MULTIMEDIA

Analisis dan Perancangan Sistem Informasi Manajemen

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Tujuan

Memberikan pengenalan dan pengetahuan dasar mengenai Sistem Pendukung Keputusan (SPK), sehingga praktikan dapat menggunakan beberapa tools SPK dalam memecahkan masalah pengambilan keputusan. Dalam praktikum ini tools SPK yang akan digunakan adalah teknik data mining dengan metode Decision Tree dan K‐means Clustering.

Sistem Pendukung Keputusan adalah sebuah sistem yang membantu satu atau lebih pengambil keputusan dalam melakukan aktivitas pengambilan keputusan dengan bantuan seperangkat alat yang terorganisir dan disesuaikan dengan struktur dan porsi permasalahan dalam usaha memperbaiki efektivitas akhir dari outcome keputusan. Tujuan yang ingin dicapai adalah: Mendukung pengambil keputusan dalam menyelesaikan porsi permasalahan yang dapat distrukturkan Membantu para pengambil keputusan agar mereka memfokuskan diri terhadap porsi permasalahan yang tidak dapat distrukturkan
Sistem pendukung keputusan tidak ditekankan untuk membuat keputusan, melainkan melengkapi kemampuan untuk mengolah informasi yang diperlukan untuk membuat keputusan. Dengan kata lain, sistem pendukung keputusan membantu manusia dalam proses membuat keputusan, bukan menggantikan perannya dalam mengambil keputusan.

Keunikan SPK terletak pada dimungkinkannya intuisi dan penilaian pribadi pengambil keputusan untuk turut dijadikan dasar pengambilan keputusan. SPK dirancang secara khusus untuk mendukung seseorang yang harus mengambil keputusan‐ keputusan tertentu. Berikut ini adalah uraian atas beberapa karakteristik SPK, yaitu:
1. Kapabilitas interaktif
Yaitu SPK memberi pengambil keputusan akses cepat ke data dan informasi yang dibutuhkan.
2. Fleksibilitas
Yaitu SPK dapat menunjang para manajer pembuat keputusan di berbagai bidang fungsional (keuangan, pemasaran, operasi produksi, dan lain‐lain).

3. Kemampuan menginteraksi model
Yaitu SPK memungkinkan para pembuat keputusan berinteraksi dengan model‐ model, termasuk memanipulasi model‐ model tersebut sesuai dengan kebutuhan.
4. Fleksibilitas output
Yaitu SPK mendukung para pembuat keputusan dengan menyediakan berbagai macam output, termasuk kemampuan grafik menyeluruh atas pertanyaan‐ pertanyaan pengandaian.

Pijatan kaki untuk Pasangan

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Preparation and Foreplay. Start out by making sure that your foot are clean, soft, and well pedicured. The toe nails are rougher, tougher, and sharper than fingernails, so they need at least as much attention.

If he's amenable, ask your partner to start the foreplay by massaging your feet. Let him apply the lubricant as well. It may tickle at first, but a good foot massage is one of life's great pleasures, so you'll both benefit from it.

Pijatan kaki adalah dunia tersendiri.Anda akan merasakan perbedaaan yang sangat berarti coba lakukan hal berikut,diastikan pasangan anda akan merasa nyaman. Seperti dengan pukulan tangan dan pekerjaan, tujuannya adalah untuk menciptakan pengalaman vagina dalam bentuk lain. Tidak banyak variasi dalam pekerjaan kaki bahwa aku sadari. Namun, eksperimentasi adalah nama permainan seks! Jika pasangan Anda ke kaki, cobalah memberinya pekerjaan kaki dan kemudian bertanya bagaimana dia menyukainya. Anda dapat menemukan keseluruhan dunia baru!

Langkah 1

Persiapan dan Foreplay. Mulailah dengan memastikan bahwa kaki anda bersih, lembut, dan baik pedicured. Kuku jempol kaki yang kasar, keras, dan lebih tajam dari kuku, jadi mereka perlu setidaknya sama banyak perhatian.

Langkah 2

Jika dia setuju, mintalah pasangan Anda untuk memulai pemanasan dengan memijat kaki Anda. Biarkan dia menerapkan pelumas juga. Mungkin menggelitik pada awalnya, tetapi pijat kaki yang baik adalah salah satu kenikmatan hidup yang besar, sehingga Anda berdua akan mendapatkan keuntungan dari itu.

Langkah 3

Apakah pasangan Anda berbaring di lantai, menghadap ke atas.

Langkah 4

Posisi kursi atau bangku di sampingnya baik atau di antara kakinya, yang pernah merasa lebih nyaman.

Bagian yang penting adalah bahwa Anda duduk di atasnya dengan penisnya mudah dicapai dari jari-jari kaki Anda. Anda mungkin perlu bereksperimen dengan ketinggian kursi untuk menemukan jarak yang nyaman.

Langkah 5

Gunakan kaki Anda untuk mendorong penisnya sehingga rata terhadap perutnya dan menunjuk ke arah kepalanya.

Langkah 6

Jika Anda bisa, cobalah untuk memposisikan poros antara jempol kaki dan yang berikutnya di saat Anda mendorong.

Langkah 7

Percobaan dengan berbagai gerakan kaki dan kaki. Sebagai contoh, coba menggerak-gerakkan jari-jari kaki di atas frenulum atau kelenjar.

Langkah 8

Jika Anda bisa dengan nyaman melakukan ini dari bertengger Anda, cobalah untuk membawa kaki yang lain dalam proses.

Format Penulisan Skripsi

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TATA CARA PENULISAN Format Penulisan Skripsi

Bahan dan Ukuran

Sampul Tugas Akhir
Sampul luar tugas akhir dengan kertas tebal yang terdiri dari lapisan luar
plastik, kemudian kertas buffalo atau linen dengan warna yang ditentukan
oleh program studi/jurusan, dan tinta emas yang kemudian dicetak,
lapisan dalam dengan kertas karton dan terakhir kertas putih.

Naskah Tugas Akhir
Naskah diketik dalam kertas HVS 80 gram ukuran kuarto (A4) atau 21,5 x
29 cm. Pengetikan tidak bolak‐balik.

Pengetikan

Jenis Huruf
Naskah tugas akhir diketik dengan huruf standar (Times New Roman) dan
ukuran (font size) yang sama, untuk seluruh naskah font size 12, kecuali
catatan kaki (font size 10). Naskah diketik dengan komputer memakai
program olah kata, misalnya Microsoft Word.

Pencetakan
Pita yang digunakan adalah berwarna hitam dengan ketentuan:
a. Pencetakan naskah berwarna hitam
b. Penggandaan dapat dilakukan dengan fotokopi

Jarak Baris
Jarak antara baris satu dengan yang lain dibuat spasi ganda atau 2 (dua)
spasi kecuali kutipan langsung yang panjangnya lebih dari 3 baris, intisari,
catatan kaki dan daftar pustaka menggunakan spasi tunggal atau satu
spasi. Khusus untuk kutipan langsung diketik agak menjorok kedalam
dengan 7 ketukan.
Batas Pengetikan (margin pengetikan)
Batas‐batas pengetikan diatur sebagai berikut:
a. Tepi atas : 4 cm
b. Tepi bawah : 3 cm
c. Tepi kiri : 4 cm
d. Tepi kanan : 3 cm
Alinea Baru (indentasi)
Tiap‐tiap baris dari suatu alinea dimulai dengan ketukan huruf pertama
agak menjorok kedalam sebanyak 7 ketukan huruf dari margin/batas kiri.
Pembagian Bab, Sub bab, Sub‐sub bab dan seterusnya.
1. Bab, nomor bab yang digunakan angka romawi besar (I,II,III, dan
seterusnya), bab ditulis dengan huruf besar (kapital) semua dan
diatur simetris kiri‐kanan (center) tanpa diakhiri dengan titik. Bab
disebut judul peringkat 1
2. Sub bab, nomor yang digunakan angka arab dari bab diikuti
dengan nomor urut dari sub bab dengan dipisahkan titik (contoh:
1.1, 1.2, dan seterusnya), semua kata dimulai dengan huruf
besar, kecuali kata sambung dan kata depan, tanpa diakhiri
dengan titik.
3. Sub‐sub bab, nomor yang digunakan angka arab dari bab, nomor
sub bab diikuti dengan nomor urut dari sub‐sub bab dengan
dipisahkan titik (contoh: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, dan seterusnya), semua
kata dimulai dengan huruf besar, kecuali kata sambung dan kata
depan, tanpa diakhiri dengan titik.
4. Anak sub‐sub bab, nomor yang digunakan angka arab dari bab,
nomor sub bab, nomor sub‐sub bab diikuti dengan nomor urut
dari anak sub‐sub bab dengan dipisahkan titik (contoh: 1.1.1.1,
1.1.1.2, dan seterusnya), semua kata dimulai dengan huruf
besar, kecuali kata sambung dan kata depan, tanpa diakhiri
dengan titik.
5. Pasal, nomor yang digunakan angka arab dari bab, nomor sub
bab, nomor sub‐sub bab, nomor anak sub‐sub bab diikuti dengan
nomor urut dari pasal dengan dipisahkan titik (contoh: 1.1.1.1.1,
1.1.1.1.2, dan seterusnya), semua kata dimulai dengan huruf
besar, kecuali kata sambung dan kata depan, tanpa diakhiri
dengan titik.
6. Ayat, nomor yang digunakan angka arab dari bab, nomor sub
bab, nomor sub‐sub bab, nomor anak sub‐sub bab, nomor pasal,
diikuti dengan nomor urut dari ayat dengan dipisahkan titik
(contoh: 1.1.1.1.1.1, 1.1.1.1.1.2, dan seterusnya), semua kata
dimulai dengan huruf besar, kecuali kata sambung dan kata
depan, tanpa diakhiri dengan titik.
Pemberian Nomor Halaman
Nomor Halaman Bagian Awal
Pada bagian awal TA nomor halaman yang digunakan adalah angka
romawi kecil (i,ii,iii, dan seterusnya) diletakkan ditengah kertas bagian
bawah dengan jarak 1,5 cm dari tepi bawah. Untuk halaman judul nomor
halaman tidak ditulis tetapi harus diperhitungkan.
Nomor halaman bagian pokok dan bagian akhir
Pada bagian utama dan akhir nomor halaman yang digunakan adalah
angka arab (1,2,3, dan seterusnya), ditulis di sebelah pojok kanan atas
dengan jarak 3 cm dari tepi kanan dan 1,5 cm dari tepi atas. Kecuali untuk
halaman yang terdapat judul Bab, maka nomor halaman ditulis di tengah
bagian bawah dengan jarak 1,5 cm dari tepi bawah.
Tabel dan Gambar
Tabel
a. Penulisan nomor dan judul tabel diletakan di atas tabel dan
center.
b. Nomor tabel menggunakan angka arab ditempatkan di atas
tabel. Nomor table didahului dengan angka yang menunjukkan
table tersebut berada pada bab berapa dan diikuti nomor urut
tabel pada bab tersebut (dalam setiap bab nomor tabel dimulai
dari nomor 1)
c. Judul tabel diketik dengan huruf pertama judul huruf besar
kecuali kata sambung dan kata depan.
d. Kolom‐kolom dalam table harus dicantumkan nama kolom dan
dijaga agar pemisahan antara kolom yang satu dengan kolom
yang lain tegas.
e. Jika table terlalu lebar atau kolom terlalu banyak maka dapat
ditulis secara horizontal (landscape) dan bagian atas table harus
diletakkan di sebelah kiri atau memakai kertas dobel kuarto,
setelah dijlid kertas dilipat kedalam sehingga tidak melebihi
format.
f. Tabel yang panjang hendaknya diketik dalam satu halaman
tersendiri tidak dijadikan satu dengan naskah.
g. Tabel yang menunjukkan hasil analisis diletakkan di dalam
naskah, tetapi yang menunjukkan perhitungan diletakkan pada
lampiran
Gambar
Yang termasuk gambar adalah bagan, grafik, foto, lukisan, iklan dan
sebagainya. Kelengkapan yang harus ada dalam gambar adalah :
a. Penulisan nomor dan judul gambar diletakan di bawah gambar
dan center
b. Nomor gambar menggunakan angka arab. Nomor gambar
didahului dengan angka yang menunjukkan gambar tersebut
berada pada bab berapa diikuti dengan nomor gambar (dalam
setiap bab nomor gambar dimulai dari nomor 1)
c. Judul gambar ditulis dengan huruf pertama judul huruf besar
kecuali kata sambung dan kata depan tanpa diakhiri titik, aturan
penulisan judul sama dengan penulisan tabel
d. Ukuran gambar (lebar dan tinggi), diusahakan proporsional.
Kutipan
Macam‐macam Kutipan
a. Kutipan langsung, yaitu kutipan yang dilakukan persis seperti
sumber aslinya, baik bahasanya maupun susunan kata dan
ejaannya.
1) Kutipan langsung pendek yaitu kurang dari tiga baris,
disalin dalam teks dengan memberikan tanda kutipan di
antara bahan yang dikutip.
Contoh : (“……………..”)
2) Kutipan langsung panjang yaitu lebih dari tiga baris, yang
diberi tempat tersendiri dalam alinea baru diketik dengan
jarak satu spasi dan menjorok masuk empat ketukan huruf
dari margin kiri, tanda kutip tidak dipakai.
b. Kutipan tidak langsung, yaitu kutipan yang hanya mengambil
pokok‐pokok pikiran atau semangatnya saja, dan dinyatakan
dengan kata‐kata dan bahasa sendiri. Kutipan ini tidak diantara
tanda petik, diketik seperti halnya naskah, diupayakan kutipan
tidak langsung tidak terlalu panjang.
Hal‐hal yang perlu diperhatikan dalam kutipan
a. Setiap kutipan diberi nomor dengan angka arab untuk
menuliskan nomor catatan kaki/footnote, diketik agak ke atas
dari baris biasanya, tanpa diikuti tanda lain
b. Bila bahan yang dikutip disajikan sebagai bahan yang
diperbandingkan dengan bahan yang lain, maka harus ada
keseimbangan dari perbandingan itu
c. Kutipan yang diambil sebagian dari rangkaian kalimat yang ada,
maka penulisan diberi jarak dengan empat titik (….) diantara
kutipan yang diambil
d. Dalam kutipan langsung, tidak boleh memasukkan pendapat
sendiri, satu alinea sepenuhnya digunakan untuk kutipan
langsung
e. Kutipan bisa diambil dari naskah‐naskah atau cetakan seperti
buku, hasil penelitian, majalah, surat kabar, dan sebagainya.
Dapat juga diambil dari hasil wawancara atau hasil rekaman yang
didokumentasi.
Footnote/Catatan Kaki
Footnote merupakan catatan yang menyebutkan sumber dari suatu
kutipan. Footnote ditulis di bawah margin dan diberi garis batas antara
teks dengan footnote sepanjang 14 ketukan dengan angka kutipan diketik
agak ke atas dari footnote.
Unsur‐unsur Footnote/Catatan Kaki
a. Nama penulis/pengarang, penterjemah, dan editor ditulis
lengkap tanpa gelar kesarjanaan. Untuk penulis yang bukan
penulis asli tetap dicantumkan seperti penulis asli, dengan
tambahan keterangan di belakang nama tersebut, seperti
penyusun, penyadur, penterjemah, dan editor. Jika penulis lebih
dari tiga sebagai pengganti nama penulis kedua dan lainnya
dicantumkan keterangan et.al.
b. Judul buku/tulisan ditulis selengkap‐lengkapnya, huruf pertama
judul dengan besar kecuali kata sambung dan kata depan.
c. Nomor halaman, dalam footnote nomor halaman disingkat “hal”
kemudian diikuti dengan nomor halaman yang dikutip dengan
sela satu ketukan.
Menyingkat Footnote
Sumber kutipan yang pertama kali ditulis lengkap, sedangkan
footnote dari sumber kutipan yang sudah pernah dikutip
sebelumnya tidak perlu ditulis lengkap dan dapat disingkat.
Singkatan yang sering digunakan adalah :
a. Ibid. Singkatan dari Ibiden, digunakan bila kutipan sumber yang
pertama dengan kutipan berikutnya yang sumbernya sama,
tanpa disela oleh sumber kutipan lain, selanjutnya disebutkan
halamannya bila halamannya yang dikutip tidak sama, jika
nomor halaman sama maka tidak ditulis.
b. Loc.cit. singkatan dari loco citato, digunakan apabila sumber
kutipan telah disebut sebelumnya secara lengkap tetapi telah
diselingi sumber kutipan yang lain.
c. Op.cit. singkatan dari opera citato, digunakan apabila sumber
kutipan telah disebut sebelumnya secara lengkap tetapi telah
diselingi sumber kutipan yang lain. Di belakang kata op.cit.
disebutkan nomor halaman yang dikutip.

Judul yang bisa dijadikan refrensi Bahan Tugas Ahir

101 judul TA Faforit Teknik informatika

10 The Body Women Who Want Touched

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10 The Body Women Who Want Touched

We all know that a woman's body parts most often explored by man, where only around the vagina, chest and buttocks. Most nerve endings are located in this section, but women have the pleasure sensors in all parts of the body.

To make your wife might be excited by stimulating parts of your body that often ignore. By doing this at the touch when making love or just make him happy after a busy day, will give a special plus for you. David Strovny of AskMen will explain the body parts were everywhere.

1. Hair
Keeping the hair still gorgeous, is not the only reason why women so often go to the salon. The process of washing, cutting, coloring and styling can be a release of stress for women. With stroking her hair is a great way to provide stimulation to the spinal cord. Perform massage play with your fingers from the forehead to the nape of his neck, then he will submit in your hands.

2. The back of the neck
Once you get to the back of his neck, gave some soft kisses in this section. In the long life of Japan, the back of the neck of the woman has always been attractive to men because it is one of the few body parts not covered by clothing. In these modern times, this part is often ignored, but never underestimate the power of touch and gentle kiss from the base of the hair to his shoulders.

3. Collarbone
Clavicle bone located between the shoulder and the chest is, can look so sexy on women. Why not show your admiration for this section to touch and kiss her? Look carefully at this section when he was still fully clothed. Open a few buttons on his shirt was enough to reveal his collarbone and not more than that. You can always come back to this section in when the clothes were gone, as well as to remind him that all the action starts from this section.

4. A small portion back
The best way to guide her through the crowd you is to put your hand on a small portion back. This will show your protective attitude but not too pushy like to hug her shoulder. When you two are alone, with kissing and licking the spine and then ends with a kiss on his back a small part will make her heart pounding.

5. Rear knee
This section is one who does not think of a man when he was stimulating her. But the fact is quite sensitive parts. Gently rub the back of the knee under her skirt will make it soon be ready to welcome the next action.

6. Palms
People often use their hands as a means to please her partner, but seldom realize the potential of stimulating the pleasure if your own hands. By exploring the palm of his hand with your finger will give him a pleasant vibration and make you look sensitive and caring.

7. Earlobe
Touching, kissing and even a soft bite on the ear lobe will be your wife for her own pleasure. So soft lobe is very sensitive and most women enjoy it when there are lips to stimulate her man in this section. You can stimulate the other point on the outside of the other ear, but not to clog the ear hole with your tongue.

8. Feet
Massage on the feet can cause the sensation of its own. Not many better ways to make him relax, in addition to massage her feet. Especially if your wife has been working all day. Do it properly and use the oil for massage. Do not forget to pay attention to the part of the finger, wrist and leg sides. Some women like her toes kissed by her husband, but there is also a thought that's disgusting. So first ask him, before entering that part into your mouth.

9. The inside of the thigh
By touching the inner thigh without involving the surrounding vaginal stimulation will be perfect for him. Use your hands and mouth to caress and kiss her inner thigh. Every now and then approached the main pleasures, but do not forget to get away ..

10. The pelvis
Focus on the hip is a good idea, but most will remain resistant to go directly to the vagina when you suda very close. Like stimulate inner thigh, with the kissing around the pelvis to stimulate her and made her sensation kembali.Perpanjang will ask at any time by shifting the focus to other parts of the body.

Do not go there
Every inch of her body always covered with lots of nerve endings can be stimulated, but it does not mean he does not have a place that should not be touched. Some women can not stand it when his face is touched, while others feel uncomfortable if his being tickled. If you have to explore, you'll know the place where the best results to the touch and which ones to avoid.

Tricks Made Orgasm

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Tricks Made Orgasm If you feel you've been in a situation like that, try to read the tricks of 4 AskMen correspondent, Rebecca Rosenblat to make her orgasm.

1. Wear perfume that smelled manly

Sense of smell is the strongest of which there are 5 senses when dealing with sex. The first reason, all the males is similar to testosterone, which will stimulate libido to the highest peak. Baby powder also has the same effect because it can activate the memory of her past. The second reason, as part of the brain that handles smells, sex and memory reaches a quarter of the total area of the brain that is. Obtained when the smell of satisfaction, it would be easier left in memory. So as soon as she smelled your perfume for the second time, his thoughts will fly straight back to the last time she smelled it on your body. Where was he getting tremendous satisfaction. Therefore he will be more easily aroused only by the revival of memory.

2. Warm feet

Warm feet make a woman feel good physically. So if you want her naked, do not expect it would happen if he was cold. Although the lights were off though. Most of you probably do not realize how important the warmth in improving the possibilities to get an orgasm. According to experts from the University of Groningen, the possibility that up to 30%. Because it is always prepared with socks is a good idea. And if you want to try something more sexy, massage on the feet by rubbing some balm can create a miracle. Especially if you more massaging her toes on the base and the gap between your toes. Where will connect the "lower regions" according to the science of reflection. And also the mouth, hands, feet and genitals controlled by the largest part in the brain. Where the controlling center of the feet and genitals neighbors, can make sexual information sharing. Because this is why women often call her shoe shopping as a therapy that often make them feel at home for long to do this.

3. Focus on the position at 10 and his 2-hour

If you're exploring tongue at the end of her clitoris, focus on the position of 10 hours and 2 hours on the other side, and then gently geserkan your tongue at the bottom of her clitoris. Surely long moan will appear. With these two points, will continue to ensure that he will feel pleasure. The best way to do this maneuver is to him squatting in front of your face and you lie face him. Your spouse lives against the board edge of the bed, so he can set the position easily, especially since you've handed over control to him.

4. Kiss the top-right of the spine

Touching the right side of her spine will make them more excited than the left. This is probably because the left brain controls the right side of his body and the left brain is a part to think. Whatever you do there, whether it's smell, touch or tickle him, make sure your movements winding. With so will reach many parts, rather than do it with just a straight direction.

Signs climax

It's time you try this trick. In this way, the skin will be flushed, her eyes would widen, some body would shake and he'll push in your direction. Until he finished and can not hold it anymore. That is the way to make it really an orgasm.

2009-08-12T00:37:00.000-07:00

Kempoel kempol desain..

ini disain khusus buat teman aku yang juga bloger sejati asal kartasura...o o o o otp ini bukan terorist.masih takut mati je katanya,,,banyak tips Tips potoshop lainya pelajari ya. kadang ada yang bahasa inggris jadi di translate disini

asik

2009-03-27T08:39:00.000-07:00

kalau mau hidup asik lebih baik perbyaklah minum air putih dan makan makanan yang bergiziiiii

SessionList

2009-03-02T07:34:00.000-08:00

Session 1 - The Dome
Discover how to create a glass Dome effect. On top of that, we'll learn a few new things about the
Layers Palette.
Session 2 - Fill / Content / Pattern
In this Session we'll learn how to use one of the most creative tools Photoshop has to offer. We'll be
using the Define/Fill Pattern functions as well as the Clone tool. Go ahead... dare to be creative!
Session 3 - Better Lighting For The Web
Learn how to present your web pages &/or graphics with a more bright, clean appeal by more effectively
use lighting and drop shadows.
Session 4 - The Fantasy Begins...
Try this Session if you'd like to take a break from that bulky, complicated 3D program you use. This
session shows you how to create 3 dimensional worlds and art work, by using some of Photoshop's
simplest and most native tools.
Session 5 - The Chrome Files
CHROME! Aaaa... that says it all doesn't it? This has got to be one of the most used effects for text and
other graphic effects: on or off the web. Discover here how to conjure up a multitude of chrome-like
effects. The process is quite easy and has a wide variety of applications.
The Photoshop Guru's Handbook - The Guru Studio: Session List
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Tips & Spells

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1) Have you ever needed a quick reference of where the absolute center of your canvas is? Then
this tip will help.
This tip was developed by me to save me time when I was using one of the selection tools to draw a
shape that was to be filled or manipulated, or to draw a line with the pen or brush tools. I also use it just
to have a frame of reference for where the middle of my picture is.
2) Here's a quick tip to help you smooth out those choppy gradient blends.
After you've applied the gradient tool, don't deselect. Instead, apply the Noise Filter. Set the amount to
3 & choose Gaussian. This will smooth out almost any gradient. The only exception is when you use
certain extreme color variantsIf you like to use the clouds filter, here's something you should know.
When you create a new picture that is a multiple of 64... => 128 / 256 / 512 / etc., the Clouds filter will
automatically create a seamless pattern of clouds! That means your clouds pattern effect will wrap
around the edges of your canvas and appear on the opposite side. If you tiled this image, as you might
for a web page background, it would be seamless.dll

Tips & Spells

2009-03-02T07:33:00.000-08:00

Beginner Section The Infamous Brush Palette

2008-10-26T02:12:00.000-07:00

Beginner Section
The Infamous Brush Palette

It has come to my attention that I may be guilty of pre-supposing that everyone knows that they have more
than one brush palette, & where they are in the Adobe program folder.
So I've written this page to hopefully rectify that.
What is the purpose of 'custom' brushes?
Do you have a brush that you would use to create a painterly hair
effect? No?! Look at this example photo here. Except for the
eyebrows, all the hair on that guy's head was 'painted' on using a
specially designed set of brushes. The different colours and
colour depth were painted on in stages. The brush is nothing
more than a bunch of 1-2 pixel dots, spead out loosely &
randomly over a given amount of space - base hair:tight spacing /
mid-tones:medium spacing / colour highlights(greys):tight
spacing. The brushes are no more than 20 in diameter (loose
spacing).
THAT'S what 'custom' brushes are for. 'Personalized' brushes is
what they are - specific to you and you alone, for your specific
uses. And don't forget though too, custom brushes can be ANY
type of image: any shape/size/even a photo or just a small
section from one if you like! They can also be made from type as
well. Experiment with creating some, i think you'll start to see a
specific use for making your own, once you're in need of a
specific type of painted effect; hair is just one example of this.
Remember though too that brushes can only be various shades
of greyscale colours; including black.

BackGround fx

2008-10-25T23:40:00.000-07:00

BackGround fx

Creating a Funky Background
for your Text or Images

Before we begin I'd just like to say that, since this is a random effect, you probably won't get the exact
pattern that I obtained in my picture. But that's ok! There's plenty of randomness out there for everyone.
I'm sure you'd much rather have something that's completely your own anyway, right? Also, you may want to
create your Funky background on layers in the same .psd file as your text/graphic image.
That's fine, but make sure your computer can handle the processing. You may end up with quite a few layers
in one file; unless you merge your BG FX layers together. You'd do better to create this background first, then
create your text/image on layers above it; so that your background images are on the bottom of the layers
palette.
I will be giving these instructions as if you were creating your background as a new picture, by itself.
It can then be dragged into another image with less hassle.

step 1

A) Start by creating a new picture. Make it either the same size as the text or graphic image you intend
to put it behind, or perhaps bigger if you want. Make the background white & the resolution 72 dpi.
When your canvas is ready, create a new layer.
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C) Now find the closest point to center and click and drag to
the edge of your canvas. You can also obtain a different
finished effect by starting your gradient off to the side if you'd
like? You should now be seeing a multi-coloured gradient:
starting with red in the middle and ending with red around the
edges.
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D) When you're satisfied with your gradient, set this layer to -
OVERLAY - at 100% opacity. Name this layer COLOUR.
Now click on the eye to turn this layer off for the time being,
until we've done our next step.

STEP 2

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B) Open the filters menu and go down to render. Choose clouds.
Apply it once. Repeat this, but instead of clouds choose difference clouds. Apply this at least 4 to 6
times. We need a somewhat marble-like effect, with black being the dominant colour. In other words, we
need more black in our clouds than white.
When you've got the effect you like, apply the Auto Levels filter to your clouds. This will create more
contrast in them, and bring out the white highlights even better.
Win = (Shift+Ctrl+L) - Mac = (Shift+Command+L)
Before you mutilate your clouds, grab the Lasso tool and draw a very rough shape close to the edges
of the canvas on your clouds layer. Make your lines squiggly & giggly & jagged!
Generally, if you make your selection a bit thinner than it is wide you'll get better results. But don't make
the selection too small.
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C) With that done, open the Select Menu and choose Feather. Set it to 10.
Now inverse your selection (inverse is in the Select menu also) and hit the delete key. Now you have a
big fuzzy glob of clouds! Right?
Ok, now you can click on the eye of the COLOUR layer again to make it visible.

STEP 3

A) Before we continue with the displacement of our clouds, re-invert your selection marquee so your
clouds are selected. (Win - Ctrl+Shift+I) (Mac - Command+Shift+I)
Now that you've got your clouds layer feathered & deleted & selected, to the size and shape you like,
let's move on to the displacement of this layer.
Next, open the filters menu and choose distort / displace.
When the Displace dialog window opens, change the settings to match the ones in this image.
Click the OK button and browse to this directory: Photoshop\Plugins\Filters\Dispmaps
There you will find your displacement maps. Open the Dispmaps folder.
Now here is where the fun begins!

NOTE: Every map can yield an interesting and original effect, but...
we are looking for an effect that will "rip holes" in your clouds!
What I mean by this is that all of the white area in your clouds will become the holes.
The hole effect will actually happen automatically, because we also have white as our background layer colour.
It's this part of the procedure that really makes the effect work.

Just Text FX GRAFIS.txt

2008-10-25T23:20:00.000-07:00

Just Text FX

3D Using the Lighting Effects Filter

Click the Type tool and type a short word. I used the letters PSG, and chose Arial Black for my font.
Make your text large enough to fill most of the canvas area, but not all of it. My type was set at 100

pixels.

Photoshop 5+ users: for the purpose of this exercise, Render your type layer first before continuing. Then
click in the 'Preserve Transparency' checkbox to turn it on.
Photoshop 4 users: check to make sure the 'Preserve Transparency' checkbox is ticked ON after you've
entered your type to a layer, and Deselect the text if it has become selected.
About the Lighting Filter
Before we go on with our effect, i think it's important to understand a bit about the lighting filter.
All it's really doing when it creates a 3D effect is adding light and shadow properties to a 2 dimensional
shape, that give our eyes the impression we're seeing in 3 dimensions. But the effects the lighting filter
creates can also be done in Photoshop using various other techniques, and some of Photoshop's other
simpler filters as well.
The lighting filter just happens to do this effect a little quicker, but with much less control than the other
methods. And there's still some preparations that need to be done before the filter can be used to do it's
thing.
For a more detailed overview of how and why this filter can create 3D effects, please go here.

3 These are also known as 'height maps'. Called that because of the function they serve. A bump map's

properties are based on how many levels of grey it has in it; 256 being the maximum.

To create such a map in Photoshop we'll use the Channels. Start off by Ctrl-clicking (Mac: Command)
your type layer to create a selection of the text. Then open the channels palette and click on the 'Save
selection as channel' icon. Then Deselect.
Create a Duplicate of this channel, we'll be needing a clean version of our text as we go. Now apply a
Gaussian Blur to the duplicate channel. Set the amount to 6 pixels. We're creating a very rounded 3D effect
here, that's why we're using so much blur.
Ctrl-click (Mac: Command) on our clean text channel to load the selection. Then press Ctrl+Shift+I (Mac:
Command+Shift) to invert the selection. Now fill the selected area with black. And Deselect.
Usually after you've blurred a channel like this it's a good idea to balance out the levels by applying the 'Auto
Levels' command. Do that now (Shift+Ctrl+L). Our bump map is now ready.

4 Applying the Lighting Filter
Go back to the layers palette and click on your
type layer. Now Duplicate the layer and name it
"3D text". Change your Foreground colour to a middle
grey - R/153 G/153 B/153. Press Ctrl+Shift+Delete to fill
the type with this colour.
Now open the Lighting Filter. When it opens, you should
see the 'Default' lighting template being used. That's
fine for our purposes here. The only things you need to
change are shown in this screen shot to the right. In the
'Texture Channel' menu list, at the bottom, you'll want to
load the bump map we made. Open the menu and
change the option to use your blurred alpha channel.
NOTE: in PS 4 the channel will be called #5 / in PS 5+ it
will be called Alpha 2.
Apply the filter when you've made all the changes.
Once rendered, you should end up with something

5 Giving our type a personality
Ok, so there's basically how it's done. Now we need to dress up
our text with either some colour or perhaps a texture, or
perhaps even another kind of filter effect.
To add colour (in a non-destructive way), simply create a New Layer
above the '3D text' layer, and fill it with the colour of your choice; name
this layer 'colour'. Then to confine this colour to just our type, we'll Clip
the '3D text' layer to our 'colour' layer. (Clipping Group: hold the Alt key and click on the line between the 2
layers) Now set the Blend Mode of the 'colour' layer to Softlight. Try other modes as well and see if there's a
different one you might like.
There, a done deal.
similar to this sample (depending on what type of font

TIPS2

1 Texture Mapping:
If you want to apply a texture or pattern to your type, there are a few ways of doing this. I'll explain one
of those ways here now. But first, turn off the eye icon for the 'colour' layer.
Open a texture image you'd like to use. Select ALL for the texture image, and Define it as a Pattern. (If
you don't know how to Define a Pattern, go here) Then you can close the texture image once you've
Defined it.
Create a New Layer above the 'colour' layer, and fill it with
your Pattern. Clip this layer to the one just below it (the
'colour' layer). To make the 3D type show through the
texture you'll have to change the texture's Blend Mode.
There are a number you can choose from depending on the
effect you want. But for our example here, we'll use a modethat produces the basic effect. Change the texture's mode to Overlay. Overlay and Softlight modes will
produce the most basic and consistent results. You can also add a simple, subtle 'base shadow' for
the text to make it stand out a bit from a white background.

2 Creating Custom Texture Effects:
Customized patterns can be created using any of
Photoshop's native filters. Or even a 3rd party filter if you
have any. The effect you see here was created using only
2 of Photoshop's native filters. The secret to the look lies in
which Blend Mode i used. But this is a random effect, so
yours won't look exactly like this sample does; very similar
though.
Here's how to produce a similar effect:
: First create a New Layer above the 'colour' layer. Name it 'cut-outs'. Then Ctrl-click (Mac: Command)
the '3D text' layer to select the text shape. Now hold down the Alt (Mac: Option) key, and apply the
Clouds filter; using black and white. Apply the Difference Clouds filter now, and press Ctrl+F 10 or 11
times; this will re-apply the last filter again. We're looking for a marble effect here, with a little more
black in it than white.
: Now apply the 'Poster Edges' filter (Filter\Artistic\Poster Edges) with these settings / Thickness=10 /
Intensity=2 / Posterization=1.
: Open the Brightness & Contrast filter and use these settings / Brightness=+50 / Contrast=+100. Then
Deselect (Ctrl+D).
: And finally, the secret to the effect... change the layer's Blend Mode to Difference. VOILA! ;)
Here's another example, that has a few other effects added
to it. Experiment!
TIP: It's the white colour that's creating the 'cut-out' areas in the image. So if you want to, you can skip
the Clouds filter part and just paint the white onto the image using any brush you like. Just make sure
you set the layer's Blend Mode to Difference first, so you can see immediately how the effect will look.
Try it!

3 More Custom Textures:
Here's a particularily striking effect. This was also
created using just a few of Photoshop's native
filters.
Let's start by turning off any other colour or texture
layers you've made up to this point.
: For this effect, i first cut out a piece from a photo
of a rusty wall, covered in paint. I then applied the
'Ripple' filter to it. You can do this to any texture
pattern you want, just for the sake of this example.
Go ahead now and open a texture, then apply the
Ripple filter to it. But make sure though that your texture image is larger than the area behind the text
in our 3D document (at least 350x150 pixels).
: Ok if you're ready now, select ALL of your texture image and press Ctrl+C to copy it, then paste it
into your 3D text document. Move the texture layer below the '3D text' layer in the palette. And if
you've created any shadow layers, move it below those also. Then set the Blend Mode of this layer to
Color Burn.
: Now Ctrl-click the '3D text' layer to select the text. And while still being on the texture layer, press
Ctrl+J (creates a new layer via Copy).
: Next, move this new copy layer above the 'colour' layer in the palette. Name this layer 'texture'.
: Duplicate the 'texture' layer now, and change your Foreground colour to white. Then press
Ctrl+Shift+Delete to fill the text with the Foreground colour.
: Now apply a Gaussian blur to the text. Set the amount to 6 pixels.
: Open the Filter menu and choose the 'Other' option, then in there choose the 'Maximum' option. Set
the amount of this filter to 5.
: Ctrl-click the '3D text' layer again to create another selection of the text. Then press Ctrl+Shift+I to
invert the selection. Press Delete. Then Deselect.
: And finally, apply the Emboss filter to this layer with these settings / Angle=135 / Height=10 /
Amount=500. VOILA! There we have it!
Now there's one more small thing you'll need to do in order to get the effect to jump off the background even
more. It's a simple thing to do, but read this carefully...
Duplicate the '3D text' layer. When you do, the duplicate will become clipped to the 'colour' layer, and will be
named '3D text copy'. Grab the original '3D text' layer below it, and drag it up to the top of the palette. Once
it's there, change it's Blend Mode to Hardlight. (you can also try using Overlay & Soflight modes for this layer)
Done!
If you care to add even more to this effect, turn on the layer you created for Tip #2 above - the torn looking
effect. Watch how it adds to the look.

OK GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!