#t: tutorial

Tutorial:

01. LOGIN

You first need to download the IDOLCHAMP app on Google Play or on the App Store. If you find any difficulties downloading the app it must be because it is not available in your country. To solve this, Android users can try using this link while iOS users might have to create a new Apple ID with its location set in Korea.

Once you’ve downloaded the app, click the ☰ icon to sign-in.

You can create an account by using MBC, Facebook, Google, Kakao or Apple. Follow all the steps and you’ll be redirected to the app’s home page.

02. MY IDOL

Click the ☰ icon to access your profile. Edit your profile to your liking, by adding a picture and a nickname.

Under your “MY” page, you’ll find a “MY IDOL” section. You’ll have to select Wonho as your idol bias. To do so, click the “Edit” button. Afterwards, you’ll want to add your idol. So, you’ll have to search for Wonho:

Once you find his name, click it and then click “Apply” to complete. Exit and enter your “MY IDOL” page again and click Wonho’s icon to make him your bias.

03. HEARTS & STARS

Idol Champ has three different types of points (or chamsim): the ruby chamsim, the time chamsim and the chamsim stars. Essentially, the Idol Champ app works with levels which are made of XP that you earn while using the app. Those levels are important when it comes to earning hearts, for example (the higher your level, the more hearts you earn). Here are the types of points:

Time chamsim: Expire every month on the first day and you can use up to 100 every day. You earn these by opening the app, by making your first comment, by getting over 30 likes on a post you’ve made or by solving quizzes;

Ruby chamsim: Don’t expire and there’s no limit to their use. You can earn these by posting on your bias’ community page, watching ads and completing missions.

Star chamsim: Useful for Stargiving. You can earn them by watching ads.

You can check the current status of your chamsim by clicking your profile.

To purchase or get ruby hearts and stars for free, you can click the “MY CHAMSIM - CHARGE” button on your profile page or by clicking the Store icon on the top bar of the app. In the Free section, you can watch ads to earn ruby chamsim and star chamsim.

04. COMMUNITY

Click “Community” to go to Wonho’s page on Idol Champ. You can see and like other Wenees posts and to submit posts yourself in order to earn chamsim. Or click the “For WONHO” banner in order to give your stars to Wonho (“Stargiving” section).

First, you need a site that will generate the HTML code (note it MUST be HTML and not CSS because Tumblr doesn’t use CSS for posts - at least as far as I am aware).

I use this site.

Here you can choose the colours using the color section, and the Your Message for the text you want to turn into a gradient.

You can put in hex codes to choose specific colours.

Or use color presets to use gradients people have used in the past.

So now I have selected my colours I will type in the text into the Your Message box.

Click Generate Color Faded Text, which creates the following -

Now there is a preview of what the text should look like with the Code below.

The code can now be copied and pasted (though note you don’t need the “<div>” and “</div”>), but will not work in Tumblr in it’s current format will will need to change the code which you can either do in Tumblr itself or in Notepad.

We will demonstrate in Notepad because it is quicker than deleting individually.

We copy the code from the web page and paste it into notepad.

Now we need to click Edit -> Replace (or ctrl+H for the shortcut).

First we need to add a space between “color:” and “#”. So we type “color:#” into Find What and type “color: #” into Replace With and then click Replace All.

So now it should look like this, and replace should still be open.

The second thing we need to do is remove “;” so we type “;” into Find What and leave Replace With completely empty (ensure there are no spaces or anything in the box or it may stop the code working). Then click Replace All again, which should make the code look like this.

Now we have a working code. So you open up your post in Tumblr (note: I am using my main blog to demonstrate this; also you don’t have to do this is text posts it works in photo posts as well).

Click the Cog in the top right of the post, go into Text Editor and click HTML.

Now cope the code from Notepad or from the Web Page (remember if you copy from the web you will have to go through the code to add spaces and remove “;” to ensure the code works).

Now click preview and it should show your code working as a gradient!

There we have it! A text post with a gradient!

1. I recommend making a basic psd for icons, that way you will simply have to adjust layers instead of having to colour each picture separately.

2. Never crop your pictures!! Go to file > new > choose your canvas size > drag picture > ctrl + t and transform it by pressing down shift and dragging the arrows in each corner, that way the quality of the picture remains intact.

3. Continue to edit your icon: coloring > merge layers > duplicate by clickiing ctrl + j > add smart sharpen > flatten image > save!

4. Now, go to history and click right before flatten image

5. Click ctrl + t. > again, transform your pic into whatever angle you want by dragging the corners while pressing down shift.

6. Adjust / add layers > flatten image > smart sharpen > save & you’re done! Repeat as many times as you want. Just make sure you don’t add many steps, there’s a limit to which you can go back to.