Digital Artwork Skills Every Graphic Designer Needs to be Capable of March 4, 2017 bizadmin Using Photoshop Every graphic designer needs to be capable of some digital artwork skills using the software known as Photoshop. It is a very powerful software with many features that have to be explored especially by graphics designer. It can resize photos, convert to PDFs, add levels for better colour saturation and even create a realistic 3D text in Photoshop. This is pretty awesome and it is a good investment to buy Photoshop to manipulate your superb graphics. Create 3D Text Realistically The ability to create a realistic 3D text will surely bring your artwork to the next level. Instead of using Illustrator or even Autocad that are very expensive, you can do this 3D text in Photoshop for a realistic experience and view on your blogs, websites, forums, and such. After being enlightened on this feature, I will surely check out the links given here to learn for myself how to create and perform a masterpiece to make my websites more stunning. At the moment, I only use Photoshop to create company brochures, resize pictures, create gif pictures, add text, change font colour and other simple basic mandatory stuffs. Make Animated GIF in Photoshop All this while, I never realised that as a website designer in the past and present, I never knew that the ubiquitous software is able to make animated GIF in Photoshop. The ability to create animated GIF is very powerful especially when you want to showcase your products and make them scroll to the right to show the next new banner or pictures and products that you sell online on your e-commerce website, for instance. Create Stunning and Awesome Digital Graphics A picture is worth a thousand words! Hence a well developed website or blog with stunning graphics using Photoshop will sure elevate your site to the next level and differentiate it from other common sites with no graphics or little common pictures that you can find everywhere. Make Your Own Unique Digital Graphics Now that you know some tips, you can now create your own and experiment with the new knowledge acquired. After all, knowledge is power! Hence, you can now make your own unique digital graphics at the tips of your fingers and the world is now your oyster to appreciate your artwork.
Came Back from KL Last Night March 3, 2017 bizadmin My partner and I came back from KL last night. We stayed at Mandarin Oriental Hotel where the Saudi King also stayed, probably at the penthouse for VIPs. His staff stayed at nearby Eastin Hotel where he came with an entourage of 1,500 people! I received my half month salary today and promptly banked it into Public Bank at Macalister Road. Then we walked to a nearby hawker centre to have my plate of dried ‘wan ton mee’ and a glass of barley without sugar. Was very tired after dinner, so took a short nap and tomorrow will have to draft out the outline of my 1,000 word travel articles on Switzerland which I have been before in 2013.
Going to KL Tomorrow February 27, 2017 bizadmin I shall be going to KL tomorrow by car early in the morning and then my partner will meet up with his old client. On Wednesday, we will stay at Mandarin Oriental Hotel beside KLCC using our 50% discount voucher which will come up to about RM 640 per night with taxes. My partner wants to meet up with his Belfast University room mate, whose name is Megat. He was trained as a Chartered Accountant together with his wife there. They stay in a bungalow in Tun Dr Ismail enclave; but he will come alone since the wife has Parkinson’s disease a few years back. I will also stay in my room and read a book or two. Let the 2 old buddies enjoy and reminiscence their university days. I should be back on Thursday evening after checking out at noon.
Rule of 72 February 24, 2017 bizadmin Using the Rule of 72, if the inflation rate is 6%, then it takes 72 / 6 = 12 years for your money to become half its value. Likewise, if the interests rate is 4%, then it takes 72 / 4 = 18 years for your money to double its value. Therefore it is advisable for us to invest in money instruments that beat the inflation rate so that our finances won’t deplete in its value. And always spend less than you earn; so that you will have more than enough to last for your retirement. There is no need to show off by wearing yourself out to get rich and spending on expensive clothes, jewellery, etc; for it may ransom your life – as stated in the Book of Proverbs in the Bible.
Part Time Virtual Assistance February 21, 2017 bizadmin I shall be having a Skype meeting with someone who needs virtual assistance this week and I hope I don’t have to buy any programs like Forex or trading platforms to learn and used as a customer. In fact, what I want is strictly virtual assistance work that I can do from home and in the comfort of my computer room. There are many con artists, but some are genuine ones. Just hope for discernment and wisdom when dealing with people for the first time. There is no free lunch and you have to work hard for it. Should you require virtual assistance, email me at diana.tan(AT)gmail.com
Swam 7 Rounds February 19, 2017 bizadmin I deliberately skipped church today and stayed in Quayside to read some material. My youngest sister was there too to swim and exercise in the morning. I waited for my partner to come back from church and the 3 of us went to Precinct 10 to have lunch at James Foo. Thereafter, we went back to sleep. I was checking my EPF account and this year it was 5.7%, down from 6.4% last year. Made a tidy profit, albeit less percentage. Then I went downstairs to swim and enjoy the jacuzzi. I am on the journey to lose some weight by eating half full and also doing more exercise.
Happy Valentine’s Day February 14, 2017 bizadmin Today is Valentine’s Day and I am in KL staying at my condo. We secured several projects and this means more commissions for me. Later on, we shall go out to celebrate with dinner and a bouquet of flowers. I have also changed the company website theme to Valentine’s day with falling hearts. Took a nap just now before typing out quotations and emailing a few of them. Working at home also requires hard work and much travelling. But thus far, I thank God for our protection especially along the North-South Highway. Happy Valentine’s Day to all couples, parents, lovers, etc. For the single cohorts, happy Balentines’ day of whiskey!
Going to KL Tomorrow February 13, 2017 bizadmin My colleague will be driving down to KL early tomorrow morning for an interview and thereafter, they will issue us a PO or purchase order. We shall be in KL for 3 days or so before returning to Penang to pay the workers’ including myself for the half month salary on the 16th or 17th February. It is about time for EPF to declare their dividends and so far, they have been very quiet about it. I don’t know if it will increase, stay the same at 6.4% like last year or even decrease. Hope Malaysia can learn from its neighbour, the little red dot of Singapore to be more transparent and corrupt free.
