Here's the monthly what-is-on-your-desktop-thread.
Sadly [or not] it's Friday night here in Oz .....7 hours after 'beer o'clock' so I haven't set up anything "sexy" to show...just the same-old-same-old....look-at-me-I'm-fantastic-with-a-winamp-skin-and-other-stuff.
But...
What do you guys have? ...
Naked Noir (vStyler), and a wall I composited... original shots seen in Photoshop.
Wall is cool. Like walking through an Aquarium and looking through the glass window.
Excellent work Doc!
My current desktop... Kinetix!
^ Really like Kinetix... very restful to the eye, nice hues and excellent start button, Tom.
@Dave and DP - Thanks, guys, I should have been working with smart objects though, because of all the resizing.
nice shopping Doc...
that looks very snazzy Tom..
I have Eros... until the slacker gets the Reaktor kickstarted....
Still waiting on the Plutonium delivery.. The Russians can be so... ahhhhh..
Nice one Syd!
My take on the XB-37. No secret stuff here. Espionage smx.
Wall is Italysat courtesy of NASA
I need to look into that.
Very nice compositing Doc!
Thanks, Jim.
To get you started -
Smart objects:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS41A5B796-6846-4e95-8459-95243441E126.html
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/smart-objects/
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSB3154840-1191-47b7-BA5B-2BD8371C31D8a.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/tag/smart-objects-and-smart-filters - first and second articles by her.
Very informative articles Doc. Been messin' with them for a bit in PS9 and learning more about them is a big plus. Thanks!
This is Contrast, a WindowBlinds and theme skins by pinchecl and RedneckDude. The theme is based upon the IconPackager Contrast also by pinchecl. The themed skins are currently available on Skinnalicious at http://www.skinnalicious.net/ and will be uploaded to WinCustomize soon. Click on the link and visit the site and join in, all you have to do is register. You will see many familiar names from the community and no doubt find some nice skins for your desktop.
I think pinchecl and RedneckDude did a fine job in putting this theme together. Click on the screenshot and zoom in and check it out.
^^^Excellent! Thanks Philly
You're welcome, Ross.
Thanks for the linkage, Doc.
Here's my version of Contrast, the new WB by Pincecl, made to match his IconPackager theme. The IP has been updated as well with some new important icons. All the usual skins have been made for it by Pinchecl and RedneckDude. It will be up here at WC pretty soon, but if you can't wait, go here: http://www.skinnalicious.net/
Just scroll down the page, and you'll see a box with links to all the skins and wallpaper.
Heres mine for the month. a good 4hr render
I likes Contrast in blue. This'n is a good'n.
Can't go wrong with the milky way.
Vaporglow stuff by Neone6 and Me.
Wall:
Endoplasmic Integral Lapis by submicron at DeviantArt.
4 monitors at 7040 x 1080
next goal is to make my windows 8 laptop look exactly like this.
WB is Serica 2 by roflmfaoo. Wall is mine
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