E-Wallpaper

Step 1: Open Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended. Go to File--->New--->Preset---->International Paper---> Choose A4 size then select width and height plus the resolution. Once done click OK.

Step 2: On your right side below click on layers. Once click it you will see background with a lock icon beside it then double click on the background to unlock the layer then click OK.

Step 3: Next click on styles on your top right hand corner. Choose Chromed Satin (Text) style.

Step 4: I open my first image which is mmu logo. Before starting make sure to unlock the layer. Then select pencil tool to draw a layer over the image. After drawing using pencil tool then use brush to colour up the drawn layer. Once done press Ctrl+c to copy the image and Ctrl+v to paste the image onto the A4 image.

Step 5: Next I open my second image which is a book image and follow the same steps as Step 4 above. I select the free transform option to re-size and scale the image.

Step 6: I open my third image which is a picture of a group of students. I then used the same same steps in Step 4 to copy and paste the image onto my wallpaper as shown below. I used the magic wand tool to just select and inverse the students image rather than selecting together with the background. I also reduced the opacity level to 67% so that the image will look transparent.

Step 7: Next I select the Text option on the left side to create FOM OPEN DAY text and change the color to red by choosing color options on the top right side.

Step 8: I follow the same steps in Step 8 to insert another text which is the date as shown below.

Step 9: Then I open my small icon images which contains all the courses that offered by the Faculty of the Management. Once opened, I then follow Step 4 to copy and paste the images onto my wallpaper as shown below.

Step 10: .Before I ended my e-wallpaper I added two images which are MMU mascot Bee. I used the magic wand tool again to just select the mascot icon without the background.

 Step 11: Finally, I increased the Saturation to +10 to improve the image quality. Brightness is adjusted so that the image wouldn't look very bright with the colors. I also used effects such as inner shadow,drop shadow,bevel and emboss,gradient overlay and satin. Final image is shown below.

Final E-Wallpaper Image

Assignment 1

Assign 1 -10%: e-Wallpaper - Faculty of Management Open day


We are required to create an e-wallpaper using digital images as a wall paper. The event is MMU FOM Open day dated March 21st, 2011. 


We must create a poster to show the characteristics or features of FOM to order to advertise or to promote their faculty. The size of the wallpaper will be A4 size format. The size and width is 640x480.

Grading for this assignment:

For the idea and message

For the use of tools

For the quality of the digital image

For the creative / imaginative / design of the wall paper

Requirements:

(1) The image / wall paper show focus on the positive aspect on the Faculty. Use photographs (you can take your own) or images on the net. Use Photoshop to create the most attractive wall paper of the faculty with colours as well as at the highest and most professional quality possible.

Submission will be on Week 7 in tutorials to your Tutorial Leader. NO PRINTOUT necessary. No late submissions. Any late submissions, you will be severely penalise and will get a 0.

Students are to submit their assignments to the Tutorial Leader only. No late submissions or wrong submission. Course submissions requirements will apply.

Students are to submit the original PSD files (DO NOT FLATTEN THE FILE) together with the images used in the wall paper. Call the file StudID_wallpaper.psd

Place the reference files in separate folders. One folder containing the PSD file called Wallpaper. The other images used are to be placed in a folder call Wallpaper_ref.

Any deviations from the requirement will result in deduction of marks.