MCG 2 - Assignment 2 - References.

Images I used for Assignment 2.:)

MCG2-5th Tutorial

This is the original picture where we are suppose to apply what we learnt from the tutorial.
Ok. This is the 1st step of the tutorial. 1st i zoomed to the hand part of the man. And we are suposed to put flames over his hand. So, at 1st, I selected the lasso tool, and I draw a simple fire shape.
After that, I click the D button to select the default color. And I clicked alt+backspace to give white color inside the fire. And I added Gaussian blur effect to make the flame look soft at the edges.
And then, I selected the brush tool and reduced the hardness to zero. And adjusted the diameter to a proper size.
I darken the area around the flame using the brush tool. And then, I turned off the visibility of the background. I selected the flame and clicked define brush preset under the edit bar. And I named it flame. So it is already a new brush pattern now.
I turned on the visibility and i created a new layer. And I selected the new brush from the brush palette. I clicked X to invert the default color. I added the brush effect of the flame with random size.
On this step, I created a box and added 2 colors which is red and yellow. And added the clouds effect.
I brought the colored box to the flame and set to an appropriate shape. And selected the layers outside the flame and delete it. Now, the flame has its color.
I added the liquify effect to the flames to make it look real. And I copied the flames to another hand and flipped it horizontal.
This is the final effect. I added some fire shape above his head and reduced the opacity. I also added some fire shape using the same techniques above his shoulders and knees. And reduced the opacity to give a warming effect. The end of tutorial 5.:)

My Assignment 2

MCG 2 - Assignment 2 work Done.
~1st of all, I would share with you all about where I got the idea or inspiration from. I went through some videos I downloaded where photoshop experts share their experience on working with their projects. So I gain few ideas from there. The background of my wallpaper and the lighting effect that I gave to the words are few ideas that I gain through the video.~

Ok. This is the beginning step of my assignment 2. I used the lens flare effect to create my background. A simple one.I adjusted the lens type to a proper setting and adjusted the brightness to 115. It looked just nice.
Now, we can see the focused lighting effect coming from the bright point. That focused lighting effect I created by using the lasso tool. I created a long cone shape and filled it white color, and reduced the opacity. I added a round shape on top and reduced the opacity but brighter than the cone shape because I want to put wordings there. And I added the Gaussian blur effect to the shapes to make it look real.
Then, I added the text. I created the FOM letter in capital. And I added the gradient color for temporary which is red white and blue. And I added few blending effects which is drop shadow and inner shadow.
I added two round shapes behind both of the wordings and reduced the opacity.
Here I added the MMU logo on top of my wallpaper and distort the image. I duplicated few layers till the end while reducing each of their opacity.
And then, I added three images of FOM building structures. But before that, we can see that my wordings and the shapes now look better. I changed the color and added Gaussian blur effect to the big round shapes and adjusted the text to look better.Here is our hero of the wallpaper. MMU Mascot!!:) I added his image and used the brush strokes effect to make him look better. Angle strokes is the effect I choose because it suits him well. And I adjusted the direction balance, stroke length and sharpness to a proper level. I even added some blending effects for him. Next, I added some effects to our images. Here I uses the brush strokes effect as well. But I added the sumi-e effect. It gives a simple nice look for the image. And I adjusted the contrast to 19. It looked simply simple.. The same effect is used for all the 3 images.Getting to the final touch. I adjusted the brightness and contrast to a proper level. And here it is. The digital wallpaper for FOM OPEN DAY.:)Work done. FOM OPEN DAY : Digital Wallpaper...

MCG2 - 4th Tutorial

First of all, I started with the wordings layer. I went to the gradient editor and set a cool warming colour. The combination of blue and green. I added the drop shadow, inner shadow, outer glow, and satin effects on the wording.
And then I copied the effects i put for the wording and applied to the drops. So that they look balanced and simple.
And then, as guided in the tutorial, I created the green layers copy in the channels pallete. And I added the gaussian blur effect.
After done all that, I added the effect for the background. I used plastic wrap effect under the artistic effect tool and I adjusted Detail, Smoothness, and the highlight strength. It looks just nice for the background. I applied the effect.

Finally, I used my basic skills to touch up the small wordings. I adjusted the paint tool to color mode. I selected blue and green and gave the wordings some effects with round shape.
And this is the final output..:)

MCG 2 - Project Charter 2

Project Charter Assignment 2

Assignment 2 Title: Digital Wallpaper for the theme “FOM Open Day”.

Project Start Date: 8th Disember 2008

Project Finish Date: 23rd Disember 2008.

Project Manager: Raguvararaj s/o Muthualagu

HP: 019-9301829

Email: raguvararaj@yahoo.com.sg

Website: http://mcg1014-1071112744.blogspot.com

Project Objective: Students are to create a digital image as a wall paper. The event or theme is MMU FOM Open day dated March 21st, 2009.
As such, students are to create a poster to show the characteristics or features of FOM to advertise or to promote their faculty.
The size of the wallpaper will be A4

Approach: First of all before creating the wallpaper, I set colour mode to RGB. I used few images such as, mmu logo, students picture, mmu mascort, and FOM building image. There are few basic tools that I used to create my wallpaper. Such as, mask layer, some tools from the filter gallery, lasso, crop, text, distort, twirl, drop shadow and inner shadow. There will be some changes before I finish up my work. I will update the process of creating my wallpaper on my blog soon. I used full use of the internet to find some video about photoshop experts and I learnt a lot from the videos. The making process are be explained in detail in my blog.



Roles and Responsibilities:

My timeframe:
-8th/12 – I downloaded the pictures and added on photoshop.
-9th/12- I played with the images by adding effects and trying all
the tools to learn more.
-15th/12 – I will look through some videos to learn from it and imply
on work.
-16th/12 – Today I will show my 80% finished work. Will consult madam Lydia
for advice
-22nd/12 – I will finish my work and submit in my blog and wil submit the final work through mmls before 23rd/12


Comment: I did learnt a lot of things during this journey of mine doing the 1st assignment. I learnt how to make a picture look real, how to put drop shadow, how to put colors on an image, how to crop an image and a lot of other things. I did had difficulties on adding effects and play with the image. The videos from the tutorial and the videos from internet improved my learning process.

MCG2-3rd tutorial

MCG 2- 3rd tutorial
I started my work with this image. I selected the path panel and clicked while pressing CTRL. And I added new layer on the Layers panel.I added a new layer in the channels panel where it shows Layer1. And then I selected the lines tool to add the lines.
I added the white lines with different weights and this is the result after disable the view of RGB channels.

Here I adjusted the level after added the short lines and other effects.This is where I added the filter -brush strokes - spatter. And I adjusted the spray radius and smoothness.

This is the final result. I colourized the money to red colour.