DigiLO: Pianica

online digital scrapbook without photoshop

I got an SOS YM message from a friend of mine (who is a paper scrapbook-er, never done DigiLO before):
fren (02-07-2008 8:19:48 PM): help! my office knows that i do SB, and ask me to 'teach' how to SB during RnR time!!!!!
fren (02-07-2008 8:20:31 PM): I need help in Digi scrapbooking...which one has easiest things to pick up and can run on internet one ...dun think office lap top has photoshop lah!!! help pls!!!!
my reply to her:
Biow (02-07-2008 8:39:27 PM): i gotta ask google leh

And.. I found this:

scrapblog
This site allows you to create your OWN scrapbook ONLINE without having you install anything.. err, ok, mabbe you need to install one thing, ie Flash.. but in this day, most PC comes with Flash already.. you just need to drag-and-drop using this online scrapbook tool.. AND, it does NOT intimidate.. you don't feel lost, or overwhelmed.. trust me.. i felt like a BIG damn fool looking at Photoshop.. i can't even draw a filled rectangle with Photoshop during my first use.. it's just not intuitive.. Photoshop takes time to learn.. and this scrapblog tool is intuitive and user friendly.. a challenge in my field of work.. to create something user friendly.. so, really salute the people behind this site.. though it's slow, it's really understandable..

You may also save your scrapblog pages to your computer. Just click on “File” and then on “Export as JPEG”.. imagine able to download the Scrapbook you have created as .jpg file.. you can also link to photobucket, picasa, youtube, etc, to get your photos or video.. and then you can even publish to Facebook.. Try it! Explore this online digital scrapbook tool without the need of photoshop.. AMAZING.

so problem solve.. everyone can sleep easily now.. keke.. but have you heard of "blue deeper than indigo itself"? something that means the student surpass the master.. she now becomes the master.. heh.. she's a phantom, so i pixelate her face.. bwahaha.. now we are even.. we don't owe each other kopi anymore.. OK?.. below is her master piece..

LO by my phantom friend:

Tutorial: Animate series of images with Photoshop CS3

I kept forgetting how to animate a group of photos in a folder using Photoshop CS3.. in Image Ready it was as easy as "Import > Folder as Frames".. But ever since ImageReady is merged into Photoshop CS3, I simply do not know where / how to start.. decided to create a tutorial for myself once and for all.. and, if anyone of you may be interested, right click on the link below and save.. pardon my english.. and if the guide is not helpful, lemme know how i can improve it.. thanks..

Tutorial: Animate series of images with Photoshop CS3

The equivalent in Image Ready "Import > Folder as Frames" Summary:
In Photoshop CS3, do the following steps:

1. Select File > Scripts > Load files into Stack.
2. In the Load Layers dialog box, select Folder from the Use menu. Browse to the folder that contains the images you want to include and click OK.
3. Select Make Frames from Layers in the Animation palette menu.

But alas, there are also slideshow by Picasa which you can embed!.. so don't need to be so ma huan to animate yourself..

See also:
1. Tutorial: Reflection effect in PS
2. Reference: Photoshop Magnifying Glass Tutorial
3. Reference: Add Speech Balloons and Text Bubbles to Your Photos in Photoshop or Elements Tutorial

Happy Mother's Day 2008..

Happy Mother's Day 2008.. Since ken's kindergarten is closed for 10 days due to HFMD, I gave him paper on Wed and asked him to draw something for me.. this is what he drew.. heh.. he also said he will draw a big heart for wenn so that wenn can color on it.. but wenn, is still clueless.. keke.. so he anyhow conteng.. but to me, it's beautiful..

The words read:
Ken drew Gigi, hermit crab and a big fish for me. My helper dictacted and spelled the words for Ken. Ken helped Wenn to draw a big heart in the center, my helper helped him to write the words. And Wenn colored the heart with black. My mother’s day card, 2008. Bliss.

Tutorial: Reflection effect in PS..

Reference:
http://www.snowdrip.com/tutorials/photoshop/text/how-to-add-reflections-to-text/

digi LO: garden of mine

Kit from Shappy Princess, Harvest Spice..