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How to Use Google’s Picasa to Manage Images

By Richard Burke

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Picasa is a free application from Google that can be downloaded for free (see link below). It is a very popular application and many users are enamored by the ability to upload their images and share their photo albums online. Those of us who are ... more »

How to Use Photo to Sketch Pro to Make Drawings From Photographs

By Richard Burke

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Some photographers, like me, are really frustrated artists. I can’t draw, which is probably what led me to a lifetime of work in photography and the graphic arts. However, thanks to the miracle of computer software, I can now pretend with the ... more »

How to Use Templates With Scribus Page Makeup Software

By Richard Burke

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Scribus is a free, open source page makeup program. It compares in some way to Quark and InDesign, but is not as robust in some features (see Resources below to download). When used in conjunction with Ghostscript software (see Resources below), ... more »

How to Use The Clone Tool in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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The clone tool, sometimes known as the "Rubber Stamp" tool allows the Photoshop user to select a part of the image and then paint with that selection. The selection can be painted into the existing image or into a new image. The ... more »

How to Use the Eraser Tool in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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You may have an artifact in a scanned image or digital image that you want to remove from the background. The eraser tool only works on the background and with the background color that you select. In most ways it behaves like a paintbrush that ... more »

How to Use the Fill Light Correction in Google’s Picasa

By Richard Burke

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Picasa is an application from Google that can be downloaded for free (see link below). It is a very popular application and many users are enamored by the ability to upload their images and share their photo albums online. The Fill Light Option ... more »

How to Use the Hand Tool in Adobe Illustrator

By IsabelleKay

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One of the many advantages to using Adobe Illustrator is that the program gives you an enormous art board to draw on. Keeping track of small elements of your drawing can be tough in such a large space. Luckily the hand tool can help you navigate ... more »

How to Use the Microsoft Office Picture Toolbar

By SeventhSibling

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You will find the Picture Toolbar in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher. Using the toolbar is easy – just click your image and the respective button on the toolbar. Below, in two steps to divide the toolbar, you will learn what each button ... more »

How to Use The Paint Daubs Filter Effect in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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Adobe Photoshop has fourteen different categories of special effect filters. They are easy to use and allow the user to completely change and enhance an image. The PAINT DAUBS special effect allows you to "paint" the subject matter of ... more »

How to Use the Rough Pastels Filter in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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Adobe Photoshop has over 15 Artistic Filters that allow the user to turn their photographic images into simulated artwork. For those of us that can't paint, these filters are ways for us to manipulate images to achieve specific effects. The ... more »

How to Use the Twirl Filter Effect in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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Adobe Photoshop has fourteen different categories of special effect filters. They are easy to use and allow the user to completely change and enhance an image. The TWIRL special effect allows you to skew the subject matter of your image. Like ... more »

How to Use the Warp Tool in Adobe Illustrator

By IsabelleKay

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Liquify is probably the most popular Photoshop tool, but did you know that you can create a similar effect in Adobe Illustrator? Illustrator's warp tool lets you bend paths around to create amazing distortions and styles. This guide will get you ... more »

How to Use the Watercolor Filter in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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In the old days of Photography, I would try all sorts of tricks in the color darkroom to try to turn a photograph in to a watercolor. I never did discover the secret. Now in the days of digital photography it is easy to do with Adobe Photoshop. ... more »

How to Use Word to Edit in Publisher

By triciagoss

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While Microsoft Publisher makes it easy to create professional-looking publications, you might miss features of Microsoft Word when you are entering text. For example, have you ever been typing away in Publisher and suddenly wished you could pull ... more »

How to Use XML in Adobe Frame Maker

By TheStorm

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This article is the one stop shopping place where you will find all the answers you need regarding Adobe FrameMaker and XML. Including detailed tips on how to use FrameMaker XML in your business!.. more »

How to Use Your Own Photos as Your Computer Desktop Background

By eHow Computers Editor

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We all have lots of personal photographs on our computers that we are just dying to display. You can display your favorite photograph in a very unique way that will have everyone oohing and ahhing. Put your favorite photograph on your computer ... more »

How to Work with Nikon Image Files (NEF) in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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My Nikon D50 is a great camera. It creates pictures in its native RAW format called NEF files. It will also capture a JPEG of the same picture at the same time. How many file formats do you want to archive? JPEGS are fine for the web, but if ... more »

How to Wrap Text Around an Object in PageMaker

By eHow Computers Editor

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Make your Adobe PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 documents for Windows and Macintosh look slick and professional by flowing text around your graphics. The PageMaker Text Wrap feature helps you wrap text around graphics objects on the page... more »

How to Wrap Text Around an Object Using Adobe's InDesign

By Fiona Cameron

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You are designing the layout for a publication and want to place an image in the document. Since the overlapping image is covering the text, you must wrap or contour the text around the image. Follow this process to arrange text and images on a page... more »

How to Write Text on a Curved Path Using Adobe InDesign

By Fiona Cameron

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Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software. You want to create a greeting card and write text on a curved or wavy path. InDesign has a tool that makes this possible. Follow this 5-step process to draw text on a curved path... more »

How to Add a Theme in Mozilla Firefox

By Richard Burke

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Mozilla Firefox is a popular free web browser used by many instead of Internet Explorer. It has many unique features and allows you to customize the look and feel of your browser. It is easy to install multiple themes and change them whenever ... more »

How to Add an Extension in Mozilla Firefox

By Richard Burke

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Mozilla Firefox is a popular free web browser used by many instead of Internet Explorer. It has many unique features and allows you to customize your browser for your web surfing needs. You can add features like a toolbar weather center or a ... more »

How to Add an JPEG Image to a Word Document

By MRFIXIT1943

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Writing do-it-yourself article require the inclusion of many photos along with the text. The inclusion of photos makes systematic instruction much easier to understand. As a wise person once said, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” ... more »

How to Add Color to a Black and White Image with Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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There are times that you may want to add color to an image to restore color to a faded image or add color to a black and white image. This original photograph from 1974 was printed on a warm tone sepia paper, Agfa Portriga Rapid. The image was ... more »

How to Add Text to an Image in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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It is fun and easy to add text to an image using Photoshop. You can make postcards, annotate travel photos or create an advertisement for your website or local newspaper... more »

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