MMB2014 Tutorial #4

~Original Photo~

Select the ink vectors layer, then click the Add a Layer Style with the [fx] sign, select Gradient Overlay and change the gradient colour and style.
Talang~~ After that select inner shadow to create some effect on the wordings.
Followed by drop shadow for the outer layer effect.
~Before~

~After~
Proceed to outer glow to change the colour of the boder surround the wordings.

~Before~
~After~
Followed by bevel and emboss to set the contour.
Talang~ Finished the first phase of developing. Click and drag it to style to create a new style up there .Named it as "Aqua Viva 1".
Am my work look good?
Now, continue with "decorating" the dot-dot(s) besides the wording.

Just select the layer and choose the style that we saved just now "Aqua Viva 1" . It is quite easy as we just need to select and click.
Change the bottom dot's colour to my desire colour~!
Right now we de-select all the layers just now and choose the background layer only.
Go to channel and drag the green layer to duplicate a copy. After that we create a gaussian blur on it in order to create a slightly blur effect on the photo background.
Click Ctrl+L to edit the levels elements.

Go to Edit menu and select "Define Pattern" to save it and name it as "Rust".
Ok, now we are going to modify a bit the upper dot with texture so that it looks more fantastic.
Go to bevel and emboss, choose texture and change the elements according to own favour.
After that create another new style by drag it onto the style layer on the top there like what we did just now. Name the dot with texture and "Aqua Viva 2 Texture".
Select and background layer one again and use the Rectangle tool and choose the shape layers to select the whole background. Once you select it, the background will turn black.

Go to choose the layer that we saved just now, "Aqua Viva 2 Texture" to create a beautiful background on the photo.
Go to add layer mask to create a layer mask on the background layer.
Resume the step of using rectangle tools and shape layers twice to create two different new layer in order to make different effect on the photo background. Use paint brush to create the effect and go to bleding option, tick the blend interior effects as group and chnage to fill opacity. After that use eraser to shape the border and settle!!
The final art work from me!!~~
Thanks for spending time to gone through my work and may you have a nice day.

Warmest Regards;

Jiun the Robot

MMB2014 Tutorial #3

Halo~~ this week we learn something new as usual, and after the video learning process, we are require to make some changes on two prepared photo, choose either one of it. For this week, i am going to edit the bookcover picture.

Here we go!!~~

First of all, i am going to create two new layer. It is a normal layer as well as duplicate the background layer. I am going to perform the cut and paste skill on the background copy layer aka the duplicated layer. I use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to cut off the bricks on the top of the hand which hold the USD as i want to paste it above of the book title which is under the hands. After circulate the area the i wish to use, i cut it out and paste it onto the layer the i created earlier. And the background copy layer now is a bit "cacat" due to i cutted a piece of its background. =p

After that, i only choose to visualize the new layer and the original background layer as i am now on my way to cover up the textbook title. After settle with a suitable place, I use the Magic Eraser Tool to erase those area that will reduce the real effect on the part that i modify. I erase the boundary in bewteen the covered picture and the original picture.


Talang~~ See, am i doing a great job? haha....

In order to create a new title for the picture, i use the Horizontal Type Tool to write down the title that i want to use. In this photo, i wish to transform it into a cover that teaching the people not to using shortcut in whatever means. Under table money stand for the money that being paid to others in a illegal way in order to achieve something.

Then, i go to channels and create a new layer which is alpha 1, by applying what we learn from the video, I choose the Line Tool, with Fill pixel and the weight i change it to 2 and 6 respectively in order to make different effect on the picture.

Then, I go to Filter menu, choose Pixelate and choose Mezzotint, i try to apply some effect on the wording so that i looks more real. I choose the short strokes, and the effect is now on my picture. After that, i create another new wording this time is under the hands which is above the new layer that i created just now. The wording i used was "Take it and you're dead" meaning if you take any fraud money from others, there is only one penalty to you which is a visit to "HELL". (*I am pointing to The Republic of China as i putted P/S: after the senteces which is "death penalty is the only "reward" for corruption in China")

See~ it is now like real right? =)

After that, by applying the same technique as what i used just now for the upper wording, now i use it again for the lower wording.

Here we go~!! Do you manage to observe the effect on the lower wording??

The world of corruption is grey or on the other means, it is without light because those people who involve in the corruption will be living in the darkness even though they life with wealthy but in deep of their heart, they actually scared and worried. Thus, I apply the technique that i learn since the first tutorial, click Ctrl+R in order to use the Ruler Bar, drag two line from the Ruler as to separate the picture into two half, one represent the good side and one represent the bad side. I use to Brush Tool, select Colour which is below the layer bar on our right and greyscale the left half of the picture. After that, go to menu bar, choose View and Clear Guide to get rid of the guide which i dragged it out just now.

In order to suit my theme, I go to surf the internet to find a piece of Ren Min Bi, the currency of China, and create another new layer, bring the Ren Min Bi into this layer, resize it and replace it by put it above of the USD. After that, use the Brush Tool again in order to colour half of the Ren Min BI as to suit the picture in overall.

1,2,3.......lets C~~~ (n.n)v

And finally, my work for this week is done!!! hehe...go to resize the picture by click Alt+Ctrl+I key, change the resolution to 72, the width to 500 and click okay!!~ Then, go to menu bar again, choose file, choose save as. Re-name the picture as my student ID number, 1061111139 and choose the file type as JPEG. After that change the image option's quality to 6, and click the progressive button for 3 scans. After that click okay!~

And below is my product of a few hours hard work~~ =p

Thank you for spending your time to view it, may you have a nice day and all the best for life. Cheers~~~!!

regards;

Jiun

MMB2014 Tutorial #2

Hi there,

Today i am going to perform what i had learnt from week4 tutorial number 2. First of all, we were require to watch 9 video clips and practice to edit three different pictures. After that, we require to choose one out of three pictures to edit it according to the skills that we learnt in class. And this is the picture that i chose.

First of all, I am going to change the characters to greyscale. I create a new layer at first, then follow by performing the hue and saturation technique to change the background colour. I not yet decide what colour to use at the moment, thus i just roughly pick a colour in order to let it look nicer. =p

After that, i am going to colour the characters inside the picture as well as the sand. I plan to colour all the boys shirts and pants into different colour so that it look great.

Talang~~(After a few minutes work)

Oh ya! i am now decided on the colour for the background after coloured the characters. I choose blue so that i look calm and peace (for me =p). By double click on the hue and saturation layer, then only i can change the colour by scrolling the hue section.

After this what else should i do? After "lepak-ing" on the net, i realized that few years ago there is a local artist name "MAWI" said this sentence before in order to stimulate and encourage youngster not to try drugs. The sentence that he said was "Belia Benci DADAH" or in English is "Teenagers HATE drugs".

Then i decided to put it into my picture since my picture is more alike the situation in which all the boys rather playing with kite than taking drugs. I select the tool "Horizontal Type Tool" which it shown a capital T on our left hand side. Follow by changing of the colour of the font. At the time being, i plan to do it as a draft and i choose red as the colour for my font.

In order to make it look greater than normal, i use the "Create warped text" tool on the top there, then i choose the fish style for the sentence in order for my sentence to have the special effect. The DADAH at the end there will look like smaller because i want to emphasis on the bad image of the DADAH and the teenagers aware of it and neglecting it as well. After that, i choose "Tahoma" as the text font.

Then, i create another new layer. The reason i created this new layer is to show the effect of sunlight because there is a shadow under the pink colour lap which shown on the sand area. I use the paint brush and foreground colour to white, the pixel for the brush is 100, i click on the same spot for continuously three times so that it turns into larger and brighter. it turns to be like this:

And finaly, my work for tutorial 2 is completed and i am now on my way to save it into the conditions that asked by Mr Kam.

hehe...thats all for this week, hopefully i am able to use the technique that i learnt in the near future.

Have a nice day~

~Cheers~