Changes K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.3.1 | (2008-11-14):
* Updated Media Player Classic to version 6.4.9.1 rev. 85
* Updated Media Player Classic Homecinema to version 1.1.891
* Updated ffdshow to revision 2322
* ffdshow is now able to decode E-AC3 and Dolby TrueHD audio. You must select ffdshow as AC3 decoder to be able to use that functionality
* Updated DC-Bass Source to version 1.2.0
* Updated FLV splitter to version 1.0.0.5
* FLV files that contains H.264 video and AAC audio are now fully supported
* Updated DivX to version 6.8.5
* Updated x264VFW to revision 1024
* Added GraphStudio version 0.2.9.0
* Removed GraphEdit
* Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.7.8
* Minor changes
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Securely Access Email In Various Clients
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) encrypt your email connection so that your password and messages are scrambled to eavesdroppers. If you're only connecting through a wired, office PC, you'll face little exposure with non-encrypted mail. But even with a wireless laptop on a known network--or especially Wi-Fi on a temporary network out in the world--encryption is essential. Without that protection, it's trivial for a hacker to intercept and read your data.
SSL should already be available from your mail host, although it's often not required. And for compatibility, many mail clients leave it off by default. Here's how to be sure you're making that secure connection.
Outlook
In Outlook, pick Tools, Account Settings, and double-click your account name. Click More Settings. Click the Advanced tab, and be sure SSL or TLS are enabled.
Webmail
If you connect through webmail provided by your host, verify that SSL/TLS security is enabled on that page; and look for "https://" to lead the URL. If using a third-party webmail service, be sure to connect to something you trust. When needed, I use mail2web.com and click the Secure Login option for a private connection.
On an iPhone, go to the Settings app, and pick Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Tap the account name,
scroll down, and tap Advanced. Be sure that Use SSL is set to On
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How to Eliminate Malware
Most of us that have used a computer for any length of time be it for work or home has a pretty good understanding of the numerous security threats that computer users face on a daily basis. The time we spend downloading patches for operating systems, getting rid of viruses, and fighting malware seems to increase with each passing day. And while I agree that these kind of computer security issues have been around just about as long as computers, the security threats have been increasing. The more integrated our computers become in our lives, the more concern we have about the safety and security of our machines.
So, what can be done to protect our computers from these never ending threats?
On the plus side there are more than enough excellent products that combat malware, and the majority of them are affordable and easy to use. Some of these programs are used to get rid of viruses, adware, spyware, and malware, then there are others that only combat one of these problems. Most effective applications are made by companies that specialize in malware elimination for home and business PC's.
Other types of computer security programs are considered security suites, these integrated software solutions often offer anti virus protection, spyware and adware detection and removal programs, a software firewall and automatic updates all in one simple to use application.
Well, which type of computer protection is the best?
Both the security suite and the stand alone programs have advantages and disadvantages. The security suites offer a full range of protection options in a convenient all in one package, while getting rid of viruses, fighting malware, and providing the user a software firewall using one single application.
The main drawback to the all in one solution is that if there is a security breach in one of the programs it will most likely effect the other applications ability to function correctly. So if the software firewall is found to have a security issue, the chances are that the anti virus and malware detection and removal tool will also be compromised.
Some users feel secure using a security suite, while others are more comfortable using a different program for malware detection and removal, and separate program for anti virus protection. You will need to choose which type of protection will be most effective for you, take some time and evaluate any programs that you are interested in and then choose what will work best for you.
The one thing that you must remember is that regardless of which type of malware protection you choose, is that you need protection. You need to be able to detect and remove malware, adware, spyware, and viruses at all times. The online environment can be a source of many important benefits, but also remember that there are security threats as well. It is important to be aware of the risks you face and to be able to take the steps needed to eliminate them.
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Recording telephone conversations used to require expensive hardware and dedicated recording equipment. On the low end, one could use a simple wire to connect a phone handset with a tape recorder. An office with multiple phone lines would need expensive solutions that integrate a PBX with call recording. PBXpress www.callcorder.com is a great example of this approach, providing effective simultaneous recording of analog and digital (VoIP) telephone conversations over multiple lines.
But what if you only need to tap certain conversations once in a while? Purchasing expensive hardware is not nearly cost-effective in this case. Using a tape recorder is always an option, but it does not give you the convenience of digital, its user-friendly instant navigation and transparent search.
Using a computer to handle the recording is perfect for the purpose. Surprisingly, you might already have the necessary equipment to start recording phone conversations immediately. A simple voice modem is the only hardware you need. It is fully capable and sufficient to record your phone conversations. Have a close look at your modem. If it is marked "Voice" or "Data/Fax/Voice", you can use this modem for tapping. If, however, it is labeled as "Data/Fax" or "Fax Modem", then most probably your modem does not support the necessary voice features, and therefore it won't be able to record.
Having a voice modem alone is not enough to record calls. You need call recording software to complement your modem. The software would control your modem, record and store conversations on your hard disk. In the past, modem manufacturers used to bundle such software with their modems, but this is not the case today. Currently, you are on your own if you need software that can record your calls.
Call Corder (www.callcorder.com) by Pingram Software is one of such products. Its purpose is recording telephone conversations, compressing them, and storing in Windows compatible sound files that can be played back with Windows Media Player, Winamp, or any other music player.
Call Corder supports most brands of modemd. If it can't find an exact match for your hardware, it defaults to the closest generic device. If you are recording an incoming call, Call Corder will log Caller ID information provided by your modem. This usually includes caller's name and number. In order to receive this call information, you have to subscribe to the Caller ID service offered by your phone company. If you do not have Caller ID, you can always fill in the caller data by hand.
Make marks and memos about the conversation while you're recording or when you're finished. You can conveniently search for a particular call by typing any word or phrase that's in the call's memo, and Call Corder will automatically show you all conversations containing this information. Of course, you can also search by the telephone number or the name of the caller.
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We've all been bombarded with spam. No one in my world is so privileged that their inboxes are full of only emails they WANT to read. Those days are long gone. The battle now is - the enemy has arrived and we have to figure out a practical way to keep the bad guys at bay and maintain a degree of control over what is ours.
Spam offering online drugs, watches, and enhancements are almost inevitable. They find a way to sneak through the most dilligent of email servers, although some, like Gmail for instance, seem to catch and block a very high percentage.
Preventing unwanted emails would be fairly simple if we could identify the greatest single cause of spam. Fortunately - we can.
In case you don't know his or her name, get up, walk through your hallway to the bedroom and quietly enter your bathroom. It's important that you stay light on your feet, because you're about to come face to face with the number one cause of ninety percent of you spam.
When you find the courage, peek into your bathroom mirror and look deep into the eyes of the culprit.
Yes my friends, YOU are the number one cause of most of your spam problems. I know you are shaking your heads to and fro and vigorously denying any knowledge of my accusations, but the facts are facts.
Perhaps the number one marketing ploy on the internet is the collecting of email addresses to empower someone, somewhere, to email you at regular intervals. Whether you're requesting a free ebook, sample, report, newsletter, updates, or hundreds of other offers, chances are you will be asked for your email address to facilitate the offer.
Generally, when you sign up for anything, you should read the small print to see exactly what the 'terms of submission' include. You may be surprised to discover that you are not only agreeing to get the free 'whatever', but you are also agreeing to receive future emails with similar offers from the same marketer.
To make matters worse, the fine print also frequently includes a statement that the marketer may share your email address with other marketers who have offers that the original marketer feels you may be interested in as well. And you, by virtue of giving out your email address, are agreeing that this practice is A-OK with you, although you only wanted the free " Bee-keeping for fun and profit " report.!
Now, companies that you have never heard of, or had any dealings with, are bombarding your inbox with emails, and you're at a loss as to how this happened. You honestly thought you were being dilligent and protective with your email address, until you discovered marketers from far away places were tossing your address around like confetti at a parade.
There are ways to avoid these pitfalls, ways that require a minimum of effort on your part. One of my very favorite is a service called " SpamGourmet ". They are a freeware service that you can freely use to control who sends you emails, instead of some faceless marketer in Kalamazoo controlling who sends you emails.
Using it is simple. You provide SpamGourmet with your email address, which is the address your emails will be forwarded to. They don't even ask your name, since it isn't important for using their services. Once they have your email address, you set up a 'user name', and you're ready to begin using Spamgourmet's disposable email addresses.
"Self-destructing disposable email addresses", that's what they're called. Using Spamgourmet is a simple as filling out an online form with an address that looks something like this:
Keyword.4.username@spamgourmet.com , with 'keyword' being a word that you can change at will to help identify where the email is coming from. For example, if you sign up for a report from ABC Supplies, your key word could be 'abc' or 'abcreport'.
The '4' is the number of emails you wish to receive from the sender. You are in total control of how many emails can be sent to this address (up to a maximum of 20 ). You can receive one, or you can receive several to see what follows after your initial email, and whether it's something you may be interested in. And too, if your email is shared, you will only receive your chosen number of emails, regardless of how often it's passed around. All the other marketers will have their emails bounced!
The 'username' is whatever name you selected when you signed up, and will always be the one constant in all your emails. Personally, being the creative guy I am, I use my last name.
So, if you wanted to sign up for a free newsletter from 'Hillbilly Lovemaking Tips and Tricks', you could sign up with - hillbilly.3.username@spamgourmet.com . You'll get three whole issues to see if HLMT&T is for you. If it is, sign up again. If it's not, nothing lost. After the third issue, (or third email of any sort ) the email address will self destruct and any future emails will bounce and NOT be forwarded to your inbox.
Spamgourmet is a simple, straight-forward method of controlling what reaches your inbox. Shouldn't YOU be in control?
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Spam offering online drugs, watches, and enhancements are almost inevitable. They find a way to sneak through the most dilligent of email servers, although some, like Gmail for instance, seem to catch and block a very high percentage.
Preventing unwanted emails would be fairly simple if we could identify the greatest single cause of spam. Fortunately - we can.
In case you don't know his or her name, get up, walk through your hallway to the bedroom and quietly enter your bathroom. It's important that you stay light on your feet, because you're about to come face to face with the number one cause of ninety percent of you spam.
When you find the courage, peek into your bathroom mirror and look deep into the eyes of the culprit.
Yes my friends, YOU are the number one cause of most of your spam problems. I know you are shaking your heads to and fro and vigorously denying any knowledge of my accusations, but the facts are facts.
Perhaps the number one marketing ploy on the internet is the collecting of email addresses to empower someone, somewhere, to email you at regular intervals. Whether you're requesting a free ebook, sample, report, newsletter, updates, or hundreds of other offers, chances are you will be asked for your email address to facilitate the offer.
Generally, when you sign up for anything, you should read the small print to see exactly what the 'terms of submission' include. You may be surprised to discover that you are not only agreeing to get the free 'whatever', but you are also agreeing to receive future emails with similar offers from the same marketer.
To make matters worse, the fine print also frequently includes a statement that the marketer may share your email address with other marketers who have offers that the original marketer feels you may be interested in as well. And you, by virtue of giving out your email address, are agreeing that this practice is A-OK with you, although you only wanted the free " Bee-keeping for fun and profit " report.!
Now, companies that you have never heard of, or had any dealings with, are bombarding your inbox with emails, and you're at a loss as to how this happened. You honestly thought you were being dilligent and protective with your email address, until you discovered marketers from far away places were tossing your address around like confetti at a parade.
There are ways to avoid these pitfalls, ways that require a minimum of effort on your part. One of my very favorite is a service called " SpamGourmet ". They are a freeware service that you can freely use to control who sends you emails, instead of some faceless marketer in Kalamazoo controlling who sends you emails.
Using it is simple. You provide SpamGourmet with your email address, which is the address your emails will be forwarded to. They don't even ask your name, since it isn't important for using their services. Once they have your email address, you set up a 'user name', and you're ready to begin using Spamgourmet's disposable email addresses.
"Self-destructing disposable email addresses", that's what they're called. Using Spamgourmet is a simple as filling out an online form with an address that looks something like this:
Keyword.4.username@spamgourmet.com , with 'keyword' being a word that you can change at will to help identify where the email is coming from. For example, if you sign up for a report from ABC Supplies, your key word could be 'abc' or 'abcreport'.
The '4' is the number of emails you wish to receive from the sender. You are in total control of how many emails can be sent to this address (up to a maximum of 20 ). You can receive one, or you can receive several to see what follows after your initial email, and whether it's something you may be interested in. And too, if your email is shared, you will only receive your chosen number of emails, regardless of how often it's passed around. All the other marketers will have their emails bounced!
The 'username' is whatever name you selected when you signed up, and will always be the one constant in all your emails. Personally, being the creative guy I am, I use my last name.
So, if you wanted to sign up for a free newsletter from 'Hillbilly Lovemaking Tips and Tricks', you could sign up with - hillbilly.3.username@spamgourmet.com . You'll get three whole issues to see if HLMT&T is for you. If it is, sign up again. If it's not, nothing lost. After the third issue, (or third email of any sort ) the email address will self destruct and any future emails will bounce and NOT be forwarded to your inbox.
Spamgourmet is a simple, straight-forward method of controlling what reaches your inbox. Shouldn't YOU be in control?
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What Is The Custom Software Development For Your Business Need?
Technology is at the roots of each and every business sector. As every day a new technology is launched, the in house companies are at great advantage. In the present times, they feel it is better to outsource their work so that it can be handled in a better manner and great profits can be availed. In the race of outsourcing, it is the custom software development that tops the list. There are a whole lot of companies that prefer outsourcing custom software developments to experts. It is so because it ensures them accuracy along with saving their time and money.
Development of software is a great art that can be executed finely only by an expert. This is the major reason why companies prefer outsourcing it rather than conducting it in house. There are some amazing software development companies online that can prove to be of great help to the online businesses that seek professional custom software development services. You can log on www.quick-selling-software.com These online services provide expert and professional services to the clients.
A software development company makes sure that the custom software delivered to the client is of top notch quality and is in great functionality. Dealing with custom development software basically involves incredible research, a skilled software designer and immense analytical knowledge. So, a software development company ensures that the software is valid and functions immaculately. The company conducts several checks and tests on the software before dispatching it to the client so that there is no aberration or technical problem faced by the client regarding the software. Or go to www.scripts-to-sell.com Also the software over different platforms in various environments including the Windows 2000 with ES5.5 and Windows 2000 with IE6.0, Office 2000 and Office XP.
With their skilled software experts, they work in a way so that the software runs smoothly and add convenience to the client in his/ her business. All their software experts are duly licensed and thus the quality of the software is something that is never compromised with. The services of a software development company are quite affordable and competitive.
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What you need to have ready for your designers is a basic style for the site!
You want your website to be functional, of course. Informative is important too. Above all, though, you want your website to be beautiful. Your goal is not simply to provide another bland piece of text that tries desperately to cloak an advertisement in the veneer of useful information. A basic shopping cart with all the items arrayed in orderly rows and columns like a tiny digital army of black text on white screen is not appealing to you and would not be to your visitors. When someone visits your home page, you want to immediately grab their attention, draw them into your message with a dazzling array of impressively designed graphics.
So what do you need to have ready to construct your beautiful website design? What do you have to provide your designer so that he, she, or they can create the most visually appealing layout possible? Well, as the old adage (or has it become a cliché? by this point?) goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Ignoring for the moment my inherent predisposition to launch into a semi comedic rant about the various virtues of D&D monsters and disintegration beams, the beholder in question is the person viewing your website. Or, in the words of advertisement, your target market.
Your graphic designer has all the skills required to construct elaborate and attractive graphics, colors and shapes placed in perfect balance to not only appeal to the eye but also draw its focus to the most important parts of your site. Your web designer knows the technical code that transforms a senseless array of ones and zeros into a fully functional, dynamic site, for more details visit to www.web-audios-plus.com with all the graphics precisely positioned (despite, it would seem, the best efforts of competing browser developers). However, neither has any idea whatsoever about what your audience finds engaging, interesting, or beautiful.
What you need to have ready for your designers is a basic style for the site. What kind of images do you want? What colors will they be? What should the font style look like? Will there be any animation? I know what you are thinking. I do not know anything about making a website look good. Is not that what I am paying these guys for?
And the answer, of course, is yes. You are paying your graphic designer to take your colors, imagery, may be even a few sketches, for more details visit to www.html-branders.com and turn it into an appealing layout, logo, banner, and button system. You are paying your web designer to make that layout center on the screen, that button system light up when the mouse moves over it and press in when the user clicks. And you are paying them to tell you when your ideas are going to slow the site down, or hamper your SEO, or cost you more than the money you have budgeted.
And while you might ask their opinions, always remember that they can only offer their own, not those of your visitors. It is the classic case of website design, the designers are the experts in their fields, but you are the expert in yours. A site that the designers create based on their own preferences is only a step or two up from a template, and only attractive to those who share the tastes of its creators. Think of who will be visiting, and provide the designers the foundation to allow them to create your pages to your audience taste. That is what you need to create a beautiful website design.
So what do you need to have ready to construct your beautiful website design? What do you have to provide your designer so that he, she, or they can create the most visually appealing layout possible? Well, as the old adage (or has it become a cliché? by this point?) goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Ignoring for the moment my inherent predisposition to launch into a semi comedic rant about the various virtues of D&D monsters and disintegration beams, the beholder in question is the person viewing your website. Or, in the words of advertisement, your target market.
Your graphic designer has all the skills required to construct elaborate and attractive graphics, colors and shapes placed in perfect balance to not only appeal to the eye but also draw its focus to the most important parts of your site. Your web designer knows the technical code that transforms a senseless array of ones and zeros into a fully functional, dynamic site, for more details visit to www.web-audios-plus.com with all the graphics precisely positioned (despite, it would seem, the best efforts of competing browser developers). However, neither has any idea whatsoever about what your audience finds engaging, interesting, or beautiful.
What you need to have ready for your designers is a basic style for the site. What kind of images do you want? What colors will they be? What should the font style look like? Will there be any animation? I know what you are thinking. I do not know anything about making a website look good. Is not that what I am paying these guys for?
And the answer, of course, is yes. You are paying your graphic designer to take your colors, imagery, may be even a few sketches, for more details visit to www.html-branders.com and turn it into an appealing layout, logo, banner, and button system. You are paying your web designer to make that layout center on the screen, that button system light up when the mouse moves over it and press in when the user clicks. And you are paying them to tell you when your ideas are going to slow the site down, or hamper your SEO, or cost you more than the money you have budgeted.
And while you might ask their opinions, always remember that they can only offer their own, not those of your visitors. It is the classic case of website design, the designers are the experts in their fields, but you are the expert in yours. A site that the designers create based on their own preferences is only a step or two up from a template, and only attractive to those who share the tastes of its creators. Think of who will be visiting, and provide the designers the foundation to allow them to create your pages to your audience taste. That is what you need to create a beautiful website design.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FBAVWnlCrICommon Windows Vista Error Messages and How to Troubleshoot Them
Windows Vista was introduced a while ago as an upgrade to the Windows XP and 2000 users as something more tactile, easier to use - packed with security features that will ensure the safety of your work and your operating system experience. It was also more flashy, more user friendly and gained a lot of popularity because of its more palpable interface. Though it had some compatibility issues when it was first released, Windows Vista has really come ahead in the game and has become the solution for many computer users all over the world. But of course, Windows Vista is built on the same principles as the previous versions of the OS and because of that, it is inevitably an imperfect superstructure. A word of caution here - no OS is perfect because of the degradation effects of technology and the human element in the mix. There are actually quite a few common Windows Vista error messages and this article will discuss how to troubleshoot them if you ever encounter any of them.
The solution is no different from the solution that was available for previous editions of Microsoft’s incarnations. The common element here is the registry, and Windows Vista still operates with the registry as the integral matrix that it uses to ensure that all operations within its operating system environment run smoothly. With the registry, no matter how advanced the OS, common problems will always occur. When ever you introduce third party software and programs in Windows Vista, you will introduce the potential of new problems, especially in the registry. Bad registry keys left by rogue programs, invalid entries left by incomplete uninstalls and orphan keys are still features of an unhealthy Windows registry - be it XP or Vista. Surprised? Don’t be. Microsoft invented the registry for the simple fact that all executions in the computer need a reference point and all instructions for the different programs need somewhere to be stored. It hasn’t changed at all.
The same problems that made those runtime errors, mediahub errors and Active X errors still exist in Windows Vista, and would most likely still exist in future incarnations of Windows. The good thing about most of the registry cleaners is that they have adapted to the new operating system and is compatible with the new code and language that Vista is using. A quick look on the internet reveals many registry cleaners that have the ability to interface with Windows Vista and solve the problems that its registry might incur. Another good thing is that Vista has some bespoke problems that did not exist in XP, mainly because of the new security code and program structure that is being used by the operating system. Registry cleaners have adjusted to this and responded with more feature packed cleaners. Troubleshooting common Windows Vista error messages is now easy with the new stable of registry cleaners out there. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that a new OS means a trouble free registry; you still need dedicated programs to deal with the problems associated with it.
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How Do I Make My Computer Run Faster - Tips & Tricks
That is the quintessential question of the 21st century, Computers run slow after a while, and that is something you simply cannot avoid. Computers are fast and furious at the point of purchase, but months and months of program installs and exposures to the dangers of the internet will cause those little bytes of the dangerous and the misleading to enter into the cubby holes of your well oiled machine and clog it up. You’re not only the one plagued with this problem. Thousands and thousands of computer users have experienced the same frustration with their computers as they either crash, take an eon to load a program, or shows an error message that makes as much sense as a Sanskrit manuscript. If you’ve ever asked yourself ‘how do I make my computer run faster’, then look no further, for this article will show you the tips and tricks that you need to do just that.
First of all, it’s entirely possible that your computer has enough digital dust bunnies to slow it down worse than a geriatric grandma, so what you need to do is to clean it out. Cluttered software, digital entries that exist in a state of disparity and a hard disk that is fragmented beyond recognition; these are just some of the things that you need to take note of. You need to defragment the space in your working disks and doing that is easy, free and takes only a few hours. The defragment disk utility is in your computer and has the ability to clear out the gutters of your computer so that data will run smoothly through its pipelines. Unfortunately most people do not use this, or even realise that it is there in the first place. Click on it, sit back and wait a few hours and you will see a noticeable difference in the performance of your computer.
One other way of course is to delete and remove programs that you are not using, especially those that Windows tends to load at start up and exist in the program taskbar, eating away at your memory when you don’t even need it. Vet through your program list and see what you need and what you don’t need; sometimes we forget about past programs that we install, programs which get left behind to our most heinous error. Get rid of them because they are just taking up space in the hard disk.
Getting your computer to run faster can also involve repairing the registry, the one place within the databank labyrinths of your computer that determines how your system runs, how the programs you install execute and the general mechanics of your computer. Most of the problems of a slow PC might actually lie in the registry - we might not know it - but this is a fact of computing life. A good registry cleaner will be just the thing you need to make your computer run faster and better. While I won’t get into the exact science that makes your registry tick, you must understand that Windows constantly refers to it as a set of instructions to command the programs in the computer. A good registry cleaner will ensure that all of your system functions run smoothly and properly.
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I am constantly in a hurry. In fact, thinking about how to get more done in less time has become my career as an automater. Thinking about the essential time saving tools that a Windows office worker would want beyond the ubiquitous MS office suite...
Search
Due to the volume of files and emails we have to deal with, we need a search tool to find stuff that's way better than the Windows Search tool. I use a couple of them. First up is X1 (www.x1.com) which I have used for years now. It finds files and emails INSTANTLY and has a wonderful columnar layout.
I also use the Copernic (www.copernic.com) search tool on my family PC. It's quick, free, and simple enough for my family to use.
Images
We're so visual these days, that grabbing and using an image has become a necessity. For viewing, I use the wonderful free Irfanview utility. For capture, I use either HyperSnap (www.hyperionics.com)or SnagIt (www.techsmith.com). Both are excellent and make getting the right image into your document or web site very easy.
Backup Software
You only think of this category if you have lost an important file. Did you know that most electronic file loss is caused by accidential deletion? That's right -- we do it to ourselves. So get one of these nifty backup utilties and be safe. I use Mozy (http://mozy.com/)on my laptop because I only have documents and source files to back up. Mozy's 2GB limit on the free version nicely covers me on this. I pay about $5/month (less if you pay for the year) to have Carbonite (http://carbonite.com/) running on my family PC. Simple and unobtrusive, Carbonite backs up tons of family photos, our financial files and lots of little documents you forget about like your daughter's dissertation on why you are the World's Greatest Dad.
To-Do List / Reminders
For quick reminders, I use the Stickies for Windows utility (www.stickiesforwindows.com). It creates various colored sticky notes on your desktop that you can use to organize things you don't want to forget. If you need these reminders (as I do) in different locations, then use Gubb (www.Gubb.net). I have used many to-do list makers and found Gubb to be the best because it is easy, nice looking, and single-minded about its purpose. I'm using both at the moment.
Personal Labeler
If you were sending out a big batch of letters for the same purpose, you'd run a mailmerge and use laser labels. But what about those of us that just mail out bills or send a few letters a week? It's time-consuming (and sloppy if you write like I do) to hand write these envelopes. My solution is the Dymo LabelWriter 330 (http://global.dymo.com/enUS/Categories/LabelWriter_Printers.html). Type the address once and after that it's two clicks to get a label out (select, print).
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The Four Steps That One Must Take While Designing Websites
Like every business with a worldly presence, over internet also their lies a direct relationship of visitor traffic with that of the volume of profit of the business. However, in an intense competitive online marketing arena, the scores of alternatives leave a business with a minuscule of time and opportunity to drag attention of its online visitor.
So while it is a fact that one visitor annoyed is one visitor lost, the design of a website decides the amount of decrease in the annoying rate and increase the rate of conversion.
Following is the list of essentials that a web design company must abide by to succeed in this direction.
Convey the message in a simple but effective manner
Tell the visitors regarding the service or product you are dealing in directly. Reports say, visitors take only a couple of seconds to test the relevance of a website. So, create informative and easy-to-understand content which can be scanned by the visitor even if he/she is busy on other stuffs. Never use fancy or tiny fonts for the text of your website. Do not confuse your visitor with several versions of your website.
Engage the visitor in the content and your specialty, not in multiple registration forms
Increasing interaction with the visitor is definitely a positive tool to increase qualitative leads. But, interaction does not mean that you keep the visitor busy on unnecessary registration (for news letter, updates etc.) processes. And, never send unsolicited emails to the visitor. Forcing a visitor to sign up and leave email address and other details may harm your readership base in the long run.
Use simple URLs and CSS over HTML tables
When the URL is simple and keyword-based, the visitor can guess rightly regarding its intention before visit. It makes the whole search process easier. While doing page layouts, use CSS to make visitor's scroll faster.
Link the “links” properly
Including an anchor text with the links of your website enables the visitor to know the exact path of navigation before click. Cloaking the link will have adverse effects on your credibility. And, never forget to make your links visible and change color once clicked.
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Improve Your PC Performance With a PC Registry Fix
This is a common computer scenario: you spend the money and get a great new computer. You are dazzled by how fast it performs its many useful tasks. But over time you begin to see a slowing down of the pc performance. This is frustrating, but there is something you can do about it, and that is to perform pc registry repair using registry cleaning software.
There are simply times when you cannot take it anymore and just need your computer to speed up. PC registry cleaner is the easy to way to help make this happen.
Cleanup registry software is used to improve your pc performance. Your computer has two important parts that are interrelated, and if they are out of sync it can slow your computer down. They are the control panel and the Windows registry. The control panel is the brains of your computer. Here you will find the icons for all of your software and hardware that you have installed, for example. The control panel stores the information it needs to launch all of those wonderful programs in an area called the Windows registry.
The Windows registry is where the control panel goes for the information it needs to perform the tasks your ask of it. Under normal conditions, it quickly sorts through the information on the registry, finds what it needs to launch the software or whatever you need, and uses the information to perform the task quickly.
The pc performance starts to become compromised when there is data stored on the registry that the computer cannot access. This can happen if you uninstall software or hardware often, and do not do a thorough job of it. Little bits of data can remain, and if they are not fixed or removed, they get in the way of the computer each time it has to go to the registry to access information, which is every time you ask it to do something. This is what slows the computer down.
What is needed at this point is pc registry repair. Software is available for free download that will do just that, but one does need to be careful in selecting cleanup registry software, because some can do more harm than good.
PC registry fix reviews are available, and they can point you toward pc performance software that is easy to use and will not damage your computer. This software can go in and remove those data fragments that get in the way of the computer, and this will increase your computer speed and pc performance.
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Top Software Programs For Web Site Design
Word processing and spreadsheets were the first of the killer apps for home computers when PCs first started to propagate to the millions of households out there. Then, there were Internet Browsers that took everyone by storm. So what are the hot categories and hot products now? There are more products out there now, than ever before for the home shopper and many of them are so incredible. In fact if I actually wanted to I could have done a top 100. The list is neither exhaustive nor scientific, but the products listed here are definitely great! If you have a computer at home, take a look at these products! I looked over many, many different products and product categories to find the best web site designer software programs, so with out further ado:
Adobe Dreamweaver 8 -
If you want to produce intricate Internet sites with e-commerce characteristics such as shopping carts, real-time database interaction, drop-down website menus and integrated multimedia, Dreamweaver is the optimum (albeit expensive) choice of web authoring tools for Windows and Mac users. Adobe Dreamweaver 8 is the darling of the professional web design community for its powerhouse features, including powerful support for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and all major scripting languages. Critical Reviews agree that although installing is a breeze and the user interface is so well organized that it gives an illusion of easiness, Dreamweaver is anything but easy. It is a heavy duty software developed for the most sophisticated web design and editing user. Great for professionals, but not advised for the beginner! I consider myself to be pretty technically inclined and though I absolutely love Dreamweaver and wish I could use it, its damn near impossible for me! Before spending hundreds, be sure to check yourself at the door, swallow your pride, and do the trial!
Coffee Cup Software -
Reviews say CoffeeCup 2006 is a proficient choice in website software for the everyday home or small business user. It's best for those seeking for a far less expensive and intimidating product that will still yield very impressive results. You don't need a $400 program like Dreamweaver just to design simple, effective websites. CoffeeCup is easy to learn, with an outstanding tutorial to accommodate novices. Coffee Cup lacks advanced e-commerce characteristics, so it's best for straightforward home or business Web Sites. You'll still need a domain name and a web-hosting service to actually post your Website.
Adobe Illustrator CS3 -
With Adobe Illustrator CS3 the user can design artwork for practically anything. Illustrator CS3 was designed with leading edge drawing tools, color tools, and type controls that aid the user in creating and experimenting with new ideas. The user friendly options allow for less time spent on each project which in turn improves performance and work out put. Adobe has integrated Illustrator to be compatible with other Adobe programs.
UltraEdit 14 Text Editor -
UltraEdit is the perfect text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later). Powerful Text, HEX, HTML, PHP and Programmer's Editor. Suitable for general text editing, programmer's, web designers, binary editing, email, and all your editing needs.
SmartFTP -
SmartFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client which allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet. With its many basic and advanced features SmartFTP also offers secure, reliable and efficient transfers that make it a powerful tool.
Web Studio 4.0 -
Now includes drag and drop PayPal shopping carts, vista and Internet Explorer 7.0 compatibility, flash slide shows and text fx. Web Studio is easy-to-use web design software that lets anyone to produce professional-looking web pages in just minutes. With web studio's drag-and-drop interface, WYSIWYG layout and easy-to-use features, building a web site is easy and exciting. And Web Studio's fully-integrated site hosting makes publication a snap. Free website hosting is also available to help you preview your work online! Whether you require a business web site or personal web pages, Web Studio is the web design software of choice.
Of course there are so many other software programs out there, but these were the ones that got the highest ratings for text editing, web design, logo editing and ftp. One of the best sites you can look at for further discussion on these, and other programs available to the new designer or the advanced designer is CNET. Good luck finding the best program to fit all your needs.
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Adobe Dreamweaver 8 -
If you want to produce intricate Internet sites with e-commerce characteristics such as shopping carts, real-time database interaction, drop-down website menus and integrated multimedia, Dreamweaver is the optimum (albeit expensive) choice of web authoring tools for Windows and Mac users. Adobe Dreamweaver 8 is the darling of the professional web design community for its powerhouse features, including powerful support for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and all major scripting languages. Critical Reviews agree that although installing is a breeze and the user interface is so well organized that it gives an illusion of easiness, Dreamweaver is anything but easy. It is a heavy duty software developed for the most sophisticated web design and editing user. Great for professionals, but not advised for the beginner! I consider myself to be pretty technically inclined and though I absolutely love Dreamweaver and wish I could use it, its damn near impossible for me! Before spending hundreds, be sure to check yourself at the door, swallow your pride, and do the trial!
Coffee Cup Software -
Reviews say CoffeeCup 2006 is a proficient choice in website software for the everyday home or small business user. It's best for those seeking for a far less expensive and intimidating product that will still yield very impressive results. You don't need a $400 program like Dreamweaver just to design simple, effective websites. CoffeeCup is easy to learn, with an outstanding tutorial to accommodate novices. Coffee Cup lacks advanced e-commerce characteristics, so it's best for straightforward home or business Web Sites. You'll still need a domain name and a web-hosting service to actually post your Website.
Adobe Illustrator CS3 -
With Adobe Illustrator CS3 the user can design artwork for practically anything. Illustrator CS3 was designed with leading edge drawing tools, color tools, and type controls that aid the user in creating and experimenting with new ideas. The user friendly options allow for less time spent on each project which in turn improves performance and work out put. Adobe has integrated Illustrator to be compatible with other Adobe programs.
UltraEdit 14 Text Editor -
UltraEdit is the perfect text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later). Powerful Text, HEX, HTML, PHP and Programmer's Editor. Suitable for general text editing, programmer's, web designers, binary editing, email, and all your editing needs.
SmartFTP -
SmartFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client which allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet. With its many basic and advanced features SmartFTP also offers secure, reliable and efficient transfers that make it a powerful tool.
Web Studio 4.0 -
Now includes drag and drop PayPal shopping carts, vista and Internet Explorer 7.0 compatibility, flash slide shows and text fx. Web Studio is easy-to-use web design software that lets anyone to produce professional-looking web pages in just minutes. With web studio's drag-and-drop interface, WYSIWYG layout and easy-to-use features, building a web site is easy and exciting. And Web Studio's fully-integrated site hosting makes publication a snap. Free website hosting is also available to help you preview your work online! Whether you require a business web site or personal web pages, Web Studio is the web design software of choice.
Of course there are so many other software programs out there, but these were the ones that got the highest ratings for text editing, web design, logo editing and ftp. One of the best sites you can look at for further discussion on these, and other programs available to the new designer or the advanced designer is CNET. Good luck finding the best program to fit all your needs.
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Protecting Your Computer From Viruses, Spyware, And Other Security Threats
Most of us rely on our personal computers and those in our office to complete multiple tasks each day. If that data is lost or compromised it can create numerous problems for us. Protecting computers against viruses and spyware is something you should do before you start using any program on it. The information you prevent from being accessed could be your credit card accounts and bank accounts. If they are compromised you can end up becoming a victim of identity theft.
One way that people accidentally end up with viruses or spyware on their computer is by not paying attention to the sites they use. Don’t get into the habit of giving out your personal information online just because a site asks for it. To opt in, you should only have to give them a first name and an email address.
Always check the address in the URL to make sure you are accessing a secure site. It should start with “https” as this will let you know it is very secure. If it only starts with “http” then the site is not secure and you can end up compromising the security of your computer if you continue entering information on the site.
Viruses can spread very rapidly so if you think your computer may be infected, you should take care not to pass it to any other area of your computer or to others via email. By disconnecting your computer from the network you have a good chance of isolating the damages.
Always be on the alert for various types of emails known as phishing. This is a scam to get you to provide personal information. Once you do, spyware can be attached to your computer. Never respond to emails asking you for personal information as most credible companies won’t contact you for such information.
Make sure you purchase a virus and spyware protection program that is very easy to install. Most of them offer step by step instructions for you to follow. You can find out how easy such software programs are to install before you buy them just by reading some independent reviews online.
You need to choose the program for your computer protection very carefully. While they are designed to give you the very best security, you can be sure those trying to pass viruses or get spyware into your system are very smart. They have learned elaborate tricks to be able to gain access to your information.
One of the latest tactics that these criminals have been using is to sell software that is supposed to protect your computer from viruses and spyware. Unfortunately, what they are selling you is actually the very thing you are trying to protect yourself against. Always get such software from a company that has an excellent reputation, not just any one that you come across online for a good price.
In order to ensure your computer is well protected against viruses and spyware, you want a program that offers you instant updates. These will usually happen for one full year after you install the program. This ensures that your protective software is always the most current available and criminals will have a hard time infecting your computer system with viruses or spyware.
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What to Do With a Slow Computer
There is nothing more frustrating that a slow running computer. Even modern computers, with huge amounts of RAM memory and fast processors, can sometimes just start running much slower than usual. There are a number of possible reasons why this should happen, and this article aims to cover most of them.
The internet offers a huge amount of free software and trial versions of paid software. With high speed internet connections becoming more and more common, increasing numbers of computer owners are downloading and installing pieces of software. There are also vast numbers of software directories now, which offer free downloads of various programs. Most of these programs are not malicious or viral, but installing lots of programs can slow your computer right down. A lot of these programs will add themselves to the operating system's start up directory. This means they start running when you switch your PC on. Often, these programs will contact their homepage and check for updates too. This all contributes to a slow running computer. Installing one of the many registry cleaners available will help you fix this problem. Most registry cleaners will provide a list of programs which start as soon as Windows boots up. A decent registry cleaner will also fix numerous other computer problems too.
Another aspect of installing software from the internet is that some programs can contain adware and/or spyware. This is mainly harmless, but takes up computer resources and will contribute to slowing it down. If you are a regular user of the internet you should probably think about getting a good spyware detector which will get rid of the problem and prevent it happening again.
The worst thing that can happen to your computer is that it gets infected with a virus. This is a piece of code written with malicious intentions. Viruses come in a variety of forms, and while some of them are quite harmless, some are very nasty indeed. Depending on the behavior of the virus, it may also make your computer run slower than it should, as the virus uses up system resources. The most important thing you can do with a computer connected to the internet is to install a virus checker and a firewall. This is a piece of software which defends your computer against viruses and computer hackers. You must also remember to update the virus checker when prompted, as new viruses are being programmed every day.
These are three of the main causes of your computer running a lot slower than usual. The best way to ensure your computer runs as fast as possible is to make sure you have some anti spyware installed, use an up to date virus checker/firewall. You should also get yourself a reputable Windows registry cleaner, and use it regularly. This should ensure that your slow computer is a thing of the past.
If your computer is running slowly, takes an age to boot up, or you experience unexpected system errors on a frequent basis, you might want to clean the windows registry. Visit http://www.clean-windows-registry.com and we can help you clean your windows registry.
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 is out
For eight years ago today started the OpenOffice.org project, after Sun had released the source code to its competitor to Microsoft Office, Star Office. The day is celebrated with the release version 3.0 that comes with many new features and improvements. Among other things, you can now open Microsoft Office 2007 files such as. Docx.
Start Center
The first difference you'll notice when you open OOo 3.0 is the new Start Center. There you can choose whether to open a new text document, spreadsheet, presentation (similar to MS PowerPoint), draw sheet, database, or a new document in Math, a program for those doing advanced mathematical calculations. Alternatively, you can open a template or an existing document, or you can visit the website for information about OOo, to download new templates, or to download the extensions.
Construction on the new features even
This latest may prove to be the most important news in OOo, namely the ability to extend the functionality using extensions . The support for extensions can be said to be one of the leading causes of the browser Firefox 'enormous popularity and it will be interesting to see if it will be as much innovation around OOos extensions.
Sun has already created an extension that allows you to import and edit PDF files. Dictionaries now also are installed as extensions, and English dictionary can be found here.
"Native" support for Mac OS X
Another important news in OpenOffice 3.0 is the much improved support for Mac OS X. Previous versions have used the X11 to run in OS X, and they have not been seen visually well integrated with the operating system. This is fixed in version 3.0. In addition, OOo received support for accessibility features in OS X that will make it much easier to use the program for the blind and weak impaired. In this area turns OOo 3.0 Microsoft Office.
Other news in OpenOffice.org 3.0 should include a strong note improved function, the opportunity to work with others on the same spreadsheet, an improved appearance, a zoom slider that lets you view multiple sheets at once while working on a document, support for the 1024 columns in the spreadsheet. More information about these and more news can be found at openoffice.org.
OpenOffice.org 3.0 is free software and can be downloaded free for Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X and Linux.
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How to find an email addresses online
You know how elusive email addresses are. Even if you once had a friend's address, you may not be able to locate or recall it now that you need it. Or maybe the address has changed. No matter whose email address you are looking for or how much you know about the person, here are eight strategies that you can use right now to help you find it. You'll look in new places and obvious but oft-overlooked corners.
1) Find email addresses in Previous Email Correspondence
If you have emailed them before, you probably have their address. Go find it now.
2) Find People in Email Address Directories or White Pages
From public records to MySpace.com to email address directories and change of address services: find people and their email addresses using dedicated search engines.
3) Find Somebody's Email Address by Searching the Web
Search somebody's email address like you search for anything else on the Web (and successfully).
4) Search for Email Addresses in Usenet Newsgroups
Find the person whose email address you are looking for in discussion groups.
5) Find an Email Address by Making it find You
If the person you are looking for is searching for herself, she will find you, and her email address will find its way to you.
6) Find Email Addresses on Business Cards
Go through your collection of business cards to find email addresses of more people than you probably know.
7) Ask Somebody for Their Email Address
Yes, that's obvious, but asking is still the easiest way to find an email address for email marketing.
8) Find Somebody's Email Address Using soc.net-people
If all other means to find somebody's email address fail, you can turn to the Usenet newsgroup soc.net-people.
If you have emailed them before, you probably have their address. Go find it now.
2) Find People in Email Address Directories or White Pages
From public records to MySpace.com to email address directories and change of address services: find people and their email addresses using dedicated search engines.
3) Find Somebody's Email Address by Searching the Web
Search somebody's email address like you search for anything else on the Web (and successfully).
4) Search for Email Addresses in Usenet Newsgroups
Find the person whose email address you are looking for in discussion groups.
5) Find an Email Address by Making it find You
If the person you are looking for is searching for herself, she will find you, and her email address will find its way to you.
6) Find Email Addresses on Business Cards
Go through your collection of business cards to find email addresses of more people than you probably know.
7) Ask Somebody for Their Email Address
Yes, that's obvious, but asking is still the easiest way to find an email address for email marketing.
8) Find Somebody's Email Address Using soc.net-people
If all other means to find somebody's email address fail, you can turn to the Usenet newsgroup soc.net-people.
If you have emailed them before, you probably have their address. Go find it now.
2) Find People in Email Address Directories or White Pages
From public records to MySpace.com to email address directories and change of address services: find people and their email addresses using dedicated search engines.
3) Find Somebody's Email Address by Searching the Web
Search somebody's email address like you search for anything else on the Web (and successfully).
4) Search for Email Addresses in Usenet Newsgroups
Find the person whose email address you are looking for in discussion groups.
5) Find an Email Address by Making it find You
If the person you are looking for is searching for herself, she will find you, and her email address will find its way to you.
6) Find Email Addresses on Business Cards
Go through your collection of business cards to find email addresses of more people than you probably know.
7) Ask Somebody for Their Email Address
Yes, that's obvious, but asking is still the easiest way to find an email address for email marketing.
8) Find Somebody's Email Address Using soc.net-people
If all other means to find somebody's email address fail, you can turn to the Usenet newsgroup soc.net-people.
1) Find email addresses in Previous Email Correspondence
If you have emailed them before, you probably have their address. Go find it now.
2) Find People in Email Address Directories or White Pages
From public records to MySpace.com to email address directories and change of address services: find people and their email addresses using dedicated search engines.
3) Find Somebody's Email Address by Searching the Web
Search somebody's email address like you search for anything else on the Web (and successfully).
4) Search for Email Addresses in Usenet Newsgroups
Find the person whose email address you are looking for in discussion groups.
5) Find an Email Address by Making it find You
If the person you are looking for is searching for herself, she will find you, and her email address will find its way to you.
6) Find Email Addresses on Business Cards
Go through your collection of business cards to find email addresses of more people than you probably know.
7) Ask Somebody for Their Email Address
Yes, that's obvious, but asking is still the easiest way to find an email address for email marketing.
8) Find Somebody's Email Address Using soc.net-people
If all other means to find somebody's email address fail, you can turn to the Usenet newsgroup soc.net-people.
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Every thing about email addresses, finding email addesses, Email marketing and opening new accounts can be found at Email.biz
1) Find email addresses in Previous Email CorrespondenceIf you have emailed them before, you probably have their address. Go find it now.
2) Find People in Email Address Directories or White Pages
From public records to MySpace.com to email address directories and change of address services: find people and their email addresses using dedicated search engines.
3) Find Somebody's Email Address by Searching the Web
Search somebody's email address like you search for anything else on the Web (and successfully).
4) Search for Email Addresses in Usenet Newsgroups
Find the person whose email address you are looking for in discussion groups.
5) Find an Email Address by Making it find You
If the person you are looking for is searching for herself, she will find you, and her email address will find its way to you.
6) Find Email Addresses on Business Cards
Go through your collection of business cards to find email addresses of more people than you probably know.
7) Ask Somebody for Their Email Address
Yes, that's obvious, but asking is still the easiest way to find an email address for email marketing.
8) Find Somebody's Email Address Using soc.net-people
If all other means to find somebody's email address fail, you can turn to the Usenet newsgroup soc.net-people.
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Every thing about email addresses, finding email addesses, Email marketing and opening new accounts can be found at Email.biz
1) Find email addresses in Previous Email CorrespondenceIf you have emailed them before, you probably have their address. Go find it now.
2) Find People in Email Address Directories or White Pages
From public records to MySpace.com to email address directories and change of address services: find people and their email addresses using dedicated search engines.
3) Find Somebody's Email Address by Searching the Web
Search somebody's email address like you search for anything else on the Web (and successfully).
4) Search for Email Addresses in Usenet Newsgroups
Find the person whose email address you are looking for in discussion groups.
5) Find an Email Address by Making it find You
If the person you are looking for is searching for herself, she will find you, and her email address will find its way to you.
6) Find Email Addresses on Business Cards
Go through your collection of business cards to find email addresses of more people than you probably know.
7) Ask Somebody for Their Email Address
Yes, that's obvious, but asking is still the easiest way to find an email address for email marketing.
8) Find Somebody's Email Address Using soc.net-people
If all other means to find somebody's email address fail, you can turn to the Usenet newsgroup soc.net-people.
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Software For All Your Blogging Needs
Anyone today who has the writing flair or ability or is dreaming to be a writer has at least written a blog in the net. There are blog softwares which are simple & easy to use and individuals who are technically-inclined and likes challenge can easily acquire a blog online.
For some individuals, blogs are like their dairies or even small projects of everyday living, as they talk about their daily episodes as well as make tribute to their friends and family.
Furthermore, blogs assume a profound meaning written to compose and assemble political statements, endorse a product, supply information on research, and even offer tutorials. Any subject that are of your interests, you can be sure that someone has written a blog on it, unless it's exceptionally a very new topic ...
Blogs are now being written by musicians, politicians, sports figures, novelists, newscasters as well as other well-known figures or even celebrities. It is this blog fever that has raised controversy. You can visit www.atoz-about-rss.com The fact that anyone can compose and regarding any subject matter under the sun, complaints about certain write-ups are an issue. In a lot of blogs, names are being mentioned; do bear in mind that although you are entitled to write anything that interests you in a blog, you have to be very careful and take in a lot of responsibility. Do not make any statements which can become controversial; or else, be very prepared.
Why a Blog?
1) For personal acquaintances, relationships and hobby. A person can write a blog about his daily activities, what’s going on with his life as his way of telling his family and friends the things that goes on in his life. Likewise, one may also write a blog just so he can express what he feels about himself, or about a certain subject matter that is of interest to him.
2) Topical, Some blogs are committed to a precise topic, like computer hardware or politics. These are frequently read like magazines.
3) For marketing, Corporations are too, into blogging; when well written and implemented, this kind of blog can be a powerful instrument for business communications, forming eagerness and anticipation regarding their products and services offered, or used as tool within the company, keeping employees well informed about company issues and news.
Why someone else's software?
A lot of web designers and creators will laugh at the belief and idea of utilizing the software of someone else. This is somewhat correct esp. when each software differs greatly from the particular requirements that a client may have.
On the other hand, when it refers to a Weblog software, there is no reason for apprehension in the use of a package that is pre-written, as most packages were developed through years of study; not just knocked together over a couple of days.
Of course, one may study its feature set. For a developer, it would take a lot of time and effort to write and compose from “nothing at all” every single feature in the Weblog software packages of today. You can log on www.greatblogbox.com For most people, a blog is there for the main reason that chooses to publish or make known your literature and texts on the Web, so you want to spend your time more on writing than coding.
Hosted Services
If one wishes to start broadcasting on the Web, yet he/she does not have web hosting, one can consider looking into a hosted service, which includes Blogger, TypePad, Live Journal, and more.
These services are operated or handled for an individual, so there is no need to concern one about technical upkeep of one’s Weblog; instead, one can concentrate on his blog's appearance and content. In just minutes, after signing for an account, one can readily start his own blog. Many such services are offered free, such as blogger. TypePad charges a minimal amount for monthly service fee.
Self-Hosted
When one has Web hosting on hand, or is eager to buy a web hosting service, in which one feels that the advantage will prevail over the problems of keeping up your own blog connection and installation, then you may want to take into account a package that is self-hosted, which includes Movable Type, Textpattern and WordPress.
Other hosting companies did construct the process of installation easier, permitting installation with just a click from a control panel that is browser-based. It is important that you check with a hosting company so you can view if this function is offered. Similar to hosted services, some self hosted packages are made available either for free or for a certain fee which is dependent on the type of package that you choose as well as the basis why you are using it.
Do stay tuned for more interesting articles ...
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Fix Registry Errors - 7 Steps To Fixing Your Registry Errors
If you need to fix registry errors then the impulsive thing to do is to go and find the first free program you can get but did you know this could be causing you further problems.
The fact is, like anything that needs attention, the solution needs to be well researched and as you would do when out shopping, looking around for the best credentialed program will save you a lot of frustration in the long run.
Dangers Of Fixing Registry Errors
Many people cause more trouble than they started with when fixing registry errors. This is no surprise as believe it or not, most computer users have little knowledge of their machine, it's intricacies and technical aspects.
That's why we recommend you always do research when dealing with an issue such as registry repair. The problems that can be created if you're not sure of what to do could include actually deleting your hard drive. Here's a few things to be aware of:
1. Do you know if you have a registry? Well, if you have a Windows operating system on your machine then you have a registry.
2. Programs and hardware files are stored in the registry so when one is opened, it's recognized by Windows. It's a good idea to become familiar with the basics of how your operating system works.
3. Be careful not to delete stuff when attempting to repair registry errors as this could cause items on your computer to no longer work or can even affect the hard drive.
4. When fixing errors, make it a habit to always create a back up file of your registry. This is more important for people with little experience in doing this. If you're not sure then it makes sense to consult with an expert.
5. Many programs you come across designed to assist you in cleaning the registry do have a restore function ability which eases worry during the cleaning process.
6. Let's say the hard drive is accidentally deleted - this would make the restore function useless so when shopping for a registry error fix program, always give preference to one that will be
kind to your system. In other words
, one that doesn't cause problems in the first place
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The fact is, like anything that needs attention, the solution needs to be well researched and as you would do when out shopping, looking around for the best credentialed program will save you a lot of frustration in the long run.
Dangers Of Fixing Registry Errors
Many people cause more trouble than they started with when fixing registry errors. This is no surprise as believe it or not, most computer users have little knowledge of their machine, it's intricacies and technical aspects.
That's why we recommend you always do research when dealing with an issue such as registry repair. The problems that can be created if you're not sure of what to do could include actually deleting your hard drive. Here's a few things to be aware of:
1. Do you know if you have a registry? Well, if you have a Windows operating system on your machine then you have a registry.
2. Programs and hardware files are stored in the registry so when one is opened, it's recognized by Windows. It's a good idea to become familiar with the basics of how your operating system works.
3. Be careful not to delete stuff when attempting to repair registry errors as this could cause items on your computer to no longer work or can even affect the hard drive.
4. When fixing errors, make it a habit to always create a back up file of your registry. This is more important for people with little experience in doing this. If you're not sure then it makes sense to consult with an expert.
5. Many programs you come across designed to assist you in cleaning the registry do have a restore function ability which eases worry during the cleaning process.
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Download Music to Your PSP in 4 Steps
Don't want to put your favourite music on your PSP? This method is really easy and it's fool-proof.
I am going to show you how to put your favourite music on your PSP. This method is really easy and to tell the truth it's fool-proof so don't worry, anyone can use it.
1. The beginning
You need a CD Ripper and a PSP Video converter software. Wait a minute! What the heck is CD Ripper? It's a program which is used for pulling music=rip of CD's. Alright, but what is PSP Video converter? This will let you rip and convert videos to watch on the PSP. I hope the beginning was not difficult. Lets go on the next step!
2. Use the CD ripper
Now start the CD ripper, load the CD you want to use, select the song(s) you want to put on the PSP and hit the "extract and encode" to PSP. Make sure that you select the "PSP" format!
3. What to do if you already have music files on your computer?
In this case you have to hit "add" from your CD ripper application or PSP Video converter. Yeah it's easy, I told you.
4. The last step
After the steps above all you have to do is connect the PSP to your computer with the USB cable, and copy your MP3 file(s) into the "F:PSPMUSIC". Oh and "F" is equal the drive of the PSP. That means it can be "D" or "E" or another word on your computer.
That's all for now folks. Use this guide, and enjoy the music on your PSP!
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How to Configure Ssh (secure Shell) for Remote Login on a Cisco Router
Prior to the introduction of SSH in the Cisco IOS, the only remote login protocol was Telnet. Although quite functional, Telnet is a non-secure protocol in which the entire session, including authentication, is in clear text and thus subject to snooping.
SSH is both a protocol and an application that replaces Telnet and provides an encrypted connection for remote administration of a Cisco network device such as a router, switch, or security appliance.
The Cisco IOS includes both an SSH server and an SSH client. This document is concerned only with the configuration of the SSH server component.
Prerequisites
Software
The SSH server component requires that you have an IPSec (DES or 3DES) encryption software image from Cisco IOS Release 12.1(1)T or later installed on your router. Advanced IP services images include the IPSec component. This document was written using c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz.123-14.T5.bin.
Pre-configuration
You must configure a hostname and a domain name on your router. For example:
router#
router#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
router01(config)#hostname router01
router01(config)#ip domain-name soundtraining.net
You must also generate an RSA keypair for your router which automatically enables SSH. In the following example, note how the keypair is named for the combination of hostname and domain name that were previously configured. The modulus represents the key length. Cisco recommends a minimum key length of 1024 bits (even though the default key length is 512 bits):
router01(config)#
router01(config)#crypto key generate rsa
The name for the keys will be: router01.soundtraining.net
Choose the size of the key modulus in the range of 360 to 2048 for your General Purpose Keys. Choosing a key modulus greater than 512 may take a few minutes.
How many bits in the modulus [512]: 1024
% Generating 1024 bit RSA keys ...[OK]
Finally, you must either use an AAA server such as a RADIUS or TACACS+ server or create a local user database to authenticate remote users and enable authentication on the terminal lines. For the purpose of this document, we'll create a local user database on the router. In the following example, the user "donc" was created with a privilege level of 15 (the maximum allowed) and given an encrypted password of "p@ss5678". (The command "secret" followed by "0" tells the router to encrypt the following plaintext password. In the router's running configuration, the password would not be human readable.) We also used line configuration mode to tell the router to use its local user database for authentication (login local) on terminals lines 0-4.
router01(config)#username donc privilege 15 secret 0 p@ss5678
router01(config)#line vty 0 4
router01(config-line)#login local
Enabling SSH
To enable SSH, you must tell the router which keypair to use. Optionally, you can configure the SSH version (it defaults to SSH version 1), authentication timeout values, and several other parameters. In the following example, we told the router to use the previously created keypair and to use SSH version 2:
router01(config)#
router01(config)#ip ssh version 2
router01(config)#ip ssh rsa keypair-name router01.soundtraining.net
You can now log on to your router securely using an SSH client such as TeraTerm.
Viewing SSH Configurations and Connections
You can use the privileged mode commands "view ssh" and "view ip ssh" to view SSH configurations and connections (if any). In the following example, the SSHv1 configuration from a Cisco 871 router is verified using "show ip ssh" and a single SSHv1 connection is displayed using the command "show ssh". Notice that we did not enable SSHv2 on this router, so it defaulted to SSH version 1.99. Also note in the output of the "show ssh" command that SSH version 1 defaults to 3DES. SSHv2 supports AES, a more robust and efficient encryption technology. SSHv2 is also not subject to the same security exploits as SSHv1. soundtraining.net recommends the use of SSHv2 and disabling a dropback to SSHv1. Enabling SSHv2 disables SSHv1. This example is included only to demonstrate backwards compatibility:
router04#
router04#show ip ssh
SSH Enabled - version 1.99
Authentication timeout: 120 secs; Authentication retries: 3
router04#
router04#show ssh
Connection Version Encryption State Username
2 1.5 3DES Session started donc
%No SSHv2 server connections running.
router04#
You can also use the command "debug ip ssh" to troubleshoot SSH configurations.
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SSH is both a protocol and an application that replaces Telnet and provides an encrypted connection for remote administration of a Cisco network device such as a router, switch, or security appliance.
The Cisco IOS includes both an SSH server and an SSH client. This document is concerned only with the configuration of the SSH server component.
Prerequisites
Software
The SSH server component requires that you have an IPSec (DES or 3DES) encryption software image from Cisco IOS Release 12.1(1)T or later installed on your router. Advanced IP services images include the IPSec component. This document was written using c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz.123-14.T5.bin.
Pre-configuration
You must configure a hostname and a domain name on your router. For example:
router#
router#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
router01(config)#hostname router01
router01(config)#ip domain-name soundtraining.net
You must also generate an RSA keypair for your router which automatically enables SSH. In the following example, note how the keypair is named for the combination of hostname and domain name that were previously configured. The modulus represents the key length. Cisco recommends a minimum key length of 1024 bits (even though the default key length is 512 bits):
router01(config)#
router01(config)#crypto key generate rsa
The name for the keys will be: router01.soundtraining.net
Choose the size of the key modulus in the range of 360 to 2048 for your General Purpose Keys. Choosing a key modulus greater than 512 may take a few minutes.
How many bits in the modulus [512]: 1024
% Generating 1024 bit RSA keys ...[OK]
Finally, you must either use an AAA server such as a RADIUS or TACACS+ server or create a local user database to authenticate remote users and enable authentication on the terminal lines. For the purpose of this document, we'll create a local user database on the router. In the following example, the user "donc" was created with a privilege level of 15 (the maximum allowed) and given an encrypted password of "p@ss5678". (The command "secret" followed by "0" tells the router to encrypt the following plaintext password. In the router's running configuration, the password would not be human readable.) We also used line configuration mode to tell the router to use its local user database for authentication (login local) on terminals lines 0-4.
router01(config)#username donc privilege 15 secret 0 p@ss5678
router01(config)#line vty 0 4
router01(config-line)#login local
Enabling SSH
To enable SSH, you must tell the router which keypair to use. Optionally, you can configure the SSH version (it defaults to SSH version 1), authentication timeout values, and several other parameters. In the following example, we told the router to use the previously created keypair and to use SSH version 2:
router01(config)#
router01(config)#ip ssh version 2
router01(config)#ip ssh rsa keypair-name router01.soundtraining.net
You can now log on to your router securely using an SSH client such as TeraTerm.
Viewing SSH Configurations and Connections
You can use the privileged mode commands "view ssh" and "view ip ssh" to view SSH configurations and connections (if any). In the following example, the SSHv1 configuration from a Cisco 871 router is verified using "show ip ssh" and a single SSHv1 connection is displayed using the command "show ssh". Notice that we did not enable SSHv2 on this router, so it defaulted to SSH version 1.99. Also note in the output of the "show ssh" command that SSH version 1 defaults to 3DES. SSHv2 supports AES, a more robust and efficient encryption technology. SSHv2 is also not subject to the same security exploits as SSHv1. soundtraining.net recommends the use of SSHv2 and disabling a dropback to SSHv1. Enabling SSHv2 disables SSHv1. This example is included only to demonstrate backwards compatibility:
router04#
router04#show ip ssh
SSH Enabled - version 1.99
Authentication timeout: 120 secs; Authentication retries: 3
router04#
router04#show ssh
Connection Version Encryption State Username
2 1.5 3DES Session started donc
%No SSHv2 server connections running.
router04#
You can also use the command "debug ip ssh" to troubleshoot SSH configurations.
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Simple ways to add videos to you website
There are many different ways through webmasters look to increase the traffic on their websites and blogs. Increasing the number of visitors to their websites is quite reminiscent to adding more money into their pockets. Whether you have an online store to sell products or you simply earn by displaying advertisements on your website, number of visitors on a website work just like oxygen works for a human body.
Therefore, webmasters go to all limits in order to attract more visitors to their website. From adding articles to starting online contests, there are hoards of methods to pull more people to your website. One such tool to increase the popularity of your website is uploading quality videos to your website. Adding this feature will give a new dimension to your site, and will increase the interest of visitors. Apart from uploading videos to your own website, you can add them to several top websites that allow free submissions.
Uploading a video is not as difficult as it may seem on the first glance. Almost all of us have a digital camera of decent quality, which can be used to take pictures and videos of whatever you like. It is important to keep a steady hold on the camera as the success of your video depends on its quality. After successfully making videos, you can transfer them to your PC.
But your video right now is not in the finished form and you will require software to convert your video file's format into a compatible format. Although, most of the websites that allow video submission accept files in many formats but still you will have to get a file converter. The easiest way to get hold of one is through the internet, where you will easily find good file converter software for free.
MPG-Flash Converter software offers many features to convert file formats. This program compresses your video files into Flash format which is considered to be the best in video files. Then, all you have to do is to update your concerned webpage with a basic HTML code and upload these files to the hosting server system. All this might seem to be a bit hassling, but the results will be outstanding, as the videos will be viewed by viewers without the need to download them. After all, if your video does run at a good streaming rate, then you will lose your viewer immediately.
There are other programs that can convert videos to several other formats as well such as .AVI, .MPEG, .MOV and .SWI. A MOV-AVI file converter is also a great program that can convert files into any desired format. You can also choose to burn them on to your DVD as a built-in DVD authoring tool is also in it. A PSP Converter is also widely used by people who publish video files on the web. Just like audio files, it can convert video files to MP3 format as well.
Converting video is an easy job even for an inexperienced hand, as the features in these programs are self-explanatory. Whether you want to promote your website or you simply want to publish your memorable videos with friends and relatives, uploading videos is a fun job. Things to be kept in mind while uploading videos is that smaller size files will definitely run better. While publishing a video one should make sure that the rate at which it streams is decent as people haven’t got enough time to wait for hours to view your movie.
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How To Safely Download A Screensavers
To download a screen saver is relatively simple. They are usually executable files with the extension "exe". Click these files twice with the left mouse button and the installation begins. The menus window will pop-up asking the user a location for the screen saver to be installed. The standard is usually the folder 'Program Files' on drive C. Sometimes, these executable files are compressed using a popular program called WinZip. These files can be unpacked and extracted using the same programs, ie, WinZip. After unpacking now they can be installed just like the other executable files are installed.
The Internet is the spin-off with a screen saver, which can be easily downloaded and installed. These are organized according to different themes. Some of them are stars, sports, nature, entertainment, politics and the movies. Most of these topics to users the additional option of all screensaver with music and without music. Many users to download the screensaver with the music, and if they do not want the music, they are just off the speakers of their computer. If the speakers are integrated, they have left, click on the speaker icon in the corner right on the screen on the left side and click again to control the option that says, dumb, or drag the volume of the deepest Point possible.
It is easy to download and install the screensaver, it's almost as easy to install, a screen saver, which is infected with a virus or adware or spyware. Such a screen saver may be the data on the user's computer and can also be temporary or permanent loss of data. It may also be too many pop-ups to a court hearing and to the chaos at work. Therefore, it is important for downloading screen savers from a trust. Even after downloading a screen saver from a trust, it is necessary to examine the executable file that was downloaded the screen saver for the virus.
Review of a file against viruses is relatively simple. A click with the right-click the executable file, a pop-up menu. The menu has a scan with ... "Option. On the left, click the option makes the anti-virus software on the user's computer scan and other infections. If the scanner shows that the executable file is infected, should be deleted immediately. Sometimes, the Anti -Virus software is configured to take care of that automatically deleted.
As long as users are careful, they can download screensavers, how many they want and install. However, it is also important that the area of the screen saver on your computer so that the computer is not prevented, with the screen saver. And it is important to have a screen saver, the computer processor can be used with ease, without freezing or slowing down.
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Adobe Photoshop CS3: Top 5 Standout New Features
Upon first digging into Adobe Photoshop CS3, a few features have really popped out at me as incredibly useful. I would like to offer a brief overview of some of these new ways of attacking your creative challenges using the latest version of Adobe's flagship app. PsCS3 will run you about $649 to buy it outright if you do not own any previous versions. If you own Photoshop 7, CS, or CS2, you are eligible for upgrade pricing - looks like $199 for the upgrade. Check Adobe's store on their website for more info. For more information about what comes in the different versions of CS3, and what your suite configuration options are, see my previous post.
My current favorite five new PsCS3 features in order are:
1. Nondestructive Smart Filters
2. Quick Selection Tool & Refine Edge
3. Photomerge with advanced alignment and blending
4. Automatic layer alignment and blending
5. Vanishing Point with adjustable angle
Feature Overviews:
* Nondestructive Smart Filters
Adobe has finally given us non-linear, nondestructive filters. Can I just say "HOORAY!" In the past, you applied filters and effects in a linear order: one filter would alter your image, and the second filter would alter your now altered image, and a third filter would alter the altered altered image. The problem with that workflow is that if you decide you want to slightly tweak the second filter, you'd have to either undo back to that point (losing your subsequent edits), or use the history palette to step directly "back in time" to the point before you added the second filter, add your "revised" second filter and then add your third manually. All too often, you don't quite remember what exact parameters you had set on that third one - or worse, your real world project involved applying 20 filters instead of the 3 in my example and changing the second filter would mean redoing the 18 that follow it. What a drag. Because of this issue, people developed many work arounds (often involving saving off multiple "partially completed" versions of files all over your hard drive with iterative file names, hoping that if you needed to go back to a certain point in time you'd be able to figure out where you needed to be), and while these workarounds were clever and well-conceived in many cases, there was a perfect, real solution, waiting to happen.
The real solution to all this is what we have been given in CS3: Nondestructive Smart Filters. In this new version, each filter and effect that you apply to a layer, remains live and continually re-editable, in real time, and the parameters that you adjust will all cascade down through whatever subsequent filters or effects you might have added to your layer. These are savable, movable, copy and pastable, and most importantly scalable.
* Quick Selection tool & Refine Edge
A design mentor of mine once told me "Photoshop is all about the selection. You select something, and then you do something with the selection. Nothing more, nothing less. Remember that, and you'll never go wrong using this app." Almost 10 years later, I must say she was absolutely correct. Using Photoshop is all about "the selection." There are more tools in Photoshop for selecting than for any other single task.
As in just about every version of Photoshop that has ever been released, CS3 has made even greater strides in the area of "making your selection" than comes to memory in recent years. The new Quick Selection Tool used in combination with the Refine Edge palette is about the most helpful and clean way of selecting the edges of an object in your image that I have ever seen. This new revised Quick Selection tool is so smooth. You basically set the parameters of your Quick Selection tool - as if it were a brush - and paint the general area of your image edges (like trying to select just a kid and his soccer ball out of the photo of the big game) and Photoshop is watching what you do, and interpreting what you consider to be the general edges of what you are wanting to select and it figures out what's kid and ball and what's grass and goal posts and sky and crowd and selects just what you want it to. It's VERY fast and clean. Then, you can invoke the Refine Edge palette, and you have seemingly infinite control over exactly how the edges of that selection behave. Check out the palette to the right to get an idea of what you could do to "refine" that edge. With radius, feathering, smoothing, and various display settings, I believe this new combo will cut down on my masking and selecting time in a quantifiable way.
* Photomerge with advanced alignment and blending
Ever tried to stitch together a series of images that you took, that you intended to "put together" into a panorama? Even with some of the stand alone tools that have been available over the years—even those for doing quicktime VR's—are clunky and difficult to use - with mixed results at times. I have always wanted something built into Photoshop to let me do these "photo merges" - I never expected that Photoshop would actually be able to automatically do it for me. This feature floored me. The technologies involved in my number four choice "Automatic layer alignment and blending" are at work here in this feature as well, and the new auto layer alignment features in CS3 are far-reaching and crop up again and again in different areas of the application. It's really one of the revolutionary things about this new version.
All of the things that have made making panoramas a difficult task in the past are all done automatically. The primary among these being 1. those times when you have to actually distort, rotate, skew or transform one of your elements because the perspective is screwy, 2. those times when the sun or lighting or a window made the white balance, color space or over all wash of brightness and contrast different from one image to the next (especially when doing 360's) and of course 3. actually finding and aligning those overlapping areas of consecutive elements. Photoshop CS3 does these all for you and with surprisingly amazing results. It's not just about the typical "panorama" either... I saw a demo of someone standing "too close" to a building, and taking pictures zoomed all the way out, of the front door, windows and window-boxes, front brick walk way, tilting upward and taking a picture of the balcony and roof line of the second floor - in other words, many elements that were WAY out of whack in terms of perspective, lighting and color space, and these 4 or 5 images were distorted, tweaked, rotated, matched, blended, lighting and color density matched... and I was amazed in like 5 seconds, there was this "wide angle" almost "fisheye" photomerge of the front of the building, from brick walkway to roof-line, and it looked incredible.
* Automatic layer alignment and blending
Another powerful application of this new alignment and blending technology is with a series or stack of images of the same subject. Let's say you wanted to take a picture of a statue in a park somewhere, or a huge fountain, or the front of a monument or building. There are always people walking through the frame - if you can't close down the area and still need a picture of the statue, in the park, in it's beautiful setting, but with no people or birds or random elements - what are you to do? In the past, it was a painstaking process of shooting a bunch of images, selecting the "closest" one to your vision of a nice, clean, tourist-less frame, and begin the hours and hours of painting, cloning, healing, brushing etc., to remove all of your "randoms." There are artists who are very good at this process, but I'm fairly certain they would agree that if there was a way to not have to spend all that time, they'd take it. Well, it's here. Photoshop CS3 can take your stack of images and by analyzing all of them, figure out which things are permanent (things that appear in all the images like that building in the distance, the big tree, the sidewalk, and which parts of the image are obscured in one of the frames but not all of them, are healed automatically by borrowing pixels from other images in the stack and building an advanced composite of all the images and doing 90% or more of the work for you. There's even a set of "fuzziness" sliders letting you say "eleminate things that are in X% of the images in the stack or less." This is so impressive to see in action. You have to try it on some of your own images. It's really hard to believe that it's this easy to do this sort of process now. This is one of those new areas that I'm sure we'll see artists finding incredibly creative ways to utilize this feature. Again, this one floored me when I first saw it.
* Vanishing Point with adjustable angle
One of the most powerful new features of Adobe CS2 was the vanishing point feature. One limitation it had was that you only had one set of right angles to work with in the vanishing point interface. Adobe took it one exponential step further by adding multiple, adjustable angle perspective planes to this vanishing point feature. What this enables you to do is copy, paste and clone in far more complex image planes than just the "clone parts of a building in perspective" job that the first iteration of this feature offered (impressive and powerful, but not very flexible). One of the big examples Adobe is pushing with this feature is to simulate 3D packaging and work on multiple planes at various angles in the same image. Like an open box for a new product, or even for experimenting with your final package art by seeing it in its real-world context. Again I think this feature has so many far reaching implications for inventors, prototypers, 3D modelers, visual effects artists... and can give Photoshop artists the ability to render full blown mockups of product packaging art for clients in a whole new way - getting us to sign-off, green-light and on to the next project at hand much more quickly. I like that a lot.
There are numerous new features in the application, especially when you dig down deep into the Photoshop Extended editions (sounds like a Peter Jackson DVD...) and as the week progresses here, I'd like to look into some of what PsCS3 Extended has to offer. The versions of PsCS3 that are available are the Film & Video, Medical & Science, AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction), and Manufacturing editions.
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