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Take Care of Yourself and Others When Using Your Phone

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:06:48 +0000

One of the most important things you can do is taking care of yourself. A recent study in the news recently has shown that talking on the cell phone is even more dangerous than drinking and driving! If you are a motorist who talk on cell phones while driving, how should you take care of yourself?

What can be done about this incessant need to talk on the cell phone while driving? Didn’t we all get by before this infernal invention?

It’s nice to have a cell phone for emergencies in the car. But to talk on it constantly while driving has been shown to be very, very dangerous!

How can we do for avoiding it or, is there any way for this?

In fact, we can use many services/products such as O2 which are dedicated to ensure motorists aren’t unnecessarily dangerous with their mobile phones when driving. There has been a lot of debate about whether mobile phones and masts are safe. We believe it’s important to.

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Photoshop Tutorial: Painting Collection

admin — Sun, 29 May 2011 12:00:00 +0000

This collection is focus on drawing and painting. 3 tutorials will show you the steps to work out. 2 digital matte painting tutorial collections are also wrapped in this collection for your appreciation. A matte painting is a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build or visit.

1. How to Paint Venice in Photoshop

This tutorial will take you through the steps of drawing and painting a street in Venice. Part I is the drawing, Part II the blocking in, and Part III the final painting and detail.

2. Freehand Painting with Photoshop

For this tutorial I decided to paint freehand with Adobe Photoshop, rather than my usual method of scanning in a pencil sketch and using the smudge tool to get the blending effect. The whole process was done on the fly with no references or pre-planning. I went with a painterly style to give it a fresher, more lively look. This method took a bit longer to complete as opposed to my usual way of doing things, but the end result has a lot more punch to it. I suggest you read through the entire tutorial before you begin…

3. Photoshop Tutorials: Easy Watercolor Painting Effect

In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to learn how to easily make a photo look more like a watercolor painting. This photo effect works best on images where maintaining rich colors and strong contrast is more important than keeping any fine details, since you’ll be losing a lot of detail with this effect. Creating the effect is as simple as duplicating some layers, applying a few filters, and using a few different layer blend modes, and the whole thing takes only a couple of minutes from start to finish.

4. 30+ New Matte Painting tutorials for Adobe Photoshop

This a second part of a digital matte painting tutorials for Adobe Photoshop. Some tutorials are not in english, but using the common graphic language and assuming you already have some Photoshop skills, you’ll understand the steps presented in tutorial images.

5. 25 Matte Painting tutorials for Adobe Photoshop

A matte painting is a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build or visit. Historically, matte painters and film technicians have used various techniques to combine a matte-painted image with live-action footage. At its best, depending on the skill levels of the artists and technicians, the effect is “seamless” and creates environments that would otherwise be impossible to film (wiki)

Free Computer Back-Up Software

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 06:26:27 +0000

Most people have been faced with the horrifying experience of their computer crashing. It’s a terrible feeling when lose everything that you’ve had. Many people use their computer as a storage device for things like picture, correspondence, financial data, and school papers. This is understandable. It’s a space saver.

Sometimes people need to rent out Toronto storage units to keep hard copies of thousands of files that fit just as easily on your desktop computer. No one wants to lose their hard work or memories and having back-up software is really important.

A lot of people don’t do this because some of the programs are really expensive but what you may not be aware of is that there’s back-up software out there that won’t cost you a dime. You can download these programs from the Internet free from charge. Here’s a list of some of the most popular free online software currently on the market.

AceBackup is a tool that was created for users as a totally secure way of backing up your data files. You can keep your data on any storage device, CD, DVD, or remote server. It’s easy to use and you can choose to back-up single files or multiple files. This works the same for general date or sensitive material. This is very useful in the event that anything were to happen your computer or storage device.

Briefcase Plus is a program that isn’t technically backup software but it can be used for that same purpose. Briefcase Plus is similar to the Briefcase utility in that it comes with Widows. The difference is that’s it’s much more powerful. It comes with a feature that allows for incremental copying and file compression. This way you can store up to five times the data as would normally be allowed. In order to use it as a backup program, you need to set it up to perform incremental synchronization to another folder, which would then be stored on another storage device in case your computer were to crash.

The Comparator program is similar to Briefcase Plus in that it allows for data synchronization. It’s optimized for use on just a single computer and can run quite smoothly on most current computer models. It’s backup data restoration is very strong but one of it’s downsides is that it requires some user interaction. So if you’re not incredibly computer literate then this might not be the best option for you but you’ll have the added benefit of being able to backup more complex files.

If you’re worried about the cost, you don’t have to shell out hundreds of dollars to keep your information safe and secure. Getting backup software should be a top priority for anyone that uses a computer for sensitive material or just general use. If you don’t think that this could happen to you, then you’re wrong. It’s just a matter of time before a computer you own crashes so look into some of these options, and others offered on the web, to safeguard your data.

Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Beautiful Fan Surrounded by Magic Shapes, Runes and Plants

admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:00:00 +0000

This is a tutorial from Photoshop Lady by CorneliaMladenova.

In this Photoshop tutorial I am going to show you all steps taken to turn a pair of wooden mallets into a gorgeous looking fan surrounded by magic shapes, runes and plants.
To achieve the final result we shall practice and apply lots of transformations, Displacement Map, layer styles, actions and also dry brush smudge used to make amazing scattered effects and flying debris.
To implement successfully all steps of this tutorial, firstly we need to download the source image in high resolution from here.

Step 1

Open the source image Wooden Malets. Click twice on the Background to turn it into an editable layer and switch it off for now as we won’t need the original source in the following steps.
Create a new layer on top of the Layers palette and change its name to Background Gradient.
Go to your Tool bar and change Foreground Color to # a4b3b8 and Background Color to # 899496.
Select Gradient Tool, choose Linear type, Foreground to Background gradient and draw it from bottom to top of the canvas.
While Background Gradient layer is selected, go to Layer, Group Layers and call the new group Background.

Step 2

Create a new layer called Light Spectrum and place it above Background Gradient layer in Background group.
Take Gradient Tool again, but this time choose radial Light Spectrum gradient. Draw it from bottom to top of the canvas and when ready, change the layer’s Blend Mode to Multiply.

Step 3

Take Lasso Tool and select random shapes from the background of the Wooden Mallets source photo. Arrange the selected portions to cover the background leaving a small distance between each of them. Merge all layers consisting selected portions of the mallets background and name the new layer Liquify as in the next step we are going to apply that filter. Place it above Light Spectrum layer.

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There is a pretty long journey before we come to step 89. Please refer to Photoshop Lady site for details.

Step 89

After implementing all previous steps, your resulting fan image should look like the one on the following screenshot.
Good luck and enjoy the tut

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial for Beginners: Get Started Guide

admin — Mon, 09 May 2011 00:56:28 +0000

Adobe Photoshop has become one of the most widely used programs that give a baffling experience as we come to fire it up for the first time. Although, it might be a bit hectic to work with it in its early use but as you get expert, there are more and more features to bewilder you. This software is being used by a big niche of the users from a photographer to a hobbyist. There are many websites that offer to deliver the tutorials for the novice Adobe Photoshop users and usually they go a long way in expanding the understandability of the functions and the features of the Adobe Photoshop.

Useful Tutorials

Here are being delivered some of the very useful tutorials to use the Adobe Photoshop and these are specially formulated for the beginners. It must be very helpful for the novice users.

How to Get Started:

First of all you need to know hw to get started with the Adobe Photoshop as a beginner. This is quite easy and goes smoothly simple. Just double click the Photoshop icon on the desktop and you are started with the Adobe Photoshop loading. As you start working, you are asked to open a file and the properties of the same. You can select the properties as you want but in the beginning the default settings for the file would be enough.

Adobe Photoshop Toolbox:

The toolbox is one of the most important features to work with in the future. You need to be informed how to use the toolbox. Here are the different tools available in the toolbox that you may use as required:

Selection, crop and slice tools
Painting and retouching tools
Typing and drawing tools
Foreground color tools

These tools would go a long way in helping you find new dimensions to your work. These are awesome tools and a good knowledge of them can result in a marvelous work of art. You can actually change the whole of the outlook of an image with the help of these tools.

Working in Layers

The Layers are really powerful while working with. You can add or remove different layers as well as there are options to create and edit the layers. Working in layers just simplifies the whole of the task. The layers work great in letting you segregate your work with each object in the file.

Photoshop Filters:

There are two types of filters available with the Adobe Photoshop. One type is the functional and the second one is the stylistic. Each has different functions. You can totally change the outlook and the appearance of some object or selected area with the help of these filters.

Healing Tool:

One of the best features that Adobe Photoshop delivers for the beginners is the healing tool that lets you rectify your image as to the appearance, color and contrast adjustment as well as it polishes the images in a way to give a refreshing experience.

The beginners can work with Adobe Photoshop very easily just by establishing their interests. There are a lot more interesting features that would help you in learning how to work with Adobe Photoshop.

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Sarah Hoekstra, a young author who’ writing also about Windows 7 tweaks and Windows 7 performance tweaks

Photoshop Tutorial: Fog Effect

admin — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Adding fog can be a very effective way of making photo look more mystic or romantic. You would think that with something like the Clouds filter it would be easy to create a fog effect in a photograph, and indeed it is possible to "fog" an image very quickly just by applying the Clouds filter to a new layer and then changing the layer’s Blending Mode to Screen. However, this rarely, if ever, looks truly authentic. Here comes 5 good tutorials to show how to create a realistic fog effect.

1. Fog

2. Realistic Fog & Mist

3. Create realistic fog

4. How to Create a Fog Effect in Photoshop

5. Photoshop Tutorial: Lovely Fog Overlay

Comprehendable Search Engines On Websites to Crash Competition

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:45:19 +0000

It is in every webmasters goal to elevate their websites Google rankings or any other search engines in the web. And who wouldn’t? To elevate one’s status especially on the web is an exceptional feeling. The competition around the net is such a big deal that everybody around the globe is feeling it. Everybody involved in this business are eager to know who are famous and mostly uploaded sites on the web. Are they one of the most visited and uploaded site or not?

These are simple questions that needed simple answers. Because every human being is now using computers and searching the net for whatever purposes serves them well is so rampant. So it is expected that every business owners used the net to sell their products. Thus making their websites more appealing to the consumers is a must. And for one site to gain visitors, one will rely on cultivating methodology to draw attention to their site or perhaps in improving their ranking on this field to capture searchers to their clients’ site. Thus Search Engine Optimization will be of big help in acquiring visitors from the search engine’s user.

To be able to do this, website owners should incorporate keywords to their site which will help them generate more searchers. They should target various places and the essential feature of this is the title and the body copy. Since everyone is aiming for the top of the page it should be known to use prominent keywords. And every search engine optimization consultants were brief about the guidelines for them to follow since there are many occurrences of the keywords that cause the page to suffer problems in spam checking algorithms. Also there are SEO’s who operates optimized projects for some clients who badly needed their help in developing and improving their sites. They are knowledgeable on how to capture targeted markets.

One of the best examples of this is Google whose rise to stardom was due to its patented algorithm with they called Page Rank. It has become an instant hit because it helps researchers to speedily know the sites they want to open. If there are particular site available that caters to their needs, they can find it fast thanks to Google. The minds behind Google really bestow to what the public requisites.

So if one would like to achieve what Google has reached, one should formulate and consider what the public need that make their lives more leisurely fun and worry free in terms of searching the web. Know your target market and if you already formulated a strategy feel free to indulge visitors to your site. For there are many browsers that come along that are just randomly looking for sites to enter. But be sure to remember that you had to top the rank no matter what, made those keywords more available plus special features beyond the original word-search capability. And for sure your web page will draw attention to the net surfers around the globe.

About author: This artilce is written by Ema Trasova, who also writes for pckeeper.zeobit.com, a site featuring lots of optimizer tips and how-to’s on advanced system optimizer.

Search Engine Optimization for Search Engines by a SEO Expert: You Got To Rank on The First Page

Mac Software and Applications That You Must Try Out

admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:53:13 +0000

Users of computers with Mac as the operating system ・rejoice! For there are many software and applications out there which can give your computer the necessary tweaks to improve the experience and performance greatly. The software can be mainly classified into these categories, depending on their usage or utility: computer files, internet, multimedia, little applications, tools and work. There are several such software and apps that can be listed under each category, but we will look at only a few from each category.

Computer files: AppFresh does a better work than can the in-built Software updater in your Mac, as it can find and download updates for third party software as well.

AppZapper is ideal for those looking to get rid of redundant preference files that come with any application. These can be left behind during uninstalling but this little application can help remove those.

OpenPlist will be boon to those who would need to edit Plist files.

Quicksilver is the app or program launcher tool. It allows one to start and working on virtually everything.

Stuffit is ideal for those who have a lot of archives on their computers. This app helps to unpack or unstuff almost any kind of file.

TextWrangler is a text editing tool. Editing text files is easier with this app than even with the text edit.

Tidyup is an application that can help one to get rid of all the duplicate files that are present on the computer. It helps to organize the files on a computer that has lots of data in it.

Todos is a viewing software. It helps one to view all the software and applications that are there on the Mac at a glance.

Disk Inventory X is a scanning tool that can help you identify all those programs and applications that are really hogging the CPU and slowing down your computer.

Grand Perspective is very similar to the Disk Inventory X tool and shows the amount of disk space being used up by each application.

Internet: Adium is a chat tool that through the use of plugins and simple techniques can help one use Hotmail, Yahoo and other chat applications, all in one place. However, it does have some limitations when it comes to functions and features.

Azureus is a bittorrent client which can help download torrent files from the internet.

ApGrapher is a software that is ideal for finding the wireless networks that is within your computer range.

Multimedia: VLC player is a music player that can be used for many types of music and video files.

Blender is tough to learn but can prove to be a very handy 3D modeling tool.

Delicious Library is ideal for organizing the music and ebook files on your computer.

Gimp is a good image editor.

Little Apps: Fish is a simple tool that can show fishes swimming around your computer screen!

Similar small applications and software include Autorate, LiquidMac, Rulers, Quinn etc.

Tools: Geektool, Chmox, Battery Health and Apple remote desktop are useful tools.

Work: Cha Ching, concept draw, Yojimbo, Process and Quicken are useful tools that can be used for work purposes.

About Author: This artilce is written by Jessica Alfred, who also writes for http://www.uninstallersoftware.net/, a site featuring lots of tips about free uninstaller, uninstall software and how-to’s on uninstall programs.

Photoshop Tutorial: Cosmic Elements

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000

This Photoshop tutorial collection will focus on cosmic elements created by various techniques or used in Photoshop. The five tutorials cover that: 1. How to create a cosmic photo manipulation using different Photoshop techniques, brushes and blending modes. 2. How to create the cosmic lady opposite, complete with overlay effects, color treatments and elements. 3. How to create an awesome cosmic inspired dreamy scene artwork in Photoshop. The tutorial will demonstrate how to use stock photography, 3d elements, and various techniques. 4. Using the combination of retro colors, some realistic elements ( Pyramids, Planets, Aurora Borealis ) plus a feeling of emptiness and solitude, to present a futuristic and fantastic image of cosmic proportion. 5. How to create some custom line brushes, and then apply them to a subject to create a cosmic design.

1. How to Create a Cosmic Photo Composition in Photoshop

2. Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorial: Give your art that cosmic look

3. Create an Awesome Cosmic Inspired Dreamy Scene Artwork in Photoshop

4. Create a Thrilling Scene Using Cosmic Elements in Photoshop

5. Create a Cosmic XBOX using Custom Brushes

Photoshop Tutorial: Alien Collection

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000

This is a alien collection of Photoshop tutorials. Alien means a being from another planet or another part of the universe, especially in works of science fiction, so you will find tutorials in this collection to show you how to create beings from other planets. Terrible? Fantastic? Some techniques were used to render the effect. Here we go.

1. Create a Fantastic Alien Fighting Scenery

2. Alien Photo Manipulation

3. Transform a person into an alien

4. How to turn Tom Cruise into an alien

5. Alien games logo icon in Photoshop