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For the past few years, I have created a small wall calendar for friends an family. I have used 13 images, one for each month and one for the cover. I created the calendar pages in Photoshop including such customizations as birthdays and anniversaries, printed them first 6×4 (6×8 calendar) and later 7×5 (7×10 calendar), …
I think I’ve previously mentioned PDFCreator as a free PDF “printer”. I’ve also used CutePDF. I recently came across yet another PDF “printer” called doPDF: Freeware. Lightweight. No nags. doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create searchable PDF files by selecting the “Print” command from …
One of my co-workers, John, received a Christmas card this week and asked me how he could replicate the image on the card. The image was a black and white photo with a colour Christmas wreath hanging from a bridge and a river running under the bridge in a pastel blue. This is easy to …
Shortly after we found out about the free Camtasia software and the free SnagIt software, Download Squad informs us that the DivX Pro suite is currently available for free: DivX is giving away copies of the DivX Pro 6 bundle again. Normally this package will cost you $20, but for the second time this year, …
As a computer power user, I like to make my computer experience as fast as I can. One of the ways that I do that is to maximize my use of program shortcuts. Today I provide a list of common shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop Elements 5, many of which can be used in other versions …
There was a time when I tried to write helpful articles on the web site. One of my most popular articles was about deleting temp files. As hard drives have gotten bigger, I haven’t paid too much attention to this issue, but there is still software out there that is supposed to automate the process. …
Download Squad recently had a great posting about 3rd-party “Add/Remove Programs” replacements. Of course every version of Windows has an applet in the Control Panel where you can remove programs. Whether it is a problem with Windows, or the install/uninstall programs, there is often bits left behind. This Download Squad posting highlights several programs (Revo …
Yesterday I posted about the free version of Camtasia you could download and register from TechSmith. Well, today I found out that the same company is offering their SnagIt screen capture software for free as well. Just like Camtasia, they are offering their previous version. You can download the software from the TechSmith FTP site, …
Screencast software lets you record what you do on the computer visually so you can play it back later. It can be used for making tutorials and other instructional material, either for yourself, or someone else (your family, a class, etc). TechSmith, the makers of SnagIt (the screen capture utility) have a special on their …
One of the biggest concerns for parents is what their children are doing on the Internet. Who is contacting them? Who are they chatting with? How do they interact with strangers? Kim Komando talks about this regularly. I came across a site today where you can listen to podcast about Internet safety called Internet Safety …