5hobi6

cara membut menu pulldown

2011-11-22T18:51:00.001-08:00

-Menupulldown/Pulldown Menu lebih mudah dan memakan ruang sidebar yang lebih sedikit. Cara penambahan linknya juga mudah. Pulldown bisa digunakan untuk Daftar Blogroll, Daftar Link, Previous Posting, dan sejenisnya. Walapupun sering diulas pada banyak blog dan website, tidak ada salahnya saya ingin mengulasnya kembali, siapa tahu dapat membantu para pengguna blogger baru.

-formatnya adalah sbb.

<form><select name="menu" onchange="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value,'_blank')"
size="1" name="menu">

<option>- Nama/Judul Menu -</option>

<option value="http://alamat_link_1/">Nama_link_1
<option value="http://alamat_link_2/">Nama_link_2
<option value="http://alamat_link_3/">Nama_link_3
<option value="http://alamat_link_seterusnya/">Nama_link_seterusnya

</select>
</form>

-sebagai contoh editnya adalah sbb.

<form><select name="menu" onchange="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value,'_blank')"
size="1" name="menu">

<option>- blog temanku -</option>

<option value="http://niamnr.blogspot.com/">ni'am
<option value="http://cakrois.blogspot.com/">Roies
<option value="http://cakromiz.blogspot.com/">Romiz
<option value="http://mufarikh.blogspot.com/">farikh

</select>
</form>

langkah-langkah pembuatannya adalah sbb.

1.sign in ke blogger.com =>> pilih tata letak/layout =>> elemen halaman=>>tambah gadget=>>pilih HTML/javasript =>> copy kode yg berwarna di atas lalu paste =>> kemudian simpan=>>lihat blog

ket:kode yg berwarna biru diatas bisa anda ganti sendiri

hasilnya adalah sbb.

Drummer

2009-10-16T09:06:00.000-07:00

10 Tips Penting Seorang Drummer

2009-10-07T09:18:00.000-07:00

Pengin jadi seorang pemain drum yang handal? Tapi kalo gak ngikutin 10 tips berikut ini gue yakin kalian kalian gak bakalan percaya diri kalo gak ngikutin tips-tips berikut ini.

Berikut adalah tips untuk menjadi seorang Drummer handal :

1.Selalu menggunakan EAR PLUG (penutup telinga) guna melindungi telinga dari kerusakan dan selalu gunakan pada saat latihan dan tampil. Sekarang banyak pemain drum yang telah mengidap penyakit tinnitus (kuping mendengung) dan sampai sekarang obatnya masih belum ada. Sayangilah pendengaran anda.
2. Biasakan menggunakan METRONOME setiap kali berlatih sehingga tempo anda senantiasa stabil.
3. Bermainlah dengan RILEKS, jangan tegang dan jangan membuang-buang tenaga, tidak ada gunanya.
4. Selalu menyiapkan STICK sendiri lebih dari satu pasang jika ingin tampil.
5. Jangan terlalu CEPAT PUAS dengan ilmu yang telah anda dapat. Cobalah menambah ilmu lagi dengan cara belajar dari guru drum yang berbeda atau dari teman anda yang lebih berpengalaman.
6.Jangan terlalu FANATIK pada satu atau dua aliran lagu saja, hal inilah yang dapat menghambat kreatifitas pemain dan membuat permainan anda menjadi monoton dan membosankan. Cobalah berbagai macam aliran musik dan usahakan anda dapat memainkan seluruh aliran musik yang ada.
7. Dalam permainan drum harus melibatkan FEEL atau dengan kata lain harus benar2 dirasakan, jangan asal pukul dan jangan pernah berpikiran bahwa semakin keras pukulan semakin bagus. Itu salah! Dan juga jangan berpikir bahwa semakin cepat anda bermain semakin hebat. Tidak juga, kekerasan dan kecepatan tidak ada sangkut pautnya dengan musikalitas.
8. Selalu berlatih dari TEMPO yang lambat dan jika sudah sangat terbiasa, tingkatkan temponya perlahan-lahan. Anda harus belajar berjalan dulu baru bisa lari.
9.DENGARKAN pada musisi lainnya, jangan hanya terfokus pada diri sendiri, dengarkan yang lain.
10.Jadilah pemain drum yang KREATIF, beri variasi pada setiap permainan drum yang anda dapat. Karena drum masih merupakan sesuatu yang 'baru', masih banyak variasi baru yang bisa anda dapatkan.Note: Untuk EAR PLUG anda dapat membelinya di apotik yang besar atau di toko yang menjual perlengakapan militer. Untuk metronome disetiap toko musi pasti ada, dan carilah yang digital.

Semoga bermanfaat yak. Kalo pengin beneran jadi Drummer profesional ya kulu ngikutin sekolah musik ajah.

downloads

2009-08-08T07:19:00.001-07:00

shobig.zip
Winnrar.exe
data1.cab
TRANSTOOL.zip

10 Chat Widgets

2009-07-24T08:35:00.000-07:00

10 Chat Widgets

chat

2009-07-24T08:33:00.001-07:00

shobig - Fullscreen

chat

2009-07-24T08:11:00.001-07:00

download software

2009-07-24T07:38:00.000-07:00

convert flv.zip
ansav.zip
kamus english-indonesia.exe

kord

2009-07-15T06:29:00.001-07:00

Efek Kertas Papirus

2009-07-15T06:21:00.000-07:00

Tutorial Photoshop kali akan saya gunakan untuk membuat sebuah efek kertas papirus. Sebenarnya efek ini sudah ada pada action milik Photoshop yang bernama Parchment Paper. Kita tinggal memilih actionnya saja jika ingin membuat efek ini. Jadi yang akan kita bahas kali ini adalah cara pembuatannya secara manual. Dengan mencoba action-action yang sudah ada, maka kita bisa sambil belajar cara-cara membuat efeknya, dengan harapan efek yag sudah ada bisa kita kembangkan sendiri.
Langkah pembuatan efek kertas papirus dengan Photoshop

Langkah 1
Buatlah sebuah file baru dengan Photoshop. Ukurannya terserah keinginan Anda.

Langkah 2
Pilihlah warna foreground agar menjadi coklat muda. Caranya klik icon foreground color di toolbox photoshop (yang biasanya berwarna hitam dan putih). Pada kotak dialog yang muncul, pilihlah warna R=204, G=191, B=167. Seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Langkah 3
Pilihlah warna background agar menjadi coklat tua. Pada kotak dialog yang muncul, pilihlah warna R=181, G=157, B=115. Seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Langkah 4
Pilih menu Filter > Render > Clouds

Langkah 5
Pilih meu Filter > Texture > Texturize. Pilih Canvas pada bagian Texture, Scaling=71, Relief=1, Light=Top Left.

Efek yang kita buat sudah jadi. Hasilnya seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Kertas ini bisa digunakan sebagai media untuk membuat tulisan-tulisan yang bernuansa tua dan sudah lama. Misalnya dibuat seperti dibawah ini.

Tulisan dibuat dengan warna hitam dan blending option-nya dibuat menjadi Overlay. Efek terbakarnya dibuat dengan Photoshop juga seperti pada tutorial yang dulu.

Selamat mencoba. Kalau susah, gunakan saja actionnya yang sudah disediakan Photoshop.

Efek foto terbakar (bagian 2)

2009-07-14T06:52:00.000-07:00

Tutorial Photoshop ini melanjutkan proses pembuatan efek foto terbakar bagian pertama.

Langkah 18
Pilih Channel Seleksi 1.

Lakukan Ctrl + klik pada thumbnail channel Seleksi 2. Ini untuk memunculkan seleksi yang sesuai dengan bentuk channel Seleksi 2.

Langkah 19
Pilih menu Edit > Fill. Pada bagian Use, isikan White. Opacity 50%.

Hasilnya akan seperti gambar tutorial photoshop di bawah ini.

Langkah 20
Hilangkan seleksi dengan memilih menu Select > Deselect.

Langkah 21
Pilih menu Image > Adjustment > Levels. Atur nilai Inputnya sekitar 120an;1;160an. Misalnya seperti gambar ilustrasi tutorial photoshop dibawah ini.

Langkah 22
Pilih menu Select > Load Selection. Pada bagian Channel, yang dipilih adalah Seleksi 1. Klik OK untuk menerapkan.

Langkah 23
Klik Channel RGB di palet channel. Kemudian tekan tombol Delete di keyboard.

Langkah 24
Pilih menu Select > Feather. Isikan nilai 15 pixel.

Langkah 25
Buatlah agar warna foreground menjadi agak merah coklat. Caranya dengan mengeklik gambar Foreground Color di sebelah bawah toolbox Photoshop.

kemudian pilihlah warna coklat terang seperti gambar dibawah ini. Kemudian klik OK.

Langkah 26
Isikan warna Foreground tersebut ke dalam area seleksi. Caranya dengan memilih menu Edit > Fill. Pada bagian Use, pilih Foreground Color. Opacity 100%.

Langkah 27
Lakukan lagi Edit > Fill (sama seperti langkah 26). Ini bertujuan agar warna lebih masuk ke bagian tepi feather dari seleksi.

Langkah 28
Munculkan seleksi yang seperti pada langkah 12. Namun kali ini yang di Ctrl + klik adalah yang channel Seleksi 1. Channel yang aktif tetap pada RGB.

Langkah 29
Pilih menu Select > Feather. Isikan 3 pixel.

Langkah 30
Tekan huruf D pada keyboard untuk mereset warna Foreground dan Background menjadi hitam putih.

Langkah 31
Lakukan langkah Edit > Fill (sama seperti langkah 27). Ulangi langkah 31 ini sekali lagi.

Udah capek? Sebentar lagi selesai kok langkah pembuatan efek ini. Tapi istirahat dulu juga boleh. Jangan membuat desain, ataupun mengerjakan apa saja kalau emosi/badan sedang lelah.

Langkah 32
Lakukan Ctrl + klik pada channel Seleksi 1. Kemudian pilih menu Select > Inverse.

Langkah 33
Pilih menu Edit > Copy. Kemudian hilangkan seleksi ( Select > Deselect ).

Langkah 34
Pilih menu Edit > Fill. Isi dengan warna putih.

Langkah 35
Terapkan lagi gambar yang sudah dicopy tadi. Caranya dengan Edit > Paste.

Langkah 36
Oh, sudah. Gambarnya ternyata sudah jadi.

Catatan: Pembuatan efek ini saya adaptasi dari sebuah action yang bernama Burning Edges.

Selamat mencoba dan mengkreasikan foto Anda dengan Photoshop.

Efek foto terbakar (bagian 1)

2009-07-14T06:49:00.000-07:00

Langkah Pembuatan Efek Foto Terbakar

Langkah 1
Bukalah gambar yang akan dibuka dengan Photoshop. Pada tutorial ini, gambar yang digunakan adalah gambar yang kuposting di Contoh Desain kemarin.

Langkah 2
Pilih menu Select > All

Langkah 3
Pilih menu Select > Modify > Border. Isikan nilai sekitar 15an pixel, nilai ini bisa diubah sesuai ukuran gambar.

Langkah 4
Simpan hasil seleksi ini. Lakukan dengan cara memilih menu Select > Save selection. Beri nama Seleksi 1.

Langkah 5
Hilangkan seleksi. Lakukan ini dengan memilih menu Select > Deselect.

Langkah 6
Pilih Channel Seleksi 1. Caranya tampilkan dulu palet Channel (dengan memilih Window > Channel), kemudian klik channel yang bernama Seleksi 1.

Pada file yang Anda olah akan nampak gambarnya menjadi kotak hitam dengan tepi putih.

Langkah 7
Pilih menu Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Isikan nilai 15an.

Langkah 8
Pilih Filter > Render > Clouds

Langkah 9
Pilih menu Edit > Fade Clouds. Isikan nilai 40%. Ini untuk mengurangi intensitas efek Clouds tadi.

Langkah 10
Pilih menu Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Isikan nilai 4.

Langkah 11
Pilih menu Image > Adjustment > Levels. Buatlah agar nilai pada input menjadi 120;1;140. Atau seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Langkah 12
Pilih menu Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Isikan nilai 15.

Langkah 13
Pilih menu Edit > Fade Gaussian Blur. Pada bagian Opacity=100%; Mode=Lighten.

Langkah 14
Buat sebuah channel baru. Caranya dengan mengeklik icon segitiga di sebelah kanan atas palet Channel.

Pada bagian nama, diisikan nama Seleksi 2.

Kemudian klik OK.

Langkah 15
Pilih menu Filter > Render > Clouds.

Langkah 16
Pilih menu Image > Adjustment > Curves. Buatlah agar bentuk kurva mirip seperti gambar kurva dibawah ini.

Langkah 17
Pilih lagi menu Image > Adjustment > Curves. Buatlah agar bentuk kurva mirip seperti gambar kurva dibawah ini.

Bersambung ke bagian 2

Memasukkan foto kedalam teks

2009-07-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

Memasukkan foto kedalam teks

Langkah 1
Bukalah sebuah file foto / gambar, atau buatlah sebuah file baru. Ukuran file bisa disesuaikan dengan keinginan Anda.

Tujuan langkah ini adalah agar kita mempunyai sebuah file yang digunakan untuk mengetik.

Langkah 2
Pada file tersebut (langkah ke-1), buatlah sebuah tulisan dengan menggunakan type tools. Usahakan untuk memilih jenis huruf yang tebal. Misalnya Arial Black, Impact.

Langkah 3
Bukalah file foto / gambar yang akan dimasukkan ke dalam tulisan. Jika file tersebut sudah dibuka, geserlah file tersebut kedalam file tulisan dengan menggunakan Move tool. Lebih lanjut, tentang Move tool, bisa dibaca di sini.

Langkah 4
Pastikan urutan layer seperti gambar berikut ini:

Layer foto diatas sendiri, kemudian layer tulisan dibawahnya.

Jika posisi layer sudah benar, pastikan layer yang aktif adalah layer foto.
Sekarang:

Tekan tombol Ctrl + Alt + G, pada Photoshop 7, atau

Pilih menu Layer > Create Clipping Mask (Ctrl + G), pada Photoshop CS, atau

Pilih menu Layer > Create Clipping Mask (Ctrl + Alt + G), pada Photoshop CS3.

Foto sudah masuk kedalam tulisan. Jika perlu, bisa Anda tambahkan Layer style misalnya Bevel and Emboss atau Drop Shadow.

Berikut ini adalah gambar dari tutorial photoshop ini yang sudah jadi.

Selamat mencoba.

Membuat efek asap

2009-07-09T12:32:00.000-07:00

Pada post kali ini saya akan menulis tutorial photoshop tentang pembuatan efek asap. Efek ini bisa digunakan untuk menambahkan kesan berasap pada obyek gambar atau foto yang seharusnya tidak berasap. Efek asap bisa juga dibuat dengan sebuah plugin photoshop, misalnya dengan Eye Candy 4.0 (plugin ini mempunyai fasilitas Smoke). Dengan plugin ini, efek asap dengan mudah bisa dibuat. Namun bagi yang ingin membuat efek ini secara manual, bisa mengikuti langkah pembuatannya berikut ini.
Langkah Pembuatan Efek Asap dengan Photoshop

Langkah 1
Bukalah program Photoshop, kemudian buatlah sebuah file baru. Ukuran file bisa terserah Anda. Pada contoh tutorial kali ini, saya buat sebuah file yang berukuran 200 x 300 pixel; resolusi 72 dpi.

Langkah 2
Isikanlah warna hitam pada file baru tersebut. Untuk melakukan ini, bisa dengan memilih menu Edit > Fill, kemudian pada pilihan Use memilih Black, klik OK (lihat gambar ilustrasi).

Atau dengan cukup menekan huruf D pada keyboard, kemudian menekan Alt + Backspace.

Langkah 3
Pilihlah Pencil tool pada toolbox photoshop, kemudian pilih warna Foreground putih. Untuk memilih warna ini, bisa dilakukan dengan mengklik warna foreground, kemudian pilih warna putih. Atau cukup dengan menekan huruf D pada keyboard, kemudian tekan huruf X pada keyboard.
Catatan:
Huruf D, adalah untuk mereset warna foreground dan background.
Huruf X, untuk membalik warna warna foreground dan background.

Langkah 4
Kemudian atur ukuran pointer pencil tadi agar agak besar, kira-kira 30an. Cara untuk mengatur diameter pointer adalah dengan menekan tombol [ atau ] pada keyboard.
Setelah ukuran diameter pointer disesuaikan, buatlah sebuah garis pada file baru tadi (lihat gambar).

Langkah 5
Pilihlah Smudge tool pada toolbox Photoshop. Sapukan pada gambar untuk membuatnya nampak berlekuk-lekuk. Bentuk lekukan terserah keinginan Anda.

Langkah 6
Pilihlah menu Filter > Liquify. Filter pada Photoshop ini digunakan untuk membuat sebuah gambar nampak seperti cairan (liquid), sehingga bisa dibentuk dan diperlakukan seperti benda cair. Buatlah agar gambar garis putih tadi menjadi semakin berlekuk-lekuk. Bentuk lekukan terserah keinginan Anda sendiri. Buatlah agar bentuk lekukan ini menyerupai sebuah asap.

Langkah ini, mungkin adalah bagian yang paling menentukan hasil dari bentuk asap, dan juga bagian yang paling menyenangkan dan memerlukan banyak pengulangan sambil berimprovisasi. Apalagi bagi yang jarang memperhatikan bentuk asap (tapi bukan saya, karena saya tiap hari selalu membuat asap Gudang Garam. Kalau tidak di kamar rumah, ya sama mas Wasidi di dapur kantor Smile Group cabang MT Haryono, atau di sebelah Lab Kimia SMUN 1 Sleman sama Pak Dar.)

Langkah 7
Buatlah sebuah layer baru. Kemudian ulangilah langkah 2 hingga 7 untuk membuat bentuk asap yang berbeda. Pada layer baru ini, ubahlah Blending Option-nya menjadi screen, agar warna hitamnya nampak transparan dan cuma nampak warna putihnya saja. Jika perlu, Anda juga bisa mengubah ukuran layer tersebut dengan Edit > Free Transform.

Ulangilah langkah pembuatan layer asap ini berulangkali hingga Anda dapati bentuk kumpulan asap yang sesuai dengan keinginan Anda.

Langkah 8
Sekarang kita hilangkan tanda kunci pada layer background, dengan cara melakukan klik 2x pada nama layer background,

kemudian klik OK

Langkah 9
Buatlah sebuah layer baru lagi, kemudian posisikan layer baru ini kebawah layer 0 (yang sebelumnya adalah layer background).

Tekan dan tahan tombol Alt pada keyboard sambil memilih menu Layer > Merge Visible.
Tujuan dari langkah 8-9 ini adalah untuk membuat sebuah layer yang merupakan gabungan dari semua layer yang ada dan posisinya berada di layer paling bawah.

Langkah 10
Pada layer yang merupakan layer gabungan tadi, berilah efek kabur. Lakukan ini dengan cara memilih menu Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

Langkah 11
Aturlah opacity pada tiap layer untuk menyesuaikan nuansa asap yang sesuai. Kemudian pilih menu Layer > Flatten Image atau Layer > Merge Visible untuk menyatukan semua layernya.
Berikut ini adalah contoh gambar asap yang sudah jadi.

Langkah 12
Sekarang kita akan mencoba menerapkan gambar asap yang sudah kita buat tadi pada gambar yang lain. Bukalah sebuah gambar yang akan Anda beri efek asap. Pada contoh tutorial photoshop ini, saya menggunakan sebuah gambar bumi.

Geserlah gambar asap dari file yang sebelumnya kita buat dengan Move tool ke arah file yang akan diberi efek asap.
Pada layer gambar asap, pilihlah Blending Option-nya menjadi Screen.

Berikut ini adalah gambar bumi yang sudah diberi efek asap.

Catatan: Efek ini sebelumnya sudah pernah ditulis oleh John Paul Caponigro, pernah juga saya tulis dalam situs tutorial photoshop milik saya yang berbahasa Inggris.

Selamat mencoba.

Efek bayangan di atas air

2009-07-09T12:21:00.000-07:00

Pada tutorial Photoshop ini, yang akan saya bahas adalah efek untuk membuat efek bayangan dari sebuah obyek atau model gambar agar nampak seperti mempunyai bayangan di air. Efek ini dulu aku baca di buku photoshop, tapi aku lupa judulnya, soalnya udah agak lama, dan bukunya juga cuma minjem.
Langkah Pembuatan Efek Bayangan di Air

Langkah 1
Buka foto/gambar yang akan diedit dengan Adobe Photoshop. Misalnya yang kita gunakan sebagai contoh adalah gambar orang ngganteng di bawah ini.

Langkah 2
Duplikat layer yang akan diberi efek (bagusnya kalau ini layer background-nya, jadi kalau gambar ini bukan layer background, maka jadikan layer background, dengan cara Layer > Flatten Image, atau dengan cara yang lain).

Langkah 3
Kemudian, buatlah agar gambar yang kita olah ini menjadi dua kali lipat tingginya ke arah bawah. Caranya dengan memilih menu Image > Canvas Size. Kemudian pilih satuannya menjadi percent, isi height dengan nilai 200. Klik posisi Anchor di sebelah atas tengah. Seperti gambar di bawah ini.

Langkah 4
Munculkan seleksi pada layer hasil duplikat. Dengan cara: Ctrl + Klik pada gambar thumbnail layer di palet layer. Atau klik kanan pada thumbnail layer tersebut kemudian pilih Select Layer Transparency.

Langkah 5
Pilih menu Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinate. Pastikan pilihan pada kotak dialog Polar Coordinate berada pada pilihan Rectangular to polar. Seperti pada gambar di bawah ini.

Langkah 6
Pilih menu Filter > Distort > Zig Zag. Atur agar nilainya yang sebelah atas adalah -19 dan yang bawah adalah +12. Bisa dilihat pada gambar di bawah ini:

Nilai-nilai ini tidaklah baku, jadi Anda bisa memilih atau mengatur sesuka Anda. Eksperimen saja pada nilai-nilai ini, nanti hasilnya akan berlainan.

Langkah 7
Pilih menu Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinate. Sekarang pilih pada pilihan Polar to Rectangular. Seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Langkah 8
Hilangkan seleksi, dengan cara memilih menu Select > Deselect.

Langkah 9
Ubah agar posisi gambar menjadi terbalik, dengan cara memilih menu Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical. Setelah terbalik ubahlah letak dan ukuran gambar tersebut agar berada di sebelah bawah dari gambar aslinya, dan mungkin akan lebih bagus juga jika diberi prespektif dengan cara memilih menu Edit > Transform > Prespective. Tekan Enter jika sudah selesai, untuk menerapkan proses transform-nya.

Langkah 10
Jika perlu, potong/hilangkan bagian gambar yang dirasa tidak perlu atau hingga di dapat bagian gambar yang lebih bagus dan diinginkan.

Bisa dilihat pada gambar hasil jadinya seperti di bawah ini.

Lumayan juga kan, tinggal ngasih tulisan di sampingnya. Kira-kira gimana ya kalau diberi tulisan: “Mbah Dukun Sakti, menerima servis sepeda motor dan perpanjangan STNK “. Wua.. nggak nyambung…

Contoh efek foto robek

2009-07-09T12:02:00.000-07:00

Tutorial Photoshop yang sekarang ini untuk menampilkan gambar contoh desain , sebagai contoh pembuatan efek pada foto. Tujuannya untuk membuat efek foto yang terobek sebagian. Pada gambar ini saya gunakan foto saya sendiri waktu masih gondrong dulu (sekitar akhir tahun 2005). Saya mulai memanjangkan rambut sesudah lulus kuliah, sampai mau menikah baru potong rambut. Foto ini dulu saya ambil dengan tripod di kamar.

Pada gambar ini, foto saya potong menjadi dua bagian dengan seleksi kemudian diubah letak layernya sehingga nampak terpisah. Untuk membuat kesan lebih dramatis saya beri efek bayangan.
Langkah Membuat Efek Foto Robek

Langkah 1
Bukalah gambar yang akan Anda olah dengan Photoshop.

Langkah 2
Buatlah seleksi pada gambar dengan menggunakan lasso tool. Buatlah agar seleksinya memotong sebagian dari gambar hingga ke salah satu tepinya (piye ki le ngomongke ra jelas), lebih jelasnya bisa dilihat pada gambar ilustrasi tutorial dibawah ini.

Langkah 3
Simpan hasil seleksinya, dengan memilih menu Select > Save Selection.

Langkah 4
Pilih channel hasil seleksi pada palet channel.

Langkah 5
Pilih menu Filter > Pixelate > Crystalize. Isikan nilai 3 (ukurannya bisa disesuaikan sendiri, namun jika slider digeser minimalnya tetap cuma 3). Klik OK. Tujuan langkah ini untuk membuat tepian seleksi menjadi tidak rata secara otomatis.

Langkah 6
Klik icon Load channel as selection.

Langkah 7
Klik channel RGB. Langkah 6 dan 7 ini tujuannya agar kita kembali ke channel seperti awal namun sudah mempunyai seleksi yang tidak rata.

Langkah 8
Tekan Ctrl + J, tujuannya untuk membuat duplikat hasil potongan seleksi.

Langkah 9
Klik layer Background (yang masih merupakan foto asli dan belum dipotong). Tekan Ctrl + J. Ini akan membuat layer Background copy.

Langkah 10
Ctrl + klik pada nama layer 1 (yang merupakan layer hasil potongan). Layer yang aktif masih tetap pada layer Background copy.

Langkah 11
Sekarang tekan tombol Delete. Ini untuk menghapus area yang berada dalam seleksi. Kemudian hilangkan seleksi, dengan cara memilih menu Select > Deselect.

Langkah 12
Klik atau pilih layer Background. Isi layer ini dengan warna putih. Caranya dengan memilih menu Edit > Fill. Pada bagian Use=White, Opacity=100%.

Langkah 13
Aktifkan atau pilih layer 1. Atur ukuran dan posisinya dengan cara memilih menu Edit > Free Transform. Begitu juga dengan layer Background copy.

Langkah 14
Untuk menambah kesan hasil robekan, bisa ditambahi dengan efek bayangan. Pada tutorial Photoshop ini saya gunakan Layer > Layer style > Drop shadow.

Catatan: Jika Anda ingin seluruh gambar bisa ditampilkan sehingga bagian yang terputar pada langkah 13 tadi tidak nampak terpotong, caranya dengan Anda lakukan pilih menu Image > Reveal All. Berikut ini gambar hasil pembuatan efek foto robek.

Selamat mencoba dan berkreasi dengan Photoshop.

Free Transform dengan Warp mode

2009-07-07T13:11:00.001-07:00

Pada beberapa posting tutorial photoshop yang sebelumnya, sering kugunakan sebuah fasilitas Free Transform. Fasilitas ini digunakan untuk mengubah bentuk ataupun ukuran sebuah layer. Layer disini kuartikan sebagai sebuah layer yang terpisah, dalam arti bukan merupakan sebuah layer background.

Pada post kali ini akan saya tulis sedikit tentang cara menggunakan Free Transform pada photoshop.

Sebagai contoh latihan, kugunakan sebuah gambar monitor. Gambar ini sudah kuedit sebelumnya, menggunakan photoshop juga, agar lebih mudah digunakan sebagai latihan. Pada gambar monitor ini akan kutempeli sebuah gambar wallpaper.

Berikut ini adalah gambar monitor yang akan kugunakan.

Berikut ini gambar wallpaper yang akan kutempelkan pada monitor. Gambar wallpaper ini diperoleh dari websitenya game Prince of Persia. Ini game bagus favoritku (yang versi Sand of Time belum kuselesaikan sampai tamat, tapi yang versi Warrior Within malah sudah kutamatkan). Gambar ini sudah kukecilkan ukurannya, agar waktu loadingnya nggak terlalu lama.

Bukalah kedua gambar yang akan Anda gunakan sebagai latihan. Kemudian masukkan salah satu gambar kedalam gambar yang lain. Caranya: pilih Move Tool, lalu drag (geser) gambar kedalam gambar di file yang lain.

Sesuaikan ukuran gambar agar lebih kecil, kira-kira seukuran layar monitor pada gambar. Salah satu cara yang bisa digunakan untuk meyesuaikan ukurannya adalah dengan cara memilih menu Edit > Free Transform.

Catatan: Jangan lupa menekan Enter setelah melakukan pengubahan ukuran menggunakan Free Transform.

Untuk membuat gambar nampak miring sesuai dengan posisi monitor, Anda bisa sambil menekan tombol bantu pada keyboard saat mengubah ukuran gambar. Misalnya:

Shift + klik&drag pada titik anchor sudut akan membuat pengubahan proporsional

Alt + klik&drag pada titik anchor akan membuat pengubahan dari dua sisi sekaligus

Ctrl + klik&drag pada titik anchor sudut akan membuat distort (distorsi)

Ctrl + klik&drag pada titik anchor tengah garis akan membuat skew (miring)

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + klik&drag pada titik anchor sudut akan membuat prespective

Ctrl + Alt + Del akan mereset komputer Anda (wah..yang ini nggak usah dicoba)

Kemudian untuk membuat pengubahan ukuran agar bisa lebih sesuai dengan bentuk layar monitor yang melengkung, gunakanlah fasilitas dari photoshop yang namanya warp mode. Pada saat Anda sedang mengubah ukuran dengan Free Transfrom, di sebelah atas kiri layar photoshop terdapat icon Warp mode.

Klik icon ini, kemudian akan Anda dapati gambar garis-garis dan titik bantu yang bisa digunakan untuk melengkungkan bentuk layer. Gunakanlah garis dan titik bantu ini untuk menyesuaikan ukuran lengkungan layer agar sesuai dengan bentuk monitor.

Jika sudah sesuai kemudian tekan Enter.

Ukurannya sudah sesuai, tinggal kurangi saja opacity-nya agar nampak lebih sesuai dengan arah cahaya dan monitornya.

Efek tulisan air

2009-07-07T12:56:00.000-07:00

Pada tutorial Photoshop kali ini kita akan belajar cara membuat sebuah efek teks atau tulisan yang seolah terbuat kumpulan tetesan air. Efek ini adalah efek yang sudah dibahas pada artikel sebelumnya, jadi jika belum membacanya, silahkan dibaca dulu cara pembuatan efek ini di sini. Pada tutorial yang ini, kita hanya akan membahas tentang pembuatan bentuk tulisannya saja.

Langkah membuat efek tulisan air dengan Photoshop

Langkah 1
Buatlah sebuah file baru, atau buka file yang sudah ada (yang akan Anda beri efek teks ini). Pada contoh kali ini, saya menggunakan sebuah gambar daun pisang, yang saya dapat dari kumpulan gambar wallpaper.

Langkah 2
Buatlah sebuah layer baru, dengan cara mengeklik icon Create New Layer di palet layer.

Isi layer yang baru tadi dengan warna putih.

Langkah 3
Buatlah sebuah tulisan yang berwarna hitam. Ukuran dan jenis huruf bisa disesuaikan sendiri dengan kebutuhan Anda. Pada tutorial ini, saya menggunakan jenis huruf / font Tempus Sans ITC. Gunakan font sesuai selera Anda, namun mungkin akan lebih bagus jika jenis huruf yang digunakan bukan huruf-huruf yang formal.

Langkah 4
Gabungkanlah layer tulisan dengan layer 1 (layer yang berwarna putih tadi) dengan cara mengaktifkan layer tulisan kemudian memilih menu Layer > Merge Down. Yang layer background (yang isinya gambar yang dbuka tadi, dalam tutorial ini adalah gambar daun pisang tadi) jangan ikut digabung.

Langkah 5
Pada layer yang sudah digabung tadi, berikanlah efek Crystalize. Lakukan ini dengan cara memilih menu Filter > Pixelate > Crystallize. Masih ingat dengan efek foto robek? Ya, hampir mirip dengan langkah yang ada pada tutorial tersebut. Pada pengaturan ukuran Cell size, aturlah secukupnya hingga gambar nya seperti dibawah ini. Pada tutorial Photoshop ini, saya beri pengaturan sebanyak 6.

Tujuan langkah ini adalah agar pinggiran dari tulisan menjadi tidak rata secara agak berlebihan, hingga ada bagian dari tulisan yang mengecil bahkan terpotong.

Langkah 6
Langkah berikutnya adalah membuat gambar tersebut agak kabur, tujuannya untuk membuat tepian yang tidak rata tersebut menjadi agak buram dan kabur. Lakukan ini dengan cara memilih menu Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Pada tutorial ini, saya isikan 3,5 pixel pada nilai pengaturan Radius.

Langkah 7
Sekarang pilihlah menu Image > Adjustment > Levels. Buatlah agar gambar yang sudah dikaburkan tadi semakin kontras. Buatlah seperti gambar dibawah ini. Dekatkan titik segitiga Shadow dengan Highlight.

Langkah 8
Aktifkan palet channel (palet ini bisa diklik langsung namanya di dekat palet Layer, atau dengan memilih menu Window > Channel). Pada palet ini, klik icon Load Channel as Selection.

Langkah 9
Kembali lagi pada palet layer (Window > Layer). Tekanlah tombol Delete pada keyboard untuk menghapus warna putih pada layer yang sudah berisi tulisan tadi. Yang terhapus hanyalah bagian putihya saja, sesuai dengan bentuk seleksi pada Langkah ke-8 tadi.

Setelah ini, hilangkan seleksinya dengan memilih menu Select > Deselect.

Langkah 10
Atur bentuk tulisan ini, agar lebih sesuai dengan kondisi gambar background. Pada tutorial ini, saya mengubah ukurannya dengan Edit > Free Transfrom, dan menggunakan fasilitas Warp mode.

Langkah 11
Sekarang terapkan Style tetesan air yang sudah kita punyai. Jika ingin menambah beberapa bentuk tetesan lagi, pilihlah Brush tool, kemudian sapukan beberapa lingkaran kecil pada layer tulisan ini. Secara otomatis, style tetesan air akan langsung ikut diterapkan juga.

Berikut ini gambar tutorial efek tulisan air yang sudah jadi.

Selamat mencoba dan berkreatifitas dengan Photoshop.

Membuat Style Tetesan Air

2009-07-07T12:30:00.000-07:00

Tutorial Photoshop kali ini akan kita gunakan untuk mempelajari cara membuat sebuah style yang bisa dipakai untuk memberi efek tetesan air. Efek ini dibuat sebagai style agar dengan mudah bisa kita terapkan lagi pada gambar-gambar yang lain. Style merupakan sebuah fasilitas pada photoshop untuk menerapkan satu set kumpulan efek pada Layer style.
Langkah membuat efek tetesan air dengan Photoshop

Langkah 1
Bukalah sebuah foto yang akan diberi efek tetesan air. Pada tutorial kali ini saya gunakan sebuah file punya windows yang namanya Blue hills ( biasanya ada di My Documents \ My Pictures ).

Langkah 2
pada file tersebut, buatlah sebuah seleksi dengan tool seleksi, misalnya Eliptical marque tool atau yang lain. Pada contoh tutorial kali ini, saya buat sebuah seleksi dengan bentuk oval (elips). Seleksinya tidak usah besar-besar, kecil aja.

Langkah 3
Setelah seleksinya jadi, buat sebuah layer baru. Dengan cara mengeklik icon New Layer di palet layer. Seperti gambar ilustrasi di bawah ini.

Langkah 4
Isi layer baru tadi dengan warna hitam seukuran seleksi tadi. Caranya dengan memilih menu Edit > Fill. Pada bagian Use pilihlah black.

Langkah 5
HIlangkan seleksinya, lakukan dengan memilih menu Select > Deselect

Langkah 6
Pada palet layer, aturlah agar fill opacity menjadi minimal.

Langkah 7
Pilih menu Layer > Layer style > Dropshadow
Buatlah pengaturannya seperti gambar dibawah ini. Jangan klik OK-nya dulu.

Langkah 8
Masih pada kotak dialog layer style, pilihlah Inner Shadow. Buat pengaturannya seperti dibawah ini. Jangan klik Ok dulu, (Tanya: emang kenapa sih jangan diklik dulu: Jawab: rahasia donk.. )

Langkah 9
Masih bertahan di kotak dialog layer style, pilihlah Inner Glow, lakukan seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Langkah 10
Pilih Bevel and Emboss, masih di kotak dialog layer style ini juga. Atur pengaturannya seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Langkah 11
Sekarang efek-efek ini akan kita simpan. Caranya dengan memilih mengeklik tombol New Style.

Kemudian saat muncul kotak dialog New Style, isikanlah nama yang Anda inginkan, misalnya dalam tutorial ini saya beri nama Tetesan Air, kemudian klik OK.

Setelah ini, silahkan diklik OK pada kotak dialog Layer Style (sebenarnya sejak langkah 7 - 9, bisa juga langsung di OK, namun akan lebih mudah jika baru sekarang ngeklik OK-nya).

Sekarang kita sudah mempunyai sebuah layer style yang siang digunakan untuk membuat efek tetesan air.

Untuk mencoba style ini, pada foto yang kita olah tadi, buatlah seleksi seperti dibawah ini. Seleksi ini dibuat dengan eliptical marque (sama seperti langkah ke-2). Namun jumlahnya kita buat banyak (pastikan Anda sambil menekan tombol Shift saat membuat seleksi ini).

Lakukan lagi langkah 3, 4, dan 5.

Setelah itu klik icon style Tetesan Air yang ada pada palet style.

Berikut ini gambar yang sudah kita beri efek tetesan air dengan Style-nya Photoshop.

Selamat mencoba dan berkreasi dengan Photoshop. Pada post tutorial berikutnya kita akan belajar cara menerapkan efek ini pada sebuah tulisan.

Bagi yang pingin langsung mencoba saja, tanpa membuat style ini, silahkan diunduh (maksudnya di donwload. Aneh juga terjemahan download kok diunduh, koyo ngunduh seko uwit wae) style buatan saya ini di sini: Style Tetesan Air. Kemudian di load pada Photoshop, dari palet Styles.

Media pinyimpanan free Online

2009-07-07T12:00:00.000-07:00

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Membuat brush Photoshop

2009-07-04T04:58:00.000-07:00

Pada tutorial Photoshop kali ini saya akan menulis tentang cara membuat brush. Brush merupakan sebuah fasilitas pada Photoshop yang bisa digunakan untuk membuat sapuan gambar dengan beraneka ragam bentuk. Selain brush standar yang sudah disediakan oleh Photoshop, kita juga bisa menambah brush sendiri. Brush tambahan ini sudah banyak yang menyediakan dan tinggal pakai saja, saya sendiri juga mulai membuat beberapa brush yang bisa Anda gunakan. Anda juga bisa membuatnya sendiri. Untuk belajar cara membuat brush ini langkahnya mudah sekali.
Tutorial cara membuat brush pada Photoshop

Langkah 1
Bukalah gambar yang akan Anda buat menjadi brush dengan Photoshop. Untuk tutorial kali ini, saya gunakan gambar sample milik Photoshop yang bernama ducky.

Usahakan untuk menggunakan gambar yang mempunyai latar belakang berwarna putih. Jika gambar latar belakangnya ramai dan tidak putih, maka Anda harus membuatnya menjadi putih dulu. Caranya dengan membuat seleksi pada gambar tersebut, kemudian pilih menu Edit > Fill, pilih warna white pada bagian Use, kemudian OK. Keterangan lebih lanjut tentang pembuatan seleksi bisa dibaca pada Kategori Seleksi.

Langkah 2
Gambar yang akan dibuat menjadi brush harus dibuat menjadi berwarna hitam putih. Cara termudah untuk membuatnya menjadi putih adalah dengan memilih menu Image > Adjustment > Desaturate. Kemudian atur ulang warnanya dengan Image > Adjustment > Levels. Buatlah kira-kira seperti gambar ilustrasi tutorial dibawah ini.

Kenapa gambar perlu dibuat menjadi hitam putih? Ini karena prinsip penggunaan brush adalah hitam berarti merupakan gambar yang ditampilkan, sedangkan putih akan menjadi bagian yang transparan. Berlawanan dengan prinsip penggunaan layer mask. Semakin kontras gambar kita, maka hasilnya akan membuat brush dengan sapuan yang kuat juga.

Langkah 3
Jika gambar yang Anda gunakan ukurannya besar, maka atur dulu ukurannya. Cara untuk mengatur ukuran gambar adalah dengan memilih menu Image > Image Size. Pada tutorial Photoshop ini, saya buat ukurannya menjadi sekitar 200an pixel.

Namun jika dirasa gambar tidak terlalu besar, maka langkah ke-3 ini tidak perlu dilakukan.

Langkah 4
Sekarang pilihlah menu Edit > Define Brush. Setelah muncul kotak dialog Brush Name, jika perlu ubahlah nama brush tersebut,

kemudian klik OK.

Langkah 5
Pilih Brush tool pada tool box Photoshop, kemudian pilihlah jenis brushnya di option bar. Brush yang sudah kita buat tadi sudah muncul di sebelah bawah sendiri.

Selamat mencoba dan berkreasi dengan Photoshop.

Jangan pernah menyerah dalam belajar, baik itu belajar Photoshop maupun belajar hal-hal lain. Jika kita sekarang belum bisa, pasti suatu ketika akan ada yang mengajari, entah itu datang dari orang lain ataupun keadaan yang memaksa kita menjadi bisa.

Efek Foto dengan Blending

2009-07-03T08:51:00.000-07:00

-ada beberapa hal yang harus dikuasai terlebih dulu, yaitu:

Membuat seleksi
Ini bisa Anda pelajari dari Kategori Seleksi, Anda bisa menggunakan Magic Wand, Magnetic Lasso, Pen tool, Channel, dan sebagainya. Seleksi tidak perlu akurat sekali, dalam arti Anda tidak harus rapi sekali pembuatan seleksinya.
Pengetahuan tentang palet layer
Dalam tutorial Photoshop ini, kita akan beberapa kali menduplikat layer, dan berpindah-pindah layer.
Langkah pembuatan efek foto blending dengan Photoshop

Langkah 1
Buatlah sebuah file baru dengan Photoshop. Caranya ya dengan memilih menu File > New. Saat muncul kotak dialog New, silahkan diisi dengan ukuran yang Anda inginkan. Jika hasil gambar ini hanya akan digunakan sebagai tampilan di layar monitor, isikan saja 72 hingga 96 pixel/inchi. Namun jika akan dicetak maka isikan sekitar 300 pixel/inchi (lebih jelasnya tentang ukuran foto silahkan dibaca di sini). Background content-nya dipilih yang white.

Langkah 2
Bukalah sebuah gambar foto yang akan Anda edit dengan Photoshop. Seperti pada postingan sebelumnya, efek ini akan diterapkan pada foto wajah / raut muka orang. Namun tidak menutup kemungkinan untuk diterapkan pada foto / gambar lain. Sebagai contoh pada tutorial ini, saya menggunakan fotonya mbak Dita.

Langkah 3
Masukkanlah foto yang akan kita edit ini ke dalam file baru yang background-nya putih tadi. Caranya memasukkan, yaitu dengan menggunakan move tool. Geser gambar foto ke dalam file yang baru.

Langkah 4
Karena kita membutuhkan hanya bentuk wajah dan leher, jadi foto ini harus kita seleksi dulu agar kita bisa memisahkan antara foto model dengan background-nya apalagi karena latar belakang foto ini memang agak memprihatinkan tidak rapinya.

Seleksi bisa digunakan dengan banyak cara, bisa Anda gunakan cara-cara yang mudah saja untuk membuat seleksinya, seperti yang saya tuliskan diatas tadi, seleksi ini tidak perlu rapi sekali. Pada contoh berikut ini seleksi saya buat dengan menggunakan path pada bagian tangan dan sebelah bawah, sedangkan pada rambut saya seleksi dengan channel.

Langkah 5
Setelah seleksinya jadi, kliklah ikon Add layer mask (di sebelah bawah palet layer Photoshop, pada gambar di bawah ini saya tandai dengan lingkaran merah).

Langkah 6
Sekarang kita membutuhkan gambar yang akan digunakan sebagai background. Background / latar belakang gambar akan lebih sesuai jika menggunakan gambar yang sifatnya tile (terdiri dari susunan gambar-gambar kecil). Misalnya seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Namun jika tidak mempunyai gambar lain, silahkan gunakan gambar-gambar berikut ini, sudah saya buatkan ukuran 1024 x 768 pixel; 72 dpi dalam format jpg.

Gambar 1
Gambar 2
Gambar 3

Setelah Anda mendapatkan gambar yang diinginkan, kemudian masukkan gambar tersebut kedalam fle yang sedang kita edit tadi. Cara memasukkan juga menggunakan move tool, seperti langkah ke-3.

Atur posisi gambar agar sesuai letaknya. Baik letak layer, maupun posisi gambarnya, sesuaikan dengan selera Anda. Urutan layernya, dari yang bawah adalah: Background yang putih, Background yang baru saja dimasukkan, kemudian paling atas adalah layer Foto.

Langkah 7
Pastikan layer yang sedang aktif adalah layer foto. Buatlah agar gambarnya menjadi hitam putih. Caranya yang mudah adalah dengan memilih menu Image > Adjustment > Desaturate.

Langkah 8
Pilih menu Image > Adjustment > Level. Dekatkan kedua titik segitiga (highlight dan shadow). Tujuan langkah ini adalah untuk membuat agar gambar menjadi lebih kontras.

Langkah 9
Pilih menu Image > Adjustment > Posterize. Isikan nilai sedikit saja, sekitar 7 hingga 15. Tujuan langkah ini adalah untuk membuat agar gambar berkurang jumlah warna-warnanya, karena yang akan dibutuhkan nanti hanya beberapa bagian yang terang dan gelap saja.

Langkah 10
Ubahlah blending pada layer ini menjadi soft light. Blending option ini terletak pada palet layer (biasanya tulisannya adalah normal), yang pada gambar dibawah ini saya beri tanda lingkaran merah.

Gambarnya sudah jadi, namun jika merasa ingin bereksperimen lagi, Anda bisa membuat duplikat layer foto, kemudian mengulang lagi mulai langkah ke-9 dengan nilai posterize yang berbeda, dan jenis blending yang berbeda pula.

Berikut ini adalah gambar yang sudah jadi.

Selamat mencoba efek foto ini dengan Photoshop.

Cara menggunakan palet style photoshop

2009-07-03T08:20:00.000-07:00

Cara menggunakan palet style photoshop

Palet style bisa dimunculkan dari menu Window > Style (jika belum muncul).
Palet ini secara default terletak pada sebelah kanan tengah dari seluruh bidang layar Photoshop.

Setelah palet ini nampak, untuk menerapkan efek layer style, hanya cukup dengan mengeklik salah satu gambar yang ada di palet tersebut. Jika ingin menghilangkan efek style, bisa dilakukan dengan mengeklik kotak putih bersilang merah yang ada pada sudut kiri atas pilihan style.

Layer style bisa diterapkan pada tulisan, maupun pada gambar-gambar yang lain. Namun perlu diingat bahwa layer style photoshop ini tidak bisa diterapkan pada layer background yang masih terkunci. Jika ingin menerapkan pada layer background, nama layer background-nya diklik 2x kemudian klik OK.

Layer style bisa juga ditambah / diganti dengan model layer style yang lain.

Cara menambah style pada Photoshop

Pada palet tersebut, disebelah kanan atas terdapat gambar icon kecil (dalam Photoshop versi 7 hingga CS2 gambarnya segitiga). Pada Photoshop CS3 gambar iconnya seperti gambar dibawah ini. Kliklah icon tersebut, kemudian akan muncul menu palet style.

Jika ingin menggunakan beberapa style sertaan Photoshop, tinggal dipilih saja nama kelompok style yang ada di sana, yang saya beri tanda kotak warna biru.

Saat muncul kotak dialog peringatan, terdapat pilihan: OK, Cancel, dan Append.

OK - Berarti daftar style yang sudah ada di palet style akan diganti dengan daftar style yang dipilih tadi.
Append - Berarti menambahkan style yang dipilih ke dalam daftar style di palet tersebut.
Cancel - Hindari ini, karena ini musuh pak tani, Si Cancel Pencuri Timun.

Secara langsung, file style akan nampak sendiri. Ektensionnya .asl. File layer style tambahan ini tidak perlu di-install, cukup disimpan saja dan di-load dari palet style..

Selamat mencoba dan berkreasi dengan Photoshop.

Efek Tombol Glossy

2009-07-03T07:47:00.000-07:00

Langkah pembuatan Style efek glossy

Langkah 1
Buatlah sebuah file baru dengan photoshop. Ukuran bisa disesuaikan dengan selera Anda sendiri.

Langkah 2
Buatlah sebuah obyek yang akan digunakan sebagai media membuat style, karena style kan tidak bisa diterapkan pada layer background yang terkunci. Obyek ini bisa berupa teks, bentuk shape, ataupun lainnya.

Kali ini saya gunakan sebuah bentuk shape kotak yang bersudut tumpul dengan Rounded Rectangle tool

Gambar shape tersebut seperti dibawah ini

Langkah 3
Kemudian pilih menu Layer > Layer Style > Inner Glow.
Ubahlah warna glow-nya. Caranya diklik pada pilihan warnanya. Seperti gambar dibawah ini, yang saya beri tanda lingkaran merah.

Setelah berada pada kotak dialog color picker, pilihlah warna seperti pada gambar dibawah ini.

Pada contoh ini saya pilih warna dengan kode #f8b500 (bisa diisikan pada kotak isian paling bawah). Setelah itu di klik OK.

Masih pada kotak dialog Inner Glow, aturlah seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Blend mode-nya Normal, Opacity = 40%. Size = 7. Yang lain sudah ukuran default-nya seperti itu, jadi mungkin di komputer Anda juga sudah sama settingannya.

Langkah 4
Jangan diklik OK dulu. Sekarang klik pada style Gradient Overlay (ada di kiri agak bawah dari kotak dialog Layer Style).

Kemudian ubah warna gradasinya. Caranya dengan mengeklik pada warna gradasinya (yang saya beri tanda lingkaran merah pada gambar dibawah ini). *)

*) Catatan
Jangan diklik pada segitiga kecilnya, tapi klik tepat pada warna gradasinya.

Setelah muncul gambar seperti dibawah ini, klik pada titik segitiga yang saya beri tanda huruf A, kemudian klik pada kotak warna yang saya beri tanda huruf B.

Pilih warna sebagai berikut:

Kode warnanya saja yang diisikan, yaitu #fbe29d. Kemudian klik OK untuk menerapkan pilihan warna tersebut.

Masih berada pada kotak pemilihan warna gradasi tadi, kira-kira sekarang gambarnya menjadi seperti dibawah ini.

Kliklah agak ditengah dari gambar gradasi tersebut, yang saya beri tanda lingkaran merah pada gambar diatas. Ini untuk membuat titik gradasi baru.

Lakukan lagi klik tapi sekarang agak disebelah kanannya. Sehingga kita mempunyai 4 titik warna gradasi, seperti gambar tutorial Photoshop dibawah ini (saya beri tanda dengan huruf A, B, C, dan D).

Ubahlah setiap titik warna gradasi dengan warna seperti dibawah ini (caranya mengubah warna seperti sebelumnya tadi).

A = #fbe29d
B = #fccd4d
C = #f8b500
D = #fcecc0

Setelah diubah warnanya, klik pada titik B, kemudian pada pengaturan Location isilah 50%.

Lakukan pengaturan Location tersebut pada titik C (juga diisi 50%).

Setelah itu diklik OK pada kotak pemilihan warna gradasi. Akan didapat gambarnya menjadi seperti dibawah ini.

Langkah 5
Masih berada pada kotak Layer Style. Sekarang klik pada style Stroke (letaknya di paling kiri bawah dari kotak dialog Layer Style).

Lakukan pengaturan seperti gambar tutorial Photoshop dibawah ini.

Size = 1 pixel
Position = Inside
Color = Warnanya diubah menjadi #de9d00

Efeknya sudah jadi. Setelah ini, jangan lupa klik tombol New Style, dan beri nama yang sesuai. Kemudian klik OK pada kotak dialog Layer Style.

Silahkan dicoba, dan kemudian dikreasikan dengan pilihan warna-warna yang lain.

Style ini bisa diterapkan untuk membuat bentuk tombol, ataupun digunakan sebagai efek pada tulisan. Misalnya seperti dibawah ini.

Jika ingin menggunakan style ini namun kesulitan saat membuatnya, sudah saya buatkan style ini yang siap di-download.
Silahkan di-download style ini di sini. File-nya berukuran 2,4 kb, bisa digunakan mulai pada Photoshop 7 hingga CS3. Setelah didownload tinggal di-load saja dari palet style.

Penyebab Gambar Bitmap Nampak Kabur

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Penyebab Gambar Bitmap Nampak Kabur

Saat kita menggunakan Photoshop untuk mengolah gambar, seringkali kita dapati bahwa gambar yang kita olah tersebut nampak kabur. Hal seperti ini memang tidak bisa hindari sebab gambar yang kita olah dengan Photosop kebanyakan adalah gambar bitmap. Sedangkan mengingat karakteristik gambar bitmap, memang kaburnya gambar itu adalah salah satu dari ciri khasnya. Kharakteristik dari gambar bitmap itu seperti apa saja, silahkan baca dalam tutorial Photoshop kali ini.

Gambar bitmap yang sering juga disebut dengan gambar raster adalah sebuah gambar yang tersusun dari kumpulan pixel. Pixel itu sendiri dari kata picture element, yang dimaksudkan sebagai komponen gambar yang paling kecil.

Karena tersusun atas kumpulan titik-titik pixel, maka terdapatlah sebuah gambar yang kita sebut sebagai gambar bitmap. Jumlah dari tiap titik tersebut menentukan kualitas dari gambar bitmap. Jumlah tiap titik dalam gambar diukur dengan satuan ukur dpi/ppi. Misalnya dalam satu inchi persegi terdapat 72 titik pixel, maka ukuran dari gambar tersebut adalah 72 dpi (dot per inch).

Jika kita membandingkan sebuah gambar dalam resolusi rendah dengan gambar lain dalam resolusi yang lebih tinggi, maka akan nampak perbedaan ketajaman gambar apabila gambar tersebut di-zoom dalam ukuran besar. Contohnya bisa dilihat dalam gambar dibawah ini, gambar di sebelah kiri dengan 72 dpi nampak lebih kabur dibandingkan dengan gambar dalam 300 dpi di sebelah kanannya.

Hal seperti ini terjadi karena saat kita buka dengan Photoshop dan kita zoom dalam ukuran besar, atau saat kita perbesar ukuran gambar tersebut, maka jarak dari tiap pixel akan menjadi semakin renggang. Ini menyebabkan gambar nampak kabur/tidak jelas.

Kemudian, kapankan saat kita menentukan berapa tingkat resolusi yang kita gunakan? Pertanyaan ini akan terjawab saat kita mengetahui tujuan pembuatan gambar. Sebab jika gambar kita maksudkan untuk digunakan sebagai tampilan di layar monitor, baik itu sebagai wallpaper, keperluan upload ke internet seperti sebagai header blog, atau untuk diupload ke Friendster, ataupun untuk keperluan lain, maka ukuran resolusi cukup 72 dpi saja. Tetapi jika untuk keperluan cetak, ukuran maka resolusi harusnya adalah 300 dpi atau lebih.

Membuat kartun dengan Photoshop

2009-07-01T10:04:00.000-07:00

Langkah pembuatan trace pada foto

Langkah 1
Bukalah sebuah foto dengan Photoshop. Pada contoh tutorial ini, saya menggunakan foto

Langkah 2
Karena kondisi foto ini terlalu gelap, maka agar lebih nampak perbedaan antara daerah gelap dan terangnya, maka saya atur dulu pewarnaannya menggunakan Image > Adjustment > Shadow Highlights.

Langkah 3
Duplikat layer background ini, agar kita mempunyai cadangan foto yang aslinya. Untuk jaga-jaga, siapa tahu nanti membutuhkan gambar aslinya. Dan memang akhirnya kita juga butuh foto aslinya, untuk membuat bentuk-bentuk yang agak rumit, misalnya mata dan bibir.
Cara untuk menduplikat ini bisa dengan Ctrl + J, atau dengan menarik nama layer ke arah icon Create New Layer.

Langkah 4
Pilih menu Image > Adjustment > Posterize. Isikan nilai yang kecil. Misalnya 4.

Tujuan langkah ini adalah untuk mengurangi jumlah warna yang digunakan.

Langkah 5
Duplikat lagi layer foto yang sudah diposterize ini. Ubah blending option menjadi Darken.

Langkah 6
Sekarang kita mulai langkah pembuatan layer untuk melakukan trace.
Buatlah sebuah layer baru, dengan cara melakukan klik pada icon Create a new layer (di gambar dibawah ini saya tandai dengan lingkaran merah) . Kemudian ubahlah nilai opacity pada layer ini hingga 0% (saya tandai dengan lingkaran biru).

Langkah 7
Pilih Pen tools pada tool box photoshop (lingkaran merah pada gambar tutorial photoshop di bawah ini).

Kemudian lakukan pengaturan pada option bar. Pilihlah icon Shape layers (gambar lingkaran biru). Klik icon segitiga geometri option (gambar lingkaran hijau), kemudian beri tanda cek pada pilihan Rubber Band.

Di sebelah kanan dari pengaturan tersebut, terdapat beberapa icon lagi (gambar lingkaran ungu). Tentunya sudah Anda pelajari pada tutorial photoshop sebelum ini. Jika belum, silahkan dibaca dulu pada Cara Pembuatan Shape.

Sedangkan tentang penggunaan pen tool bisa dibaca pada Tutorial Photoshop yang judulnya Membuat Seleksi Dengan Path.

Langkah 8
Buatlah bentuk shape menggunakan Pen tool. Buatlah mengikuti bentuk wajah pada foto.

Buatlah garis path ini melingkar hingga menyambung dari titik awal sampai akhir, sehingga terjadi sebuah bentuk bangun.

Langkah 9
Ulangi langkah ke-6 dan ke-7, namun kali ini buatlah bentuk shape pada area warna yang lain. Setiap bentuk shape dibuat pada sebuah layer baru.

Jumlah bentuk shape yang dibuat kita batasi antara 2 sampai 4 warna saja.

Langkah 10
Ubahlah nilai opacity pada layer-layer shape yang sudah kita buat tadi. Opacity kita buat hingga 100%. Sehingga nampak foto tertutupi oleh warna-warna.

Untuk mengubah warna pada setiap layer shape, lakukan dengan cara melakukan klik 2 kali pada thumbnail layer-nya. Kemudian pilih salah satu warna.

Sebagai panduan dalam memilih warna-warna kulit, berikut ini saya sertakan beberapa warna yang bisa Anda gunakan.

Ubahlah setiap warna pada semua bagian wajah tersebut.

Saat membuat bentuk shape pada area warna yang lain, jika ada layer yang menutupi sehingga kita kesulitan untuk menentukan bentuk shape, maka untuk sementara icon mata pada layer yang menutupi bisa dimatikan dulu atau di kurangi dulu opacity-nya.

Kemudian ulangilah lagi membuat bentuk shape pada semua bagian tubuh, hingga keseluruhan foto tertutup oleh bentuk-bentuk shape.

Pada bagian mata dan bibir, karena bagian ini termasuk bagian pokok dalam mengenali wajah seseorang, kita perlu mematikan dulu beberapa icon mata pada palet layer. Sehingga kita bisa membuat trace dengan melihat bentuk aslinya yang belum ter-posterize.

Untuk bagian jenggot, saya menggunakan Brush tool berukuran kecil yang disapukan pada gambar dengan pengaturan Brush preset Scattering.

Langkah 11
Untuk membuat latar belakang pada foto, buatlah sebuah layer baru yang diletakkan pada urutan sebelah bawah dari bentuk-bentuk shape tersebut. Layer baru ini bisa diisi warna sesuka Anda, dengan memilih menu Edit > Fill.

Warna tidak harus putih, Anda bisa juga menggunakan warna-warna lain, misalnya dengan Gradient Tools seperti berikut ini.

Jika semua gambar akan dijadikan satu, bisa dilakukan dengan memilih menu Layer > Flatten Image.

Selamat mencoba tutorial membuat kartun dengan Photoshop ini.

Langkah pembuatan efek komik dengan Photoshop

2009-07-01T09:55:00.000-07:00

Langkah pembuatan efek komik dengan Photoshop

Langkah 1
Bukalah foto yang akan Anda edit dengan Photoshop. Pada tutorial kali ini yang saya gunakan adalah fotonya mbak Dita (lagi). Punyanya cuma foto-foto ini saja soalnya.

Langkah 2
Jika foto yang akan diedit dirasakan kurang kontras, maka ubahlah dulu tingkat kontras gambarnya. Kita akan membutuhkan foto dengan tingkat kontras yang agak tinggi. Untuk pengaturan kontras, pilihlah menu Image > Adjustment > Levels. Untuk penggunaan level, bisa dipelajari lebih lanjut disini.

Untuk meningkatkan kontras gambar, dekatkanlah titik segitiga shadow dengan highlite.
Jika gambar sudah dirasa cukup kontras, langkah ke-2 ini tidak harus dilakukan.

Langkah 3
Duplikat layer background, ini bisa dilakukan dengan menekan Ctrl + J pada keyboard. Pada palet layer akan muncul layer Background copy. Layer inilah yang akan kita edit.

Langkah 4
Pilihlah menu Filter > Artistic > Cutout. Lakukan pengaturan seperti gambar tutorial Photoshop dibawah ini. Pengaturan ini sifatnya bebas, dalam arti Anda bisa mencoba-coba nilai pengaturan lain.

Langkah 5
Pilihlah menu Filter > Artistic > Water Color. Lakukan pengaturan seperti gambar tutorial dibawah ini.

Langkah 6
Ubah blending layer menjadi Darken. Layer Blending ini pengaturannya ada pada palet layer, seperti gambar dibawah ini.

Langkah 7
Pilih menu Layer > Flatten Image. Ini untuk menyatukan kedua layer tadi (layer background dan layer backgrouund copy).

Gambarnya sudah jadi. Berikut ini foto yang telah diberi efek komik.

Silahkan dicoba, efek tadi langkahnya cuma pendek dan mudah.

Lain kali kita coba dengan efek yang agak mirip seperti ini, namun langkahnya agak panjang. Kita akan membuat efek kartun dengan Photoshop, misalnya untuk membuat gambar seperti dibawah ini.

Good Luck

Cara membuat gambar stempel dengan Photoshop

2009-07-01T09:09:00.000-07:00

Cara membuat gambar stempel dengan Photoshop

Langkah 1
Buatlah sebuah file baru dengan Photoshop. Ukuran file ini terserah Anda, yang penting mode warnanya RGB dan pada bagian Content diisi white. Jadi file yang akan dibuat ini nantinya mempunyai background berwarna putih.

Langkah 2
Buatlah sebuah layer baru. Caranya dengan mengeklik icon Create a New Layer pada palet layer.

Langkah 3
Dengan aktif pada layer baru ini, pilih Rectangular Marque tool. Kemudian buatlah sebuah gambar kotak yang ukurannya terserah dengan keinginan Anda (kotak ini akan digunakan sebagai bingkai luar dari stempel).

Langkah 4
Pilih warna background yang Anda inginkan dengan cara mengeklik icon Foreground Color pada sebelah bawah toolbox Photoshop. Pada contoh dibawah ini saya memilih warna merah.

Langkah 5
Isikan bidang seleksi (langkah ke-3) dengan warna merah ini. Caranya dengan menekan tombol Alt + Backspace atau dengan menggunakan menu Edit > Fill.

Langkah 6
Pilih menu Select > Transform Selection. Atau dengan aktif pada tools seleksi kemudian diklik kanan hingga muncul pilihan Transform Selection.

Ubahlah ukuran seleksi ini agar menjadi lebih kecil sedikit daripada semula. Pada option bar terdapat pengaturan W dan H yang dapat diisi misalnya seperti pada gambar ilustrasi dibawah ini. Pada W saya isi dengan 95%, sedangkan H dengan 90%. Ukuran ini tidak mutlak, bisa diatur sesuka kita.

Jangan lupa tekan Enter jika sudah (bisa satu / dua kali penekanan Enter), sampai kotak tranformasi seleksi tadi hilang.

Tekan tombol Delete pada keyboard untuk menghapus area yang ada pada dalam seleksi. Hasilnya akan seperti gambar ilustrasi tutorial dibawah ini.

Setelah ini, hilangkan seleksi dengan memilih menu Select > Deselect.

Langkah 8
Buatlah sebuah tulisan dengan menggunakan Type tools, ketiklah kata-kata yang ingin dicantumkan dalam stempel ini. Jenis huruf disesuaikan dengan keinginan Anda sendiri.

Langkah 9
Atur ukuran dan letak tulisan agar sesuai dengan gambar kotak yang sudah kita buat tadi. Caranya dengan menggunakan Edit > Free Transform. Tulisan tidak akan berkurang kualitasnya jika diubah-ubah ukurannya, karena ini masih berupa obyek vektor.

Langkah 10
Pada palet layer akan didapati ada beberapa layer, yaitu background yang putih; kotak merah; dan tulisan.

Semua layer ini sekarang digabung dengan memilih menu Layer > Flatten Image.

Langkah 11
Sekarang buka sebuah gambar lain. Gambar ini bisa gambar apa saja yang Anda punyai. Masukkanlah gambar stempel tadi pada gambar ini dengan menggunakan Move tools.

Langkah 12
Ubahlah blending layer pada layer tulisan (layer 1) dengan Darker Color. Selain Darker Color bisa juga dicoba dengan Color Burn, jika warna stempel lebih gelap daripada contoh yang saya berikan ini.

Langkah 13
Sekarang pilih layer background.

Buatlah warnanya menjadi hitam putih dengan memilih menu Image > Adjustment > Desaturate.
Kemudian atur lagi warnanya dengan menu Image > Adjustment > Levels. Atur warnanya agar ada bagian dari stempel yang nampak terpotong / tidak kelihatan. Ini agar stempel tersebut nampak seperti tidak penuh terkena tinta.

Langkah 14
Ubahlah posisi stempel ini agar agar miring seperti halnya kalau kita mengecap sesuatu dengan stempel pasti agak miring posisinya. Caranya dengan memilih menu Edit > Free Transform.

Langkah 15
Pilih menu Layer > Flatten Image untuk menyatukan semua layer.

Langkah 16
Pilih Magic Wand tools, seleksilah bagian warna merah dari tulisan stempel ini. Pastikan Contigous pada option bar dalam kondisi tidak aktif saat menyeleksi.

Setelah diseleksi, pilih menu Edit > Copy.

Langkah 17
Kemudian buat file baru, atau buka file lain yang akan diberi stempel. Setelah ini pilih menu Edit > Paste. Stempelnya sudah jadi.

Akan lebih enak lagi kalau gambar stempel ini dijadikan brush saja agar lebih praktis penggunaannya. Pada postingan selanjutnya saya buatkan brush gambar stempel ini yang siap diunduh.

Mengenal Palet Layer

2009-07-01T08:21:00.000-07:00

Mengenal Palet Layer

Dalam beberapa tutorial photoshop yang saya tulis sebelumnya seringkali saya sebutkan tentang palet layer. Palet ini memang saya anggap termasuk sesuatu yang utama dalam Photoshop. Karena palet ini berfungsi untuk mengorganisir layer (lapisan gambar) yang kita olah/edit.

Mengorganisir yang saya maksudkan tadi adalah untuk memilih, mengatur posisi, menggandakan, menghapus dan sebagainya. Saat kita bekerja dengan Photoshop, maka kita sebenarnya bekerja pada lapisan-lapisan gambar.

Palet layer secara default selalu ditampilkan pada tampilan layar Photoshop. Jika layer ini tidak nampak, bisa ditampilkan dengan memilih menu Window > Layer. Berikut ini gambar ilustrasi palet layer (dalam Photoshop versi CS2).

Keterangan gambar
A. Link
Digunakan untuk membuat agar bisa mengelompokkan banyak layer sekaligus. Cara memakainya dengan memilih nama-nama layer yang diinginkan (dengan Shift + Klik), kemudian klik icon ini.

B. Layer Style
Digunakan untuk membuat layer yang berfungsi seperti menu Layer > Layer style.

C. Add Layer Mask
Digunakan untuk menutup/melindungi sebagian/seluruh lapisan gambar dari proses pengeditan.

D. New Adjustment Layer
Digunakan untuk membuat layer yang berfungsi sebagai pengubahan warna. Perbedaannya kalau menggunakan menu Image > Adjustment bisa dibaca artikel tutorial yang ini.

E. Layer Group
Digunakan untuk mengelompokkan beberapa layer menjadi suatu kumpulan layer, agar mempermudah proses pekerjaan yang menggunakan banyak sekali layer.

F. New Layer
Digunakan untuk membuat layer baru yang kosong, ataupun untuk membuat duplikat layer. Untuk membuat duplikat layer, lakukan dengan cara menggeser nama layer ke icon ini.

G. Delete Layer
Digunakan untuk menghapus layer. Aktifkan layer yang ingin dihapus, kemudian klik icon ini. Dalam Photoshop versi CS2, bisa juga dilakukan hanya dengan mengaktifkan layer kemudian tekan tombol Delete pada keyboard (ini belum bisa dilakukan jika Anda menggunakan Photoshop versi sebelumnya).

H. Layer Blending Option
Digunakan untuk mengatur proses yang terjadi pada pixel-pixel layer terhadap layer yang ada posisinya berada dibawahnya.

I. Image Adjustment Layer
Ini menunjukkan sebuah gambar layer yang merupakan pengaturan warna.

J. Layer Thumbnail
Ini adalah tampilan gambar kecil dari gambar asli Anda. Jika layer merupakan sebuah tulisan atau text, maka gambar tampilannya adalah sebuah huruf T.
Layer ini juga menunjukkan bahwa layer ini adalah layer yang dalam kondisi aktif atau terpilih. Layer yang sedang aktif akan mempunyai warna yang berbeda dengan layer yang tidak aktif.
Tiap sebuah layer bisa mempunyai nama yang berbeda beda. Secara default, Photoshop akan membuat layer dengan nomor yang berurutan. Nama layer ini bisa diganti dengan cara melakukan klik 2 kali pada nama layernya, kemudian Anda tinggal mengetikkan nama yang diinginkan.
Namun saat melakukan klik 2 kali, harus tepat pada nama layernya, karena kalau tidak, maka kita justru masuk ke pengaturan Layer Style. Jika klik 2 kali dilakukan pada thumbnail text layer, maka kita akan langsung membuat blok pada layer tulisan tersebut.
Anda juga bisa menyeleksi layer dengan melakukan klik kanan pada thumbnail layer kemudian memilih Layer Transparency. Atau dengan melakukan Ctrl + klik pada thumbnail layer.

K. Eye Ball / Visibility
Digunakan untuk mengatur tentang tampil atau tidaknya sebuah layer yang sedang Anda kerjakan dengan Photoshop. Cara pakainya, dengan melakukan klik pada icon tersebut.

L. Palette Menu
Icon ini digunakan untuk menampilkan pilihan menu palet. Menu palet ini berhubungan dengan fungsi palet yang sedang Anda tampilkan.

M. Opacity
Digunakan untuk mengatur tingkat transparansi layer. Semakin kecil nilai prosentasenya, maka layer/gambar Anda akan semakin transparan.

N. Fill Opacity
Digunakan untuk mengatur tingkat transparansi layer. Namun tidak sama dengan Opacity, karena Fill ini tidak mengatur bagian yang merupakan Layer Style. Jadi pilihan Fill ini akan bermanfaat jika Anda juga menerapkan Layer Style.

O. Layer Style option
Gambar icon F pada layer ini menunjukkan bahwa pada layer ini terdapat efek Layer Style, sementara gambar segitiga di sebelah kanan ini digunakan untuk menampilkan atau tidaknya informasi detil Layer Style yang digunakan.

P. Locked layer
Gambar icon gembok (maksudnya kunci) ini menunjukkan bahwa layer ini dalam kondisi terkunci. Biasanya gambar dengan ekstension .jpg akan mempunyai layer background yang selalu terkunci. Untuk membuka kunci pada layer background ini, caranya dengan melakukan klik 2 kali pada layer tersebut, kemudian klik OK pada kotak dialog yang muncul.

Download transtool

2009-06-23T22:00:00.000-07:00

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10 Tips Penting Seorang Drummer

2009-06-21T13:57:00.000-07:00

10 Tips Penting Seorang Drummer

Pengin jadi seorang pemain drum yang handal? Tapi kalo gak ngikutin 10 tips berikut ini gue yakin kalian kalian gak bakalan percaya diri kalo gak ngikutin tips-tips berikut ini.

Berikut adalah tips untuk menjadi seorang Drummer handal :

1.Selalu menggunakan EAR PLUG (penutup telinga) guna melindungi telinga dari kerusakan dan selalu gunakan pada saat latihan dan tampil. Sekarang banyak pemain drum yang telah mengidap penyakit tinnitus (kuping mendengung) dan sampai sekarang obatnya masih belum ada. Sayangilah pendengaran anda.
2. Biasakan menggunakan METRONOME setiap kali berlatih sehingga tempo anda senantiasa stabil.
3. Bermainlah dengan RILEKS, jangan tegang dan jangan membuang-buang tenaga, tidak ada gunanya.
4. Selalu menyiapkan STICK sendiri lebih dari satu pasang jika ingin tampil.
5. Jangan terlalu CEPAT PUAS dengan ilmu yang telah anda dapat. Cobalah menambah ilmu lagi dengan cara belajar dari guru drum yang berbeda atau dari teman anda yang lebih berpengalaman.
6.Jangan terlalu FANATIK pada satu atau dua aliran lagu saja, hal inilah yang dapat menghambat kreatifitas pemain dan membuat permainan anda menjadi monoton dan membosankan. Cobalah berbagai macam aliran musik dan usahakan anda dapat memainkan seluruh aliran musik yang ada.
7. Dalam permainan drum harus melibatkan FEEL atau dengan kata lain harus benar2 dirasakan, jangan asal pukul dan jangan pernah berpikiran bahwa semakin keras pukulan semakin bagus. Itu salah! Dan juga jangan berpikir bahwa semakin cepat anda bermain semakin hebat. Tidak juga, kekerasan dan kecepatan tidak ada sangkut pautnya dengan musikalitas.
8. Selalu berlatih dari TEMPO yang lambat dan jika sudah sangat terbiasa, tingkatkan temponya perlahan-lahan. Anda harus belajar berjalan dulu baru bisa lari.
9.DENGARKAN pada musisi lainnya, jangan hanya terfokus pada diri sendiri, dengarkan yang lain.
10.Jadilah pemain drum yang KREATIF, beri variasi pada setiap permainan drum yang anda dapat. Karena drum masih merupakan sesuatu yang 'baru', masih banyak variasi baru yang bisa anda dapatkan.Note: Untuk EAR PLUG anda dapat membelinya di apotik yang besar atau di toko yang menjual perlengakapan militer. Untuk metronome disetiap toko musi pasti ada, dan carilah yang digital.

Semoga bermanfaat yak. Kalo pengin beneran jadi Drummer profesional ya kulu ngikutin sekolah musik ajah.

Anti Rokok

2009-06-21T08:24:00.000-07:00

DON'T SMOKING

Melarang merokok memang dlematis di negara berkembang ini, karena ini sudah mencakup bermacam kepentingan. Kepentingan pemerintah atas cukai, petani tembakau, pekerja pabrik roko, salesman rokok, agen pembuat iklan rokok, sepak bola, TV, dan tentu saja perokok. Melarang apalagi membuat fatwa haram bukanlah solusi. Ini tak bisa dihentikan hanya dalam hitungan hari. Menghentikan tak mungkin, mengurangi mungkin. Kampanye persuasif dan terus-menerus yang bisa dilakukan.

Pendapatan pemerintah dari cukai rokok memang banyak, tapi subsidi pemerintah untuk penyakit akibat rokok juga besar.

Mitos yang mengatakan merokok itu jantan adalah mitos ciptaan iklan. Perokok dikesankan seolah-olah maco, gagah, pemberani, dan kuat. Ini terbukti terbalik dengan kenyataan. Perokok itu merusak kesehatan. Kalau mereka yang merokok merasa sehat dan kuat, apalagi kalau tidak merokok.

Merokok jantan? dari mana rumusnya. Merokok menghisap karbon mono-oksida dan ribuan zat beracun lainnya. Ini menyebabkan suplai oksigen kurang, juga resiko kanker karena zat karsinogenik akibat kekurangan O2. Karena CO itu mengambil tempat lebih banyak daripada O2 dalam darah, maka suplai O2 kurang, apa bisa kemudian mendorong menjadi jantan?

kalau tak bisa, untuk Perokok: Merokok silakan, tapi jangan paksa orang lain menghirup asapnya juga, tapi itu namanya egois dan uncivilized.

Demokrasi bukanlah kebebasam tanpa batas, kepentingan orang lainlah yang membatasinya.

Niamsnr

2009-06-20T20:38:00.000-07:00

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Masa kecil Niamsnr memang sudah bahagia, tetapi dia masih kurang puas dengan masa kecilnya sehingga dia masih brtingkah seperti anak-anak

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2009-06-02T13:04:00.000-07:00

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2009-06-02T12:59:00.000-07:00

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The Hare and The Tortoise

2009-06-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

The Hare and The Tortoise

One morning, Hare hopped down to the lake, to rest in the warm sunshine. Other animals were already there. Fox was lying on the rocks, cleaning her soft sandy coat, and Tortoise was munching the sweet grass near the water’s edge. Hare stopped and watched them for a while.

Soon Fox yawned and drifted off to sleep, but Tortoise carried on waddling around slowly, her little pink tongue pulling in each mouthful of grass. Hare flicked his long ears and hopped over to her. Tortoise stopped chewing, and stared up at him.

“You look funny when you eat,” laughed Hare. “Your feet are short and stumpy, and you move so slowly. No wonder you spend so much time eating – it takes you forever to get enough grass.”

Tortoise just stared at him, and then started chewing again. Hare was annoyed. He wanted everyone to talk to him. He drummed one of his big feet on the ground.

“I’m the fastest animal,” he shouted. “When I run at full speed, no-one can beat me.” He looked across at Fox, who was awake again and watching carefully. “I challenge anyone to a race,” said Hare, flicking his ears proudly.

No one answered. Then Tortoise swallowed her mouthful of grass. “I accept,” she said. “Even if you are as fast as the wind, I can still beat you in a race.”

Hare laughed loudly. “I accept the challenge,” he said. Tortoise suggested that Fox should choose when they would race, where they would start and the finish point. Fox thought it was all very amusing, and suggested the day after tomorrow as race day.

When the time came, the Hare and the Tortoise lined up at the flat rock, which was Fox’s designated starting point. He told them they should go round the edge of the lake and the first one past the old fallen tree would be declared the winner. The race began.

Hare bounded off at top speed and soon rounded a bend and was out of sight. Tortoise moved at a slow, steady pace – never stopping to rest or eat. Running by the side of the lake, Hare felt the warm sun on his back and slowed a little. Then he stopped. “Umm,” he said, stretching. “It’ll take Tortoise forever to catch up. I’ve got time for a nap.” And he burrowed into the grass and dozed off.

Tortoise plodded and shuffled on, round the bend, past the sleeping Hare and on towards the finish point. By now the sun was low over the lake and evening was coming.

Hare stirred as he felt the temperature drop, then remembering the race, he leaped up and hopped off again. In the distance he saw Fox and the other animals gathered near the fallen tree finish point.

“Good. They’re waiting to cheer me when I win,” he laughed as he ran. Then he saw Tortoise on a grassy mound right next to the tree. Fox was talking to her. Hare bounded up as quickly as he could. He couldn’t believe he had lost. Fox nodded to him and asked everyone to be quiet. Then he congratulated Tortoise on winning the race. Tortoise was tired, and drifted off to sleep.

Some of the other animals crowded round Hare to ask him what happened. He should have won, shouldn’t he? His legs were much longer than tortoise’s and he’d won other races in the past. Hare was angry with himself and felt very silly.

THE END

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The Fox Without A Tail

2009-06-02T12:23:00.000-07:00

The Fox Without A Tail

One day a fox was out walking when suddenly he heard a loud snapping noise and felt a sharp pain in his rear.

“Ooooow!!!!” howled the fox, tears coming to his eyes. “That hurts. Ooooow!!!

The fox looked behind him and saw his tail was caught in a trap. He struggled and struggled to get free but his tail was firmly stuck in the jaws of the trap.

With one last frantic effort the fox used all his strength and broke free.

“Ooooow!!!!” howled the fox as he looked behind him and saw his tail still stuck in the trap. All he had left was a little stump on his backside.

“My tail, my beautiful fluffy tail. What will I do?” he cried. “How will I face all the other foxes without my beautiful tail? It will be so embarrassing.”

The fox thought and thought and finally came up with a plan.

He called all the other foxes together for a meeting.

When the other foxes saw the little stump on his backside they began to laugh.

“I've cut off my tail on purpose and I want you all to do the same” he yelled over the laughter.

“A large tail is more trouble than it's worth”, he shouted. “When we're being chased by dogs it gets in the way, and when we get together for a talk you never know what to do with it. Do you wrap it around your feet, do you sit on it, or do you leave it out for some one to trip over?” asked the fox.

“So now is the time to free yourself from your tail and join me in a tailless society.”

One of the older foxes shook his head and said, “You wouldn’t be saying that if you still had a beautiful tail. You’re only saying that out of your own self interest and because you’re embarrassed.”

All the other foxes walked off laughing with their big bushy tails proudly pointing upwards.

THE END

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The Talkative Turtle

2009-06-02T12:21:00.000-07:00

The Talkative Turtle

Once, in a certain lake, there lived a turtle and a pair of swans. The turtle and the swans were friends. They would spend all their free time together telling each other stories, and exchanging news and gossip. The turtle especially loved to talk and chatter, and always had something to say.

One year, the rains did not come, and the lake began to dry up. The swans became worried. Supposing it did not rain at all, and the lake dried up completely? Where would they live in that case? But the turtle had a plan. She suggested that the swans fly in search of a lake that still had plenty of water. Once they found such a lake, all three of them could move there.

The swans agreed and flew off. After flying for several hours they the perfect lake. They returned to the turtle with the good news. But now another problem arose: the new lake was too far for the turtle to walk. How was the turtle to get there? The swans did not want to leave their friend behind.

The turtle thought for a while and came up with another plan. She asked the swans to find a strong stick that they could hold in their beaks. The turtle would then hang on to the stick with her mouth, and the swans could fly with her to the new lake.

The swans liked the idea, though they were worried that the turtle might begin talking and fall off the stick. 'You must be careful not to open your mouth while we are flying with you,' they warned her. 'Do you think you will be able to be quiet for such a long time?'

'Of course,' said the turtle. 'I will be careful - I know when to stop talking.'

So the swans did as she asked. They found a strong stick and each swan held one end of it in its beak. The turtle held on to the middle with her mouth, and away they flew, all three of them.

It was the most exciting thing that had ever happened to the turtle. She was amazed at the way the world looked so far above the ground. She was longing to say something, but remembered in time to keep quiet.

At last they reached the lake the swans had found. It was a beautiful lake, large and blue, with plenty of water. 'Oh look!' the turtle began in excitement, remembering much too late to keep quiet. The stick slipped from her mouth and down she fell from the sky onto the rocks below. The swans were sad to see the end of their friend - the turtle did not live to enjoy the lake, only because she did not know when to stop talking.

THE END

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The Frog in The Shallow Well

2009-06-02T12:17:00.000-07:00

The Frog in The Shallow Well

Once a frog that lived in a well bragged to a turtle that lived in the Sea.

"I am so happy!" cried the frog, "When I go out, I jump about on the railing around the edge of the well.
When I come home, I rest in the holes inside the wall of the well.
If I jump into the water, it comes all the way up to my armpits and I can float on my belly.
If I walk in the mud, it covers up my flippered feet.
I look around at the wriggly worms, crabs, and tadpoles, and none of them can compare with me.
I am lord of this well and I stand tall here. My happiness is great.
My dear sir, why don't you come more often and look around my place?"

Before the turtle from the Sea could get its left foot in the well, its right knee got stuck. It hesitated and retreated. The turtle told the frog about the Sea.

"Even a distance of a thousand miles cannot give you an idea of the sea's width; even a height of a thousand meters cannot give you an idea of its depth.
In the time of the great floods, the waters in the sea did not increase. During the terrible droughts, the waters in the sea did not decrease.
The sea does not change along with the passage of time and its level does not rise or fall according to the amount of rain that falls. The greatest happiness is to live in the Sea."

After listening to these words, the frog of the shallow well was shocked into realization of his own insignificance and became very ill at ease.

THE END

(Source from http://allaboutfrogs.org/)

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The Fox and The Goat

2009-06-02T12:14:00.000-07:00

The Fox and The Goat

One hot sunny day, a thirsty fox was looking down into a deep well, and fell in.

"I wanted some water, but not this much" said the fox to himself, as he splashed around in the water.

"Now how am I going to get out of here" he said, looking up at the top of the well.

Just then a thirsty goat came to the well. He looked down and was surprised to see the fox in the water.

"What are you doing down there?" asked the goat.

"I came down to get some of this wonderful cool water" said the fox, pretending everything was alright.

"Come on down and try some. It's the best water you'll ever taste" he shouted up at the goat. 'And there isn't any more water for miles."

"I'm thirsty, and that water does look so good" thought the goat.

"OK. Look out, I'm coming down," the goat shouted to the fox as he jumped down into the well.

Just as the goat started drinking, the fox said, "There's one small problem. The top of the well is so high it's going to be hard getting out of here. But don't worry I have a plan."

"If," he said to the goat "you put your front feet on the wall of the well, I'll run up your back and jump up to the top. Once I'm out I'll help you to get out too."

The goat did as he was told and the fox leapt onto his back, jumped up on to his horns, and then scrambled up out of the well.

"That was a really good plan" said the fox.

"See you later" he said, looking down at the goat.

"But, what about me?" cried the goat from the bottom of the well.

"If you had any brains you would never have gone down there until you had worked out how to get out." said the fox.

"Have you ever heard the expression, look before you leap?" laughed the fox as he ran away.

THE END

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The Two Frogs

2009-06-02T12:09:00.000-07:00

The Two Frogs

One night two frogs found themselves in a diary. Hopping and jumping around as frogs do they both jumped into a milk pail half full of milk.

After swimming around for some time they tried to get out. But the inside of the pail was too slippery and there was nothing on which they could rest so that they could jump out. One frog thought it was useless trying to swim on and just gave up hope and sunk and was drowned.

The other carried on swimming hoping against hope that something would turn up. He swam and he swam until he began to feel tired. But by this time the milk which was full of cream had become thick. When the frog had swum some more the cream had been stirred so much that it became a solid lump of butter.

On this the frog could scramble and rest.
And from it he could easily jump out of the pail into safety.

THE END

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How Kangaroo Got His Tail

2009-06-02T11:55:00.000-07:00

How Kangaroo Got His Tail

A long time ago, some animals looked different to the way they look now. Kangaroos had no tails and wombats had high, round heads.

Mirram the Kangaroo and Warreen the Wombat were good friends. They lived together in a hut that Warreen had built from tree bark.

They liked being with each other, but Mirram liked to sleep outside at night and he made fun of Warreen who always wanted to sleep inside.

"Come, Warreen, sleep outside with me" said Mirram. "It's much better to look up at the stars at night and listen to the fresh wind in the trees."

"It's too cold outside" snuffled Warreen, "and sometimes it rains. I might get wet! I like sleeping in my hut with a nice fire to keep me warm."

Mirram the Kangaroo would not accept this. "Your bark hut is dark and smelly. It is much better to sleep out in the clean air under the bright stars!" "No, thank you" said Warreen. "I will stay in my hut where I am comfortable."

Mirram was impatient. "You are too scared to sleep outside with me. You are frightened to feel a little wind." "I'm not frightened" snuffled Warreen. "I just like sleeping in my bark hut!"

Mirram kept on taunting Warreen, until one night the wombat agreed to sleep outside. During the night he got really cold and waddled back inside the hut. Kangaroo laughed at him.

All summer they played together as friends, but Mirram sometimes still made fun of Warreen's hut.

Things changed when winter came. The wind became colder at night while Mirram slept outside. At first he didn't mind. He snuggled up to a tree to protect himself, and laughed at the thought of Warreen in his smelly hut. "Wombat would not brave the wind like me" he said to himself.

The wind became stronger and colder. Mirram curled himself into a tight ball, hugging his tree.

He told himself that the wind couldn't hurt him - he wasn't afraid. When it began to rain, he muttered "a little wind and rain won't hurt me. I'm not afraid."

One night, blasts of wind lashed the kangaroo with raindrops that felt like icy needles. Mirram was so wet and cold, he couldn't take it any longer. He struggled onto his hind legs and blown by the wind, hopped slowly towards the bark hut.

"It is me!" screamed Mirram, banging on the door. "Now, let me in!" "No!" yelled Wombat. "There isn't enough room." Mirram's teeth were chattering. He became very angry and pushed hard at the door until it opened. "I'm inside now - and you aren't big enough to throw me out!"

"H'mmph" snorted Warreen. "Well, sleep over there - in the corner. You're all wet and I don't want cold rainwater dripping on me." Wombat stretched out near the fire again and went back to sleep.

Mirram lay down in the corner, but there was a hole in the wall of the hut and the wind and rain came in. He couldn't dry himself or get warm. The fire went out, but Warreen didn't notice. He snored as he slept and laughed every now and again, enjoying a nice dream. This made Mirram more angry.

In the morning his body was stiff and sore. He hobbled outside and picked up a large rock. When he came back, Warreen was stretching and yawning as he woke up. Mirram dropped the rock on Warreen's head, flattening his forehead and making his nose curl around

"This is for not helping me get warm and dry" said Mirram. "And from now on, you will always live in a damp hole. Your flattened forehead and cold home will remind you of last night."

After that, Warreen and Mirram didn't speak to each other or play together and Warreen planned revenge.

He made a big spear and waited until Mirram was busy washing himself.

Then he threw the spear with all his strength and it hit the kangaroo at the base of his spine. Mirram yelled in pain and tried to pull the spear out, but it was stuck.

"From now on, that will be your long tail" yelled Warreen, "and you'll never have a home to live in!"

That is why wombats now have flat foreheads and live in dark, damp burrows underground and why kangaroos have long tails and always sleep outside, under the stars.

THE END

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Five-Footed Bear

2009-06-02T11:52:00.000-07:00

Five-Footed Bear

Once upon a time there was a strange bear who lived in a jungle. He had five feet. But all animals who lived with him didn’t feel strange. The five footed bear liked to help other animals. His home was open for anyone who wanted to stay.

One afternoon, when the five footed bear went home, he found a rabbit under a mahogany tree. The rabbit looked hungry. Then the five footed bear brought him to his home.

The next day, when the five footed bear was looking for meal, the rabbit helped him clean up the house. While the rabbit was working, a monkey and a mouse deer came quietly. They pretended to be robbers. They wanted to disturb the rabbit.

The rabbit was frightened. The monkey and the mouse deer tied up the rabbit’s legs and plugged his mouth. Fortunately the five footed bear came and released him. The rabbit was upset because the bear wasn’t angry with the monkey and the mouse deer. In fact, the five footed bear let them live in his house.

On the next day the monkey and the mouse deer asked the rabbit to forgive them. They helped him clean up the house. In the evening when the bear was coming home, he brought them meals and a new friend. The monkey and the mouse deer were very afraid knowing who the new friend was. He was a tiger. But the rabbit wasn’t afraid. The tiger was one of the rabbit’s best friends. The monkey and the mouse deer didn’t know it. The monkey and the mouse deer were very embarrassed. That was the cleverness of the five footed bear. He wanted to make them aware of their bad habit of frightening the rabbit. Then they sat and enjoyed their dinner together.

THE END

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Why the Fox has a Huge Mouth

2009-06-02T11:49:00.000-07:00

Why the Fox has a Huge Mouth

One day many years ago, at a time when his mouth was still small and dainty, as in fact it used to be, the fox was out walking and happened to notice a huaychao singing on a hilltop. Fascinated by the bird’s flute-like bill, he said politely, “What a lovely flute, friend Huaychao, and how well you play it! Could you let me try it? I’ll give it back in a moment, I promise.”

The bird refused. But the fox was so insistent that at last the huaychao lent him its bill, advising him to sew up his lips except for a tiny opening so that the ‘flute’ would fit just right.

Then the fox began to play. He played on and on without stopping. After a while the huaychao asked for its bill back, but still the fox kept on. The bird reminded him, “You promised. Besides, I only use it from time to time; you’re playing it constantly.” But the fox pain no attention and kept right on.

Awakened by the sound of the flute, skinks came out of their burrows and climbed up the hill in a bustling throng. When they saw the fox playing, they began to dance.

At the sight of the dancing skunks, the fox burst out laughing. As he laughed, his lips became unstitched. His mouth tore open and kept on tearing until he was grinning from ear to ear. Before the fox could regain his composure, the huaychao had picked up his bill and flown away. To this day the fox has a huge mouth - as punishment for breaking his promise.

THE END

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The Three Snake-Leaves

2009-06-02T11:43:00.000-07:00

The Three Snake-Leaves

There was once on a time a poor man, who could no longer support his only son. Then said the son, “Dear father, things go so badly with us that I am a burden to you. I would rather go away and see how I can earn my bread.” So the father gave him his blessing, and with great sorrow took leave of him. At this time the King of a mighty empire was at war, and the youth took service with him, and with him went out to fight. And when he came before the enemy, there was a battle, and great danger, and it rained shot until his comrades fell on all sides, and when the leader also was killed, those left were about to take flight, but the youth stepped forth, spoke boldly to them, and cried, “We will not let our fatherland be ruined!” Then the others followed him, and he pressed on and conquered the enemy. When the King heard that he owed the victory to him alone, he raised him above all the others, gave him great treasures, and made him the first in the kingdom.

The King had a daughter who was very beautiful, but she was also very strange. She had made a vow to take no one as her lord and husband who did not promise to let himself be buried alive with her if she died first. “If he loves me with all his heart,” said she, “of what use will life be to him afterwards?” On her side she would do the same, and if he died first, would go down to the grave with him. This strange oath had up to this time frightened away all wooers, but the youth became so charmed with her beauty that he cared for nothing, but asked her father for her. “But dost thou know what thou must promise?” said the King. “I must be buried with her,” he replied, “if I outlive her, but my love is so great that I do not mind the danger.” Then the King consented, and the wedding was solemnized with great splendour.

They lived now for a while happy and contented with each other, and then it befell that the young Queen was attacked by a severe illness, and no physician could save her. And as she lay there dead, the young King remembered what he had been obliged to promise, and was horrified at having to lie down alive in the grave, but there was no escape. The King had placed sentries at all the gates, and it was not possible to avoid his fate. When the day came when the corpse was to be buried, he was taken down into the royal vault with it and then the door was shut and bolted.

Near the coffin stood a table on which were four candles, four loaves of bread, and four bottles of wine, and when this provision came to an end, he would have to die of hunger. And now he sat there full of pain and grief, ate every day only a little piece of bread, drank only a mouthful of wine, and nevertheless saw death daily drawing nearer. Whilst he thus gazed before him, he saw a snake creep out of a corner of the vault and approach the dead body. And as he thought it came to gnaw at it, he drew his sword and said, “As long as I live, thou shalt not touch her,” and hewed the snake in three pieces. After a time a second snake crept out of the hole, and when it saw the other lying dead and cut in pieces, it went back, but soon came again with three green leaves in its mouth. Then it took the three pieces of the snake, laid them together, as they ought to go, and placed one of the leaves on each wound. Immediately the severed parts joined themselves together, the snake moved, and became alive again, and both of them hastened away together. The leaves were left lying on the ground, and a desire came into the mind of the unhappy man who had been watching all this, to know if the wondrous power of the leaves which had brought the snake to life again, could not likewise be of service to a human being. So he picked up the leaves and laid one of them on the mouth of his dead wife, and the two others on her eyes. And hardly had he done this than the blood stirred in her veins, rose into her pale face, and coloured it again. Then she drew breath, opened her eyes, and said, “Ah, God, where am I?”

“Thou art with me, dear wife,” he answered, and told her how everything had happened, and how he had brought her back again to life. Then he gave her some wine and bread, and when she had regained her strength, he raised her up and they went to the door and knocked, and called so loudly that the sentries heard it, and told the King. The King came down himself and opened the door, and there he found both strong and well, and rejoiced with them that now all sorrow was over. The young King, however, took the three snake-leaves with him, gave them to a servant and said, “Keep them for me carefully, and carry them constantly about thee; who knows in what trouble they may yet be of service to us!”

A change had, however, taken place in his wife; after she had been restored to life, it seemed as if all love for her husband had gone out of her heart. After some time, when he wanted to make a voyage over the sea, to visit his old father, and they had gone on board a ship, she forgot the great love and fidelity which he had shown her, and which had been the means of rescuing her from death, and conceived a wicked inclination for the skipper. And once when the young King lay there asleep, she called in the skipper and seized the sleeper by the head, and the skipper took him by the feet, and thus they threw him down into the sea. When the shameful deed was done, she said, “Now let us return home, and say that he died on the way. I will extol and praise thee so to my father that he will marry me to thee, and make thee the heir to his crown.” But the faithful servant who had seen all that they did, unseen by them, unfastened a little boat from the ship, got into it, sailed after his master, and let the traitors go on their way. He fished up the dead body, and by the help of the three snake-leaves which he carried about with him, and laid on the eyes and mouth, he fortunately brought the young King back to life.

They both rowed with all their strength day and night, and their little boat flew so swiftly that they reached the old King before the others did. He was astonished when he saw them come alone, and asked what had happened to them. When he learnt the wickedness of his daughter he said, “I cannot believe that she has behaved so ill, but the truth will soon come to light,” and bade both go into a secret chamber and keep themselves hidden from every one. Soon afterwards the great ship came sailing in, and the godless woman appeared before her father with a troubled countenance. He said, “Why dost thou come back alone? Where is thy husband?”

“Ah, dear father,” she replied, “I come home again in great grief; during the voyage, my husband became suddenly ill and died, and if the good skipper had not given me his help, it would have gone ill with me. He was present at his death, and can tell you all.” The King said, “I will make the dead alive again,” and opened the chamber, and bade the two come out. When the woman saw her husband, she was thunderstruck, and fell on her knees and begged for mercy. The King said, “There is no mercy. He was ready to die with thee and restored thee to life again, but thou hast murdered him in his sleep, and shalt receive the reward that thou deservest.” Then she was placed with her accomplice in a ship which had been pierced with holes, and sent out to sea, where they soon sank amid the waves.***

THE END

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King Frog

2009-06-02T11:32:00.000-07:00

King Frog

Once upon a time, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest, there was a well. The day was very warm, the king’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain. When she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favorite plaything.

Unfortunately the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand and rolled straight into the water. The king’s daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished, and the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen. She began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. When she lamented, someone said to her, “What ails you, king’s daughter? You weep so that even a stone would show pity.”

She looked round to the side from where the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its big, ugly head from the water. “Ah, old water-splash, is it you,” she said, “I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.”

“Be quiet, and do not weep,” answered the frog, “I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your plaything up again?”

“Whatever you will have, dear frog,” said she, “My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.”

The frog answered, “I do not care for your clothes, your pearls and jewels, nor for your golden crown, but if you will love me and let me be your companion and play-fellow, and sit by you at your little table, and eat off your little golden plate, and drink out of your little cup, and sleep in your little bed - if you will promise me this I will go down below, and bring you your golden ball up

again.”

“Oh yes,” said she, “I promise you all you wish, if you will but bring me my ball back again.” But she thought, “How the silly frog does talk.”

When he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down. In a short time he came swimming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. The king’s

daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it. “Wait, wait,” said the frog. “Take me with you. I can’t run as you can.” But she did not listen to him, she ran home and soon forgot the poor frog. He was forced to go back into his well again.

The next day when she was eating at table from her little golden plate, the frog came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up staircase, and he knocked at the door and cried, “Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.”

She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened the door, there sat the frog in front of it. Then she slammed the door to, in great haste, sat down to dinner again, and was quite frightened. The king saw plainly that her heart was beating violently, and said, “My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there perchance a giant outside who wants to carry you away?”

“Ah, no,” replied she.

THE END

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The Little Jackal and The Alligator

2009-06-02T11:16:00.000-07:00

The Little Jackal and The Alligator

The little Jackal was very fond of shell-fish. He used to go down by the river and hunt along the edges for crabs and such things. And once, when he was hunting for crabs, he was so hungry that he put his paw into the water after a crab without looking first, — which you never should do! The minute he put in his paw, snap ! — the big Alligator who lives in the mud down there had it in his jaws.

“Oh, dear!” thought the little Jackal; “the big Alligator has my paw in his mouth! In another min ute he will pull me down and gobble me up! What shall I do? what shall I do?” Then he thought, sud denly, “I’ll deceive him!”

So he put on a very cheerful voice, as if nothing at all were the matter, and he said, –

“Ho! ho! Clever Mr. Alligator! Smart Mr. Alliga tor, to take that old bulrush root for my paw! I hope you’ll find it very tender!”

The old Alligator was hidden away beneath the mud and bulrush leaves, and he couldn’t see any thing. He thought, “Pshaw ! I’ve made a mistake.” So he opened his mouth and let the little Jackal go.

The little Jackal ran away as fast as he could, and as he ran he called out, –

“Thank you, Mr. Alligator! Kind Mr. Alligator! So kind of you to let me go!”

The old Alligator lashed with his tail and snapped with his jaws, but it was too late; the little Jackal was out of reach.

After this the little Jackal kept away from the river, out of danger. But after about a week he got such an appetite for crabs that nothing else would do at all; he felt that he must have a crab. So he went down by the river and looked all around, very carefully. He didn’t see the old Alligator, but he thought to himself, “I think I’ll not take any chances.” So he stood still and began to talk out loud to himself. He said, –

“When I don’t see any little crabs on the land I most generally see them sticking out of the water, and then I put my paw in and catch them. I won der if there are any fat little crabs in the water to-day?”

The old Alligator was hidden down in the mud at the bottom of the river, and when he heard what the little Jackal said, he thought, “Aha! I’ll pretend to be a little crab, and when he puts his paw in, I’ll make my dinner of him.” So he stuck the black end of his snout above the water and waited.

The little Jackal took one look, and then he said, — “Thank you, Mr. Alligator! Kind Mr. Alligator! You are exceedingly kind to show me where you are! I will have dinner elsewhere.” And he ran away like the wind.

THE END

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Rapunzel

2009-06-02T10:53:00.000-07:00

Rapunzel

There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child. At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire. These people had a little window at the back of their house from which a splendid garden could be seen, which was full of the most beautiful flowers and herbs. It was, however, surrounded by a high wall, and no one dared to go into it because it belonged to an enchantress, who had great power and was dreaded by all the world.

One day the woman was standing by this window and looking down into the garden, when she saw a bed which was planted with the most beautiful rampion - rapunzel, and it looked so fresh and green that she longed for it, and had the greatest desire to eat some. This desire increased every day, and as she knew that she could not get any of it, she quite pined away, and began to look pale and miserable. Then her husband was alarmed, and asked, what ails you, dear wife. Ah, she replied, if I can’t eat some of the rampion, which is in the garden behind our house, I shall die.

The man, who loved her, thought, sooner than let your wife die, bring her some of the rampion yourself, let it cost what it will. At twilight, he clambered down over the wall into the garden of the enchantress, hastily clutched a handful of rampion, and took it to his wife. She at once made herself a salad of it, and ate it greedily. It tasted so good to her - so very good, that the next day she longed for it three times as much as before. If he was to have any rest, her husband must once more descend into the garden. In the gloom of evening, therefore, he let himself down again. But when he had clambered down the wall he was terribly afraid, for he saw the enchantress standing before him.

How can you dare, said she with angry look, descend into my garden and steal my rampion like a thief. You shall suffer for it. Ah, answered he, let mercy take the place of justice, I only made up my mind to do it out of necessity. My wife saw your rampion from the window, and felt such a longing for it that she would have died if she had not got some to eat. Then the enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him, if the case be as you say, I will allow you to take away with you as much rampion as you will, only I make one condition, you must give me the child which your wife will bring into the world. It shall be well treated, and I will care for it like a mother.

The man in his terror consented to everything, and when the woman was brought to bed, the enchantress appeared at once, gave the child the name of rapunzel, and took it away with her. Rapunzel grew into the most beautiful child under the sun. When she was twelve years old, the enchantress shut her into a tower, which lay in a forest, and had neither stairs nor door, but quite at the top was a little window. When the enchantress wanted to go in, she placed herself beneath it and cried, rapunzel, rapunzel, let down your hair to me.

Rapunzel had magnificent long hair, fine as spun gold, and when she heard the voice of the enchantress she unfastened her braided tresses, wound them round one of the hooks of the window above, and then the hair fell twenty ells down, and the enchantress climbed up by it. After a year or two, it came to pass that the king’s son rode through the forest and passed by the tower.

Then he heard a song, which was so charming that he stood still and listened. This was rapunzel, who in her solitude passed her time in letting her sweet voice resound. The king’s son wanted to climb up to her, and looked for the door of the tower, but none was to be found. He rode home, but the singing had so deeply touched his heart, that every day he went out into the forest and listened to it.

Once when he was thus standing behind a tree, he saw that an enchantress came there, and he heard how she cried, rapunzel, rapunzel, let down your hair. Then rapunzel let down the braids of her hair, and the enchantress climbed up to her. If that is the ladder by which one mounts, I too will try my fortune, said he, and the next day when it began to grow dark, he went to the tower and cried, rapunzel, rapunzel, let down your hair. Immediately the hair fell down and the king’s son climbed up.

At first rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man, such as her eyes had never yet beheld, came to her. But the king’s son began to talk to her quite like a friend, and told her that his heart had been so stirred that it had let him have no rest, and he had been forced to see her. Then rapunzel lost her fear, and when he asked her if she would take him for her husband, and she saw that he was young and handsome, she thought, he will love me more than old dame gothel does. And she said yes, and laid her hand in his. She said, I will willingly go away with you, but I do not know how to get down.

Bring with you a skein of silk every time that you come, and I will weave a ladder with it, and when that is ready I will descend, and you will take me on your horse. They agreed that until that time he should come to her every evening, for the old woman came by day. The enchantress remarked nothing of this, until once rapunzel said to her, tell me, dame gothel, how it happens that you are so much heavier for me to draw up than the young king’s son - he is with me in a moment. Ah.

You wicked child, cried the enchantress. What do I hear you say. I thought I had separated you from all the world, and yet you have deceived me. In her anger she clutched rapunzel’s beautiful tresses, wrapped them twice round her left hand, seized a pair of scissors with the right, and snip, snap, they were cut off, and the lovely braids lay on the ground. And she was so pitiless that she took poor rapunzel into a desert where she had to live in great grief and misery.

On the same day that she cast out rapunzel, however, the enchantress fastened the braids of hair, which she had cut off, to the hook of the window, and when the king’s son came and cried, rapunzel, rapunzel, let down your hair, she let the hair down. The king’s son ascended, but instead of finding his dearest rapunzel, he found the enchantress, who gazed at him with wicked and venomous looks. Aha, she cried mockingly, you would fetch your dearest, but the beautiful bird sits no longer singing in the nest. The cat has got it, and will scratch out your eyes as well.

Rapunzel is lost to you. You will never see her again. The king’s son was beside himself with pain, and in his despair he leapt down from the tower. He escaped with his life, but the thorns into which he fell pierced his eyes. Then he wandered quite blind about the forest, ate nothing but roots and berries, and did naught but lament and weep over the loss of his dearest wife. Thus he roamed about in misery for some years, and at length came to the desert where rapunzel, with the twins to which she had given birth, a boy and a girl, lived in wretchedness.

He heard a voice, and it seemed so familiar to him that he went towards it, and when he approached, rapunzel knew him and fell on his neck and wept. Two of her tears wetted his eyes and they grew clear again, and he could see with them as before. He led her to his kingdom where he was joyfully received, and they lived for a long time afterwards, happy and contented.

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The Three Fishes

2009-05-15T12:19:00.000-07:00

The Three Fishes

By:Rohini Chowdhury

Once, three fishes lived in a pond. One evening, some fishermen passed by the pond and saw the fishes. 'This pond is full of fish', they told each other excitedly. 'We have never fished here before. We must come back tomorrow morning with our nets and catch these fish!' So saying, the fishermen left.

When the eldest of the three fishes heard this, he was troubled. He called the other fishes together and said, 'Did you hear what the fishermen said? We must leave this pond at once. The fishermen will return tomorrow and kill us all!'

The second of the three fishes agreed. 'You are right', he said. 'We must leave the pond.'

But the youngest fish laughed. 'You are worrying without reason', he said. 'We have lived in this pond all our lives, and no fisherman has ever come here. Why should these men return? I am not going anywhere - my luck will keep me safe.'

The eldest of the fishes left the pond that very evening with his entire family. The second fish saw the fishermen coming in the distance early next morning and left the pond at once with all his family. The third fish refused to leave even then.

The fishermen arrived and caught all the fish left in the pond. The third fish's luck did not help him - he too was caught and killed.

The fish who saw trouble ahead and acted before it arrived as well as the fish who acted as soon as it came both survived. But the fish who relied only on luck and did nothing at all died. So also in life.

THE END

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The Fox and The Crow

2009-05-15T12:16:00.000-07:00

The Fox and The Crow

:From Aesop Fables

One day, while he was out walking, a fox saw a crow swoop down and pick up a piece of cheese in its beak. The crow then flapped its wings and flew up onto a high branch in a nearby tree.

“Man, that's a tasty looking piece of cheese,” said the fox to himself.

“Hey, I should have that cheese. I’m the fox and I deserve it,” he said. “I’m a sly, smooth talking fox too. I’ll have it soon enough.

The fox walked over to the foot of the tree. “Hi ya, Miss Crow” cried the fox.

“How are you today?" asked the fox. You’re looking mighty fine. Is there something different about you? Have you changed shampoo?"

"Your feathers look so glossy and black and your eyes are sparkling like diamonds," said the fox, flattering the crow. "Hey, have you lost weight? Your figure looks great,”

“Wow, if you can sing as good as you look then I'll have to call you Queen of all Birds” said the fox.

Flattered by all the compliments from the fox, and wanting to be called Queen of all Birds, the crow lifted her head and began to sing.

But the moment she opened her mouth the cheese fell out, and the quick fox jumped and caught it before it hit the ground.

“Yes!!!” yelled the fox, holding the cheese up over his head as he did his victory dance. “I got what I wanted.”

The fox looked up at the sad crow in the tree. “To show you I’m not a really bad guy I’ll give you some advice for the future” he said to the crow.

“ Never trust a flatterer.”

THE END

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The Frog and The Crocodile

2009-05-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

The Frog and The Crocodile

Once, there was a frog who lived in the middle of a swamp. His entire family had lived in that swamp for generations, but this particular frog decided that he had had quite enough wetness to last him a lifetime. He decided that he was going to find a dry place to live instead.

The only thing that separated him from dry land was a swampy, muddy, swiftly flowing river. But the river was home to all sorts of slippery, slittering snakes that loved nothing better than a good, plump frog for dinner, so Frog didn't dare try to swim across.

So for many days, the frog stayed put, hopping along the bank, trying to think of a way to get across.

The snakes hissed and jeered at him, daring him to come closer, but he refused. Occasionally they would slither closer, jaws open to attack, but the frog always leaped out of the way. But no matter how far upstream he searched or how far downstream, the frog wasn't able to find a way across the water.

He had felt certain that there would be a bridge, or a place where the banks came together, yet all he found was more reeds and water. After a while, even the snakes stopped teasing him and went off in search of easier prey.

The frog sighed in frustration and sat to sulk in the rushes. Suddenly, he spotted two big eyes staring at him from the water. The giant log-shaped animal opened its mouth and asked him, "What are you doing, Frog? Surely there are enough flies right there for a meal."

The frog croaked in surprise and leaped away from the crocodile. That creature could swallow him whole in a moment without thinking about it! Once he was a satisfied that he was a safe distance away, he answered. "I'm tired of living in swampy waters, and I want to travel to the other side of the river. But if I swim across, the snakes will eat me."

The crocodile harrumphed in agreement and sat, thinking, for a while. "Well, if you're afraid of the snakes, I could give you a ride across," he suggested.

"Oh no, I don't think so," Frog answered quickly. "You'd eat me on the way over, or go underwater so the snakes could get me!"

"Now why would I let the snakes get you? I think they're a terrible nuisance with all their hissing and slithering! The river would be much better off without them altogether! Anyway, if you're so worried that I might eat you, you can ride on my tail."

The frog considered his offer. He did want to get to dry ground very badly, and there didn't seem to be any other way across the river. He looked at the crocodile from his short, squat buggy eyes and wondered about the crocodile's motives. But if he rode on the tail, the croc couldn't eat him anyway. And he was right about the snakes--no self-respecting crocodile would give a meal to the snakes.

"Okay, it sounds like a good plan to me. Turn around so I can hop on your tail."

The crocodile flopped his tail into the marshy mud and let the frog climb on, then he waddled out to the river. But he couldn't stick his tail into the water as a rudder because the frog was on it -- and if he put his tail in the water, the snakes would eat the frog. They clumsily floated downstream for a ways, until the crocodile said, "Hop onto my back so I can steer straight with my tail." The frog moved, and the journey smoothed out.

From where he was sitting, the frog couldn't see much except the back of Crocodile's head. "Why don't you hop up on my head so you can see everything around us?" Crocodile invited.

"But I don't want to see anything else," the frog answered, suddenly feeling nervous.

"Oh, come now. It's a beautiful view! Surely you don't think that I'm going to eat you after we're halfway across. My home is in the marsh-- what would be the point of swimming across the river full of snakes if I didn't leave you on the other bank?"

Frog was curious about what the river looked like, so he climbed on top of Crocodile's head. The river looked almost pretty from this view. He watched dragonflies darting over the water and smiled in anticipation as he saw firm ground beyond the cattails. When the crocodile got close enough, the frog would leap off his head towards freedom. He wouldn't give the croc a chance to eat him.

"My nose tickles," the crocodile complained suddenly, breaking into the frog's train of thought. "I think there might be a fly buzzing around it somewhere, or a piece of cattail fluff swept into it while I was taking you across the river."

"I don't see a fly," the frog said, peering at the crocodile's green snout. It seemed odd that anything could tickle a crocodile through it's thick skin.

"Would you go check my nose for a piece of cattail fluff, then?" the crocodile begged, twitching his nose. "I'm afraid I'll sneeze and send you flying. I don't want to feed you to the snakes." A tear seeped out of his eye, as if he was holding back a mighty sneeze.

The bank isn't too far, the frog thought. And it's the least he could do to repay him for bringing him over. So he hopped onto the crocodile's snout and checked the nostrils. Just a little closer, and he could jump... "I don't see--" he began.

Just then, with a terrific CHOMP! the frog disappeared. The crocodile licked his lips in satisfaction and gave a tiny half-sneeze. "Good, I feel much better already," he smiled, and turned around to go back home.

THE END

(Source from http://allaboutfrogs.org/)

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The Fox and The Cat

2009-05-15T11:59:00.000-07:00

The Fox and The Cat
:From Aesop Fables

A fox and a cat were out walking together when the fox began boasting how clever he was.

“I’m prepared for any situation” said the Fox. “I have a whole bag of tricks to choose from if my enemies try to capture me.”

“I’m afraid I’ve only got one trick, but it has always worked for me” The cat said timidly.

The fox looked at the cat and shook his head “One trick, how dumb is that? I’ve got hundreds of ways of escaping” said the fox.

“I still think it’s better to have one trick that works than waste time trying to choose from a dozen that might” said the cat softly.

“Rubbish” shouted the fox. “You’re just not as smart as me”

Just then they heard a pack of dogs barking as they coming towards them. The cat immediately ran up the nearest tree and hid on one of the highest branches.

“That’s my trick” the cat called from high up in the tree. “You had better reach into that bag of tricks of yours and choose one right now or you're history”

“Ok, Ok, stay calm” said the fox to himself.

“Should I run and hide behind the nearest hedge?

Or should I jump down a burrow?”

The dogs were getting closer and closer.

“Down a burrow that’s the way to go” said the fox, and started running around the field looking for a burrow.

“No, that one’s too small, I can’t get down far enough. This one’s too big, they could get down too. Maybe that one over there?”

Too late. While the fox wasted time, confused by so many choices, the dogs caught him and killed him.

The cat looked down sadly and said, “It’s better to have one safe way than a hundred you can’t choose from.”

THE END

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The Ant and The Grasshopper

2009-05-15T11:56:00.000-07:00

The Ant and The Grasshopper

Once there lived an ant and a grasshopper in a grassy meadow.

All day long the ant would work hard, collecting grains of wheat from the farmer's field far away. She would hurry to the field every morning, as soon as it was light enough to see by, and toil back with a heavy grain of wheat balanced on her head. She would put the grain of wheat carefully away in her larder, and then hurry back to the field for another one. All day long she would work, without stop or rest, scurrying back and forth from the field, collecting the grains of wheat and storing them carefully in her larder.

The grasshopper would look at her and laugh. 'Why do you work so hard, dear ant?' he would say. 'Come, rest awhile, listen to my song. Summer is here, the days are long and bright. Why waste the sunshine in labour and toil?'

The ant would ignore him, and head bent, would just hurry to the field a little faster. This would make the grasshopper laugh even louder. 'What a silly little ant you are!' he would call after her. 'Come, come and dance with me! Forget about work! Enjoy the summer! Live a little!' And the grasshopper would hop away across the meadow, singing and dancing merrily.

Summer faded into autumn, and autumn turned into winter. The sun was hardly seen, and the days were short and grey, the nights long and dark. It became freezing cold, and snow began to fall.

The grasshopper didn't feel like singing any more. He was cold and hungry. He had nowhere to shelter from the snow, and nothing to eat. The meadow and the farmer's field were covered in snow, and there was no food to be had. 'Oh what shall I do? Where shall I go?' wailed the grasshopper. Suddenly he remembered the ant. 'Ah - I shall go to the ant and ask her for food and shelter!' declared the grasshopper, perking up. So off he went to the ant's house and knocked at her door. 'Hello ant!' he cried cheerfully. 'Here I am, to sing for you, as I warm myself by your fire, while you get me some food from that larder of yours!'

The ant looked at the grasshopper and said, 'All summer long I worked hard while you made fun of me, and sang and danced. You should have thought of winter then! Find somewhere else to sing, grasshopper! There is no warmth or food for you here!' And the ant shut the door in the grasshopper's face.

It is wise to worry about tomorrow today.

THE END

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The Lion and The Mouse

2009-05-15T11:52:00.000-07:00

The Lion and The Mouse

Once, as a lion lay sleeping in his den, a naughty little mouse ran up his tail, and onto his back and up his mane and danced and jumped on his head ......so that the lion woke up.

The lion grabbed the mouse and, holding him in his large claws, roared in anger. 'How dare you wake me up! Don't you know that I am King of the Beasts? Anyone who disturbs my rest deserves to die! I shall kill you and eat you!'

The terrified mouse, shaking and trembling, begged the lion to let him go. 'Please don't eat me Your Majesty! I did not mean to wake you, it was a mistake. I was only playing. Please let me go - and I promise I will be your friend forever. Who knows but one day I could save your life?'

The lion looked at the tiny mouse and laughed. 'You save my life? What an absurd idea!' he said scornfully. 'But you have made me laugh, and put me into a good mood again, so I shall let you go.' And the lion opened his claws and let the mouse go free.

'Oh thank you, your majesty,' squeaked the mouse, and scurried away as fast as he could.

A few days later the lion was caught in a hunter's snare. Struggle as he might, he couldn't break free and became even more entangled in the net of ropes. He let out a roar of anger that shook the forest. Every animal heard it, including the tiny mouse.

'My friend the lion is in trouble,' cried the mouse. He ran as fast as he could in the direction of the lion's roar, and soon found the lion trapped in the hunter's snare. 'Hold still, Your Majesty,' squeaked the mouse. 'I'll have you out of there in a jiffy!' And without further delay, the mouse began nibbling through the ropes with his sharp little teeth. Very soon the lion was free.

'I did not believe that you could be of use to me, little mouse, but today you saved my life,' said the lion humbly.

'It was my turn to help you, Sire,' answered the mouse.

Even the weak and small may be of help to those much mightier than themselves.

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The Boy Who Loved Bears

2009-05-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

The Boy Who Loved Bears

Native American - Pawnee Tale.

A long time ago a Pawnee hunter was returning home after a day's hunting when he saw a baby bear all alone in the forest.

The bear cub looked very frightened and was crying for its mother.

Feeling sorry for the bear cub the hunter picked it up, held it in his arms and gently stroked its fur.

“Did you lose your mother little one?” said the hunter as he stroked the fur under the cub’s chin.

The cub began sucking on the hunter’s finger.

“I think you’re hungry too,” said the hunter. He reached into his bag for the last of the food his wife had given him that morning, and fed the cub.

As he held the cub in his arms, the hunter thought about his pregnant wife and the baby they were expecting any day now.

“Little one,” he said to the cub. “If ever my son or daughter is alone, I pray there will be some one there to help them, like I have helped you.”

The hunter put the bear cub down, then tied a small medicine bag filled with sacred leaves around its neck as protection. The cub curled into a ball on the ground. The hunter stroked the cub’s fur until it fell asleep, purring.

The hunter covered the little bear with leaves to hide it.

“Sleep well, little one. I pray your mother will return by the time you wake up,” whispered the hunter to the sleeping cub.

When he returned to his village the hunter told his wife about the little bear.

“That’s really strange,” said his wife. “I saw a bear today too.”

A few days later when their son was born they decided to call him Little Bear.

As the years passed, Little Bear grew into a strong young man. He became the best hunter in the village. He could track animals just like a bear, and catch fish in the streams, just like a bear.

“He even growls like a bear when I try to wake him in the morning,” said Little Bear’s mother.

Often the young hunter would go and sit quietly, praying for hours where the bears were known to live.

“I get this really weird feeling when I’m sitting there praying,” Little Bear said to his father. “It’s as if I can feel the power of the bears.”

One day when Little Bear and other young men from the village were out hunting, braves from another tribe attacked them.

Little Bear and the young men from his village fought bravely but they were outnumbered. The battle continued until Little Bear and his friends lay dead.

Soon after the battle had finished a bear and his mate came upon the horrible scene.

The female bear recognised Little Bear.

“Look, that is the young man who prays for us. We have to help him!” she said to her husband.

‘I can’t,” said her husband. “My healing medicine only works in the light. The clouds are stopping the sun from shining its light on us.”

Just then the clouds parted and Little Bear was bathed in a single ray of sunlight.

The bear stood tall, raised his arms to the sky and cried. “Oh, Great Spirit! I ask you to return life into the body of this young man.”

The bear continued praying and slowly the life-spirit returned to Little Bear.

The bears gently picked Little Bear up and took him to where they lived. Little Bear stayed there for many months, until he was healed.

When Little Bear was well the bear walked with him to the top of a hill overlooking Little Bear’s village.

The bear held Little Bear's hands in his mighty paws and breathed his spirit into him.

“We are brothers now, and are as one” said the bear. “Whatever happens to me will happen to you, and whatever happens to you will happen to me.”

Little Bear became an even greater hunter and held Bear Ceremonies to heal others and to give thanks to the Great Spirit for the bear. As he grew older Little Bear changed his name to Bear Man.

Bear Man passed on the power of the bear to his children and grandchildren. They passed it on to their children, so even today the power of the bear is still known to the Pawnee people.

After many years, Bear Man died peacefully in his sleep. It is said that an old bear died at that very instant.

The two brothers were together again.

THE END

(Source from http://www.planetozkids.com)

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Big Turtle

2009-05-15T11:39:00.000-07:00

Big Turtle

Based on a Native American.

Many years ago the world had two parts.

Animals lived in the lower part, which was was completely covered in water and had no land or soil. Above was the Sky World, where the sky people lived.

The Sky World had lots of soil, with beautiful mountains and valleys. One day a girl from the Sky World went for a long walk and became very tired.

"I'm so tired, I need to rest" she said. She sat down under the spreading branches of an apple tree and quickly fell asleep.

Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound like thunder and the ground began to crack. A big hole opened up next to the apple tree.

"What's happening?" screamed the frightened girl. She tried to move but it was too late. She and the tree slid through the hole and tumbled over and over towards the watery world below.

"Help me! Help me!" screamed the girl. Luckily two swans were swimming below and saw the girl tumbling down from the sky.

"Come on!" yelled one swan. "Let's catch her before she hits the water"
"Okay!" yelled the other.

The swans spread their wings together and caught the girl on their soft feather backs.

"Whew! That was lucky" said the girl. "But what do I do now? I can't get back up to the Sky World and I can't stay on your backs forever.

"We'll take you to Big turtle" said the swans. "He knows everything".

After hearing what happened, the Big Turtle called all the animals in the water world to a meeting. He told them an old story about soil being found deep under the water.

"If we can get some of that soil, we can build an island on my back for you to live on" said the Big Turtle. "Sounds good to me" said the young girl.

The Otter, Beaver and Muskrat started arguing over who would dive for the soil.

"I'll go" said the sleek Otter, brushing his glossy fur.

"No! I'll go" said Beaver, slapping the water with his big flat tail.

"I'm the best swimmer" said Muskrat "I'll go."

"Aaaachooo!" sneezed the young girl. "Guys, guys, would just one of you go. These swan feathers are getting up my nose and making me sneeze".

"Sorry" said the swans.

"That's alright" said the young Sky girl.

Then Toskwaye the little Toad, popped up out of the water. "I'll go. I can dive very deep" she said.

The other animals started laughing and pointing at Toskwaye. "You! You're too small and ugly to help". cried the others, laughing.

"Be quite!" said Big Turtle in a loud, stern voice. "Everyone is equal and everyone will have a chance to try".

The sleek Otter smoothed his glossy fur, took a deep breath and slid into the water. He was gone for a long time before he came up gasping for air.

"It was too deep" he said. "I couldn't dive that far.

"Now it's my turn" said Beaver. He slapped the water with his tail as he disappeared. After a long time he came to the surface again.

"It's too far" he gasped. "No one can dive that deep."

Muskrat tried next and failed. "Aaaachoo!" sneezed the young girl. "This is not looking good"

"Now it's my turn" said little Toskwaye the Toad. She took a deep breath and jumped into the water. She was gone a very long time and everyone thought they wouldn't see her again.

Suddenly Otter pointed at the water, shouting "Look, look! Bubbles!"

Toskwaye's small, ugly face appeared through the water. She spat a few grains of soil onto the Big Turtle's back, then fell back into the water - dead.The Turtle ordered the others to rub the soil grains and spread them around on his shell. The grains grew and grew, until a large island was formed - big enough for the girl to live on.

It grew into our world as we know it today. And the descendants of the Sky girl became the Earth's people.

Today, some people say the whole world still rests on Big Turtles back. When he gets tired and changes his position, we have earthquakes.

Toad has not been forgotten either. American native Indians call her "Mashutaha", which means 'Our Grandmother'. No one is allowed to harm her.

THE END

(Source from http://www.planetozkids.com)

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The Red Dragon

2009-05-15T11:35:00.000-07:00

The Red Dragon

A long long time ago most of the animals on earth looked very different from how they look now.

Some were thinner, some were taller and some had more legs than they have today.

The Rhinoceros and the Hippopotamus were very vain and always boring the other animals, asking them to admire their good looks.

"Haven't I got the most handsome face you've ever seen?" the Rhinoceros would ask, as he turned his head from side to side. "Don't you think my left side is as handsome as my right?".

"Look at my slim body" the Hippopotamus would answer. "Isn't this the most beautiful body you've ever seen?"

"Huuh!" the Elephant would trumpet. "Look at my beautiful ivory teeth. They're the most perfect teeth in the world". And he would smile, showing two rows of gleaming ivory teeth.

Every thing was peaceful and boring until one day a red dragon flew down from the sky shouting "The world is going to end! The world is going to end!"

"We've heard that one before" said the lion, with a bored sigh. "The chicken said the sky was falling, but nothing happened".

"It's for real this time. The world is coming to an end!" yelled the red dragon.

"How do you know" the others asked.

"A wizard told me" he replied.

"Then it must be true" they all said. "What shall we do?"

"You can all climb onto my back and I'll fly you to another world" said the red dragon.

They all rushed to get on the dragon's back except the lion.

"I'm king around here and I'm not frightened of anything" he roared. "I'm going to stay here on earth".

"I'm going to stay too" said the tiger, getting down.

"Tigers are just as brave as lions".

When the other animals were ready, the dragon flapped his wings, jumped into the air and came down again.

With such a heavy load on his back he had to try it several times before he took off.

As the red dragon flew higher it was uncomfortable for the animals squeezed onto his back and some of them became scared. They began to fight and push each other.

"Get your tail out of my eye" yelled one.

"Watch where you're putting that paw" yelled another.

"Oh, we're going very high" squeaked a mouse.

"Give me a break and sit still" cried the red dragon. "All you're fighting and shoving is making it very hard for me to fly".

The animals ignored him and finally the red dragon became so tired he couldn't flap his wings any more and started to fall out of the sky.

The animals slid off his back and fell towards the ground screaming in panic. No one was killed but they all landed with a mighty thud.

The snakes legs fell off and he slithered away in the grass.

The Rhinoceros landed on his face, making a large bump on his nose that turned into a horn.

The Hippopotamus kept rolling and bumping over the hillside, getting bigger and fatter until he finally splashed into a waterhole. He was so embarrassed at how round and fat he was, he wouldn't come out.

The elephant broke all his teeth except for two that stuck into the ground. When he tried to pull them out of the ground they stretched into the two long tusks he has today.

The giraffe caught his head in a high tree and his neck stretched and stretched until his body reached the ground.

In fact all the animals changed into how they look today.

The lion and tiger roared with laughter at how funny the other animals looked now.

"I don't see what's so funny" snapped the crocodile, whose face had been flattened by a gorilla landing on it.

The Rhinoceros was very angry about losing his good looks. That's why you have to be very careful near them, even today.

THE END

(Source from http://www.planetozkids.com)

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Narrative Text

2009-05-15T11:18:00.000-07:00

Narrative Text

Big Turtle
The Three Fishes
The Fox and The Crow
The Frog and The Crocodile
The Fox and The Cat
The Ant and The Grasshopper
The Lion and The Mouse
The Boy Who Loved Bears
The Red Dragon
The Scorpion and The Frog

The Scorpion and The Frog

2009-05-15T10:09:00.000-07:00

The Scorpion and The Frog

One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river.

The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back.

Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream.

"Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?"

"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly.

"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"

Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!"

"This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!"

"Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog.

"Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!"

So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current.

Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.

"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back.

"I could not help myself. It is my nature."

Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river.
Self destruction - "Its my Nature", said the Scorpion...

THE END

(Source from http://allaboutfrogs.org/)

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