Wednesday, January 5, 2011

January Calendar 2011

Hello,this is my calender for the month of January 2011.


First of all i choose this image according to our group's theme :



These are the following steps of my progress for making this calendar :

1 . After create a new project in Adobe Photoshop i choose this colour (black) as the background colour .


2 . Then i used gradient tool to make the background .


3 . Create a new layer for the image and i named it ''layer 1'' .


4 . After creating the new layer , open "File" then click "Place..." , then choose the image that will be use inside the computer .


5 . Now , place the image correctly .


6 . Create layer for inserting text . I named it "2011" .


7 . Then , i choose Horizontal Text Tool at the Text Tool button .


8 . Type "2011" use the "Blackoak std" size 85 pt .


9 . Rotate the text and place it nicely next to the image .


10 . Done placing the year , now i want to create the month . I choose "Lucidia Console" as the text style and size of 36 pt .


11 . Then write each day under the "January" .


12 . After that i choose Ellipse Tool inside the Shape Tool .


13 . Make a circle under day .


14 . Then keep copying the circle and place it nicely under each days untill 31 as the month of January that contain 31 days .


15 . Done , now just rearrange little bit to fix its placement .


16 . Write the date in each of the circles . 


17 . Done making the date .


18 . Then , go to the previous layer (2011) for a little bit editing there .


19 . Select Rectangle Tool inside the Shape Tool .


20 . Choose the suitable colour .


21 . Make the rectangle shape behind the year . Then you're done !


22 . Finally , don't forget to save your work into specific file .



:: Abang-Z  =)

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