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Shafa Goes Green

rifie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:43:06 +0000

Bigger is better. Click the photo for better resolutions.

8tracks.com, a tumblr for music?

rifie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:38:32 +0000

I will always love mixtape. Share it, and i discovered a new music that i haven’t heard before. Last.fm, blip.fm, are my favorite music sites. Couple years ago we knew there’s a website called Muxtape but they closed it because of something illegal stuff yadda yadda yadda (well yeah they still exist now, but with different kind of website).

Finally, I found this website on the internet, called 8tracks.com and i becoming addicted to this website. You can hear the mixtape from everyone there, share it and embed it in your website or even your facebook! And it’s legal!

Launched in 2008, this website took my heart away. It’s so silly that i barely know this thing.

I feel that 8track is like tumblr for music lover. I can feel the environment. :D Follow me!

Yuri Raisya Shafaulia

rifie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:27:36 +0000

A new babyborn!

rifie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:22:18 +0000

Tanggal 5 Desember 2009 kemarin, tepatnya hari Sabtu jam 19:05, telah lahir anak kami, Yuri Raisya Shafaulia dengan sehat di RSIA Hermina JatiNegara dengan dokter Didi Hendrawan. Alhamdulillah.

Operasi Cesar tidak dapat dihindarkan lagi karena pecah ketuban sejak subuh, diinduksi selama kurang lebih 9 jam tidak ada pembukaan, terpaksa harus dilakukan operasi Cesar pada jam 18:15. Saya sempat merasakan juga sakit perut yang sangat legendaris itu, selama beberapa jam. Subhanallah. Betul-betul perjuangan sekali menghadapai kontraksi melahirkan ya.

Mohon doanya agar anaknya selalu sehat dan semoga berguna bagi agama dan negara. Amiin.

Buku Mendesain Logo

rifie — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:24:40 +0000

Kemarin saya membeli sebuah buku tentang Mendesain Logo yang ditulis oleh Surianto Rustan,S.Sn dan setelah saya membaca seperempat buku tersebut, buku ini benar-benar begitu membuka wawasan saya dalam perjalanan membuat sebuah sistem identitas dan brand yang diwakilkan dalam sebuah logo.

Buku ini juga membahas bagaimana membuat suatu konsep desain logo, dari mulai anatomi, identitas visual, sejarah dan lain-lain.

Dan bagi para pembaca yang mencari tutorial mendesain logo dengan piranti lunak yang banyak beredar di pasaran, buku ini bukan untuk anda. Buku ini benar-benar mengedepankan konsep, seni dan eksplorasi logo itu sendiri.

Buku ini benar-benar sebuah rekomendasi yang baik untuk para desainer. Lanjut baca lagi… :)

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How to Create Simple Vignette Effect

rifie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:02:53 +0000

There’s a lot of tips and tutorial out there about creating vignette effect with Photoshop on Internet and it’s a nice tutorial actually, but i will make this really simple for you guys. Ok, here we go.

Step 1
Well, you need a photo of course. First, go to the Curve menu, and drag down the diagram to make it darker.

Step 2
Now, choose the marquee tool. You can use oval or the rectangle one. Drag it to the center of your image.

Step 3
Now fill that marquee, with black. You can find it in Edit-Fill or just press Shift+F5. Choose black and then press OK.

Step 4
Ok, now the photo inside the marquee is more lighter that the outside right? To make the vignette more like natural or not much like square, use the Gaussian Blur filter on Filter-Blur-Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to 90 pixels.

Note : you have to do it all in your Curve layer, above the Background layer.
See the difference?

But i want more darker!!
That is not a problem, my kindly reader. You just duplicate the Curve layer. I copied 4 layer to make it more darker.

Okay, here’s the before and after.

Nature Snap

rifie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:14:16 +0000

How To Make Life Poster With Photoshop

rifie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:15:07 +0000

I really inspired the Life Poster from Mike Matas and wanted so bad for my photo collection. Well, you can do it with iPhoto if you have Mac, but do not worry if you don’t have it. you can do it with Photoshop.
Ok, so let’s get started.

Step 1
First thing first, you have to collect your 98 photos in 1 folder. Choose a bright, colorful and sweet. And one more thing, you need a landscape (4″x3″) ratio to make your poster perfect.

Step 2
Open your Photoshop CS and go to menu File-Automate, then choose Contact Sheet II.

Step 3
Locate your folder that contain your photos first. You can set the size of width and height as you want it, actually. And the rows and columns too. But let’s get stick with 20″ width and 30″ height. Resolution sets to 200 pixel/inch. Columns set to 7 and 14 for rows. Don’t forget to click the “Use Auto-Spacing”. Right, and click OK.

Step 4
Well, sit back and relax while Photoshop place your photos randomly. And after that, you can save it as .TIFF, .JPG or .PDF just to preview and print it on A4 paper.

If you want to print the Life poster on your favorite development plaza, it should take 100k rupiahs.

Here’s mine, i made it on 2008.

Sweet Lil Converse

rifie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:33:36 +0000

Playing with simple white backdrop and desk lamp.

Mudik, Parangtritis, Jogjaa…

rifie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:16:06 +0000