Assignment 1 (E-wallpaper)

Hello, this is my final artwork for the e-wallpaper which is for the Hari Raya Festival...

These are the steps I did to make this wallpaper :

Step 1. I use one of the pictures taken on the internet so that I can get a picture of a mosque. Firstly, I create a new project with an A4 size paper (vertically) and drag the picture on it. After double clicking on the original picture so that I can change it to a layer, I use the Rubber Tool to erase the unwanted parts on the image.

Step 2. After that, I use the Levels (Image>Adjustment>Levels) to change the picture to black and white and darken the colored area. This technique which I've learnt from Youtube is to erase the black parts as soon as possible without any problems. To do so, I changed the normal part on the Layer section for this layer to Screen.

Step 3. Below is the result after changing the background color to green. After that, I use the Rubber Tool again to erase any unwanted parts. I also added some blending options on it so it'll look better.

Step 4. After changing the background color (again) to darker blue so it'll look like a sky, I added another layer with white foreground and change the opacity to 70%.

Step 5. Then, I use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to select just around the mosque. After that, right click on it, select Feather and set it to 250 pixels, select inverse and delete the selected. I use the same technique on the black part on the top part.

Step 6. Then I take the picture of a 'pelita' on the internet and drag it on the wallpaper. After erasing the unwanted parts, I use the Screen technique again like I did on the mosque (step 2) and duplicate it. After that, I resize it using the free transform (Ctrl + T).

Step 7. I use this cartoon picture on the internet to add in my wallpaper. I use the Eraser Tool, Magic Wand Tool and Quick Selection Tool to erase any unwanted parts.

Step 8. After resizing using free transform (Ctrl + T), I added the fire cracker effect on this picture by using the Brush Tool with Yellow foreground and lessen on the hardness.

Step 9. Then I added another layer for the ground so that these pictures won't look like it is floating and added gradient mask on it.

Step 10. To add the fireworks effect, firstly I use the Elliptical Marquee Tool and draw a circle by holding the Ctrl and Shift button. This is to draw a circle from the center and to draw a perfect circle. This selection is just a guidance so that it'll look rounded. After that, use the brush tool and just spread it on the layer like the picture shown below.

Step 10. After that, I duplicate the layer and add the Radial Blur (Filter>Blur>Radial Blur) and set it to zoom with the amount of 20. 

Step 11. I repeated this step 3 times so that it'll look something like the picture below. To add the Radial Blur with a short key, press Ctrl + F.

Step 12. Then, click on all the duplicate layers and press Ctrl + T to resize it and it'll look like a trail of fireworks.

Step 13. After that I duplicate a couple more of this firework so that it'll look like there is more. Ouh, I also put them into groups so that it'll be easy and the layers section wont be messy. I also merge the firework trails by selecting all the layers and right clicking on it.

Step 14. After that, I add another layer and create a clipping mask. This is to change the colors for the fireworks so that it won't be white only. Then I added the gradient on each clipping mask.

Step 15. Then I added the blending option on the sparks as well and there I have bunch of colored fireworks ^_^

Step 16. I also took a picture of 'ketupat' in the internet and repeat step 7 to get what I want and use the free transform (Ctrl + T) to make it smalller.

Step 17. After putting in a bunch of 'ketupat', I added some text using the Type Tool. Then, I added some blending options (Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, Inner Glow, Bevel and Emboss) to it so that the letters will stands up.

Step 18. Then, I added another layer and make a yellow circle and use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to erase apart of it so it'll look like a moon. Then I added some blending options to it also to make it look nicer.

Step 19. The last and final step I use the Brush Tool again on the background layer and added some white stars on the sky and its all done! ^_^

E-Wallpaper

Hello! I've decided to upload the pictures of my references for my e-wallpaper (Hari Raya)...below are the pictures I took from the internet...

That's all for now, time to do the wallpaper, see ya!! ^_^

Photo Retouching

Hello there...yesterday I've learnt new things about photo retouching by using the Healing Tool and also the Stamp Tool...I've done a couple of photo retouching method on a few pictures....This is an example of my work...

Original picture

After done using the tools

These tools are good to edit and erase the unwanted things on a picture such as pimples, wrinkles etc...I'll be updating about my e-Wallpaper soon...still looking for pictures on the internet XD...Well that's all for now, cheers! ^_^

Another Boring Weekend

Hey there all....It's been a really boring weekend so i decided to mess around with Photoshop and here is the result :

I combined these 2 pictures using the Photoshop :

Step 1. I crop the black colored Lamborghini using Magic Wand Tool, Lasso Tool and the Eraser Tool.

Step 2. Copy the crop layer into the other layer and resize it using free transform (Ctrl + T) to make adjustment to the picture. (add perspective etc)

Step 3. Then, use the Dodge Tool (brighten) and Burn Tool (darken) on the black Lamborghini to make it much more realistic.

Step 4. And then I make another layer of the background image and erase apart of it using Eraser Tool so that I can put the black Lamborghini at the further back.

Step 5. And to make the shadow for the black Lamborghini, I simply copy the layer of black Lamborghini and set the lightness to 0 (Image>Adjustment>Hue/Saturation)

Step 6. Then, I add Gaussian Blur to the shadow layer. After that, I copied the rear wheel into another layer using the Lasso Tool and add the Radial Blur effect on it as if its actually moving.

And there you go, another work done!! ^_^

Running Some Test

Wow, there's a lot of different functions in CS4, almost lost in it hahah XD
Well, I've managed to done simple things on the picture given by Madam Lydia....
Edit here and there, just the simple steps....On the left hand side is the original picture and on the right hand side is the edited....

Original picture

Edited picture

Here are the simple steps I did to edit the picture :

Step 1. Open using Photoshop and create an ellipse using the Ellipse Tool, starting from the center of the front light of the car and set the color to yellow. Make sure to hold on the Shift and Alt key to make a perfect circle.

Step 2. Then, rasterize the new layer added, which is the ellipse, by right-clicking on it and click Rasterize Layer so that it can be edited.

Step 3. After that, select on Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to make the light much more realistic.

Step 4. Use the ellipse selection tool on the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a circle shape around the the front light. After that, go to Select > Inverse on the menu bar to select everything other than the lights.

Step 5. Then, go to Image > Adjustments > Curves and play with the graph to have the night effect or to darken the picture.

Step 6. Add a rectangular shape using the Rectangle Tool on the Tool Bar and use the Free Transformation (Ctrl + T) to adjust the shape as if it's a real light.

Step 7. The final step is to add the Gaussian Blur effect again on the rectangle shape to make the lights shine towards the front.

  And volla, my first artwork using Photoshop after many many years hahaha! ^_^