ViCE Publicity

HOW

A little bit of layering and the addition of some texture can do a lot for a simple poster. And it’s easy! Really! Try using the “Multiply” blending option in PS to make the texture more subtle. (This is a great effect and can be found right under the top of the Layers panel, next to Opacity. The default is “Normal.”) Or simply use the original texture as a background. In the past we’ve done posters for Jazz and After Hours using this effect, adding a bit of a vintage touch to a basic design

WHERE

Texture Vault. The great thing about Texture Vault is that everything is royalty-free and the quality of the content is superb. The bad thing is that you can only get free textures in what they call “Medium Quality” ( 600x400 px). That said, you can probably get away with using a file that small and making it work.

Flickr. Like Texture Vault, the possibilities are basically endless. You can find smoke, grunge, old paper, skin, wood grain, etc pretty quickly. Oh, and it’s completely free. While some users like to be credited if their work is used, most don’t care. The best thing is that these images are almost always really high res, meaning you can probably just use the file as-is. You don’t need to be a registered user to download images.

Caleb Kimbrough. His sets on Flickr are some of the most popular textures on the web because 1. they’re great quality 2. he posts quite a variety 3. they’re free. It’s a little bit more annoying to search through one person’s Flickr account than a regular texture website, but he organizes his photos into sets so they’re easier to browse. You can also search through his photos with a keyword using the search bar.

A sample from one of Caleb Kimbrough’s photo sets. View the set.

From the VSA

“Advertising in residence halls: Unfortunately, ResLife has been voicing some concerns about improper dorm advertizing. I wanted to articulate their policy in writing so that we can abide by their guidelines and not lose the privilege of this great resource. According to local fire safety protocols, which can be enforced by fine, all paper flyers in dorms should technically be behind glass cases. This is obviously not something that is feasible for the college to implement in the near future. Instead, the very nice fire-safety inspector is happy not to fine us as long as the fliers are confined to designated bulletin boards, bathroom doors and stall doors, and student room doors (with permission of the student). There should be some bulletin boards going up in the laundry rooms of senior housing areas in the next few weeks. Flyers absolutely cannot go on painted walls, and especially in stairwells as they pose a higher fire risk. The ROC attendants are happy to remove flyers when they do rounds, if they see that they are past- date or improperly placed. Please do your best to keep flyers and posters in the designated areas.”

viceisnice:

ViCE is happy to announce a week of ticket giveaways for the upcoming Grizzly Bear // Beach House show!

If you still need a ticket you can participate in one of our two giveaways by doing the following:

1. VICE HUNT. Remember the bear roaming campus a few weeks ago? Well, he got a bit upset with us. See, we sort of promised him the possibility of lady bears on Vassar’s campus as an incentive to come visit—and naturally, we couldn’t oblige him…Lonely and depressed, Mr. Bear hid the letters V, I, C, and E all around campus, hoping to confuse students. For the first 10 people who can find all four letters to spell out “ViCE” (he hid multiple sets—good news for you!) and return them to us by Friday to our table in the college center, we’ll return the favor with a FREE TICKET. Seems easy, right? Better start thinking like a bear…

2. FEED THE BEAR. Even though the aforementioned Mr. Bear decided to get his revenge, we didn’t want to turn our backs on the hungry bear population. All around campus you should begin seeing bears (okay, kids in bear masks) in the next couple of days. If you see one, kindly tell them, “VICE is nice. I’m going to feed you.” They will give you their mask. PAY ATTENTION: You need to bring a can of food (or a dollar) with this mask to our table in the college center BY THURSDAY at 3:00 pm to redeem your ticket. We’re working with Hunger Action to send donations to a local food pantry. In the end, you’re really helping more than just these bears. We’ll have YOUR FREE TICKET sent to your mailbox.

No, we are not crazy. We just love you.

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If you aren’t one of the lucky 20 people getting tickets, don’t forget that there are a limited number available on October 9th beginning at 11:00 AM in the College Center of Main Building on Vassar College Campus (see map here http://www.vassar.edu/visitors/map.html). The tickets will be $25 (cash only please) with a maximum of two tickets per person. No Vassar I.D. required.

• H (Hand Tool) — When zoomed in to a portion of your photo, this command brings up the hand tool which allows for quick panning. Also, if the hand tool is active and you hold down the Ctrl key, you can zoom in without changing to the zoom tool. Likewise, if you hold down the Alt key, you can zoom out without changing tools.
• Z (Zoom Tool) — This command just brings up the zoom tool, which allows you to zoom in. Like with the hand tool, if you hold down the Alt key, it temporarily switches to the zoom out mode.
• Ctrl + 0 (Fit on Screen) — This is a quick-and-dirty command to get the entire photo in front of your eyes. That’s Ctrl + zero, not the letter “O”.
• B (Brush Tool) — The brush is an extremely useful tool when working with masks, and I’m constantly using this command along with the hand and zoom tools.
• Ctrl + Z (Undo) — Very useful for the little mistakes we all make.
• Tab (Hide/Show Palettes) — Hiding the palettes gives you a little more working room, thus decreasing your need to pan and zoom while editing.

viceisnice:

vicemusic:

Situation:  You don’t have a ticket, but:

All you’re friends going to the show, Grizzly Bear and Beach House your dream show, you’re a music lover, you just want to say you went, or you just really want to see Grizzly Bear & Beach House.

Well you’re in luck!  We have a limited number of tickets left.  We will be selling them at 11AM on the day of the show (October 9th, 2009).  Just get to Vassar College and go to the College Center of Main Building (maps here).  It’s $25 cash only (but NO FEES!!) for a ticket (max of 2 tickets per person).

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