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Geokit issues

miligraf — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:40:55 +0000

Yesterday while debugging an issue on our main app, I discovered that Geocoder.ca always returned a successful response when geocoding a postal code (yes, we geocode with that only). The successful response came back only with longitude and latitude values, that means, that city, province and country was nil and saved like that on our database.

Geocoder.ca geocoding. url: http://geocoder.ca/?locate=M6K0A5&auth=XXX&standard=1&showpostal=1&geoit=xml&strict=1

Geocoder.ca geocoding. Address: M6K0A5. Result: < ?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ ?>

43.642313

-79.429571

M6K0A5

XXX

So, if you ware going to trust Geocoder.ca with your geocoding needs, be sure to do that check before saving the returned values in your database. GoogleGeocoder at least gives you an unsuccessful response…but we all know it is not as precise as Geocoder.ca

Google geocoding. Address: M6K0A5. Result: < ?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ ?>

M6K0A5

602

geocode

Google was unable to geocode address: M6K0A5

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Recreate the new HP logo

miligraf — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:18:23 +0000

Make a new document thats 500x250px and with black background, make a new layer and name it “Circle” and create a white circle like this size:

And apply these Blending Options to it:

Now create a new text layer and type in your text (in Bold if necessary), I will use Arial:

We will need to Raterize the text layer (right-click) and then separate each letter into a new layer:

Let the letters grow:

For each letter, go to: Edit > Transform > Skew and in the tool bar you will see some fields, in “H” pu -9:

When we transformed the letters, they moved a bit so we need to bring them closer together in the middle.

Now, make a selection on the Circle layer (by holding Control and clicking its layer) and press Control + Shift + I so we inverse the selection, with a letter layer selected, press delete. Do this to the other letter:

Apply these Blending Options to each letter:

You should have something like this:

Create a new layer between the text layers and the “Circle” layer and name it “Circle effect” and using the Elliptical Marquee tool, make a selection:

Pressing Control + Shift + Alt, click once the “Circle” layer so the selection intercepts with the orb:

Now, with the selection still active, press Shift + F5 and fill it with Black. Set the layer to Opacity: 15% and the Fill to 0%, use these Blending Options:

You should have something like this:

Almost done! But we need to make one last effect.

We will need to duplicate the “Circle effect” layer and name it “Letters effect” and place it above the letters. Right-click the “Letters effect” layer and Clear Layer Style, now, while pressing Control click on one of the letters layer, then you will need to press Control + Shift to add the selection of the other letter and you should get this selection:

Now, press Control + Shift + I to invert the selection and press Delete:

Again, we will need to make a selection, while pressing Control click the “Letters effect” layer and right-click inside the selection and click Marke work path, use 0.5 tolerance:

Select the Pen Tool and move the anchor points like this:

Now, right-click inside the Work path and click Make Selection: Feather Radius: 0 pixels, Anti-aliased, Operation: New selection. Press Control + Shift + I to invert the selection and press Delete:

This is our final step, set the Opacity of the layer to 60% and apply these Blending Options:

And this is what you should end up with:

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Text out of focus

miligraf — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:20:03 +0000

Create a New 800×400 pixels Document. Type in your text and make it big so it uses all document space.

Create a New Layer and get the Brush tool, with the Soft Rounded 300 pixel selected, click once over the letter that you want to be focused.

Holding down Control on your keyboard, left-click the layer we have just created and applied the brush to it. When the brush selection is done press Control + Shift + I to invert the selection:

Now, select the text layer and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, set the Radius to 10 pixels and click OK. You will be asked to rasterize the layer and click OK too, you will end with something like this:

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Blue WordPress Layout tutorial

miligraf — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:54:04 +0000

Create a wordpress mockup layout with some 3D elements to it.

Blue WordPress Layout tutorial by hv-designs.co.uk

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Unique Digital Camo Pattern

miligraf — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:05:45 +0000

Open a 800x600px document with a white background. Hit D on your keyboard to reset the colors and go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds, press Control + J to duplicate the layer and apply the Difference Clouds filter again bi pressing Control + F, do this last step again so we have 3 layers with Difference Clouds filter applied, like this:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

Now, select the bottom layer and make invisible the other two, like this:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

Go to Filter > Artistic > Cutout, and use these settings:

Number of levels: 3 (because our camo patter will have 3 different colors).
Edge simplicity: 0.
Edge fidelity: 1.

And you will have something like this (note the three colors):

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

Press Control + Shift + L to autolevel the image so we have the colors more defined and it will turn into this:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

Now go to Filter > Texture > Patchwork and use these settings:

Square size: 1.
Relief: 0.

And you should have something like this:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

Now go to Filter > Artistic > Cutout and use these settings:

Number of levels: 2.
Edge simplicity: 0.
Edge fidelity: 1.

And you will have something like this:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

Apply Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen edges and it will turn out like this:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

Now use the Magic Wand to select all the “islands”:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

And press Control + J on your keyboard to duplicate the layer with the “islands” selected:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

For the other two layers repeat the process: Cutout, Autolevel, Patchwork, Cutout, Sharpen edges, “islands” selection.

You should end something like this:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

You will notice that there will be two “islands” layers that have small ones, place one above the other and merge those two. Select the layer at the bottom, and create a new layer by pressing Control + Shift + N and fill it with a white background by pressing Shift + F5.

Your final result should be something like this:

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

BUT we are creating a 3 color camo, so right-click the “islands” layers and go to Blending Options > Color Overlay and apply a black color to one and a gray color to the other one since we already hace the third color as our background, white.

Unique Digital Camo Pattern

Download my PSD.

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Design a Super Delicious, Shining and Glossy Text Effect in Photoshop

miligraf — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:12:43 +0000

The outcome of this tutorial is simply amazing, but as for mine it did not looked like that…maybe because of the colours that I used. The tutorial is easy to follow and you get to know a few new things, at least for me, lol. The text effect achieved in Step 3 takes my ovation.

Design a Super Delicious, Shining and Glossy Text Effect in Photoshop from PSDvault.com

Here is my outcome:

Design a Super Delicious, Shining and Glossy Text Effect in Photoshop by PSDvault.com

Download my PSD.

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Digital Sewing with Photoshop Thread

miligraf — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:45:29 +0000

I’m sorry but I wont upload my outcome from this tutorial nor the PSD. In fact I did the tutorial, it is well written but from the start you MUST do the same pattern, else, you will see yours slighty different. Also I would recommend you getting a nice leather texture where you could place your stitch creation.

Digital Sewing with Photoshop Thread from ZenElements.co.uk

Digital Sewing with Photoshop Thread by ZenElements.co.uk

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Turn your photo into pseudo HDR

miligraf — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:34:12 +0000

I got amazed with the outcome that this tutorial had on the photo that I worked on, the details in the photo are highlighted but I dont like that it also highlights the noise that the photo has. All I can say is that the outcome may vary from photo to photo so you should try it with a photo of your own.

Turn your photo into pseudo HDR from PhotoshopTalent.com

My before:

Turn your photo into pseudo HDR by PhotoshopTalent.com

And after:

Turn your photo into pseudo HDR by PhotoshopTalent.com

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Make Parts of an Image Stand Out by Changing Focus

miligraf — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:22:13 +0000

A basic photo retouch tutorial. I’ve noticed that this effect is used a lot in website banners that include people or objects but for sure it gives the final touch for a website banner, if that is what you are going to use it for.

Make Parts of an Image Stand Out by Changing Focus from Time2Photoshop.com

My before:

Make Parts of an Image Stand Out by Changing Focus by Time2Photoshop.com

And after:

Make Parts of an Image Stand Out by Changing Focus by Time2Photoshop.com

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Uncoloring part of coloured picture

miligraf — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:25:35 +0000

The fastest way I have found to uncolour a picture, its worth a try.

Uncoloring part of coloured picture from ToxicLab.org

My before:

Uncoloring part of coloured picture by ToxicLab.org

And after:

Uncoloring part of coloured picture by ToxicLab.org

Done in less than 2 minutes!

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