It's The Revenge Of EasyPhotoshopS3.com! It's All Gone Wrong LOL!

Hi, Everyone!

Well, after another fantastic competition last week (congrats again, Tropica!), I've been hit with the news that the video tutorials I was going to sell on the site are:

1. Made with Photoshop CS2, and worse
2. Available free online, and I don't have the rights to sell them LOL!

...so obviously, I'm a bit stuffed!

However, I'm determined to make the best of a bad situation, and turn EasyPhotoshopS3.com into a tutorial blog instead!

So, here's what I need.

I need Tropica's winning design turned into a Wordpress layout.

It needs to have all the usual elements of a Wordpress theme, and have space for both video clips (which I'll be producing myself from now on), and Adsense (so I can at least make a little money from the site!)

You can download Tropica's winning design here:

http://www.easyphotoshopcs3.com/photoshop.psd

Just to refresh your memory, the design looked like this:




Unfortuanely, I've blown most of my budget on last week's competition, so I can't afford to offer a high prize on this one

In fact, I can really only offer about $50 for this competition, but I hope that with the actual header/footer design already complete, that will make the design process quicker and easier, and still make this an attractive competition to enter.

(I'm also kinda hoping that you Photoshop experts will take pity on me!)

As with the other contests I've held, reps will be given to all entrants, and I'll update the thread often with feedback/design suggestions.

Please note, that whilst fundamental changes to Tropica's design will be accepted, I really do like it - so try to keep the enhancements related to turning it into a Wordpress layout.

Thanks, guys - I'll give this one 72 hours, finishing 1pm (GMT) Monday 7th.

Cheers,
Steve

 

Hey steve, i
might have a go

 

The more the merrier, Matt!

Cheers,
Steve

 

oh man, gutted for you steve

Am I allowed to enter? lol

 

Thanks, Tropica!

LOL - Of course you can enter!

I suppose though I must make it clear to every other potential entrant that winning the previous contest doesn't guarantee that you'll win this one.

Look forward to seeing your design, and thanks for the vote of sympathy!

Cheers,
Steve

 

I believe you will win again.

Steve, why not hire designer and create some custom videos? Designers can use Hypercam 2 to record the process doing a great design using adobe photoshop cs3.

 

Thanks for the advice, zinruss.

I have a copy of Camtasia studio, so I plan on recording screen captures covering PS CS3, maybe one or two little videos a week, with some cool tricks or effects tutorials.

I was going to upload them to youtube and the other video sharing sites, and start to drive some traffic to the blog (and hopefully some Adsense revenue)

I may even bundle the video's together when I have enough, and sell them as a package at a higher resolution (1024x768).

That way, at least I know I own the rights!

Please feel free to enter, as I said in my previous post, Tropica is not a guaranteed winner, the winning design will have the most attractive/effective Wordpress layout, simple as that!

Cheers,
Steve

 

i probably wont win! lol
i cant be that lucky twice

 

Hey Tropica,

It wasn't luck that won it last time, it was the fact that you fulfilled my design specifications to the letter, and therefore came up with the design that I had in my mind

Whoever repeats that in this contest will win!

Thanks,
Steve

 

lol cheers!

I will enter something later on tonight

 

Thanks, Tropica

Look forward to seeing it!

All the best,
Steve

 

hey steve how is this?

 

Thanks, Tropica, that is a LOVELY design!

Can you just show me how it would look with the standard Wordpress controls in the design, (i.e. links, search, calendar etc)?

Having said that, I love the Ps graphics, and the blue swirl in the content section!

Any idea (anyone?) how difficult that might be to code in xhtml/css because I want to keep it!?

Oh, and the The navigation bar is superb

Thanks, mate
Steve

 

thanks steve, i will amend asap

 

hows this?

 

Very Nice, Tropica!

I'd like to see how Adsense would fit into the design (it doesn't matter if you need to expand the design vertically to fit it on!), and bits and bobs like a calendar etc.

Anyone else have a flash of genius?

Thanks,
Steve

 

A little adsense, and calender

 

Thanks for the revision, Tropica!

It feels, and no disrespect is meant here, that the Wordpress bits have been slightly 'tacked on', rather than 'designed in' if that makes sense? Is it possible to make the design as if it were made with WP in mind?

Just an observation...

This contest doesn't seem to be sparking a whole heap of interest from anyone other than Tropica...

Any particular reason? Is it the prize fund, or is it that I'm asking you to work from a specific template from a fellow DP'er?

If it's the prize money, then I understand, unfortunately that's all I've got at the moment.

If it's the design brief that's holding you back, well, I can understand that, but I was sincerely hoping this wouldn't be a one man contest...

All entries welcome!

Thanks,
Steve

 

You are welcome man.
Here is my entry. Feedback please.

 

That's much better zinruss, it looks like a Wordpress design now!

The design doesn't have to stay the same height - in fact, being a blog I'd like to see it a bit 'longer' - I'd like to see how the design would look with 2 or more posts. Also, a navigation bar would be nice!

Thanks for the entry, and I look forward to seeing more!

Cheers,
Steve