How to Make A Simple DVD Icon For your Movies
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DVD template/PSD file: http://www.mediafire.com/?jx008bwzjyfj76j
ICO Conversion Website: http://converticon.com/
ICO Conversion Website: http://converticon.com/
I hope you Enjoyed it
[TUTORIAL] Glossy Text Effect
Glossy Text Effect
In this tutorial i will be showing you how to create the following good-looking Glossy Text Effect with Photoshop.
With just one text layer and a few layer styles you can have yourself a deliciously glossy emblem text effect in no time. Since the entire effect is done on a vector text layer, you’ll be free to change the font face or letters to suit your needs and still retain all of its styling. As a final touch, we’ll add a simple shadow to give it some perspective and realism.
Step1
Open Photoshop and set your canvas to 800×600. We’ll be using a dark perforated material for the background. This can easily be made by cutting out a pattern of circles from your background and applying a subtle bevel.Step2
Next, lay out your type. I’m using black Trajan, 425px in size to cover most of our area. A couple of letters will do for now.![[Image: glossyemblem_02.jpg]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vtAPd7s6NziksFYtbcH-UnUz6I8OQjGeg3dMG0fRV-MYtFLPiSOXoSl_mQxVCiLFZnH7w6EVRpQoA5TK7c6WAnZ5jFWO_M_06pvISSablFbdqzfOjBzslY0M-xyDeQmei7dEqSAhioHBLY78_x=s0-d)
Step3
Now lets slap on a barrage of layer effects. Start off by selecting your text and going to Layer > Layer Style > Drop Shadow and enter in the settings below. Then continue down the list while paying close attention to each setting and blending mode. Also take note of the different contour maps being used. You can find a larger array of contour maps.Drop Shadow
Inner Glow
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Bevel and Emboss
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Contour
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Spoiler (Click to Hide)
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Gardient Overlay
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Then access the Gardient Editor.
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Stroke
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Then acess the Gardient Editor of Stroke.
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Glad you liked it.
And this is the final product:
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[C#] - Protect Your Program From Task Manager
This disables the default windows task manager on a separate thread so it doesn't interfere with the rest of the program.
Uses a timer to constantly check for task manager and closes each found occurence.
Uses a timer to constantly check for task manager and closes each found occurence.
//indent
private Thread taskmgrKill;
private void test()
{
Process[] taskMgr = Process.GetProcessesByName("taskmgr");
foreach (Process p in taskMgr)
p.Kill();
}
private void tmr(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
taskmgrKill = new Thread(new ThreadStart(test));
taskmgrKill.Start();
}Crocodile Brings Down Plane.. (a month OLD)
A twin-engine plane crashed into a house in the Democratic Republic of Congo a few hundred yards from its destination, killing a British co-pilot and 19 others on board. The sole human survivor told investigators that an escaped crocodile caused the crash after a stampede of passenger running away from it caused the plan to serve shortly before it was due to land.
The plane came down during an internal flight from the capital, Kinshasa, to Bandundu regional airport on August 25 but investigators could not find any mechanical problems with the plane. A report by news organisation Jeune Afrique stated: “According to the inquiry report and the testimony of the only survivor, the crash happened because of a panic sparked by the escape of a crocodile hidden in a sports bag. One of the passengers had hidden the animal, which he planned to sell, in a big sports bag, from which the reptile escaped as the plane began its descent into Bandundu. The terrified air hostess hurried towards the cockpit, followed by the passengers. The plane was then sent off-balance ‘despite the desperate efforts of the pilot. The crocodile survived the crash before being cut up with a machete.’
First Officer Chris Wilson, 39, died alongside Belgian pilot Danny Philemotte, 62 who could not regain control of the aircraft after the passengers caused it to swerve, before it crashed into the house which was unoccupied at the time.
Speaking to her local paper in Shurdington, Gloucestershire, Mr Wilson’s mother Jean, 78, paid tribute to her son, saying: “He loved flying and he worked hard to fulfill his dream of becoming a pilot. He had three jobs at once just to pay for his training. He absolutely adored flying. I’m very proud of him for working so hard. He loved life and did everything he could to achieve his dream. There have been so many messages from people he has known through the years. We didn’t realise so many people cared for him.”
Photoshop Quick Tip | Easy Rainbow Background
A really quick and easy tip for a really nice rainbow like background. And by quick, I mean REALLY quick!
So, let's get started!
Open a new file with about 800x500 and a transparent background.
So, let's get started!
Open a new file with about 800x500 and a transparent background.
Go to the infamous Filter/Render/Clouds and then go to Filter/Pixelate/Mezzotint with Long Lines as type.
It looks awfully ugly now, I know.
Go to Filter/Blur/Motion Blur set it to 90 degrees and 999 Distance.
This looks alot better now...
Make a new layer with a gradient from the left to the right, I used Spectrum, but anyting else colourfull looks great.
Set it to overlay and maybe tweak the opacity abit if it doesn't look that good.
RESULT:
Photoshop Tutorial | Jelly Text Effect |
Ok, so I wanted to make some Photoshop tutorials because I didn't see alot around here, the tutorials are pretty basic and I'll go over some basic things and techniques for you guys.
In all of my tutorials I use Photoshop CS4, but you can actually use every version of Photoshop for most of the effects, in fact, you can even use programs like Paint.NET and GIMP, these are free(!) and almost as powerfull as Photoshop.
In this tutorial we're going to make a sweet, jelly like text effect. This is what we are going to be making:
Step 1
First up, make a new File at 800 pixels wide and 600 pixels high.
Now for the background, make a smooth radial gradient with these two shades of brown: #4e3d35 and #1e1916
(Note that the gradient doesn't start at the exact center of the image, but abit to the top left)
For step 2, type, in a nice green (#4a9c1d), some text. The bolder the font, the better. I used Harabara (Download) and typed "Jelly" (I know, very original
).
Center it and go to Window/Character. Set your options to the same as mine.
Step 3
Now add some blending styles to make it look more like jelly. You can always play around with the controls if you think mine don't look good enough
Step 4
And now, the gloss.
Click on the icon of the text layer while holding Ctrl (Or Command for Mac users) to load the selection.
Go to Select/Modify/Contract and contract the selection by about 4 pixels.
Step 5
Make a linear gradient wich goes from white to transparent. Make a new layer and click and drag from the top of the selection to the bottom. Now de-select.
Step 6
And there you go! A nice jelly type! Hope you learned something.
I'm going to make some more tutorials in the near future, but first I'm going to wait for some reactions on this one.
In all of my tutorials I use Photoshop CS4, but you can actually use every version of Photoshop for most of the effects, in fact, you can even use programs like Paint.NET and GIMP, these are free(!) and almost as powerfull as Photoshop.
In this tutorial we're going to make a sweet, jelly like text effect. This is what we are going to be making:
Step 1
First up, make a new File at 800 pixels wide and 600 pixels high.
Now for the background, make a smooth radial gradient with these two shades of brown: #4e3d35 and #1e1916
(Note that the gradient doesn't start at the exact center of the image, but abit to the top left)
For step 2, type, in a nice green (#4a9c1d), some text. The bolder the font, the better. I used Harabara (Download) and typed "Jelly" (I know, very original
).Center it and go to Window/Character. Set your options to the same as mine.
Step 3
Now add some blending styles to make it look more like jelly. You can always play around with the controls if you think mine don't look good enough
Step 4
And now, the gloss.
Click on the icon of the text layer while holding Ctrl (Or Command for Mac users) to load the selection.
Go to Select/Modify/Contract and contract the selection by about 4 pixels.
Step 5
Make a linear gradient wich goes from white to transparent. Make a new layer and click and drag from the top of the selection to the bottom. Now de-select.
Step 6
Make elliptical selection at the bottom of the text and hit delete. You can use a ruler to center the selection.
And there you go! A nice jelly type! Hope you learned something.
I'm going to make some more tutorials in the near future, but first I'm going to wait for some reactions on this one.
