You may or may not know that Photoshop has a newer more dynamic way to deal with layer contents and filters than the old process of try, undo, and try again.  Smart Layers and Smart Filters are meant to give you a non-destructive way to tweak filters and layers. Read more

I can remember when I finally got permission at school to use Alias Studio on one of only two SGI Octane machines.  At the time, you had to get special permission just to be able to use them because they were so expensive.  The reputation of the software and the high quality of output for movies like Jurassic Park were pretty exciting to me, so I pushed to learn it.  About a year later, Studio became Maya and was released for Windows NT.  This was considered the ultimate software at the time… Read more

Oftentimes when working on a job we’ll realize that what we’re working on would also be a pretty cool desktop image. So of course we go ahead and render out a frame for that purpose. A bit self-indulgent I guess, but it is still better than that default Windows hill picture with the yellow flowers. Mac users still have better default options, but I am not declaring I am a Mac or I'm a PC anytime soon. Anyhoo, here are three of those we've done in the past that we think people may like. They are not obtrusive unless you have 50 icons on your desktop. Read more