Categories
- Take an ordinary photo
- Use Photoshop
- Use OptikVerve Labs Photographic Filter Plug In
- Use a bit of imagination
- Get a nostalgic result ....
There are many things that Google can do as well as search. Two of
them are calculation and unit conversion. If you are geeky enough to
know the Euler's identity, and consequently know what e and pi are and expect to see a -1 as a result, try this in Google search:e^(i pi)
you can get result for almost anything by typing the correct formula. Try some more:
Earth mass in pounds
Minutes in century
XXXX in decimal
Speed of Light
Light year in meters
((123456 ^ 2) / 5) + (sqrt 654321)
the answer to life the universe and everything
Have fun.
Digital cameras have a default naming convention for saving photos. By knwoing these naming, you can use Google Image Search functionality to see random personal pictures as many people do not bother to change the default name of the files.
Try finding images by for example typing img_***.jpg replacing the stars with numbers.
dcp******.jpg, dsc*****.jpg, dscn****.jpg, mvc_***.jpg, p101****.jpg, pmdd****.jpg, 11**-****.jpg, _mg_****.jpg, dscf****.jpg, pdrm****.jpg, im******.jpg, ex******.jpg, dc****s.jpg, pict****.jpg, p*******.jpg, mmdd****.jpg, yymdd***.jpg, imgp****.jpg, and pana****.jpg.
What are you waiting for. Go and see lots of odd pics!
Create something new by using Brushes and Styles
- Download a few fancy brushes, such as eyes, flowers, edges, butterflies, etc
- Use them to randomly create a saturated picture
- Add a transparent style to lift the overall effect, I used a Sapphire style here
Here is another fractal which I manipulated via Photoshop CS3.
- Save your fractal as Photoshop psd file
- Open the file
- Duplicate the background layer
- Desaturate the copy
- Select a circular section in the centre via circular marquee tool
- Select Layer > Distort > Twirl and twirl as you wish
- Change the layer blending mode until you get something amazing, I have selected Linear Burn
- Save as a jpg file and enjoy.
Create amazing Fractal Images using Fractal creator programmes.
Fractals are mathematical functions that repeat themselves infinitely giving the creator the ability to zoom in a selected corner and discover the next pattern.
Some natural events such as weather, that seem to be chaotic on the surface, follow a fractal function in reality that changes its parameter over time. The beauty of the fractals is in the way a slight change of one parameter would create a huge difference in outcome after only a limited number of repeats or mathematically speaking iterations.
World is not a machine created with linear rules; it is an organisation created with some rules, fractals. This means we leave in total chaos and there is no predictable future. To know the future, you have to be in the future and what you do today, will change the future, no matter where or who you are.
We are all here to play the game! Enjoy it and have fun.
designmaze.co.uk traffic rank has improved substantially! New traffic rank is 24161045 which is up by nearly 7 million in three months!
Thank you to all the visitors of the site.
24,161,045 
6,524,685
Create an artistic photo of yourself just by playing in Photoshop.
- Open a picture in Photoshop.
- Use Lasso Tool to select areas.
- Select Create a New Fill of Adjustment Layer by selecting the icon located on the bottom of Layer panel.
- Select Curves and reduce the details a bit.
- Double click on the curve layer and select Bevel and Emboss - Texture
- Select a texture and play with the scale and depth.
- Repeat for other areas.
- Save as jpg and Enjoy.
Create your own css flowery text with this easy to css file. Just change the text as you wish in the following html.
Use the following code in the body of your file(swap [ with < and ] with > in the code).
[div id="text"]
Design Maze
[/div]
[div id="flower"]
[/div]
And here is the css file you need:
/* This CSS file created by Anahita RainStar from http://wwww.designmaze.co.uk is copyleft.
Just use it as you wish. Enjoy */
#text {
font-size: 120px;
color: #660033;
font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", Verdana, sans-serif;
letter-spacing: -10px;
}
#flower {
color: #003300;
overflow: hidden;
background-image: url(../images/flower_txt.png);
margin-top: -130px;
background-repeat: repeat;
height: 100px;
background-position: center bottom;
display: block;
}
To see it in action click on the following link:
http://www.designmaze.co.uk/flower.php
Please download the png file flower.png 
Just right here click and select Save Link As, and save as flower_txt.png.
Travel galaxies with Google Sky.
It is amazing to sit at your desk at home with no spaceship or even a telescope and travel the dark and vast universe, hop between galaxies and meet unknown stars.
Tonight I just did that. While sightseeing the world on Google Earth, I discovered a feature I did not know about. The little icon said "Switch between Earth and Sky" on top menu bar of the Google Earth.
Once switched, I instantly travelled to a galaxy known as M101 or Pinwheel Galaxy. This galaxy is 27 million light years away from us, residing in Ursa Major.
Download Google Earth and travel the universe in no time.
These days, there is something open source for everything. And now Photoshop has an open source sibling called Gimpshop.
Gimpshop is a version of Gimp open source graphic software, written for users who are familiar with Photoshop.
You can find most of Photoshop basic functions such as layering and
layer adjustments alongside a variety of brushes, gradients and
patterns,
If you plan to invest in Photoshop, perhaps this would be a good entry
level starter step. If you do not plan to buy Photoshop, but you still
want to occasionally use a software that gives you functionality
similar to basic Photoshop, mainly perhaps Photoshop Elements, then visit http://www.gimpshop.com/,
download and play with the Gimpshop.