Digital Multimedia Blog

CD Cover

2009-06-11T06:19:00.002-07:00

CD Cover

2009-06-11T06:19:00.001-07:00

Logo

2009-06-04T08:08:00.000-07:00

Gif Ninja

2009-05-05T10:09:00.001-07:00

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Color Me Bad (I did it good though.)

2009-03-31T08:36:00.000-07:00

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CD/DVD Guidelines

2009-03-26T07:48:00.000-07:00

Safety Margines: Text and impor tant images fall within the red boxes. Extending important elements beyond these lines can cause problems during cutting folding and assembly. Parts of images or text can end up trmmed of or fall directly on a fold.

Cut Lines: This is spproximately where your artwork will be trimmed. Keeping all text and important images inside the 1/18th inch safety margines will prevent their unintended loss during cutting.

Bleeds: This area is going to be completely trimmed away during the cutting process. Only solid colors, background images or foreground images that iintentionally run off the page should extend through this area. Having bleeds ensures that your artwork will not have a thin white border around it

Freewrite: What if...

2009-02-23T06:49:00.000-08:00

What if jobs idnot exist and money would just appear at random places. There would be no ppoint of attending school, besides acquiring the basics of all subjects. People could ask anybody in the world for anything they wanted or needed; I would be able to ask a friend for a psp and not pay. The only use of money would be if the item was hard to find or obtain. People would live in a society where all needs are met and poverty wouldn't exist. Diamonds are hard to obtain unless you live in Africa, so money would serve as an exellent trade.

*Focus: 2
*Content: 3
*Organization: 3
*Style: 3
* Conventions: 4

Symmetrical Posters

2009-02-17T08:22:00.000-08:00

My Candle

2009-02-09T07:14:00.001-08:00

Freewrite: Family

2009-02-02T07:08:00.000-08:00

Family is a relationship formed by blood adoption or by becoming married. Family are the people in your life that you probably know better and feel better about hanging around. Alot of the time family can be the ones who love you through the good and the bad. Family can get on your nerves more than any one else or vise versa but it doesn't mean that you don't love each other.
The great thing about family is that they can always expand. Different families have different methods of applying disapline and responsibility. Different method can have different outcome; but there is normally one one goal.

Freewrite: Friendship

2009-01-30T06:45:00.000-08:00

Friendship is a bond of trust and a feeling in which you know someone has your back. As well as they'd take a blow for you as you would for them, you should be able to tell them something you'd tell nobody else; and it would stay between you two. By all means if you have no food and they do they will open share and of course vise versa.

Half tone "Pop Dots" Tutorial

2009-01-23T11:49:00.002-08:00

Step1: Open your image. Put a selection around the image tat you would like the pop dots effect behind. (Inverse if you need to)
Step2: Press Apple+J twice. Put a selection around layer two.
Step3: Go under the Select menu, under modify, and choose expand. Enter 10 pixels and click OK.
Step4: Press "d" to switch your switches to the default colors. Option +Delete.
Step5: Press the letter "Q" to enter Quick Mask mode Go under the Filter menu, under Pixelate, and choose Color Halftone. Click OK.
Step6: Keep runnig your filter until you are satified with the results. Tap the letter "Q" to leave quick mask mode.
Step7: Option+ delete. Deselect your image.

Half tone "Pop Dots" Tutorial

2009-01-23T11:49:00.001-08:00

Obama Fun Facts

2009-01-15T08:15:00.000-08:00

Painting Away Color

2008-12-11T07:48:00.000-08:00

Semi-Transparent Type

2008-12-09T07:59:00.000-08:00

Step1: Open the image of your choice. Press "T" To get to the Type tool and enter your text.
Step2: Put a selection around your text. hide your type layer by clicking on the eye icon. Click on your image layer.
Step3: Press Apple=S. Add a drop shadow' inner shadow and inner glow effect using your layer styles.
Step4: Drag your original type layer into the trash.

Painting Away Color

2008-12-04T08:21:00.000-08:00

Original

My version

My version

Step1: Open the image you would like to work on.
Step2: Click on the brush tool. In the options bar, sswitch the Blend Mode to color. Change your foreground color to black.
Step3: From the brushes palette choose a medium sized, soft-edged(0% hardness) brush .
Step4: Start painting. As you paint, the color will disappear leaving your image in grayscal

Shadow In Motion Tutorial

2008-12-03T07:21:00.000-08:00

Step 1:Tap the letter "d" to change your foreground color to black. Hold down options key and tap the delete key. Type your text using the a medium gray color(#666666)

Step 2:Duplicate your type layer by using the Apple + J shortcut. Rasterize your layer.

Step 3:Go under filter menu , under Pixelate, choose fragment. run this filter two more times by using the Apple + f shortcut.

Step 4:Press apple + t. In the options bar change the width & height to 130%.

Step 5:Click on your original type layer and Rasterize it. Click on the y=top layer and press apple + e to merge the 2 layers.

Step 6:To colorize your type, press Apple + u to bring up Hue/saturation. Click the colorize checkbox and make the hue slider to the color you'd l ike.

Photoshop Shortcuts

2008-12-03T07:19:00.000-08:00

Apple + U-Hue and Saturation
Apple + T-Free Transform
Apple + Delete-Change color of image to your foreground color
Apple + J-Duplicate layer
Apple + E-Merge
Apple + F-Run the last filter
Apple+C-Copy
Apple+V-Paste
Apple+A-Select All
Apple+S-Save
Apple+Z-Undo
Apple+D-Deselect
Apple+N-New Document
B-Brush tool
T-type tool

Publishing, News and Entertainment

2008-11-24T06:51:00.000-08:00

The media industry has exerted enormous influence on society for many year. Even before the invention of radios, movies, and television printed information from newspaper, magazines, and books were a powerful force in shaping how people think and behave. Broadcast media are more powerful than printed publications because the can reach more people and reach them faster. The internet has added a new dimension to media industry.

Webzines
Webzines are also called e-magazines,e-zines, or just zines. A webzine is a magazine that is published on the web for a whole range of readers. Some webzines are online versions of traditional print magazines, but others are available only online. Some have a large, general readership, but others are read almost exclusively but people who share a profession, a hobby, or some other interest.

Blogs
Blogs, short for webblogs, have quickly swept through the Internet as an easy to publish your journal. Be aware, anyone can read entries and, at times, come on the entries. The author of a blog is called blogger.

Afracan Proverb #7

2008-11-12T07:52:00.001-08:00

"An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend."

I personally do not agree with the African Proverb. Why should I have to fix myself to a standard just to outsmart you and for what reason are you even against me. I'd rather have a stupid friend because he or she isn't against me. An intelligent enemy is only plotting on you. A stupid friend will be or do something stupid which might affect you, but not to the degree of an intelligent person out to get you. So I'd rather have a stupid friend over an intelligent enemy

Holiday Card Project

2008-11-10T07:09:00.000-08:00

What is the Holiday card Project? The purpose of the holiday card Project is to create holiday cards for people who are hospitalized during the holiday season. The idea behind the project is to try to bring a little cheer to those who are undergoing hospital stay. Exactly who receives the cards? The cards will be distributed to both the U.S. and international hospitals. The cards will be delivered in person a representative. the patients who receive the cards in age in range from children to seniors and have illness or injuries the vary from mild to terminal. What should I write in a card? Be as creative as you'dlike. Just remember the degree of illness for patients will vary so it is important to be cheerful. Some suggested greetings include "Hope you're feeling better" "thinking of you" or "Have a nice day". Try to stay awway from "Get well soon" as it might not be appriate for all patients. Remember to include a message of "Happy Holidays". Will the patients know who sent the cards? The only way a patient will know who the card is from is if you sign your name. If you would like to send your card anonymously, you may Can I send more the one card? Absolutely! However, remember the quality is better than qaunity. Sending one quality card that you put time and effort into is better than sennding two that were thrown together. Is there a specific size or medium for the card? There is no specific size for the cards. Use your be judgement. You can design and decorate cards by drwing, coloring or painting. You can use glitter, construction paper, cardboard,markers,crayons,colored pencils,ribbon,etc., to make your special. You can also design your card using Photoshop. In Photoshop please use 4*6 or 5*7 for your dimensions.

Test Reveiw 11/3/08

2008-10-29T07:44:00.000-07:00

1. The Menu Bar is located at the very top of Photoshop and include the following list, File, Veiw, Filter, Window and Help

2. The Options Bar is located right below the Menu Bar and has different features that can be performed with the tool you choosed.

3. The Tool Bar is always located at the right of Photoshop and it list the tools that can be used to perform different actions.

4. The Layers Palette shows all the layers so the can be easily edited and is located to the right Photoshop.

Homwork #3 7-1/7-2

2008-10-29T07:41:00.002-07:00

Due 11/3/08

Bring in1 example of the outer glow effect. Your example are not allowed to be printed from the internet

Homwork #3 7-1/7-2

2008-10-29T07:41:00.000-07:00

Homework #1 7-1 and 7-2

2008-10-27T07:00:00.000-07:00

Due 10/29/08

Bring in 2 examples of the stroke effect. Your example are not allowed to be printed from the internet

Homework #1 7-1 and 7-2

2008-10-24T06:53:00.000-07:00

Due 10/27/08

Bring in 2 example of the drop shadow effect. Your example are not allowed to be printed from the internet

Photoshop Tools

2008-10-14T07:48:00.000-07:00

1. Marquee Tool: Rectangular,elliptiacl,single column and single row are all marguees They are used to put a selaction or marching ants around an image

2. Move Tool: Used to move a layer.You can use the mouse or the arrow keys.

3. Gradient Tool: used to create gradient.A gradient is a smooth transition from one color to another.

4. Paint Bucket Tool: This tool enables you to paint large areas at once.

5. Horizontal Type Tool: This tool is used to put text into an image.

6. Verical type Tool: This tool is used to put teext into an image. It will write vertical.

7. Custom Shape Tool: With this tool you can create a custom shape in your image. You can choose from standard or imported shapes

8. Hand too: This tool allow you to move your canvas/stage around

9. Zoom Tool: This tool is used to zoom in and out of your image

10.Eyedropper Tool: With this tool you can set your forground color. In your image, Click on the color you what to have

african proverb #7

2008-10-10T07:16:00.000-07:00

"The fool speaks and the wise listens"

Computers Scavenger Hunt

2008-10-06T07:11:00.000-07:00

1. What does DVD stand for?

Dvd stand for digital video disk and digital versatile disk.

How many DVD formats are available?

There are six different types of dvd formats and the formats are DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-Video, DVD-RAM, and DVD-Audio.

2. What is a dingbat?

A dingbats are special characters like stars, hands, arrows, and geometric shapes you can use to decorate a document. A collection of dingbats is found in a popular font called Wingdings.

3. What is a handshake?

When two modems perform a handshake each time they meet, just as two people shake hands to greet each other. If the modem speaker is on, you can actually hear the handshake — it’s that annoying series of squeals and signals. The handshake helps the modems determine how they will exchange information.

4. What is a home page?

A homepage is an introductory screen on the World Wide Web, used to welcome visitors. A home page can include special underlined text or graphics you click on to jump to related information on other pages on the Web. Many individuals, businesses, and organizations now have home pages on the World Wide Web. See also WORLD WIDE WEB.

5. What handles can you not hold in your hand?

Little squares at the edges and corners of a selected graphic on your screen. You can move a handle with your mouse pointer to resize or reshape the graphic.

6. What was ENIAC?

ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer), the gigantic machine credited with starting the modern computer age.ENIAC, with its 17,468 vacuum tubes, 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 1,500 relays, and 6,000 manual switches, was a monument of engineering -- and an energy hog. The city of Philadelphia reportedly experienced brown-outs when ENIAC drew power at its home at the Moore School of Electrical Engingeering at the University of Pennsylvania.

7. What contribution did Ada Byron make to computing?

Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace, was one of the most picturesque characters in computer history. Babbage's ideas for a new calculating engine, the Analytical Engine. He conjectured: what if a calculating engine could not only foresee but could act on that foresight. Ada was touched by the "universality of his ideas". Hardly anyone else was.

8.What kind of wafers are used at Intel to make computer chips?

Computer chip technology is in all sorts of everyday items, from space shuttles to coffee makers, traffic lights, and computers. A basic rule of thumb is, if a device uses electricity and you can "tell it what to do" by programming it or customizing it, there's a chip inside.

Chips perform various tasks by design, meaning that some are more complex than others. The most sophisticated chip is a microprocessor, whose transistors can execute hundreds of millions of instructions per second.

9. What do they call the suit that cleanroom technicians must wear while making computer chips?

10. What does modem stand for anyway?

mō´dem) (n.) Short for modulator-demodulator. A modem is a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over, for example, telephone or cable lines. Computer information is stored digitally, whereas information transmitted over telephone lines is transmitted in the form of analog waves. A modem converts between these two forms.
Fortunately, there is one standard interface for connecting external modems to computers called RS-232. Consequently, any external modem can be attached to any computer that has an RS-232 port, which almost all personal computers have. There are also modems that come as an expansion board that you can insert into a vacant expansion slot. These are sometimes called onboard or internal modems.

While the modem interfaces are standardized, a number of different protocols for formatting data to be transmitted over telephone lines exist. Some, like CCITT V.34, are official standards, while others have been developed by private companies. Most modems have built-in support for the more common protocols -- at slow data transmission speeds at least, most modems can communicate with each other. At high transmission speeds, however, the protocols are less standardized.

Aside from the transmission protocols that they support, the following characteristics distinguish one modem from another:

bps : How fast the modem can transmit and receive data. At slow rates, modems are measured in terms of baud rates. The slowest rate is 300 baud (about 25 cps). At higher speeds, modems are measured in terms of bits per second (bps). The fastest modems run at 57,600 bps, although they can achieve even higher data transfer rates by compressing the data. Obviously, the faster the transmission rate, the faster you can send and receive data. Note, however, that you cannot receive data any faster than it is being sent. If, for example, the device sending data to your computer is sending it at 2,400 bps, you must receive it at 2,400 bps. It does not always pay, therefore, to have a very fast modem. In addition, some telephone lines are unable to transmit data reliably at very high rates.
voice/data: Many modems support a switch to change between voice and data modes. In data mode, the modem acts like a regular modem. In voice mode, the modem acts like a regular telephone. Modems that support a voice/data switch have a built-in loudspeaker and microphone for voice communication.
auto-answer : An auto-answer modem enables your computer to receive calls in your absence. This is only necessary if you are offering some type of computer service that people can call in to use.
data compression : Some modems perform data compression, which enables them to send data at faster rates. However, the modem at the receiving end must be able to decompress the data using the same compression technique.
flash memory : Some modems come with flash memory rather than conventional ROM, which means that the communications protocols can be easily updated if necessary.
Fax capability: Most modern modems are fax modems, which means that they can send and receive faxes.
To get the most out of a modem, you should have a communications software package, a program that simplifies the task of transferring data.

11. I think the person who coined these computer terms must have been hungry.

What is a bit?
How many bits are in a byte?
How many nibbles are in a byte?

A bit (short for binary digit) is the smallest unit of data in a computer. A bit has a single binary value, either 0 or 1. Although computers usually provide instructions that can test and manipulate bits, they generally are designed to store data and execute instructions in bit multiples called bytes. In most computer systems, there are eight bits in a byte. The value of a bit is usually stored as either above or below a designated level of electrical charge in a single capacitor within a memory device.
Half a byte (four bits) is called a nibble. In some systems, the term octet is used for an eight-bit unit instead of byte. In many systems, four eight-bit bytes or octets form a 32-bit word. In such systems, instruction lengths are sometimes expressed as full-word (32 bits in length) or half-word (16 bits in length).

12. The ARPANET 's development began in 1966. It was an experiment to connect universities so they could share information. What do we call this today?

Lawrence Roberts publishes the first design paper on ARPANET entitled Multiple Computer Networks and Intercomputer Communication at ACM's Gatlinburg conference.

13. In what year was the first World-Wide Web software created by Tim Berners-Lee?

14. Project Gutenberg puts on the Internet public domain literature and information.What was the first document posted?

Declaration of Independence

15. When were floppy disks introduced?

By 1961 IBM had invented the first disk drive with air bearing heads and in 1963 they introduced the removable disk pack drive.

16. How many megabytes of data can a factory made audio CD hold?

When you copy data to a CD, you must take care that the your data does not exceed the capacity of the CD you are recording to. Due to the audio origin of CDs, the amount of information a CD can hold is measured in minutes:seconds:sectors. Each second contains 75 sectors, each of which can hold 2048 bytes (2 kilobytes) of Mode 1 user data. Recordable CDs come in 21- (80 mm diameter), 63-, and 74-minute sizes (both 120 mm diameter), which can contain:
21 min x (60 sec) x (75 sectors) x (2 kbytes) = 189,000 kilobytes
= 184 megabytes

63 min x (60 sec) x (75 sectors) x (2 kbytes) = 567,000 kilobytes
= 553 megabytes

74 min x (60 sec) x (75 sectors) x (2 kbytes) = 660,000 kilobytes
= 650 megabytes

Factory-recorded CDs can hold up to 74 minutes of data.

17. Douglas Engelbart was a computer visionary of the 1960's. What did he invent that you find handy?

The computer mouse

18. What do the letters CD-ROM stand for?

Compact Disc-Read Only Memory. A standard for compact disc to be used as digital memory media for personal computers. The specifications for CD-ROM were first defined in the Yellow Book.

19. Name three computer peripherals.

Any external device that plugs into your computer, such as a printer, modem, scanner, or tape drive.

20. What does GUI (pronounced "goo-ey") mean?

A GUI (usually pronounced GOO-ee) is a graphical (rather than purely textual) user interface to a computer.

21 What is an advantage of the Dvorak keyboard?

The Dvorak keyboard layout is a control panel option on almost every current computer. It is a vastly more comfortable and efficient alternative to the standard "QWERTY" pattern, which was designed in the 1800s with no effective attempt at typing comfort.

22. What is a computer virus?

A computer virus is a program designed to spread itself by first infecting
executable files or the system areas of hard and floppy disks and then
making copies of itself. Viruses usually operate without the knowledge or
desire of the computer user.

23. How did Marcian Hoff's invention change computers?

Chernoff submitted his idea and made it through several rounds of competition, continually improving his design with each round. In the end, Staples chose his Rubber Bandits from among more than 8,000 entries; they awarded Chernoff $5,000 and signed him to an exclusive two-year agreement. In 2005, the company began selling the colorful bands in retail stores across the country. The bands were sold through late 2007.

24. Apple Computer's G4 is a supercomputer because its operations can be measured in gigaflops. What is a
gigaflop?

A gigaflop is a measure of computing speed equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.

25. What mammal, other than humans, uses a computer?

At Sea Life Park Hawaii, Earthtrust researchers set up custom underwater touch screens connected to Power Macintosh computers?

Dolphins interact with the touch screens by interrupting a grid of infrared rays with their rostrums — what most of us would call their noses. Dolphins at the park are free to use the computers at their own behest, and they apparently find it quite entertaining.

Multimedia and Society

2008-10-06T06:48:00.000-07:00

Define the following terms

1.e-commerce

2.B2B

3.B2C

4.cookies

5. encryption

6.ssl

e-commerce-commercial transactions conducted electronically on the Internet.

B2B=business-to-business, denoting trade conducted via the Internet between businesses.

B2C=business-to-consumer, denoting trade conducted via the Internet between businesses and consumers.

Cookies:Computing a packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server.

Encryption:convert information or data into a cipher or code, esp. to prevent unauthorized access conceal information or data in something by this means.

SSL=Secure Sockets Layer, a computing protocol that ensures the security of data sent via the Internet by using encryption.

Three benefits that e-commerce offers are firstly all of those available internet businesses: Ebay and amazon are two of the largest businesses, that can be able to give a job to many. Another benefit of e-commerce is it makes rare items available to those who can't find it. It also provides cheaper prices and it is more convenient than going to the company located, who knows where.

Internet-Related Multimedia Careers

2008-09-30T08:24:00.000-07:00

Multimedia development is most often done by teams of people. Each team member brings an area of expertise to the project.

Research 3 multimedia careers. State their job descriptions, skill requirements and salaries.

Video Game Designer
* Job Description:

Video Game Designers don’t create games. They create detailed design documents. A design document contain descriptions of all aspects of an electronic game - mission, plot, rules, flow charts, sound, artwork, and special features. The design document is the blueprint used by graphic artists, sound designers, and programmers to create the software that results in the video game.

* Skill Requirements:

You have to know how video game design and development works, and experience as a programmer, artist, or producer helps. Most video game designers have bachelor’s degrees in English, art, computer science, or related areas.

* Salaries:

Video game designers work in small start-up companies as well as large multimedia corporations. Their annual salaries vary widely but are usually in the $25,000 - $75,000 range.

Computer Control Programmers

* Job Description:

Computer control programmers carefully plan and prepare the process of using computer numerically controlled machines to cut metal, plastic, or glass precisely, shaping a finished part or product. First, they review three-dimensional blueprints of a part. Next, they calculate the operations that must be performed on the workpiece. And finally, they plan the sequence of the tasks that need to be performed to produce the finished part or product.Computer control programmers must then turn the detailed plan of machining operations into a set of numerical commands for the computer numerically controlled machine to follow. After the program is written, the programmers check the programs to make sure that the machinery functions properly and that the finished parts and products meet specifications. Computer control operators then download the set of commands to the computer numerically controlled machine, position the workpiece on the machine tool, set the controls, and let the machine do the necessary cuts and other operations.

* Skill Requirements:

The National Institute of Metalworking Skills developed a set of skills standards for computer control programmers that have been adopted by a number of vocational training facilities and colleges. Classroom training includes computer programming basics. Graduates of these programs are certified by the National Institute of Metalworking Skills.

* Salaries:
Computer Control Programmers earn about $175200 a year.

Illustrators and Graphic Designers

* Job Description:

Illustrators and graphic designers are both in the business of creating original art to decorate or to convey information. Illustrators draw pictures for books, magazines, and other print materials, including greeting cards and wrapping paper. Graphic designers use art to communicate a message to a certain audience.Illustrators use light, shadows, and color to create two-dimensional pictures. Most illustrators specialize in a particular type of drawing. For instance, fashion illustrators work for fashion designers and draw sketches of clothing as it is being

* Skill Requirements:

All artists must have artistic talent, creativity, imagination, skill, and knowledge specific to the industry in which they work. Most people who enter the fields of illustration or graphic design hone their skills in a two-year or three-year post-secondary program—or preferably in a four-year bachelor's degree program. Computer graphics courses are now essential for job consideration in these highly competitive fields.

* Salaries:

ccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, illustrators earn a median annual salary of $38,060. Salaried medical illustrators earn significantly more. The median income for a full-time medical illustrator in 2005 was $59,000.

African Proverb #6

2008-09-30T07:38:00.000-07:00

"Knowledge is like a garden,if it is not cultivated, it not be harvested."
This African Proverb simply means that I must control my amount of knowledge, if otherwise it won't be there for later use. To cultivate my garden of knowledge I must practice and ask questions to assure that I understand certain things. When I'm sure my garden's needs (questions or hard problems) are met, I can the harvest it. I consider harvest in this case to mean collect and use; after I've finish learning for the day I have collected the knowledge and I'll use and practice, so that I don't forget it. An example some who hasn't done practiced this proverb, are the people that go on "Are you smarter that a fifth grader", no ever wins because they haven't tended to their garden.

By not tending to your garden your plants (or lessons:teachings) die (fade and be removed). Teachers give the teachings which of course they practiced because the student these lessons (plants) from your mind (garden). As long as you practice you'll never forget or lose any valuable abilities.

African Proverb #5

2008-09-26T07:24:00.000-07:00

A person that knows proverbs can solve differences.

I believe that this African Proverb actually explains itself. The African Proverb basically means that somebody who knows many phrases or sayings knows that answer to many common and even uncommon difficulties. One presentation of this is would be a grandmother and grandfather have lived for many years and through many problems.

2008-09-25T08:15:00.001-07:00

Carved Wood Type Tutorial

2008-09-24T07:19:00.000-07:00

Step 1: Click on the gradient tool. In the Options Bar, click on the gradient thumbnail to bring up the gradient editor. When it appears, double-click on the left color stop. When the color poker appears, click on the custom button, then choose PANTONE 722 and click Ok. Double-click on the right color stop; this time choose PANTONE 732. Click Ok.
Step 2: In the options bar, click the radial gradient icon. Using this tool, click and drag from the center to the top of the background layer. Go under noise, and choose Gold Noise. Enter 12% for the Amount, choose Gaussian, Check Monochromatic, and click Ok.
Step 3: then go under the filter menu under blur and choose Motion Blur. Enter 33º for the angle and 10 distance. Click Ok. Now go under the filter menu, under sharpen, and Choose Unsharp Mask, Enter 500% for amount, 9.0 pixels for Radius, and 1 for Threshold, then click Ok.
Step 4: Type your text. Go under the Layer menu under rasterize, and choose Type to convert your Type layer into a regular image layer. Now, under Brush strokes, choose sprayed Strokes. Type 12 for stroke length, 7 for radius, and right diagonal for direction. Click Ok.
Step 5: Click the magic wand tool click. Click once in your first letter of your word, Then go under the Select menu and choose similar to select the rest of the letters. Under Select menu, choose Inverse, Now press delete to remove the little chunks of white space around the letter created by the brushed strokes filter.
Step 6: Go under the Select menu and choose inverse. Drag your text layer into the trash to delete it Press Apple+j to put the selected background area up on its own layer. In the layer palette, click once on the background layer. Press Apple+A, then press Apple+D to deselect.
Step 7: Click on your layer,text layer. Choose bevel and emboss from the layer styles menu at the bottom of the palette. When the dialog box appears, increase the depth to 400%, and decrease the depth to 4. Increase the highlight Opacity to 90%. From the left side of the layer style dialog box, click on the word drop shadow to bring up its options. Increase the size to 8, lower the opacity 50% and click Ok.
Step 8: Choose the lasso tool Make a thin selection in the center of each letter. Remeber to hold down the shift key. press Apple+C to copy. Add a new layer press Apple+V to paste. Change the layer mode from normal to Color Burn.
Step 9: Duplicate your new layer. Now duplicate your duplicated layer. Change the layer mode from color burn to Screen. Click on the the move tool. Press the right arrow key twice, the down arrow key once.

African Proverb #4

2008-09-23T07:37:00.000-07:00

"It is better to be loved than feared."

I believe that the African Proverb "It is better to be loved then feared" is self-explanatory. This African Proverb means that being afraid of you doesn't mean I respect you. One example of the African Proverb being displayed would be when kingdoms take over land the formers owners of the land don't respect, love or care about this kingdom, yet they do nothing upset the kingdom because they are scared of what the kingdom would do. One way this Proverb can be used in life is, if your in authority over others, you should try and gain respect.

Extra Cash

2008-09-18T07:59:00.000-07:00

You have an extra $100,000 to give away; you cannot spend it on yourself. What would you do with the money?

If I had $100,000 of extra cash,and couldn't spend it on myself, I'd give the money away to many. Firstly I'd offer to family members and I'd divide $2,120 those of them in need. Next if there were any local new buisnesses being built I'd invest in them, giving $10,000, but in return I'd only want the good news of the grand opening. I'd next give $20,000 to the campaign supporters of Obama. I'd spend $18,000 on advertisement of a fundraiser to open an apartment for the homeless; then I'd of course then buy the land which I'd estimate to be about $4,980.

Light Burst Tutorial

2008-09-17T07:21:00.000-07:00

Step 1: Set foreground color to black. Type your text. Rasterize you type layer. Put a selection around your text. Go under the select menu and choose save selection.
Step 2: Deselect your type. Switch your foreground color to white. Under the Edit menu choose fill. Change the Mode to multiply. Go under filter menu, under blur, choose Gaussian Blur. Enter 25 Pixels
Step 3: Go under the filter menu' under style and choose Solarize. Press shift+Apple+l to run the Auto levels. Duplicate layer.
Step 4: Filter menu, under Distort, Choose polar coordinates. Choose polar to rectangle.
Step 5: Go under the image menu, under Rotate Canvas, choose 90º cw. Invert your image (apple+I). Filter menu, choose Stylize, choose wind.
Step 6: In wind dialog box choose Wind for the Method and from the right for Direction. Run this filter 2 more times by pressing Apple+f twice.
Step 7: Invert your image. Run auto levels. Run the wind filter 3 more times. Rotate canvas 90º ccw. Filter menu,Distort, choose Polar Coordinates.
Step 8: In Polar Coordinates choose Rectangular to polar. Change the layer Blend from Normal to Screen.
Step 9: Create a new layer. Choose a gradient. Drag your gradient through this layer. Change the Blend Mode to color. Optional Invert your image.
Step 10: Click on your text layer copy. filter menu, under Blur, choose radial Blur. In dialog box choose zoom. Increase the amount to 66 Click your original text layer. Select menu, load selection. Choose Alpha 1. Change your foreground color to black. Deselect your text

Warp Text Tutorial

2008-09-16T08:05:00.000-07:00

Step 1: Use the type tool to set your type. Double-click on the "T" thumbnail in your layers palettte to highlight your text.

Step 2: Click the second to last icon in the Options Bar (it has the letter "T" on it with a bent line beneath it). This brings up the Warp Text dialog box. From the dialog's Style pop-up menu, change the Style.

African Proverbs #3

2008-09-12T07:06:00.000-07:00

I beleive that "a brother/sister is like a shoulder" is true. It basically tells you that family will be there for you. Whenever in need or maybe you'd just feel to cry family is there, you brother or even a sister has shoulder to cry on. No matter the need, it will be fulfilled by family. A family member is a shoulder which is a link connecting your arm to your torso, by that I mean they complete your.

Introduction To Photoshop

2008-09-12T06:44:00.000-07:00

*What is Photoshop?

Adobe Photoshop is a professional image editing software.
* About the work area
Menu Bar: this is where you can access most the features and commands of Photoshop. It is located at the very top of Photoshop.
*Options Bar: display your tool option. It changes as different tools are slected. Also, it is located under the Menu Bar.
* Tool Bar: contains all of your tools. They are all used for creating and editing images.
Paletts: to monitor and modify images. There are 5 Paletts by default.

Stage/Canvas: where the image worked on will appear

*Layers: the layers wondow shows the various layers the your images is made of.
*Selection: there are several ways to selct images or partious of images in Photoshop. Here is one basic method to do so.Adding to a selection and makeing a square.

1. use the rectangular selection tool to select the area to be worked
2. To add to a selection, hold shift before dragging.
3. To make the selection exactly square dtart dragging them, hold shift
4. You can press apple+d to deselect and remove the selection at any time.

African Proverb #2

2008-09-09T07:43:00.000-07:00

To me the African Proverb Wood may remain ten years in water, but it will never become a crocodile means that no matter how long something remains it won't change. Everything is meant to be itself and nothing more. This African Proverb is commonly realized throughout life. An example would be that a dog will never become a cat because it was born to be a dog. Another example is a computer can stay at a technology store but never upgrade to a laptop.

African Proverb #1

2008-09-08T07:19:00.000-07:00

To me the African Proverb "Knowledge is better than Riches" Explains itself. In other words the African Proveb "Knowledge is better than Riches" is that incredible itelligence is can do more than any amount of money. We commonly us the African Proverb "Knowledge is better than Riches" in daily life. I demonstrate usage of this African Proverb by using my knowledge of how to cook rather than buying a burger from Mc Donalds with my riches. Another example of usage of this is to use yuor knowledge to get out of a situation instead of bribing your riches.

08-09 School Year

2008-09-08T06:50:00.000-07:00

It seems as though I made no goals last year,being 07-08; Although this year I'd like to make Honor Roll, last years I recieved A's B's and one "C" . I think is't the A's B's and negleting the C that I got a bike, but was stolen; I know if I get all A's I can only imagine what I'll get. Even though I had no goals last year I have self expectations which are to recieve anything above a " C ", I'm sure that I didn't meet my own expectations because I didn't try but this time i will. Last year and this year my favorite subject are math and science, and that's because the explain everything in life.