Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Nemate vremena da procitate lektiru?

Nemate vremena da procitate lektiru? Neko je vec uradio domaci za vas: http://www.lektire.org/

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Hear your text

Say Expressivo web site will say whatever you want him (or her :) to say. You can choose between Jennifer (female US-English voice), Carmen (female Romanian), Jacek (male Polish) and Ewa (female Polish)...

Friday, September 28, 2007

Panoramic photos

viewAt.org is site where anybody can upload their panoramic format photos and relate them to the place where they were taken. Start page is Google Maps mashup, where you can select place you want to see.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Unleashed Stream

Unleashed Stream

With our FLV players you can stream unlimited content to show on your website or blog. It's easy, you don't need to host any file. Stream your favorite videos from:
YouTube
Dailymotion
1Dawg
Veoh
and others that use .FLV files...

Create and Share floorplans online

Create and Share floorplans online

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Chordstudio, komponujte svoju pesmu

Odlična strana gde možete vrlo lako da napišete svoju pesmu i da stvorite svoju muziku i sve to i odmah da preslušate.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Free Picasa photo gallery and slideshow web templates


Free Picasa templates


Here are some Picasa web templates to create web photo galleries and
slideshows using Google's Picasa without any knowledge of HTML, CSS
and Javascript.


Feel free to download them and adjust colours etc.
to your preferences. Many people already jave created their won galleries
using these templates. Some have added some personal flavour. See list
of sites using these templates



The Stopdesign Photo Gallery templates for Picasa


An adaptation of the original
templates
by Douglas Bowman, which require Movable Type. This Picasa
version is, of course, functionally much more limited. But look and feel
are very similar and it will run on any system. Creates an index page
with thumbnails and an album description (if available) and a separate
page for each image including a thumbnail of the next and previous image.


lightbox preview


Download and demo




Lightbox Photo Gallery and Slideshow


The Lightbox template is using the excellent Lightbox
JS by Lakesh Dakar
. This template is one of the most popular in this
gallery.


lightbox preview


Download and demo




Fotoplayer 2.0 Flash Slideshow


The Fotoplayer 2.0 template is powered by the excellent Flash gallery and
slideshow by Dhinakaran
Annamalai
.
It's also available as a JAlbum extension.


 preview


Download and demo




Thickbox Photo Gallery


Template similar to the Lightbox template. The Thickbox template uses the javascript
library from Cody Lindly


 preview


Download and demo




XFade Slideshow


Template for a straight forward simple fade in fade out, automatically
running, slide show. The Xfade template uses a script from http://slayeroffice.com


 preview


Download and demo




Simple Scroller Photo Gallery


Template with square sized thumbnails and a white and a black style.


 preview


Download and demo




Highslide Photo Gallery and Slideshow


Template with square sized thumbnails and the possibility to add a (longer)
description. The images adjust automatically to your monitor's rsolution.
The Highslide template uses the Javascript thumbnail viewer from http://vikjavev.no/highslide/.
Please note that Highslide JS is not free for commercial use.


 preview


Download and demo





Source: paulvanroekel

Monday, June 18, 2007

Read/Write Web




So you've shot your masterpiece, but it's a little rough around the edges. If you have any hope of winning that Oscar, you're going to need to do a little editing. But renting out an editing bay means thousands of dollars and figuring out what all the shortcut keys on the Avid keyboard do. But wait, you're in luck! Friday evening, YouTube launched their new video editing tool: YouTube Remixer, in partnership with Adobe. Avid it's not, but perhaps it's just what you need to turn your raw vacation footage into Spielberg or Coppola.



Unfortunately, YouTube's Remixer debuted to some rather tepid reviews, in part because it is more or less the same software Adobe rolled out with Photobucket in March. But wait, you're in luck again! There are a bunch of other online video editing tools, and we'll take a brief look at some of them below (though again, don't expect Avid).


Video Editing Tools





Jumpcut lets you upload video, photos, and audio, or import from Flickr or Facebook, and edit using a Flash interface. Add titles, effects, transitions, music, and split and crop video tracks. Then publish your video and let others remix it. Jumpcut also has some social networking features (like groups). Jumpcut is probably the best of the online video editors, though I really wish there was a way to export videos off the site.




Of the bunch, Jumpcut's editor most resembles the feel of offline editors, like iMovie.








Eyespot is a full featured editor like Jumpcut. It lets you upload video, photos, and audio and then add transitions, effects, titles, and music. The editor isn't as attractive and easy to use, in my opinion, as Jumpcut's, but Eyespot offers a good deal of free media sets from partners like The Colbert Report, Public Enemy, and Dreamworks Pictures.








Movie Masher lets web site owners offer editing and remixing capabilities to their visitors via a sophisticated flash widget, which can be customized to match the look of your web site. The editing tools allow you to sequence and trim clips, add effects, transitions, titles, and music, using a familiar timeline editor.








Cuts lets you import video from MySpace, YouTube, and Google video (or anywhere you can get the direct .FLV URL) and then make your own "cut" by removing scenes, looping scenes, and adding captions and sound effects.




(Almost) Video Editing Tools





Mojiti isn't a video editing tool in the way that the YouTube Remixer, Jumpcut, Eyespot, Movie Masher, or even Cuts are, but it still probably warrants a mention in this round up. Instead, Mojiti lets you annotate videos you import from just about any video site out there. You can use it to add properly timed titles, captions, or translations to videos.




You could use Mojiti to put lyrics on a music video, for example.








Vidavee Graffiti lets you add effects to YouTube videos (like cartoon speech bubbles, titles, and frames). I found the interface kind of clumsy and hard to use, but maybe you'll have better luck.








muveeMix is a way to arrange your videos and photos to music, add titles and credits and export them to your blog or social network profile. It doesn't offer nearly as much control as, say, Jumpcut, but isn't as complicated either.

JukePix.com create funny pics

What is JukePix?

JukePix.com provides you with an awesome tool that will allow you to upload your photos and edit them into our templates. Browse through hundreds of templates and upload your photo. Customize it by resizing it so it fits perfectly into one of our template. Save your JukePix and share it with your friends. JukePix will work with websites like myspace.com, tagworld.com, xanga.com, friendster.com, facebook.com, blogs or any other websites that allows html code.

Share your funny JukePix with your friends or family. Anyone that views your JukePix will be allowed to comment on it. Just login to check your comments, see your saved JukePix's or create more.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Photoshop je cudo, tutorial za peglanje lica

Mizuno's Super Airbrush PP Tutorial!

First things first, we need a 'Before' shot. I quickly scanned the net for something appropriate and came up with the following:



A pretty girl, with some skin blemishes, the perfect candidate for my tutorial. Now let me say right from the beginning, I don't think this girl needs any airbrush treatment - but for the sake of this tutorial, we'll assume that she is a client who has requested it.

Step 1

After opening our image up in Photoshop, the first thing we will do is to use the Heal Brush to remove any obvious marks or blemishes. You can be as thorough as you like here, as the cleaner the skin is to start with, the better the results at the end. Use an appropriate brush size (quite small) in order to sample and brush away the blemishes without losing any important detail.



Step 2

Once you are finished with the Heal Brush, duplicate the layer and apply the Dust and Scratches filter.

Filter > Noise > Dust & Scratches

For this example, I used a radius of 5 pixels and a threshold of 0. You can adjust these to suit your image as needed. The result you are looking for is a creamy blend of features, without too much banding.



Step 3

The next filter we are going to use is the good old Gaussion Blur. This will remove any banding that might have occurred in the previous step, and give the whole image a creamier complexion.

Filter > Blur > Gaussion Blur

I used a radius of 2 for this example. Again, adjust as appropriate for each image.



Step 4

The final step in preparing our model's new complexion is to add some texture. We all know that human skin is not generally a creamy plastic looking substance, so by adding some noise we will give the process a more realistic look.

Filter > Noise > Add Noise

I used an amout of 0.7% noise, distributed uniformly with Monochromatic selected. As always, adjust to suit your image.



Step 5

Ok! Our model's new 'skin' is now ready to use.

Add a layer mask to the layer we have been filtering and fill it with black. This will essentially cause the image to disappear and the layer beneath (our original) will show through. Don't worry - it's still there, it's just been hidden or 'masked'.



Step 6

Now comes the fun part! In this step we get the 'paint' the models new skin on. It is at this stage that a steady hand and attention to details comes to the fore.

Select the Brush Tool and make sure your colour selected is White. I initally chose a brush size of 30 pixels and a hardness of 0%. You will need to adjust the size of your brush as you progress over the image in order to fit into the tight corners etc.

The aim of the game at this step is to paint the 'new and improved' skin over the original skin, without interfering with the other detail we want to retain such as hair, eyes, mouth etc.

If you do accidently paint over something you didn't want to, simply change the brush colour to black and you can erase your errant work again.



Step 7

Once you have finished your 'painting' you should have an image and layers pallette that appears something like this:



Step 8

Now for some minor cosemtic changes. Our model appeared a little red skinned (perhaps too much sun) so I need a quick way to balance the colour out a little. I will simply add a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer. Just a minor tweak by increasing the Hue slider by 6 points will even out the colour in this example.

Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation



Step 9

Now we will add another adjustment layer, but this time use a goold old fashioned Photo Filter. I chose Sepia with a density of 50% whilst preserving Luminosity. This will further settle the colours in our image and give a more realistic skin tone.

Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter



Step 10

The bulk of our work is now done, but we are going to take a detour for a moment to liven up our model's eyes who's brightness may have suffered in our previous two steps.

We will created a new layer and make a circular selection to match our model's eye. We then simply fill the layer with a green colour of our choice and set the layer to Overlay.



Step 11

We then need to add a Layer Mask to our new inner eye and mask away (using a brush with black colour selected) the green that overlaps where it shouldn't.

Once we are happy with the shape of the new inner eye, we will reduce the opacity of the layer to around 30% to give a more natural colour.



Remember to repeat this process for both eyes!

Step 12

The final process we will apply is to sharpen our image a little bit. Instead of using the normal Unsharp Mask filter, we will opt for a much better process, albeit a little more complicated for the first timer.

First up we need to duplicate our original layer. Simply drag the original layer onto the new layer button on the layers pallette - that will do the trick. Set this new layer to Overlay the original layer.



Now apply a High Pass filter to the new layer.

Filter > Other > High Pass



I used a radius of 23.2 pixels, but the main objective here is to get your preview to look a fraction over-sharpened.

Once that filter is applied you can adjust the opacity of the layer and it will increase/decrease the level of sharpening. A very handy layer indeed! I ended up with an opacity of 30%



ALL DONE

Wow, we've made it. What a marathon...

Our finished product should look something like this:



I hope someone finds this little tutorial useful, it's the first time I have tried my hand at documenting what I do. I thought it might also be helpful if I provided the layers version of the Photoshop file I used on this very example for those of you who like to tinker under the bonnet and learn that way. You can download the 3mb file here.

Good luck with your post processing!