ASSIGNMENT 1 - POSTCARD

Assignment 1 was done. Here I will show the steps in making the postcard.

Step 1

From the several pictures, I decided to choose Malaysian flag to be as the main picture in this postcard.

Step 2

Open another picture which is film roll and drag it into the middle main picture.

Step 3

Open KLCC picture and press ctrl A at the KLCC picture
It is used to drag KLCC picture into the main picture

Step 4

Locate the picture into the film roll by pressing Ctrl and click the cursor at each edges of the box to make it move flexibly.

Step 5

Open fruits picture and crop it to make the size fit.
Same step as above to locate the pictures into the film roll.

Step 6

Open Putrajaya picture and resize the picture to make it small, so that it will be easy to drag into the main picture. Same step as above to locate the pictures into the film roll.

Step 7

Open people picture
Drag the picture people into background and applied Gaussian Blur for each of the picture in the film roll.

Step 8

Open hibiscus picture

Using Magnetic Lasso Tool to select the flowers only and drag it into the background

Duplicate the flowers and locate them at the top and bottom as shown below

Step 9

Select both flower and applied Brush Strokes -> Crosshatches

This effect will make the flowers more shining.

Step 10

Select Horizontal Type Tool and type the theme for the postcard which is 'Malaysian Truly Asia'
The font used is John Handy LET and the size is 55pt
Put color for each word.

Step 11

Choose Warp Text for the each word and select Flag style
Adjust the Bend and Horizontal Distortion amount to give the shape for the text.

Step 12

To give some impact on the word, choose Layer Style and click on the Drop Shadow and Outer Glow

Step 13

After finish adjusting the word, make the frame for the postcard.

Create new layer which is Layer 1 and Layer 2.

Use the black paint to paste the surface.

Pick the Selection Tools and choose the area for the frame.

THE RESULT