Saturday, October 15, 2011

Safari in Egypt رحلات السفارى فى مصر

Recently, the meaning of the word Safari was extended to include tours and excursions away from the wildlife of the desert.

The Safari through the desert in Egypt is the best opportunity to feel the spirit of adventure.This wilderness adventure filled with exotic natural scenes.
Egypt is one of the most famous places in the Safari, where you can enjoy peace and tranquility, and experience  the natural life of the desert. .




The best places to Safari in Egypt : 


Every city in Egypt has its own cultural character. The pyramids of Giza, Cairo, museums, palaces and mosques delightful that you will leave indelible memories! Finally a trip to Egypt would not be complete without a cruise on the small King rivers.


The desert of western Egypt : is a unique and wonderful place to enjoy the safari in Egypt, due to make existing beach, in addition to the great history of the GM II  you can see the great Sea Arenal where everything was buried by the army of Cambyses the strong sand storm.

  Sinai :  You can visit the Monastery of Santa Catalina by Jeep, climb the Mountain of Moses or do a walk through the camel in the desert.  The Sinai desert has a unique landscape and nature is fascinating!
Sinai Peninsula read more 

Hurghada : is one of the ideal places for safari because of its proximity to the desert, their colorful mountains and canyons.   Hurghada read more

Sakkara : You can see stepped pyramid built for King Zoser (c. 2650 BC) you can read more

Djoser and The Step Pyramid [ Photoshop Auto - Blend]
 you can visit the Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Berbara. The hanging Church, We will also visit the old Jewish Ben Ezra Synagogue.
El Fayoum Oasis : to the Ptolemaic ruins in Kom Oshim . visit the Temple Quasar El Sagha. We then enjoy the Pharonic sunset overlooking the vast expanse of Lake Qaroon.

The grand Sahara :

Siwa Oasis : visit Dead Mountain,  Siwa House Museum & the Old Fortress of Shali, then the  Oracle Temple where you will see the coronation hall of  Alexander the Great, and then the ruins of Amoun Temple.
 Have a swim in Cleopatra Pool, then Dakrour Mountain (famous for its hot sand, the best place ever for sand bath, used as an effective natural cure for rheumatism, rheumatoid…etc),
By car go to lakes of Bir Wahed (or Well No. 1) to  swim in salt & fresh water. Then the Hot Spring (37 C), stop to collect shells from the Fossils Mountain. Then enjoy watching the sunset from the highest place around Siwa, having dinner around the fire. Sleep overnight in the desert covered by the stars.Overnight Camping.


El Bahariya Oasis : (385km) from Cairo about 4 hours . There you can visit the temple of Alexander the great, tombs of the nobles and the English mountain. Join a camel caravan . Enjoy a bathe in the hot water of the spring.Stop at the Black and Crystal Mountain.Then watch the sunset at the white desert.visit the antiquities of EL Bahariya Oasis, Greek Roman mummies at the antiquities office, Greek Roman cemetery from valley of mummies temple of Alexander the Great, Pharonic Temple “Ain El Maftella” (26th Dynasty), Pharonic Thumb “Banatiu” (26th Dynasty).

Farafra : is the second biggest depression by size located in Western Egypt and the smallest by population, You can visit the White Desert (known as Sahara el Beyda, with the word sahara meaning a desert)

Heart of Sinai :  fisherman’s city of Abou Zeniema,to the area of Sarabit El Khadem. We pass by ancient mining cites, colorful mountains and heaps of sand to finally reach the mountain of Sarabit. We park our cars and start our climb to thesummit of the mountain to reach the ancient Egyptian temple of Hathor, we tour the Temple and later on visit the ancient Turquoise Mines. Upon our decent we reach the site of our Bedouin camp (area of Sarabit El Khadem)
 start crossing through the heart of  Sinai to reach The Forest of Pillarsoasis of Wadi Firan, we visit the Monastery of Nuns and proceed to St. Catherine
start our trip to Mount Moses, reaching the area, we start our climb of the 2285 m high mountain. We enjoy the sunrise from one of the highest summits of Sinai. Upon our decent we visit St. Catherine’s Monastery, head towards Nuweiba coastal village passing by Wadi Ghazala.
Driving in Wadi watir takes us to the colored canyon,

I HOPE YOU WILL VISIT EGYPT SOON .
Thanks
MR



تعتبر رحلات السفارى مغامرة وتجربه جديده لمن اراد الهدوء والحياة الطبيعية في الصحراء.

ماذا تعنى كلمة سفارى
قديما كانت تعنى الرحلات و الجولات الصحراويه
مؤخرا، تم التوسيع فى معنى كلمة سفارى لتشمل رحلات السفاري جولات ورحلات بعيدا عن الحياة البرية في الصحراء
رحلات السفاري عبر الصحراء في مصر هى أفضل فرصة للشعور بروح المغامرة
فالمغامرات البرية دائما ما تكون مليئة بالمشاهد الطبيعية الغريبة و خاصة فى مصر
تعتبر مصر واحدة من الأماكن الأكثر شهرة في رحلات السفاري، حيث يمكنك التمتع بالسلام والطمأنينة و الهدوء

أفضل الأماكن لرحلات السفاري في مصر هو صحراء مصر الغربية إنه مكان فريد ورائع للاستمتاع برحلات السفاري في مصر

و يمكنك مشاهدة بحر الرمال الأعظم حيث تم دفنكل شيء من قبل جيش قمبيز فيعاصفة رملية قوية

هل قمت بزيارة الصحراء الغربيه و الواحات الداخله و الخارجه و الفرافره ؟هل زرت الفيوم و بحيرة قارون و السبع سواقى ؟ 
هل قمت بزيارة سيناء و الكنيسه المعلقه و الجبال الملونه ؟
هل زرت الجوامع و المتاحف ؟
ادعوكم لزيارة مصر سوف تستمتعون بهذه الزياره.

شكرا لكم

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

What Do You Want To Read About ?

What Do You Want To Read About ?
Please write for me ,so I will try my best to search and write it for you to read.
Any request or question in  Photoshop or Illustrator.

Thanks For Your Help,
MR


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

How To Remove The Red Eye Effect From A Photo With Photoshop?كيفية إزالة تأثير العين الحمراء من الصور بالفوتوشوب؟


What is the red-eye effect ?
The red-eye effect in photography is the common appearance of red pupils in color photographs of eyes. It occurs when using a photographic flash very close to the camera lens (as with most compact cameras), in ambient low light. The effect appears in the eyes of humans and animals.
The red-eye effect can also be seen when one human observes another when there is a bright light source nearby.




Causes 
Because the light of the flash occurs too fast for the pupil to close, much of the very bright light from the flash passes into the eye through the pupil, reflects off the fundus at the back of the eyeball and out through the pupil. The camera records this reflected light, more simply the light of the flash is reflecting from the retina, which is covered with tiny blood vessels.


The more open the pupils are[ If you use a flash in a dark environment ], the more red eye effect you get in your photos. Red eye is more pronounced in people with light eye color. It is also more pronounced in people with blond or light-red hair and in children.




Red eye is caused by a reflection of the camera flash in the subject’s retina. You’ll see it more often when taking pictures in a darkened room because the subject’s iris is wide open. To avoid red eye, use the camera’s red eye reduction feature. Or, better yet, use a separate flash unit that you can mount on the camera farther away from the camera’s lens.






After Photoshop manipulation 






Tips to reduce red eye effect [ before and


 during taking the picture]

  • Use the red-eye reduction capabilities built into many modern cameras.
  • Increase the lighting in the room so that the subject's pupils are more constricted.
  • Placing the flash away from the camera's optical axis ensures that the light from the flash hits the eye at an oblique angle.
  • If possible, avoid taking flash photos in a dark environment. 
  • Soften the light.
  • Take more than one picture.
  •  Use image-editing software, like Photoshop.  


HOW TO REMOVE THE RED EYE EFFECT WITH PHOTOSHOP .



The Red Eye tool removes red eye in flash photos of people or animals.
  1. Select the Red Eye tool . (The Red Eye tool is in the same group as the Spot Healing Brush tool . Hold down a tool to display additional tools in the group.)
  2. Click in the red eye. If you are not satisfied with the result, undo the correction, set one or more of the following options in the options bar, and click the red eye again:
    Pupil Size
     
    Increases or decreases the area affected by the Red Eye tool( brush size ).
    Darken Amount
     
    Sets the darkness of the correction ,in the Option Tool Bar.










ما هو تأثير العين الحمراء؟
 العين الحمراء هو مظهر شائع فى الصور الفوتوغرافيه  الملونه حيث يظهر انسان العين(الحدقه)  باللون الأحمر كما فى الصوره و يحدث عند استخدام فلاش التصوير الفوتوغرافي قريب  جدا من عدسة الكاميرا بينما يكون الضوء المحيط منخفض
يظهر تأثير في عيون الإنسان والحيوان  
ويمكن أيضا أن يظهر تأثير العين الحمراء عندما ينظر شخص فى عين الآخر عندما يكون هناك مصدر للضوء الساطع في مكان قريب

سبب ظهوره
لأن ضوء الفلاش يحدث بسرعة كبيرة للغاية قبل ان يضيق إنسان العين(الحدقه) فيمر الكثير من الضوء الساطع جدا من الفلاش  الى العين فيعكس قاع العين في الجزء الخلفي من مقلة العين و شبكيه العين و ما تحويه من اوعيه دمويه تعكس اللون الأحمر 
و لهذا كلما اشتدت ظلمه المكان زاد إتسعاع الحدقه و زاد ظهور تأثير العين الحمراء فى الصوره
و هذا التأثير أكثر وضوحا في الأشخاص ذوي العيون الفاتحه اللون وكذلك مع الأشخاص ذوى الشعر الأشقر أو الأحمر والأطفال

نصائح لتقليل تأثير العين الحمراء فى الصور قبل و اثناء التصوير
 استخدام إمكانيات الحد من تأثير العين الحمراء في الكاميرات الحديثة* 
* زيادة الإضاءة في الغرفة بحيث تكون حدقة العين اكثر انقباضا * 
* وضع فلاش بعيدا عن المحور الضوئى للكاميرا لكى نضمن أن الضوء الصادر من * 
الفلاش يضرب العين بزاوية مائلة
* إذا كان ذلك ممكنا، تجنب التقاط الصور الفلاش في بيئة مظلمة إذا كانت هناك ضروره *
 استخدم ضوء خافت *
 التقت أكثر من صورة *
* و اخيرا اذا ظهرت العين الحمراء استخدام برامج تحرير الصور مثل فوتوشوب * 

كيفية إزالة تأثير العين الحمراء بإستخدام الفوتوشوب 



الصوره بعد اصلاحها بالفوتوشوب 

Red Eye tool  استخدم اداة إزاله العين الحمراء *

Pupil Size اضبط حجم رأس المؤشر لتساوى حجم الحدقه من   *

 the option tool bar  كما فى الرسم من Darken Amount اضبط درجه اللون *

  Darken Amountلاحظ انك تختار درجة اللون من 


  ضع المؤشر فى منتصف الحدقه بالضيط إضغط مره واحده انتهى الأمر*

بهذه البساطه 

شكرا لكم 

Tips for How To Choose Photos For Making A Composite Image With Photoshop[ Blending images with Photoshop] كيف تختار الصور الصالحه للمزج لتكوين صوره مجمعه واحده بالفوتوشوب؟

You may need to add someone or something to your picture to feel that the picture is complete ,or to make a funny ,or imaginary photo like our photo here , so you need to make a composite image .




A composite image is a single image that put together in Photoshop from parts of multiple  photographs .
You should choose photos to go together ,to be matching together as you choose them from your photo collection.The photos should match in tones ,color and sharpness .

The general guide lines and, most important points are

 LIGHTING
If you can take them in studio and adjust light, it will be good.
In the natural light you should fallow that tips.
  1. Time of the day .Try to shoot at about the same time of the day .
  2. Weather conditions to be similar 
  3.  Take care of the direction of light and shadows ,so that the shadows in the photos match  .

COMPOSITION
  1. Perspective , the photos should be taken from a similar angle , from up down or right left .
  2. Orientation should be similar , both photos should be horizontal or both photos should be vertical .It will faster and less effort and more easy . 
  3. Size should be matching also ,but we can adjust the size with Photoshop.

CONTENT
  1. Avoid busy backgrounds .
  2. Better to have empty space around the part of the picture you like to blend .
Thanks for your reading .I hope it was useful .I will continue the story please follow me.
    MR


    قد تحتاج فى يوم ما إلى إضافه شخص او شئ ما إلى صوره فى مناسبه معينه حتى تشعر أن هذه الصوره مكتمله أو ربما تريد اضافه تأثير خيالى أو مضحك للصوره و تستطيع ان تقوم بهذا الفعل بنفسك بإستعمال الفوتوشوب عن طريق عمل صوره مجمعه او مركبه 

    الصوره المجمعه أو المركبه 
    هى صوره مركبه من عدة صور أو أجزاء من الصور بشكل متجانس و لكى نحصل على نتيجه مرضيه يجب ان تكون الصور متشابهه فى اللون و درجه وضوح وحدة الصور

    النقاط يجب علينا مراعاتها    
    اولا :الإضاءه 
    لوكانت الصور قد اخذت فى استوديو التصوير تكون اسهل لتشابه الإضاءه اما فى حاله الصور المعتاده التى تؤخذ فى العاده على مدار اليوم يجب مراعاة الآتى
     وقت الصوره اى الصباح او المساء أو الغروب مثلاحاول ان تكون الصور فى اوقات متشابهه *
     حاول ان يكون مناخ و طقس الصور متشابه مثل المطر مثلا*
     يجب ان يكون اتجاه الإضاءه و الظل متشابه  حتى يتجانس الظلين معا *

    ثانيا :تركيب الصور 
     المنظور أى الإتجاه وزاويه التصوير يجب أن تكون متقاربه مثلا من أسفل إلى اعلى أو العكس أو من اليمين لليسار أو العكس*
     إتجاه الصوره اى الصور الطوليه أو العرضيه من الأفضل أن تكون الصورتين متماثلتين اسهل و أفضل *
     حجم الصوره يجب أن يكون متماثل ايضا و لكن يمكن ضبط الجحم ب التكبير أو التصغيير بالفوتوشوب*

     محتوى الصوره و وضمونها *
    حاول إختيار الخلفيه المتشابهه او مراعاة الآتى 
    تجنب الخلفيه المزدحمه و إختر خلفيه بسيطه غير معقده 
    من الأفضل ان يكون هناك مسافه فارغه حول الجزء المراد اخذه من الصوره  حتى نستطيع فصله بسهوله و دقه 

    ارجو ان تكون هذه النقاط مفيده فى اختيار الصور لديكم و سوف اكمل الموضوع تابعونى

    شكرا لكم 

    Wednesday, September 07, 2011

    How To Add A Mirror Image Effect To Your Photos ?كيف تضيف تأثير الإنعكاس فى المرآه الى الصور

    It is very easy to apply the mirror image effect to your photos.

    That is the original photo of that black bird .






    That is the Photoshop manipulated photo of the same black bird.
    How to do it ?

    1. Open the photo in Photoshop .
    2. Open new document with the same width and double the height.
    3. Place the picture in the new document in the upper part of the new document [ File menu -Place].
    4. Duplicate the layer of the picture  [ right click the layer then select Duplicate Layer].
    5. Select the new layer and apply transform [ Edit menu- Transform - Flip vertically].Now the photo will flip vertically meaning upside down .
    6. Adjust the edges of the two photos together .
    7. Add new layer above the layer copy [ the layer of the layer down], Reset the foreground and background colors to the default black and white colors then add Gradient to it with the Gradient Tool . In the Option Tool Bar Select linear gradient ,and the second square,with black and white with transparent background .
    8. Save you work.  
    من السهل جدا إضافه هذا التأثير و كأن الصوره معكوسه فى المرآه او أن الشئ موضوع 
    على سطح عاكس


    نرى الصوره الأولى صورة الطائر اما الصوره الثانيه فيه انعكاس الطائر على سطح عاكس
     -طريقة تنفيذ الصوره بالفوتوشوب-الإنعكاس الطولى مثل الصوره الموجوده 

    اولا نفتح الصوره فى الفوتوشوب
    ثانيا نفتح ملف جديد بنفس العرض و ضعف الطول
    ثالثا نضيف طبقه جديده ونضع صوره الطائرفى النصف العلوى  منها 
    Duplicate Layer رابعا : ننسخ الطبقه عن طريق النقر بالزر الايمن على الطبقه و نختار  
    Flip VerticallyثمTransformاخترEdit خامسا :نقوم بقلب الصوره بحيث تكون رأس الطائر لأسفل من 
    سادسا : اضبط القاعدتين معا كما فى الصوره

     سابعا أضف طبقه جديده فوق طبقه الطائر المنسوخ ثم اضف تدرج لونى ابيض و اسود على خلفيه شفافه  و ذلك  
    Gradient Toolبإختيار اداة التدرج اللونى
     ثم اختر تدرج خطى و ضع لونين المقدمه و الخلفيه للأبيض و الاسود اللونين الإفتراضيين كما فى الصوره
    ارسم التدرج بحيث يكون الأسود فى اسفل الصوره 
    احفظ الصوره  

      Saturday, August 27, 2011

      Thanks for all the readers ,and Sorry for being less active

      Thanks for all the readers special those how left a comment for me .
      Thanks a lot for the nice comments hoping that I am doing something characteristic and serious.
      Sorry for being less active these days cause I am preparing for the marriage of my daughter.
      It took a lot of time, effort, and money also . You know the preparation of the new house ,buying the furniture ,and the preparation of the party .

      If you have any request for a special topic you want to read about it please write a comment and I will work for it after the marrige as fast as possible. I will be free after September 16 .

      Thanks

      شكرى و تقديرى لجميع القراء و المشاهدين 
      و اعتذر لكم عن تأخرى هذه الأيام فى كتابه المقالات او شرح الفوتوشوب 
      وذلك بسبب زواج ابنتى و انتم طبعا تعرفون كم يتكلف من وقت و جهد 
      فى الإعداد 
      سوف انتهى منه إن شاء الله يوم 17 سبتمبر 
      فى هذه المده سوف اعمل لكم و لكن بشكل غير مكثف 


      e-mailرجاء لكم لمن لديه اى مقترح او استفسار عن شئ فى الفوتوشوب ترك تعليق او 



      كل عام و انتم بخير رمضان كريم و عيد فطر سعيد 

      Sunday, August 14, 2011

      Menes The Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh مينا موحد القطرين ... مع درس فوتوشوب

       تاريخ الملك العظيم مينا موحد القطرين مع درس فى الفوتو شوب

      The history of Menes with a Photoshop lesson

      The original picture of Menes 










      The Photoshop manipulated picture 

      King Menes is traditionally believed to have begun Egyptian history.Ancient tradition ascribed to Menes the honour of having united Upper and Lower Egypt into in a single kingdom and becoming the first pharaoh of Dynasty I 

       Actually, Menes is the Greek form of the name provided by the third century BC Egyptian historian, Manetho.The name, Menes, means "He who endures" ,denoting a semi-legendary hero .

      Menes was the founding king of the 1st Dynasty, and was the first king to unify Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom. Ancient Egypt's most predominant form of civilization began with his crowning, and did not end permanently until the beginning of the  Roman era, which started with Augustus Caeser. Menes founded the city of Memphis, and chose as its location an island in the Nile, so that it would be easy to defend. He was also the founder of Crocodopolis. During his time, the Egyptian army performed raids against the Nubians in the south and expanded his sphere of influence as far as the First Cataract.

      However, his name does not appear on extant pieces of the Royal Annals (Cairo Stone and Palermo Stone), which is a now-fragmentary king's list that was carved onto a stela during the Fifth dynasty. He typically appears in later sources as the first human ruler of Egypt, directly inheriting the throne from the god Horus. He also appears in other, much later, king's lists, always as the first human pharaoh of Egypt. Menes also appears in demotic novels of the Graeco-Roman Period, demonstrating that, even that late, he was regarded as important figure.

      Who is Menes ?
      Menes and Narmer 
      The almost complete absence of any mention of Menes in the archaeological record, and the comparative wealth of evidence of Narmer, a protodynastic figure credited by posterity and in the archaeological record with a firm claim to the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, has given rise to a theory identifying Menes with Narmer.

      Aha (the pharaoh Hor-Aha)
      The relationship between Hor-Aha and Menes (as one person or as successive pharaohs) have arisen.

      The Palermo stone, inscribed on both sides of a black basalt slab, dates from the  Fifth Dynasty and records names of the kings of the 1-5th Dynasties. The first three dynasties consist almost exclusively of events that give the years their names.
      The King-list on this stone mentions several pre-dynastic kings as well as the name of Narmer, Menes, and Aha.

      Some states that "Menes is Narmer and the First Dynasty begins with him". However,some others states that it is "a fairly safe inference" that Menes was Hor-Aha.

      His Family :
      His chief wife was Queen Berenib, though she was not the mother of his heir, King Djer, and his mother was probably Neithotepe, if that lady was not also his wife. His death is a mystery, for, according to legend he was attacked by wild dogs and  Nile crocodiles in the  Faiyum . Aha's tomb resides at Saqqara, the famed necropolis of Memphis.


      Capital
      Manetho associates the city of Thinis with the first dynasties (Dynasty I and Dynasty II) and, in particular, Menes, a "Thinite" or native of Thinis. Herodotus contradicts Manetho in stating that Menes founded the city of Memphis as his capital after diverting the course of the River Nile through the construction of a dyke. Manetho ascribes the building of Memphis to Menes' son, Athothis, and calls no pharaohs earlier than Dynasty III "Memphite".


      His Death
      Menes, we are told ruled for about 62 years, led the army across the frontier and won great glory. He was killed by a crocodile.


      الملك مينا صاحب التاجين و موحد القطرين
      سمى هذا العصر بالعصر العتيق وهو يشمل الأسرتين الأولى والثانية من تاريخ مصر القديم 
      الملك مينا موحد القطرين فرعون من الأسرة المصرية الأولى مدينة طيبة (الأقصر
       حاليا)، استطاع أن يوحد القطرين(المملكتين الشمال والجنوب) حوالي عام 3200 ق.م ولقب لهذا الفضل العظيم بعدة ألقاب مثل ملك الأرضين، صاحب التاجين، نسر الجنوب، ثعبان الشمال
       أصبح الملك "مينا" مؤسس أول أسرة حاكمة فى تاريخ مصر الفرعونية، بل فى تاريخ العالم كله، ولبس التاج المزدوج لمملكتي الشمال والجنوب

      أصل اسم مينا
      يذكر اسم مينا في بعض الكتابات المصرية القديمة باسم (ميني)، ومن ثم حرف المصريون الاسم إلى مينا و كلمة (ميني) تعنى باللغة المصرية القديمة "يؤسس" أو "يشيد"، فكأن المصريين أرادوا أن يبجلوا عمله في اسمه  وبعض المؤرخين يؤكدون أن (ميني) فعل أو لقب وليس اسما. أما في اللغه القبطية(المصرية القديمه) فاسم مينا له مرادفات كثيرة منها  ثابت أو راسخ أو مكين أو دائم أو باق


       انشاء قلعة الجدار الأبيض و العاصمه الموحده
      أدرك الملك "مينا" ضرورة بناء مدينة متوسطة الموقع، يستطيع منها الإشراف على الوجهين القبلى والبحري، فقام بتأسيس مدينة جديدة على الشاطئ الغربي للنيل مكان قرية "ميت رهينة" الحالية بمحافظة الجيزة، وقد كانت في أول الأمر قلعة حربية محاطة بسور أبيض، أراد بها صاحبها أن يحصن ويحمى المملكة من غارات أصحاب الشمال، وكان "مينا" قد أسماها "نفر" أى الميناء الجميل، وفيما بعد سميت باسم "ممفيس" عصراليونان، ثم اطلق عليها العرب "منف" عند فتح مصر، وقد أصبحت مدينة "منف" عاصمة لمصر كلها فى عهد الدولة القديمة حتى نهاية الأسرة السادسة


      لوحة نارمر
      تم تسجيل انتصارات الملك مينا على مملكة الشمال وتوحيده البلاد على هذه اللوحه   ويرجح المؤرخون أن نارمر هو مينا

      How to manipulate the picture ?

      Saturday, August 13, 2011

      How to create your own icon with Photoshopكيف تصمم رمزك على الفيس بوك

      It is so easy to create your own icon to use in many places like facebook and any other place there are two ways to do that .

      The First Method , with the use of the Actions Panel :
      Open new document in Photoshop [ if you like the icon for facebook so make it 300 x 300 dimensions ]
      1 - Open the Action Panel from the Window . From the menu of the panel select Textures , it will open the menu . select the one you like and click play , it will play the action until it will become stable . If you do not like just delete the layer .
      2 - Now you can add Style to the action if you like.
       Open the Style Panel ,from the Window Menu .
      Apply the style you like by just clicking it , if you do not like just do undo [ Ctrl + Z] .If you do not like any style do not apply it .
      3 - Now you can type what you like , with the type tool and apply layer style from the fx button in the menu panel .
      4 - You can also add shape to the icon .Use the Custom Shape Tool ,and add the shape you like with your favorite color and style from the option menu of the tool.
      5 - Save your work as usual .




      The Second Method , with the use of styles .
      Open new document .
      1 - With the Paint Bucket Tool add the color to the background .
      2 - Apply the style you like .
      3 - Continue applying shape and type as above

      Please watch the video , I hope it will be useful  







      هذه هى بعض التصميمات بالأسماء و الرموز وطريقه تصميمها سهله و لكنها بحاجه الى وعى بالألوان  و تنسيقها وسوف تشعر بالسعاده عندما تصمم بنفسك رمزك الخاص بك و بذوقك 

      وهذه هى الطريقه  
      اولا
      افتح مستند جديد فى الفوتوشوب بأبعاد 300 فى 300
      ثانيا 
      Actions Panelحتى تفتح Actionsاختر Window من قائمه 
      ثالثا
      Texturesمن القائمه اعلى اليمين كما فى الفيديو اختر 
      اختر من القائمه ما يناسبك لعمل خلفيه للصوره

      يتم الإجراءPlayاضغط المثلث الأسود الصغير
      اذا لم يعجبك فقط احذف الطبقه من قائمة الطبقات


      رابعا
      Styleيمكنك تغيير الخلفيه او اضافه لون لها من قائمة
       اختر ما تريد او بدون Styles Panelلفتح Stylesاختر Window من
      تستطيع الآن كتابه الإسم و تعديله و اضافه شكل كذلك للرمز كما فى الفيديوالمفصل 

      ملاحظه هامه
      و استبدالها بالطريقه التاليهActions يمكنك الإستغناء عن الخطوه الأولى
      بعد اختيار اللون المناسب Paint Bucket Toolاضافه لون للخلفيه الشفافه بإستعمال 
      Styles Panel المناسب من  Stylesثم اضف
      اكمل باقى الخطوات كالسابق 

      Styles panelغير موجوده فىActions Panelلاحظ ان الخلفيات الموجوده فى   




      Sunday, July 31, 2011

      Alexander the Great الإسكندر الأكبر

      Alexander III of Macedon ,The ancient king of Macedon.
      He was a king of Macedon , a state in the north eastern region of Greece, and by the age of thirty was the creator of one of the largest empires in ancient history, stretching from the Ionian sea[ is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea.] to the Himalaya [ or Himalaya Mountains is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.].
      He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of the most successful commanders of all time.He was tutored by the famed philosopher Aristotle.
      In 336 BC he succeeded his father Philip II of Macedon to the throne after Philip was assassinated [ killed ]. Philip had brought most of the city-states of mainland Greece under Macedonian hegemony, using both military and diplomatic means. Alexander inherited a strong kingdom and an experienced army.

      His birth and childhood :
      Alexander was born July 356 BC,in Pella, the capital of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon. He was the son of Philip II, the King of Macedon. His mother was Philip's fourth wife Olympias[the principal wife], the daughter of Neoptolemus I, the king of Epirus .

      On the day that Alexander was born: 
      Philip ( his father) had won the war against the combined Illyrian and Paeonian armies, and that his horses had won at the Olympic Games. It was also said that on this day, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus—one of the Seven Wonders of the World—burnt down, leading Hegesias of Magnesia to say that it burnt down because Artemis was attending the birth of Alexander.

      Alexander the Great's horse [ Bucephalus ]
      It mean  "ox-head"
      It is one of the most famous actual horses of antiquity.Bucephalus died after the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326[ due to old age , he was already thirty] BC, in what is now modern Pakistan, and is buried Pakistan.
      The story of the horse started when Alexander was ten years old a horse trader from brought Philip a horse The horse refused to be mounted by anyone, and Philip ordered it to be taken away.Alexander, detected the horse's fear of his own shadow and asked for a turn to tame the horse, which he eventually managed.Philip, overjoyed at this display of courage and ambition, kissed him tearfully, declaring: "My boy, you must find a kingdom big enough for your ambitions. Macedon is too small for you", and bought the horse for him.


      His Education :
      When Alexander was thirteen years old, Philip began to search for a tutor .Many people were passed over,In the end, Philip offered the job to Aristotle, who accepted, and Philip provided the Temple of the Nymphs at Mieza as a classroom. In return for teaching Alexander, Philip agreed to rebuild Aristotle's hometown of Stageira . 


      Alexander in Egypt :
      He spent several months in Egypt as part of his on-going campaign against the mighty Persian  Empire of Darius III. After conquering Persia's naval bases all along the coastline of Asia Minor and Syria-Palestine, Alexander marched south into Egypt [ in an eccentric diversion]where he remained for some six months. Alexander's Egyptian sojourn was essential to his future plans. He needed a strong coastal base for both strategic and commercial purposes, from which he could not only communicate across the Mediterranean but which could also handle the highly lucrative sea-borne trade network he wanted to divert from Phoenicia   


      For almost 200 years Egypt had been occupied by Persia who had incorporated it into the growing empire, and assuming the Egyptian crown by right of conquest the Persian king had ruled in absentia through a satrap, exploiting its vast grain reserves and taxing its people.


      Alexander advanced on Egypt in later 332 BC, where he was regarded as a liberator[ liberate the Egyptians from Persia' occupation ].He was pronounced the new "master of the Universe" and son of the deity of Amun at the Oracle of Siwa Oasis in the Libyan desert,Alexander often referred to Zeus-Ammon as his true father, and subsequent currency depicted him adorned with ram horns as a symbol of his divinity.

      he was offered the double crown of the Two Lands. Anointed as pharaoh in Memphis on 14 November 332 bc, the culmination of his coronation was the climactic moment when the high priest named him 'son of the gods' according to traditions dating back almost 3,000 years. This title deeply affected him, and Olympias' references to him being the son of Zeus must have filled his mind; indeed, there were even scenes of the king of the gods Amun ('Zeus') impregnating selected queens with the heir to the throne! In a world where the gods were perceived as living entities and were considered a part of everyday life, Alexander must now have began to believe in his own divinity as a fact rather than a simple exercise of propaganda.

       Alexander left Egypt in the spring (mid-April) of 331 bc a changed man. Although he would never return alive to see the city he had founded, it would eventually be his final resting place when his embalmed body was returned there for burial only 10 years later.


      During his stay in Egypt, he founded Alexandria-by-Egypt, which would become the prosperous capital of the Ptolemaic Kingdom after his death.


      His Death :
      The story of Alexander's death is a bit mysterious .On either 10 or 11 June 323 BC, Alexander died in the  in Babylon at the age of 32 .
      14 days before his death, Alexander entertained his admiral Nearchus[ was one of the officers, in the army of Alexander] and spent the night and next day drinking with Medius of Larissa[ a friend of Alexander ].He developed a fever, which grew steadily worse, until he was unable to speak .
      Another story hat Alexander was struck down with pain after downing a large bowl of unmixed wine in honor of Hercules, and died after some agony.
      Another possible cause of Alexander's death is an overdose of medication containing hellebore, which is deadly in large doses

      Fate after death :
      Alexander's body was placed in a gold anthropoid sarcophagus, which was in turn placed in a second gold casket. Some said that the land where Alexander was laid to rest "would be happy and unvanquishable forever".
      At any rate, Ptolemy stole the funeral cortege, and took it to Memphis.His successor, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, transferred the sarcophagus to Alexandria, where it remained until at least Late Antiquity.Ptolemy IX Lathyros, one of the last successors of Ptolemy I, replaced Alexander's sarcophagus with a glass one so he could melt the original down for issues of his coinage. Pompey, Julius Caesar and Augustus all visited the tomb in Alexandria .


      Alexander wished to be remembered as a god by burial at Siwah, but this wish was not fulfilled. He may have been remembered as a great king of Macedon by burial at Aegae, but this possibility too was not realized. Though he was indeed buried at Alexandria, he did not become the legitimizing symbol the Ptolemies had hoped. Not truly god, not merely king, refusal in death to become another’s icon, it seems the memory of Alexander as traced through his physical remains is as ancient and distant to us as the body itself.


      I had tried to make the story as short as possible so you will not got tired of reading it .
      Sorry also for not including Photoshop lesson today cause the post will be so long .
      Thanks 

      الإسكندر الأكبر أو الإسكندر المقدونى
      كان ملك مقدونيا  وهى مقاطعه تقع فى شمال شرق اليونان
       قبل سن الثلاثين استطاع تكوين أكبر الامبراطوريات في التاريخ القديم و التى تمتد من البحر الأيوني(فرع من البحر المتوسط ) حتى جبال الهيمالايا
      كان القائد الذى لا يقهر ويعتبر واحدا من القادة الأكثر نجاحا على الإطلاق 
      وقد درس على يد أرسطو الفيلسوف الشهير 
      في 336 قبل الميلاد خلف والده فيليب الثاني المقدوني الى العرش بعد اغتياله
      وحد فيليب قبل موته معظم دول المدينة اليونانية والبر الرئيسى تحت الهيمنة المقدونيةباستخدام كل الوسائل العسكرية والدبلوماسية 
      ورث الاسكندر مملكة قوية وجيشا ذو خبرة
      تلقى والده يوم مولده العديد من البشارات فقد انتصرت جيوشه فى احدى الموقع الهامه بينما فازت خيله في دورة الالعاب الاولمبية 


      حصان الإسكندر 
      وهو واحد من الخيول الفعلية الأكثر شهرة في العصور القديمة مات الحصان و دفن فى باكستان بسبب كبر سنه فقد بلغ ثلاثون عاما من العمر 
      لهذا الحصان قصه شهيره عندما اراد فيليب والد الإسكندر ان يشتريه ولم يستطيع احد ان يركبه ولكن الإسكندر عرف كيف يتعامل معه و كان عمره آنذاك عشره أعوام فداعبه أبوه قائلاً" يا بنى يجب أن تجد مملكة كبيرة بما يكفي لطموحاتك. مقدونيا صغير جدا بالنسبة لك " و قبله حانياً عليه و الدموع فى عينيه 


      الإسكندر فى مصر
      كانت رحلة الإسكندر ضروريه له لتأمين فتوحاته و كانت مصر تقع تحت اللإحتلال الفارسى 
      فلما هزم الإسكندر الفرس و دخل مصر شعر المصريون انه المحرر لهم من الإحتلال الفارسى و الذى دام 200 عاما 
      و نصبوه ابن الآلهه و البسوه التاج المزدوج  مما زاد من حب الاسكندر لمصر 
      و لكن اقامته بها لم تستمر الا ما يقرب من ستة اشهر و اكمل رحلته بعدها الى فارس 
      توفى الإسكندر فى بابل عن عمر يناهز 32 عاما ولم يثبت حتى الآن السبب الحقيقى لوفاته فقيل انه مات بالسم  او الحمى 
      اختلف على مكان دفنه فسرقه احد ملوك البطالمه بعده و دفنه فى الاسكندريه التى اسسها


      هذا ملخص بسيط لحياة هذا العملاق العظيم


      شكرا لمتابعتكم

      Thursday, July 28, 2011

      Adding Frame to Your Photos With Four Ways

      The original picture without frame



      THE FIRST WAY : BY ADDING CANVAS .Please read  Canvas 

      THE SECOND WAY : BY USING THE CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL.


      • Open the document [the picture ] in Photoshop .
      • Select the Custom Shape Tool .
      • In the option bar of the tool select the shape ,style and color .
      • Draw the frame around your picture 

      THE THIRD WAY : WITH THE USE OF THE ACTIONS PANEL.


      You can make a photo frame by increasing the canvas size and filling it with a color.
      You can also use one of the prerecorded actions to make a styled photo frame. It’s best to do this on a copy of your photo.
      1 - Open the Actions panel. Choose Window > Actions.
      2 - Choose Frames from the Actions panel menu.
      3 - Choose one of the frame actions from the list.
      4 - Click the Play Selection button.
      The action plays, creating the frame around your photo.


      THE FOURTH WAY : WITH THE USE OF THE BRUSH TOOL


      • Add a new layer ,then select the Brush Tool .
      • Select the shape you like from the menu and choose the size to be suitable for the thickness of the frame  and draw all around the picture .
      • In the layers panel select the layer style you like here I had used the Dissolve  
      THAT'S ALL CHOOSE WHAT YOU LIKE MORE AND SAVE YOUR WORK
      THANKS

      Monday, July 18, 2011

      Different ways to change the look of your pictures

      Did you got tired of the look of your photos ?
      Do you like to get different feeling when you look for it ?
      Lets try to do it now .

      Here is the original photo  


       ( 1 ) That is the look of drawing with colored pencil 


      ( 2 )Here we can find the black and white look.


      THE FIRST PHOTO 
      First of all open the picture in Photoshop .

      1. Duplicate the background layer [ Ctrl + J] 
      2. Go to Image menu and then Adjustments -Shadows/Highlights .Put Shadows to 100 and Highlights to 0 
      3. Go to Filter Menu - Stylize - Find Edges .
      4. Go to Edit Menu - Fade Find Edges .It will open Fade box put the Opacity to 100 and the Mode to Luminosity.
      5. That's all save your work.
      THE SECOND PHOTO
      1. Duplicate the background layer [ Ctrl + J] 
      2. Go to Image menu and then Adjustments -Desaturate the picture will go to black and white.
      3. Go to Filter Menu - Stylize - Find Edges .
      4. Go to Image menu and then Adjustments - Brightness /Contrast then put Brightness to -15 and contrast to 100.
      5. Go again to Filter -Sharpen - Sharpen More .
      Thanks

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