Home of the Underdogs

Uma importante quantidade de abandonware disponível com o devido enquadramento em diversas categorias, rankings, estilos, ano de edição, etc. Além disso podemos consultar as reviews que os peritos escrevem de cada jogo.

Uma das funções de extrema utilidade é podermos navegar pelas centenas de jogos utilizando um critério disponível na ficha de cada um: ‘if you like this game, try:’ (aqui são apresentados jogos da mesma categoria ou que, de alguma forma estejam ligados com a nossa primeira escolha.)

Bastante organizado, o site permite o download de quase todo o conteúdo relativo aos jogos e que inclui manuais, screenshots, faqs e guias de instalação. Se surgir alguma dúvida ou problema, podemos aceder a uma base de dados de procedimentos relativos a cada jogo.

www.the-underdogs.info/
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DosBox

DosBox é um emulador MS.DOS que possibilita o retorno ao black screen e consequentemente a possibilidade de voltar a jogar algumas obras de arte que despontaram há bem pouco tempo atrás. Além de ser super completo como emulador, existem ainda projectos paralelos como o D.O.G. que funcionam como front-end para windows xp, linux, etc.

Na própria página retiramos a informação de suporte a sistemas operativos e o download específico a cada um:Windows, FreeBSD, Fedora Core, Gentoo, Source, Mac OS X, OS, BeOS, Risc OS

Os diversos front-ends:

Sir DOSalot ? Frontend for Mac OS X
Dosboxfront 4.1 Frontend for OS/2
Dapplegrey 1.9.2 Frontend for Mac OS X(Universal)
D.O.G 1.53 Frontend for windows
DOSShell 1.2 Frontend for windows
Radnor 1.0 Frontend for Mac OS X
dosboxer 1.0 Win,Linux,Mac OS X frontend
Jamyda 1.0 Frontend in java
DOSBox Gui 0.7 Frontend for Zeta
DOSBox Game Launcher 0.60 Frontend in java
DOSBoxGui 0.5.3 Frontend written in Tcl/Tk
Petit dosbox 0.4 Frontend for Mac OS X
RobyDOSBox 0.3 Frontend for windows
DBoxFE 0.1.3 Frontend for Linux/Windows
D-Fend Reloaded 0.1.1 Frontend for windows
DBFrontend

http://www.dosbox.com
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Photoshop Light Effects Tutorials

Algum do melhor conteúdo que alguma vez vi nos posts da Smashing Magazine…

Seriously Cool Photoshop Explosion Effect
Use layer masks and light effects to creatively break apart an image. Points of bright lights, swirly brushes, and warped lines help bring this design together.

Even fairies have to rest – glow and lightning tutorial

Lines Tutorial
A super simple tutorial that makes rainbow colored lines. It shows you how to give them an appearance of brightness and depth.

Expressive lighting effects
This tutorial combines both vector and raster based techniques to achieve a glowing floral design. The glows are applied in Photoshop.

Vector Polishing Techniques
This tutorial covers numerous ways to transform your vector illustrations into masterpieces by using Photoshop lighting techniques, glows, and filters.

How to Make the “Flare” Effect As Seen On WPCustomization.com
In this tutorial, the Lens Flare filter is used on the background. Then the lighting is created with brushes and different blending modes.

Sparkling Hot Girl in Photoshop
Utilize an assortment of techniques to achieve a sparkling design. Masks, blurs, brushes, layers styles and other effects are used in this tutorial.

Amazing Photoshop light effect in 10 Steps
“If you know a bit of Layer Styles and the Brush engine in Photoshop you will be able to create amazing effects. It will depend exclusively on your imagination and playing with the tool. Sometimes just changing some settings and you get a totally different effect.” This tutorial applies lighting effects to a coffee cup icon.

Creating A Fantastic Fantasy Night Sky In Photoshop
Create cartoon style clouds with rainbows, stars, and glowing effects. Based on a Nik Ainley design.

Neon lights with Photoshop
Tutorial on how to make glowing lights effects out of vector shapes and brushes.

Electrifying Energy Beams
In this tutorial you start with the pen tool by drawing a line. Then you transform that line into an energy beam with layer effects. This makes it glow white and purple around a microphone.

Add Another Dimension
Use glows and blending modes to “add another dimension” to your Photoshop artwork

Magic lighting effect in Photoshop
Learn to magically make text wave and glow out of a magician’s hat.

Extreme sports branding
This tutorial first covers creating a logo then it gets into the main snowboard illustration. Vector shapes are applied with layer effects and brushes to make the illustration stand out. This is part one in a series.

How to Create Intense Light Streaks in Photoshop
This tutorial shows you how to create light streaks that appear to flow around an object.

Chroma Wallpapers
This tutorial explains how to create an energetic design with lines. Utilize blurs, warps, and other effects. Add glowing and vibrating colors to give this image a dynamic feeling.

Advanced Glow Effects
This tutorial teaches how to create glow effects using layer styles, the pen tool, and some color blending effects.

Lighting Effects – Beam Wave
Learn to transform a one pixel lines into a glowing beam. Then add radial balls of light to emulate a pulse explosion.

Add A Sparkle Trail To A Photo
Learn how to add a sparkling trail of stars to your photos using brushes, layer styles, and effects.

Creating light motion trails & glowing sparks
This tutorial covers creating light motion trails by using the pen tool with layer styles. It also covers creating sparkling stars in Illustrator and then importing them into the Photoshop design.

Blue Glow Layout
This tutorial reviews the process for creating a simple layout in Photoshop, while revealing techniques for creating an abstract glowing centerpiece design.

Fantasy Art Photoshop tutorial
Learn to create a fantasy image with glowing halos of lights and stars. Notice how you can apply glow directly to a cropped image. The tutorial creates the halos with the Elliptical Marquee tool. It applies a stroke and then a glow to the selection, on its own layer.

Photoshop: Light Beam
This tutorial reviews the basic process of creating a light beam in Photoshop; however, it does refer to other tutorials for some effects. The techniques in this tutorial involve using different brushes to paint the light, and then they are smeared with the Smudge Tool. There are a few filters used as well.First, the photograph is treated to make it a little darker so that the points of light in the design will stand out. Both a linear wrapping beam and points of radiating light are covered in this tutorial.

Beautiful lighting FX effect in Photoshop
This tutorial will show you how to make a beautiful lighting effect with the scatter brush. This tutorial covers the basics.

High-Tech Swirling Aurora
This tutorial covers how to apply the Wind Filter to a waving light beam to create an aurora effect.

Slow shutter text effect – Photoshop
Layers of blurred elements are used in this tutorial. This blurring technique is worked into glowing linear text and circle shapes.

technologystudent

The information sheets cover a wide range and include, the design process, gear systems, electronics, cams, printed circuit boards, PIC microcontrollers / computer control, key words/phrases, structures, vocational work, technology and cultures, basic CNC work. They are intended to provide a valuable resource for teachers and pupils AND they are free. By using this website you are agreeing to abide by the copyright outlined below.

A informação contida neste site é de uma variedade impressionante, incluindo: o processo do design, sistemas mecânicos, eléctronica, camaras, circuitos integrados, microcontroladores / controlo de computadores, vocabulário, estruturas, trabalho vocacional, tecnologia e culturas, trabalho básico de CNC work, Laboratório de Robots, equipamentos e processos, etc.

http://www.technologystudent.com/
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Dexigner

2008 Dexigner™ Network | Dexigner Design Portal | Design News and Competitions

Delivering design related news, events, competitions, and resources, Dexigner is the leading online portal for designers. Dexigner also provides a design directory, database, agenda and weekly newsletter. Dexigner reaches more than two and a half million visitors every month.

Entregando notícias, eventos, competições e recursos relacionados com design. Dexigner é o portal online lider, disponibiliza um directório sobre design, base de dados, agenda e newsletter semanal. O Dexigner chega mais de 2.5 milhões de visitante por mês.

http://www.dexigner.com/
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Pensar faz bem

Aquele que ao longo do dia é activo como uma abelha, forte como um touro, trabalha que nem um cavalo e que ao fim da tarde se sente cansado que nem um cão, deveria consultar um veterinário porque é bem possível que seja burro.

Cyclic Defrost Magazine

Independent eclectic music journalism from Australia.
Cyclic Defrost is Australia’s only specialist electronic music magazine.

‘We cover independent electronic music, avant-rock, experimental sound art and leftfield hip hop. We have no interest in fashion spreads, alcohol or clothing advertising, nor do we accept advertising in the guise of ‘editorial’.

We are purposefully different. Each issue features a mix of local and international feature articles and stacks of reviews covering CDs, DVDs, vinyl as well as record sleeve designs and artwork.

We are published quarterly and are available free in selected record stores and other outlets across Australia distributed by Inertia Distribution.’

http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/
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Jornalismo de Musica Independente e Ecléctica a partir da Australia. A Cyclic Defrost e a única magazine especializada em musica eléctronica.

‘Abrangemos musica electrónica independente, avant-rock, som de arte experimental e leftfield hip-hop. Não temos qualquer interesse em divulgação de modas, alcool ou propaganda de vestuário, tão pouco aceitamos publicidade disfarçada de ‘editorial’.

Temos um propósito diferente. Cada tiragem é uma mistura de artigos locais ou internacionais e opiniões ou revisões de CD’s, DVDs ou Vinil, bem como design de capas e trabalhos artísticos.

GameCopyWorld

Divulgando a existência do maior e mais dedicado site de cracks para jogos…
A Internet pode ser um local perigoso e cheio de armadilhas para os mais incautos mas para os milhares de Indiana Jones da informação, o Santo Graal está à distância de um click.

http://www.gamecopyworld.com
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D+PAD Magazine

Distribuição gratuita da excelente magazine em formato pdf sobre as mais recentes novidades do mundo dos videojogos. Para o aficionado compulsivo do último grito da tecnologia deste mercado, por favor visite:
http://www.dpad-magazine.com
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