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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Photo Filtering - Glowing effect

This is the Adjustment of mine.
Creating a effect of glowing flower.
It only require four simple step.

First:
Create a lightening effect.
Second:
Apply an Gradient and Cloud effect on the image.
Third:
Adjust the adjustment of brightness/contrast, color balance and exposure.


Forth:
Add some simple brush on top the flower to create some spark. :)
~The End~

Keep smile :)

Poster - Faculty of Management

Poster - Faculty of Management
Ideas of this poster:
I created this poster according to the vision of Faculty of Management(FOM).

Vision of FOM:
“Leadership through innovative teaching, learning, research and publication” – is the vision statement of our faculty, and this vision leads us to set our destination.
By Dr. Wan Fadzilah Wan Yusoff, Dean of Faculty of Management.

Story in the poster:
There's a short story in this photo.

There's a student named Mike. Mike just ended his secondary school, he is wondering whats the right path that could lead him to be someone on the top of the corporate and world. He wish he could pursuit the knowledge in various fields of management.

One day, he come across Multimedia University(MMU). After he go through the introduction and visit the campus of MMU. After that, Mike believes that MMU could be the path to lead and guide him to the place he belong.


Explanation of the the image in the poster:

Steps to create this poster:

Background Old paper:

1. Grab the Photo on web.

2. Retouching the photo with Spot Healing Tools, Healing tools & Patch Tools, to Adjust the details of photo.

3. Eraser tools to Delete the white background of image.

4. Mesh the paper to made it naturally look.

Background old paper(shadow):

1. Using the Paint Bucket Tools to paint the image black & Guassian Blur Tools to made the shadow.

Top Right-hand Side (FOM):

1. Added effects on the small box,

a.) Drop Shadow, b.) Inner Shadow, c.) outer Glow, d.) inner glow, e.)bevel & emboss.

2. Text is using the effect of outer glow only.

Top Left-hand side (Notes):

1. Using Rectangular Tools, Elliptical Marquees Tools, Single Row Marquees Tools, Single Column Marquees Tools to create the notes.

2. Using brush to add the wrinkles on the notes.

3. Then use clipping mask to remove unwanted part.

4. Using Layer Mask to reveal the part I want.

Shadow of the notes:

1. Using Invert Effect on the original image & using Guassian Blur tools to made shadow.

Text in the notes:

1. Title of Open Day using effect of Drop shadow and Bevel And Emboss.

2. Others Text using effect of Drop shadow.

Logo of MMU:

1. Using the effect of Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, Bevel and emboss.

Photo:

A.) Human on the path:

1. Using Liquify's Bloat Tools to made the model slightly fat & adjust the leg.

2. Mesh the Image to look natural in angle.

B.) Shadow on the Grass:

1. Adjustment of black and white of the image.

2. Posterize the Image

3. Using Magic Wand tools select the image.

4. Then, Color the image black with brush.

5. Rotate and Mesh the image photo.

6. Crop the shape of the image with eraser. to look more real.

C.) Grass:

1. Magic Wand to select and edit the tools with cooperating tools of Patch Tools, Healing Tools.

2. Adjust the grass with Dodge Tools & Burn Tools to adjust the contrast on the grass.

3. Edit the Shape of the image with Eraser Tools.

D.) City:

1. Crop the image.

2. Eraser tools to Remove unwanted part.

3. Using Brush Tools to Edit the sky part, make it more bright.

**The Overall photo in the poster:

1. Adjust the color with

a. Brightness/Contrast

b. Levels

c. Curves

d. Exposure

e. Hue/Saturation

f. Color Balance

g. Channel Mixer

h. Selective Color

2. Create a Frame surrounding the image.

3. Add half below part of the image with a light background image on top, to look natural & show contrast on the city, Put specific highlight on the city, and represent the bright future.


Tips: Group the Layer, to made it clear & easy to side-track and edit process.

Hope you like it. >.<



Old Photo Retouching

I will go through with the way & method i retouch the grumble photo and color of the photo.

Step 1: I crop the image first & zoom in.


Step 2: Using Healing Tools to heal the grumble place or dark spot.
(The Healing Tools is shown in the top left side of the image.
Step 3: Using the Quick Selection tools to select the part u wan to adjust the color.
&
Adjust the color with Adjustment Color.
(try Hue/Saturation, Color Balance & Channel Mixer)
(ps: different part might have slight different mixture. so adjust part by part.)

Finalize with below image. :)
It takes few hours to complete it.
Guys, be patient. >.<
~Enjoy the process...~ by Allyssa


How to edit the blog theme?

Last night, my friend ask me to teach her the way of edit the blogspot layout.

Well, sorry for cant help up immediately, due to i have to out for dinner.

Perhaps, the step i guide will help you up. >.<

Photo Retouching - Water

This is a simple photo retouching by removing the swimmer and the words.

Software : Adobe Photoshop CS4

Tools: Magic Wand Tools, Patch Tools, Clone Stamp Tools.

Steps:
(shown in Figure A)
Figure A

  1. Use the Magic Wand Tools to select the part of you want to remove.
  2. Then, click the Patch Tools & move the part you had select to the plain water part.
  3. Continue Step 1 & 2 on the swimmer & words.
  4. Last part is clone the water part, press Alt and click on the water part. Then use the mouse click over the blur part (swimmer and words part).
  5. Done.

Ps: It might not works for the 1st time. Try a few times to make it works.

enjoy.

Face Look made by Computer Component

This is my very first Photoshop artwork.

Software : Adobe Photoshop CS4 & Adobe Illustrator Cs4

Theme: Free-style

Topic: Design Face with Computer Componets

Tools used:
(Adobe Illustrator CS4):
Clipping Mask & Layer
(Adobe Photoshop CS4)
Layer, Rotation, Eraser, Lasco Tools, Brush.

Color Adjusted:
Color Balance, Invert Color, Exposure, Brightness/Contrast

Image of I started till the end of my work.1. Is the first image i got, while doing this artwork. This Artwork i used combination of Illustrator and Photoshop.
2. This is the second image i edit. Totally used Photoshop feature. It is creepy look for me.
3. The third image i done out without the invert effect. I edited the color by Photoshop. Its more warm color now.

This is the basic way i do it.

After i done, this 3 image confused me. Some of my friend told me the first image is pretty cute.
The second one is artistic & it bring outs the feel of the topic.
The Third one is warm and gentle.
It was kinda confuse for me.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

But in the end i choose the second image to pass up to lecturer.
Component that i used in the image is shown as image list:
1. Mouse
2. Cooling System Fan
3. Motherboard Chip
4. Circuit Board
5. Webcam
6. Wire

>.< Disfrute de los Creativos
by allyssa

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Thematic Project


This is the logo of our group.
Captive means....
To attract :)

Done by Allyssa(me) :)

Stage 1 : Mindmapping -Logical, Associated

Stage 2 : Essay /Report

Stage 3 : Design Concept

Stage 4 : Juxtaposition

Stage 5 : Story board

Stage 6 : Short video




Stage 1 : Mindmapping -Logical, Associated

The General Idea:
Creativity in the Context of Multimedia UniversityThis is the general mind map that we came out from our brain storming section.


Next.......
The Focus Idea:
Multimedia vs Multimedia University

The idea of Multimedia is
come from this cutting edge century.

The mind map was created by the hard work of Kim , Cong & Allyssa(me) >.<
Thanks..
Idea was generate by the whole group, Captive Group. :).




Stage 2 : Essay /Report

The report was done by Fadriz.
He is great.....
Created a 1228 words report...




Stage 3 : Design Concept


"What is your DESIGN CONCEPT?"


Design concept is the concept & topic that keep our design on track.

Such as our video, images....




Stage 4 : Juxtaposition

Multimedia is the combination of time-based media & Static media.

Formula:
[A TIME BASED MEDIA + A STATIC MEDIA = MULTIMEDIA]



The design concept :
"Multimedia in Multimedia University"
Created by Allyssa(me) >.< The puzzle image is show that,
To create a multimedia,
we have to complete the puzzle by imply
the animation, video or audio in to the media.....
Then it consider as multimedia.

Without the Animation, video or audio...
It is jus a simple media,
that daily we get in touch with it.



Stage 5 : Story board

The story board,
we follow the general topic of us too...
We will be having a video shooting around Multimedia University( as the topic is Creativity in The context of MMU).

We imply multimedia to our video.
Explaining the meaning of multimedia and media.

The ending part...
Is emphasizing on the Multimedia is the new idea of generation.



Stage 6 : Short video

Director: Hilary
Editor: Hilary
(he is a great man)

Participant: Allyssa(me),Kim, Cong, Fadriz

Here it goes~~~ the Video Production

Hope you ....
Enjoy it...:)




The Presentation Day:

We manage to get the presentation done smoothly. :D


The Scene of progressing........
(ps: thx kim.. for the photo..)

The Assignment is prepare by:
Allyssa (Leader)
Hilary
Kim
Cong:
Faridz

Judge by:
Mr Halim
Mr Radzi