the doors

the doors episode ii: in which we bring out the big guns… So after two disappointing days with the stripper (aren’t they all?), and after consultation with Alex,*I returned to the home improvement center yet again, and picked up something I had wanted since I was a painting student: a corner cat power sander. It …

the doors

We interrupt regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special event… Ladies and Gentlemen… the Doors episode i: it begins I guess it was 6 or so weeks ago, my dad was over for dinner, and—like every other male family member with any professional or technical knowledge—advised me on what needed to be taken care …

Playing with DistressedFX

I don’t much go for distressed filters these days, but I quite like Distressed FX. Distressed FX offers 19 color/treatment filters (plus Birds!) and 17 scratch layers (plus the ability to create custom scratch designs), and the ability to tune the intensity of the filters. It’s also possible to make simple tweaks to color, brightness, …