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Art & Design Inspiration Fix for August 19th 2011 Posted: 18 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT The Art & Design Inspiration fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I've come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Joao Oliveira & Riccardo Sabatini, Marcelo Schultz, Burak Özdelice, Francois Hoang and Anthony Wartinger. Abduzeedo World Collab 04 Born to Shine 1, 3, 9 for Gauss The Grid Inspired by Tron Legacy Horrible Bosses

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10 Photoshop Actions to Create Instagram Style Effects Posted: 14 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT Instagram is one of the most popular apps for the iPhone, allowing users to quickly and easily apply retro style filters to their snapshots to create trendy effects based on authentic photography techniques. You don’t have to limit these effects to your iPhone photos, this post rounds up a collection of high quality Photoshop Actions that will recreate all your favourite vintage and retro styles on your high res photos with the click of a button. The original It can sometimes be difficult to compare Photoshop Actions when they’re applied to different types of images, so I’ve downloaded and tested out each and every one of the actions listed below. Here’s the original shot I’ve used, compare this with the final outcome of the actions below to find your perfect filter. The Photoshop Actions Amatorka Action 2 Black and White Pale and Bright Cross Processing Lomo Action Set Dim and Jade Photoshop Action 15 Retro Action SA-Cool Action 2.02 Retro Semi-Vintage Red Vintage Effect Action Don’t forget, Photoshop Actions can look dramatically different across various types of imagery. Some of these filters may look way too overpowering on a portrait photo, but they might work perfectly on a landscape. It’s also worth remembering to make a copy of your original photo, then when the filter is applied you can tone down the effect by reducing the opacity of the Action layer over the original.

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