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Using dA resources to create journal templates
*eCSSited
reports, 1d 22h ago
reports, 1d 22h agoAn article that shows you how to use the resources of dA to create your own journal templates.
And there are plenty of awesome tutorials, stock images, guidelines, application resources and much more!
And there are plenty of awesome tutorials, stock images, guidelines, application resources and much more!
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Adobe Illustrator Tutorials - Best Of: Part 2
¢mindfuckx
reports, October 9
reports, October 9"In this post you’ll find some basic tutorials on getting started with certain aspects of Illustrator and some of its specific tools. You’ll also find more advanced tutorials that deal with all of the potential that Illustrator brings to graphic design."
- smashingmagazine.com
- smashingmagazine.com
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7 Ingredients Of Good Corporate Design
`manicho
reports, October 8
reports, October 8A great article at Smashing Magazine that every designer should check. If you're into Coroporate Design, I'm sure you will find this info really useful.
It’s hard to define design. We have a broad range of definitions to choose from: design refers not only to graphic design, but to design strategy, too. It is used in a variety of industries, such as engineering, architecture and Web design.
This means that design is not just graphical in nature (which is a form of visual artistic representation), but also the planning of processes to achieve certain goals. Large corporations clearly understand this and incorporate every form of design into their strategy to achieve success.
For a good corporate design, we need to be aware of two main elements, which can be further broken down into a total of seven “ingredients”.
It’s hard to define design. We have a broad range of definitions to choose from: design refers not only to graphic design, but to design strategy, too. It is used in a variety of industries, such as engineering, architecture and Web design.
This means that design is not just graphical in nature (which is a form of visual artistic representation), but also the planning of processes to achieve certain goals. Large corporations clearly understand this and incorporate every form of design into their strategy to achieve success.
For a good corporate design, we need to be aware of two main elements, which can be further broken down into a total of seven “ingredients”.
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Stock to Art - Anthro
^Hanratty-Stock
reports, October 4
reports, October 4A quick feature showing how you can use stock photos for your anthro art.
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From Stock to Art #33
*almudena-stock
reports, October 4
reports, October 4Feature by *almudena-stock showing what can be done with stock.
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Resources Round up // September
^znow-white
reports, October 3
reports, October 3Septembers round up of wonderful Resources,Contests and Features together with delicious nibbly bits ...
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Stock Community Choices: III
^Hanratty-Stock reports, October 3
reports, October 3Some more deviants send in the stock they'd like to see featured - spread the love!
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AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER'S BEST TEXTURES !
=ArtOfDecay-Stock
reports, October 2
reports, October 2A look at August's and September's most amazing textures !
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Learning proportion and perspective
=chop-stix
reports, October 1
reports, October 1Proportion and perspective can be scary if you don't know the basic rules that apply to them - find tutorials and information here! ^-^
Resources News This Week
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Adobe Illustrator Tutorials - Best Of: Part 2
¢mindfuckx reports, October 9
reports, October 9"In this post you’ll find some basic tutorials on getting started with certain aspects of Illustrator and some of its specific tools. You’ll also find more advanced tutorials that deal with all of the potential that Illustrator brings to graphic design."
- smashingmagazine.com
- smashingmagazine.com
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Using dA resources to create journal templates
*eCSSited reports, 1d 22h ago
reports, 1d 22h agoAn article that shows you how to use the resources of dA to create your own journal templates.
And there are plenty of awesome tutorials, stock images, guidelines, application resources and much more!
And there are plenty of awesome tutorials, stock images, guidelines, application resources and much more!
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Stock to Art - Digital Art - Drawings
^Hanratty-Stock reports, 1d 19h ago
reports, 1d 19h agoTaking a look at what the humble stock photo can be made into.
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7 Ingredients Of Good Corporate Design
`manicho reports, October 8
reports, October 8A great article at Smashing Magazine that every designer should check. If you're into Coroporate Design, I'm sure you will find this info really useful.
It’s hard to define design. We have a broad range of definitions to choose from: design refers not only to graphic design, but to design strategy, too. It is used in a variety of industries, such as engineering, architecture and Web design.
This means that design is not just graphical in nature (which is a form of visual artistic representation), but also the planning of processes to achieve certain goals. Large corporations clearly understand this and incorporate every form of design into their strategy to achieve success.
For a good corporate design, we need to be aware of two main elements, which can be further broken down into a total of seven “ingredients”.
It’s hard to define design. We have a broad range of definitions to choose from: design refers not only to graphic design, but to design strategy, too. It is used in a variety of industries, such as engineering, architecture and Web design.
This means that design is not just graphical in nature (which is a form of visual artistic representation), but also the planning of processes to achieve certain goals. Large corporations clearly understand this and incorporate every form of design into their strategy to achieve success.
For a good corporate design, we need to be aware of two main elements, which can be further broken down into a total of seven “ingredients”.
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Think Green Stock (VOL. V): 100 Brushes
~scionlights
reports, 22h 11m ago
reports, 22h 11m agoOne random day, I will go through one section in the Resource Category of DeviantArt and search for new (some times old) stock images that promote Green Art or Recycling. 100 (yes 100!) deviations will be selected from now on in each Volume, in which one of the stock artists will get a short feature at the end.
THIS WEEK CONTAINS:
- 100 Brushes (50 Photoshop, 25 Paint Shop Pro, 25 Gimp!)
THIS WEEK CONTAINS:- 100 Brushes (50 Photoshop, 25 Paint Shop Pro, 25 Gimp!)
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The Little Things That Matter
~RainbowFever
reports, October 8
reports, October 8"The Little Things That Matter" says it all, don't you think? No?
What I CAN tell you is, if you come here, you can see all the stories and meanings I see behind people's artworks! I'm not saying my opinion is or isn't one or the best, but if you're like me, you'd say, "Hell, who cares how professional it is or isn't, every opinion matters!"
What I CAN tell you is, if you come here, you can see all the stories and meanings I see behind people's artworks! I'm not saying my opinion is or isn't one or the best, but if you're like me, you'd say, "Hell, who cares how professional it is or isn't, every opinion matters!"
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College Getting You Down? Not to Worry!
~GaarasGirl86
reports, 2d 17h ago
reports, 2d 17h agoCollege tips for people who are looking at attending college, or who are currently in college.
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Protect Your Work With XMP-Embedded Copyrights
`cypher-neo
reports, September 18, 2007
reports, September 18, 2007Copyright infringement and art theft is a big issue, even on a site as well organized and managed as DeviantArt.
Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is a labeling technology that allows you to embed data about a file, known as metadata, into the file itself. XMP facilitates embedding metadata in files using a subset of RDF.
Most notably XMP supports embedding metadata in PDF and many image formats, though it is designed to support nearly any file type.
Creative Commons is considering recommending XMP as the preferred format for embedded metadata, given its support for numerous file formats and the balkanized state of embedded metadata standards. Others are apparently coming to the same conclusion, e.g., Microsoft has announced support for XMP in Vista applications and Jon Udell notes "There’s also good support in .NET Framework 3.0 for reading and writing XMP metadata."
Read more about Creative Commons here.
This is excellent news for deviants, since that means we can now include invisble and visible copyright marks on images, audio and video files, and literature using XMP. There are plenty of tools that have already been released that support XMP, and interesting sites, and you can read about them and download these tools at the following links:
ccPublisher is a tool that does two things: it will help you tag your audio and video files with information about your license and it allows you to upload Creative Commons-licensed audio and video works to the Internet Archive for free hosting. You also have the option of publishing the licensed and tagged audio works on your own site. Read more about this tool here.
CC Lookup is a tool to verify embedded license information. MP3 files tagged with our CC Publisher application carry information about what license was chosen for the file and a public URL where the license can be validated. XMP can be embedded in many other file types. If you've downloaded a file from the Internet Archive or a P2P network like Morpheus that claims to be Creative Commons licensed, this application will verify that for you. Read more about this tool here.
ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. Check out this site here.
Adobe XMP Developer Center allows you to integrate XMP functionality into your product or solution. It supports Macintosh, Windows, as well as UNIX and comes with samples, documentation, source code and project files. The XMP Toolkit is available under the BSD license. Read more about it here.
The PDF License Editor presents a simple Java program to insert a Creative Commons License in a PDF document.
This might be the first tool which allows to easily insert Creative Commons metadata info into PDF files without using Acrobat (R) Professional. The program is written in Java, hence it can be used on any platform on which Java runs (including Linux, other UNIXes and Windows). You can read more about it and download it here.
The Creative-Commons-Configurator, which has been actively developed since November 2005, is a plugin for the WordPress Personal Publishing Platform. This tool provides the blog owner with the ability to set a Creative Commons License for a WordPress blog and control the inclusion or display of the license information into the blog pages or the syndication feeds. All configuration is done from a configuration page in the administration panel. Read more about this here.
If you're worried that no one will ever think to check the XMP data to see that the file is copyrighted, worry no more! There are several wonderful browser plugins that adds relevant license characteristic icons to the status bar as you surf and adds a button to the toolbar which allows you to explore associated metadata.
Read more about the Browser Plugins here.
With all these new XMP tools at your disposal, our artwork can truly be safe.
Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is a labeling technology that allows you to embed data about a file, known as metadata, into the file itself. XMP facilitates embedding metadata in files using a subset of RDF.
Most notably XMP supports embedding metadata in PDF and many image formats, though it is designed to support nearly any file type.
Creative Commons is considering recommending XMP as the preferred format for embedded metadata, given its support for numerous file formats and the balkanized state of embedded metadata standards. Others are apparently coming to the same conclusion, e.g., Microsoft has announced support for XMP in Vista applications and Jon Udell notes "There’s also good support in .NET Framework 3.0 for reading and writing XMP metadata."
Read more about Creative Commons here.
This is excellent news for deviants, since that means we can now include invisble and visible copyright marks on images, audio and video files, and literature using XMP. There are plenty of tools that have already been released that support XMP, and interesting sites, and you can read about them and download these tools at the following links:
ccPublisher is a tool that does two things: it will help you tag your audio and video files with information about your license and it allows you to upload Creative Commons-licensed audio and video works to the Internet Archive for free hosting. You also have the option of publishing the licensed and tagged audio works on your own site. Read more about this tool here.
CC Lookup is a tool to verify embedded license information. MP3 files tagged with our CC Publisher application carry information about what license was chosen for the file and a public URL where the license can be validated. XMP can be embedded in many other file types. If you've downloaded a file from the Internet Archive or a P2P network like Morpheus that claims to be Creative Commons licensed, this application will verify that for you. Read more about this tool here.
ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. Check out this site here.
Adobe XMP Developer Center allows you to integrate XMP functionality into your product or solution. It supports Macintosh, Windows, as well as UNIX and comes with samples, documentation, source code and project files. The XMP Toolkit is available under the BSD license. Read more about it here.
The PDF License Editor presents a simple Java program to insert a Creative Commons License in a PDF document.
This might be the first tool which allows to easily insert Creative Commons metadata info into PDF files without using Acrobat (R) Professional. The program is written in Java, hence it can be used on any platform on which Java runs (including Linux, other UNIXes and Windows). You can read more about it and download it here.
The Creative-Commons-Configurator, which has been actively developed since November 2005, is a plugin for the WordPress Personal Publishing Platform. This tool provides the blog owner with the ability to set a Creative Commons License for a WordPress blog and control the inclusion or display of the license information into the blog pages or the syndication feeds. All configuration is done from a configuration page in the administration panel. Read more about this here.
If you're worried that no one will ever think to check the XMP data to see that the file is copyrighted, worry no more! There are several wonderful browser plugins that adds relevant license characteristic icons to the status bar as you surf and adds a button to the toolbar which allows you to explore associated metadata.
Read more about the Browser Plugins here.
With all these new XMP tools at your disposal, our artwork can truly be safe.
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We'll show those art thief's whose boss!
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I don't take photos. I make them.
Thank you!
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Dogs are NOT FOOD!
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There are 4 license variables in each category (Attribution, Commercial, Derivative Works, Share Alike). You can read more about the Creative Commons licenses and how to select them at [link]
For images that I plan to have used as stock, I usually set the Creative Commons licenses to (Attribution-No Commericial Use-Derivative-Share Alike).
For all other images that are not stock, I've been obtaining a Founder's Copyright that gives me exclusive rights to the image.
The nice thing about the XMP tools above is that you can use those tools to place a copyright notice on the image, regardless of whether Creative Commons is used or not.
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ϾΘηϝιᴦϻΣd ᴨΣᴦdFind me in #seniors and #devart
I was wondering if you could tell me free tools that works like Digimarc.
Sorry if it was out of topic (if ever it is). I understand the CC, I haven't gotten to the tools yet. Also, with regards to video uploads, does that mean that when you "tag" it the CC information is "embedded" into the video itself or do you place the CC code in the page where you uploaded the video? (Lol at my questions.) Thanks for your time!
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Most digital watermarking programs like Digimarc only run in limited trials to tease you into purchasing them. I have not yet found a program that works as well as Digimarc.
As regards the video uploads, XMP metadata is not embedded on the video. XMP is included with the file, and this data layer can store the information. To illustrate, imagine that an office file cabinet has many files organized into file folders. Your movie is contained in one of those file folders. You take a cover sheet and place it in that file which informs everyone the file is copyrighted... That's basically what XMP is - another small sheet in the file that you can place information on, and that people will see.
If you use Adobe Photoshop, download the Photoshop plugin, and you can look at and edit the metadata of a file by clicking on the image and clicking "File Info". Some of the information stored and can be edited in the metadata of an image for example is, (if the picture was taken with a digital camera) the model of camera, focal length, and shutter speed, and ISO.
As always though, it's usually best to combine XMP with visible and invisble watermarks. XMP is only one layer of protection; it's best when combined with several other options.
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As for your last paragraph, if it's not too much to ask (I know you're busy) can you tell me what other several options there is?
As for me, my main reluctance from uploading my pictures is that I'm not a professional and I'm in a very deep slump. So seeing all these art thefts going on, it discourages me. I want to share my pictures to online friends but I know how easy it is to remove even the visible watermarks and turn it into merchandise. I've got a friend whose picture was already splattered with visible watermarks but it was turned into an "imported" shirt.
I've followed your advice in your journal about using DA's CC options in the deviations.
But what else could you suggest/do if you chose the Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. option?
Thank you very much for this very informative article and replies. May I link this in my journal?
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