The looking flower in Photoshop Tutorial

Science has proved it that flowers have human feelings like, they can see, hear, smell and feel. All the living things are capable to response to stimuli in the environment. Therefore, we thought that why not give an eye to a flower that can actually see like a human as in a human touch. But hey don’t think that it’s difficult, It can be done with the help of wonderful Photoshop tricks in just 14 easy steps, so start creating a flower with a human eye!

Little does this sunflower know that he’ll soon be able to see.

Step 1
Take an image of a sunflower and open in Photoshop. Please respect copyright laws.

Step 2:
Take an image of an eye and open in Photoshop. Select the image (Ctrl+A) and copy (Ctrl+C) it.

Step 3:
Paste (Ctrl+V) the selection on the image. Transform it using “Ctrl+T” and go to Edit –> Transform –> Flip Horizontal.

Step 4
Go Layer –> Layer Mask –> Reveal All to create a new layer mask.

Step 5
Select the Layer Mask on Layer 1. Erase the unwanted portion of eye using Eraser Tool as shown in the screenshot

Step 6

Go to Image –> Adjustment –> Hue/Saturation and set the values of Hue and Saturation as shown in the screenshot.

Through the Looking Glass: How to Brush Up on BGP

As someone who himself is looking for employment, I can't stress the importance of keeping your skill set sharp. Of course, unless you are working for a Tier-1 service provider, it may not be possible to keep skills such as BGP as sharp as they need to be for today's job market.

Fortunately, as is usually the case, there is a solution in looking-glass and route servers.

Just do a search for "looking-glass server" and you will come across sites such as traceroute.org, which will provide you with a list of servers to which you can connect.

For example, choosing the route server CerfNet Route Server (AS1838) will open a Terminal session on a Mac (on a PC, however, it will open whatever telnet program you are using). Once you click on the link to open the route server, Terminal (or your telnet program) will open with the following prompt:

route-server>

From this prompt, you can now begin to look at the BGP configuration of this device:

route-server>sho ip bgp summ
BGP router identifier 12.129.193.235, local AS number 1838
BGP table version is 1, main routing table version 1

Neighbor        V    AS MsgRcvd MsgSent   TblVer  InQ OutQ Up/Down  State/PfxRcd
12.129.192.1    4 17233       0       0        0    0    0 never    Active
12.129.192.2    4 17233       0       0        0    0    0 never    Active
134.24.13.2     4 64512 1287988 1287776        1    0    0 11w1d           0
134.24.13.3     4 64512 1287990 1287784        1    0    0 16w4d           0
route-server>

You can try different commands, either from the route servers or the looking glass servers and KEEP YOUR BGP SKILLS SHARP!

Looking for a great Holiday gift?

First, an apology to my readers. These past few weeks have been busy! I'll fill you in more asap, but for now, I'll tell you that on December 5th was my 30th birthday and my hubby treated me to a night out at the symphony. Then, this past weekend was my belated bowling birthday party, which was a ton of fun! (Hey, what else is a pregnant 30 year old going to do to celebrate? LOL).

But, as you know, the Holiday gift-giving time is just around the corner. And, much like some of you, I'm still completing my shopping as the big day is almost only a WEEK AWAY!!! Yikes!

I wanted to share with you a local CT company that has something that some one on your shopping list is going to adore.

A woman I met two weekends ago at a local craft fair, named Pam, who is also a PhD in chemistry, has a company called Kettlepot Soap. She makes some of the most wonderful, natural soaps, lotions, lip conditioners and body butters I've ever tried in my life!

Pam handcrafted these all-vegetable Kettlepot Soaps in small batches in an old New England farmhouse. She developed her own recipe which contains olive, palm, coconut, soybean and canola oils.

All bar soaps are made with top-quality base oils, essential oils, fragrance oils, natural pigment colors, herbs, flower petals and more. Bars are hand-cut and wrapped in pretty, coordinating fabric. Each mild bar is rich in olive oil and glycerin to produce a creamy, cleansing lather, especially when used with a nylon bath scrubbie.

Other skincare products made by Kettlepot Soap include Lip Lotion, Hand and Body Lotion, Shea and Glycerin Skin Solution Buttercream, Solid Lotion, Massage Bars and Extra Emollient Cuticle Care Cream. These creams and lotions are made from scratch, with lots of goodies for your skin, such as shea butter, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, cocoa butter, mango butter and vitamin E.

Trust me that you won't be disappointed with anything you purchase from Kettlepot. And, you're supporting a local entrepreneur who creates something good for you AND the environment. How great is that?

Visit Kettlepot Soap today!

PS. I'm receiving nothing in return for this posting other than the satisfaction of knowing I'm promoting a quality product from a quality woman. Enjoy!!