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Photoshop: an inspirational chat:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

me: hi

Baboo: hi

11:58 PM

are you interning anywhere this summer?

11:59 PM

me: no

Baboo: so whats like a typical day for you

me: uh

wake up at 2 in the afternoon

work of my various projects till 4 in the morning

Baboo: D:

12:00 AM

what projects??

the websites?

me: and

other stuff

Baboo: breaks in between?

12:01 AM

me: well

not rly

less breaks

than

work more slowly

and eat while working

12:02 AM

Baboo: why are you working so much?

me: because I have a lot to do

and throw surfing and karate in there

if it's the right day and the waves are good

it's fun

to build all this stuff

Baboo: you know

12:03 AM

i wish i could be like

that diligent

but

im not

so yeah. -.-" its bad

so youre not like lazy right?

me: it's not like I'm being dilligent

ever gotten totally into

a cool things your doing

12:04 AM

Baboo: no i dont think i have.

me: OOH, what if I could learn how to make my computer

2.5x as fast

w/ just a few random parts

I bought at radio shakck

and newegg

what if I could learn how to

12:05 AM

make something like . . .

http://i37.tinypic.com/nwfwv7.jpg

in photoshop

12:06 AM

Baboo: ooooo

but

why would i try to make that if its already made?

me: like when you look at enough of that cool stuff

you go

WOW

I just had a cool idea

I could make something else uber

12:07 AM

Baboo: do you have a lot of those?

me: yeah

Baboo: tell me Boogie - do you watch tv?

me: no

Baboo: when was the last time you watched tv.

me: uh

hmm

at somebody's house probably

I don't have cable or anything

I don't really have anything to watch

anyway

12:08 AM

Baboo: huh

interesting

you see i have this theory

people who dont watch tv

are smarter than ppl

who do watch tv

generally smarter*

ok not generally

me: Poobah is pretty smart but he watches a TON of TV

Baboo: but

smarter

i thought he watched all those shows on his computer?

me: no

12:09 AM

yet somehow gets A+++++++'s

in every class

Baboo: yah

i know

me: ...

Baboo: its depressing

me: I'm like

dude

NOT SANE

12:10 AM

he's uncannily good at getting good grades

he got a 9 from caughey

in trade & grade

Baboo: i dont get him

i just dont get him

i want to say hes the exceptiong

exception*

but

no.

i just dont get him

12:11 AM

me: or ok

Baboo

the thing is

the key is

you have to figure out a way

to get yourself completely interested

in stuff

that's the trick

I have no superhuman focus

or anything

I just am easily amused

and like

WHOAH COOL

with everything

Baboo: so i have to trick myself into immersing myself into something?

12:12 AM

me: yeah

well

what's something you're into

Baboo: uh

iunno

what are you into?

me: cubing

yoyoing

surfing

snowboarding

skateboarding

soccer

karate

luna sticks

Baboo: YOU SKATEBOARD?!

me: yeah

lol

Baboo: o.o woah

luna sticks?

12:13 AM

me: like

juggling sticks

Baboo: ahha

i guess whatever i do... i take it like an obligation

me: lol thta's the prob

but like ok

check this out

maybe this isn't the best thing to start with

but skateboarding

12:14 AM

I got really interested when I saw this very video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U-cgn3cEGA

watch a few min of it

and was like

wouldn't it be awesome to be able to do some of that stuff?

so I just started messing around

and tried the simplest stuff

and it turned out to be really fun

12:15 AM

Baboo: you know

id love to do that

but i can barely move a foot

on a skateboard

me: well, it will continue to be that way unless you try

12:16 AM

and practice

Baboo: that and im scared that ima fall off the skateboard

me: that's why it's not

the best pl;ace to start

Baboo: i seem to lack some coordination

me: I didn't like skateboarding

until

I could surf and stuff

and

falling into water is nicer

than concrete

12:17 AM

Baboo: i like basketball?

and soccer

and cricket -- kinda

hmm

me: wlel

well sure

but sports aren't all

those were just off the top of my head

12:18 AM

Baboo: shopping? for shoes? and purses? :D

me: academically

ionno

that never

interested me

shopping for stuff

I don't like buying stuff

or in general

watching sports

I like making my own stuff

my own code

my own

everything

12:19 AM

but uh

Baboo: thatd be so cool if you made your own shoes

me: a great thing to learn is photoshop

lol

Baboo: but yes continue

me: really a fun thing

for nearly anybody

if you can follow this

tutorial

http://www.alt-web-design.com/effects-tutorials/how-to-make-planet.html

12:20 AM

or this

http://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/photoshop/making_a_planet/

by the time you finish

you get a really awesome product

and you know photoshop

and then you're inspired to make more cool stuff

12:21 AM

Baboo: hey Boogie

id love to do that

but

i dont got photoshop

but i wanna make a planet

hehe

me: or http://idreaminred.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/planetpano.jpg

and uh

that's a very worthwhile investment

photoshop

you can get a student discount on it

12:22 AM

Baboo: WOAH THAT IS SO COOL

me: but it's

Baboo: but its like warped in the middle

12:23 AM

me: yeah

so like ok

it's worth

way more than a pair of shoes

because you can do cool stuff

Baboo: :O

me: with it

Baboo: are you sure?

me: yeah

Baboo: hmm

i suppose i do have a lot of shoes

hah i have my own rack

full

12:24 AM

me: I have 2 pairs

Baboo: Boogie. you need shoes.

me: one fancy

one normal

why?

Baboo: you need more.

the happiness

you find

in shoes

you dont find

anything else

its like

me: lol 1 sec brb

Baboo: ...

shoes!

me too

12:27 AM

back

12:32 AM

me: but srsly

I bet your parents would buy your

photoshop

if you really were willing to learn it

Baboo: hmm

12:33 AM

well i also need my mac stuff bc it was all wiped away when my comp crashed D: ie: garageband, iphoto, etc D:

i like photography!

me: and uh

you can just reinstall the OS

it's a bit of a project

but just work it to completion

Baboo: i did?

12:34 AM

well

my comp crashed

and then like

they installed

w/e the new thing was

bc i bought my comp before the new software

came out

and then i bought the new software

and i tried

that

what you said

and

i basically lost my printer crap -.-"

and

idk

where the printer

me: well reinstall it all

Baboo: is

12:35 AM

>.<

me: a printer usually is OK plug and play

in any case

you don't need to print

12:36 AM

Baboo: well what would i really do with photoshop?

wouldnt i kinda

iunno

for a lack of better phrases

waste time?

me: it's not a waste

those skills are very valuable

I could hire you

graphic design

Baboo: :O

12:37 AM

that sounds cool

i shall SEE

i wanna make a planet!

me: you can buy it online I think

or download the 30 day trial now

12:38 AM

Baboo: i think i downloaded it once

idk where it went.

o.o

12:39 AM

have you ever tried photobooth?

on a mac?

me: yes

btw

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/

12:40 AM

Get the trial

start now

it takes a while to download

12:41 AM

Baboo: yes im on it

12:42 AM

i see a teacup

12:43 AM

ohh HA i remember

i didnt download it

haha

but

i created an account

and did something

o.o

i dont think it worked

12:44 AM

oh yeah bc then i used picasa

and it worked

12:45 AM

me: but picassa is weak

try again

download photoshop

remember the coolest image

and think about it

don't you want to try

12:46 AM

http://alcove.deviantart.com/art/Insomnia-129632627

check that ou

http://kanelongden.deviantart.com/art/lumos-maxima-129627642

12:47 AM

or http://hiippari89.deviantart.com/art/HDR-river-129649062

look at thpose

those

IMPROVISE, ADAPT, OVERCOME

12:48 AM

Baboo: i cant see the insomnia one

D: D:

or the HDR river one! D: D:

but i like the lumos maxima

me: ..?

you cna't

try agian

12:49 AM

they're way better

Baboo: okok i try i try

me: or

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/196/4/d/HDR_river_by_Hiippari89.jpg

http://alcove.deviantart.com/art/Insomnia-129632627

Baboo: wait that river thing

...

thats

not

a picture?

like a photograph?

12:50 AM

me: no

Baboo: :O

OMGS

me: it prob used

pieces

of a photo

but it's mostly

photoshop

srsly

dig thru deviantart.com/

Baboo: i like the insomnia one

minus the bird

12:51 AM

and maybe minus the factory thing...

me: lol

search "space" on deviantart

12:52 AM

Baboo: ooo

me: http://perzin.deviantart.com/art/Space-17313062

and all deviations

12:53 AM

Baboo: http://The-Companion.deviantart.com/art/space-88676608

that has pretty colors

me: see

art some something

everybody

can appreciate

GET PHOTOSHOP

12:54 AM

NAOUWGH

Baboo: 13%!!

me: lolk

dig around the web

looking for cool photoshop tutorials and images

I have a few for you

but uh

try the planet first

it might be hard for a beginner

but talk to me

and stick with it

12:55 AM

just finish it

you have to finish it

Baboo: due date?

>.<

me: uh

you have 24 hrs

i brb for a while now

12:56 AM

GL HF

Baboo: :O

me: I'm going to go make a planet

beat mine :P

Baboo: omg jc D:

me: 956

9:56 tmrw

12:57 AM

Baboo: :O

beat yours?

beat your what!!

me: yup

my planet

I'm making now

Baboo: o.o

12:58 AM

you mean

beat the time?

me: no

Baboo: or beat the awesomeness

me: ya

Baboo: :O

how long have you been photoshopping?

lol shopping

but yes how long.

me: uh

6 years

btw

remember this quote

"Why do people say the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon?"

12:59 AM

it is your mantra

repeat it

and now me ---> shower

ttyl

Baboo: ok >.<

im repeating

you can rinse lather and repeat :D haha get it? repeat?

me: :P

yylt

1:00 AM

Baboo: ko

? >.<

38 minutes

1:38 AM

Baboo: back?

1:43 AM

me: hi

briefly

Baboo: are you going to stay up late?

me: mhm

Baboo: ok

well then

the night is still young

ima brb

1:47 AM

me: is it loaded yet

PSCS4

6 minutes

1:54 AM

Baboo: no >.<

82%

whats

PSCS4?

me: photoshop cs4

1:55 AM

Baboo: ohh

yeah no

lol

Boogie... jw... have you heard just dance? or poker face?

me: mhm

lol

they always play those

@ my karate studio

Baboo: oh hahaha

good

1:56 AM

when do you go to karate?

me: mon, wed, sat

2/3

of those

Baboo: do you go to the one grace goes to?

me: no

1:57 AM

Baboo: ... is there a HUGE difference between karate and taekwando?

me: and shaolin kempo

which I do

yes

taekwando = kicks

Baboo: lol wando --> wondo

me: lol

oops

Baboo: OH what belt are you o.o

1:58 AM

lol

me: black

Baboo: OH do you know nicole o?

me: no

Baboo: maaaaaybe?

darnit

me: .

brb

Baboo: mk

13 minutes

2:12 AM

Baboo: installing

41 minutes

2:53 AM

Baboo: Boogie D: i know youre not there BUT there must be some kind of paint bucket or something D:

8 minutes

3:02 AM

Baboo: got it!

16 minutes

3:19 AM

me: hi

and yes

it shares w/ the gradient tool

click around

get familiar

Baboo: Boogie

all i have

3:20 AM

so far

is a black background thing

and a white circle

me: mk

keep goin

Baboo: with gray scribble scrabble

me: then

Baboo: ?!

me: continue tutorial

Baboo: my computer is very slow

-.-"

3:21 AM

its so slow

that its still drawing

3:22 AM

and im reading hp4 -.-"

me: what are you trying to do

and close other apps

3:23 AM

I'm semi-afk for a few min now

Baboo: ok

Part 2

4:10 PM Baboo: Boogie?

me: hi

Baboo: hello :]

me: :]

Baboo: what time did you get up?

me: 2

Baboo: lol

me: oh

check this out

http://www.photoshoptechniques.com/texp/fireptk.php

and

4:11 PM http://www.metacafe.com/watch/752928/photoshop_tutorial_fire_planet/

4:12 PM Baboo: fire!!

Boogie

youre killing me

THAT IS AWESOME STUFFS

4:13 PM you know what i did tho

me: hmm?

Baboo: i moved the desktop to my room so i could like

"multitask"

me: :D

4:14 PM Baboo: ahem - did you make YOUR planet yet?

me: mhm

wanna see?

it's not creative though

Baboo: yesh please

4:15 PM mine isnt either?

me: 1 sec

you're in awesome

*is

4:16 PM Baboo: really?

the final attempt one ofc right?

me: ya

did you do

Baboo: lol yaya :D

me: the shadows and highlights

thing

Baboo: iunno

i followed

4:17 PM http://dinyctis.deviantart.com/art/Planet-Tutorial-3131869

that

wow ok this desktop is slow D:

4:18 PM me: oh

4:19 PM different one

I used

Baboo: ohoh i know which one you used

i think...

4:20 PM http://www.alt-web-design.com/effects-tutorials/how-to-make-planet.html

iunno lol

it looks coolios!!

COOLIOS*

4:21 PM me: no

I used

4:23 PM http://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/photoshop/making_a_planet

4:25 PM Baboo: oo

or yeah that one

psh i knew that

4:26 PM like the last attempt was where i like seriously finally understood what i was doing :P

me: nice

Baboo: lol

it was like the 4th attempt ."

me: that's great

4:27 PM keep it up

4:28 PM Baboo: you mean like another planet?

me: try those other tutorials

Baboo: oh ok

phew

lol

I NAMED MY PLANET

planet michael jackson :D

whaddya name yours?

4:29 PM me: Planet

.jpg

4:31 PM Baboo: ...oh come on!

4:33 PM did you do the planet one before?

me: no

Baboo: how about fire?

me: yes

5 minutes

4:38 PM Baboo: i cant see what i typed...

4:39 PM just kidding

17 minutes

4:56 PM me: so send me

your fire planet and fire when you're done w/ them

if you're parents are to buy you photoshop, it's probably best that you show that you've got skillz first

4:57 PM as you apparently do

Baboo: i have to set my planet on fire?!

4:58 PM im firing my name - thats ok right...?

4:59 PM me: lolk

but it's a new projec

this one

5:02 PM Baboo: ok

lol

5:06 PM wheres this linear gradient tool thing?

10 minutes

5:16 PM Baboo: omg Boogie that so did not work

5:18 PM me: try try again

Baboo: i is!

5:19 PM me: perfecto

Baboo: wait

but where is this linear

gradient tool?

me: oh

under paint bucket

all the tools that have an arrow

underneath them

have multiple

things stacked

5:20 PM Baboo: ok

gotcha

9 minutes

5:30 PM Baboo: ok

ima send you what i gots

me: kk

JPG

plz

Baboo: uhhuh

i think i did that

this time

tell me if i did?

>.<

5:31 PM its actually not that cool

prly bc of the font

or bc i messed up :P

5:36 PM me: looks quouite goo

the gradient I think should be up-down

not left-right

and also

it looks like

5:37 PM the top

Baboo: how can you tell?! bc i had no clue what i was doing ."

me: lol

because it's supposedto fade up

Baboo: idk how to make it top to bottom

me: not right

gradient

you click and drage

drag

a line

right?

that line is the direction

of the gradient

so drag upward

5:38 PM also

it looks like it's missing a filter or something

too liquified

give it another shot?

Baboo: :O

me: or try the other one

Baboo: ok :D

hahaha

me: it's still very cool

5:39 PM Baboo: yet you found 2 big mistakes

5:41 PM agh my dad is here now

ill try to do this later tonight :P

me: is that a problem?

Baboo: hes like

going to come in

and be like

what have you been doing all day

5:42 PM and im gonna be like photoshopping lunch and 2 hr nap?

and hes going to

blow up

boom

maybe

bc i should be "studying for sat"

me: lol

5:43 PM well ok

I can help

what's the issue

w/ SAT

for you

do you know the answers to the q's?

Baboo: i think he was already suspicious when i moved the 2nd comp into my room -- i had to make the exuse that pj has 3 laptops in his room

me: LOL

heck ok

Baboo: i have serious focus issues

me: learning PS

is really really prob more worthwhile

than studying

5:44 PM obsessively

if you can break 2200

on SAT

don't bother with more

just work up to that point

2200 = top 10%

Baboo: i need to get to that pt

me: --> fine

yes

how difficult is that

Baboo: i would be verrrrry happy with a 2250

me: from where you are

Baboo: or a 2260...

me: 2250 is better than vivek

bhagwat

Baboo: my friend got a 2250

5:45 PM meh

is he smart?

me: extremely

he got 2240

I think

and got into columbia

Baboo: ."

me: >.>

5:46 PM but ok

Baboo: lol "2250 is better than what vivek got... he got a 2240"

HAHAH

me: hmm?

Baboo: no sry

haha

you were saying tho?

me: UH

look

what's your issue

w/ the test

5:47 PM where do you lose pts

12 minutes

5:59 PM Baboo: sry my daddyos came in

uhh its like

everywhere

o.o

7 minutes

6:07 PM Baboo: I CANT SELECT INVERSE! D:

me: hmm

8 minutes

6:16 PM Baboo: its not working

it makes the whole thing orange-yellow D:

8 minutes

6:24 PM Baboo: ok iunno

6:25 PM maybe it looks cool like this

5 minutes

6:30 PM Baboo: ok it looks pathetic

but i tried D:

8 minutes

6:38 PM Baboo: did you get it?

>.<

6:39 PM me: mhm

good, but I think you can do better

Baboo: meeh

one sec

6:41 PM ok

what did you do all day?

me: well I woke up 4 hrs ago

Baboo: and what have you done since then

me: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~jtod/circuitsolvers/HwRelaxParadigm.pdf

6:43 PM Baboo: why

me: my STS project

Baboo: whats STS?

6:44 PM hold on

6:45 PM ima go to my laptop

i am here

6:47 PM me: so

I like to tr yto

follow tutorials

exactly

btw

try that other planet tutorial

the one I did

Baboo: i tried following exactly!

me: if you're stuck on these ones

and identify the step at which things differ

and if you can't figure something out

try Help and then Google then me

but try not to rely on me bceause I'm not going to be here

all the time

6:48 PM Baboo: lol i noticed

i tried google with the gradient thing i ended up watching a video with some weird character thing

or w/e

6:49 PM me: get better at searching

it takes practice

Baboo: lolol

me: photoshop gradient tool

click on 1st hit

try the

tutorial

you'll know more than I do

6:50 PM :D

btw

Window Menu

Brushes

basically

Window Menu has stuff

that you can't find

anywhere else

check out all the palattes and tabs

in them

6:51 PM Baboo: oo

me: and click on all the dropdowns on all tools

and try out all the filterso n random imgs

and Adjustments

and stuff

learn about things like Layer Masks and Alpha Channels

and how to do selections in a cool way

Baboo: do you know all about those?

me: yes

6:52 PM but you can learn more

Baboo: o.o

me: thn I know

I bet

it's so complex

and deep

Baboo: 6 years.... 1 day....

me: I haven't done more than

200-300 hours probably

in all that time

Baboo: o.o

me: and never have I made a concerted effort

to learn everything

6:53 PM and besidesI think you're more artistically talented than I am

Baboo: psh

haha

hey guess what!

me: Oh, go thru this tutorial

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/a-comprehensive-introduction-to-photoshop-selection-techniques/

Baboo: this is off topic

but

i got another internship!

me: :D

chcek out this site

http://psd.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/

6:54 PM and this site

http://abduzeedo.com/

now tell me

6:55 PM Baboo: oo those look like fun

wait tell you what?

me: internship

Baboo: yesh

i got a new one

and ima start it on the 27th D:

6:56 PM at

a yeast genetics lab thing :D

6:57 PM gee im tired D:

and i still have to do elite hw

and practice oboe..

6:58 PM sadly my oboe teacher was right -- i canceled on her last week telling her that i didnt prac... and she said i prly wouldnt prac this week either... and well i havent... yet

6:59 PM YOU KNOW WHAT WAS REALLY COOL?

me: hmm

Baboo: well ok it wasnt cool but like

basically

for english class we had to make a memorial thing right

so i made a collage

and it was in black and white

and it was prty pathetic all alone

but then i did something really cool

like i put transparencies over it with words made out of magazine letters

7:00 PM so like when i went to present it to the class

i flipped the transparency back

so like all you could see was the collage

and stephen looked at chris like - wow shes pathetic

and then i flipped the transparency over

and stephen's jaw like dropped a bit

and i was like HAH

7:01 PM me: I think

you're giving too much weight

to others' reactions

BUT

cool nonethless

7:02 PM Baboo: well it made me feel good :P

bc i was like HAH

bc he was like :O

7:03 PM and chris was like ... what?

HAHA

it was a shazaam moment

but yes i do

i do care about what other ppl think about me...?

its hard

me: care less :D

Baboo: its hard not to care tho

thats why i is so self-conscious

me: know that's you're fine

Baboo: psh well there we go

me: detach the "you"

Baboo: i dont think im fine

7:04 PM me: from everything others say

well there we go

BUT

strive to better yourself nonethless

use your discontentment

to your advantage

7:05 PM Baboo: do i work like that -- i dont think i roll like that

7:06 PM me: change the way you roll then.

Baboo: isnt that going against the whole

dont change for other ppl thing?

7:07 PM me: no, because if you're not content with your current status internally, changing for yourself is not conforming

to society

Baboo: well how do i change

it takes time doesnt it?

me: no

Baboo: well ive gradually gotten to not caring what ppl think about me

some ppl at least

me: look

7:08 PM I got really really good

at ignoring ppl

back in elementary school

I had plenty of practice

del mar hills was a rough crowd :|

but ok

back on your side of things

7:09 PM "who" you are, I realized, while you assume it to be something abstract, timeless, and immutable, is really determined by the finite set of thoughts and actions you have throughout your life

thus

changing what you do

7:10 PM and keeping that change

changing how you act in response to others

is how you change yourself

you don't just wait for it

saying it "takes time"

7:11 PM Baboo: you see i was supposed to turn a leaf this month

and change

7:12 PM me: if you want to

do it now.

"change"

poof

you're now different

go do those tutorials

work thru 'em

if you're stuck

look for me

*more

do them

come back

and then do the first one rigth

Baboo: which first one

you mean the planet?

me: the one you were stuck on

7:13 PM w/e it is

log your chats

find these links

start now

7:14 PM Baboo: i cant

i have to finish hw

and then do it

is that ok?

me: sure

but why are you spending time chatting

you have to finish the stuff lol

gogogogo

you have to become obsessed

with achieving something if you wanna achieve it

set a goal

w/ photoshop

I want to make xxxx

7:15 PM and then realize that every tutorial you do brings yourself closer

to it

lie down and visualize something grand and inexpressible in words

then equip yourself w/ the knowledge

to do it thru PSCS4

Bon voyage.

7:16 PM see you on the other end.

7:17 PM Baboo: wait do i log off now?

me: you don't have to

Baboo: oh ok

me: just do your stuff

get it done

and report back upon completion

I want to see everything :D

Baboo: yes sir Boogie sir

by the by - emily loves my planet!! :D YAY

7:18 PM me: cai?

Baboo: no

chu

me: who

Baboo: the one i walk with

me: other emily

lol

yeah

awesome

you can teach her

how to do it

try my planet tut plz

the one I sent

it's cool

Baboo: okie dokie

i will do that tonight

me: kk

Baboo: now that i have 2 comps in my room

me: yylt

Baboo: :D

7:19 PM thats just ttyl backwards right?

me: nope

Baboo: define

me: totally mixed up

randomly

and 2 y's

Baboo: oi - it is

o.o

wow fails

hahah

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