For a class I took we had to make a 30 second commercial for our final project, using the skills we learned in the class. We were supposed to incorporate certain pieces of movie footage from one of the chapters, but I sort of broke the rules and made my own thing, that didn’t include the specified footage. Unfortunately I didn’t get as good of a grade since I didn’t do what I was supposed to do, but I still passed the class, and I’m happy with the result of my project. This is a commercial that is for this website, and although this site doesn’t yet have everything that’s mentioned in the movie, I do intend to eventually have all the things the movie mentions, and more. So check it out, and let me know what you think.

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So I bought a Nintendo Wii a couple of weeks ago, and along with it I got Mario Kart Wii. I always loved playing Mario Kart on Super Nintendo, so I had to get a Wii so I could play it with the wheel that comes with the game. After almost 3 weeks of having the game now, I have unlocked just ablout everything, and I have gotten pretty good at it. If anyone who reads this has Mario Kart Wii, you should add me. My friend code and Mii name is below, be sure to comment this post to let me know what your friend code is too.

Mii name: jared
Friend Code: 4425-2132-9143

If you are a fan of Mario Kart or play it on Wii, you should check out MarioKartWii.com. I will come back to this later and include more information of my stats. I’m at work right now though.

Start a new document by pressing CTRL + N. I used 500 X 500 (you can make it any size),
then go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds.

Now go to Filter -> Pixelate -> Mezzotint and use the following setttings.

After that, go to Filter -> Blur -> Radial Blur and apply these settings.

Once that’s completed, go to Filter -> Stylize -> Extrude and use these settings.

Lastly, go to Hue/Saturation by pressing CTRL + U and use the following settings, you can play around with these if you want other colors.

This is how your finished background should look.

Make This Button in Just 5 Minutes With Photoshop

Start out by making a new file, press Cntrl + N and make it the default photoshop size.

Using the rounded rectangle tool with a radius of 30, drag out a rectangle the size you want you button.

Add a gradient style to it with the settings shown below

Gradient Settings:

And add a 2px stroke to it, I used the color #0e9800.

Then add an inner shadow to it with the settings shown below

Inner Shadow Settings:

Next use the rounded rectangle tool with the same size radius and drag out a rectangle so it looks like this

Cntrl + Click on the vector mask thumbnail in the layers pallet to select the layer. Then press Ctrl + Shift + N to create a new layer. Press D, and then Cntrl + Backspace to fill the new layer in white. Then press Cntrl + D to deselect the layer.

You can hide the vector shape we just made now or delete it.

Now to make the layer look glossy, press Q to make a qiuck mask, and then G to use the Gradient tool. And use the Foreground to Background gradient. Drag the gradient from top to bottom on the white layer and it should look like this

Quick Mask

Then press Q again to make the selection and hit Delete to make the fade to transparent. Then Cntrl + D to deselect the layer.

And thats it!

Your button should look something like what I have below.