Since we’re getting close to having all the gremlins ironed out, I thought it would be a nice time to post a little update on just what the hell I’ve been up to for the past couple months… mostly a LOT of javascript coding. What we’ve got at this point is a VERY useable and stable program for grunge-ifying your photos with textures. Part of what has taken so long is that I keep coming up with cool ideas for the whole package. When we started actually building this (about a year ago! Yikes!) all I wanted was a way to apply a texture to a photo with the click of a button, the way the rest of our actions work. Since there’s no way to do that with just a plain action, we started looking into other, more complicated ways of automating Photoshop. Next thing you know, we have thumbnail previews, a library manager, configurable defaults, etc, etc. Our little set of action/textures suddenly has become a whole different animal – not quite a full-blown application, but certainly a more configurable, user-friendly, and powerful tool than we had envisioned.
All that is prologue, however, to actually SEEING what I’m talking about, so if you are still reading this far, go ahead and check out this little preview of what Dirty Pictures is all about (and apologies for the somewhat annoying mic popping…):
Update – It’s ALIVE! Head on over to Dirty Pictures at the Totally Rad Store and pick it up!
amysquires
sign me up! i want to play! (:
Jul 30, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
brittney
awesome-ness! :)
Jul 30, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
Kristin Anne
ah-mazing, can’t wait to get dirty! wait what…
Jul 30, 2009 @ 8:00 pm
ajira
Oooh! Exciting. Looking forward to seeing the fruits of your labour!
Jul 30, 2009 @ 8:28 pm
Katie Trujillo
I’ve been waiting for these since the announcement and SP from Jessica Claire….awesome :)
Jul 30, 2009 @ 9:02 pm
Macy Robison
You’re a rad, evil genius. This is amazing. Can’t wait.
Jul 30, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
Leah
Totally Rad AWESOMENESS!! Just take the contents of my bank account now Doug. Just take it all. This is exactly what I need. Can’t wait for release.
Jul 30, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
johnna brynn
can’t wait! great work!
Jul 30, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
johnna brynn
you, mr. boutwell, are flippin crazy cool.
Jul 31, 2009 @ 12:06 am
Sophie
Can’t wait! Great!
Jul 31, 2009 @ 12:18 am
Elo
Let’s get dirty!!!
Jul 31, 2009 @ 2:31 am
Sam
DAMN!!! Can’t wait for this to drop.
Jul 31, 2009 @ 5:43 am
stephanie beaty
this is phenomenal. can’t wait for the release…adobe’s gonna be knockin on your doors!
Jul 31, 2009 @ 6:05 am
christey
OMG! want now.
Jul 31, 2009 @ 7:21 am
Jamie
Oh HELL yeah! I will be waiting ever so impatiently for this!! You are a freakin’ genius!
Jul 31, 2009 @ 8:34 am
Tiffany Rebecca
this is AMAZING! I CANNOT WAIT!
Jul 31, 2009 @ 8:51 am
Tonya Doughty
BOOM! yea, these will do :)
Jul 31, 2009 @ 9:08 am
Maranda Peterson
Cannot wait for the release of TR Dirty Pictures, I will be getting this as soon as its available. Love everything from Totally Rad :)
Jul 31, 2009 @ 11:14 am
kimarie
Brilliant! Thank you for yet another way of simplifying my life!!!
Jul 31, 2009 @ 11:55 am
Sarah Downey
mmm… LOVE!
Jul 31, 2009 @ 1:15 pm
Margaret Mish
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry !!!
Can’t wait
Jul 31, 2009 @ 4:11 pm
southpawamy
seriously just had to just my pulse…and it was racing. tra, you rock my world.
Jul 31, 2009 @ 7:43 pm
Heather Espana
AWESOME.
Aug 01, 2009 @ 11:11 am
FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER PEEPS: TRA DIRTY PICTURES | Essential Imagery Blog | Philadelphia baby, child and family photography
[...] I’ve had my hands on the Totally Rad Actions’ Dirty Pictures Beta release for some time now, and am getting around to posting some Before & After shots now that Doug has revealed the interface in all its glory. [...]
Aug 01, 2009 @ 1:21 pm
britney gardner
I feel like the texture names are from that game to make porn names, the name of a childhood home and pet
Aug 01, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
tonybisson
Nice work!
Aug 01, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
April
LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!! Can’t wait to start using this. It will make my life sooo much easier. I love how you have structured this software. Very smart! Can you put my on your notification list?!? Thanks!
Aug 01, 2009 @ 4:22 pm
Lou Ann
OMG – Absolutely amazing! Sign me up.
Now for the million dollar question – can you use this one in Photoshop 7??
Thanks for all your hard work.
Aug 02, 2009 @ 8:11 am
jeannie conard
sign me up
Aug 02, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
Michelle
Oh me, oh my! I think I just fell in love all over again!
Lovin’ whatcha got goin’ on over there at TRA… simply genius!
Can’t wait!
Aug 02, 2009 @ 10:36 pm
Alli Gaulin
Holy coolness batman.
Aug 03, 2009 @ 6:35 am
Kristi
great work. Such ingenuity!
Aug 03, 2009 @ 4:06 pm
Paul
Fascinating. I’m really excited to see this…on my computer :)
Aug 04, 2009 @ 12:27 am
Virginia Beach Wedding Photographer
Sweet way to apply textures.
Aug 04, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
RDempsey
Will this work in CS3?? This is exciting!!
Aug 05, 2009 @ 8:56 am
Black Cat White Cat
Looks great! Can’t wait!
Aug 06, 2009 @ 2:21 pm
paulabarber
*need*
Aug 07, 2009 @ 11:52 am
Sara Mellander
AMAZING!!!
Aug 11, 2009 @ 11:52 am
Mark
Great. Just when I thought I was done spending money this year on actions and stuff.
Aug 11, 2009 @ 3:20 pm
K. Plicanic
I love the way you mix artistry with coding. Brilliant. :)
Aug 12, 2009 @ 10:30 am
» The NEW Totally Rad Texture Actions!
[...] an amazing photographer that I know had the opportunity to beta test the brand spanking new Totally Rad Texture Actions from the king himself, Doug Boutwell. I was beyond thrilled when she used one of my images as an [...]
Aug 12, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
mystery couple @ AltF
[...] A few dirty pictures…. just before i started editing these i was lucky enough to get my hands on a pre-release of the Boutwell’s new Dirty Pictures software which will most likely be released in the next couple of weeks… Basically it is a kick ass photoshop plugin that makes texturing an image much more simple with many more options… check it out.. [...]
Aug 14, 2009 @ 7:08 am
Christine May
What would the world be like without Totally Rad? It would be a dull, photoshop-nightmarish land with overworked photographers who’s creative juice would run out of steam at the amount of time it would take to come close to what Totally Rad gives in possibilities. You make me want to hug my computer. :)
Aug 16, 2009 @ 11:25 am