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Design Color Scheme From A Photograph

Chad Von Lind — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:31:43 +0000

As a designer I find inspiration for color schemes from all over. From architecture, nature, to paintings and photographs. I’ve driven by houses with a great color scheme and thought to myself “That would make a great color scheme for a website!”.

Using Photoshop’s Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic, we can grab a photograph and find a great scheme from it! Hover the below photos to see the scheme they produce at 65 cell size. Photographs with a wide array of colors will work best.

Woven Hand Concert

Chad Von Lind — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:48:43 +0000

I was fortunate enough to get to see Woven Hand play in Spokane, Washington last night. Awesome concert.

I didn’t quite get the photos that I would have liked to, due to a couple tall guys in front. But these turned out okay.

Big Snow Fall

Chad Von Lind — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:47:00 +0000

The snow has been falling at record rates this winter. We broke a 100 year record for ‘most snow fallen in a single day’. And we’ve broke an all time record of snow per winter.

Understanding RAW Photo Format

Chad Von Lind — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:53:08 +0000

Are you new to digital photography? Has the HDR wave of photos fascinated you? Since I picked up my Nikon D50, I’ve found myself that much more interested in learning about the power of RAW file format. Tutorial9 wrote a great post explaining the pro’s and con’s of RAW and what exactly it is!