Arranged Delirium

With thanks toward A.W. (a friend from high school) I present you with Nic Cage as Everyone. Admittedly, some of the Photoshop work is poor, but it’s still funny. It also underscores why folks should think twice about posting pictures to the web. Granted, you may not be a public a figure as Mr. Cage, but…

If you’ve been following some of my earlier posts on moving away from cable and satellite service, You might be interested in this article from the New York Times. It seems that television via Internet is going mainstream…

Students in New Media are beginning to edit their films in earnest this week. For this intro class, we’re using iMovie. There are a number of useful guides online for learning the specifics of the software (and of course, there’s always the book!), including Apple’s site as well as this handy MacWorld article regarding customizing work space, which can be useful when learning new software tools.

Our political projects continue in ITL 361. And, I have to give considerable praise to the students this term, who have done a marvelous job in discussing some truly challenging content without getting rude or obstinate. This comes while discussing topics such as: underage drinking, the genocide in Darfur, abortion (both pro-choice and pro-life), digital copyrights, among others. Well done!

Adobe has finally released an update for the Mac version of Photoshop Elements. Version 8 is now shipping and provides a nicely affordable way to edit imagery. You can find a review of the software at Macworld.

Photoshop is simply too expensive - even with an educational discount it’s over $200. Elements has 90% of the features for less than $80 (even lower with the educational discount). Additionally, the auto adjusting toolset of Elements makes it a more easy-to-use product for folks that just want to re-touch their images quickly, and not compose new works of art. It’s supposed to be shipping now, but they’ve missed the date; nonetheless I’d expect it to ship this month. This is a great tool for image editing on Windows as well as Mac, so If you are looking for an inexpensive but good image editing tool regardless of platform: this is it.