LICC invites passionate visual artists, regardless of experience or nationality, to submit their innovative artwork for inclusion in the LICC competition. The artwork is juried by a board of internationally esteemed artists, writers, curators, gallery owners and other luminaries of the visual arts. The jury-selected finalists and shortlist will be published in the LICC Annual Awards Book, on this website and will be announced to the creative arts and media outlets worldwide. The 15 finalists work will be presented at the LICC awards ceremony in London, one prize-winner will be chosen by the jury to receive the £2,000 cash prize.
Photoshop has been a part of every web designer’s life since they picked up their first mouse. On February 10th, 2010, Photoshop turns twenty. To mark this anniversary, Smashing Magazine have come up with an article that takes you through the evolution of Photoshop from its modest beginnings as a bundled program sold with scanners to its current version.
Wordpress released the latest 2.9 version, there are some cool features including Global undo/”trash” – if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave. Built-in image editor allows you to crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images. Batch plugin update and compatibility checking, which means you can update 10 plugins at once, versus having to do multiple clicks for each one. Easier video embeds that allow you to just paste a URL on its own line and have it magically turn it into the proper embed code.
After more than one and a half years of development, the world biggest multitouch multi-user wall has now been launched at Nürburgring, Germany. The two-piece ring°wall consists of a LED display and a multitouch information-wall and impresses by its size: a total surface of 425 square meters, which equals more than 6000 computer displays, is the biggest of its kind. An interactive World emerges out of 34 million pixels generated by 15 high definition projectors and is supported by 30 directional speakers. Multitouch sensors basing on laser technology, convert the usage of the natural user interface into an experience. More than 80 users can simultaneously get informed about news and activities around the ringworld.
A very interesting motion book project by Tristan Hohne, sent to me by VFS DD alumni Stefan Belavy. For me the interesting part of this is the connection between a physical and virtual. The book can stand on its own and is enhanced by its connection with a rich visual and audio experience. I think this concept could be pushed further then it is by developing a system that automatically detects the page you are on and also allows you to move the book on the screen. What do you think?
Demonstration by Adrian Ludwig
Adobe announced the first Android device to be shipped with the Flash plug-in is the HTC Hero. The device supports Flash Lite 3.1 and not the previously announced full Flash Player 10, which means ActionScript 3.0 would not be supported, only up to Flash Player 9 movies made in ActionScript 2.0 will be playable. Adobe claims that this means that up to 85% of Flash on the Internet will be supported. “The new phone delivers a more complete Web browsing experience and provides access to a broad variety of Flash technology based content available on the Web today.” Read full article
“As a top of the range device it sports multi-touch HVGA, accelerometers, GPS, Compass, WIFI, a 5MP Camera and the incredible Android Webkit Browser. With Flash the web browsing experience on the device is fantastic, rich and gives you access to a more complete Internet. In this mobile optimized runtime we also have support for streaming audio. You’ll be able to interact with games and rich Internet sites, widgets and of course the HTC Hero is a touch device with a huge HVGA (320×480 px) screen.” Full article on Flash Mobile Blog
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“Using random circles to recreate content fed from a video camera, and reacting accordingly to the camera activity levels. Requires an accessible video input (like a webcam) to work.”
Yet again we have another Brutal Entertainment poster. This show will be rad and have a great turnout because of the awesome lineup. My good friends Titans Eve will be playing Thrashing the shit out of Pub 340.
