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If this then that (ifttt)

If this then that (ifttt)

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So I decided to play around with IFFFT. I wanted to sync tghe posts made from my clubs facebook page (here:  https://www.facebook.com/AlexandraParkBJJ) to a new twitter account (here: https://twitter.com/APBJJ) and Google+ page (here: https://plus.google.com/b/110360916818447888059).

The IFTTT website was fairly easy to navigate. The recipe to link Facebook output to Twitter was straight forward enough. (here https://ifttt.com/recipes/10891-send-fb-page-statuses-to-twitter)

Syncing anything to Google+ was a nightmare. I haven’t got the recipe to work yet. I had to sign up to Buffer Channel. I activated the recipe but there was a 15 min delay. It didn’t work.

 

I ‘ll try again tomorrow.

Project fail

Project fail

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So I tried to do a project on face swaps using these two tutorials:

http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/swap-faces-with-photoshop–psd-18214

and

The results were embarresing and I won’t be posting them. I think my mistake was choosing the wrong photos ans trying to face swap a white dude with a black dude.

Will try again later.

Lazer beams

Lazer beams

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So I decided to learn how to do lazer beam eyes.

Heres the tuturial I used:

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2010/07/how-to/how-to-give-your-photos-laser-eyes

Here are the results Original image top, photoshop underneath:

tomexpln copy tomexpln copy1

Heres another set:

gavlaser gavlaser12

The first set I’m okay with. The 2nd set I messed up some how. I need to learn how to lable my layers properly and note how I’m working as I go along. I want to learn how to do shattered skulls and blood splatter too.

Photoshop stuff for BJJ

Photoshop stuff for BJJ

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I have done some basic photoshop stuff. I mean really basic.

The tutorials I am using are here:

http://ephotopros.com/training/adobe-photoshop-cs3.aspx

and here:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lighten-dark-photos-photoshop/

The mini-project I was working on was with photos from the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club where I train. Shout out to Alexandra Park BJJ.

The originals were taken from the clubs Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AlexandraParkBJJ)

Here we go with the original:

So as you can tell it is quite dark. Needs lightening up. I ended up with this:

 bjj_p1

 Did the same here:

tomgroup

Lightened:

tomgroup copy

and here again:

instructors copy instructors

I’m going to try and play around with colours and maybe even try a few special effects!

See you next week. Before I go here is my twitter account:

 

Hit me up.

First post

First post

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So this is my second attempt at blog. I failed miserably in my first attempt as I didn’t keep it updated. Apparently I didn’t have much to say.

This blog will be about me learning new stuff. If there anyone out there that can point in the direction of great resources or can offer some advice I would be in your debt.

The skills and knowledge I have set out to obtain are listed below:

1) Learn WordPress
2) Microsoft Excel
3) Adobe Photoshop
4) SEO
5) Google Adwords
6) Basic coding
7) Memory techniques.
8) Video editing
9) Arabic
10) Urdu

It’s pretty ambitious I know. I going to try and learn skills by completing small projects. I’m looking at giving myself a month on each to try and grasp the basics of each skill (Except Arabic and Urdu). I’m planning on updating my progress weekly.

That’s it really. Any help gratefully accepted and greatly appreciated.

First up – Photoshop!

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