Memoirs

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https://memoirs.ces.uc.pt/index.php?id=22153&id_lingua=1&pag=22637

ANIMA - Thom Yorke - Paul Thomas Anderson

ANIMA | Paul Thomas Anderson | Thom Yorke

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The 8 Best Photoshop Plugins for Designers

When it comes to graphic design or photo editing, chances are good that Adobes Photoshop is the first thing to come to mind. There’s no doubt that this amazing tool is every designer’s holy grail.

The Adobe Suite is one of the most popular and powerful collections of tools for designers and photo editors, widely used by experts and beginners, alike. Adobe does a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to manipulating designs and images, Photoshop (as well as Lightroom and Illustrator) is also compatible with a long list of third-party plugins that can ramp up the tool’s effectiveness big time.

These Photoshop plugins are used to add special features or effects, simplify the process of various graphic design effects, or a make your digital creations more impressive. Whether you’re a graphic designer or a photo manipulator, an expert or beginner, you’ll certainly be able to make use of some or all of these photoshop plugins for your upcoming projects.

The following represents some of the best Photoshop plugins available to graphic designers.

01. ON1 Effects

Photo by Bliss Studio

ON1 Effects is an easy one-click panel in Photoshop, which can also work as a standalone app. Essentially, it functions as a viable alternative to Adobe’s collection of graphic design software offerings. This Photoshop plugin allows you to add effects to your images and comes with a diverse selection of filters (including some that feel a lot like Instagram), including adjustable contrasts and an HDR effect.

Users can choose from the classic filters, like vignette and cinematic styles, and add them on top of different layers. Filters can be easily stacked together and adjusted for quick customization.

Price: ON1 is available as a download with a free 30-day trial. For a full license, you can purcase ON1 for a one-time fee of $119.99.

02. Pexels Plugin

One of the most critical resources that designers need for their projects is a deep pool of stock images at their disposal. Usually, you’ll need these images for background enhancement, textures, or maybe just some experimentation. Bonus points if you can get unfettered access to royalty-free stock images.

Pexels.com is an awesome resource when it comes to free stock images. The website also offers designers a free plugin for your Photoshop installation, granting easy access to its photo library without requiring you to open a new window or a need to download images you’ve got your eye on.

By adding this plugin to Photoshop, you can browse images according to their popularity, images that have been recently added to the website, or by using specific tags and search terms, depending on the needs of your projects.

Price: Completely free in terms of both the app and stock images!

03. RH Hover Color Picker

If you’re working with color, listen up: Adobe Photoshop does have a color picker included with the software. That said, RH Hover’s version is easier to use and arguably better than Photoshop’s standard picker—a tool that many describe as being too complex and all over the place.

Good news: there are Photoshop plugins that allow you to have a clean, light, and fast color picker. This particular tool allows you to easily customize your color sliders while giving you a lot more control compared to what you can do with the standard offering.

When working in Photoshop, designers need easy access to a wide range of color, which is why Adobe includes a color picker as part of their standard interface panel. However, users also want the option to see a full, unobscured view of the project they’re working on. RH Hover Color Picker only shows when you hover over its minimized version. When you go back to designing, it will automatically hide. Out of sight, out of mind!

Price: $16, as a one-time fee.

04. Fontself Maker for Photoshop CC

There are many free fonts available online but many designers (and their clients) prefer to have a unique and original typeface for their project. If you want to create your own fonts, Fontself Maker for Photoshop CC is a plugin worth checking out.

Fontself works with both Photoshop and Illustrator CC. This Photoshop plugin allows you to easily turn your lettering into OpenType fonts.

Just simply drag and drop layers to create characters, get colors, textures, or shades.

Price: £43 (~$57), as a one-time fee.

05. Nik Collection

Nik Collection is one of the most popular Photoshop plugins in the design industry. The Collection is made up of seven amazing Lightroom and Photoshop plugins that each work independently.

Better yet, you’ll be thrilled to learn that Nik Collection lived a former life as an expensive $500 professional photo processing software program, until Google took over and made it available for free.

Interestingly enough, in 2017, Nik Collection changed hands once again. Google decided to drop Nik Collection, which was then acquired by DxO, who decided to resume its development. Nik Collection’s new home company is planning to release a new Collection in mid-2018.

In the meantime, here is a look at what is currently included in this particular collection of Photoshop plugins:

• Analog Efex Pro: Allows you to explore the classic look of analog cameras, film stock, and lenses.
• Color Efex Pro: A collection of filters for color correction, retouching, and effects.
• Dfine: Allows you to process your image with noise reduction.
• Sharpener Pro: Sharpening tool that allows you to bring out the hidden details of your pictures.
• HDR Efex Pro: Process your images and turn them into artistic HDR photos.
• Viveza: Allows you to adjust tone and color of the image without the use of masking or selection.
• Silver Efex Pro: Turn your photos into stunning black and white images with darkroom-inspired controls.

06. Luminar

If your brand of design revolves around editing photos, then Luminar is the Photoshop plugin for you.

The tool functions as another Lightroom offshoot (note that it plugs right into Lightroom, too) and comes with over 300 powerful tools: including filters, a long list of one-click presets, and the Accent AI filter.

Luminar has long been available to Mac users but just recently became available to PC users, too (at least those using Windows 7 and above).

What’s really cool about Luminar is that it offers built-in workspaces equipped with a guided workflow that can help you get your projects done more effectively: with less blood, sweat, and tears.

Some of Luminar’s notable features include:

• Easy sky replacement
• Object removal
• Customized workspace
• Masking and presets

Price: $69, as a one-time fee.

07. Layrs Control 2

If you’ve used Photoshop at all, you know that for better or worse, layers play a major role in the design process. Sometimes you create so many layers within your project that organizing them becomes a project in and of itself.

With Layrs Control 2, you can easily manage your layers through a variety of actions accessible through a simple panel.

Here’s a quick look at the features offered by the Layrs Control 2 Photoshop plugin:

• Layer name editor
• Flatten all layers
• Delete empty layers
• Rasterize smart objects
• Remove unused effects
• Find similar files or folders
• Convert smart objects

Say goodbye to the idea of doing all these tasks manually. This Photoshop plugin allows you to execute these tasks in simple and easy steps, allowing you to save more time on organizing and freeing up time for design.

Price: Completely free!

08. CSS3Ps

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If you’re a web developer, this Photoshop plugin is for you! CSS3Ps allows developers to translate individual Photoshop layers into CSS code.

Photoshop does already have this feature, but the CSS3Ps plugin offers other features that level up the standard offering, such as the ability to provide SCSS and SASS codes. The Photoshop plugin also allows you to work a lot faster, especially when dealing with more complicated designs.

Price: Completely free!

Arlindo Fagundes - Banda Desenhada - Pitanga

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Um orgulho o meu nome constar nos agradecimentos.

BD
Pitanga "O Colega de Sevilha"
Arlindo Fagundes & José Pedro Costa

http://www.arlindofagundes.com/bd9.htm .

Apresentação do livro O Colega de Sevilha de Arlindo Fagundes # Livraria 100ª Página

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Apresentação do livro O Colega de Sevilha de Arlindo Fagundes, edição Arcádia

Apresentação do livro O Colega de Sevilha, de Arlindo Fagundes
“O Colega de Sevilha” é o terceiro álbum das aventuras de Pitanga (depois de “ La Chavalita” e de “A Rapariga do Poço da Morte”) e o primeiro a ser editado a cores (com a assinatura de José Pedro Costa). Pitanga, que usa um quase interminável cachecol com bolas pretas, vive com Armando, o seu braço direito que, embora cego, vê muita coisa em que outros não reparam, sendo um pouco destravado a falar. Esta banda desenhada, criada por Arlindo Fagundes, evidencia um estilo e consistência narrativa muito originais, com predominância de um humor muito pessoal, aliado ao seu habitual e vigoroso traço negro. 

Braga
14 Junho às  18:30
Livraria 100ª Página

Mais informação:

http://www.centesima.com/content.asp?startAt=4&categoryID=15&newsID=872

ou

http://www.arlindofagundes.com/bd9.htm

Múrmur - A nova editora de Braga

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Para mais informações, devem contactar o email da editora para murmur.editora@gmail.com

FESTIVAL: Guadalupe Lazy Sessions 2019 - Braga 2019

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FESTIVAL: Guadalupe Lazy Sessions 2019
Parque de Guadalup em Braga, todos os  sábados, à tarde, de junho, até ao pôr-do-sol.
Das 15h00 às 21h00, a entrada é livre.
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sábado, dia 1 de junho, foi definido excecionalmente pelos próprios organizadores e contará com a presença de artistas como Ruído Vário, Surma e um Dj Set dos autores do programa radiofónico Pérola Negra: Nuno Di Rosso, Mojo Hannah e Ludovic.
O planeamento do segundo sábado do evento, 8 de junho, ficou a cargo do músico PZ e, além de um DJ Set, vai ser possível ouvir os rappers e produtores musicais de hip-hop Keso e Minus.

O alinhamento do dia 15 de junho coube a JP Simões. As sessões musicais desta tarde incluem um concerto do artista enquanto Bloom (o seu novo alter-ego musical) e ainda um concerto da banda Memória de Peixe e um DJ Set de Selecta Alice.
Esta edição das Lazy Sessions encerra no dia 22 de junho com concertos de Grandfather’s House e Palas e ainda um DJ Set da equipa da Rádio Universitária do Minho, responsável pelo alinhamento desta última tarde.

Arlindo Fagundes - O Colega de Sevilha # BD

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Arlindo Fagundes 

O Colega de Sevilha

O Colega de Sevilha é o título da mais recente banda desenhada de Pitanga e foi publicado em 2019 pela editora Arcádia.
Ao longo de 53 pranchas com cor de José Pedro Costa, também ele um autor de bd, Pitanga protagoniza mais uma ininterrupta sucessão de perigosas e desconcertantes peripécias ao ritmo a que sempre nos habituou. 

http://www.arlindofagundes.com/bd9.htm

TRANSGRESSÕES [ESTREIA] # Carlos Zíngaro, Maria Belo Costa e Play Bleu

TRANSGRESSÕES [ESTREIA] # Carlos Zíngaro, Maria Belo Costa e Play Bleu

TRANSGRESSÕES

10 MAIO – 13H

CASA DO INFANTE - PORTO

TRANSGRESSÕES [ESTREIA]

MARIA BELO COSTA & CARLOS ZÍNGARO (DDD OUT)

fotografia e vídeo by Play Bleu

Pixies - PAST IS PROLOGUE

PAST IS PROLOGUE
 

WATCH THE TRAILER

We're excited to announce a brand New Album due this September. The as yet untitled album was written over the course of 2018 and recorded in December at Dreamland Recordings near Woodstock, NY. Produced by Tom Dalgety.

We have teamed up with Signal Co. No1 to document the making of the upcoming album, and the band's history, as a 12 part audio podcast called "PAST IS PROLOGUE".

Variações - Teaser Trailer

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O filme biográfico sobre a vida e a obra de António Variações, produzido pela David & Golias.
Variações é interpretado por Sérgio Praia, num filme que conta com outros nomes sonantes da cena nacional, como os de Victoria Guerra e Lúcia Muniz, no elenco. O cargo de realizador é da responsabilidade de João Maia

Google Arts & Culture (Museus)

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AGORA VAIS PODER VISITAR TODOS OS MUSEUS COMO SE LÁ ESTIVESSES
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=pt

The 100 Greatest Jazz Album Covers

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MORE HERE:  https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/the-100-greatest-jazz-album-covers/

CORAÇÃO DE CÃO, um filme de LAURIE ANDERSON

CORAÇÃO DE CÃO, um filme de LAURIE ANDERSON

A partir da sua própria experiência e das suas memórias, marcadas pelas perdas recentes da mãe e do marido Lou Reed, a realizadora Laurie Anderson traça uma pequena reflexão sobre temas como a vida, o amor e a morte.