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tommiekidd:
ask good questions,to enlighten yourself and people
as we said,ask the questions u don't know,and it must be a reasonable one.

see, this question i am asking is bothering me,
if i know the answer to that question, why must i asked you, it sem you do not know it from the way you are approaching it, i am throwing the question to any one who knows it,

who is the founder of chemistry, i mean who gave the subject the name chemistry, is chemistry a latin name

I am not sure you are serious with this trend, how can we start discussing issue if we do not know the origin of it.
I am supprise that the name chemistry, no body know or can trace who gave it that name

who is the founder of chemistry, i mean who gave the subject the name chemistry

I would like to know your say about this scary text tutorial, do you find it easy or difficult to do on your own, your respond is highly need by me, to see what i can do to improve my next topic with regard to photoshop tutorial.

MAKING A SCARY TEXT
1.    Create a new file Width:709 Height:147
2.    Use your paint bucket tool (G) and fill the background with black
3.    Type in your text using white colour
4.    Try and Drag the text to the centre of the page using the move tool (v)
5.    Go to layer > Meger down (Ctl + E)
5a.   Go to Image and select Rotate Canvas. Choose 90 degrees CW.
[img width=100 height=330]http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4845/scarycharlisco10xb.gif[/img]
6.    Select Filter>Stylize and Wind.
       Method = Wind, Direction = from the right
7.    Press ctl + f to reapply the effect
8.    Re-open the same filter but this time set the Direction to From the Right. Remember to reapply it one more time as in step 7.

[img width=100 height=330]http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/1343/scarycharlisco29me.gif[/img]
9.    Now rotate the canvas 90 degrees CCW.
10.   Next step is to apply the Ripple filter. I have set the amount to 95%
       filter > distort > ripple

https://img106.imageshack.us/img106/552/scarycharlisco31cv.gif

10. To make the Text look really scary, you have to make use of the colour balance effect
     Image > Adjust > Colour Balance
     used this sitting
     Colour Levels +94, -100, -89
     Tone Balance Midtones and preserve Luminosity checked

Final Image below

Adobe photoshop 7, that is what i am using

@seun,
so you doubt at the first pic,

[b]Reason[/b]The first pic i used, only the colour of the shirt contian green,
so the effect was able to apply perfectly.

Then the second pic, the colour of the shirt is made of pink, not only that, the earing have some light pink colour, and the skin is kind of blending with the colour of the shirt. that is the reason you were able to notice those change

if you still doubt, post a photo where an object in it contain a colour, of which there is no object that have that same colour

i will be glad to prove what i did, is not a fake

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JAMB introduces use of scratch card for on-line registration

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https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-26996.0.html[/center]
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has discarded with the old method of manual registration for its examinations and has adopted the on-line registration, which is the system currently in vogue worldwide. Consequently, beginning from Monday this week thousands of candidates who will be registering for the 2006/2007 Monotechnics, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education (MPCE) examination are to obtain scratch cards of N3,000 each with which they will go on-line and fill the registration form.

JAMB’s Director of Computer Services Mr. Abdulraheem Adeniran disclosed the adoption of this electronic innovation last week during a meeting with representatives of banks involved in the sales of the Board’s application documents.

According to him, the need to give quality services to the candidates in terms of their having unfettered access to all the necessary information as well as making it possible for JAMB to be sending useful information to candidates through e-mail made the use of electronic registration imperative, adding that it will also make registration less cumbersome since candidates have only one form to fill electronically instead of the old method whereby they were required to fill the OMR Form, Form 03, Envelope Card and Photo card.
He said further that “the beauty of the e-registration is that the problems of collation, sorting and handling of forms have been eliminated.”

Although JAMB’s brochure and syllabus will be issued to each candidate upon purchase of scratch card at designated sales centres such as banks, NIPOST, JAMB’s headquarters and zonal offices, Adeniran disclosed that candidates can also access the JAMB’s brochure on the internet, adding that various courses of study available in the different institutions as well as the list of the institutions available within a catchment area have been fed into the system.
Two important facts were taken into consideration by the Board while perfecting strategies toward ensuring an effective use of the on-line registration system. The need to reduce cases of impersonation and the need to cater for the interests of those who are not yet computer literate.

The method adopted to reduce examination malpractice, according to Adeniran, is that each candidate is required to either scan a printed passport photograph or download a digital copy which is to be fixed to the form. In addition, to this, a slip, containing the particulars and photograph of the candidate, will be printed out, and which will be the passport to the examination hall, adding that the examination supervisor will also have a copy of the slip for confirming the candidates identity.

For making it easier for candidates, especially those who are not computer literate, Adeniran said that a copy of the registration form can first be downloaded and be filled manually by the candidate in order to ensure that the correct information is supplied before going on-line, explaining that the electronic registration does not allow wrong information to be supplied.Asked whether the introduction of the e-registration will not jeopardise the chances of candidates in rural areas who may not have access to cyber café, Adeniran said that JAMB’s survey earlier carried out showed that there is no local government area in the country which does not have access to internet facility.
JAMB is starting the use of electronic registration with the MPCE examination as a test case because it is a low entry examination. The calculation is that the impact of any difficulty that might arise from the use of this system would be minimal and would have been solved before the Universities Matriculation Examination (UME), which is a higher entry one.



http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/features/education/edu216032006.html

check this link

http://www.acid-play.com

very very powerful free game

Another picture i tried same effect on
BEFORE
[img]https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?action=dlattach;topic=8802.0;id=6989;image[/img]

AFTER

for those using adobe photoshop, please tell us the procedure to achieve this effect. and do not forget to post your final image here for us to see

Sorry for that mistake, i just check my cd, it is Mega VI platinum

In this tutorial, I will teach you guys how to change the color of t-shirts in Photoshop.

1. First. Open the picture
    I chose this one: Nnenna, A Nigeria girl who is next in America Top Model
    https://z.about.com/d/realitytv/1/0/C/a/nnena.jpg

2. Image > Adustments > Replace Color

3. Select the color of the shirt, and make sure the bubble for "Image" is selected.
    You can fidel with the fuzziness, and the Transformation option (Hue, Saturation and Lightness)

4. Here is the final product

What do you want to use crack version of photoshop for, it is not costly as u might think,
I got mine in Mega IV cd Software,
it cost N300-N500

nice one, it seem you gave it a dutone effect,
i will see what i can do to make it more real

i know that, but that is just one of the right pic to bring out the effect well

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@Rohdalyn, please this is a graphic section, we need contributor not agurmentator here
i do not want this trend to become some thing else, like dragging personnal issue, please it is meant for graphic designer and those who wish to learn graphic,
Seun please try and delete those post who intend to change the topic of this trend

Thanks as you abid by the rules

I've seen a few tutorials floating around for doing this, and quite frankly some of them produce pretty shoddy end results. I'm not saying my method is the best, but it looks a hell of a lot better than using the graphic pen filter. So, here's how I do it.

1. Open your image in photoshop. Please note that the larger the image, the better it'll look. This doesn't work well with smaller images.

2. Desaturate the image (CTRL + Shift + U)

3. Up the contrast (Image > Adjustments > Brightness & Contrast). Not too much, just enough to make the contrast between dark and light stand out a bit more.

4. Filter time! Go to Filter > Stylize > Find Edges.

5. Now, play with the levels. Press CTRL + L to open the options. What the arrows do:

- The left arrow controls line thickness. The further to the right it is, the heavier the lines.
- The middle arrow controls shading. The further to the right it is, the heavier the shading will be.
- The right arrow controls light. You can use this to create darker lines.

Bear in mind that when you move the left and right arrows, the middle one moves with them. Toggle the middle arrow to the same point as these before moving them unless you want the shading to increase/decrease density aswell.

6. That's it! You can erase parts of the background fairly easily if you want. If you want it to be realistic, it's best not to have loads and loads of detail in the background. Here's what I came up with; I used a photo of lizzy

is fire work a graphic application?

Create a new black background (Ctr + N) with 500 x 500 pixel (i.e width=500, height = 500 Resolution= 300, Paper Colour = Black) then click on ok

Type in your text using the text tool (f8)

Click on your Object Pick Tool (O) note please click do not press letter O on keyboard

Press ctl+m to mask the object

Go to Edit Menu>fill

Select fountain fill>Click on edit
on the fountain fill dialoge box choose the following setting
type = linear, angle= -90, steps = 256, edge pad = 0%,
colour blend option
check on two colour
from = blue, to = white, mid-point = 50

Go to Effect>plastic
highlight = 76, depth = 2, smoothness =21, light direction=315, light colour = white

Copy the text, go to file menue click on new from clipboard
on the new page that display

Go to image>flip>flip vertically
copy it, and past it into the previous page, make sure it is below the base of the first text
while still selected, click on object transperancy tool (I)
fad-in the object

i was about mailing you to creat a forum for graphic designer to show off their skills,
thanks for your plan toward it, as i look forward to make more interesting post on graphic applicaiton

[img]http://users.aristotle.net/~bhuie/Chanukah_5766.gif[/img]

the film "the bible code" look very interesting and realistic to me
i have little or no idea about it, that is why i post it here for us to discuss,
What do you know about the Bible Code
Is it real?
How does it affect our life
Should we Start believe in it
Does Jesus speak about it

All these and more i will like to know

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/16/D8FQAH2G6.html
http://www.stararticle.com/article_, -breathing.html
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Toron, /30/692794.html

I've learned a few really cool things with photoshop over the past few weeks, and I thought I'd share them with you. I've outlined all the steps so even the most inexperienced people can understand.
Matrix effect

1. Create a new document, 400 x 400.
2. Reset colours by pressing D.
3. Click Filter > Texture > Grain
4. Set intensity and contrast up full, and set the grain type to vertical. You can fiddle with the contrast and intensity settings until you get the effect you like best.
5. Click Filter > Artistic > Neon Glow and select a green colour. Fiddle around with the size and brightness until you get it looking the way you want.


Adding text

1. Once your bg is created, keep it open and create a new 400 x 400 document. Reset colour.
2. Type what you want in the centre with black text and flatten the image.
2a. Merge the Text with the background click layer> Merge down (ctl+E)
3. Click Filter > Artistic > Neon Glow make sure the colour used is same (green) and make some little adjustment
4. Click Select > Colour Range and click on a black area.
5. Click CTRL + Shift + I to invert the slection area.
6. Copy the selection, and paste it into the other document.
7. Click Filter > Blur > Blur More. You should have something that looks like this:

In 1979 Elizabeth Blunt was sent to Nigeria by the BBC to cover the country's elections, as the then military head of state, General Olusegun Obasanjo, prepared to hand over to an elected civilian government. She recently returned to the country to revisit some of the people and places she had known all those years ago.


Business is booming for Nigeria's mobile phone sellers
I was back in Nigeria recently, and trying to find a woman called Dada who I had met on my first visit to the country, 27 years ago.

I peered at my faded notebook. "She used to live in Lamido Crescent. Off Korauo Road, it says, near Hadeija Jamahare, "

My colleague was getting impatient. "Don't you have her cell phone number?"

Cell phone number. How quickly people forget.

Of course she did not have a cell phone number. There were no cell phones in 1979, not even those great big things the size of a house brick that we used to carry around.

More to the point, she would not have had an ordinary telephone number in 1979 either.

Or at least it would have been purely theoretical.

There probably was a telephone somewhere in her house in Kano, but the chances of it working were so slim that I had never bothered writing the number down.

Nigeria in those days was a country almost entirely without working telephones, a communications black hole.

A nightly pre-booked call to London came through only twice in six weeks.

My reports on the elections had to be sent by telex, and read aloud by a colleague in London. I spent an awful lot of my time in the Breadfruit Street telex office.

'Gobbledygook'

Breadfruit Street was in the old part of Lagos island.

One day on my way to the telex office I was swept aside by a group of men in white Ku Klux Klan style hoods, with buckets on their heads. Night soil men still emptied the latrines of the capital.

The telex office was cramped and noisy. I sat there in the afternoons, as a generator throbbed outside the window and the sweat trickled down the backs of my knees, banging out my reports on a blind punch.

This produced a ribbon of punched paper tape. Unless you could read holes you had no idea what you were typing.

One false move with the shift key and you produced a string of gobbledygook.

On the day the election result was announced I stormed into the telex office to find two oil company staff ahead of me in the queue. Their office lines were down and they each had two carrier bags full of punched tape to send.

I made them an offer. If I told them the name of their new president, would they let me jump the queue and send a quick newsflash to London?

The deal was done, the message was sent, and then it was back to the punch, to bang out the details.

Costly conversations

I went back to Breadfruit Street, but the telex office had vanished.

No-one I asked even knew what a telex office was. Many of them had shiny new cell phones pressed to their ears. After years of struggling with their moribund telephone system Nigerians are still entranced by their mobiles.

Everyone seems to have a mobile phone. Many have two or three, each tuned to a different network.

It must be swallowing huge amounts of their disposable income, because even making brief business calls I used up $10 (£7) worth of credit every couple of days. And all around me Nigerians were engaged in long and animated conversations.

But their money is at least supporting a whole new sector of employment.

Telephone entrepreneurs


In any big town you just have to look around and there will be a boy within hailing distance ready to sell you a top-up card.

Girls are less likely to be scampering about in traffic jams with strings of cards. But give them a picnic table, a red, yellow or green umbrella, and a "make your calls here" sign, and they are set up in the telecommunications business.

The mobile phone companies have done more to tackle youth unemployment than any government project.

Being able to make phone calls has transformed working life in Nigeria.

I am used to thinking of it as a place where getting one thing done a day is an achievement. On my last trip I allowed so much time that I finished three days early.

And it is the mobile phones which have finally banished the traffic jams.

In the days when you could not call anyone, you just had to get on the road and go to their office.

After two hours stuck in the traffic the chances were that you would find the office empty. They were in another jam somewhere, going to see someone else.

But for a journalist it was not all bad.

Nigerians are very polite, and when you finally turned up on their doorstep, hot and bothered and unannounced, they could hardly refuse to see you.

Now you have to call ahead and give them the chance to say no.

Quick communications

And for better or for worse, news travels faster.

In the past, details of a religious riot in the far north might take days to reach the south of the country.

It would only be when the bodies finally started arriving in their home towns that the tit-for-tat killings would begin.

At least that gave the authorities some time to prepare. But now, however hard they try to sit on the news, the cell phones start buzzing immediately.

For a visiting journalist, life is certainly easier, but I did get the odd flashback, especially when trying to get into my e-mail.

Thanks to an oppressive military government which restricted development of the internet, Nigeria still lags behind other countries in the region.

The aspiration is certainly there. Internet cafes are sprouting like mushrooms, every one promising a fast broadband line. And perhaps their claims are true, but you are sharing that one line with a packed roomful of fellow surfers.

I sat there waiting for the e-mail to open, the generator was throbbing outside the window and the sweat was trickling down the back of my knees.

And I never found my friend from Kano.

Dada, if you hear this, brave the rigours of the internet cafe, and send me an e-mail.

source= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4816860.stm

click here for the right link http://www.softpedia.com

there is no way to get it back from waec website, they have close the server,
I would advice you to check your question if you might right it down there

Well, hard work matters alot, i mean it will help u in the future.

Again when it comes external exam like WAEC, NECO and 'JAMB' especially you have to shine your eyes well well

@Bisiriyu location matter if you want to write examination in certain state of Nigerian,
In the state i am now, there is one city called warri. we have very good teacher, anything about education the school here have all.
but one thing that supprise me most, ever since i have access to the internet, which give me the previlage to be checking result of candidate who wrote WAEC GCE.
all the result i had checked, the student were blessed with F9, E8, P7 and very very few C5 & C6 if i would used that adjective to qualify it. but for those that have good result, i get to knew that warri is not their center.
if you write jamb in warri, it is either your result is withheld, or with score a low mark

See i am a victim of a candidate who sat twice in WAEC, i never did runs, i really work hard, but at the end of it waec decide to give me P in my maths and english, i have never experience failure in my school life not till that day.

But when i traveled to my village to write that same exam, with low preparation, because i do not have that same zeleous in the first place. behold i came out with enough Bs and Cs (mind you, i do not participate in runs)

do not let them deceive you, place matter alot, in where i stay (delta state) i know the place you write and pass and also where you write and swear to God that this result does it belong to me

Sibli is just lucky that he is not a victim, if not, he would have knew how to talk to you, i mean address you.

i will check this topic later 4 more update

Which part of london do you snap that picture?

will it be possible to save flash game from a website into one system, just like the way image files, and some other files e.g pdf file, doc.file ppt.file e.t.c are being save or copy from a website

Really dying to know if it will be possible
If yes, please tell me the procedure to go doing it

can you send that car to me online, so that i can suck only the fuel in it

[flash=550,550]http://img.livingwithstyle.com/games/duckhunt.swf[/flash]

Game Lovers: post what you like about this old school Game "Duck Hunt"