class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/0_foodie.jpg" alt="" />Food makes the world go round. Whether dining out a few times a week, exploring new recipes, or simply taking pictures of your food and sharing it with others (which is called foodtography), there are a lot of people out there who love enjoying a good meal. If you consider yourself a foodie, you probably take advantage of a few key apps to document everything you’ve eaten.

Even apps like href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/foursquare/">Foursquare and href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/search/?cx=009717636731598800244%3Aqhe4rh7wuxs&cof=FORID%3A11&q=instagram&sa=">Instagram, which weren’t necessarily intended for sharing just food items, have been getting used that way for quite some time. In Instagram’s case, I would argue that foodtography played a major role in why the app became so popular amongst iPhone users.

So what’s next for foodies? In this article, I’m going to show you some more apps which should help you locate places and meals you’ll like, as well as document those meals you’ve eaten and enjoyed.

1. href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ness/id454869181?mt=8">Ness

The first iPhone app I’d like to share with you is called Ness. Ness is a visually appealing food search engine that enables you to discover places you’ll love based on the types of foods that you like to eat. Just tell Ness what you like – and what you don’t – and it will get smarter over time, recommending to you new places to try.

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Ness is also social. The app shows you the places your Facebook and Foursquare friends have rated, reviewed, or checked into, and allows you to share the things you like with them. Ness’ Likeness Engine incorporates your ratings/reviews and recommendations from friends to suggest new places that meet your tastes.

When you start using the app, Ness asks that you rate 10 restaurants that you’ve visited in the past. It will use this information to learn about your tastes when you rate your dining experiences and follow friends whose opinions influence your decisions. Results are tailor-made just for you.

2. href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alfred/id447020280?mt=8">Alfred

If you’re into recommendations, Alfred is another great app for you foodies out there. Alfred is your personal food butler/robot who recommends places based on your favorites. When you select a few of your favorite places for lunch, dinner, nightlife, coffee, brunch, etc. you will begin to receive custom results in the form of restaurants you will enjoy.

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Connect Alfred with your Facebook account and you will be able to select the friends that you are out with. Alfred will then “tune” his recommendations to match everyone’s taste. The app is pretty intuitive and you do interact with Alfred as if he’s a real person. He asks you questions and even lets you ask your friends where they think you should grab a bite to eat.

3. href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/foodily/id475603520?ls=1&mt=8">Foodily

If you’re not interested in going out to eat, you should check out the Foodily app for iPhone. Foodily ( href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/foodily-learn-to-cook-recipes-for-friends/">directory listing) gives you daily recipe inspirations from your friends, food experts, and people you follow. It even lets you utilize your phone’s camera to pair your own food pictures with recipes from across the web.

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Foodily has a recipe news feed that updates every time you open the app, giving you new recipe ideas, photos of what your friends have made, and search options to help you discover meals to make.

If you are eating out, you can take a picture at a restaurant, type a few ingredients into Foodily’s search bar, and get a similar recipe for you to cook at home. The photo functionality is also great for pairing a dish you’ve personally made with the recipe you found on a food blog, from a magazine, or wherever.

4. href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-eatery/id468299990?mt=8">The Eatery

The Eatery is another great food-related application that takes advantage of your phone’s camera. With this app, you can snap photos of your food and The Eatery will give you a second opinion on the healthiness of your meal. The idea behind the app is that documenting the meals you eat is the first step to building awareness around healthy eating.

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The Eatery will help you discover how well you eat from week to week, where you eat your best and worst meals, and what factors into potentially bad habits. Personally I think it’s pretty cool how information is presented to you upon simply snapping pictures of your food (which you probably do anyway).

As a bonus, I also recommend you check out href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/rate-share-discover-meals-restaurants-forkly-iphone/">Forkly, which I covered a couple of months back. When you’re done experimenting with these foodie apps, come back and tell us what you think!

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One of the things I like best about Android is how customizable it is. The Market is full of themes you can apply to different launchers, and if your Android device is href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/root-android-phone-superoneclick-2/">rooted, you can even apply themes to the system as a whole, changing the appearance of the notification bar, buttons, and more. But it can often be annoying to sift through the myriad themes just to find the few good ones. That’s where this post, and href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.n3xgenapps.theme.manager">N3xGen Theme Manager, comes in.

N3xGen Theme Manager is a free app that provides an easy, comfortable way to browse and filter lots of themes. Let’s look at how it works, and also at a few of the better free Android themes out there.

The App

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The app bills itself as a “theme market’, and accordingly, it’s styled to look very similar to the new Market app. At the main screen, you can see the most recent themes, each with its price clearly marked (so you don’t have to waste time on paid themes if you just want the free ones). Along the bottom is a toolbar that lets you filter the view to see only ADW themes, themes for LauncherPro, Android system themes, and Go! Launcher themes.

System Themes

Let’s focus on the System Themes category, which contains themes for the T-Mobile Theme Chooser. While you won’t find Theme Chooser on the Market, it is a part of href="http://www.cyanogenmod.com/features/themes-support">CyanogenMod, a popular alternative ROM supporting many devices. While filtering by system themes, you can swipe left to reveal other useful filters and zoom in on just the themes you want to see:

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Above you can see what the screen looks like mid-swipe, when switching between “All Themes” to Categories. You can also filter by developer, and by free or paid themes.

Some Awesome Themes

Now that we’ve seen how the app works, let’s look at some of the beautiful themes you can discover with it. Here’s what a single-theme view looks like: /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/image3.png" alt="android themes" width="300" height="500"/> /> This is for href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.r3dx.theme.lunarui.black&feature=search_result">LunarUI Black. Here’s what the theme itself looks like:

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I really like the thin fonts, as well as the shape of the sliders. The whole theme feels a bit “angular” and sharp.

Let’s look at another theme:

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This one is called href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kgill7.theme.NakedSimplicityB&feature=search_result">Naked Simplicity. Not everything you see above is a part of the theme – it mainly changes the notification bar, which ends up looking something like this:

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Finally, let’s look at one of the paid themes, just to see what they’re like. This one’s called href="https://market.android.com/details?id=sh.pra.chroma&feature=search_result">Chroma 2.0 and it costs $1.29. There is also href="https://market.android.com/details?id=sh.pra.chromab&feature=more_from_developer">Chroma (basic), which is free. The paid version looks like this:

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Installing a Theme

Now let’s buy that last theme and look at the installation process. First, tap the Download button:

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This will take you to the Market, where you can buy or install the theme just like you would any other app.

Once the theme installs, run Theme Chooser. Again, this application is not available on the Market, but it is available with CyanogenMod and other href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-custom-rom-android/">custom ROMs. Theme Chooser looks like this:

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You can swipe left and right to scroll between your existing themes. Once you found the one you wish to use, simply hit Apply. And… that’s it. There is no step 2. The end result looks like this:

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I’m not sure yet if Chroma 2.0 is the theme for me (it looked better in the screenshots, to be honest). Do you have a suggestion for a better free Android theme? Let me know in the comments!

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class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/commandlinefu-icon.png" alt="linux command line" />Browse an assortment of amazingly useful commands. Whether you’re an veteran system admin or a command-line neophyte striving to discover more, href="http://www.commandlinefu.com">CommandLineFu is a vote-driven collection of commands that serves up thousands of ideas you should have thought of but didn’t.

Some see the href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/command-line/">command line as Linux’s weak point, the ultimate symbol of a system lacking ease of use. Others know the command line as one of Linux’s best features, giving learned users quick access to features most computer users don’t even know exist. There’s a reason even Mac OS X comes with a full-featured terminal. CommandLineFu is an encyclopedia of exactly those features. A database featuring over 8,000 unique commands, this site can seem overwhelming at first – just like the command line itself. Dig in though, and you will wonder just how you used a computer without the command line.

Sorry, Windows users – the majority of these commands only work on Linux. Some work on Mac OS X as well.

Browsing

Head over to href="http://www.commandlinefu.com">CommandLineFu to get started. You will immediately see the commands submitted most recently.

You can “grep” (read: search) the archive, if you want, or simply click “All Time Greats” to see the most popular commands. Or if you prefer, simply browse the massive tag cloud that makes up this sites right sidebar.

A Few Highlight Commands

Experienced command line users will immediately find things they are interested in, but what about everyone else? Here is a quick list of my discoveries from this site.

href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/71/serve-current-directory-tree-at-httphostname8000">Quick, Temporary Web Server

Want to quickly share a file with someone? Set up your own web server in a few keystrokes with this handy command:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Just like that, your current directory will be shared. Here’s what it looks like in a web browser:

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Naturally, you’re going to need to set up your router properly if you want to share with someone outside your current network. A dedicated IP or a service like href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/connect-home-network-dyndns/">DynDNS will also be needed. Still, for local file sharing, it’s hard to beat the above command: it’s quick and easy. It worked for me on Ubuntu and OS X.

href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/13/run-the-last-command-as-root">Run Preview Command As Sudo

This one’s probably only useful for users of Ubuntu, or other systems utilizing href="http://xkcd.com/149/">sudo. It allows you to re-run the last command you executed as sudo, perfect if you forgot to add that vital preface.

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href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3386/check-your-unread-gmail-from-the-command-line">See Your Unread Emails

Want a quick rundown of your unread emails? this simple command can do the trick, provided your email client of choice is Gmail.

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It worked for me on Ubuntu and OS X; Linux users should make sure “curl” is installed.

href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/1556/currently-mounted-filesystems-in-nice-layout">See Your Mounted Devices

A mounted device is any storage drive plugged into your system and working. Need to see a full list of them? Simple.

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href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/1713/watch-star-wars-via-telnet">Watch A Text Version of StarWars

Okay, this one’s not useful. It is, however, awesome. Watch a text-only version of Star Wars, complete with ASCII animated characters:

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The code for this is simple:

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

3 Different Feeds

Do you want to know every time a new awesome command is discovered? CommandLineFu offers three different Twitter and RSS feeds for just that purpose. Which one you use depends on how frequently you want updates; href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/site/faq">check them all out here.

Conclusion

This site is awesome. Exploring it can teach you a great deal about not only the command line but also about computers in general.

Did you learn anything cool? Share links to your favorite commands in the comments below, or just list them yourself.

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class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/0_ipadnews.jpg" alt="best news apps for ipad" />One thing I’m sure I don’t have to tell you is that news is changing. Everything from the way information is reported down to the way it’s consumed has undergone a change in recent years, and it has led to a more personalized news experience that takes place in real-time.

The fact that anybody in the world can go on a network like Twitter and report news has a lot to do with this. If I see news happening outside my window (which is highly likely in New York City), I can act as a first respondent of sorts and break the story with a tweet.

Other key advancements in news consumption have been the href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/ipad/">iPad and, more importantly, the news-related apps that were designed specifically for this device. Some of the best news apps let you pull in data from your social networks, as well as pieces of news from other key outlets. Let’s take a look at some of the href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-ipad-apps">best iPad apps for viewing news.

1. href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flud/id382544677?mt=8">FLUD

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FLUD is a really cool news app for iPad that keeps you up-to-date. The app is customized to your tastes as you can follow all of your favorite blogs and news sites. You can share content via Twitter, Facebook, and email as well as bookmark stories using Instapaper and Read It Later all in one place. Also, anything you or anyone else bookmarks is promoted to the “FLUD feed”.

Like all of the apps listed here, FLUD has a beautiful user interface. You can search for RSS feeds inside the app and add them with a single touch, connect to Google Reader, mark articles you love, organize feeds into categories, and more.

2. href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipboard/id358801284?mt=8">Flipboard

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Flipboard needs no introduction. This app was named Apple’s iPad App of the Year and one of TIME’s top 50 innovations of 2010. Flipboard offers you a simple way to flip through news, photos, videos, and social updates in a magazine like layout that is easy to scan. You can customize your Flipboard with sections created from your favorite news, people, blogs, topics, etc.

Be sure to also check out href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/watch-videos-friends-sharing-showyou-ipadiphone/">ShowYou on your iPad. I liken this app to Flipboard for videos. We also have  href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-flipboard-alternatives-computer-ipad/">4 Flipboard Alternatives For Your Computer If You Don’t Own An iPad.

3. href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/taptu/id392240746?mt=8">Taptu

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Taptu, which href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/taptu-multiplatform-mobile-news-reader-curator-ios-android/">we’ve covered before, is a social news feed reader that lets you add your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the content from your favorite websites and blogs (via RSS feeds or Twitter) into beautiful streams for easy navigating. Like the other news apps on this list, Taptu also lets you share news with your friends via Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and email, as well as save items to Instapaper for later viewing.

4. href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pulse-news-for-ipad/id371088673?mt=8">Pulse

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Pulse is also up there among the most best news apps for the iPad, having been named to the App Store Hall of Fame. Pulse takes your favorite websites and and transforms them into a colorful and interactive mosaic. You can tap on an article to see a clean view of the news story. Pulse also lets you save stories for reading later across all platforms and syncs them with Instapaper, Read it Later, and Evernote. Sharing a story is a simple two-tap process.

5. href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite-personalized-magazine/id419752338?mt=8">Zite

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Zite, href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/zite-ipad-rss-feed-contender/">covered back in March, is a little different from its predecessors on this list because it comes right out and tells you it’s a personalized magazine. Zite automatically learns what you like and gets smarter as you use it. It gives you personalized news, articles, blog posts, videos, and other content from a variety of mainstream and niche publications and websites.

You can also sync it with your Twitter or Google Reader accounts to further improve the “learning” process.

Conclusion

All of these iPad apps have something great to offer and you can get addicted to any one of them. As of now they are all free, so give them a try and let us know which one is your favorite. I have a feeling your iPad is about to replace some of the newspapers you’re used to reading, as well as cut deeply into your TV news watching time.

What is your favorite iPad news app?

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class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/data.jpg?54167" alt="graphical news"/>Strangely, while watching news has stayed on the normal course, reading news has taken varied (and interesting) routes. There has been no better medium than the web to explore news in all its different avatars. RSS feeds and news tickers have become old-hat when you have more interactive apps coming in. Thanks to information overload, visualizing data has come into the picture…literally.

Data visualization starts with the idea of giving you a graphical tool to wrap all that information around your head. In the case of news, it ends with a really cool and interesting way to see news a bit differently.

Some of the data visualization based apps that focus on news may be experimental. It’s difficult to say whether graphical news apps will take off or not; but for now they remain as offbeat ways to browse and read news.

href="http://doodlebuzz.com/">DoodleBuzz

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It’s called a typographic news explorer. The interesting graphical news app is meant to break you out of the usual way you browse for news – from the top down. This one fosters creativity. It all starts with a doodle. You get a blank canvas and a search box. Search for a news item and then just doodle around to get all interlinked stories. As you doodle on, the news items branch out and you can go on a wild, chaotic journey through all the information that’s out there. Doodling also gets you the original source of the news. It’s difficult to explain this app in words – try it out.

href="http://tenbyten.org/">tenbyten

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To describe the site in their own words – Every hour, 10×10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time.

If that went over your head, just launch the app and play around with the little thumbnails. At the backend, the app has scanned the RSS feeds of several leading international news sources (ABC, BBC, Reuters etc.) and culled the most important keywords using a special algorithm. The top 100 words are chosen along with their images. This human history goes into the 10×10 grid. You can check it by the hour and also go back into history with the cool timeline.

href="http://oursignal.com/">Oursignal

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We have featured this cool graphical news app href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/oursignalcom/">before in our directory of href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/tag/news/">news apps. It’s like a news aggregator with a difference – a visual one. Just like any other news aggregator, it plucks the most popular news stories from Digg, Reddit, Delicious, Yahoo! Buzz and Hacker News and displays them in one place. The more popular the story the bigger it appears on the homepage. Clicking on the square takes you to the source. You can also preview it in the bottom frame. With a registration and log-in, you can set about customizing the ways news squares will be displayed like choosing a theme and entering your own choice of feeds. The results are not always perfect but you can try it out. It’s also quite similar to href="http://newsmap.jp/">NewsMap which is a Google News aggregator.

href="http://www.newser.com/">Newser

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Newser makes news reading more fun by taking news stories from around the world and showing them as thumbnails on a grid. Clicking on them takes you to the news stories. This is not really offbeat, but nonetheless a visual departure from the normal way of scanning headlines. We had taken a previous look at Newser when we mentioned href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-great-multi-source-news-websites/">5 Great Multi-Source News Websites.

These five web apps are interesting visualizations. They may not allow you to read ‘between the lines’ but they serve to break you away from the commonplace. If you are looking at more interesting ways to digest news, check out the articles below:

• href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/news/page/2/">3 Fun & Useful Google News Mashups
• href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-free-online-news-games-based-world-affairs-news-events/">7 Free Online News Games That Are Based On World Affairs & News Events
• href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/catch-news-world-map-7-map-based-news-aggregators/">Catch The News On A World Map With These 7 Map-Based News Aggregators
• href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-chrome-extensions-catching-latest-news-headlines/">10 News Photo Galleries To Catch All The Latest World News In Pictures
• href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-chrome-extensions-catching-latest-news-headlines/">6 Chrome Extensions For Catching The Latest News Headlines
• href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-alternatives-york-times-free/">5 Alternatives To The New York Times That Are Still Free

Do you know about any other interesting visual ways to browse href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/news/">news?

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class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/intro2.jpg" alt="logo art" />It seems like there’s a growing number of users that have given GIMP, Inkscape and other open-source software a chance. In many cases, being liberated from the grips of commercial software does not mean professional-grade graphics cannot be created. With a lot of patience, skill and enthusiasm, many users have demonstrated time and again that href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/photoshop">Photoshop really isn’t the only tool capable of producing high-quality visual art.

To prove my point, I’ve scoured the web and DeviantArt in search of great graphics. The result was absolutely exhilarating. Not only did I find many magnificent pieces made entirely with open-source software, I also was surprised to find a growing community of professional visual artists dedicated to spreading the word about GIMP, Inkscape, MyPaint, etc. using them exclusively to produce their artworks and even extending them to produce improved painting packages like href="http://code.google.com/p/gps-gimp-paint-studio/">GIMP Paint Studio. There were too numerous works worthy of mention here, but including all of them would have probably made this too long of a post. So here are some stunning pieces flowing around deviantArt.

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/122430398/">Inkscape 0.47 Contest Entry

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1.jpg" alt="logo art" width="580" height="503" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://sko.deviantart.com/">sko on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49622704/">Inkscape Is My Bitch

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/21.jpg" alt="digital portraits" width="456" height="562" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://wflu.deviantart.com/">wflu on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/77954092/">sm_2

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/3.jpg" alt="digital portraits" width="579" height="445" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://hrum.deviantart.com/">hrum on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/120639620/">Bjork Vector Inkscape 2

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/4.jpg" alt="digital portraits" width="420" height="572" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://ndop.deviantart.com/">ndop on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/158109316/">Inkscape 0.48 Screen Contest

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/5.jpg" alt="examples of digital art" width="580" height="490" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://arwassa.deviantart.com/">Arwassa on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://uberdiablo-pixels.deviantart.com/art/Jacky-D-Icon-124990687">Jacky D Icon

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/6.jpg" alt="examples of digital art" width="569" height="650" />

Author: href="http://uberdiablo-pixels.deviantart.com/">~uberdiablo-pixels

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/103391176/">Pinkitude For Life

A reminder for women that self-breast exams are key for early detection & prevention.

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/7.jpg" alt="examples of digital art" width="486" height="535" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://quicheloraine.deviantart.com/">QuicheLoraine on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://theshock.deviantart.com/art/Nixie-Pixel-portrait-148411228">Nixie Pixel Portrait

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/8.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="707" />

Author: * class="u vt-p" href="http://theshock.deviantart.com/">TheShock on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART (author of href="http://code.google.com/p/gps-gimp-paint-studio/">GIMP Paint Studio)

Software used: GIMP and href="http://code.google.com/p/gps-gimp-paint-studio/">GIMP Paint Studio

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/162632183/">Jensen Ackles – GIMP Painting

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/9.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="600" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://lasianicole.deviantart.com/">LasiaNicole on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: GIMP

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/205168309/">Ailvhe Ni Faolain

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/10.jpg" alt="" width="580" height="879" />

Author: class="u vt-p" href="http://anokorok.deviantart.com/">Anokorok on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: GIMP

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/203639838/">Princess Of The Wind Kingdom

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11.jpg" alt="" width="580" height="839" />

Author: * class="u vt-p" href="http://anokorok.deviantart.com/">Anokorok on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: GIMP

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/203949998/">Sweet Candy

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/12.jpg" alt="" width="580" height="435" />

Author: * class="u vt-p" href="http://starca.deviantart.com/">starca on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: GIMP

href="http://hrum.deviantart.com/art/Attack-of-the-gnome-33389962">Attack Of The Gnome

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/13.jpg" alt="" width="411" height="500" />

Author: href="http://hrum.deviantart.com/">hrum on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviantART

Software used: GIMP

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/75234516/">big_water

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/14.jpg" alt="" width="580" height="435" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://hrum.deviantart.com/">hrum on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: GIMP

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/99135586/">Negra In Vector

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/15.jpg" alt="logo art" width="580" height="707" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://pretojackson.deviantart.com/">pretojackson on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape & GIMP

Interesting DeviantArt Groups

If you’re interested in exploring additional paintings, be sure to look at the galleries of the following groups on DA. Each group has an RSS feed that you can subscribe to and most even accept members without any eligibility restrictions. That way you can constantly see artwork and be motivated to keep learning.

• href="http://foss-designers.deviantart.com/">FOSS Designers
• href="http://openartists.deviantart.com/">Open Artists
• href="http://ubuntu-artists.deviantart.com/">Ubuntu Artists
• href="http://linux-deviants.deviantart.com/">Linux Deviants
• href="http://mypaint.deviantart.com/">MyPaint
• href="http://gimpdome.deviantart.com/">Gimp Dome
• href="http://gimpies.deviantart.com/">GIMPies
• href="http://gimp-artists.deviantart.com/">GIMP Artists
• href="http://mastergimpers.deviantart.com/">Master GIMPers for resources, patterns, tutorials
• href="http://krita-free-art-app.deviantart.com/">Krita Free Art App

I imagine at this point you’re bit curious to learn more about Inkscape and GIMP. If so, check out some hand-picked href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-10-beginner-level-video-tutorials-learn-gimp-fast/">beginner video tutorials, some easy text-based href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tutorials-amazing-wallpapers-gimp/">tutorials to create your own wallpapers, or some href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editor-online/">dedicated href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editing/">websites. After being through with those, you can have fun href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cartoonify-photos-gimp/">creating cartoonish versions of your photos, or use GIMP for some non-artistic work, such as making href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-an-animated-gif-image-with-gimp/">GIFs, href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-image-map-gimp/">image maps, adding href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-speech-bubbles-screenshots-gimp/">speech bubbles or callouts, href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-simple-zoomed-effect-screenshots-gimp/">zoom effects, and href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/optimize-images-web-gimp/">optimizing (read shrinking file sizes of) images. If you want to use GIMP to paint, you should definitely check out href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gimp-paint-studio-great-addition-gimp-digital-artists-playground/">GIMP Paint Studio, which offers a variety of brushes and goodies to improve the drawing and painting features in GIMP.

Do you know of any beginner-friendly tutorials for open-source software that are worth mentioning? Please let us know in the comments!

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class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/intro2.jpg" alt="logo art" />It seems like there’s a growing number of users that have given GIMP, Inkscape and other open-source software a chance. In many cases, being liberated from the grips of commercial software does not mean professional-grade graphics cannot be created. With a lot of patience, skill and enthusiasm, many users have demonstrated time and again that href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/photoshop">Photoshop really isn’t the only tool capable of producing high-quality visual art.

To prove my point, I’ve scoured the web and DeviantArt in search of great graphics. The result was absolutely exhilarating. Not only did I find many magnificent pieces made entirely with open-source software, I also was surprised to find a growing community of professional visual artists dedicated to spreading the word about GIMP, Inkscape, MyPaint, etc. using them exclusively to produce their artworks and even extending them to produce improved painting packages like href="http://code.google.com/p/gps-gimp-paint-studio/">GIMP Paint Studio. There were too numerous works worthy of mention here, but including all of them would have probably made this too long of a post. So here are some stunning pieces flowing around deviantArt.

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/122430398/">Inkscape 0.47 Contest Entry

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1.jpg" alt="logo art" width="580" height="503" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://sko.deviantart.com/">sko on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49622704/">Inkscape Is My Bitch

class="aligncenter" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/21.jpg" alt="digital portraits" width="456" height="562" />

Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://wflu.deviantart.com/">wflu on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/77954092/">sm_2

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Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://hrum.deviantart.com/">hrum on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/120639620/">Bjork Vector Inkscape 2

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Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://ndop.deviantart.com/">ndop on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/158109316/">Inkscape 0.48 Screen Contest

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Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://arwassa.deviantart.com/">Arwassa on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://uberdiablo-pixels.deviantart.com/art/Jacky-D-Icon-124990687">Jacky D Icon

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Author: href="http://uberdiablo-pixels.deviantart.com/">~uberdiablo-pixels

Software used: Inkscape

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/103391176/">Pinkitude For Life

A reminder for women that self-breast exams are key for early detection & prevention.

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Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://quicheloraine.deviantart.com/">QuicheLoraine on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape

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Author: * class="u vt-p" href="http://theshock.deviantart.com/">TheShock on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART (author of href="http://code.google.com/p/gps-gimp-paint-studio/">GIMP Paint Studio)

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href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/205168309/">Ailvhe Ni Faolain

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Software used: GIMP

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/203639838/">Princess Of The Wind Kingdom

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Software used: GIMP

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/203949998/">Sweet Candy

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Author: href="http://hrum.deviantart.com/">hrum on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviantART

Software used: GIMP

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/75234516/">big_water

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Software used: GIMP

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/99135586/">Negra In Vector

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Author: ~ class="u vt-p" href="http://pretojackson.deviantart.com/">pretojackson on href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART

Software used: Inkscape & GIMP

Interesting DeviantArt Groups

If you’re interested in exploring additional paintings, be sure to look at the galleries of the following groups on DA. Each group has an RSS feed that you can subscribe to and most even accept members without any eligibility restrictions. That way you can constantly see artwork and be motivated to keep learning.

• href="http://foss-designers.deviantart.com/">FOSS Designers
• href="http://openartists.deviantart.com/">Open Artists
• href="http://ubuntu-artists.deviantart.com/">Ubuntu Artists
• href="http://linux-deviants.deviantart.com/">Linux Deviants
• href="http://mypaint.deviantart.com/">MyPaint
• href="http://gimpdome.deviantart.com/">Gimp Dome
• href="http://gimpies.deviantart.com/">GIMPies
• href="http://gimp-artists.deviantart.com/">GIMP Artists
• href="http://mastergimpers.deviantart.com/">Master GIMPers for resources, patterns, tutorials
• href="http://krita-free-art-app.deviantart.com/">Krita Free Art App

I imagine at this point you’re bit curious to learn more about Inkscape and GIMP. If so, check out some hand-picked href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-10-beginner-level-video-tutorials-learn-gimp-fast/">beginner video tutorials, some easy text-based href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tutorials-amazing-wallpapers-gimp/">tutorials to create your own wallpapers, or some href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editor-online/">dedicated href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editing/">websites. After being through with those, you can have fun href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cartoonify-photos-gimp/">creating cartoonish versions of your photos, or use GIMP for some non-artistic work, such as making href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-an-animated-gif-image-with-gimp/">GIFs, href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-image-map-gimp/">image maps, adding href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-speech-bubbles-screenshots-gimp/">speech bubbles or callouts, href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-simple-zoomed-effect-screenshots-gimp/">zoom effects, and href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/optimize-images-web-gimp/">optimizing (read shrinking file sizes of) images. If you want to use GIMP to paint, you should definitely check out href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gimp-paint-studio-great-addition-gimp-digital-artists-playground/">GIMP Paint Studio, which offers a variety of brushes and goodies to improve the drawing and painting features in GIMP.

Do you know of any beginner-friendly tutorials for open-source software that are worth mentioning? Please let us know in the comments!

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style="border: 0px none;margin-left:20px;float:right;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/intro2.png" alt="how to make wallpapers with gimp"/>\If you read the recently-published article on href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-10-beginner-level-video-tutorials-learn-gimp-fast/">beginner-level video tutorials for GIMP, you might want to get your feet wet and get started creating your own art. Users all over the href="http://www.deviantart.com/">DeviantArt href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-10-sites-to-download-free-photoshop-textures-nb/">community, for example, for sure are showcasing their own artwork and href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-best-resources-to-pimp-your-wallpaper/">wallpapers.

Why not create your own wallpapers instead of href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-sites-to-download-very-high-resolution-wallpapers/">hunting for others‘ creations? You might even want to share your artwork so others that like to href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wally-an-incredible-cross-platform-wallpaper-rotation-app/">rotate their wallpapers will be able to appreciate your efforts. Here are some beautiful wallpaper tutorials you can follow even if you’re a beginner to intermediate user of the free image editor, GIMP, which is known for href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-gimp-to-batch-edit-your-images-windows-specific-instructions/">its batch-editing capabilities, href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-image-map-gimp/">being able to create an image map, etc.

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Amazing Bokeh Effect

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Full tutorial: href="http://puteraaladin.blogspot.com/2008/10/gimp-tutorial-awesome-bokeh-effect-in.html">PA Blog

This started as a  href="http://abduzeedo.com/awesome-digital-bokeh-effect-photoshop">Photoshop tutorial, but as you can tell, you can achieve pretty awesome wallpapers as well in GIMP. The Puteraaladin blog was able to get this and was kind enough to post a step-by-step tutorial and even brushes!

Mac Tiger Wallpaper with a Touch of Ubuntu

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Full tutorial: href="http://gimp-tutorials.net/mac-wallpaper-tutorial">Gimp-Tutorials

Featured in href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editor-online/">5 Websites To Learn GIMP Online (don’t forget to check out the href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editing/">second part with more GIMP tutorial websites), GIMP-Tutorials.net is rich with user-submitted tutorials and goodies on effects, icons, etc. Here’s a tutorial written in 2007 for a beautiful combo wallpaper reminiscent of Ubuntu and Mac OS X Tiger.

Mac Leopard Wallpaper

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Full tutorial: href="http://abduzeedo.com/leopards-aurora-borealis-wallpaper-gimp">Abduzeedo Blog

The Abduzeedo blog produce high-quality href="http://abduzeedo.com/tutorials">tutorials for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. The wallpapers from the blog also are stunning so here’s the founder’s guide to creating an image similar to the Aurora wallpaper from Mac Leopard.

Cosmic Wallpaper

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Full tutorial: href="http://www.scottphotographics.com/how-to-make-a-cosmic-wallpaper-in-gimp/">ScottPhotographics Blog

This is a more recent tutorial, published in August of this year, created by a site rich with photography, GIMP and Photoshop tips. This is what I was able to get after several attempts at following the good-for-beginners tutorial. The color in my final attempt still came out a little flat so do look at the original samples of the author’s tutorial as they were very rich in color.

Refresh Wallpaper

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Full tutorial: href="http://www.youtube.com/user/gimpknowhow">GIMPKnowHow‘s Youtube Channel

GIMPKnowHow is probably one of the most followed GIMP gurus on Youtube (another excellent channel is href="http://www.youtube.com/user/GIMPtricks">GIMPTricks) and with good reason. Tutorials from the channel are made with a very clear and helpful narrator and are often original tutorials, like this one.

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• href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-stereographic-projections-photoshop-gimp/">How to Create Stereographic Projections in GIMP (these projections are sort of panoramic pictures in cool spherical shapes).

You don’t even have to use GIMP to create good wallpapers. Here’s a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-cool-desktop-wallpapers-quickly-microsoft-word/">guide on using Microsoft Word to author a simple but nice-looking wallpaper with a message even!

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class="align-left" style="border: 0px none; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 5px; float: right;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sintel_poster.jpg" alt="short films online" width="200" height="299" />Just last month, the class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender.org/blenderorg/blender-foundation/">Blender Foundation released its third open movie, class="vt-p" href="http://www.sintel.org/">Sintel, which you can watch below and on class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRsGyueVLvQ">YouTube. Just like its previous short films online, the Blender Foundation used only open-source or free software to produce movies of at least 10 minutes for everyone to rejoice and learn about the potential of the 3D animation software and video editor class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender.

Blender is cross-platform so you can learn the basics right now with the class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender.org/education-help/quickstart/">QuickStart and plenty of other tutorials on the official site and all over the net. Blender’s not the only 3D content creation software available for free though.

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Just to name a few, there’s:

• class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-virtually-explore-3d-design-google-sketchup/">Google SketchUp that’s great to create buildings and objects,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.wings3d.com/">Wings 3D, a cross-platform, open-source  3D modeler,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.makehuman.org/">MakeHuman, another cross-platform, open-source tool to model human characters,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.sculptris.com/index.html">Sculptris, free Windows-only 3D modeling and sculpting class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/sculptris-free-3d-modeling-program/">software,
• class="vt-p" href="http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/">MeshLab, cross-platform and open-source tool to process 3D scans,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.caligari.com/products/trueSpace/ts75/brochure/intro.asp">trueSpace, a free Windows-only 3D content creation tool.

There are a few more alternatives which you can see class="vt-p" href="http://alternativeto.net/software/blender/?sort=likes&license=free">here but Blender seems to be very popular so most of the following open-source-generated masterpieces are made with this powerful suite.

Short Films

The Blender Foundation’s Sintel is a 12-minute short film released online on September 30th, 2010 that was independently produced (initially funded through donations) with only class="vt-p" href="http://www.sintel.org/about/">open-source software over 10 months in Amsterdam. The software used includes:

• class="vt-p" href="http://inkscape.org/">Inkscape, an open-source  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/convert-images-to-svg-format-with-inkscape/">vector graphics editor comparable to Adobe Illustrator,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP, the open-source  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-websites-to-make-you-a-photoshop-ninja/">Photoshop alternative that you can start learning now with  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-10-beginner-level-video-tutorials-learn-gimp-fast/">video and  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editor-online/">text class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editing/">tutorials,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender, which was discussed in the fascinating post,  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-what-is-cgi-animation/">What Is CGI Animation [Technology Explained] and has been used to create even  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/yo-frankie-free-open-source-platform-game/">video games,
• class="vt-p" href="http://mypaint.intilinux.com/">MyPaint, a painting program, and class="vt-p" href="http://www.koffice.org/krita/">Krita, a sketching and painting application that’s part of class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fedora-12-a-visually-pleasing-highly-configurable-linux-distro-you-might-want-to-try/">KOffice. Both are cross-platform.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/">Big Buck Bunny is an award-winning animated short film released online by the Blender Foundation in 2008.

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According to the official site,  class="vt-p" href="http://orange.blender.org/">Elephants Dream is the world’s first open movie released by the Blender Foundation in 2006 after 8 months of work. You class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender3d.org/e-shop/product_info.php?products_id=84">can’t seem to order the DVD anymore, but you can watch and download it online.

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Besides these, there’s also class="vt-p" href="http://www.plumiferos.com/">Plumíferos or Free Birds, an 80-minute Argentinean feature film that premiered in February 2010 and is entirely made with open-source software (Blender and Linux OS). Here’s the trailer with subtitles.

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Shorts

class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/13376654">The Cup from  class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/user944467">Pepe School Land via class="vt-p" href="http://www.blendernation.com/2010/07/28/the-cup/">Blender Nation and class="vt-p" href="http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/6-more-blender-made-movies-and.html">Tech Drive-In: This consists of superbly made and hilarious short made in Blender by students of a Barcelona-based animation school.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgnTxZElfIw">Taste Lab by class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisIceBox">ICEBOX Studios via  class="vt-p" href="http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/6-more-blender-made-movies-and.html">Tech Drive-In: This is a short comedy (about a girl tester in a food lab) that was produced in 5 months with Blender.

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(NSFW) class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7jCpv3wDeM">South Park Animation by class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/dirtyblender">dirtyblender: Here’s an unofficial animation that was produced in a month also solely in Blender.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIW2Y3kZIgo">Rainboy by class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/3dddie">3dddie: This is a short film made in full in 5 days with Blender, GIMP and Inkscape.

In the short, the boy holds a sign saying “Ojek Payung” which translates to “Rain taxi” or “Rent an umbrella”. The phrase seems to refer to kids in rainy season that lend their umbrellas to office people who need to quickly go to a restaurant or somewhere nearby around lunch time but don’t carry an umbrella with them.

All the software used have been featured in MakeUseOf’s earlier list of class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-great-applications-for-the-graphic-designer-on-a-budget/">Free Applications For The Graphic Designer On A Budget.

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Here’s a very cute Anime clip, class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/12132913">HapiLoli from class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/user379696">tomo via class="vt-p" href="http://www.blendernation.com/2010/06/23/tomos-manga-videos/">Blender Nation that uses Blender.

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class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/9865011">Transformation from class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/user3298020">Andre Baran via class="vt-p" href="http://www.blendernation.com/2010/03/05/transformation/">Blender Nation: Now here’s a clip that demonstrates that you don’t have to use Blender to create 3D cartoons only. You can composite commercial-quality sequences to illustrate a concept.

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This is another clip of Blender being used to create a class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNKkC133qak">logo by class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BnBGobo">BnBGobo for the CFC, (Combined Federal Campaign).

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class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/14177805">Pelikone from  class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/mrkombo">Kombo via class="vt-p" href="http://www.blendernation.com/2010/09/30/tv-ad-for-a-finnish-game-site-pelikone-fi/">Blender Nation: The following clip is a recently-released Blender-made ad for a Finnish game site.

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Just so you know, Blender’s not the only animation software available. Here’s class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwSZZivjQMo">Prologue (released in 2004) which consists of a short made by Voria Studios, the studio that class="vt-p" href="http://synfig.org/wiki/History">came to release the class="vt-p" href="http://synfig.org/">Synfig 2D animation software under GNU license. class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/say-goodbye-to-adobe-creative-suite/">Synfig is today a vector-based open-source animation package that facilitates the process of tweening, which is basically drawing animation frame by frame.

Prologue tells the story of two boys trying to run away from soldiers in a sewer. According to the site, “in an attempt to protect his friend, one of the children tries to draw one of the soldiers away. However, plans don’t always work out as one would hope.”

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mpr6WaTsfU">My Friend Rabbit Making Pizza is a short (click to watch as embedding is disabled) made with class="vt-p" href="http://www.pencil-animation.org/">Pencil, an open-source traditional animation software that lets you trace previously-drawn raster and vector images for your next frames (with its class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pencil-a-free-multi-os-animation-application/">onion skin feature).

As you can see from the sources, the class="vt-p" href="http://www.blendernation.com/category/art/video-art/">Blender Nation blog is rich with links to amazing Blender-made productions so be sure to check it out for more! If you have favorite open-source-generated clips, you can paste the link in the comments for everyone to enjoy! />
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So sit back, make sure your Flash player is up-to-date and enjoy some of the funniest and most entertaining collections of class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/18-free-ways-to-download-any-video-off-the-internet/">videos on the web.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mydamnchannel?blend=1&ob=4">MyDamnChannel

Calling all class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-idiot-guide-photoshop">Photoshop users, if you’ve not seen the “You Suck At Photoshop” series from MyDamnChannel then you’ll probably wet yourself when you do. The series of 20 videos follows the troubled Donnie as he teaches you how to not suck at Photoshop whilst his life gradually falls apart.

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With lashings of dark humour and the occasional star (Flight of the Conchords actress  class="vt-p" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1102891/">Kristen Schaal features in the channel’s comedy soap opera “Horrible People”) it’s always worth checking out the latest uploads.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ashens?blend=1&ob=4">Ashens

Stuart Ashen’s regular video reviews have earned him a loyal following, with nearly 100,000 subscribers to his channel. The plucky Brit takes it upon himself to review the worst pieces of technology around including fake class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/put-youtube-videos-psp/">PSP-like “consoles”, terrible class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-underground-guide-iphone">iPhone clones and cheap toys no child would want.

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Stuart’s die-hard fanbase has grown to the point where his subscribers willingly spend their own money and send him crap bits of tech to review. The channel is updated fairly regularly, providing you with new bits of tat to gawp and laugh at.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tokyocooney">Tokyocooney

For anyone with a remote interest in Japan, class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-resources-learn-japanese-online-free/">Japanese culture and the far-eastern way of living. The channel follows American comedian class="vt-p" href="http://www.tokyocooney.com/HereIsJapan/">Kevin Cooney as he works, plays and attempts to survive in Tokyo.

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Topics include how to get a haircut in Japan, the many flavours of Japanese ice cream and the day-to-day goings on of an American in the land of the rising sun. Each video is boosted by Kevin’s naturally funny narrative, and more updates are due soon (thanks to overwhelming demand on his YouTube profile).

class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/adambuxton">AdamBuxton

Virtual home to British comedian Adam Buxton (as the name suggests), the channel provides somewhat geeky comedy twists on a lot of popular themes. Examples include a mash-up of Steve Jobs’  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/jailbreaking-for-noobs/">iPad keynote speech with Star Wars (I know) and clever voice-overs of TV shows and adverts.

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There’s a distinctly British twist on this one, but if you’re a fan of good humour you’ll probably lap it up anyway!

class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/cassetteboy">Cassetteboy

A master of cutting up video and audio only to arrange it for comedic effect, Cassetteboy sets about attacking the films, radio and TV shows we know and love. A lot of his material is based on British television, but the time and effort put in to each can be appreciated by anyone.

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Some of his best work took months to complete (check out Cassetteboy vs. The Apprentice above) so updates can take a while, but they’re always worth the wait.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/cyriak">Cyriak

Inspired by Dali? Mentally unstable? Incredibly talented? Well at least the latter is true about this freelance animator’s YouTube channel. With his own brand of internet-insanity, Cyriak’s class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/animatedexplanations-how-to-animations/">animations often leave you with a sense of “how did he do that then?” as he takes the mundane, adds a repetitive electro soundtrack and turns up the wackiness to 11.

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Dancing cows that turn into spiders? Is it art? Who cares, these things take months to make and minutes to appreciate. Some of the very best animations and CGI on YouTube, bar none.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRealGiantBomb">TheRealGiantBomb

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BBCComedy">BBC Comedy

The BBC Comedy YouTube channel is a regularly updated portal for the whole world to enjoy (unlike many of the BBC’s other services, class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/access-bbc-iplayer-uk/">which are UK-specific) that features web-exclusive content that’s bound to make you laugh.

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With coverage of many comedy festivals, snippets from BBC programming and the latest and greatest stand-up acts from around the world there’s something for everyone.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/OkGo">OkGo

The only band to appear on the list, these guys made internet history with the Here It Goes Again video which featured some very tightly choreographed treadmill work. Since then they seem to have spent as much time coming up with viral videos as they have writing music.

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Even if you’re not a fan of the music the videos will make you smile, and it’s quite easy to appreciate the immense amount of time and effort goes into each new release.

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Quick overview

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Main advantages

Let’s quickly examine what is in it for us:

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Conclusions

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It is highly recommended for Webmasters to get an advanced “Video On Web” Tool if they wish to easily post video(s) onto their Site. The most important thing about this technology is that it requires no more than several clicks to convert your digital movie(s). By using an advanced VDO-to-Web converter you can easily add movie files to your WebPages – read more in the following article.

Overview

The entire processing mechanism of “Video On Web” Tool focuses on transforming your videos from their raw format into a Web format called Flash-Video or .FLV. Once file conversion processing is done, almost 80% of the entire process is completed – by adding a small code into your page and sending the files onto your Webserver you’re done. The final result of this process are streaming webvideos – they are transmitted to your viewers continuously as they arrive with no need to download them first onto the hard disk.

Why do Webmasters need it?

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There are probably many other great benefits provided by this tool simply because it this powerful web-marketing tool provides so many opportunities for quick and creative web-marketers.

Final words

Both novice and professional Website(s) owners can easily find this powerful “Video On Web” Tool easy to use and most importantly – highly effective. Now that you understand how it works the best tip would be to test it live as this is the best way that truly enables you to experience the advantages mentioned above.

“Clip On Adobe Flash” Tool relieves you from messing with codes and programming when adding video(s) to your Site. If you look for a quick way to stream your digital movie(s), you should try this advanced technology. The following quick article reveals the most updated information about this unique solution.

Introduction

This advanced “Clip On Adobe Flash” Tool performs one important task – that is encoding and compressing your videos so they can be displayed on any Web page and on any Internet browser. The last step is quit easy and requires you to add a small code (.html) onto the desired page(s) and then upload this file package onto your hosting server. The final result of this process are streaming webvideos – your viewers don’t have to wait to download a large file before watching them.

Main benefits

Undoubtedly most of us can find this technology useful and helpful:

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* Enables you to download, convert, and play YouTube videos on your Website(s).
* Enables you to auto-redirect your visitors to an affiliate link & get a % of their purchases.
* Upload very small file size compared to other similar solutions.
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There are probably many other pluses provided by this tool simply because it opens up various opportunities that enable us to better promote any new or existing online business.

Article summary

Many Webmasters already recognize the fact that “Clip On Adobe Flash” Tool is a ‘must have’ tool simply due to the fact that plain text by itself just isn’t enough to promote an online business. The best advice would be to try this technology so you could not only read about it but truly experience the various advantages that it provides.

Is “Adding Video On Site” Tool really necessary for Webmasters who embed video(s)? Webvideo marketing offers a new way to deliver your message with a higher impact comparing to other traditional Webmarketing methods. In this article you will be able to explore the latest VDO-to-Web techniques that can help you to easily play a movie on your own Webpage.

Basic introduction

Ever wondered what “Adding Video On Site” Tool is good for? Well, it easily enables you to compress your original videos into a special file format (.FLV) which is known to be one of the most effective Web display methods. When processing is done all you need is to add a small HTML code to the desired Webpages and upload these files to your hosting server. This method generates streaming webvideos – they enable the user to start viewing them without first completely downloading the entire file.

Advantages

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Conclusions

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Basic introduction

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Advantages

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On the bottom line

It is important to know (especially for newbies) that “Create Video To Website” Tool installation is quit easy and requires no special technical or professional skills. It is recommended to test it live in order to explore and see how it can easily improve productivity of your online business.

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Some background

The main goal of any “Wmv For Websites” Tool is in most cases to encode (convert) and compress videos to the Web’s most popular Web display format called Flash-Video. To make it possible for your new Webvideo(s) to be displayed you should insert a small html code to your Webpage(s) and deliver the files to your Web’s server. This conversion process creates streaming webvideos – they are available in real time with no download waiting time.

Important advantages

There are many benefits for using this solution; here are some of them:

* Enables you to download, convert, and play YouTube videos on your Website(s).
* An excellent opportunity for you to display ‘live’ customers’ testimonials.
* No need for any programming skills.
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We could easily find many other great advantages provided by this unique system simply because it offers so many additional opportunities for webmasters.

Final words

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