Project 365 – the first 4 months
Posted May 12th, 2009 by Luke | 604 viewsMy Project 365 is going well – haven’t missed a day so far.
January
February
March
April
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2009 Calendar
Posted January 5th, 2009 by Luke | 4,615 views
I decided to participate in Project 365 this year. Only 5 days in and I can already see it’s going to be difficult to keep track of which number day it is in the year. You can see my Project 365 photos here.
I meant to get myself a calendar today but forgot, so I decided to make one myself, which shows on each day what day of the year it is.
Details
- There are two versions: one with a “notes” section on the right and one with the “scavenger hunt” items for Project 365.
- Each version has 3 pages in the PDF: Full colour, Black and Economy. This is to let you choose which you want to print depending on the capabilities of your printer.
- Made in InDesign in a surprisingly short amount of time.
- Formatted for A4 paper.
Download
Project 365 Calendar 2009 – Notes version (PDF ~38kb)
Project 365 Calendar 2009 – Scavenger hunt version (PDF ~53kb)
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Wallpaper: Colour Wood
Posted December 22nd, 2008 by Luke | 26,933 viewsThe wallpaper I’ve been using on a couple of computers for the past couple of months is “Darker Wood” by PaulEnsane. It’s a very soothing, neutral and natural wallpaper.
While I’ve been happily using it, I wanted something with a bit more colour, but still with the natural wood. I stumbled across this colourful wallpaper, which turned out to be “Catch the Beat” by StaredownStudios, and wanted to combine the colours with the wood.
This is what I came up with:
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Update
On some computers I prefer the colours to be at the top rather than the bottom. So I made a flipped version. I think i prefer it to the original in some ways.
Any other size requests?
Update 2
Following a request from LOSTman, I’ve done a few iPhone versions of the wallpaper.
2. Colour Wood iPhone – flipped
3. Colour Wood iPhone – alternative
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Fire photo: Get a white background in 3 steps
Posted December 10th, 2008 by Luke | 7,185 views
Occasionally for a print or website, you might require images with a white background. Usually these are easy to find, take or mask yourself, but for some things it can be more difficult.
Fire is one example. It would be very difficult to try and mask out flames from a fire photo using the pen tool or a brush, because of the organic shapes and indistinct edges.
As you will see in moment, it doesn’t have to be difficult. Using blend modes and layers, it’s very easy! So easy that I’ve turned it into an action which you can download at the end of the article if you so desire.
One
Take or find a photo of some fire (other images with a similar black background might work too – let me know in the comments if you’ve found something else on which this technique works!)
I started out with a rather nice Creative Commons licensed photo found here on Flickr.
Two
In Photoshop, you should have the default “background” layer. Duplicate it and call it something like “inverted”. Then, do just that – invert the image (CTRL + I)
Now set this “inverted” layer to the “Luminosity” blend mode.
As you can see, the whites of the fire have been dulled and it doesn’t really look very fiery. We’ll fix that in the next and final step.
Three
Duplicate the “background” layer again and drag it above the “inverted” layer. Rename it something like “Lighten”.
Finally, set this layer to the “lighten” blend mode and that’s it. You should have a nice white background on your fire photo.
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GIMP Tutorial – Textured Text
Posted November 9th, 2008 by Luke | 5,059 viewsTime for another GIMP tutorial. This time based on the Photoshop Textured Text tutorial. In this one I blend the text with a wood background.
This technique is very useful in general. For example you can use it for blending objects into a background or for making a grungy text font.
Watch below or in high quality.