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Color Bits: 8 vs 16

First, What Is a "Bit"? When we talk about the number of "bits" in reference to images, we are simply talking about the amount of tonal variation in the image. Understanding the tonal values within an image can help you obtain the best print possible. What Is Tonal Variation? Every color has a tonal range. When talking about color, tone refers to the varying lightness or darkness of a color. Tones are created by adding either white or black to a color. If we take to color red for example, there are many different tones of red. You can have a very light red, or a very dark red. When designing in the digital medium, all tonal variations are assigned a tonal value. So when we refer to tonal values, we are referring to the number of tonal variations available withing a color. 8 Bit Vs. 16 Bit The main difference between an 8 bit image and a 16 bit image is the amount of tones available for a given color. An 8 bit image is made up of fewer tones than a

Difference Between JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, and RAW

Difference between JPEG and PNG today is the question that bothers every modern photographer that wants not only to photograph professionally, but additionally use Photoshop or other photo editing programs. Today photo post production services are popular due to their possibility to economize time and retouch photos with high quality. The first thing that every person should be aware of while dealing with photo retouching programs is the variety of file formats. In this article we are going to discuss difference between TIFF and JPEG, BMP, JPG, RAW. This basic knowledge is just indispensable to start photo retouching, but still a lot of photographers ignore this fact thinking that it is not important. So, let`s start finding all differences and similarities in PNG vs JPEG quality. Content : •Types of image compression •Color depth •Color channels •What is the highest quality image format? •JPEG •PNG •GIF •TIFF •BMP •RAW Is JPG or PNG better for printing? We are going to d

A Selection of Photoshop Actions

Here's a selection of Photoshop Actions I use on a regular basis: Link > http://ceesty.com/wMujIz

Musenet

A deep neural network that can generate 4-minute musical compositions with 10 different instruments, and can combine styles from country to Mozart to the Beatles. MuseNet was not explicitly programmed with our understanding of music, but instead discovered patterns of harmony, rhythm, and style by learning to predict the next token in hundreds of thousands of MIDI files. MuseNet uses the same general-purpose unsupervised technology as  GPT-2 , a large-scale  transformer  model trained to predict the next token in a sequence, whether audio or text. Link  >> http://mediavalley.virb.com/blog/musenet/

Photoshop CC2019 New Features

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A collection of little things to make your life easier, like a modern Undo, proportional transform by default and more. Quickly place or replace images using the new Frame tool. Images are automatically scaled to best fit the frame and swapping out content is a breeze.  Convert text or shapes to a frame, easily adjust the image and simply drag and drop to place or replace. Photoshop will mirror and replicate your paint strokes across an axis or axes, making it easy to create consistent images and paintings. Unleash your inner artist! Heal images and adapt content more effectively by changing the source, rotation, scale and more with the new Content-Aware Fill workspace. See a live preview of the blend mode on the canvas. Remove the guesswork of choosing the right blending option. Visualize and select colors more intuitively with Photoshop's Color Wheel Return to the Home Screen to quickly access files, photos, tutorials, inspira

Introduction to Scripting in Adobe After Effects

Introduction to Scripting in After Effects A script is a series of commands that tells an application to perform a series of operations. You can use scripts in most Adobe applications to automate repetitive tasks, perform complex calculations, and even use some functionality not directly exposed through the graphical user interface. For example, you can direct After Effects to reorder the layers in a composition, find and replace source text in text layers, or send an e-mail message when rendering is complete. Although both the After Effects expressions language and the After Effects ExtendScript scripting language are based on JavaScript, the expressions features and scripting features of After Effects are separate and distinct. Expressions cannot access information from scripts (such as variables and functions). Whereas a script tells an application to do something, an expression says that a property is something. However, because the After Effects expression language a

Free Adobe Scripts

 A script is a series of commands that tells an application to perform one or more tasks automatically. You can use scripts in most Adobe applications to automate repetitive tasks, perform calculations, and even use some functionality not directly built-in the graphical user interface.  After Effects Scripts :  When After Effects starts, it loads scripts from the Scripts folder. By default, the Scripts folder is in the following locations for After Effects: • (Windows) Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects <version>\Support Files • (Mac OS) Applications/Adobe After Effects <version> Several scripts come with After Effects and are automatically installed in the Scripts folder. Loaded scripts are available from the File > Scripts menu. If you place a script in the Scripts folder, you must restart After Effects for the script to appear in the Scripts menu, though you can immediately run the new script using the Run Script File command. Here is a sel

Screenplay Scriptation App

If you want to write a TV or Film script, now it is easy to do it even on your mobile. Scriptation App Revolutionizes Screenplay Notes: >> Link (https://nofilmschool.com/scriptation-update)

Google Earth Zoom In/Out Animation

Here's Google Earth Studio making it easy for us to create  from/to and zoom in/out map animations + Photoshop to batch remove the logo : Watch: https://youtu.be/ EIXtfvRVZ98

Premiere Pro New Features (April 2019 Release)

New features in Premiere Pro 2019 April Release:  Freeform View : Use the new Freeform view in the Project panel to organize and review your media and storyboard ideas for your projects Rulers : Layout text, graphics, and video clips with precision. Save and share guide setups for greater consistency in your designs using the new Rulers and Guides in the Program Monitor. Auto-ducking : Incorporate ambient sounds in your audio mix and automatically adjust background volume around spoken dialogue or voiceovers. Faster Mask Tracking : Speed up color grading and effects workflows with improved Mask Tracking in Premiere Pro including HD, 4K, and higher resolution formats. Graphics/Text Enhancement : The Essential Graphics panel in Premiere Pro has a number of text and graphics enhancements to make your titling and graphics workflows smoother. New View Menu : A new dedicated View menu in Premiere Pro consolidates Program Monitor commands, such as magnification and playback per

Some Free Plugins for Cinema4D

Found this FTP with  Dynamic IRR * 3DPack * SpeeDisplay * SpeeDisplayScreen * Find & Replace * Aligner * CMYK * AnSolo * Selection Filter ON/OFF Display Filter ON/OFF * Coordinates Display * Vault * Forkroot * Info * P-Tree * PolyDisplay Redux * Spline Simplifier Infoverload * PolyPaint Pack * Spriter * Patterner * PicHUD * ToPoly * VertexAO+VertexMapMix >> Link ( http://www.ruimac.com/plugins.htm )

Arabic Fonts: The GE Family

Here's a collection of Arabic fonts: The GE family >> Link (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pDWmi4HGtDib9UmEpmWRINFmCt_B2DzB?usp=sharing)

Blender Add-Ons for Free

Asset Flinger What it does:  Allows you to quickly and easily import your objects into other scenes. Price:  Free! Author:  Manu Jarvinen Download it How to Use it EasyFX What it does:  Allows you to add compositing effects to your renders very quickly Price:  Free! Author:  Nils Söderman Download it How to Use it Matalogue What it does:  Gives you quick access to all the materials and lights in your scene. Making complex scenes means dealing with large amounts of materials, lights and compositing setups. This tool by Greg Zaal alleviates all these frustrations for you by giving you access to all this in one tab in the Node Editor. Price:  Free! Author:  Greg Zaal Download it How to Use it Animation Nodes Allows you to:  Animate almost anything in Blender! This addon brings parametric modelling and animation to life! I've been wanting a feature much like Houdini where you can input node values and have them drive object properties. By de

How to Make a Photoshop Resume Template (Free Resume Download)

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Looking for a professional resume template to get that dream job? This step-by-step tutorial is easy to follow and includes a free resume template for you to download! Learn how to design this Photoshop resume template and impress your employers. This simple resume template is based on an easy grid structure with only two columns that will help you section out your information. We’ll learn to use Paragraph Styles to format the resume template and discover how to create grids.  In this tutorial, we are also including a free resume template for download—bonus!  What You Will Need You'll need access to Adobe Photoshop—if you don't have the software, you can download a trial from the  Adobe website . For this tutorial, we will be using  Montserrat from Google Fonts . Install the font on your system, and when you are ready, we can dive in!  1.  Setting Up a Photoshop Resume Template Step 1 In  InDesign , go to  File > New . Name the document  Resume Tem