The Worn Out EffectWritten by Maricon Williams
A lot of people are fascinated just by looking at a photograph with a distressed effect. Perhaps they feel melancholy that it wants to convey. Perhaps they are amazed on how it is done. Perhaps they wonder what makes it special….I once visited an article by David Nagel entitled Photoshop Compositing, I can say that it was awesome. The transformation of photograph of a girl is striking - it was as if girl was struck by a subtle light on face. The transformation of an ordinary photo to a glazing one is truly worth knowing. Nagel simulated two photolab processes which are pushing film and bypassing bleach stage. A bleach bypass, according to him, is bypassing bleach stage in development process, leaving silver on negative. The result is akin to overlaying a black and white image on a color image. "Pushing" is when you set ISO on your camera to a higher speed than film is rated at, resulting in an underexposed image. In development stage, pushed film is processed to correct exposure, resulting generally in an image with more grain and a higher contrast. When we simulate these two processes together digitally, we can create that oft-sought nostalgic feel and turn a mediocre photo into something worth looking at. If you are eager to know what’s behind transformation here is how it is done courtesy of Nagel. After you have selected a photo, deal on this: 1. Color mode. To begin, make sure you're in RGB color mode rather than Lab.
| | How to Make a Memorable PresentationWritten by Nashville
Know what, there’s nothing annoying about people in computer ads. They’re just taking advantage of latest technologies and software applications that make their jobs easier to handle and manage yet provide them with quality and professional results. At least, they’ll not spend most of their time in doing their tasks and still, be able to come up with an interesting and appealing output.In creating presentations, we can choose from among top presentation software applications present today that include Adobe Persuasion, Harvard Graphics, Lotus Freelance, Microsoft PowerPoint, and a lot more. What’s good about them is that they don’t only create output for high-resolution slides, overheads and printouts, they also help us outline our presentation, design images, chart data, and present big show on-screen, complete with animation and sound. If you lack a dedicated program, desktop publishing programs such as QuarkXPress and Adobe PageMaker, and illustration software such as Macromedia FreeHand and Adobe Illustrator can also be used to output high resolution slides. To flesh out ideas and invent phrases and imagery that make a dull presentation more appealing, a script or a detailed outline is first step and bond that holds things together no matter how short or long your presentation is. But never memorize or read script for actual presentation, use it instead as a foundation from which to speak. Use script to present problem, to offer your solution, to fill in detail, and ask for action.
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