If you can remember the time when computer generated graphics were limited to blocky bitmaps, you likely find yourself as hypnotized by slick CGI montages as we do. Today we have a beautiful video from design house CHRLX to share.
For those of us that grew up without computer-based video at all or the creative use of MIDI sounds and bitmap loops to help guide our imaginations through digital stories, video likes this still cause us to stop in our tracks and marvel at how far computer-generated graphics have come. Load up the video below (make sure to hit the HD button and shift it to full screen) and enjoy a bit of CGI eye candy.
If watching the video has you on a CGI kick, check out their full portfolio for all sorts of CGI antics.
Projects: ShapeShifter [CHRLX via Geeks Are Sexy]
Are you looking for an easy way to keep on top of the weather in your area while browsing with Opera? The Weather Forecast extension makes it quick and simple to do while staying out of your way.
Christmas was good to many of you and now you’ve got all sorts of tech questions related to your holiday spoils. Come on in and we’ll clear up how to squeeze more life out of your iPad, resize all those photos, and sync massive music collections to mobile devices.
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Windows includes a screen capture/screenshot tool that is actually pretty decent. You can take region captures or full screenshots and easily save them using this tool.
This week we learned how to use a PC to stay entertained while traveling for the holidays, create quality photo prints with free software, share links between any browser and any smartphone, create perfect Christmas photos using How-To Geek’s 10 best how-to photo guides, and had fun decorating
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It is Christmas Eve and hopefully you are enjoying the start of an early weekend away from work. This week we have a snowball throwing game for you to try out, so bundle up and get ready to let those snowballs fly!
It’s Christmas Eve and if you’re lucky you’ve got some time off ahead of you. Let’s put that time to good use with some holiday-centered geeking out. Come on in for LEGO ornaments, Darth Vader snow flakes, and Christmas light hacks galore.
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