Thursday, July 25, 2013

MAPS by Kim Asendorf



Kim Asendorf just launched MAPS a new beautiful project where the maps are translated into abstract colourful compositions. There is not text either indications only there are some random functions which are applied every time the user refresh the page such as zoom, position and colors to get different results. It has been created using Google Maps technology actually Kim used the same way for the URL of the project than Google does, like maps.kimasendorf.com a detail I really liked. Explore it by yourself, it can get more abstract as deeper you go. See more;




3dGif by Vince Mckelvie



Vince Mckelvie made a new project called 3dGif, consisting in a webGL based website where it's possible to submit an image, not only are allowed animated GIFs but static formats such as JPEG and PNG to texturize a three-dimensional animated environment where there is an organic form moving into a rotating cube, this example shows pretty well the space of. The form in the centre follows a similar animated structure than some GIFs created by Vince. 3dGif is another great project where the collaboration of Tim Baker is present. See more;

Preferable use Chrome and/or Firefox



Wednesday, July 24, 2013

"Royal Baby" & Other CNN spam leads to malware

As many sources reported earlier today, an email claiming to be from CNN's "Scribbler" provided a link to "Watch Live Hospital Updates" of the Royal Baby:

But what do Harrison Ford, President Obama, and Snowden have in common with The Royal Baby?

They were all subjects of fake "CNN Breaking News" stories delivered by spam email today that contained links to a dangerous collection of malware! In the Malcovery Spam Data Mine we had hundreds of copies of emails with subjects including:

"Snowden able to leave Moscow airport" - BreakingNews CNN
"Harrison Ford on 'Ender's Game' controversy: 'Not an issue for me'"
"Obama speech to urge refocus "
"Perfect gift for royal baby ... a tree?" - BreakingNews CNN


(click each image for full-size email)

To demonstrate the relatedness of the spam, a list of the URLs that were used by each of the four campaigns is listed at the end of this article, labeled either "snowden", "ender", "obama", or "tree" for which campaign advertised that URL. We threw all of the advertised URLs into a fetcher and found that there were two files found in the destinations. The first (from earlier in the day) pointed to two Javascript files that were used to redirect the visitor to an Exploit Kit that would cause malware dropped to their computer. The second (later in the day, and still live as of this writing) pointed to three Javascript files that redirected to a different Exploit Kit site.

I've added spaces to the URLs for your protection, but DO NOT VISIT ANY OF THESE URLS!!!

(early morning version <== redirects to nphscards.com / topic / accidentally-results-stay.php )


index.html with MD5 = 958a887fcfcad89b3fdeea4b58e55905
- which loads two Javascript files:
ftp.thermovite.de / kurile / teeniest.js
traditionalagoonresort.com / prodded / televised.js
(afternoon version <== redirects to deltaboatraces.net / topic / accidentally-results-stay.php )

index.html with MD5 = bc73afe28fc6b536e675cea4ac468b7d
- which loads three Javascript files:
thealphatechnologies.com / advantageously / autopilots.js
atlas247.com / mussiest /syndicating.js
www.mshc.in /drubbing / mouthful.js
Since it was late in the day by the time I was able to review these myself, I infected myself with the afternoon version.

deltaboatraces.net == 173.246.104.136 and is still an active infector as of this timestamp.

I got a randomly named 297,472 byte file, detected by 11 of 46 Anti-Virus vendors at VirusTotal.com, which was Zeus.

See VirusTotal Report

Adobe Flash Player Update?

After infecting, the website tries to trick the user into "upgrading his Adobe Flash Player", but please notice in the graphic below, I'm not on the Adobe website!

After "installing" my Adobe update, my sandbox went crazy and also fetched malware from each of these locations:

After infection with the second my sandbox went to "deltarivehouse.net / forum / viewtopic.php" (173.246.104.136) which caused a string of additional infections to occur. While the initial infection was Zeus, the well-known Financial Crime malware that steals banking information, but also provides criminals full remote-control capabilities to your computer, the purpose of the additional malware was for another form of money making.

"sainitravels.in" (204.11.58.185) to fetch "f7Qsfao.exe"
(VirusTotal: 8 of 46)) - "Tepfor" or "Medfos" malware

"server1.extra-web.cz" (212.80.69.55) to fetch "dbm.exe"
(VirusTotal: 8 of 46)

"www.MATTEPLANET.com" (208.86.184.10) to fetch "q7ojEH7.exe"
(VirusTotal: 4 of 46)

"ictsolutions.net.au" (27.124.120.1) to fetch "SAQjaWu.exe"
(VirusTotal: 8 of 46)

Medfos, one of the malware names given to several of the above, is an "Advertisement redirection" malware campaign. Microsoft did a great job explaining how Medfos works in their blog post, Medfos - Hijacking Your Daily Search on the Microsoft Malware Protection Center blog back in September. Some of the sites that seem to be related to this Medfos install include "bidpenniesforgold.net" (IP: 50.63.25.37) and "webpayppcclick.com" (IP: 85.17.147.34).

According to our friends at Domain Tools, that last IP address is associated with a whole world of "Pay Per Click" fraud domains, including:


advertisingclickfeed.com
allfeedppcadvertising.com
clickppcadvertisingone.com
clickwebppcpay.com
csuperclick.com
feedppcadvertisingdirect.com
feedppcadvertisinginfo.com
feedyourppcdirect.com
firstfeedppcadvertising.com
newpaywebclick.com
onlineppcclick.com
paymittelsclick.com
payonlineppc.com
payppcclickonline.com
paywebclick.com
paywebclicksite.com
perclickguide.com
perclicksite.com
perclickworld.com
ppcadvertisingfeed.com
ppcadvertisingworld.com
ppcclickonlineppc.com
ppcnewfeed.com
ppcperclickadvertising.com
ppcperpayadvertising.com
ppcwebclickpay.com
streamppcadvertising.com
webpayppcclick.com
Hopefully tying these malware samples to that activity can help someone clean up that mess! (Attention: Leaseweb!)

Spammed URLs for the Snowden, Ender, Obama, and Tree Campaigns

obama198.251.67.11/incumbency/index.html
obama198.251.67.11 /philippine/index.html
obama198.251.67.11 /stifles/index.html
snowden198.251.67.11/campaigners/index.html
snowden198.251.67.11/foxhole/index.html
snowden198.251.67.11/fracturing/index.html
snowden198.251.67.11/incumbency/index.html
tree198.251.67.11/nomadic/index.html
tree198.251.67.11/philippine/index.html
tree198.251.67.11/reprehended/index.html
tree198.251.67.11/sauciness/index.html
tree198.251.67.11/sonya/index.html
snowden198.251.67.11  /voodooing/index.html
ender198.61.134.93 /decompressed/index.html
ender198.61.134.93 /dinosaur/index.html
ender198.61.134.93 /microeconomics/index.html
ender198.61.134.93 /packard/index.html
ender198.61.134.93 /reprimanding/index.html
ender198.61.134.93 /sash/index.html
ender51956147.de.strato-hosting.eu   /radicalism/index.html
ender51956147.de.strato-hosting.eu   /remote/index.html
ender51956147.de.strato-hosting.eu   /soyinka/index.html
obama96.9.7.80                /draftier/index.html
tree96.9.7.80      /coif/index.html
tree96.9.7.80      /contentious/index.html
snowden96.9.7.80      /imperiling/index.html
snowden96.9.7.80      /implausibilities/index.html
tree96.9.7.80      /slaloming/index.html
snowden96.9.780       /imperiling/index.html
enderadeseye.me.pn /clunkier/index.html
enderadeseye.me.pn /incest/index.html
enderadeseye.me.pn /mischancing/index.html
enderadeseye.me.pn /rarest/index.html
enderadeseye.me.pn /uglies/index.html
enderandywinnie.com/albert/index.html
enderandywinnie.com/anywheres/index.html
enderandywinnie.com/chairing/index.html
enderandywinnie.com/fits/index.html
enderandywinnie.com/network/index.html
enderandywinnie.com/preservation/index.html
enderaptword.com.my/dromedaries/index.html
enderaptword.com.my/incurred/index.html
enderaptword.com.my/interpol/index.html
enderaptword.com.my/translations/index.html
enderaptword.com.my/vietminh/index.html
obamaassuredpropertycare.net  /overlying/index.html
obamaassuredpropertycare.net  /sneezes/index.html
treeassuredpropertycare.net /arrhenius/index.html
snowdenassuredpropertycare.net  /changed/index.html
snowdenassuredpropertycare.net/debaucheries/index.html
snowdenassuredpropertycare.net  /dulls/index.html
treeassuredpropertycare.net  /dulls/index.html
snowdenassuredpropertycare.net /overlying/index.html
treeassuredpropertycare.net /premeditation/index.html
treeassuredpropertycare.net /shekels/index.html
snowdenassuredpropertycare.net  /sneezes/index.html
obamabbsmfg.biz  /belaying/index.html
obamabbsmfg.biz               /lather/index.html
treebbsmfg.biz     /activists/index.html
snowdenbbsmfg.biz     /intellectualize/index.html
snowdenbbsmfg.biz     /lather/index.html
treebbsmfg.biz     /servo/index.html
treebbsmfg.biz     /skiing/index.html
treebbsmfg.biz     /tourist/index.html
snowdenbbsmfgbiz      /intellectualize/index.html
snowdenbbsmfgbiz      /lather/index.html
enderbestpaintinginc.org             /candidacy/index.html
enderbestpaintinginc.org             /enmeshes/index.html
enderbestpaintinginc.org             /genitives/index.html
enderbestpaintinginc.org             /hardly/index.html
enderbestpaintinginc.org             /parser/index.html
obamabordihn.net              /rubik/index.html
snowdenbordihn.net    /gnarl/index.html
treebordihn.net    /gnarl/index.html
treebordihn.net    /gushing/index.html
treebordihn.net    /reformulates/index.html
snowdenbordihn.net    /squirreling/index.html
treebordihn.net    /squirreling/index.html
enderchad.westhostsite.com           /addle/index.html
enderchad.westhostsite.com           /augmenting/index.html
enderchad.westhostsite.com           /buttonholes/index.html
enderchad.westhostsite.com           /expend/index.html
enderchad.westhostsite.com           /shillings/index.html
enderchad.westhostsite.com           /unfailing/index.html
enderCHALONE.COM.SG/ebbed/index.html
enderCHALONE.COM.SG/homy/index.html
enderCHALONE.COM.SG/saddling/index.html
obamadeerstalkersbop.org.nz   /evelyn/index.html
snowdendeerstalkersbop.org.nz               /absconding/index.html
treedeerstalkersbop.org.nz               /actioning/index.html
treedeerstalkersbop.org.nz               /bathroom/index.html
snowdendeerstalkersbop.org.nz               /dissatisfied/index.html
treedeerstalkersbop.org.nz               /dissatisfied/index.html
snowdendeerstalkersbop.org.nz               /tran/index.html
obamadtgcommunity.com         /imprimatur/index.html
snowdendtgcommunity.com   /electroencephalographs/index.html
treedtgcommunity.com   /electroencephalographs/index.html
snowdendtgcommunity.com   /gentlefolk/index.html
treedtgcommunity.com   /gunpoint/index.html
treedtgcommunity.com   /ingresses/index.html
snowdendtgcommunity.com   /parachutists/index.html
treedtgcommunity.com   /seesawing/index.html
snowdendtgcommunity.com   /thwacked/index.html
snowdendtgcommunity.com   /tzar/index.html
treeedition.cnn.com/
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enderfermatabow.com/clinicians/index.html
enderfermatabow.com/depicting/index.html
enderfermatabow.com/fairyland/index.html
obamaftp.suavva.com           /initiators/index.html
obamaftp.suavva.com           /riverbed/index.html
obamaftp.suavva.com           /sousa/index.html
snowdenftp.suavva.com /overstatements/index.html
treeftp.suavva.com /sousa/index.html
treeftp.suavva.com /surges/index.html
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treefuhr-haustechnik.de/attempted/index.html
treefuhr-haustechnik.de/continua/index.html
treefuhr-haustechnik.de/impartially/index.html
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treefuhr-haustechnik.de/taboo/index.html
snowdenfuhr-haustechnik.de/unswerving/index.html
endergbihongkong.org                 /boer/index.html
endergbihongkong.org                 /economist/index.html
endergbihongkong.org                 /inconsiderately/index.html
endergbihongkong.org                 /unenlightened/index.html
endergrape.wurster.ws                /filtration/index.html
endergrape.wurster.ws                /geisha/index.html
endergrape.wurster.ws                /pagans/index.html
endergrape.wurster.ws                /rationalized/index.html
endergrape.wurster.ws                /spica/index.html
endergrape.wurster.ws                /suntans/index.html
snowdenhackspitz.com  /adidas/index.html
snowdenhackspitz.com  /candied/index.html
snowdenhackspitz.com  /impropriety/index.html
treehackspitz.com  /kook/index.html
treehackspitz.com  /penetrable/index.html
obamahotelnewyorkbd.com       /twill/index.html
treehotelnewyorkbd.com /bayou/index.html
snowdenhotelnewyorkbd.com /doyens/index.html
treehotelnewyorkbd.com /doyens/index.html
snowdenhotelnewyorkbd.com /fiftieths/index.html
snowdenhotelnewyorkbd.com /hill/index.html
snowdenhotelnewyorkbd.com /preyer/index.html
treehotelnewyorkbdcom  /bayou/index.html
enderic44.com  /bulgarian/index.html
enderic44.com  /byword/index.html
enderic44.com  /flourishes/index.html
enderic44.com  /ganglier/index.html
enderic44.com  /sundry/index.html
enderisgett.org/ambling/index.html
enderisgett.org/besmirched/index.html
enderisgett.org/daybed/index.html
enderisgett.org/discriminatory/index.html
enderisgett.org/flux/index.html
enderisgett.org/tanzania/index.html
obamajobarium.com             /sham/index.html
snowdenjobarium.com   /benefactresses/index.html
snowdenjobarium.com   /hobos/index.html
treejobarium.com   /melissa/index.html
obamajoerg.gmxhome.de         /ease/index.html
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snowdenjoerg.gmxhome.de   /ease/index.html
snowdenjoerg.gmxhome.de   /enumerated/index.html
treejoerg.gmxhome.de   /enumerated/index.html
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treejoerg.gmxhome.de   /skeptically/index.html
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snowdenkassos.gr      /dragooning/index.html
snowdenkassos.gr      /futility/index.html
snowdenkassos.gr      /golf/index.html
snowdenkassos.gr      /walkways/index.html
treekassos.gr      /walkways/index.html
snowdenkassosgr       /futility/index.html
snowdenkassosgr       /golf/index.html
obamakryokontur.fr            /biopsy/index.html
obamakryokontur.fr            /brows/index.html
obamakryokontur.fr            /kern/index.html
obamakryokontur.fr            /nosh/index.html
treekryokontur.fr  /alternator/index.html
snowdenkryokontur.fr  /brows/index.html
treekryokontur.fr  /brows/index.html
treekryokontur.fr  /curs/index.html
treekryokontur.fr  /heating/index.html
snowdenkryokontur.fr  /housebreaking/index.html
snowdenkryokontur.fr  /preheats/index.html
snowdenkryokontur.fr  /tint/index.html
snowdenkryokontur.fr  /windmills/index.html
enderlees-landscaping.com            /angiosperm/index.html
enderlees-landscaping.com            /barrettes/index.html
enderlees-landscaping.com            /illegitimacy/index.html
snowdenlimelight.arinet.com                 /cloy/index.html
snowdenlimelight.arinet.com                 /hamlet/index.html
treelimelight.arinet.com                 /hamlet/index.html
snowdenlimelight.arinet.com                 /universities/index.html
obamalostfounddevices.com     /mama/index.html
obamalostfounddevices.com     /mullet/index.html
obamalostfounddevices.com     /unavoidable/index.html
obamalostfounddevices.com     /unavoidable/indexhtml
snowdenlostfounddevices.com                 /blaspheme/index.html
snowdenlostfounddevices.com                 /espinoza/index.html
treelostfounddevices.com                 /espinoza/index.html
snowdenlostfounddevices.com                 /friskily/index.html
snowdenlostfounddevices.com                 /hunchbacked/index.html
snowdenlostfounddevices.com                 /mama/index.html
treelostfounddevices.com                 /mama/index.html
snowdenlostfounddevices.com                 /manageable/index.html
snowdenlostfounddevices.com                 /undresses/index.html
treelostfounddevices.com                 /undresses/index.html
snowdenmydataplus.com /parenthesized/index.html
snowdenmydataplus.com /powhatan/index.html
treemydataplus.com /spotlessness/index.html
obamanendt.com                /degree/index.html
treenendt.com      /famous/index.html
snowdennendt.com      /horded/index.html
snowdennendt.com      /phoneyed/index.html
snowdennendt.com      /psalmists/index.html
treenendt.com      /shown/index.html
snowdennendt.com      /spreaders/index.html
enderphotos4earth.com                /strobe/index.html
enders273524369.onlinehome.us        /disarray/index.html
enders273524369.onlinehome.us        /opposite/index.html
enders273524369.onlinehome.us        /sheepishly/index.html
enders273524369.onlinehome.us        /wakes/index.html
enders273524369.onlinehome.us        /yeasty/index.html
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THIRTY THREE by Nils Völker



Thirty Three, 2013 by Nils Völker_
"The intensity and direction of the waves are determined by the actual tides at the harbor of Le Havre which is the subject of Claude Monet's painting "Impression, soleil levant" from 1872 and which gave rise to the name of the Impressionist movement.

Approximately every six hours, when the water level reaches its highest or lowest point, the wavelike movement of the installation slows down until it restarts towards the opposite direction. Also the intensity of the waves changes from day to day, according to the height of the tides at that time." - Nils Völker. See more;

Thirty Three is a site specific installation for a solo exhibition inside the Eglise du Vieux St-Sauveur in Caen curated by David Dronet, Station Mir within the frame of "Festival Normandie Impressionniste". The exhibition runs until 1st September 2013 and is open from Wednesday until Sunday, 15:00 till 19:00.



Making of
mylar, cooling fans, pvc, wood, custom made electronics and programming - approx. 17 x 1.5 x 2 m 



Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Akihiko Miyoshi



Interesting works and studies by Akihiko Miyoshi_
“Throughout my career I have been exploring the intersection between art and technology most frequently dealing with issues surrounding photographic representation. My works often reveal the conventions of perception and representation through tensions created by the use of computers and traditional photographic techniques.The photographs included in Abstract Photographs series are of mirrors, paper and tape often adhered to the surface of the mirror taken with a large format camera as they attempt to unpack the structural mechanics of photographic representation." - Akihiko Miyoshi. See more;

Abstract Photographs

"While the images allude to formal abstraction with various shapes and colors, the photographic nature of the images are emphasized as the image plane is selectively focused and blurred through the use of depth of field. The usually referencelessness nature of abstraction is contradicted by the presence of minute details captured by the use of a large format camera such as dust and scratch marks found on the surface of the mirror or the texture of the tapes used which makes the images photographically real and almost sculptural. These images have a duality (and tension) of being simultaneously abstract and photographically real. 

Further, as with many of my other works the photographs expresses my interest in the effect of digital technology in photography and its aesthetic. For example the choice of red, green, and blue tape is based on the three primary colors that constitute a pixel. From a far the tapes can be seen as the pixels glowing on the computer screen. While the images are made using primarily traditional photographic methods, they reference the new aesthetic that seems to be emerging as a result of the use of digital tools and technologies. Seen in this context, by always including only the silhouette of the photographer with his camera, the images remind the viewers of the presence/absence of the producer/author and the method."




18% Gray, 2010

"A "gray card" which has 18% reflectance is commonly used in photography as a reference to produce consistent exposure. We tend to think of gray, white, or black as neutral colorless color but in fact they are usually created using a combination of three primary colors. The piece "18% Gray" deconstructs this by effectively using depth of field, another photographic trope."




A Situation to be Viewed Through a Video Camera, 2010

"An installation consisting of a physical object (cardboard), a projected image (of a grid), and a video camera. The viewer is asked to view the installation through the video camera. The piece explicitly acknowledges and makes it an issue for itself how the viewer's perception is constructed by asking the viewer to see and acknowledge the effects every element has on the final view/image. At first, the viewer only sees a cardboard with light being projected on and a video camera pointed towards the cardboard. The "aha moment" occurs when the viewer looks through the video camera which turns a mundane scene into an aesthetic experience. One sees the cardboard, the projected image of the grid, and the rolling rainbow banding effect moving horizontally or vertically introduced by the video camera (created when the frame rate and the refresh rate of the projector are out of synch) combined to create an abstract picture. Upon seeing the abstract picture through the video camera, the viewer at last recognizes it as an aesthetic experience. It was made by a desire to create a piece that one had to see in person. Today most images produced are completely immaterial, captured on cell-phones and shared on social networking sites very rarely existing as an object. Photography has dislodged itself from its material substance and is about information and the transmission of information than anything else. If one can instantaneously download and view images that are art or of art, shouldn't we be asking ourselves "Why do we go see art, especially the photographic kind, anyway?"






RoRsesResoR, 2010

"A color video image of roses is projected onto faux roses that are spray painted white. The projected image creates the impression that the roses are colored. Upon close inspection the viewer sees that the image is slightly misaligned with the object and recognizes the separation of image from form. Further, the projected image very slowly separates itself, just as it has from form, into three primary colors that constitute the image."



Shift by Media Lab



Shift, an interactive audio visual installation created by Media Lab in 2011. 
"Shift is an array of machines shifting bits and bytes informed by simple and highly repetitive algorithms. Shift pays attention to its environment through the ever-watchful eye of a built-in camera and responds to movement. Changes in state are expressed through audio and visual abstractions." See more;

"During the exhibition, the audience was able to interact with Shift through the build in web-camera of each individual computer. Activity sensed by the camera would result in visual and audible changes animating the audience to further explore the underlying system of the work through different forms of gestures. 

How did the software work? To get started, Andreas prepared a software template, a sketch, that would be used by each individual member of the project. By tweaking and changing parameters and the structure of the software code, new and different mutations of the initial program would emerge. We ended u choosing 20 variations to be displayed. In the next step interactivity was added to the sketches. Since each computer that we were using was equipped with a web camera, we added a code that would allow us to capture, analyze and translate the camera feed into an additional parameter for our sketches."

The algorithms are shaped by Andreas Schlegel, Benson Chong, Darrick Ma, Dhiya Md, Felix Sng, Marvin Liang, Mike Chen, Sid Lim.




Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Pirate Cinema by Nicolas Maigret



The Pirate Cinema by Nicolas Maigret_
"In the context of omnipresent telecommunications surveillance, “The Pirate Cinema” makes the hidden activity and geography of Peer-to-Peer file sharing visible. The project is presented as a monitoring room, which shows Peer-to-Peer transfers happening in real time on networks using the BitTorrent protocol. The installation produces an arbitrary cut-up of the files currently being exchanged. This immediate and fragmentary rendering of digital activity, with information concerning its source and destination, thus depicts the topology of digital media consumption and uncontrolled content dissemination in a connected world." - thepiratecinema.com. See more;

Detailed presentation

"THE PIRATE CINEMA : TPC is based on a data interception software. It reveals, through a simple diversion, different aspects of exchange platforms, such as the global and multi-situated nature of Peer-to-Peer networks (P2P), the potential for viral transmission, and alternative social models. Its purpose is to make available for aesthetic exploration the pre-existing potentials of Peer-to-Peer architectures.

[A] VIDEO INSTALLATION VERSION * The video installation of TPC relies on an automated system that constantly downloads the most viewed torrents. The intercepted data is immediately projected onto a screen, after which it is discarded. Depending on the exhibition space, the installation involves one to five computers, each one monitoring specific categories of files. This allows the system to visualize fragmentary files received and sent all over the world.

[B] LIVE PERFORMANCE VERSION * The live performance of TPC relies on an automated system that downloads a selection of torrent files (movies, mp3) selected by the performer. This system is an instrument in itself, producing specific temporal and formal structures, from parameters defined by the performer. The performance lasts the amount of time required to download a group of files. The choice of the downloaded files may be related to the local or actual context. (Place, local cultural context, political, economic, etc.)"

See The Pirate Cinema context and more information about the project at thepiratecinema.com

The Pirate Cinema by Nicolas Maigret - Software development by Brendan Howell - Production by ArtKillArt, La Maison populaire, Eastern Bloc.



Photoshop Cs5 Filters Animation



Device made a tribute to Photoshop Cs5 filters which have been animated and applied over the Photoshop logo in order to show the distortion effect of each filter. See more;