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Filter Forge

Stephanie — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:36:55 +0000

Today I wanted to share with everyone some information on an invaluable resource.

We all know that Photoshop is absolutely one of the most powerful tools out there for graphic artists today. Finding high quality resources like those here at ObsidianDawn.com, as well as hundreds of other websites out there, can also be indispensable tools. Another such high quality resource website is FilterForge.com.

Filter Forge is filter plugin for Adobe Photoshop. Not sure what filters are? Filters are used to change the appearance of an image, layer, or selection. They can do just about anything you can imagine, such as adding a rippling effect to water, adding an outline to an image, or even changing the photo that you just took into a watercolor masterpiece. The possibilities are endless.

And that’s just what Filter Forge is counting on. They have a library set up, so that you can download all kinds of different filters that are user-submitted (or submit your own!), thus allowing for a pretty much never ending supply of effects.

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BannerSnack & Tech/Gears Contest Winners

Stephanie — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:20:53 +0000

First off, I’m finally announcing the winners of the Tech/Gears Contest winners from last month. Here are the winners and their prizes. They will be contacted (or have already been contacted) shortly.

Tech/Gears Contest

First Prize
Winner: Italian Statuary, by Jo
Prize: Five free commercial licenses of your choosing & a free copy of the Obsidian Dawn Compilation CD

Second Prize
Winner: Future Primitive, by Shannon
Prize: Commercial licenses for the Tech & Gears brushes, and a copy of the Obsidian Dawn Compilation CD

Third Prize
Winner: The 7 Deadly Tech Sins, by Lazaros
Prize: a copy of the Obsidian Dawn Compilation CD

BannerSnack Contest

For the BannerSnack contest, 3 winners were chosen randomly from the comments using Random.org. The winners were Tammy, Mary, and Katrie. They will all be emailed shortly with their BannerSnack premium codes!

Thank you to all who entered!

BannerSnack Flash Banner Creator Free Giveaway Contest

Stephanie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:46:11 +0000

As a big “thank you” to all of you loyal Obsidian Dawn resources users out there, we’re offering 3 FREE Premium Plus Subscription to BannerSnack. And it’s easy. Read on!

As an aside, I haven’t forgotten about those of you that entered Obsidian Dawn’s first contest – those winners will be released soon!

So, what IS BannerSnack, you might ask?

BannerSnack is an online tool that allows you to create watermark-free flash banners – without needing to know or understand Flash programming! Here’s some of BannerSnack’s features:

It contains tens of transitions, effects and filters that will enable you to easily create text and image animations.
It has editable banner templates.
It works like a presentation software.
No flash programming is required.
It works 100% online.

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Wacom Intuos4 Tablet Review & Contest Update

Stephanie — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:59:23 +0000

Just a quick post to let you all know that I’ve done a review for Photoshop Support on Wacom’s newest tablet, the Intuos4.

Any of you that use tablets out there should really check out my review – and then go buy yourself an Intuos4! It’s well worth the upgrade, moreso than any other time in Intuos history, I’d say.

You can check out my Intuos4 review for Photoshop Support here!

I probably should have chosen some different brushes for my very first contest. Something with glitter or swirls, perhaps, rather than the Tech & Gears brushes. As such, I’ve not gotten nearly as many entries as I would have liked. I’ll fix that for the next contest. But, in the meantime, here’s what I’m going to do. I’ll keep the contest open for one more week, and also let you all use the Gears Transparent PNGs, as well. You can enter as many times as you like. I’ll keep the entries up through next weekend, so you must submit it by Sunday, April 12th at midnight. Read more about the Obsidian Dawn’s Tech & Gears contest here!

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Contest!

Stephanie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:14:24 +0000

First off, a big “thank you” to all of you for being patient with me for the last few months while things were slow. Any of you who read my posts regularly knew that I was moving, but things have been crazy this year even beyond then. After the move, there was unpacking. After the unpacking (which still isn’t done) comes gallbladder pain – which was misdiagnosed as acid reflux for the last 3 years, and which kept me lying down most of the day. Then comes one surgery to clear out some gallstones that had gotten stuck in my bile duct, and the recovery. Then comes a second surgery, to take out my gallbladder (I had 53 stones!), and the recovery for that. Lastly, a week and a half ago, my grandmother passed away and I was out of town to help my mother through it and for the memorial. This has been a very busy year. :P

However, with all of that behind me, I think things should begin picking up once again here at Obsidian Dawn. I’ll have Obsidian Dawn CDs available again sometime this week, so for any of you that have been waiting for them, check again soon!

I’d like to start things out with a contest. I’ll be holding these every so often from now on, as long as this one goes well. They will all be based around one or a few of Obsidian Dawn’s resources, where you’ll be asked to submit entries for products and designs that use a particular brush set, pattern, image, etc.

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Requests

Stephanie — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:08:28 +0000

Please feel free to make any resource requests here!