Takagi Masakatsu: Sound of Light

I thank Tina at swissmiss for introducing me to this great video from Takagi Masakatsu called Sound of Light. She credits Christina for the same. I recommend checking out swissmiss. Tina was one of the original inspirations for my own blog back in 2006, and her's is still one of my favorites. She got me hooked on recording the things I find of interest, in the interest you too may find it, well, interesting. I think this video is.

Seam Carving: Next Gen Image Manipulation

My friend Chris tipped me off to an amazing image manipulation algorithm developed by Shai Avidan, who was recently hired by Adobe. He calls this technolgy "Seam Carving for Content-Aware Resizing." The obvious thought then would be that this technology might make it into the CS4 product line. All I can saw is WOW, and I hope so. Check out this video. It becomes gets amazing about midway through. Also, check out John Nock's blog for two more heavyhitters joining the Adobe ranks.


( via Chris's tip to techcrunch )

Nik Ainley: Shiny Binary Goodness

ShinyBinary is the web home of Nik Ainley—a designer who taught himself Photoshop in his spare time. (Punk). His raw artist skills are rivaled by his incredible sense of typography. This guy is way in front of the curve.

( via EyesOnCreativity )

Photoshop Online: No Big Surprise

Like others, I'd seen this coming. Here's an interesting article regarding Adobe's move to a hosted web version of Photoshop. It will be free, and the business model will rely on online advertising. I suggested in a couple previous BarryBlog posts here and here that this was likely going to be the case sooner than later.

( by Martin LaMonica and Mike Ricciuti Staff Writer, CNET News.com )
( via Damien at designwire's newswire )