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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Add Fixed Floating Adsense AD on Post Side in Blogger

You might have seen these types of scrolling advertisement in many blogs, when ever person reads your post and starts scrolling your blog post to the bottom the ad scrolls side by side hence increasing your clicks and conversion, making you a little more money. Well the widget I have created is inspired from the floating sharing buttons widget I posted earlier. But now I have added a simple adsense ad code that could be replaced with any other advertisement or banner whatever.

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a break from your regularly scheduled blog post

I hate to do this but I am afraid the tutorial that I just started is going to have to take a back seat for a while. Sorry!! I thought I was going to have more time to finish it, but somethings have come up recently (good things :) ) that are going to prohibit me from finishing it just yet. I am starting about 3 weeks of design/animation work on "The Wall and the Wing" for Laika next week, and then after that will most likely be starting something very exciting! But will wait to share that with you all until its official. So, until then I may post little pieces of animation, designs, or little thoughts on animation from time to time. Again, I apollogize for not being able to finish the tutorial as promised, but if at all possible I intend to continue when I can. Thanks for your patience everyone.

P.S This is just a little piece I did for fun-- I am still getting used to the whole painting thing :)

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100th Post and HDR!

According to blogger, this is my 100th post! Yippeee!!!

Over the last few days Ive been using HDR software, with an eye to writing a review/article for publication. Ive pitched the idea at a couple of editors, but they havent gotten back to me yet. But its early days.

I have stayed clear of HDR (High Dynamic Range) Software in the past, but have grown increasingly more interested in what is out there. As someone who uses Photoshop extensively, Im certainly not adverse to manipulating pixels for a HDR look. Yet until relatively recently, the options were limited. But in the last year some major software developers have released HDR programs (including Adobe with CS5), so I figured it might be time to see for myself what all the fuss is about.

True HDR uses a range of exposures (at least three and up to five) that expose for both highlight and shadow detail. These are then blended (more correctly referred to as Tone Mapping) together to create one HDR exposure. Some argue this is cheating. Others claim it better represents what our eye actually sees when we take a photograph. I dont know that I quite agree with either side of the debate - and Im not sure I care. Its my photo, and Ill do what I want with it, thank you very much. And if that means HDR, then so be it.

Anyway - you can also create an HDR image with just one RAW photo - and thats what Im going to show here in this post.

First - the original image, as captured. Yes, its a little dark - and so thats why I used it, to see what these HDR programs could get out of it.

Original image - as shot.

To get the ball rolling, I downloaded the grandaddy of all HDR programs - the one that started it all - Photomatix. Anyone who has played around with HDR has probably used Photomatix at some stage, and it remains a strong player in the market.

Processed with Photomatix

As you can see, it does a good job of pulling detail out of the shadows, but retaining it in the highlights, while adding that HDR punch that this process is (infamously) known for. It is only a small program (7MB) compared with some of the others, and doesnt offer as many pre-defined styles or tweakable sliders, but there is enough, and I really liked the result I got using Photomatix. So far so good.

As a side note: I downloaded trial versions of the software discussed here - bar one (which was a free, but limited program). Photomatix is the only company that insists on placing a watermark over the image until you purchase the full product. Boo hiss. Shame on you Photomatix!

Anyway, onwards and upwards.

Next is HDR Efex Pro, from Nik Software - a giant in the software plug-in industry. I was very excited about this product, and was expecting big things. They pioneered U-Point technology that I first saw in Capture NX software for Nikon cameras, and with big names like Tony Corbell behind them, I hoped it would be a winner.

Processed with HDR Efex Pro

Efex Pro certainly goes all out with its pre-sets and styles to give you the HDR look, which it achieves often at the sake of detail. Try as I might, I couldnt get any detail out of the trees at top left of the image - which wasnt an issue with any of the other programs I tested. Having said that, I like the dramatic look you get using HDR Efex Pro, even though I struggled to get the detail I wanted out of it - even with U-Point technology.

Third on the list is HDR Express, touted as giving a more realistic HDR look to its Tone Mapping algorithms.

Processed with HDR Express

I processed the image using a Cool pre-set, simply because I liked to look. True to its marketing hype, all the set styles looked more natural as a starting point than you get from HDR Efex Pro. It also has fewer sliders or style options, but I found this a good thing. Results can be tweaked, but there is no doubt that HDR Express gives a more subdued HDR result that Niks offering. Depends what you are after.

And finally, I checked out a FREE application specifically for Mac users - HDRtist. As files go, its even smaller than Photomatix (5MB), and has basically no options whatsoever - save for a Strength slider. Surprisingly, though, it actually did a pretty decent job - especially for FREE.

Processed with HDRtist

You can spend a little more (US$29.99) for the PRO version, which does give you styles and sliders so you can customise the look. And considering it is at least US$60 cheaper than the other offerings, might be worthwhile if you only wanted to do HDR very infrequently. It definitely works, and has to get the bargain award for HDR software if nothing else.

Which do you like? What would suit your needs or budget? If you like a more natural HDR effect, then HDR Express might be fore you. Looking for something more gutsy and in-your-face for your images? Check out Nik Softwares HDR Efex Pro. Want to use the tried and true software that started it all - and produces really great results - look no further than Photomatix. Then, of course, theres HDRtist for FREE if you use a Mac - and there are certainly others out there for you poor Windows users. So, something for everyone.

More importantly, Ive discovered that converting images to HDR is a lot of fun? Of course you can do what I did, and try them all for free (trial versions range from 15 days to 1 month). Im sure you will create some truly stunning images with any of these programs. I know I did.

Decisions, decisions. For me, the question remains. Which one will I choose...?

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A Fully Customized TweetMeme ReTweet Button for Your Blog Post

The thumbnail for this post is using Birdies~Cute Free Twitter Icons

Just few weeks ago, I added a TweetMeme Button to Graphic Identity Blog post. As you know already, that Twitter has became a big community to exchange links about latest news, pictures, blip of songs, and of course a blog post. These exchange is made happened by some ReTweet actions chain.
If you have a particular blog and you are familiar enough with this ReTweet term (or you can make it short as "RT"), then you may want to know about how to add a TweetMeme ReTweet Button to your blog post. It will track the number of RTs made for each blog post.
Actually the instruction to install the TweetMeme Button is clearly stated on Tweetmeme Help page. But I just want to let you know that Ive combined several codes all together, so you will know that it is a fully customized TweetMeme RT button.

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First of all, lets try to understand some options that make TweetMeme button as a smart RT add on for you blog.

Custom RT @username

tweetmeme_source = talktweetmeme;

By default the RT button will direct you in the format of "RT [@tweetmeme] [blog post title] [link]". If you want to see different format as if the RT comes after you, just change talktweetmeme with your own Twitter username. This is pretty good because not only your blog post is spread out via RTs chain, but the other Twitter users can check your Twitter profile when someone RT your blog post and probably become your new follower :).
This is the example of how the customized code like:

tweetmeme_source = graphicidentity;

Your Blog Permalink URL

tweetmeme_url = http://yoururl.com;

As it is intended as a RT for each blog post Permalink. Be sure to add your Permalink (permanent link) of your blog post with an exact CMS link format code. Im using Classic Blogger Blogspot CMS, so I included ‹$BlogItemPermalinkURL$› to have a correct blog post link in the RT. Here is how the code will look like:

tweetmeme_url = ‹$BlogItemPermalinkURL$›;

If you are using New Blogger Blogspot, there is a great tutorial to get the right permalink posted by Chetan. He is also my nice Twitter mate :)
Wordpress CMS users wont find any difficulties with coding to install this add on, because TweetMeme has provided a TweetMeme Button Wordpress plugin.

URL Shortener Service

tweetmeme_service = bit.ly;

The TweetMeme button add on allows you to use any URL shortener you like. The default option is: bit.ly URL shortener. Long URL wont help other Twitter user to RT your blog post right? :D
If you prefer to have tr.im as the URL shortener, just change the "tweetmeme_service" parameter as shown here:

tweetmeme_service = tr.im;

Button Styling

tweetmeme_style = compact;

The last options to complete the customization steps could be the button styling. Some of you may like a compact button. For that you just need to include the code above. Dont include this code if you want more bigger button.
Here is another tutorial, written by AllBlogTools.com to style your TweetMeme button if you are a New Blogger Blogspot user.

The next step is to to save all combined codes to your template. Please remember that Im using Classic Blogger Template. So here is the codes that Ive included in the end of Blogger HTML post tags, just before the comment tags:

‹script type="text/javascript"›
tweetmeme_source = graphicidentity;
tweetmeme_url = ‹$BlogItemPermalinkURL$›;
tweetmeme_service = bit.ly;
tweetmeme_style = compact;
‹/script›
‹script src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js" type="text/javascript"›
‹/script›

If you wanna know where your TweetMeme code is supposed to be added in New Blogger Template? Just visit this Anshul Dudejas tutorial post to find out.

I hope you will find this tutorial useful and a RT is much appreciated! ;) Have a lovely weekend everyone!

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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Add Fixed Floating Adsense AD on Post Side in Blogger

Add Fixed Floating Adsense AD on Post Side in Blogger

Sunday, March 5, 2017

a break from your regularly scheduled blog post

a break from your regularly scheduled blog post

Monday, February 27, 2017

100th Post and HDR!

100th Post and HDR!

Thursday, December 22, 2016

A Fully Customized TweetMeme ReTweet Button for Your Blog Post

A Fully Customized TweetMeme ReTweet Button for Your Blog Post