Project Charter

Project Charter Assignment 1

Assignment 1 Title: Printout Postcard for the theme “Malaysia, Truly Asia”.

Project Start Date: 20 November, 2008

Project Finish Date: 28 November, 2008.

Project Manager: NG HSIEN MING

HP: 012-3237804

Email: hsi3nming@gmail.com

Website: http://mcg1014-1061103254.blogspot.com/

Project Objective: Students are to create a multi-cultural event for a post card. The theme would be “Malaysia, Truly Asia” which is the official slogan for Malaysia Tourism. Students are to show the multi-cultural aspects of Malaysia culture or life as a positive feature to attract tourist into this country.

Approach: Write down how you create the postcard?

I created the postcard using Adobe Photoshop CS3

Using what images?

I used images that I shot myself and images from google images and flickr. The image of KLCC, fireworks, girls in kebaya is my photo and the rest are founded in the internet.

What tools at Photoshop you use to edit the images?

Move Tool

Elliptical Marquee Tool

Magnetic Lasso Tool

Magic Wand

Crop

Healing Brush Tool

Clone Stamp Tool

Eraser

Gradient

Paint Bucket

Text Tool

Warp

Distort

Alien Skin Blow Up (plug in for photoshop to blowup low res photos)

Noiseware professional (plug in to reduce digital photograph noise)

Write here about the idea of your postcard, is it your own Idea or References (if you refer to someone else idea)?

I did refer to some random images of posters in google images.

Write clearly on the making process from beginning stage until the final output stage. If you are able to sketch, scan in your sketch as jpeg or gif (I must be able to view it clearly at your website). If you can’t sketch, then you will have to write your Approach, that is your making process clearly to me.

Of course the initial stage was to think of an idea, and think of the layout of the postcard. I did use Adobe Illustrator to trace the hibiscus out and the Malaysia truly Asia was done in illustrator. Techniques like wrapping the image to fit in the hibiscus leaf were used to cover up the white portions. I also used the blend layer option in the layer properties which I learned through reading a book that was borrowed from the library. The text of places . people . food . entertainment was inserted to the postcard so that it promotes Malaysia in different ways. Hibiscus flower was use because the flower is the national flower of Malaysia, thus inserting children portrait in the petals of the flower reflects the true essence of Malaysia as a multiracial country.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Describe your time plan here.

Initially was to lasso the twin towers out from the original image and add some fireworks pictures in the background. Then was to design the background of the postcard blue with a gradient was selected. Then the hibiscus comes in with multiple ones placed randomly through the postcard. Then pictures of food and culture were placed at the side of the postcard. And that is almost it fine tuning and some retouches are done too.

For example, you should at least show me 80% of your incomplete work on Tuesday 25/11/08 for me to comment. Fulfill Dr. Ken’s requirement. His requirements are as follows:

1. “Students are to submit the original PSD files (DO NOT FLATTEN THE FILE) together with the images used in the postcard. Call the file StudID_asssignment1.psd”.

2. “Place the files in separate folders. One folder containing the PSD file called Postcard. The other images used are to be placed in a folder call Postcard_ref”.

3. Print the postcard. Postcard size is 6x8 inches with 300 resolutions.

Comment: You can let me know the difficulty that you face. How enjoy you are in doing this assignment etc.

There are many challenges that I faced doing this assignment first was of course the software, although I would normally use to do simple editing for my photos, but when it comes to doing this assignment many various tools that I have never used before had to be used in order to complete this task. But I think the most difficult part was getting the idea how to lay the images and design the postcard. After all this course demands great ideas on how to design stuff right? Well I am quite concerned about the printing; I hope that what I see on the screen is what I get on hard copy. I am worried to that photoshop CS2 cant display the font that I used (pristine) was used and this afternoon when I went to the lab to consult Mdm.Lydia an error popped out, but I will include the text font in the Postcard_ref folder.

As seen here the petronas twin towers were edited the background picture of ambank and the maxis tower was cloned stamped out so that the picture looks clean.

Here I magnetic lassoed a picture that I shot during MIFC 2008 team China. I intend to place it at the back of the twin towers.

To place the fireworks behind the twin towers I have to magnetic lasso the towers and copy paste it in another layer.

Here I was using the warp tool to stretch the photo

Here is the changes I used to make the faces of the children to blend in to the hibiscus.


The final output of the assignment

This is the link to download the project charter that I typed in Microsoft Word.
Project Charter