http://virb.com/chadrick Grace Christian Fellowship as the publications director. I dabble extensively in live event production, and am currently on staff with a local ministry called Resilient Ministries doing creative direction and audio engineering. Currently Kansas City is fortunate enough to call me a resident. ]]> Virb 2.0 (@chadrick) en http://virb.com/chadrick/photos/1104272 ]]> Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:16:32 -0800 http://virb.com/chadrick/photos/1104272 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/13418 Live Earth global warming world-wide music extravaganza with tepid interest. But an interesting, and for me wildly exciting, bit of information has caught my attention. Mock-rock band Spinal Tap, who we all remember from Rob Reiner's mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap will be reuniting for a special performance at London's Wembley Stadium as part of the Live Earth concerts taking place on July 7. As a huge Spinal Tap fan, this is a big deal. And for those of you thinking that Spinal Tap has jumped on the Global Warming bandwagon, Rob Reiner's quote from this article can set your mind at ease: "They're not that environmentally conscious, but they've heard of global warming," said Reiner... "Nigel thought it was just because he was wearing too much clothing that if he just took his jacket off it would be cooler." Hopefully with the advances in audio technology, they can now turn their amps up to 12.]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:41:12 -0700 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/13418 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1560 Cnet is reporting plans by graphics power house Adobe to take photoshop online. "Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said Tuesday." Via The Church Relevance Blog ]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:44:03 -0800 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1560 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1417 these examples of Japanese advertisers creatively utilizing limited space in the subway systems of Japan. Though we're not having to go as far as hijacking the hand rails in our stair wells for promotions space, it's always great inspiration to see how others in our field are thinking creatively to solve problems. There's also a flickr page with additional examples of subway advertisement innovations. Here is a video showing the subway tunnel videos used in many Japanese subways. Not actually a video, but a series of images to create a video (think a flip-book animation). Way cool stuff. ]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:01:51 -0800 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1417 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1197 the tutorial blog. The folks at the the tutorial blog have been offering up a lot of great content geared towards graphic designers, and lovers of all things visual. Of recent note is their free stock image site round-up. They've managed to gather up a fairly comprehensive (at least of the major players) list of sites that you can go to and download free stock imagery to use in your designs. Be sure to read the usage agreements as they vary from site to site. Anybody have any sites they use that aren't mentioned in the round up? If so post them in the comments section, I'll have a permanent listing set up on the CMS lab group page in the next few days. ]]> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:01:59 -0800 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1197 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1158 Lynda has rolled out a free Photoshop CS3 One-on-One Video Preview on their website. Hosted by legendary Photoshop guru Deke McClelland, this 17 part sneak preview goes over some of the basics of what is new in the CS3 version of Adobe's flagship software platform. Of particular interest in this new version of Photoshop is the ability to apply filters non-destructively, via the smart-filters option (think smart objects for those of you using CS2). Head on over to Lynda now, and get in on the preview goodness, there's right at 1 1/2 hours worth of free content for you to view, so get to it! I'm interested to hear what everyone thinks of this new version of our beloved PS. Groundbreaking? Another in a long line of progressively better versions? Or nothing to write home about. ]]> Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:32:07 -0800 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1158 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1118 Video Co-Pilot is now starting to offer Adobe After-Effects tutorials on iTunes. Those of you not familiar with Andrew, head over immediately to Video Co-Pilot and check out his tutorials. He teaches a lot of great techniques, that are easy to replicate, plus he's a lot of fun. I have personally used several of his tutorials on recent projects of mine. Subscribe to his video podcast simply by searching for Serious FX in the podcast section of iTunes. ]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:55:06 -0800 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1118 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1069 Ratcliffe for hooking me up with an invite to VIRBº Definitely liking the feel and usage of this one way more than Myspace. ]]> Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:05:16 -0800 http://virb.com/chadrick/posts/text/1069