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Amazing HDR Pictures

Julian — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:15:07 +0000

High Dynamic Range (HDR) is a set of techniques that allows for a greater dynamic range of values between dark and light areas than normal digital imaging techniques. In other words, dynamic range means the photo contrast.

High Dynamic Range Imaging is commonly associated “fake” or unrealistically colorful. The real purpose of HDR photography is to produce a higher quality image than that of a normal photo (LDR). The purpose of HDR is to rise above the limitations of camera equipment.

An HDR image is created by merging several images taken at different exposures. If there are enough exposures, each part of the image has optimal exposure in several shots.

This article covers 95 exceptionally beautiful HDR pictures. Some of them might look unreal, magical or even fake, but they are not. They all have been developed out of normal pictures.

Every image displayed below is linked to the original source from which it was taken.

10 HDR Tutorials

HDR Style Results Using Layers in Photoshop

Fake HDR Look in GIMP

Tutorial – HDR from 1 JPG

HDR Tutorial

Gritty HDR

Fake HDR Photoshop Tutorial

How to Produce Fake HDR Images

How to Easily Fake an HDR Effect in Photoshop

Fake HDR Effect Using Photoshop

Achieve HDR Style Effects Using Photoshop and the Lucis Art Filter

Attractive e-Commerce Website Designs

Julian — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:05:37 +0000

Online stores are frequently considered being unappealing or badly designed. Often products are clutter all over the place with little to differentiate the design from any other web sites. You might argue that selling products is more important to an online store than having an attractive design, but these 60+ examples prove that some of the e-commerce sites managed to combine usefulness with beauty.

Zoomii.com – The Real Online Bookstore

Free People Clothing Boutique

Nicholas Deakins Clothing

50+ Creative Business Cards

Julian — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:47:43 +0000

No matter what business you are in, and especially if you’re in the design field, a business card can be as essential as your website. A business card produces a connection between you or your business and your clients. Creatively designed business cards convey your businesses image and leave a long lasting feeling.

Just like your website, business cards can be converted into great interactive elements, with real textures, diverse materials and shapes.

In this article, I’ve selected more than fifty truly exceptional creative business card designs which prove that there are really no restrictions to the design of a business card.

Stunning Web Design

Julian — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:32:44 +0000

When you’re in the process of designing a website the important thing to consider is to pick a style that matches your customer brand. Off course, this is not written in stone. There’s no reason why you need to get fixated to one particular style. Several different styles can be combined together perfectly as you’ll notice in some of the showcase below.