Useing fadeIn() in jQuery, fonts looks crappy in IE7. [more inside]
posted by signal on Jan 21, 2009 - 4 answers

Can anyone think of a reason for this strange firefox bug? [more inside]
posted by twine42 on Aug 21, 2008 - 7 answers

I am an Audio/Video/Graphics designer looking for the proper machine for multi-media production. Please help me find the right components I need. ANYTHING BUT DELL please! [more inside]
posted by bostonhill on May 21, 2008 - 22 answers

How to render image like in google picasaweb?: I'm developing a web page. If I use img tag to put image in the web page, while loading the page, image loads very slowly (especially large images). Also the upper part of image is loaded first and then the lower part, as page is downloaded from server. But in applications like google picasa, a very low quality version is rendered first, so that you see the whole image at once (even though its blurred), slowly as the page is downloaded, image becomes sharper. How can I implement this functionality in my web page? Can someone please point me to helpful resources regarding this?
posted by tvjoshi on Apr 15, 2008 - 10 answers

What are the best options for digital rendering in OS X? [more inside]
posted by serial_consign on Mar 13, 2008 - 3 answers

A non-technical friend has some CAD drawings of a widget he's making. He wants to make pretty pictures (renderings?) of the widget, with a background, texture, that kind of thing. [more inside]
posted by everichon on Feb 7, 2008 - 12 answers

Please help me GLOBALLY DISABLE font smoothing (anti-aliasing) in Tiger. I did it almost-completely in Panther, but the Panther solution needs another step in Tiger. [more inside]
posted by allterrainbrain on Oct 4, 2006 - 12 answers

simple question... which has faster SOFTWARE rendering capabilities, allegro or sdl.... or if you know of something faster than the 2, do tell
posted by xteraco on Aug 11, 2006 - 5 answers

Looking for a crash course in "lighting" as it applies to photography. [more inside]
posted by RavinDave on Jul 10, 2006 - 10 answers

I'm looking for information on Vesa 2.0, as far as usage in assembly (fasm) and c++ (gcc) goes. The reason i'm looking for this is because i'm interested in making a software rendered realtime 3d lib, so if you have any info on that (software libs) as well, it would be most helpful.
posted by xteraco on Jun 18, 2006 - 10 answers

I am in need of 3D models to use in architecture renderings. Since I am a starving student, free is the only price I can pay! [more inside]
posted by Dean Keaton on Oct 1, 2005 - 5 answers

i'd like to use css+xml to render pdf on a server for *free*... any help? [mi] [more inside]
posted by mdpc98 on Feb 3, 2005 - 10 answers

Pen-n-ink illustration filter:
I've recently taken a renewed interest in "embellishing" or "rendering" in pen and ink. This has led me to this picture of a fiddling cat, which is naggingly familiar to myself and also to my Mom, although neither of us can remember the artist or source. Also, I came across this illustration from an Aesop's Fable, but I do not know the artist either (evidently, though, Aesop has a long and old tradition of finely illustrated editions.) Can anyone help me out?

And while we're at it, do we have any pen-n-ink or comics style artists out there? What good books or practice-methods have helped you? (I've had this great book since I was a child but am only now making good use of it.) Do you use traditional quills, or have you transitioned to modern markers and such? Or a Wacom tablet?
Really, I'd love any info from anyone who creates art or plays with the techniques.
posted by Shane on Jul 20, 2004 - 17 answers

I've knocked up a website which is modifed from some of the templates from the layout reservoir. However the top bar which contains the image is causing problems under some browsers (IE6 and Firefox being two) because the height doesn't match the image height which means that the text is obscured. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by ralawrence on May 13, 2004 - 9 answers