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THE TOP 10 PC GAME DEALS OF THE YEAR!!!

 1. XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN
Using tactical turn-based gameplay, recruit, train, and manage your squad to take control of an alien threat. Use your squad and air units to fight and eliminate the threat while talking and negotiating with the governments from around the world.

2. ASSASSIN'S CREED 3
Step in the role of Conner, son of an English man and a Native American woman. Fight for freedom for your village and a decades long quest to defend what is right. Use highly trained skills to hide from enemies or fight them with deadly weapons.

3. HITMAN: ABSOLUTION
Play the role as the ultimate assassin, Agent 47! Master at blending in plain sight and killing with any weapon. Let the creativity flow and end the contract the way you want it to end.

4. NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED
Run from the cops, challenge your friends, and outsmart your enemies in this thrilling game of cat and mouse using highly detailed racing cars!

5. CHIVALRY: MEDIEVAL WARFARE
As a first-person medieval combat game, jump into a very realistic world where the Agathian Knights battle the Mason Order for control of the lands of Agatha.

6. FAR CRY 3
Step into the shoes of Jason Brody, stranded on a mysterious island. You decide how the story unfolds as you pick and choose allies and enemies in a world that has lost its sense of right and wrong.

7. DARKSIDERS 2
As one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, propel death though light and dark realms as you try to redeem your brother horseman who was blamed for the war.

8. BATTLEFIELD 3
Visually real with crumbling walls and explosions that throw you to the ground. Step into the role of U.S. Marine as you take on missions and trek across the globe.

9. DISHONORED
Dishonored is an assassination themed game where each assassination is approached with your own style. Use shadows and sounds to your advantage to sneak through levels unseen. Creatively use your abilities as you go through and get rid of targets.

10. BORDERLANDS 2
Borderlands 2 is a first-person shooter built like an RPG: you level up by killing things, improve your character's abilities, and find higher-level guns to kill higher-level beasts. You can play the game as many times as you want to try new classes!

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The New Color Lookup Adjustment In Photoshop CS6

Written by Steve Patterson. In this tutorial, we’ll learn all about the new Color Lookup image adjustment inPhotoshop CS6 and how it lets us instantly change the overall appearance of a photo simply by choosing a new "look" from a list of presets. The presets are known aslookup tables, or LUTs, and if you’ve never heard of such a thing, that’s because they’re mainly found in the film industry.

Essentially, a lookup table contains instructions for Photoshop to take the original colors in your image and remap them to different, specific colors to create a certain look. Depending on which lookup table you choose, the difference between the original and remapped version of the image can be subtle or very dramatic. If these lookup tables sound confusing or complicated, don’t worry. We don’t need to know any of the behind-the-scenes details of how they do what they do. All we need to learn is what they can do for us and how to use them, so let’s get to it!

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Since the Color Lookup adjustment is new in Photoshop CS6, you’ll need CS6 to follow along. Let’s start with thisimage that I have open on my screen:

The original photo.

Selecting The Color Lookup Adjustment

You’ll find the new Color Lookup image adjustment in the Adjustments panel. Simply click on its icon to select it (far right, middle row – it looks like a grid):

Clicking on the Color Lookup icon in the Adjustments panel.

This places a new Color Lookup adjustment layer (named Color Lookup 1) directly above my original image in theLayers panel:

The Layers panel showing the Color Lookup adjustment layer.

Choosing A Lookup Table

Once you’ve added the Color Lookup adjustment layer, you’ll find all of the various lookup tables to choose from in the Properties panel. The tables are divided up into three main categories – 3DLUT File, Abstract, and Device Link (I know, it sounds confusing, but stay with me):

The Properties panel showing the 3DLUT File, Abstract and Device Link categories.

The majority of lookup tables are found in the first category at the top, 3DLUT File. We’ve already learned that “LUT” stands for “Look Up Table”, but I should point out here before we go any further that the 3D part of the name has nothing to do with converting your 2D image into something that would make James Cameron proud. In this case, it refers to how the lookup table uses Photoshop’s three RGB color channels to remap the colors in your image. It’s nothing you need to worry about, I just didn’t want you to get your hopes up.

To choose a lookup table, simply click on the box to the right of a category’s name. I’ll click on the 3DLUT File box (where it says "Load 3D LUT…"):

Clicking on the box for the 3DLUT category.

This opens a menu of all the lookup tables in that category. The name of each table gives you an idea of what sort of result you can expect. To select and load a lookup table, just click on its name in the list. For example, I’ll choose the Crisp_Warm table by clicking on it:

Choosing the Crisp_Warm lookup table.

Photoshop instantly remaps the photo’s original colors to new colors using the instructions in the lookup table, and we can see here that my photo now has a warmer, higher contrast appearance:

The color and contrast of the photo instantly changes after selecting the lookup table.

Since we’re using an adjustment layer, the change we applied to the image isn’t permanent, which means we can try as many lookup tables as we want to compare the results and find the one we like best. If I select the Crisp_Wintertable from the list:

Trying the Crisp_Winter lookup table.

Photoshop again remaps the photo’s original colors based on the instructions in the new table, and now we see that my image still has the same higher amount of contrast that we saw with the Crisp_Warm table but this time, the colors appear much cooler:

A different lookup table gives us a different result.

For something more dramatic, I’ll try the LateSunset table:

Choosing LateSunset from the list.

This instantly gives my photo an orange-magenta split-toning effect:

The results from lookup tables can be subtle or dramatic.

Or I can try the NightFromDay table:

Selecting NightFromDay.

And as you may have guessed from its name, this gives us a much darker version of the image with a blue-ish tint, as if the photo was taken at night (or close to it, anyway):

Lookup tables can change not only the color but also the contrast and exposure of an image.

Adjusting The Look With Layer Opacity And Blend Modes

Another benefit with using an adjustment layer is that we can further adjust and fine-tune the results simply by changing the opacity or blend mode of the Color Lookup layer. I’m still using the NightFromDay lookup table, but I’ll lower the opacity of the adjustment layer down to 50%:

The Opacity option is found in the upper right of the Layers panel.

This allows some of the photo’s original color and brightness to show through, giving me a less intense effect:

Lowering the opacity of the adjustment layer is one way to fine-tune the result.

We can also change the blend mode of the Color Lookup adjustment layer. You’ll find the Blend Mode option in the upper left of the Layers panel. By default, it’s set to Normal, but some popular blend modes to try are Screen,Multiply, Overlay and Soft Light. I’ll change my blend mode to Overlay:

Changing the adjustment layer’s blend mode to Overlay.

The Overlay blend mode is used to increase contrast, and here, it gives the NightFromDay lookup table greater intensity and impact:

Combine lookup tables with blend modes for different results.

I’m not going to go through every single lookup table here since you can easily do that on your own, but for a few more examples, let’s try a different image. We’ll use this photo of a lighthouse:

Trying a different photo.

I’ll once again add a Color Lookup adjustment layer by clicking on the Color Lookup icon in the Adjustments panel as I did earlier, then in the Properties panel, I’ll again open the list of lookup tables in the 3DLUT File category. For this image, I’ll try the FoggyNight lookup table by choosing it from the list:

Selecting the FoggyNight table from the 3DLUT File menu.

This instantly transforms the photo into more of a, well, a foggy night:

FoggyNight seemed like a natural choice for a lighthouse photo.

Let’s try a lookup table from a different category. I’ll click on the box for the Device Link category in the Properties panel, then I’ll choose Smokey from the menu that appears:

Selecting Smokey from the Device Link menu.

This gives me another interesting look that seems to work well with this photo. Some lookup tables will be a better match for certain types of images, but it can be fun to experiment with them to see if they spark new creative ideas:

The same photo with the Smokey profile applied.

Comparing The New Look With The Original

If you want to compare the photo’s new look with the original, you can view the original image again by clicking on the layer visibility icon at the bottom of the Properties panel (the eyeball icon, second from the right). Clicking the icon once will temporarily turn off the Color Lookup adjustment layer so you can view the original image in the document window. Click the icon again to turn the adjustment layer back on:

Click the layer visibility icon to turn the adjustment layer on and off.

The Mac-Only Abstract Profiles

It doesn’t happen too often these days, but there’s actually a slight difference between the Windows and Mac versions of Photoshop CS6 regarding the Color Lookup image adjustment. Mac users will find a handful of additional profiles in the Abstract category that are not available in the Windows version. Specifically, the Black & White, Blue Tone, Gray Tone, Lightness Decrease, Lightness Increase, and Sepia profiles (highlighted in yellow) are only available in the Mac version:

Mac users will see a few additional Abstract profiles.

The new Color Lookup image adjustment in Photoshop CS6 gives us a quick and easy way to try out different looks with our photos, whether we know the exact look we’re after or just want to experiment for new ideas and inspiration, and there’s many more lookup tables to check out than the few examples we saw here. To help give your photo its own unique style with these effects presets, try mixing in different blend modes and layer opacity values, or take advantage of the adjustment layer’s built-in layer mask to limit the area that’s affected by the Color Lookup adjustment and unlock more creative possibilities!

And there we have it!

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Kumpulan Widget Animasi Yang Lucu dan Keren Untuk Blog

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Cara Memasang Widget Animasi Yang Lucu dan Keren di Blog -

Banyak hal yang dapat membuat sebuah blog dikatakan menarik, selain dari isi content atau postingan , ternyata ada hal - hal lain yang bisa membuat si blog terlihat lebih menarik dan tentunya banyak pengunjungnya. Nah selain postingan, disain dan animasi / pernak - pernik blog ternyata dapat meningkatkan performa dari suatu blog.. ga percaya ? cobalah anda berkunjung kesuatu blog yang disainnya polos hanya berisikan artikel saja kemudian bandingkan dengan blog yang berisi postingan menarik dengan disain yang menarik pula . Pasti kita akan lebih betah berlama-lama di blog yang berisi artikel menarik dan disain / animasi yang menarik itu bukan ? tentunya. Dan, memberikan efek animasi di blog itu ga sulit kok, dan pilihan animasinya pun beragam bergantung selera. . nah dibawah ini ada beberapa contohwidget animasinya. Kalo udah cocok, berikut langkahnya :

 Cara Memasang Widget Animasi Di Blog

1.Copy script yang ingin anda munculkan animasinya

2.Login ke Blog

3.Pilih Rancangan

4.Tambah gedget

5.Pilih edit html atau script,

6.Pastekan script tadi

7.Lalu save.. “pasti akan langsung  muncul animasi yang anda pilih tadi” 

selamat mencoba..

1.helicopter

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2. Ekspresi muka

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3. Kodok mata gede

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/466/th/46606.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

4 Spiderman

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/3/th/312.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

5.Pig

 <div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/110/th/11046.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

6. Muka senyum

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/197/th/19769.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

7. monyet

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/458/th/45845.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

 8.Doraemon

 <div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/1031/th/103123.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

9.Spongebob

 <div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/1028/th/102882.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

10.Panda

 

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/212/th/21215.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

11.Monyet loncat

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/539/th/53966.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

12.Anime cewek

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/228/th/22801.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

13.Saringgan

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:130px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://s.myniceprofile.com/myspacepic/712/th/71266.gif" title="My widget" alt="animasi  bergerak gif" /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">My Widget</a></center></small></div>

14.Naruto berubah

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15.Gajah loncat

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 20px;width:120px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0"src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203BC.gif" title="Click to get more." /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">Widget-Animasi</a></center></small></div>

16. Lumba lumba

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:110px;height:160px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0"src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203BA.gif" title="Click to get more." /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">Widget Animasi</a></center></small></div>

17.Kucing tidur

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:110px;height:140px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0"src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203C0.gif" title="Click to get more." /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">Widget Animasi</a></center></small></div>

18.Ayam betelur

<div style="position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 10px;width:100px;height:130px;"><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0"src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/00020541.gif" title="Click to get more." /></a><small><center><a href="http://permathic.blogspot.com/2012/04/kumpulan-widget-animasi-yang-lucu-dan.html" target="_blank" title="Cara Memasang Widget Animasi">Widget</a></center></small></div>

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