Easily Find Wallpaper For Your Desktop Resolution
| Posted by watashii | Filed under Web
There is a nice little trick (or hidden feature) on Google Image Search that allows you to search images of specific resolution size and filetype. Using this technique, we can search for the right image our desktop wallpaper. This can be achieved by using the imagesize and filetype search parameter.
For example:
[imagesize:1900x1200 filetype:jpg design] finds 1900px by 1200px images related to design.
[imagesize:256x256 filetype:png icon] finds 256px by 256px icons.
Tags: google, image, search engine, wallpaper
Digital Bokeh Effect Using Photoshop
| Posted by watashii | Filed under Photoshop
Found this awesome photoshop tutorial by abduzeedo for making a wallpaper with a Bokeh effect. A Bokeh (derived from Japanese, ぼけ) is a photographic term that produces an out of focus/fuzzy image, using depth of field techniques.
I followed the tutorial and recreated my own version of the Bokeh. The steps were very short, however the tricky part is making sure each step is followed correctly. Miss a small step, and you’ll end up with a dull looking ‘thing’.
Some undocumented tips:
- Step 2, blending options for ellipse should have normal blend mode, 100% opacity, 50% fill opacity.
- Step 3, to define the brush preset on the ellipse, you must hide all layers first (or press CTRL & click on layer)
- Step 5, colors are: Yellow (#E7DD85), Cyan (#1BDAEB), Purple (#9B3B81), Orange (#D27E34)
My PSD source files are available below, if interested:
[bokeh_watashii.zip] 1.2M
