viziblr

Via this post on Behance you can explore the process Frank Grießhammer used in designing FF Quixo. It was very enlightening to see how a typeface goes from this:

To this:

Hard to explain in words, just watch the video :-)

My favorite line from the video “Sometimes the video loop is visually plausible but semantically incorrect”.

And then try it yourself: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/hoppe/proj/videoloops/README.html

And if you are more curious you can read the paper: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/hoppe/proj/videoloops/

My favorite line from the video “Sometimes the video loop is visually plausible but semantically incorrect”.

And then try it yourself: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/hoppe/proj/videoloops/README.html

And if you are more curious you can read the paper: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/hoppe/proj/videoloops/

Sometimes covers are far, far, better

Sparked by an interesting Hacker News thread recently –  if you need to implement blend modes or understand technically what is going on then you'll find these useful.

Photshop Blend Modes Explained
http://photoblogstop.com/photoshop/photoshop-blend-modes-explained

Insight into Photoshop 7.0 Blending Modes
http://dunnbypaul.net/blends/

Let’s Learn Math: Photoshop Blend Modes
http://www.venture-ware.com/kevin/coding/lets-learn-math-photoshop-blend-modes/

Photoshop Blend Mode Math
http://inlandstudios.com/en/?p=851

Implementations

• https://github.com/shazow/colorlib/blob/master/colorlib.js#L169
• https://github.com/Phrogz/context-blender/blob/master/context_blender.js

Obligatory Wikipedia Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blend_modes

I have fond memories of this Intro sequence from HBO. This video shows the amazing amount of effort that went into its production.

It's refreshing to see what professionals were capable of achieving before today's ubiquitous use of CG .

And here's a link to the official Intro sequence so you can experience the majesty.