OK it's not a bird! This is a combination of photograph & digital art for a forthcoming exhibition to raise money for a War Memorial at Kings Cliffe 9 miles from where I live. http://www.controltowers.co.uk/H-K/Kings%20Cliffe.htm It's an old USAF Airfield & this picture is part of 30 images I am producing to re build the now dilapidated memorial-dedicated to the 8th Air Force fallen.

Speaking exclusively to Now Magazine, Jodie tells the world about her new fitness regime, which involves going to the gym at least twice a week for 6 (six) months. Two times a week?! Hardly pushing the boat out!

Jodie has dropped 3 (three) dresses. Oh sorry, three dress sizes and is now a 6/8. She somewhat naively suggests she is planning to lose another half a stone and build up even bigger muscles. As any fool  knows muscle weighs about a third more than fat, so any fat she replaces will inevitably cause her to actually gain weight.

"Within two weeks, I had definition in my stomach,"

"As I saw my body changing, I really liked my muscles and as Tim (her personal trainer) is a body builder it just went from there."

Jodie's gruelling bodybuilding regime also consists of walking her dog, sex and dancing in nightclubs. Sex? God this silly cow pisses me off!

                        

                                                                      

Today I joined the ranks of Twitter & have already found it spammed with crap so I will see how this transpires!     
http://twitter.com/xintense

I  had the privilage to meet Ray Hanna & its an honour to say I knew him. The Pic posted is Rays  4th & final run under Winston Bridge at 215knots. The director wanted 4 runs to get the shot.  Ray could fly & hold a line just 9 feet above the ground-FUCK ME!

The image posted is my copyright-please do not abuse, for personal use only & posted in tribute of Ray.

That was the legend Ray Hanna, former leader & founder of the Red Arrows & no doubt very much missed on the flying warbird circuit. RIP.

The reporter was Alan DeCadenet, Father of Amanda.


              

WELL SHE'S JUST HAD HER 21ST BIRTHDAY BASH-YESTERDAY IN FACT! I KNOW, FUCKING HARD TO BELIEVE SHES ONLY 21!

          
Brooke Hogan had the party at Pure Nightclub inside Caesars Palace Resort Casino. Brooke's dress looked great and very sexy, but she had far to much make-up on.. she looked like a man...

Hulk Hogan looks very cozy with Jennifer McDaniel, this is allegedly the girl that Hulk Hogan dated while still married to his former wife Linda. Hulk Hogan is currently living with Brooke. Looking at the pictures Jennifer looks the same age as Brooke. I just hope there is no funny business going on Mr Hulk..

                                                                   

Photoshop - Crop Tool - C

Use the crop tool in Photoshop to crop down an image. Trim away portions of a photo that you may not particularly like and focus on the section of the image that you want to highlight. Select the crop tool from the Tool Bar by pressing C.

Crop Tool - C:

Drag a selection with the crop tool just as you would the marquee tools. Use the space bar and shift keys to drag and shape the rectangle about the canvas. Once you have a selection you are happy with, press enter to crop the rest of the picture away.

Crop Away!:

Photoshop - Crop Tool Options Bar

The arrow by the icon for the crop tool drops down into a list of common picture sizes. Use these if you plan on printing the image and framing it in a standard frame.

Crop Tool Presets:

While these presets offer a precise means to crop an image down to the desired size. This tool does not solve the problem of reducing the size of an entire image. Photoshop does have a solution to this problem, you may change the entire size of an image by clicking on the Image menu at the top of the screen and selecting the Image Size... option.

Use the vacant input boxes as a means to specify your own dimensions and resolution. Resolution has to do with the quality of the image, set a higher resolution to increase picture quality. Be aware that increasing a resolution of an image also increases the file size of that image - not so super for web developers.

Crop Tool Option Bar:

Photoshop - Crop Tool Second Options bar

After dragging and dropping a crop. Before pressing enter to confirm the cropping, another options bar appears at the top of the screen.

More Crop Tool Options:

Photoshop - Crop Tool Mouse Work

Rotate the cropping by clicking behind one of the points and swinging your mouse about the canvas. Clicking on a point will allow you to additionally modify the size of the cropping.

Mouse Work:

Rotating the cropping as we've done above skewed the sphere creating more of a three dimensional oval - egg shape.

Photoshop - Brushes

The brush tool is a relic that should be cherished and treated like royalty. An expert in the art of Photoshop's Brush tool will find it very helpful indeed.

Photoshop Brush Tool:

Photoshop - The Brush Palette

The small icon located on the tool bar hardly does justice to the tool when compared to the actual brush palette. Access the brush palette located toward the top of the program. Single click the brush tab to activate the brush palette.

The palette is organized into a two column table with preset brushes on the right-hand side and several brush stroke options on the left. At the bottom lies a preview that should give you some idea of what your brush stroke will do. The brush palette is essentially the ultimate control panel for your brushes. Anything and everything can be adjusted with the brush palette.

The Brush Palette:

Photoshop - Brush Presets

Photoshop comes with several brush pre-sets. Later we will discuss how to create your own unique brushes but for now scroll through the preset brushes and when you come to the bottom, there's still more hiding from your view. To access them, click on the little black arrow located at the top of the palette near the actual Brushes tab. A navigation list should pop into view and at the bottom of that list lies about a dozen brush sets.

Brush Presets:

Browse through them, familiarize yourself with this palette, and finally pick a brush to paint with and paint away on a new layer.

Paint Away:

Photoshop - Brush Options

Previously we sort of ignored the left column of the brush palette. Customizing brushes is accomplished here. Simply checking one of the boxes here modifies the brush in some way. These options are a way to fine tune brushes and can really bring about some impressive results.

Brush Options:

If the scatter option on your brush isn't already on, click the check box to activate this option and then click the text to highlight the option and bring the palette into fine-tune mode.

Scattering Options:

Here we can adjust the amount of scattering that takes place along with the jitter and fade options. All really neat features available through the brush palette.

Photoshop - Create Your Own Brush

As you begin to "fiddle" around with each and every option available, you may want to save your brush as a preset for later use. Finalize all your options and settings then click the "Create New Brush" button at the bottom of the brush palette. Photoshop comes back with a prompt of what to name your brush. Type in a name and then press "OK".

Create New Brush:

Name New Brush:

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