JoeC's blog

When working with stock footage, one problem that I constantly face is the issue of "cleanliness". Yes, cleanliness, most stock footage is HD and so sharp you can cut digital steak with it. Well, not anymore, as in walks Aged Film from Digieffects.

Check this out.

Nothing special here. Just tinkering around. Can't wait to show you all CS5!

Ok, I like this better than what i plan on doing for tomorrow nights meeting so I am posting this one. :P Photoshop can become an addiction. This is my first hackish use of EZMask. I can recommend this product for those who are not in love with masking difficult areas. This image wasn't tremendously difficult, but it did have a lot of similar colors which always makes for a tough challenge.

Well, our next meeting is coming up and I am excited. We have grown a lot in the past couple of sessions and it is really exciting to see how this community is coming together. I wanted to take this moment to tell you about one of the raffles that is on the plate.

Alien Skin Software - Snap Art 2

Alien Skin has release its latest version of the turn a photo into art software Snap Art 2.

I have been playing with it and it is really fun. I am a horrible photographer, and an even worse artist. But this plug in helped me make something I might hang up in my house, like the closet behind all the clothes with the lights off. That's not how i feel about this plugin, just about my work. Anyhow here is a before and after example of what you can do with Snap Art. I will be giving away a copy at our up and coming meeting.

Well, 12:30 am and I am already nervous. Looks like tomorrows meeting will be HUGE. That is if all t he facebookers come. Otherwise, we will just be VERY BIG. Anyhow I look forward to seeing you all and just wanted to give you a bit of a preview of the project we will work on. I just finished it and am pretty proud. Get ready to do vector masks! Look forward to seeing you there!

Happy New Year everyone! Phew, I have finally finished the Calendar for 2010. I have to say this was a pretty substantial accomplishment to start off the new decade (or to close the decade depending on your viewpoint.) We have never had a calendar of events and tutorials before so it was a bit of a challange, and I hope it is an appreciated venture away from our typical ad hoc way of doing things.

Anyhow, I did have a blast creating the calendar image. I am rather proud of it, as it was my first use of the vanishing point tool.

Happy Holidays everyone! Had a little fun in Illustrator before HP kicked me out for the holidays. MMMMM forced vacation time, gotta love rest! Hope you all have safe and happy holidays with your loved ones.

This is my first blog. Bloggity blog blog blog. Not really sure what we are supposed to do here except ramble on mindlessly. At least that is what I have seen from other blogs. I guess I could mention that I am starting a e-commerce business called chicky baby. We will be selling "sensible" baby and mothercare products. Our main product comes from a company called hippy chick and is a back supporting child seat that you wear like a belt.

Here is our logo for our web presence which I spent quite a bit of time on. Website is coming soon.