Photo manipulation is an art where ordinary photos are transformed into something alluring, unexpected and totally out of the box. It is often done by designers to express their creativity or for experimental purposes. Photoshop and GIMP are amongst the common software used for these tasks.
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Here’s a pretty incredible live-action trailer for the Tom Clancy collection’s newest video game, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Thanks largely to the marketing for Halo 3 and Halo: ODST, cinematic spots featuring real people have become the new gold standard for epic game previews. The downside is that you usually don’t even get a peek at the actual gameplay — or worse, game footage is sprinkled in haphazardly, destroying the realism of a cinematic trailer.
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Video games offer us a chance to escape into a place where our imagination comes alive. This ability to escape from the realities of our lives is the reason why the video game industry has such massive success and growth. With video games, the sky is the limit. Creativity is encouraged and game designers and developers can go wild and just have fun. The impact of video games is evident especially since some restrictions and classification has to be put in place to ensure children do not get influenced or negatively affected by some of the more graphic and extreme games.
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Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months. And to make them a little bit more distinctive from the usual crowd, we’ve decided to embed calendars for the upcoming month.
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