Some people's photoshop skill is stright bananas...

How to Straighten or Bend anything in Photoshop - 2011 to 2025 Edition:

I'd like to indroduce you to the Puppet Warp tool. Something that has been in Photoshop since 20011 (at the very least).

The Puppet Warp tool in Adobe's Phothoshop application does something quite unique and useful.
The tool allows you to manipulate the shape of images, similar to moving a puppet's limbs. It does this by generating a "mesh" or grid of points that appear around your selected object when you activate the tool. These points, or "pins," allow you to manipulate the layer's shape and pose in a more controlled and natural way. This allows me to easily straighten the banana.

I've seen tons of shorts and reels featuring functions of new apps that are impressive. For this I wanted to create someting in a similar vein but showcase a lesser known feature of something well known like Photoshop.

If you have Photoshop and have never tried Puppet Warp, give it a go, its a blast!

Enjoy.

Some of the rarest achievements I've ever obtained, on record, on a platform like Steam have been, of course, from playing very odd and obscure games.

The ones that show up by default on my Steam's showcase are from APB: Reloaded, a game that I've had a very long running love/hate relationship with since its beta.


APB was GTA Online before its time... a bit like MySpace before sites like Facebook.

All Points Bulletin offered much more freedom of expression than any game I have played to this day. I have yet to find a game that comes anywhere close to the self-expression and customization of this title, somewhat due to the fact that business models that utilize these levels of customization are now heavily controlled and monetized. Before the whole video game industry began experimenting with those monetized customization skins and cosmetics, APB allowed players to use an in-game Photoshop-style app to create anything from graffiti and tattoos to clothing decals and car vinyls... and I still love it to this day for it...

Plus it was created by some people who worked on a number of the GTA games. So it had some street cred with me and my friends right off the bat. The game still exists to this day with a very small community.

I created this track over the course of a few days, using more than 100 layered effects, foley recordings, and atmospheric sounds directly sampled from Elite: Dangerous. Even the kick drum and much of the percussion are crafted from ship and HUD audio!

From there, I built a quirky, original electro tune using a range of VST instruments and a careful arrangement in Ableton Live, all fully themed around the Elite universe.

My goal was simple: to create something that fans of the game would instantly recognize and enjoy BUT also create something out of left-field.

If you’ve played Elite: Dangerous, you’ll hear it in the textures, in the rhythms, in the wormholes of sound. It’s full of little earworms made from the galaxy itself.
;)

So here it is:
ENDERS – Interstellar Bounce

I wanted to create something that had real meaning but wanted to avoid an odd eco-political slant. So I went with an environmentally firendly, yet aggressive, graffiti wall painting styled option.

Blastoise seemed like a solid mascot to represent this campaign's message. Hopefully Blastoise's large and in-charge presence, can help persuade all of those evil corporations who keep dumping waste into our water ways, to stop!

Here the phrase is:
"Хватит загрязнять нашу воду!"
Which traslates to:
"Stop polluting our water!"

Photoshop WIP image included to show my work.

Enjoy!

As a music producer / sound designer / general creative, this challenge sounded awesome to me. I wanted to give people something simple but tricky for this one.

So I've spent quite a bit of time pondering what device I could use for this challenge and recently I found something that I think is perfect for this.

Enjoy!

Vulta (or volta) :
A turning; a time ( used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated) Can also mean a quick-moving Italian dance or a piece of music in that rhythm.

Vulta has been with me since the very early days of my Elite: Dangerous journey. It was the first ship I purchased after leaving the starting Sidewinder, and for a long time, it was the only ship I owned. Originally outfitted for combat, I eventually converted Vulta into an explorer. Today, I also use Vulta exclusively for exobiology and deep space exploration, helping to fund my adventures while uncovering the secrets of the galaxy. In defiance of what it was meant to be it now has no weapons and is used for peace among the stars. 🚀🌌

This is my Elite Dangerous: The Expansion

No narration.

No text.

Just one of my own original tracks, and a visual story of what Elite means to me...

Gathering with friends, exploring and building something meaningful to us in the deep.

Shot entirely in-game, beacon drops, and a cinematic shots of the process of colonization.

Sound on. Fly safe. o7 CMDRS