PENCIL SKETCH EFFECT FROM ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS3

Dear friends here I give you a simple tutorial to make a pencil sketch effect of a photograph by using Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Step -1: Here I want to make a pencil sketch of the photo of Natalie Portman.

Step -2: Click Open or Ctrl +O

Step -3: Now a popup window opens for photos. Select the photo you wish to make the pencil sketch. Click “Open”.

The image will see in the Photoshop.

Step-4: Now Go to > Layer > New > Layer via copy (duplicate) or Ctrl + J

Step – 5: Go to > Image > Adjustment > Desaturate or Ctrl + Shift + U

The image looks like this:

Step-6: Again Go to > Layer > New > Layer via copy (duplicate) or Ctrl + J

Step-7: Go to Image > Adjustments > Invert or Ctrl + I

Step-8: Go to Normal > Colour Dodge

The image becomes:

Step 9: Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur

Step 10: A new popup window opens and adjust the radius 5 – 6 pixel or according to your requirement.

Step 11: Save the photo.

The final pencil sketch is ready now.

Please visit Chan Mya soe Blog for original work here.

Smoke Rings

Have you ever seen someone make smoke rings? They have the scientific name vortices and are related to other vortices like the whirl pool in your tub or sink and even tornados. They look neat and they have some very interesting scientific properties, but science smoking is very bad for you, it seems impossible to make them. Here’s a way to make smoke rings without smoking.

Take a cardboard box (a shoe box work well) that is open on one side only. Cover the open side with some plastic wrap (like saran wrap) and tape it on well. On the opposite side of the box cut a round hole 3 or 4 inches across. You now have smoke ring maker so it’s time to load it with smoke. This part can be dangerous so please ask an adult to help. There are many ways to get smoke into your smoke ring maker; you can put a piece of dry ice into the machine (don’t touch dry ice with your skin, it is very, very cold), you can use some baby powder, if it is fine enough, or you can use smoke (but be careful that you don’t light your box on fire). You don’t need much smoke to make many rings.

Once your machine is loaded you are ready to start experimenting. To make a smoke ring, just tap the plastic covered side. What happens when your smoke rings hit something like a stick? Try making two smoke ring machines and then try sending the rings at each other. What happens when two smoke rings collide? (It’s hard to make them collide so you may have to work as it for a while). Try different methods for making the rings easier to see (like shining a flash of light on them).

Flame Grill chicken – A recipe from El Pollo Loco

By being experimental, I mean, that with access to international ingredients, we are now able to devise unique ways to cook – like you can have flame-grilled chicken like El Pollo Loco. We will have more opportunity to try for El Pollo Loco’s chicken recipe. It is interesting to find that many people are trying out their own different chicken recipe. But, I guess El Pollo Loco is the best!fresh chicken

Mathematics As a Career

Mathematics is among the most fascinating of all intellectual disciplines, the purest of all art forms, and the most challenging of games. The study of mathematics is not only exciting, but important mathematicians have an opportunity to make a lasting contribution to society by helping to solve problems in such diverse fields as medicine, management, economics, government, computer science, physics, psychology, engineering and social science.

Here I try to give you a flavor of some of the areas of mathematics in which there are many opportunities. At the end I provide a brief “road map” of mathematics.

A bachelor’s degree in mathematics will prepare you for fascinating jobs in statistics, actuarial sciences, mathematical modeling, and cryptography; for teaching; as well as for graduate school leading to a research career in mathematics or statics. A strong background in mathematics is also necessary for research in many areas of computer science, social science, and engineering.

· Mathematics is often done in conjunction with another field; biology, physics, economics, or a host of others.

· Mathematical modeling (explained below) is used to solve real problems in a variety of fields.

· Statistics is a growing field, particularly in those fields dealing with human behavior.

· Many topics in “pure math” have important applications in computer science.

· There is a national shortage of teachers in all the mathematical science (pure math, applied math, statics, and computer science)at all levels, so any of these fields goes well with teaching and/or research.

· Mathematics is a field with a surprising variety of specialties which have different “feels” to them. You probably won’t like all of them equally, any more than most musicians feel the same about rock and classical music, or most English majors like all authors and periods equally. So if you come across a math course that isn’t your favorite, but there are others that you really like, it just means that you are getting to know math better and your taste is becoming more refined.