Light Burst.
The tutorial can be found here: photoshop essentials
Not too bad for a first attempt, and very nice to follow instructions.. Cheers
Note to self: Align text in photoshop: Control plus a then v… 
Some more text tuts you might want to try.
Add comment January 26th, 2010
Hay, so I’m doing another tutorial, but this time I’m going to post my progress rather than hide it away on the old hard drive:
So the night has drawn to an end, brew followed swiftly by bed.. Maybe I’ll get around to finishing this one.
20-plus more stages to go, I’ve done the easy bit. See ya soon.
Full tutorial here: PSDTUTS
1 comment January 14th, 2010
The term comes from the Japanese word boke, which means “blur” or “haze”,
and anyway I haven’t been in town for a while and this beast needs updating.
So without further ado:
You know what, I think it was in Veerle’s blog, but I can’t find it,
And in a basic attempt to upgrade my photoshop and illustrator skills I am doing the odd tutorial.
In photography the concept is easier, in that your prime subject is in sharp focus, while the background dissolves into a “haze.”
Like I said, just a quicky.. See ya soon..
Add comment January 13th, 2010
If you have all your prized photos stored on your pc and would like to showcase them look no further.
With all the resources todays internet users have to hand it becomes a simple job to bring your photos to life on screen for all to see.
If you are publishing to a website why not try the google picasa download.
This application will basically find all the images on your pc and organize them into folders for you.
Once there it is a simple matter for picasa to build the html template add the necessary touches of code magic, ie javascript, or flash depending on template thus creating a folder ready to upload to your server space.
There is a growing number of free templates to use from developer paul van roekel and the instillation once you have picasa is also v.easy.
A note from his site:
How to install?
Extract the contents of the zip file to the directory \Program Files\Picasa 2\web\templates\. It’s important to place the contents of the zip file in it’s own separate folder! Start Picasa and select the images you want to export and then click Folder > Export as Webpage.
Thats all there is to it. Have fun.
Add comment April 8th, 2008
Today’s remarkable tunes:
Titties and beer Frank Zappa
Slow blues Hendrix
Masks Van der Graaf Generator
and also\
An interesting selection generated by the ghost of ZAPPPA baby.
Just a quick one before I retire for the night.
I have a design job, not going to go into details at this point, other than to say it has been a most enjoyable experience so far.
My client.. Seems strange referring to ‘him/her’ as such. We have had a meeting, chat, discussed goals, styles. I assured the ‘client that I could achieve what was required..
And never one to divert from set task, jumped in I did with a frothy splash reminiscent of how you might feel jumping into a hot tub after a long walk through a dry and sandy desert. Initially webdesign… Initially a quest.
To get to the point I have a nice design in my head, lots of good content. The site is partially rendered, all involved are happy, apart from that is my schizoid me-O. Everything works as it should, but from within the darkest recesses I know with a hint of javascript a dab of php a stroll into the programming cosmos.. (it is a vast space.) Things could be supA seXy. So as a make-shift artist where do you decide what you currently know will do as opposed to what you know could be done if indeed you had the necessary and diligently acquired skill base.
My example:
I have pics to be displayed as feature pics on a page, from a category holder.
When displayed pics need to hover, showing a before and after scenario. These pics are to be displayed either horizontally or vertically, and as such I require only the two page templates to render the images.
If images did nor require ‘on hover’ I could use a spot of javascript to change the image to be displayed without having to call a fresh page.
IE:
<script language="javascript">
function ChangeImage1(){
document.getElementById("image1")
.src= "location of the first thumbnail";
}</script>
I imagine I ought to be able to use php to insert image code into standard template, maybe I will suss it over the next few days. Any ideas?
Update
I got over the above situation by making lots of pages, but it wasn’t so bad.
I have almost finished the job now, will post links to it soon.
During the building process I have implemented a number of techniques that were known to me, but hadn’t got around to using. Basically I have been using the php include function to pull the various repeatable aspects of the pages together. For example the top section [header] and [footer] at the bottom can be called from a file written once, and stored safely not to be tampered with, giving the site a delightful continuity that can sometimes be lost if pages are built individually.
I received a few more images this evening to add to the site, and there is some tweaking to be done, behind the scenes tidy up. I am going to leave you with a pic from Lynseys’ portfolio, an example of the abstract and original content you will find in her site. Enjoy..
Add comment September 5th, 2007
