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Topic: my first cover |
Pat
Replies: 13
Views: 4105
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:06 pm Subject: my first cover |
Delurking just to say, "absolutely delicious."
-Pat |
Topic: JPEG virus |
Pat
Replies: 34
Views: 12272
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:56 pm Subject: JPEG virus |
A working version of the exploit (including infected .jpg) is now circulating on Usenet. I took a look at the code and, despite what the pundits claim, found it to be a tepid implementation --as in it ... |
Topic: JPEG virus |
Pat
Replies: 34
Views: 12272
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:16 am Subject: JPEG virus |
Dragging this topic back from the grave with a timely update:
"Microsoft, which recommended immediate updates, said the newly discovered vulnerability could allow remote-code execution thanks to a ... |
Topic: ROBOT DANCE |
Pat
Replies: 9
Views: 3972
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:42 am Subject: ROBOT DANCE |
It really does need a disco ball.
-Pat |
Topic: Softwares to create Anime drawings and animations? |
Pat
Replies: 3
Views: 1552
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 9:36 am Subject: Softwares to create Anime drawings and animations? |
View my post [url=http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=35508]here for some links and info on animation programs.
Chruser, there are actually 2D animation programs which fully support bones and I ... |
Topic: Little Help? I completely mangled my Wacom/Painter Settings |
Pat
Replies: 4
Views: 1859
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:54 am Subject: Little Help? I completely mangled my Wacom/Painter Settings |
This setting brings Painter 8 close to Painter 7's pressure default. It's not perfect, but it's close enough. Tweak to taste. Brush behaviors change radically when you mess with these settings, so go ... |
Topic: Need suggestions on new computer... |
Pat
Replies: 29
Views: 9244
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 12:56 pm Subject: Need suggestions on new computer... |
They've coded it at least twice; don't forget OSX. A 2 gig limitation is in place for Photoshop 7 under OSX due to Adobe's code, despite the fact that OSX allows a maximum of 4 gigs of RAM per process ... |
Topic: Maintaining pencil quality in scans |
Pat
Replies: 4
Views: 32474
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 1:06 pm Subject: Maintaining pencil quality in scans |
I scan a lot of pencil material as well. Extremely subtle tonal differences are difficult to capture in the best of circumstances, especially with older 24-bit hardware or even on newer "large" flatbe ... |
Topic: Los Angeles area artists |
Pat
Replies: 9
Views: 3092
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 10:25 am Subject: Los Angeles area artists |
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-Pat |
Topic: Another interesting-looking foreign sci-fi flick |
Pat
Replies: 3
Views: 1556
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:14 am Subject: Another interesting-looking foreign sci-fi flick |
Casshern is based on Casshan Robot Hunter, the old Tatsunoko anime from the 70's; not that you could tell from that site. This version is shaping up to be one of the most expensive Japanese films ever ... |
Topic: Immortel |
Pat
Replies: 4
Views: 2446
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:41 am Subject: Immortel |
It's based on the [url=http://www.humanoids-publishing.com/products/prod.php?id=66]Nikopol Trilogy. Buy the comic, it's cool. The story is a little plodding in parts, but it's got great concepts swirl ... |
Topic: 'Call Outs' in Photoshop |
Pat
Replies: 3
Views: 2162
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:49 pm Subject: 'Call Outs' in Photoshop |
Stroke on the inside so the points are sharper.
-Pat |
Topic: Keyboard short-cuts dont work on PS CS? |
Pat
Replies: 9
Views: 3142
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 2:14 am Subject: Keyboard short-cuts dont work on PS CS? |
You heard him right the first time, wanker. Buy it.
-Pat |
Topic: Question about Painter 7 |
Pat
Replies: 2
Views: 1405
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:07 am Subject: Question about Painter 7 |
That happens with smear type brushes. In the layers palette, make sure to click on the option called "Pick Up Underlying Color".
-Pat |
Topic: New workstation setup, for art and music? |
Pat
Replies: 22
Views: 8372
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:09 am Subject: New workstation setup, for art and music? |
I think Windows is going to want to match your RAM total for the swap file --and one of the worst performance hits you'll be taking on a system like that is when Windows has to dynamically add to the ... |
Topic: jittery line in ps7 with wacom |
Pat
Replies: 11
Views: 3978
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:22 am Subject: jittery line in ps7 with wacom |
In the Photoshop 7 brushes palette is an option called "smoothing". Make sure it is selected because it enables tablet interpolation, which will help you get smoother lines.
You can also be sufferi ... |
Topic: Ghost in the shell 2: Innocence (Mamoru oshii)!! |
Pat
Replies: 3
Views: 1624
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:24 am Subject: Ghost in the shell 2: Innocence (Mamoru oshii)!! |
They're coming out in sequential order. The Original GITS movie takes place in 2029. The TV series, Stand Alone Complex takes place in 2030 and Innocence is set in 2032.
-Pat |
Topic: news and choons |
Pat
Replies: 4
Views: 1729
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:13 am Subject: news and choons |
Congrats on getting the new job! Too bad it's in Atlanta though --never cared much for that city. Guess this means your new year's resolution is already fulfilled?
-Pat |
Topic: Ok, this didn't really have to do with dips, PS question |
Pat
Replies: 6
Views: 2638
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:56 pm Subject: Ok, this didn't really have to do with dips, PS question |
Oh, but I beg to differ; there are dips with more than five digits. I'm beginning to suspect that you're one of them.
-Pat |
Topic: The Speedpainting Thread (IV) |
Pat
Replies: 40861
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:58 am Subject: The Speedpainting Thread (IV) |
I'm in a strange downward spiral.
http://www.patduke.com/images/uzumaki.jpg
-Pat |
Topic: The Speedpainting Thread (IV) |
Pat
Replies: 40861
Views: 17830268
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 4:02 pm Subject: The Speedpainting Thread (IV) |
Sometimes painting is like climbing a rope of sand.
http://www.patduke.com/images/sloppycity.jpg |
Topic: Colour Wheel Confusion - Help! RGB vs RYB |
Pat
Replies: 9
Views: 3372
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 1:58 am Subject: Colour Wheel Confusion - Help! RGB vs RYB |
RYB is the traditional painter's palette. It's a subtractive color model based on mixing paint. RGB is an additive color model arrived at mathmatically and used to display color on video devices. To a ... |
Topic: Painter Hotkeys |
Pat
Replies: 2
Views: 1369
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:02 am Subject: Painter Hotkeys |
Chapter 25 of the Painter 8 user manual details ALL the keyboard shortcuts!! Cool! Just flip to page 453 and you're so in-the-know! The answer to your second question is on page 51 of the manual! Neat ... |
Topic: animation program |
Pat
Replies: 12
Views: 5708
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 11:18 am Subject: animation program |
Every digital animation studio I know has a copy of After Effects. Most of them don't use it for primary animation chores, even though it can handle them. Instead, there's always some compositing issu ... |
Topic: anyone know about this? AVRO ARROW |
Pat
Replies: 12
Views: 4023
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 12:09 pm Subject: anyone know about this? AVRO ARROW |
No offense, but displaced Avro engineers had little impact on the direction of American flight. If anything, most of the promising aeronautic developments in the 50's were derived solely from stolen G ... |
Topic: anyone know about this? AVRO ARROW |
Pat
Replies: 12
Views: 4023
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2003 2:20 pm Subject: anyone know about this? AVRO ARROW |
Many of Avro's designs were bought and paid for by American cash. I'm reasonably certain that's why both prototypes of the Avro "Avrocar", John Frost's innovative flying saucer, are in American museum ... |
Topic: Painter 8 RGB>CMYK question? |
Pat
Replies: 2
Views: 1489
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:41 am Subject: Painter 8 RGB>CMYK question? |
The short answer is that you can't. The long answer is more like you probably won't need to.
Painter's ability to control ink densities is weak. You're better off working in Painter and moving your ... |
Topic: Photoshop CS |
Pat
Replies: 75
Views: 34582
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:16 am Subject: Photoshop CS |
I'm a firm believer staying in current. But there's a practical cost to living on the edge as compared to within walking distance of it. [url=http://www.barefeats.com/quick.html]Photoshop CS benchmark ... |
Topic: Painter 7 "area averaging" |
Pat
Replies: 3
Views: 1491
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:58 am Subject: Painter 7 "area averaging" |
Yeah, I saw the same website. However, it's not a bug, it's simply a code change. The same code is still in Painter 8, so upgrading will not correct the issue. Starting in version 7 the function chang ... |
Topic: Painter 7 "area averaging" |
Pat
Replies: 3
Views: 1491
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 3:19 pm Subject: Painter 7 "area averaging" |
Area averaging isn't enabled the same way as it is in Photoshop. The function is pretty misleading since it only works on images that are viewed at under 100%. Additionally, the algorithm appears bili ... |
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