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56 Flash Tutorials 2007-12-09 15:08:00 Flash is one of the most used animation programs. It is useful for animating both vector graphics as well as bitmaps. Some go even further and create complete web pages entirely with Flash.Many of the adds found in Internet are done with this program, because with it you can create fun and imaginative adds. Flash brings movement to the web sites.The following tutorials will help you to learn new techniques, or maybe to remember them. But mainly, they'll be source of inspiration and ideas.(Click the images to go to the tutorials)Add DesignWater EffectsInteractivePhotoalbumCharacter AnimationWebVisual EffectsText EffectsMask AnimationAnimated BackgroundsLight EffectsClocksMiscellaneous ...

The Top Ten Action Comedy Movies 2007-12-09 13:33:00 You'll never get tired of seeing many of these movies hundreds of times. If you missed one of them, I recommend you to see it. Doesn't matter if you have seen them many times, they are movies that make you laugh, and laugh heartily.The mix of humor and action is always a success. If you add good actors to that, the result are those movies that you want to keep forever.After this, a list of the best action comedy movies:1- Johnny English2- Police Academy3- Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot4- Turner & Hooch5 - Showtime6- The Gods Must Be Crazy7- Kindergarten Cop8- Ghostbusters9- Beverly Hills Cop10- Crocodile DundeeJohnny English, Rowan Atkinson is Johnny English, a disastrous British spy. As he is the only available spy, they order him: first, the protection of the Queen's jewels, and after that, the investigation of their robbery.Police Academy, things are going to change and the Police Academy will have no restriction to admit anyone to become a policeman. Everyone will be able to be ... Movies

Thomas Kinkade, The Painter Of Christmas Light 2007-12-04 13:06:00 Thomas Kinkade was born a 19th January of 1958 in Placerville (California). His parents divorced when he was 5 years old. He always felt a strong interest for art.There was not too much money in his home, and he worked as a paperboy. When he was 16 years old, he started to work as a painter apprentice of the artist Glen Wessels. His mother was his biggest support in his love for painting.After ending his College studies, he worked in the cinema making images for animation movies.In 1982 he marries with his childhood sweetheart, Nanette, with whom he will have 4 daughters: Merrit, Chandler, Winsor and Everett. Two years after their marriage, he and his wife started to publish their paintings together.His artwork is full of nostalgia. Thomas Kinkade is also known as "The Painter of Light". His work has a big influence of an American group of painters from the XIX century called "Luminists".In his paintings there's an abundance of Christian symbology. Thomas Kinkade is a man with a deep ...

Christmas Carols For Rockers 2007-12-03 13:10:00 Twisted Sister made a X-mas album called "Twisted Christmas". One of their songs is this version of "Oh come ye faithful".The video is really fun and hilarious. A different way of living Christmas.Trans-Siberian Orchestra have some albums about Christmas Carols. This song is "Christmas Canon" belonging to their album "The Christmas Attic".Good voices, good guitars...Good music.Sex Pistols also had their Christmas Carol and was called "Punk Rock Christmas". A very good song, very Sex Pistol's style.So folks now you can not tell that you don't like the Christmas carols because they are "so sweet..." ...

65 Adobe Illustrator Tutorials 2007-11-29 13:07:00 It's important to master vector graphics drawing. The images that you get don't loose quality when they are scaled. It doesn't matter if it has the size of an icon, it can cover a wall too, when talking about a vector graphic.Illustrator is Adobe's main software for vector graphics. Following, you have a series of 65 tutorials that will be your source to learn new techniques, or your source of inspiration and ideas.(Click the images to go to the tutorials)Illustration3D DrawingsShapesIcon DesignWeb GraphicsLogo DesignText Effects FramesHolidays ...

Jack Tramiel, Founding Father Of Cyberculture 2007-11-28 12:50:00 Jack Tramiel was born in Poland in 1928. After the Nazi invasion of 1939 he and his family were sent to a Jewish ghetto. Later, they were sent to one of the worst concentration camps of the Nazi Germany: Auschwitz.In Auschwitz, Jack Tramiel was selected by Dr. Mengele (more known as "The Angel of Death", one of the most cruel and wicked minds of Nazism) to go with his father to the work camp of Ahlem (Hanover). His mother stayed in Auschwitz. Jack Tramiel's father was assassinated by the Nazis (they injected him gasoline).He was rescued from the concentration camp in 1945 by the US Army.Two years later Jack Tramiel went to the USA, the country that gave him freedom, and joined their army. While he was in the army, he learned to repair typewriters.Some time later, he worked as a taxi driver. He saved some money, and bought a shop in the Bronx, where he worked repairing typewriters. He called it "Commodore Portable Typewriter".He had a remarkable success, and decided to move to Ontario ...

Monet, The Painter Of The Dreams 2007-11-26 13:25:00 Claude Oscar Monet was born in Paris (France) in the year 1840. Since he was very young he was deeply interested in art. When he was 15 years old, he did an amateur exposition in a store in "El Havre" with some drafts.Eugene Boudin was pleasantly amazed with those drafts, and offered himself to be his teacher. Monet agreed with pleasure.Even with the opposition of his father, that hated the idea of his son being an artist, he kept on following his dreams. He had to serve for two years in a military regiment in Algeria. After this, he went to Paris to study painting. There, he met Renoir, Sisley, Bazille... painters like him that became his friends.These artists, with Monet, became great symbols of the impressionist art.These group of impressionist painters had to fight against those others that preferred a more traditional art. They used to gather in the cafe Guerbois, where they shared ideas, experiences...In the past, the painters did the drafts outdoors, and finished their artwork ...

When The Wolf Comes Three Times 2007-11-21 13:14:00 The Wolf And The DogOne day, the wolf approached a dog that was guarding the sheep, and said: "Don't be afraid, I won't take any sheep. I just want to know how pleasant is your job".The dog told him: "Not bad. I just have to care the sheep, and praise my owner. So he gives me some bones, and even the leftovers of what he eats!"The wolf stared at the dog. He was big and stout. However, the wolf was hungry and very thin."Not a bad job at all" -said the wolf- "And what's that thing you are wearing in the neck?""It's a collar. It's for tying me.""For tying you? Do they tie you? And can't you run free?", asked the wolf."Run? Where to? And what for?"The wolf said goodbye to the dog. And ran free through the forest, feeling the wind and smelling the country flowers. Then, he remembered the dog, and felt sorry for him.The Wolf And The MotherThe wolf saw the farmer getting away from his house. And thought "This is the chance to get close and try to steal some food".He approached the hous ...

Norwegian Fjords' Beautiful Landscapes 2007-11-18 12:23:00 In those places where cold is very intense, the ice that was formed in winter is not melted in summer. So the ice accumulates in the mountains in big amounts.Its own weight makes this ice roll down the mountain, like true ice rivers. This is called a glacier.Sometimes this glacier continues advancing towards the valleys nearby to the sea. These glaciers, by their own strength, dig the earth on their way, until they reach the sea. Salt water melts these ice rivers. When the entire glacier gets melted, results in a valley flooded by water, surrounded by mountains that are incredibly sculpted with awesome shapes.This is called a fjord.In Norway there are many fjords. In fact, it has the second biggest fjord in the world: Sognefjord. This one reaches a maximum depth of 4,291 ft under the sea level.Some Norwegian fjords are so rough and dangerous that the Norwegians needed to tie their livestock to avoid them falling to the abyss accidentally.The lands that surround the fjords are very fert ...

Recent Awards 2007-11-18 10:53:00 Premio Blog Solidario (Solidarity Blog Award).Some days ago, I received the award called "Blog Solidario" from the teacher Candida Gallardo from Seville:http://elblogdecandi.blogspot.com/Candi explains in her blog something that I agree with: the importance of giving cultural information that is entertaining, and sharing it. I think that the work that she's doing is important. She gives her students a new vision of Internet. So I am proud that she gave me this award.As it is tradition I give the award:- ENSEN-ARTE: A blog around the story of art and art lovers. Fun, entertaining, interesting...http://aprendersociales.blogspot.com/- Exposiciones en Madrid: Culture in Madrid. Curiosities of art and History, a must-see for all those who wish to visit this town.http://exposicionesenmadrid.blogspot.com/- Mas que modernas, contemporaneas: Culture, cinema, gastronomy... Enjoyable, and a pleasure for senses.http://masquemodernascontemporaneas.blogspot.com/All those blogs are written in spanis ...

Beowulf, Epic Hero, From Comic To Movies 2007-11-15 13:58:00 Beowulf is an epic poem, of unknown author. The poem had no title, until the XIX century, when it is called Beowulf. This poem mixes real elements with fictitious. It's written in England, but it's about Scandinavian. Was diffused through oral tradition.And as a curiosity, Tolkien liked this epic poem very much.The epic poem is about the adventures of Beowulf, a brave warrior.Beowulf was nephew of the king Hygelac. Amongst other heroic actions, he showed a big bravery in the battles against the Swedish.His first great feat was in a fight against Breka, a noble from the Hygelac court. Breka and Beowulf were fighting for five days in the sea, until the sea separated them. Breca could arrive to the coast, but Beowulf hadn't the same luck, and was fighting with marine monsters. But he was victorious. When he went to see the king, Hygelac gave him a present: the sword Nageling.Another heroic action was to defeat the terrible monster Grendel.Grendel was a terrible threat for his village. ... Movies

Top Best 55 Mac OS X Free And Opensource Software 2007-11-14 13:25:00 Many designers use Macintosh for working. Its software tends to be very visually attractive and usable, but it's not easy to find free software for Mac.Although some of the freeware that was mentioned in the previous list (that are in my Resources section) can be also run in Mac, there was the need to do a list just for it.After this, 55 top best freeware for Macintosh:Image EditorsImageWell, Quick image editor that can make the most usual changes to an image with simplicity.ChocoFlop, A very impressive but easy image editor that has awesome filters and effects. It's still in alfa and thus it's free.ImageTricks, This image tool can apply many stunning effects to your photos so you get something new and impressive.Pixen, Easy graphic creation suite that can also make animations. Very good for 2D avatars, graphics for 2D games, web page backgrounds...Cenon, Complex application for design that can do a wide set of things, but the most valuable is that is a complete suite for desktop pu ...

Pegasus,The Winged Horse Of The Skies 2007-11-11 12:52:00 Poseidon seduced Medusa in the Athena's temple. Athena got angry for this desecration, so she cursed Medusa. She turned her hair into snakes, and all those who dare to look at her eyes would be turned into stone.Perseus, Greek hero, searched for Medusa as he needed his head to defeat the marine monster called Ceto. This monster was so strong that the only way to beat it was showing it the head of Medusa, so it will be petrified.Perseus cut the head of Medussa off. And Pegasus emerged from her spilled blood.Pegasus is depicted as a gorgeous white winged horse that rides across the sky. According to the legend, where it passed, water gushed out. This is because Pegasus is symbolic descendant of Poseidon, who is not only the God of Oceans, but also of the rivers, fountains, lakes...It was said that Pegasus lived in the mount Helicon, until the Greek hero Bellerophon went to capture him.Bellerophon needed Pegasus to carry him flying to the Olympus, where the Gods lived.Zeus realized this, ...

The Curse Of Tutankhamun 2007-11-08 11:52:00 The origin of Tutankhamun is doubtful. There are two theories, one of them is that Tutankhamun could be son of Akhenaten (husband of Nefertiti). The other is that he could be son of Amenhotep III and his own daughter: Sitamun.When Tutankhamun was crowned pharaoh (at ten years old), the cult to Aton was abandoned. During his reign he ordered to repair many temples. Thus, many statues dedicated to God Amun have the face of Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun died at 19 years old. There are many hypothesis about his death but none of them definitive.In 1922 Howard Carter and Lord Carnavan discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings. They commanded an expedition that entered the tomb of the pharaoh.When the last man of that expedition returned to the surface, a big sand storm started, preceded by a hawk (symbol of the royal emblem of the ancient Egypt). The falcon flew to the west, that in the ancient Egyptians beliefs was the direction to the Other World.Here starts what was called ...

The Top Ten Asian Movies 2007-11-05 15:45:00 The asian cinema started to be popular in the Westerner with the martial arts films. Later, manga productions were widely known all over the globe. And nowadays, asian cinema in all genres (terror, fantasy, drama, comedy...) is synonym of success in all the world.Its originality, passion, art, and creativity makes asian movies win more and more fans every day.After this, a list of the best asian movies:1- Curse of the Golden Flower2- House of Flying Daggers3- Ran4- Houzhe (To live!)5- The Eye 6- Unagi 7- Shower8- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 9- The Seven Samurai 10- Fist of FuryThey are films with action, great passions, impossible love, and over all, very spectacular, both at an emotional level as visually.Curse of the Golden Flower, is a movie that is filmed in an awesome imperial palace. The empress and the crown prince have a romance. But the prince falls in love with the doctor's daughter, and plans to run off with her. While this happens, the emperor returns. And with his ... Movies