Showing posts with label tutorials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tutorials. Show all posts

Saturday, 4 December 2010

How to make a link bar

So as you can see we have a link bar at the top of our page. Amazed.. I thought so.
Now I decided to add this as it makes viewers to find particular things on our blog more easily, rather than searching through a whole load of posts.

So you want to know how I made it. Ok so this is not an easy thing to do, but follow my step by step guide and you'll be an owner of your very own one. This took me a long time to make, so yeah be kind!


VIEW IN FULL SCREEN!!

YOU CAN USE THE ICON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCRIBD TO COPY TEXT (THE ICON WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE ONE TO THE LEFT!!)

How to Make a Link Bar for blogger

Hard to read download a copy of the original document.

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B8Z0x_7LzVC5YmFmYTkzZmMtNDhhYS00Mjk1LWI5YzQtOTgxYzExZDcwNjYy&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

and make sure Macros are enabled in word so you can read the scroll down boxes.


Karate CHOP!-MS

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Bomb Prop Building Process


After deciding on the bomb being of a ''Canister'' type I concluded that a modified Drinks bottle should suffice in creating the effect. I then took the top which i had previously cut off and pushed it through down the bottle to provide a solid base to rest the fan on which i had previously tried to secure on its own. This was all after I had covered the bottle's exterior entirely in Electrical tape to change the colour mostly but also to give it a more authentic look.




In this picture you can see that I used GRATUITOUS amounts of Plasticine (Which it turns out is a moderate adhesive if you don't really need to stick anything securely). I predominantly used this to secure wires in place but also to attach the circuit boarding because I felt that Glue cement was a bit 'overkill'' and that this would do!





Here is a close up front shot of the 'Canister explosive'. I first off, painstakingly removed the fan from its original housing. i then found a moderate sized piece of aluminium which we had scrapped from an old laptop computer. This all was pretty much wedged on top of the bottles innards which i had previously Secured in and then the fan was (and hopefully still is, even though its in my bag) secured to the aluminium with More plasticine. I finished the look off with.... MORE plasticine to give it a trimmer and, slightly more professional look to it.

One advantage of using the laptop parts was that they are designed originally to be light weight and compact which makes them perfect for things like this. i was able to cut the metal with Scissors and other cutting devices in my tool kit into a oblong (it was meant to be a circle) but also, it is so lightweight that you barely notice it (makes it easier to transport and more resistant to random breaks) as well as it being able to hold the shape apart due to its Sturdy nature.

Now Plasticine Expert, CW

Saturday, 6 November 2010

How to make a banner for the blog

As people are asking how I made the Banner at the top, So I decided to make a post on how I did it.




1. Have yourself an image editing program, fireworks, photoshop or GIMP etc..
(Cherwellians the school has Adobe fireworks CS5, you could use)

2. Make the canvas size.. Width 900 pixels. Height 300 pixels

3. Create your design

4. Export design into image format.

5. Go to the 'Design' page of the blog and chose to edit the Header.

6. Select the file, place the file. SAVE.

7.Done. MS

Below you can view a more detailed tutorial on how I made the ppm productions one..

Fireworks Tutorial PDF