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Thursday, 1 December 2011

Department of Information Sciences and Computing Studies (DISCS) - New Era College Malaysia


Department of Information Sciences and Computing Studies (DISCS), a department which has more than 11 years of  experience with an exemplary record of delivering high quality Computing and IT education. The Department was established in 1998 and it is one of the pioneer faculty within the New Era College (the largest non-profit college in Malaysia, being funded by the Malaysian Chinese community). The DISCS is equipped with three computer laboratories, a multimedia computer laboratory, a student laboratory and a network laboratory.

The major goal of the DISCS is to prepare students for careers in Information and Communication Technology as Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Network Administrators, Database Administrators, Web Developers, Web Designer, Multimedia Designer, Mobile Application Specialist, Systems Engineers, IT Managers, IT Strategic Planners and etc.

All our academic programmes have achieved the full accreditation standard from Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and also recognised by Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia (JPA), in addition to our ISO 9001:2000 quality standard.

The DISCS has established links with renowned universities and IT professional bodies in the world to provide our students with top notch tertiary higher education. Among our strategic partners are University of Gloucestershire (UK), University of Northumbria (UK), University of Hertfordshire (UK), University of the West of England (UK), Chaoyang University of Technology (Taiwan), National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan), Feng Chia University (Taiwan), Cisco Academy, EC Council, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), City & Guilds and etc.

The DISCS is involved in many research areas such as Human Computer Interfaces, Multimedia and Virtual Reality, Distributed Systems, Web Based Business Services, Multimedia Database Systems, Mobile Application, High Perfomance Computing and etc. The DISCS has been strengthening the academic programmes by periodical updates of curriculum, in order to keep abreast in the field of IT. In future, DISCS will offer more programmes to meet the increasing demands from both Malaysian and international students.

Lee Chyuan Chuan, William
Head, Department of Information Sciences and Computing Studies (DISCS)


Friday, 11 November 2011

My Workshop - Designing Professional Marketing Materials

Date: 13-15 December 2011 Venue: New Era College, Kajang Time: 9:00am – 5.00pm
Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for marketing executive, business executive and anyone who is new to adobe photoshop and illustrator publishing wishing to master the skills required for designing professional marketing materials.

Interested Please contact:

New Era College (SME Centre)
Dong Jiao Zong Higher Learning Centre Bhd
Tel: 03-87392770 ext.453 (Ms Jennifer Tan)
Fax: 03-87336799
Email: smecentre@newera.edu.my
Http://www.newera.edu.my/sme/English/index.php


Monday, 7 November 2011

Top 10 Student Graphical User Interface Assignment

Subject: Computer Graphics Editing
Lecturer: William Lee Chyuan Chuan

1. Title: Smart Phone OS User Interface Design
    Student Name: Lim Wooi Leong
    Course: Diploma in E-Commerce
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.


2. Title: Lift Controlling Systems User Interface Design
    Student Name: Haw Soo Wai
    Course: Diploma in E-Commerce
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.


3. Title: Smart Phone OS User Interface Design
    Student Name: Lee Eng Chen
    Course: Diploma in Web Development Technology
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.


4. Title: GPS Hologram User Interface Design
    Student Name: Jason Leng Hui Yee
    Course: Diploma in Web Development Technology
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.


5. Title: Wireless Restaurant Ordering Systems User Interface Design
    Student Name: See Kok Siang
    Course: Diploma in Web Development Technology
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.


6. Title: Touch Screen Panasonic Washing Machine Controlling Systems
    Student Name: Yap Weng Chun
    Course: Diploma in Information Technology
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.


7. Title: Touch Screen Bank ATM Machine Controlling Systems
    Student Name: Low Zhen Khean
    Course: Diploma in Web Development Technology
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.


8. Title: AGT Computer Utilities Software
    Student Name: Chai Chun Kae
    Course: Diploma in E-Commerce
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.


 9. Title: Entertainment Media Software
    Student Name: Chong Wing Son
    Course: Diploma in Information Technology
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.



10. Title: Computer Utilities Software
    Student Name: Chee Jian Jun
    Course: Diploma in Information Technology
    College: New Era College, Malaysia.

Friday, 28 October 2011

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial - Simple 3D Navigation Bar

Tutorial Written by fxzone


Step 1: Choose blue as the color for the bar, set foreground color to light blue and background color to dark blue. Create a bar with rounded corners on a layer then load a selection on the bar(fig. 1) and apply a vertical gradient(fig. 2). Set your gradient type to linear and the gradient from foreground to background.
Fig. 1
Fig. 2

Step 2: Then you need to create 4 button shaped patterns on a layer and position them accordingly on the bar(fig. 3). Load a selection on the patterns(fig. 4).
Fig. 3
Fig. 4

Step 3: This time using the same gradient settings, apply a vertical gradient but this time having it go the opposite direction. Apply the inset lines and place the text to complete the navigation bar.
Fig. 5
Fig. 6

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial - Blue Style Icon

Tutorial written by tutsbuzz
Step 1: With a white (#ffffff) background color. Create a new layer with 600 x 300 pixel document size. Press U to select the Shape Tool.And make sure that the Ellipse Tool is selected. Drag a shape layer about 175 x 175 pixels and name it "icon_bg". Apply these settings to the layer.





Step 2: After these settings, the icon should look like below.
Step 3: Next, create a new layer and select an area like the image below.
 

Step 4: Fill this area with color #ffffff and apply gaussian blur from filters with the settings below.


Step 5: And set the opacity of this layer to 50%. You will get this result.
 
Step 6: Then create a new layer and select an area at top-left side of the icon_bg shape layer. And fill it with color #ffffff. The icon should look like below at this level.


Step 7: Create a new layer and select an area like the image below. And fill it with color #ffffff. Set the opacity of the layer to 25%. The icon should look like below at this level.


Step 8: Add your icon and text. I simply added a question mark with "Book Antique" font and a text with "Century Gothic" font. Done!