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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Japanese art of drawing and creating shapes from cream of coffee

 I am fond of coffee.
I liked sooooo much that kind of art, the new Japanese art.

New Japanese art of drawing and creating shapes from cream of coffee will fascinate you.


"This new Japanese art of drawing and creating shapes from cream of coffee will leave you breathless", writes Business Insider.

U.S. site presents stunning images with the best works in the coffee mugs on 26-year-old Kazuki Yamamoto of Osaka. His figures and drawings of cream creamy of hot caffeinated drinks make a sensation on the Internet.


 Drawing and creating shapes from cream of coffee


Yamamoto started to deal with this kind of art when he was 20 years old while working in a coffee shop in Tokyo. Initially experimented by making to the milk leaves using the machine under stream. Once, a friend challenged him to make a cartoon. After initial success Yamamoto realizes that he has a talent and started trying to do different projects.

Yamamoto tells Internet users that any of his works was developed before the coffee gets cold. Here are some pictures of his best works.


Info Source With Compliments:http://bit.ly/KazukiYamamoto.

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Manal Raafat


Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Portrait Retouch in Photoshop


 Portrait Retouch is important it make the photos clear.
We can use some tools like.

How to do it?

  1.  Use the Quick Selection Tool, then refine the edge.
  2. Apply layer style. You can use layer mask and the Brush Tool
  3. The Spot Healing brush tool is used to hide the spots also.
  4.  Smudge Tool is used also.
Tganks
Manal Raafat

Oil Painting Photo Effects in Photoshop in easy way (photoshop lesson)

Did you think about going to someone to draw you with brush and oil?
It is not easy to stay for a long time in front of him with no movement.

Sometimes we want to see what will be the look of our photos in oil paint.

So why not trying to do it with Photoshop by yourself? 
Try to give your photos oil paint nice &  new look.

That is how to do it.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Queen Tiye

What do you know about Queen Tiye?
You will find many posts in this blog about her and all her life.

Tiye was the daughter of Yuya and Tjuyu (also spelled Thuyu). She became the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. She was the mother of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) and grandmother of Tutankhamun. 

Her mummy was identified as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 2010.

Queen Tiye


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Related Topics In This blog

Pharaoh Amenhotep III. and Colossi of Memnon.Add Your Touch To Your Photos

Queen TiyeThe Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III

Colossi of Memnon of Pharaoh Amenhotep III...With Photoshop Lesson

Akhenaten The King The Consolidated


Queen Nefertiti and How to Adjust Here Photo With Photoshop


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M R
Manal Raafat


Pharaonic Important Photos

Sometimes we want to be back in history to now what was behind us.
Pharaohs help us to know the history.
Here are some photos to watch.

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Deceased and his wife Teptu with offertory table, detail from stele of Vizier Ramose, from Thebes, Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom.



Deceased and his wife Teptu

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Stele of Apis bull, cult of bull with two obelisks flanking pyramid, from Serapeum at Memphis, Egyptian civilization, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI

Stele of Apis bull





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Anubis, God of funerals and death.

Anpu is the Greek name.

usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head. 


Anubis



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Aswan Tombs-Nobles Tombs Aswan Egypt

Aswan Tombs



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Medinat Habu- Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty.


Temple of Ramesses III

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Manal raafat

Thursday, July 6, 2017

5 Reasons to Use Photoshop Curves Instead of Levels


In Photoshop, Curves are better than Levels for adjusting the brightness and contrast, and for performing color corrections on your images.
New lynda.com course Exploring Photoshop: Mastering Curves.


Here are five reasons, with specific examples, of why you want to use Curves instead of Levels:


1. Custom lightening-brightening
Curves provides 256 levels of tone and color controls on each color channel and Master channel, while Levels allows only three adjustments!




In this late afternoon image of Kachemak Bay, Alaska, that I shot from my porch, I can apply any of several Curve-based lightening adjustments (including (including customized brightness adjustments) that Levels does not provide.

Starting Level panel



Level panel after midtone-only lightening-brightening adjustment

The Levels dialog provides only three adjustment points: the Highlight, Mid-tone, and Shadow sliders (located below the histogram display).

Here I can lighten the image by adjusting the midtone slider, which lightens all the tonal values between the highlight and shadow points, while lightening the midtone the most.


Note overall-general lightening in the image above, but no change in contrast or preferential lightening or darkening of particular tonal areas.



By contrast, the Curves dialog allows me to place control points anywhere along the Master (RGB) Curve. Here I’ve added three control points, ¼ tone, mid-tone and 3/4 tone points (in addition to the two starting highlight and shadow point) that I’ve used to lighten the ¼ tone more than the 3/4 tone, while leaving the highlight and shadow points unadjusted.

Notice the three interior control points along the Curve that have been moved, while the two end control points (the highlight and shadow points) have not been moved.

Level’s three adjustment point do not allow me to customize the brightness like this.




Alternately, I can choose to lighten the image only in the ¼ tone portion of the image, as I have done here by only moving the 1/4 tone control point up while placing stationary midtone and 3/4 tone control points.






To learn more, watch the free videos Adjusting brightness and contrast and Making area-specific tonal adjustments from the new Mastering Curves course.



2. Custom contrast control

Curves provides more customized contrast control than Levels.

Levels provides enhancement of contrast only by setting highlight and shadow points. Curves allows you to adjust contrast by setting and positioning control points along the entire tonal range.

Example: Here I’ve placed eight control points along the master Curve, each of which I can adjust independently of the others. Notice that I have lightened the 1/4 tone a greater amount than I have darkened the 3/4 tone.

As a result, I am able to preferentially lighten the sky and foreground to achieve a customized contrast adjustment. Again, this type of customization of tone distribution is just not possible with Levels!






3. Quantitative control

Curves allows quantitative control of all tonal and color values, including critical highlight and shadow points, through the use of control points.

Example: This is an example of some of the subtle, and often very important, control you can easily achieve with Curves. Here I’ve placed a color sampler point on the image on an initially blown-out critical diffuse highlight area of the image (note the 255 values in the Info Panel) and darkened this critical highlight area by moving the highlight control point down in Curves.

Note how the highlight control point (solid) has been moved straight down from its initial-starting position and the final 242 values in the Info Panel, without affecting many of the other tonal values in the image.

Levels does not provide for this type of subtle, critical targeted adjustment.

Learn more: Watch the free video Setting highlights and shadows.







4. Accurate color corrections
For applying color corrections to image, Curves is the undisputed king! Using Color Sampler and Curve Control points, I can achieve exactly the results I want.

In this example, I’ve placed color sampler points on three critical neutral areas in this image, and have created corresponding Curve control points on the individual Color Channel curves.

By adjusting the control points on the individual color curves, I have neutralized the critical gray areas and corrected the color based upon the values of those critical neutral areas.

Curves allows me to control specific key areas of an image, which Levels does not, to achieve the exact numeric-based area-specific color adjustment that I want.














Blue channel adjustments of #2 Midtone and #3 3/4tone curve control points corresponding to #2 and #3 neutral color sampler points



Note better neutrals and more saturated colors in the color-corrected image above.

See how I made these color-correction adjustments in the Numeric Color Adjustments with Curves chapter of Mastering Curves.

For step-by-step instructions on how to complete a variety of curves-based color correction projects, watch my course Photoshop Color Correction: Advanced.




5. Creative control
With Curves, you can apply dramatic creative changes in tonal/color distribution totally unavailable in Levels.

In this example, I Solarize the image and control the precise look and feel of the solarization by adjusting multiple control points along the Master Curve. Here I also add a bit of Posterization of the 3/4tonal area creating a combination Partial Posterized Solarization.

Although I do not perform this here, you can even create separate solarization Curves for each color.

Using Curves to control solarization and other effects gives you more control than most dedicated effects tools!


Simply stated, Curves is Levels on steroids—and then some! Take the time to learn and use curves. You’ll be glad you did.


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MR

Friday, February 3, 2017

Photoshop Workspace - Photoshop lesson

The start with the new lessons, will be with the work-space

Photoshop Work-space
Various elements, such as panels, bars, and windows. Any arrangement of these elements is called a work-space.


Workspace basics
  • You can adapt the application to the way you work by selecting from several preset work-spaces or by creating one of your own.






  • Photoshop displays the Start workspace at launch or whenever no documents are open. If necessary, customize the number of recent files displayed. Select Preferences > File Handling and then specify the desired value (0-100)

  • To quit this workspace, simply press the Esc key.

New Start .. Back Again to Our Photoshop Lessons

After a long break  >> I am here again to be with you my friends.

I will present simple lessons for Photoshop.

I hope it will be useful.

I will continue also writting about history, tours in the countries, and some other stories, I hope you will like it. 



Thanks a lote.
Manal Raafat

Sunday, July 26, 2015

The Arab Association of Civilization and Islamic Arts' Goals & Activities of the Society.


Definition of Arabian Civilization & defending it through the following:

The Arab Association of Civilization and Islamic Arts

1. Determining the concept of Arabian Civilization, its features, the Islamic Arts and stating the civil and enlightenment roles of Arabian Civilization and its effect on the Western Civilization through the bestowal in the different fields.

2. Demonstrating  the civil values of the architectural buildings and their arts in everywhere in the world (through studying Architecture and Islamic Arts and confirming its enlightened creation).

3. Highlighting the civil role of Moslem Scientists in all civil fields: scientific, intellectual and artistic fields, by defining their participations to enrich the humanistic role in the contemporary global scientific awakening.

4. Organize symposiums, establishing fairs and conferences confirming the conversation among civilizations and to confirm the enlightenment role of the Islamic Civilization, its science and arts, and establishing International Conference for the Society every two years at least concerning on the relevant subjects with the Society's goals.

5. To interest with the readable, audible and visual mass media activity, and to publish and writing books, magazines and newspapers, and radio and television programs that confirming the uphold of the values of the Islamic cultures and civilization and the continuation among generations.

6. Authenticate the relations to connect with the Arab and Islamic countries' scientists and artists, exchanging the cognition experiences among Arab countries that interesting with the Arab and Islamic Civilization in all of its civil aspects in cooperation with the Ministries of Culture and Arab League (the Cultural Department).

7. Conserve our Arabian and Islamic patrimony, maintaining it against damage, tampering or the try forge the fixed self-facts of it. This can be made through an active participation by defining the patrimony and the awareness of its importance and maintaining the civil patrimony of the nation in the cooperation with the concerned organizations, regionally and internationally inside and outside the country.   

8. The awareness of the importance of the patrimonial industries and crafts by focus on them, and how to conserving them as a source of the cognitive prosperity, national income and to employ the youth in patrimonial crafts on scientific, artistic and technical principals by habilitating them scientifically and practically.
 9. To invite to conserve Arabic Language, rising and spreading and learning it through an international level, and also the Arabic Handwriting and its importance by establishing educational workshops and artistic fairs offering artistic and handwriting works inspired from the Arabian Civilization Spirit, to be participated by the concerned persons in the world.

10. To recognize the concerned persons of the Arabian Civilization and Islamic Art in the world, then to support the contact among them and to talk with them permanently, and also the civilization departments in universities and the concerned cultural institutions of civilizations and arts to make countries progressing in a way fits with the present technological and scientific time of the world and to be participated in common events.

11. Trying to establish specialized committees in all civilization's branches to at least participate in the contacting with the public and to spread the awareness of the importance of each committee, such as (Arabic language, Handwriting, Islamic Architecture, Islamic design, decoration and its arts, legislation, physical sciences …etc).

12. Making agreements and cooperation among the Society, the concerned organizations and authorities with the Islamic Civilization's field through (Arab League, ISISCO, UNISCO, the specialized faculties, ACROME Organization for Museums and Specialized Research Institutes, IRISCA – the International Organization for Science, Arts, Literature and History that following Islamic World Organization & Ministries of Culture) and establishing common events and activities with such bodies.

13. Creating contact points to talk with the concerned different creeds, cultures and religions to realize peace and welfare, then to refer to the positive role of the others' culture through the scientific talks that aiming to define Islam's lenience and to live with the others.

14. Organizing cultural missions for the Society's members in the cultural houses through the Republic to aware the youth with the importance of the civil role of Islamic Arts and Civilization.

15. Supporting the relation between the Society, Arab Leagues federations, the International Federation of Islamic World and Islamic World Association to be participated in common events with such institutions, and to try to create a curriculum for the students in the different stages to define the Islamic Civilization, its arts and role in making the contemporary civilization.  

16. Encourage researchers and authors to write and prepare the Master and PhD thesis in Arabian Civilization and Islamic Arts, and in different writings in such field.

17. Issue firm scientific magazine for Society to encourage researches writing and preparation in this civil field.

 The Society is honored to receive the opinions and notes of all the concerned persons of the Arabian Civilization and Islamic Arts in all of their scientific and artistic aspects.

As we'd like to submit any useful suggestion for the Society to perform its task.


Society General Secretary

Fathy El Mula
Chairman

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Aly Zenhom
Prof. in Faculty of Applied Arts
Helwan University

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Quotes by William Shakespeare


William Shakespeare :
Born, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, The United Kingdom
December 05, 1563

Died, April 23, 1616




*** “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”


*** “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And      therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”



*** “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve          greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”


*** “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”


*** “Doubt thou the stars are fire;
         Doubt that the sun doth move;
         Doubt truth to be a liar;
         But never doubt I love.”



*** “I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are                unarmed!”



*** “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”



*** “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it  so.” 

I copied it for you.
Manal Raafat

Monday, December 22, 2014

The Harp Song of the Pharaohs


It was one of the most famous songs sung with "the harp" the time of the Pharaohs , it was recorded on "Haris papyrus", probably it returns to the king "Aneotef" period, he was from the eleventh family.


"Here are the generations of humans
Generation after generation
The rule of existence since the beginning of humanity
Since there was god in life
Those lying in their pyramids
The nobles and knights
They went to the yard with others
All what they built of castles
Have gone.. as if not existing
whoever came before them, can tell us about them
So that our hearts should be knowing the truth
Till we go to where they have gone
strengthen your heart
Enjoy what you love while alive
Wearing the beast a god can wear
Take you luck from your happiness
Do not make loosing hope know your way
Take the chance from the happiness world is pushing to you
No one from those who left, came back..

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Saturday, December 13, 2014

The song of The Harper...one of the Pharaohs'songs.


It was one of the most famous songs sung with "the harp", it was recorded on "Haris papyrus", probably it returns to the king "Aneotef" period, he was from the eleventh family.


"Here are the generations of humans
Generation after generation
The rule of existence since the beginning of humanity
Since there was god in life
Those lying in their pyramids
The nobles and knights
They went to the yard with others
All what they built of castles
Have gone.. as if not existing
whoever came before them, can tell us about them
So that our hearts should be knowing the truth
Till we go to where they have gone
strengthen your heart
Enjoy what you love while alive
Wearing the beast a god can wear
Take you luck from your happiness
Do not make loosing hope know your way
Take the chance from the happiness world is pushing to you
No one from those who left, came back..

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Happy New Year from Egypt



Happy New Year From Egypt


Start your new year with hope and love.


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Manal Raafat

Happy New Year 2014 in hieroglyphs




Say it in hieroglyphs......
Happy New Year 2014
New Year Greetings
Peace & Love Be Upon Egypt.....




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Manal Raafat






Friday, September 19, 2014

The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV, or the Sphinx Stele

*** First of all, The Stele is a stone or wooden slab, erected as a monument, very often for funerary or commemorative purposes.
This ornamentation may be inscribed, carved, found in different parts of the world, notably Egypt and China.
In ancient Egypt, these vertical slabs of stone depict tombstones, religious uses, and boundaries.

The Sphinx Stele, was erected in the first year of Thutmose IV'reign, 1401 BC.. 
As was common with other New Kingdom Pharaohs, it makes claim to a divine legitimization to pharaoh-ship.

In ancient Egypt, when pharaohs wanted to record something for eternity and have it be known not only to mortals, but more importantly, to the gods, they wrote in stone. The hieroglyphs carved into the Dream Stella of Thutmosis IV, an enormous upright slab at the base of the Sphinx, tell a portentous story of a young king's bargain with the sun god.


Dream Stele, reproduction.

Diagram 

The dream

"Now the statue of the very great Khepri [the Great Sphinx ] rested in this place, great of fame, sacred of respect, the shade of Ra resting on him. Memphis and every city on its two sides came to him, their arms in adoration to his face, bearing great offerings for his Ka. One of these days it happened that prince Thutmose came travelling at the time of midday. He rested in the shadow of this great god. Sleep and dream took possession of him, at the moment the sun was at zenith. Then he found the majesty of this noble god speaking from his own mouth like a father speaks to his son, and saying: "Look at me, observe me, my son Thutmose. I am your father Horemakhet-Khepri-Ra-Atum. I shall give to you the kingship [upon the land before the living]....[Behold, my condition is like one in illness], all [my limbs being ruined]. The sand of the desert, upon which I used to be, (now) confronts me; and it is in order to cause that you do what is in my heart that I have waited.





Stele description
The Dream Stele is a vertical rectangular stele, 144 cm Ht, 40 cm W, 70 cm D. The upper scene lunette ( The lunette spatial region in the upper portion of stelas, became common for steles as a prelude to a stele's topic ), shows Thutmose IV on the right and left making offerings to the Great Sphinx.

Reproduction of the Dream Stele of Thutmose IV - Close-up of detail depicting pharaoh making offering to Sphinx. RC 1834 (Original 1500 - 1390 BC, made of granite, located on the Giza Plateau).

Medical Analysis of the Stele
Recently a surgeon at Imperial College London (Dr Hutan Ashrafian) has analysed the early death of Thutmose IV and the premature deaths of other Eighteenth dynasty Pharaohs (including Tutankhamun and Akhenaten). He identifies that their early deaths was likely as a result of a Familial Temporal Epilepsy. This would account for the untimely mortality in Thutmose IV and can also explain his religious vision described on his Dream Stele due to this type of epilepsy’s association with intense spiritual visions and religiosity.



Note
*** Thutmosis IV was the eighth king of the 18th dynasty, which is during Egypt's New Kingdom, a period when Egypt was really at its height. This area, at that time, was like a recreation area for the pharaohs. They would come here to hunt, ride their chariots, do target practice.
I  had collected the information from several documents and the Wikipedia.

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Manal Raafat
MR

You can find arabic translation here.

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