g), MP3 player, file format support:EPUB, PDF, PDB, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3; Not Supported: DOC, LIT, TXT, AMZ (Amazon), LRZ/LRX (Sony), Built in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Personalize screensavers with your photos, crisp display, Android, color LCD screen, change font type, lend ebooks, cons: slower, limited features, no browser, poor PDF support.
- Android™ - micro-usb port, 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, mono speaker - 6-inch E ink® Vizplex™ electronic paper display, 3.5 inch color touchscreen LCD - - Rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery, charging via USB to computer system or power adapter, Charging time: 3.5 hours from wall outlet. Read without recharging up to 10 days with wireless off - 2GB Internal memory/storage (up to 1,500 eBooks) - MicroSD MicroSD HC slot - - 7.7" x 4.9" x 0.5" (196.2 x 126 x 12.8mm) - 12.1 oz. (343g) - - -
Resources: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/?cds2Pid=28709

BeBook Mini
customized folders and sub-folders, change the font type, Text-to-Speech, support Text: PDF, DOC, HTML, RTF, DJVU, FB2, WOL, TXT, EPUB, PPT, LIT, CHM, MOBI, PRC, HTM, WOLF, RAR, ZIP, BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, MP3, some formats display poorly, firmware glitches.
- - USB 2.0, 3.5mm headphone jack - 5-inch ePaper - 800x600, 8 levels of grayscale - replaceable 3.7V Li-ION battery 1000mAh 7,000 page-turn battery life - 512MB flash memory, enough for at least 1.000 books - SD memory card slot (up to 16 GB) - English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Chinese, Russian, Greek, Ukrainian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Estonian, Polish, Czech, Italian, Norwegian, and Slovenian. - 105x151x10mm - 160g ( incl. battery ) - Operating temperature: 0º to 40ºC - -
Resources: http://mybebook.com/5-inch-ereaders/c15/p11/bebook-mini-ereader/specifications/product_info.html

BeBook Neo e-reader
The BeBook Neo is Endless Idea's newest ereader. Freescale processor, Wacom™ touchpanel technology, Ebook stores app, web browser, notes, folders, No cover included, slow internet, stylus required, WiFi support, Formats: PDF, DOC, HTML, RTF, BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, DJVU, FB2, WOL, TXT, EPUB, PPT, LIT, CHM, RAR, ZIP, MP3, MOBI, PRC, HTM, WOLF..
- - 3.5mm audio jack, USB 2.0 with OTG-support - 6-inch E Ink screen - - Li-ION battery 1600mAh up to 7,000 page turns - Internal 512MB flashmemory (stores up to 1.000 books) - SD slot expandable up to 16GB - support over 20 different languages, English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Estonian, Polish, Catalanian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Slovenian. - 121x196x10.6mm - 298g (incl. battery) - Operating temperature: 0º to 50º celcius - -
Resources: http://mybebook.com/6-inch-ereaders/c14/p25/bebook-neo-ereader/product_info.html http://mybebook.com/neo/

BeBook One (Hanlin V3 clone) Jinke
The original BeBook eReader is still one of the top favorites in our collection. Supported file formats: pdf, mobi, prc, epub, lit, txt, fb2, doc, html, rtf, djvu, wol, ppt, mbp, chm, bmp, jpg, png, gif, tif, rar, zip, mp3. It's the only reader in the current market which supports two types of DRM: Adobe and Mobipocket. You can change the supported DRM simply by changing to the desired firmware. (Free from our website), change fonttype while reading, Increase/decrease font size of ereader display, bookmark.
- - 3.5mm audiojack, USB 1.1 Port - 6-inch ePaper - 600x800 - 3.7V Li-ION battery 950mAh - 512MB internal memory, enough for at least 1.000 books - SD-slot ( extendable up to 4GB ) - English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Chinese, Russian, Greek, Ukraine, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Estonian, Polish - 120mm X 184mm X 10mm - 220gr ( incl. battery ) - Operating temperature: 0º to 40º celcius - -
Resources: http://mybebook.com/6-inch-ereaders/c14/p5/bebook-one-ereader/product_info.html

BenQ nReader K60
BenQ announced in Taiwan the nReader K60, the company’s first e-book reading device. The e-reader supports ePub, PDF, HMTL, TXT e-book files as well as JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG image files. It can even playback MP3 audio files. WiFi 802.11b/g connection, optional 3.5G wireless networking card, It will be released first in Taiwan and China with a price of about 8900 Taiwan Dollars (US$277)..
- - microSD card slot, 3.5mm audio jack, 2 USB2.0 ports - 6-inch SiPix Microcup touchscreen electronic paper display - 800×600 resolution, 167dpi, and 16 grey scales - built-in 1530mAh battery that is good for 7500 pages - 2GB internal memory, 4000 e-book files - microSD card slot - Chinese, English and Japanese - 175mm x 122mm x 11mm - 220 g - - -
Resources: http://en.akihabaranews.com/25760/misc/benq-nreader-e-book-announced-in-taiwan

BMorn B80
"ecently, blue light of a morning, an official e-book digital product, the product uses a white stylish look, main ultra-thin portable. Blue light from the morning's official e-book product map view, the product design features in the front, there is no excessive buttons, only the up and down button next page, we can see the screen is likely to touch the system to control.".
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Resources: http://www.bmorn.com/cn/shownews.asp?id=108&lb=7

Bookeen Cybook Gen3 (2007)
Samsung® S3C2410 ARM920T 200MHz processor, 16 MB RAM, 8Mb ROM, The Cybook from France, daylight readable, No backlight, 740 ms page turn time, The Cybook Gen3 doesn’t have a dedicated service for downloading books, but can handle the majority of file types: HTML, TXT, Mobipocket PRC, PalmDoc, PDF, MP3, JPG, GIF, PNG, RSS feeds, no touchscreen.
- Linux - 2.5mm stereo headphone plug, USB 2.0 Mini USB B connector - 6-inch E Ink® Vizplex screen [4.8"x3.6"- 122mmx91mm] - 600x800 pixels, 166 dpi, B&W, 4 grayscale - Li-Polymer battery (1000 mAh), Universal AC 100~240V, DC 5V 700mA 8,000 page flips battery life - 512 MB Data Flash internal memory - SD Card slot - - 4.7" x 7.4" x 0.3", 118 x 188 x 8.5 mm - 6.13 ounces -174 g (battery included) - - -
Resources: http://www.bookeen.com/shop/productdetails.aspx?ProductID=417#

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Bookeen Cybook Opus CYBPE10W (2009-7-27)
Predecessor Cybook Gen3, processor speed 400MHz, 32 MB RAM, G-sensor for motion detection , support formats HTML, Txt, PDF, Secured and non secured AdobeTM EPUB/PDF, eight colors now available, auto rotate, folder management system, 12 font sizes, change font, lacks bookmarking feature, no touchscreen, no backlight.
- Linux 2.6 - USB 2.0 Mini B connector - 5-inch E Ink - 600x800 pixels, 200 dpi, B&W, 4 grayscale - Li-Polymer battery 1000 mAh 2 weeks battery life, 8,000 page flips battery life - 1 GB NAND - microSD Card slot - - 4.2" x 6" x 0.4", 108 x 151 x 10 mm - 5.3 ounces -150 g (battery included) - - -
Resources: http://www.bookeen.com/shop/productdetails.aspx?ProductID=445

Bookeen Orizon
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, supports ePub and PDFs. "Q: The Gen3 and the Opus use E Ink, while the new Orizon will use Sipix's e-paper. Why did you change to this display technology? For three major reasons: 1. AUO (Sipix) touchscreen is light year away from Sony resistive technology. You keep the optical quality of ePaper and you get an incredibly reactive touchscreen. For us touchscreen on such a large display is a must-have. 2. AUO has great developments and move incredibly fast. 3. We did not want to depend only on one screen manufacturer (PVI)." - http://www.e-reader-info.com/interview-michael-dahan-co-founder-and-ceo-bookeen.
- - mini-USB - 6-inch SiPix multitouch display, 67 dpi, 16 levels of gray - 800 x 600 - - 1GB of internal memory - micro-SD slot - - 12.25 x18.5x0.75 cm - 150 g (with the battery) - - -
Resources: http://www.bookeen.com/about/ebook-press.aspx http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/bookeen-orizon-to-ship-this-may-with-multitouch-sipix-display/#comments http://www.actualitte.com/actualite/16168-Bookeen-ORIZON-WiFi-tactile-Opus.htm

Brother SV-70 e-book reader
Security: 128Bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), PIN code lock, Charging AC adapter (sold separately), Equipment life: 5 years or 37 million page view.
- - USB2.0 - 9.7-inch Reflective electronic paper display method (electrophoresis) - 1200 × 825 (about 150dpi), 4 grayscale - Rechargeable lithium-ion battery, USB bus power (5V ± 5%) Maximum battery duration: About 83 hours - - microSD Card slot - - 237 (W) × 247 (D) × 15.5 (H) mm - 600g - 5 ℃ -23 ℃ - 20% -80% -
Resources: http://www.brother.co.jp/product/epaper/info/sv70/index.htm

Calibre - Download calibre
Calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software. More than just a free ebook reader, Calibre is a complete ebook cataloging program with a ton of features, including library management, format conversion, RSS news feeds to ebook conversion, ebook reader synchronization features, and more. Calibre can be used as an ebook viewer for all major ebook formats, and it can convert from many file types. The best types to convert are MOBI, EPUB, LIT, PDF, PRC, HTML, RTF, TXT. These can be converted to any of these formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, TXT. Calibre works great for converting files that don't work well on dedicated reading devices like Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle. Converting PDF files into a more compatible format for your reader can increase readability and minimize formatting errors. There are a lot of features to learn about when using Calibre, so make sure to read the help before you get started..
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Condor Technology Associates eGriver (2009)
ARM RISC S3C2440 the highest frequency 400MHz(P) S3C2440 SAMSUNG, Compatable Format: TXT, PDF, FB2, JPG, BMP.
- Linux 2.6 - USB2.0, File-System: FAT 16/32 - 6-inch E Ink® “Electronic Paper - 800×600, 4-Level Gray Scale - Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-Polymer, 50mAh.Nominal Voltage:3.7V - Embedded Memory: 128MB - Extend Memory: SD Card - English / Russian - 188.42mm×118.24mm×9.24mm - 180g - - -
Resources: http://www.ctaindia.asia/index_files/Page1168.htm

Condor Technology Associates eGriver Touch (2010)
ARM RISC S3C2440 the highest frequency 400MHz(P) S3C2440 SAMSUNG, support Format: EPUB, HTML, PDF, TXT, MP3, WIFI.
- Linux 2.6 - File-System: FAT 16/32, USB2.0 - 6-inch E Ink® “Electronic Paper” Measured Diagonally - 800×600; 4-Level grayscale - attery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-Polymer, 50mAh.Nominal Voltage:3.7V - RAM 128 MB, NAND minimum 1 GB - Extend Memory: SD Card font; Language: ; - English / Russian - 188.42mm × 118.24mm × 9.24mm - 180g - - -
Resources: http://ctaindia.asia/index_files/products.htm

Datang Telecom AirPaper50T
This e-book for the Datang Telecom's (大唐电信) TD electronic reader AirPaper50T, TD-SCDMA (2010-2025MHz)/GSM (900/1800MHz) EDGE networks, no WiFi, SIM card slot; support journaling, memo function, bookmark, handwriting, functional annotation.
- - mini USB, 3.5mm earphone, SIM card slot - 6-inch e-ink display, 3.7-inch LCD touch screen for navigation - 800 x 600 - single charge can last some 30,000 page views, standby mode for 7 days - - Mirco SD card slot - Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English - 126.8 x 194.3 x 10.5mm - 300g - - -
Resources: http://www.datang.com/en/index.asp http://www.datang.com/newnr.asp?classid=L0202&newsid=902021142055847 http://product.it168.com/detail/doc/391256/index.shtml

Download free eReader - Barnes & Noble
Download free eReader, The Barnes and Noble eReader software is a free ebook reader application that works with the following devices: PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry, and Nook. The program grants access to B&N's online book store for downloading ebooks. After signing up an account with an email address and credit card, you can download free classics or purchase new ebooks. Bestsellers and new releases typically cost $9.99. The software currently supports PRC and PDB format types, and is required to read B&N's ebooks. EPUB support is expected in the near future, as B&N states they are converting their entire ebook library to EPUB format. Feature List * Access B&N's ebook store and download from a mobile device's browser. * Read samples of ebooks before buying. * Download free ebooks. * Bookmark, note-taking, and highlighting features. * Adjustable font sizes and margins. * Portrait and landscape modes. * Mobile devices can look up words in the dictionary, Wikipedia, and Google..
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Download Reader Library Software :: Reader Store
Sony's eBook Library software supports all the same files as Sony Readers: BBeB (.lrf and .lrx), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, DOC (converts to RTF for transfer to Reader or memory card), MP3, AAC, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF. Mac support is now available. With the Sony Reader Library you can import files or download them directly from the online store. The eBook Store has over 100,000 titles for sale, with classics starting at $1.99 and new release and bestseller ebooks for $9.99. Sony also offers 1,000,000 free public domain books through Google. And there are some RSS feeds as well. With Sony's free ebook reader software you can transfer and synchronize content to a Sony Reader by plugging in the device with a USB cable and dragging ebooks to the Reader in the menu pane or by saving the ebooks to a memory card..
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Download the free Mobipocket eBook Reader software to read on your PDA and Smartphone.
Mobipocket.com sells electronic books, or ebooks, for all PDA and Smartphones (and for your PC): Read them on your Windows Mobile Blackberry Palm Symbian ( Nokia Series 60 1st 2nd 3rd edition, UIQ 2, UIQ 3) or Pocket-PC . Mobipocket Reader supports MOBI and PRC ebooks, as well as unencrypted PDB files. The free ebook reader software is available on a variety of platforms: Windows PC, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian OS, and several dedicated ebook readers like BeBook, Cybook, and iLiad. Mobipocket software allows users to manage and organize ebooks, RSS feeds, and self-published eDocs on their computer. You can also sync content to mobile reading devices. Owned by Amazon, Mobipocket has over 40,000 titles available for download. Mobipocket offers several features. You can modify font size and type, change the reading view to paperback page size, full-width display, 2 or 3 column display, as well as optimal display. You can annotate, highlight, bookmark any part of any ebook and even create custom hyperlinks between different ebooks. There is also a dictionary look-up feature and a wide selection of electronic dictionaries to choose from..
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DR 800IREX Digital Reader 1000 series Wacom
Freescale i.MX31L processor, 128MB RAM, Wacom® penabled® touch sensor input with Stylus, unsecured Text: Adobe® PDF, TXT, HTML, DRM Text: Mobipocket PRC, Image: JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF and BMP Additional formats supported in the future (Adobe PDF/EPUB).
- - mini-USB 2.0 - 10.2-inch (diagonal) electronic paper display - 1024 x 1280 pixel resolution at 160 pixels per inch, 16-level grey scale - rechargeable lithium ion battery, Recharging time 5 hours with USB charging - 1GB Removable SD card (replaceable with larger SD cards) - - support language: Dutch, English, French and German - - - operating temperature: 0º to 45ºC (32º to 113ºF) Non-operating temperature: -20º to 70ºC (-4º to 158ºF) - -
Resources: http://www.irextechnologies.com/irexdr1000/specs

DR 800IREX Digital Reader 800 series
Freescale i.MX31L processor, 128MB RAM storage, Wacom® enabled® touch sensor input with Stylus, 3G Wireless (USA Only), media formats supported: Reflowable PDF, ePub and Barnes & Noble. (both DRM and unprotected), JPG / BMP/ PNG / GIF and TIFF.
- - Micro-USB connector - 8.1-Inch (diagonal) electronic paper display - 768 x1024 pixel resolution at 160 DPI, 16-level grey scale - rechargeable lithium ion battery; - 2Gb Removable Micro -SD card (replaceable with higher capacity Micro-SD cards) - - languages: Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Greek - 193mm (7.6 inch) Width: 149mm (2.9 inch) Depth: 10.7mm (0.4 inch) - 360 grams (12.6 ounce) - operating temperature: 5º to 35ºC (41º to 95ºF) Non-operating temperature: -10º to 45ºC (14º to 113ºF) - -
Resources: http://www.irextechnologies.com/irexdr800/specs

DRM - Digital Rights Management
If you are considering buying a Kindle, Sony Reader, or other type of ebook reader, you may be wondering what non-DRM and DRM supported files mean. DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, but most believe a more apt definition would be Digital Restrictions Management, because DRM restricts consumers' access to all forms of purchased digital media, ebooks especially. There are varying levels of DRM protection applied to ebooks. The restrictions may limit copying, printing, modifying, sharing, or even using a text-to-speech feature to read an ebook aloud. The specific levels of DRM are determined by publishers and distributors. For example, if you own a Kindle and purchase a DRM protected ebook from their online store, you cannot transfer that ebook to your daughter's Sony Reader to read at school. You can, however, transfer that ebook to another Kindle under the same account, with up to six Kindles per account. You can't transfer DRM protected ebooks to read on other devices. Amazon does offer an application to read your ebook library with an iPhone and iPod touch, along with Kindle for PC. Similar restrictions apply to other devices and ebookstores too in regard to registering a set number of devices. Most devices support Adobe DRM'ed EPUB and PDF. With these particular devices ebooks can be purchased and exchanged to read on other ebook readers more easily using Adobe Digital Editions. .
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Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management http://computer.howstuffworks.com/drm.htm http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/drm/default.mspx

Dulin’s Books Onyx Boox 60 (2009-12)
processor 532MHz, no backlit, daytime reading, portrait and landscape modes , write, draw or take notes using the included stylus, Wacom digitizer, Webkit browser, PDF reflow, WiFi, support formats: EPUB, PDF, Mobipocket, FB2, TXT, PDB, HTML, CHM, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, and MP3.
- Linux - 3.5mm headphone jack, miniUSB (v 2.0) w/OTG support - 6-inch touchscreen with Vizplex E-ink display - 600 x 800, 166 dpi, 8 grayscale(16 grayscale w/software upgrade) - Replaceable Li-Polymer (1600 mAh) 8000 page refreshes on one charge - 512 MB of internal memory, operative 32Mb - SD, SDHC card, up to 32GB - English - 4.7” x 7.4” x 0.3” 196 x 121 x 10.5 mm - 10.5 ounces / 298 g - - -
Resources: http://www.dulinsbooks.com/index.php?p=product&id=655&parent=0

eBookwise-1150 eBook
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Create a Forest Scene with Livebrush

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 07:50 AM PDT

For this tutorial, we’ll use Livebrush’s innovative motion brush feature to create abstract shapes. We’ll then bring those shapes into Illustrator for further assembly and editing. As this will focus primarily on Livebrush, I will assume an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Illustrator. If you haven’t seen the Introduction to Livebrush, you might want to read that first. Let’s get started!

Step 1

When you first open Livebrush, a new project is started by default. If you save and close a project, then re-open Livebrush, the last-used project will open, which will include all the settings and styles stored with that project. Below is the Livebrush interface.

Step 2

Since we’re going to draw strokes in Livebrush for export to Illustrator, we can get rid of the parchment “Paper” layer. Select it in the Layers palette and click the Remove Layer icon. The background layer is black by default, but you can change it to any color. Click on the color swatches in the upper right of the palette and change it to white (#ffffff). Note that the Background layer will still be black in the Layers palette, regardless of the color you choose.

Step 3

The pre-set brush styles can be modified in infinite ways. We’ll use the “Marker Medium” brush as a starting point for the aspen tree shapes.

When you select it in the Styles palette, you’ll see the three-tabbed Tool Settings palette below it. First, under the Line tab, in the Color section, choose Multiple as the color type. Change the colors just as you did with the “Background” layer. We’ll use three warm neutral colors to give the tree trunks a gradated effect.

For the Width, Angle and Opacity, input the values shown below. Under the Behavior tab, use “Normal.” The Velocity and Friction settings are unavailable, since these are used with a “live” brush.

Step 4

Now simply draw a few vertical strokes with the Brush tool. You’ll see that Livebrush creates a new layer for each stroke. Each layer can be turned on or off, and can be moved in the stacking order.

Your group of trees should look something like the image below.

Step 5

Once you’re satisfied with the trees, save the Livebrush project. Now select each tree layer by holding down the Command key and clicking on it. The selected layers will be highlighted blue.

Go to the Livebrush menu, and choose Export > Line(s) to SVG. It’s important to remember that only the selected layers will be exported. (NOTE: Export to SVG is only available with the paid upgrade. For $10, you get this capability, plus extra document formats and decos).

Step 6

Name the SVG file in the Save dialog, then switch to Illustrator and open the file. As you can see in Outline mode, each stroke it made up of a series of smaller vector shapes.

Step 7

For the forest floor, we’ll use the “Geometry Small” brush style. As before, set the Color to Multiple, and change the colors. I’ve used an Autumn palette of oranges and greens.

Step 8

Under the Behavior tab, select “Live” as the brush type. Set the Friction lower and the Velocity higher. This will make the brush more responsive to your movements. Set the Width to a maximum of about 20, the Opacity to Random, and the Angle to Oscillate.

Step 9

Draw long, horizontal lines along the bottom third of the canvas. Think of these shapes as leaves on the ground. Make them as tight or as loose as you like.

Step 10

We’ll create some abstract shapes for the background using the “Geometry 3″ brush style. Set the brush behavior to Live, with a high velocity and low friction. Choose three or four hues for a blue color scheme, and input the rest of the settings from the image below. Now draw a couple of circular, wavy strokes.

Step 11

Select all the blue stroke layers and the leaves layers, and as before, export to SVG. TIP: If you’re having trouble remembering which layer is what, you can double-click the layer name to change it.

Step 12

In Illustrator, open the SVG file you just created. Drag all the objects into the original file, and arrange them relative to the tree shapes. You may need to bring the trees to the front.

Step 13

Create a gradient-filled rectangle for the background sky and place it on a new layer below the other. Here, I’ve used two blues to make the gradient. The darker one has the following values: R=166, G=191, and B=212. The lighter one is R=240, G=247, and B=255.

Step 14 – Embellishments

Many of Livebrush’s brush styles include decorations. These are swirls, leaves or other flourishes that are added to the stroke as you draw. The “decos,” as they’re called, are not part of the line, but are small graphic files that are added to it, They can be GIF, JPG, PNG or SWF files.

As such, they are not exported to SVG, because they are not vector objects. For our purposes, we’ll cheat by using Illustrator Live Trace.

Select the “Life Branches Thin” style, and draw a few strokes. Make sure they don’t overlap one another.

Select these line layers and go to Export > Layer(s) to Image. This will save the image as a PNG file.

Place the PNG in Illustrator, and do a simple black and white trace, and expand it. You can now use the resulting shapes as branches on the trees.

For extra visual interest and focus, I’ve created a cardinal in Illustrator, and added it to one of the branches.

In Illustrator, of course, you can easily make changes to the colors, opacity and any other aspect of the illustration. Once you’re done, tidy everything up with a Clipping Mask.

Livebrush may not be as feature-rich or intuitive as Illustrator, but it is a very deep application. The variations of brush styles are endless. When you use Livebrush and Illustrator together, so are the possibilities.

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Creating a Question and Answer Format with InDesign Nested Styles

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 05:57 AM PDT

In this tutorial, we'll explain how to create nested paragraph styles on a question & answer example text. This is an intermediate level tutorial, which shouldn’t take more than an hour to complete, and it’s great practice for utilizing InDesign styling features.

Step 1

Open up a new document, choose letter and deselect the facing pages check box.

Step 2

Select the Rectangle Tool (M) and draw a rectangle the size of our document onto the page. Fill it with a beige color from the Swatch Palette.

Step 3

Drag a guide (to make the ruler visible press Command + R) and place it to Y: 13p0.

Step 4

Select the Text Tool (T) and drag a text box fitting the guide and margins onto the page.

Step 5

With the Text Tool (T) still selected, set the columns to 3.

Step 6

I prepared some lorem ipsum (dummy text). To load a text file, just hit Command + D and select the text file. This will import and place the text into the text frame box.

Step 7

This is how the text looks when imported into the three column text box.

Step 8

Open up the Paragraph Styles Palette (F11). We need to create three basic paragraph styles. A “main” style, a “question” style and an “answer” style.

Step 9

Let’s start with the “answer” style. Click the Create New Style button on the bottom and call it "answer." Set the Basic Character Format to Times New Roman, Italic, 10pt and 13 pt leading. Set the Indents and Spacing to 3 pt Space before and Space after, and set the Character Color to pink.

Step 10

Repeat Step 9 and call the style “question” this time and apply the settings you see below.

Step 11

Go back to edit the answer style (in the Paragraph Styles Palette right-click on the paragraph). In the General Tab, select for Next Style the “question” style.

Step 12

Repeat Step 11, but edit the question style and set the Next Style to the answer style. Apply the settings you see below.

Step 13

Let’s create the main style. Set the Next Style to “question” and apply the settings you see below.

Step 14

Go back to edit the “question” style. Click on the Drop Caps and Nested Styles tap. Under Nested Styles we want to set up a different styling for the question word in our text. Click on the New Nested Styles tap.

Step 15

In the new Character Style pop-up we can give the text a different style. Call it “name,” set the Character to Times New Roman Bold Italic, 13pt, black. Once you hit OK, the Character style will be saved to the Character Styles Palette automatically.

Step 16

Now set in the “question” style the Drop Caps and Nested Styles to "name" through 1 Word. This means that the first word of the paragraph in the “question” style will be changed to the character style "name" that we just created.

Step 17

Set the same Nested Style to the “answer” style.

Step 18

Let’s see the styles in action. Select all the text and go to the Paragraph Styles Palette.

Step 19

Right click on the "main" style and choose Apply "main" then Next Style from the drop down menu.

Step 20

Voila, with one click the complete style setup has been applied to the text. Neat isn’t it.

Step 21

I added a big title and to have the text columns align or drop down, you can add a runaround to the text box. Click Command + Option + W, or under Window > Text Wrap, and in the Text Wrap Palette choose Wrap around bounding box.

Step 22

You can just extend the text box and the column text will move with it.

Conclusion

Nested styles can be very helpful and time saving. I hope you enjoyed this quick InDesign tutorial.

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Worldwide e-book reader shipments to reach 28 million by 2013
"Global e-book reader shipments will increase from 700,000 units in 2008 to 28 million units in 2013, representing a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 386%, according to a recently published report from Digitimes Research. The special report on e-book readers also indicated that the total market value for e-book reader shipments would surpass US$3 billion in 2013, up from only US$244 million in 2008. Amazon and Sony dominated the global market for e-book readers in 2009, but the industry is set to see a major shakeup in 2010, as established content providers such as Barnes & Noble become more competitive in the market and niche players in Europe grab a piece of the rapidly expanding market. China, where the government is promoting e-reading as one of its major policies, is expected to become the second-largest single market for e-book readers in 2010." - Press release, March 24; Michael McManus, DIGITIMES.
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Use a Tablet to Create Stunning Comic Book Fan Art Illustrations

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:50 AM PDT

The best digital drawings or paintings in Photoshop are often a result of a well though out sketch, a talented artist, and a strong understanding of Photoshop and the tools that it provides. In today’s tutorial we will review some tips and tricks when working with a digital tablet and Photoshop. The artwork we will use is a fan art illustration of the Knights of the Zodiac character, Capricorn Shura (Masami Kurumada) that I drew.

Step 1

First we start doodling the pose of our character. At this stage you should pay special attention to the overall shape.

Take a look at how the character was drawn inside a V.

Step 2

Once you have chosen the right pose, keep sharpening the character’s details. For these stages I recommend that you use a Hard Brush with opacity set to pen pressure (both for the brush and the eraser).

Whether you work in a single layer or more is up to you, although at the end of the tonal work (black and white) you should have it all merged in one single layer.

Step 3

The key to successfully reproducing any real life-like material is observation, in this case, gold. Gold reacts to light like metal and chromed materials do. Shadows, midtones and highlights are abruptly separated, making fast transitions between them. Try to use no more than four tones for armor. Render the shadows with the same brush as we have done before. If you like, lower the opacity of the brush to 70-80%.

In the largest highlighted areas you will have some sort of glow. Use a white soft brush for this.

Step 4

Keep enhancing the image until it is polished. We will start adding some texture to the armor parts with a custom brush. This will provide a rusty feel to it.

Step 5

Final tonal work. To polish the image zoom in and work the edges.

Step 6

For the basic colors we will use gradient map Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Gradient Map. Consider it as a highlight midtone and shadow color (and tonal) picker through gradients. The first color of the gradient will replace the black. The last color will replace the white. In between all the grays will be replaced by their respective gradient color. Gold generally has its shadows in a highly saturated, very dark red, going to a desaturated light yellow for the highlights.

Step 7

Now we start working on the gradient map mask. To apply this gradient map just to the armor use a black hard brush to paint everything outside the armor parts. When working over a layer mask you can only use black and white: Black hides and white reveals the gradient map. Then Ctrl-Click over the gradient map mask to select all the armor parts. Go to Select > Save selection and name the selection. We will be using this selection further on this tutorial.

Repeat the process until you have your entire figure colored.

Merge down all your gradient map layers along with the black and white layer. Select the character silhouette using the lasso tool (L). Ctrl + Shift + I to invert the selection. Hit Delete over the layer where you have your character in black and white. Now you have the character in one layer.

Step 8

Create a new layer underneath to work the floor. I created a grid (there are several ways to do this, though here I used a brush taken from Geoffroy Thoorens Djahal site). Free transform to this layer Ctrl + T and then while holding down Ctrl drag the vertex to play with the perspective.

Step 9

Merge down two stone textures (Cgtextures.com) with different opacity under the grid layer. With a desaturated light yellow color add some lines to the "tiles" in order to give them height.

Step 10

Add a desaturated dark blue gradient in a new layer from top to bottom to add some depth.

Step 11

In a new layer over the floor’s layer and under our character’s, set the layer mode to multiply and with the same color of the gradient draw the shadows, pay special attention to the perspective. Lower the opacity of this layer.

Step 12

Ctrl-Click over the layer where you drew the shadows to select all its pixels and then hit Ctrl + Shift + I to invert selection, this way we can work the lights without modifying the shadows. Create a new layer and make a gradient from bottom to top with a desaturated light yellow. Merge down all the floor layers into one. At this stage I decided to take out the cloak (just erase the cloak over the characters layer)

Step 13

Duplicate the character’s layer and Ctrl + U (Hue/Saturation). Colorize option on and go for a slightly desaturated blue.

Change this layer into a soft light layer mode and lower its opacity to 75%.

Step 14

Create a new layer underneath the characters layer but over the last created layer. Load the saved armor selection Select > Load selection and search it in Chanel. Create a layer mask with this selection. Open a stone/rusty texture file and paste it in this layer. Change the layer mode to soft light.

Step 15

A nice trick to add some soft glows is to create a new layer on top of your layers and set it to screen layer mode, fill it with black and then stroke with a soft brush at the edge of the figure with a yellow color.

Step 16

Create a new folder and place ALL your layers. Duplicate the folder and merge down this new duplicated folder. Hit Ctrl + M to adjust curves settings.

Duplicate this layer and add a Gaussian blur filter (1.5 px to 2.5 px). Erase the parts you want to feel closer to the camera. Reduce this layer opacity to 30-40%.

Final Image

Creating a professional-looking comic book fan art character in Photoshop is not easy and it is not something that you will be able to learn over night. Mastering these techniques will take time and practice. Hopefully, the techniques that we covered in this tutorial will help you to master the art of digital comic book illustration.

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PSDTUTS Updates Awesome Animal Photo-Manipulations

2010-03-23T13:11:00.001-04:00

Into the Wild: Awesome Animal Photo-Manipulations

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 04:30 AM PDT

Animals have always been a part of both traditional and digital photo-manipulations and collages. A trend that is especially popular is replacing human heads with those of other animals, or simply changing some of the elements of a human face or even adding something extra. Some perfect named examples of this are the centaur (a cross between a human and a horse) and a minotaur (cross between a human and a bull).

As with anything, these trends have developed over the years and with the likes of digital software such as Photoshop we have the ability to be much more creative, doing things that we never used to be able to do before. This post showcases an awesome collection of animal photo-manipulations, followed by a small selection of great tutorials.

This Old World

This fantastic and minimalistic manipulation (and the following two) were created by Pope Saint Victor Design. The illustrations you see here are quick illustrations completed in a very short amount of time.

Temptress

This Old World

Impossible Dream

Catzilla

“Catzilla” is a comical take on the classic movie “Godzilla“. The manipulation is by Sebastian Niedlich, a photographer and manipulator.

I Have Also Seen This In Paris

Just like “Catzilla”, “I Have Also Seen This In Paris” is another manipulated piece that includes very oversized animals in the middle of a city, overall making for a very interesting piece of work. The piece is by Ben Heine, a Belgian artist.

New Lands End

Laughing Frog

This hilarious piece of work by Sebastian Niedlich (link for artist page can be found above) is enough to make anybody laugh (or at least smile)! It was very a quick manipulation well worth the short amount of time spent on it.

Moo

Well, this is possibly one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen – I’m not sure if you feel the same way? The piece is titled “Moo”, which as far as I can see has nothing to do with the manipulation itself!

Flying Tortoise

Elephant Trash Sculpture

Paradise Typo

Fast Snail

This is definitely something you don’t see everyday: a snail with a rocket on its back! The smoking effects and reflections in the rocket make this piece very realistic.

Based on Color

Life?

Beast!

“Beast!” is an awesome manipulation with a post-apocalyptic feel to it. The low saturation color scheme works tremendously well with the rest of the artwork.

Black Panther

Global Warming

This fantastic typography-based piece is to help raise the awareness of global warming. Several animals have been manipulated into the piece to increase how realistic the poster is.

Gone Wild

Espejismo Urbano

This piece by Cocodmor is possibly one of my favorites in this showcase. I love the tinted colors and how simple the idea behind the manipulation is.

Ariel

1Bird

Feathered Cow

JAT – Branded By Nature

This experimental poster makes use of abstract ‘liquid’-style shapes to track the bird’s movements through the sky, making it visually appealing to look at.

Feestje Ann De Gracht 2009

This great poster makes use of so many current trends: grungy texture, sci-fi style lighting effects, awesome typography illustrations and animal/human manipulations – wow!

Alien Plow’d

The Bronx Gig

Because He Can

Yet another super-giant animal (this time a chicken) strolling through the city. This piece was created by “The Short Straw” as a personal project.

Rain On Me

Gara Di Lumache

Pugsquirrel

This weird manipulation by Sebastian Niedlich is very strange but at the same time very cool, and hopefully nothing we’ll ever see whilst taking a walk in the park – if you ever do, it’s safe to say the world has gone terribly wrong!

Transition Of The Spirit

Wild Life

Supervivencia

My Exploding Pets

These fantastic illustrative manipulations by creative Kim Jerbo use so many great techniques and are just so pleasing to look at. I love how all of the animals are evaporating into thin air in the shapes of their own spots, marks and stripes.

The Isle Of Human

Urban Environment

Evolution

Animal (Related) Photo-Manipulation Tutorials

How to Create an Abstract Photo Manipulation

Learn how to create an abstract photo manipulation with a heavy ‘hand-drawn’ and ‘painted’ style.

How to Create a Dynamic Butterfly Inspired Photo Manipulation

Use stock images to create a digital illustration in Photoshop.

Blissful Landscape Photo Manipulation

Learn how to create a breath-taking scenery by combining two photos and applying several photo effects.

Design an Epic Fantasy Scene in Photoshop

Combine six stock photographs together using various skills and techniques to produce a fantasy scene.

Creating Medusa with Photo Manipulation

Using a portrait of a woman and several other stock photos you will be creating a portrait of Medusa.

How to Design a Dramatic Winged Dragon with Photoshop

You’ll be creating a fantasy illustration in this tutorial by merging two images into one using Layer Masks and the Liquify Filter.

Self-Initiated Abstract Art

Using a little imagination and a few hours of your time, you can teach yourself how to create an awesome piece of abstract manipulated art.

Creative Photoshop Animal King Photo Manipulation

In this tutorial you’ll be learning how to mash up a series of photographs to create a highly creative poster based on a famous painting from the 1800’s.

Creating a Spy Fly Photo Manipulation

Learn how to create a dead “robot fly” with a very limited selection of resources.

Faking It In Photoshop

Get creative with some wildlife and a glass bottle and learn how to create effects reminiscent of Smirnoff’s famous ‘bottle as lens’ advertisements.

How to Create a Mythical Create Photo Manipulation (Psd Plus Tutorial)

Learn how to combine several manipulation skills to create a fantastical creature from a human portrait.

Transform a Human into an Abstract, Painted Werewolf (Psd Plus Tutorial)

Bring a simple concept to life and give it a fantastic final result by following this tutorial through from start to finish.

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Readers Spec Update

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 06:02 PM PDT

enTourage eDGe™
unique "dualbook" design, the Edge combines the features of an ebook reader and a netbook in one, features a Wacom Tablet for writing notes and drawings directly on the E Ink screen with a stylus, WiFi 802.11 b/g it can send emails and IMs, Bluetooth capability, MP3, WAV, 3GPP, MP4, AAC, OGG, M4A audio playback, 3GP, MP4, Adobe Flash Lite (H.264) video playback, ePub, PDF E-reader File Formats.
- Google® Android® operating system - x2 USB port, microphone, video camera, headphones, built in speaker - 9.7-inch e-Ink color touchscreen - 1200 x 825 pixels, 8 shades of gray - Lithium Ion battery, battery can be replaced 16+ hours utilizing the e-reader screen / up to 6 hours running the LCD screen - 4GB (3GB available) - SD card - - 8.25" x 10.75" x 1.0" - 3 pounds - - -
Resources: http://www.entourageedge.com/

Spring Design alex Dual Screen eReader
Monahan PX303, 624mhz processor, brosw the entire web, dual screen, Alex is compatible with WiFi, 3G, EVDO/CDMA and GSM, MP3 media player, ePUB.
- Android - USB 2.0 (mini-B connector), 2.5mm stereo headphone, stereo speakers, microphone - 6-inch EPD (electrophoretic display) screen 16-bit color, 3.5” touchscreen LCD for input - 600x800, 8-grayscale - 3.7v, 1530Mah Lithium Polymer two weeks without recharging the battery with browsing and wireless off - 256 DRAM internal storage, 2GB flash memory - MicroSD slot - - 120x225x14mm (4.7"x8.9"x0.4") - 310 g (11 oz) - operating temperature: 32ºF~104ºF, 0ºC~40ºC; storage temperature: -13º~158ºF, -25ºC~70ºC - - FCC, UL, CUL
Resources: http://www.springdesign.com/us/index.action

txtr reader
Freescale ARM11 CPU 532MHz processor, capacitive slider interface, next generation Epson display controller, integrated 3D accelerometer for automatic orientation detection, full integration with txtr online community platform, SIM-enabled EDGE/GPRS, txtr Tools help you to upload content to txtr.com, Supported formats: EPUB, PDF, With the additional service txtr Pro you are also always connected to txtr.com and its free content. The txtr Reader’s wireless connectivity is provided by the German network operator E-Plus..
- Linux kernel - USB 2.0 cable connection, - 6-inch E INK Vizplex display - 600x800 pixels - Li-Ion battery, Charged via USB you can enjoy reading for more than two weeks with one charge cycle - 128MB SDRAM onboard, 8GB MicroSD card included (which allows to store about 6000 eBooks) - MicroSD memory card slot - - 151mm x 131mm x 12mm - 300g - - -
Resources: http://reader.txtr.com/txtr-reader/overview/

Samsung SNE-50K
Instant Pen writing & Saving, ePub & TXT Format support, Virtual Printer Function, PDF user manual http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=sec&CttFileID=2352499&CDCttType=UM&ModelType=C&ModelName=SNE-50K&VPath=UM/200910/20091028182304046/SNE-50K_English.pdf.
- Linux 2.6.12 - USB Device 2.0 - 5-inch 12.7cm Electronic Paper - 600x800, B/W Mono Color - Li-ion Battery 960mAh - - - - 96x143x9mm - 0.2kg - - -
Resources: http://www.samsung.com/sec/consumer/it/display/e-book/LD-E5N/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail

IREX Digital Reader 800 series
Navigation made quick and easy with an interactive touch screen, straightforward buttons, and included stylus. Reflowable PDF, ePub and Barnes & Noble. (both DRM and unprotected) JPG / BMP/ PNG / GIF and TIFF, Digital Reader 800SG model: 3G Wireless (USA Only), 8.1" large screen, connects to B&N's ebook store, Wacom tablet, 1400 newspapers, no note taking or dictionary, no zoom for PDFs.
- Freescale i.MX31L processor 128MB RAM - USB 2.0 Micro-USB connector - 8.1-Inch (diagonal) e-ink display, touchscreen - 768 x1024 at 160 DPI, 16-level grey scale - rechargeable lithium ion battery - - 2Gb Removable Micro -SD card - Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Greek - 193x149x10.7mm (7.6"x5.9"x0.4") - 360 grams (12.6 ounce) - - -
Resources: http://www.irexreader.eu/Technical%20Specifications

Sony Reader Daily Edition™ PRS900BC (2009-12)
Sony’s first wireless e-reader, access to over 1 million public domain books from Google Books, ability to borrow eBooks from libraries, supports ePub open format; highlight, touchscreen keyboard text entry, freehand notes with stylus, page zoom, 2 page layout view, advanced periodical navigation functions, 6 levels adjustable font sizes, free 3G wireless downloading of books, via 3G mobile broadband network to Sony’s ebookstore where they can readily access books, periodicals, and, so far, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune, and New York Times,, built-in dictionary, supports TXT, RTF, DOC, MP3, AAC, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, HSPA, UMTS, Edge, and GPRS data services with two bands (850 and 1900 MHz), PDF crop and zoom, 2 column layout, improved contrast, no browser, sideload free & library ebooks, Sony’s Library Finder application, enabling users to access their local library’s e-book collection simply by entering their ZIP code.
- MontaVista Linux - - 7.1-inches E-INK Vizplex™ full touch screen - 600 x 1024 pixels, 16-levels gray scale - Rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery DC 3.7 V ; AC Power : DC 5.2 V a single charge: Read on a single charge for up to 7 days with wireless on. Turn wireless off and read for up to two and a half weeks - 2Gb, user available internal memory 1.6GB - MemoryStick® PRO Duo™ (support up to 16GB) & SD Card memory slot (support up to 16GB) - - 5 x 8-1/8 x 19/32 inches (WxHxD) - 12.75 oz - Operating Temperature : 41 to 95 °F - -
Resources: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentDisplayView?hideHeaderFooter=false&storeId=10151&catalogId=10551&langId=-1&cmsId=reader_kindle_comparison

Sony Reader Touch Edition™ PRS600 (2009-8)
i.MX31L (TO 2.0.1) processor, Access to over 1 million public domain books from Google Books, Ability to borrow eBooks from libraries, Supports ePub open format, bookmark, touchscreen keyboard text entry, freehand notes with stylus, Page Zoom, 5 levels Adjustable font sizes, TXT, RTF, DOC, MP3, AAC, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, built-in dictionary, pros: write on screen, fast navigation, PDF zoom, get library ebooks, less contrast, some glare, no wireless.
- MontaVista Linux - - 6-inch E-INK Vizplex full touch screen - 800 x 600 pixels, 8-levels gray scale - Rechargeable Lithium-Ion, DC 3.7 V, AC Adaptor: AC-S5220E, Power DC 5.2 V a single charge: 14 days, 7,500 (BBeB Book)Continuous page turns, 6,800 (EPUB) Continuous page turns - 512Mb, 380MB user available internal memory - MemoryStick® PRO Duo™ (support up to 16GB) & SD Card memory slot (support up to 16GB) - English & French - 6.9 x 4.8 x .4 inches (LxWxD) - Approx. 10.1 oz - Operating Temperature: 41º to 95ºF - -
Resources: http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/ProductDetailDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=1006705&navigationPath=n100431 http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=028626&cid=ETN

Sony Reader Pocket Edition™ PRS300BC (2009-8)
Access to over 1 million public domain books from Google Books, Ability to borrow eBooks from libraries, Supports ePub open format, bookmark, 3 levels Adjustable font sizes, no Expandable Memory, ePub, BBeB Book, PDF, TXT, RTF, Micrsoft® Word, (Conversion to the Reader requires Word installed on your PC), Pocket-sized, low-cost, durable metal frame, get library ebooks, No memory card slot, image, or audio support, no touch screen.
- MontaVista Linux - - 5-inch E-INK Vizplex - 800 x 600 pixels, 8-levels gray scale - Rechargeable Lithium-Ion, DC 3.7 V, AC Power DC 5.2 V a single charge: 14 days, 7,500 (BBeB Book)Continuous page turns, 6,800 (EPUB) Continuous page turns - Memory Size : 512 MB User available capacity: Approx. 440MB - No Expandable Memory - - 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 13/32 inches (LxWxD) - Approx. 7.76 oz - Operating Temperature : 41 to 95 °F - -
Resources: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644523779&N=4294954529

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Sony LIBRIé EBR-1000EP (2005)
Motorola DragonBall processor.
- Sony Linux - USB 2.0, headphones jack,monaural speaker - 6-inch diagonal low-powered E Ink's electronic paper technology produced by Philips - 600 pixel by 800 pixel display resolution, 170 dpi - 4 x AAA batteries, 5.2 V external power supply - - Memory Stick slot (Memory Stick Pro compatible) - - 126x90x13mm, 5"x7.5"x0.5" - 300 g (10.6 oz) with case and batteries (190 g / 6.7 oz without) - - -
Resources: http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/LIBRIE/

Hanlin eReader, jinke.com
The Hanlin e-Reader is an open source format ebook reader, and as such it allows you to read a huge range of digital content. Read MOBI, PDF, LIT, EPUB, HTML, TXT, PRC, FB2, JPG files and a wide range of free RSS newsfeeds from your Pixelar e-Reader. Supports DRM with Mobipocket. We hope to be releasing EPUB DRM capability in firmware updates later this year. Supports wide range of file formats (PDF, MOBI, DOC, WOLF, MP3, HTML, TXT, CHM, FB2, Djvu, PNG, TIF, GIF, BMP, JPG, PPT, EPUB, LIT, PRC); The Hanlin eReader works best with EPUB, RTF, FB2, and Mobipocket documents, because of their simplicity, interoperability, and low CPU processing requirements. These files also offer more zoom levels, and more options like search, landscape mode, and text to speech than with PDF, DOC, HTML, or TXT..
- - 3.5 mm standard audio jack - - 600x800, 4 level greyscale - 8,000 page turns (fewer when also used to play MP3 files) - 512MB internal memory (up to 1,000 books) - SD card slot expandable to 4GB - multi-language support - 184 x 120 x 9.9mm - 220g (incl. battery) - - -
Resources: http://www.pixelar.co.uk/ebook.php http://ebookreaderv.blogspot.com/2009/07/review-of-hanlin-v5-hot.html http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/English/embedpro/index.asp

lBook eReader V3 Jinke
Samsung 2440 Arm 9 200MHz processor, 32 MB SRAM (RAM), 2 MB ROM, 512 MB Flash, supported file: PDF, RTF, WOLF, HTML, FB2 (XML), RSS, TXT, Djvu, DOC, ePub, PDB, CHM, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, programmable buttons.
- Linux - mini USB 1.1, 3.5 mm stereo output, - 6-inch e-ink VizPlex® - 800x600, 4 shades of gray - 3.7V Li-Ion Nokia (BL-5) battery 950mAh - 1GB SD card - SD / MMC (up to 16.0 Gb) - - 184x120x9.9 mm - 240g (with battery) - working temperature 0ºC ~ 40º C, storage temperature -20ºC ~ 55ºC - -
Resources: http://lbook.ua/en/products/lbookv3new http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/English/embedpro/prodetail.asp?id=41

PAPYRE 6.1 Jinke
• Papyrer 6.1 • Carrying Case • 2GB SD Card (with more than 500 e-books included) • Headphones • Lithium-Ion • Cable (USB and AC adapter) • Rope Security (wrist) • 2 spare screws minidestornillador (for battery cover) • User Manual Size and Weight • Weight: 220 gr. (battery included) Screen: 6 "(12.2 x 9.1 cm) • Height: 18.4 cm • Depth: 0.99 cm Storage Capacity • Internal Memory: 512 MB (useful 450 MB) • Removable memory: SD Cards up to 32 GB (from 4 GB must be "SD HC") Formats Reproducibles • PDF, DOC, WOLF, MP3, HTML, TXT, CHM, FB2, DJVU, PNG, TIF, GIF, BMP, JPG, PPT, EPUB, LIT, PRC, MOBIPOCKET, (... other formats may be being incorporated into through future firmware updates). Colors Available • 6.1 Papyrer Black (Black Case) • 6.1 Papyrer White (Black Case) • 6.1 Papyrer White (White Case) • 6.1 Papyrer Rojo (Red Pouch) • 6.1 Papyrer Verde (Green Case) .
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Resources: http://www.grammata.es/papyre

iRex iLiad (2006)
• an 8.1-inch (21 cm) electronic paper display, area for displaying content is 124x165mm • a resolution of 768x1024 pixels (160 dpi) • 16 levels of grayscale • a USB connector for external storage, • a CompactFlash Type II slot for memory extension or other applications • a MultiMediaCard slot for MMC memory cards • a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack for a headset • WiFi 802.11g wireless LAN • 10/100 Mbit/s wired LAN • 390 grams (14 oz) weight • 400MHz Intel XScale processor • 64MB RAM • 256MB internal flash memory (128 for user, 128 for system) • Linux-based operating system (2.4 kernel) • SDK is provided , so functionality is easily extended.[1].
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Resources: http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/iliad

The iLiad Book Edition
Touch sensor input, ntegrated Wacom® Penabled® sensor board, Stylus (Wacom® Slim Pen), Optional external 10/100MB Ethernet networking via Travel hub. File formats supported : PDF / HTML / TXT / JPG / BMP/ PNG / PRC (Mobipocket).
- Intel® 400MHz XScale™ , processor, 64 MB RAM - Built-in stereo speakers, 3.5-mm stereo headphone mini-jack - 8.1-inch (diagonal) Electronic Paper Display - 768 x 1024 pixels resolution, 160 DPI. 16 levels of grey-scale - Lithium Ion battery, Power Adapter Charging time: about 3 hours - 256MB internal flash memory of which 128MB accessible to user - Expandable via USB, MMC or CF cards - Dutch, English, German , French and Spanish - 217 x 155 x 16 mm - 435 grams (15.3 ounces) - Operating temperature: 0°C to 50°C, Storage temperature: -20°C to 70°C - -
Resources: http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/bookedition/specs

Hanlin eReader V2 (2006)
Screen:600*800 6 inches OS:Wolf Linux Format Support:PDF,DOC,WOLF,HTML, MP3,JPG,TXT,CHM,RAR,ZIP,PPT, Images ETC Touch Panel:Only slave display Expected Release Date:Only cooperators Specification: Dimensions: 194mm(L)*133.6mm(W)*13.4mm(H) Main Display: ePaper (E-ink technology) 6 Inches 600*800 pixel 4 greyscale Slave Display: STN 254*96 Pixel Storage: 64MB Nand Flash ,SD card(Support 4GB capability ) Memory: SDRAM:64MB Weight: 300g(Include battery) Battery: Li-ION 950mAh Input: Touch Panel (Only slave display) I/O: A. 3.5mm stereo audio jack for earphone B.USB 1.1 Port C.SD slot Working Temperature: 0ºC to 40ºC Keeping Temperature: -20ºC to 55ºC Format Support: PDF,DOC,WOLF,HTML,MP3,JPG,TXT,CHM,RAR,ZIP,PPT,BMP,etc CPU: Samsung Arm9 200MHz Software: Linux OS .
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Resources: http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/English/company/index.asp

Sony PRS-500 (2006)
Unsecured Text: BBeB Book, Adobe® PDF, TXT, RTF, Microsoft® Word (Conversion to the Reader-requires Word installed on your PC), DRM Text: BBeB Book (Marlin, Unsecured Audio: MP3 and AAC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP.
- - - 6-inch E-Ink "Electronic Paper" - 170ppi, 4-Level Grey Scale - rechargeable Lithium-Ion Up to 7,500 page turns - - - - 175.6 x 123.6 x 13.8mm 6.9" x 4.9" x 0.5" - 9oz - - -
Resources: http://readersinfo.com/_dl/SONY_PRS500.pdf

Hanlin V3 Jinke (2007)
Screen: 600*800 6 inches OS: Linux OS Format Support: PDF, DOC, WOLF, MP3, HTML, TXT, CHM, FB2, Djvu, PNG, TIF, GIF, BMP, JPG, PPT, EPUB, LIT, PRC, MOBI. Language Support: English, Chinese, Russian, Ukraine, Turkish, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Estonian, Polish and more Specification Dimensions: 184mm(L)*120.5mm(W)*9.9mm(H) Main Display: ePaper (E-ink technology) Storage: Internal/SD Card Memory: SDRAM : 32MB, Internal 2M NOR FLASH Weight: 220g(Include battery) Battery: Li-ION 950mAh I/O A.3.5mm stereo audio jack for earphone, B.USB 1.1 Port, C.SD slot(extendable up to 4GB) Working Temperature: 0ºC to 40ºC Keeping Temperature: -20ºC to 55ºC Format Support: PDF, DOC, WOLF, MP3, HTML, TXT, CHM, FB2, Djvu, PNG, TIF, GIF, BMP, JPG, PPT, EPUB, LIT, PRC, MOBI. CPU: Samsung Arm9 200Mhz Operating System: Linux OS.
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Resources: http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/English/embedpro/prodetail.asp?id=41

PocketBook 301
no backlit, daytime reading, portrait and landscape modes CPU: Samsung® S3C2440 A L-40 400MHz, E-Book formats: Fb2, FB2.zip, TXT, PDF, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, DJVU, DOC, EPUB, TCR; p3; Additional Software: RSS-News, Calendar, Notes, Sudoku, Games.
- Linux - Mini USB (v 2.0) - 6-inch E Ink® Vizplex - 600x800 pixels, 166 dpi B&W, 16 grayscale - Li-Polymer battery (1000 mAh) ; 100-240V ~ 50/60Hz, 0.2A Output: 5V 1A 8000 page refreshes on one charge - Operative 64Mb, Fixed 512Mb - SD, SDHC card, up to 32 Gb - - 4.7” x 7.4” x 0.3”, 118 x 118 x 8.5 mm - 6.1 ounces / 174 g - - -
Resources: http://www.pocketbookreader.com/PocketBook_301.html

PocketBook 360
Samsung® S3C2440 AL-40 400MHz processor, RAM 64 Mb, G-sensor/Accelerometer, support E-Book formats: FB2, FB2.zip, TXT, PDF, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, DJVU, DOC, EPUB, TCR, image formats: JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, additional software: RSS-News, Calendar, Notes, Sudoku, auto rotate, FBReader, change font, hard cover, many apps, no touch screen.
- Linux - Mini USB - 5-inch E Ink® Vizplex - - Li-Polymer (1000 mAh) - internal 512Mb, user-accessible 466Mb - microSD, microSDHC card - - 4.6” x 5.5” x 0.39”, 118 x 140 x 10 mm - 5.3 oz. - - -
Resources: http://www.pocketbookreader.com/PocketBook_360.html

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Reflex™ LCD Writing Tablets
No more paper, pencils, or pens. Kent Display Reflex LCD Writing Tablets are the environmentally-friendly alternative that replaces them all! Simply press on the surface with a stylus or other suitable writing instrument (even your finger) to create an image and then erase with the push of a button. By utilizing Reflex technology, no power is used retain the image, only to erase (typically supplied by a 3V watch battery)..
- - Life: 50,000 erase cycles - Kent Reflex™ LCDColor: White writing on black background (eNote) white/black, black/green or blue, orange/red, blue/yellow (custom), Contrast: High, Curvature: Wraps to 25 in diameter maxi

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Portable Media Player (PMP) update

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:43 AM PDT

ViewSonic MovieBook VPD400
Video up to 720p, support file format; AVI, RM/RMVB, MP4, MOV, PMP, MPG, DAT, H.264, H.263,JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, APE, OGG, Support eBook reader (.TXT file format) and bookmark, support multi-function, you can listen to the music while reading the eBook, .
- - USB 2.0, HD TV-OUT video output, microphone - 4.3" TFT Active Matrix LCD, 16 million true color display - 800x480 - 1800mAH Li-Ion battery up to 12 hours (audio), 6 hours (video), 3 hours HD video - 8GB NAND internal flash memory - Micro SD - - 4.4" x 3.0" x 0.5" (113 x 74.5 x 13.8mm) - 0.3 lb. (140 g) - operating temperature 32ºF –104ºF (0ºC–40ºC) - humidity 85% (non-condensing) - FCC
Resources: http://www.viewsonic.com/products/vpd400.htm

Ramos T11 蓝魔
full-FLASH interactive user interface design, telechips TCC8900 CPU, WM8988 sound chip, supports 1080P (1920×1080) and H.264 codec videos in 30FPS, AAC, APE, ASF, AVI, BMP, DAT, DivX, FLAC, FLV, GIF, H.264, JPG, MKV, MOV, MP3, MP4, MPEG, OGG, PNG, RM / RMVB, TXT, VOB, WAV, WMA, WMV, Xvid, photo viewing, small picture preview, slide shows, screen rotate zoom, music background, capable as ebook reader.
- - miniUSB USB-OTG (On-The-Go), HDMI output, speaker, microphone, dual 3.5mm headphone jacks - 5 inch TFT LCD touchscreen display - 800x480, 16 million colors - Up to 8 hours (full load) - 16GB of built-in memory - microSD card extension slot up to 32GB - Chinese, English - 130 x 84 x 12mm - 178 g - - - CE, FCC
Resources: http://www.ramos.com.cn/info.php?newsid=285 http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-95b65edc18abbdd5edbf69dc656523cf.htm

Ramos T3 蓝魔
system support hassel, support folder, folder play, folder browse, MP3 (MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3), WMA audio format, ID3 V1, ID3 V2 2.0, ID3 V2 3.0, ID3 V2 4.0 tag display, ASF (MPEG 4) 320X240 @ 30f/s video format, support EXIF2.1 jpg, calendar time display.
- - USB 2.0, 18 +18 mW (16Ω) SNR 90dB speaker, 3.5mm headphone output, line input - 2.5-inch TFT LCD - 320x240, 26 million colors - Built-in lithium battery 5 hours playing time - 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB - SD Card /MMC - Chinese, English - 88 × 66 × 16mm - 60 g - operation temperature -5º~ 40ºC - - CE, FCC
Resources: http://www.ramos.com.cn/product.php?productid=12&text=5

Ramos ICON2 T7+
a webcam capture flash-based HD video with H.264 codec in MP4 format, support 1280×720p HD video playback and support RMVB, AVI, WMV, VOB, FLV, MPEG..etc video formats, FM tuner.
- - HDMI output - 4.3-inch touchscreen display - 800 × 480 - 6 hours or more battery life - - microSD slot - Chinese, English - - - - -
Resources: http://www.ramos.com.cn/info.php?newsid=345 http://www.ramos.com.cn/info.php?newsid=292

Samsung YP-R1 Beat DJ PMP (2009-07)
supports most media formats including DivX, XviD, H.264, MPEG4, WMVAVI, ASF, MOV video, FM Radio with RDS, MP3, AAC, WMA, Ogg, FLAC, WAV audio format, voice recording, Beat D feature, Bluetooth® 2.0+ EDR.
- - microphone - 2.4-inch TFT LCD touchscreen - WQVGA - 50 hours of audio playback or 4 hours of video - 8GB or 16GB internal memory - - - 85.2 x 45.5 x 8.9mm - 50g - - -
Resources: http://www.samsung.com/uk/news/newsRead.do?news_seq=14502 http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100309005746&newsLang=en

Samsung YP-R0
common media formats are supported including MP3, OGG, WMA, ASF, FLAC, WAV, AAC audio; MPEG4, WMV video; JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF image files, voice recording, Beat D feature, Bluetooth® 2.0+ EDR, RDS FM tuner.
- - microphone - 2.6-inch TFT LCD touchscreen - WQVGA - six hours of battery life for video and 30 hours for audio - 8GB internal memory - microSD card slot - - 85.2 x 45.5 x 8.9mm - 60g - - -
Resources: http://www.samsung.com/uk/news/newsRead.do?news_seq=14502 http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100309005746&newsLang=en

Hott MD500
ARM9 Rockchip processor, 720p video playback.
- Android - - 4.8-inch - 800 x 480 - - - - - - 200g - - -
Resources: http://hott.net.cn/EN/Channels/Home/index.asp

Cowon A5
It supports common media formats, including H.264 MPEG4-AVC, DivX, XviD, WMV, OGG, FLAC..etc, Music Jet Effect 3.0 & BBE+ real sound music, video player, Three version are available, the standard V5, the V5 DMB with built-in DMB tuner and the V5 DIC with dictionaries pre-loaded..
- Windows CE 6.0 - USB 2.0, HDMI, TV-out, built-in speaker - 4.8-inch TFT LCD, touchscreen - 800x480, WVGA - rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery music playback max. 45 hours, videos max. 10 hour, sleep mode max 300 hours - - SD card slot - - 128x82x15.7mm - 197g - operating temperature 0ºC~40ºC - -
Resources: http://www.cowonglobal.com/ http://product.cowon.com/product/COWONV5/product_page_1.php

Cowon O2PMP
It supports common media formats, including AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MKV, OGM, MPG/MPEG, DAT, MTV, MPEG Layer 1/2/3, WMA, AC3, OGG Vorbis, AAC, FLAC, BSAC, True Audio, WavPack, G.726, PCM, Photo viewer support JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP, RAW, document support TXT, EUC-JP (Japanese) GB2312(SC), Big5(TC), ISO-8859, 10 band EQ + EQ filter, BBE JetEffect, notepad, calculator.
- Windows CE 6.0 - USB 2.0, built-in speaker, mono microphone, TV-out - 4.3-inch TFT LCD - 480x272 - rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery music playback max. 45 hours, videos max. 10 hour, sleep mode max 300 hours - - SD card slot - - 119.5x73.4x18mm - 205g battery included - operating temperature 0ºC~40ºC - -
Resources: http://www.cowonglobal.com/

Cowon A3
TI DM6441 processor, integrated DMB digital TV receiver T-DMB/1SEG regional spec, support AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MKV(Matroska), OGM, MPG/MPEG, DAT, MTV movie format, MP3/2/1, WMA, ASF, FLAC, OGG, M4A, MKA, AC3, TTA, APE, MPC, WV, WAV, CSD Viewer (convert any printable formats such as PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, HWP, GUL, HTML into CSD format), document support TXT, EUC-JP (Japanese) GB2312(SC), Big5(TC), ISO-8859, video recording in ASF format, max 720x480 resolution, 3Mbps.
- Linux - USB 2.0, earphone jack, AV out, AV in, S-video, speaker, mono microphone - 4-inch TFT LCD - 800x480 - rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery music playback max. 9 hours, videos max. 7 hour - 1.8-inch 30Gb/60Gb/80Gb FAT32 file system - SD card slot - - 133.4x78.5x22mm - 280g based on 30Gb hard disk - operating temperature 0ºC~40ºC - -
Resources: http://www.cowonglobal.com http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320dm6441.html

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When most people think to create a portrait, Illustrator isn’t the first program that comes to mind. Photoshop, sure. Pencil and paper, definitely. Even paints or collage seem obvious. But Illustrator?

The truth is, though, some truly fantastic portraits have been created in Illustrator and other vector art programs. And the process can be as difficult or straight-forward as you choose to make it. Most designers seem to start out with a photo, though others have been created from scratch and may even be fictional characters with no reference image. In any case, the end results are fantastic, whether they’re kept a bit more abstract and two-dimensional or they’ve gone for a more realistic final result.

Vector Portraits

Portrait by oddhouse

Self Portrait April 09 by j3concepts

Self Portrait Number Something by verucasalt82

Female Portrait by mftalon

Illustrator Portrait by KrisCynical

Self Portrait for ID by Un-divine

School Portrait by whmurai

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Portrait by Alexxxx1

Vector Portrait by J-Ro-20

Utopian. by belldandies

The Royal Portrait Part Deux by ArtistHazzard

Portrait by CQcat

Self Portrait II by PhunkyVenom

Self Portrait KDLIG by K-A-D-L

adrianaLima by cd-marcus

Stephanie by verucasalt82

Ewa by lafor

Self-portrait by heloisabrites

Portrait of Kanon by DigitalImpulses

Green by exit82

Ilona by MARiKaArt

Vector Portrait by naunet

Gackt by jmlan

Mother by solgas

Human Face by Lazunov Iaroslav

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