How to apply picture frame effects in Photoshop
Posted on July 3, 2009 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
Framing a portion of a picture is easy using basic cropping techniques. I will show you a cool technique that will emphasize a part of the picture without actually cropping the image. I call this technique the picture-frame effect and it will look something like below once completed.
Using this effect is simple. First open your picture in Photoshop then create a duplicate layer by pressing CTRL+J or right click on the original layer then select duplicate layer.
Create your own logo using Photoshop
Posted on July 2, 2009 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
Previously, I wrote about a free online service called LogoMaker that lets you create and design your own logo online. However, making a good looking text logo is easy using Photoshop. In this tutorial we will apply duplicated layers, opacity and some rasterizing techniques to create a text that looks like the one below.
Begin with an empty Photoshop document. Create a new layer and create a text on the document using the Text tool. In your background layer create the text by clicking on the Text Tool of Photoshop then click and drag it in your background layer to your desired size. You can also select the font, size, and colour of the text that you want to use.
How to automatically tag MP3 files using Winamp
Posted on June 17, 2009 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
Sometimes we get MP3s that are not tagged with the proper titles and artists. Traditionally, the audio CD format does not include the disc name or track names, so a supplemental database is needed to supply this information when discs are used with modern media systems.
This is why after ripping a CD, the MP3 files do not have their tags unless you use a separate software to tag them. Since version 5, Winamp has a capability to query Gracenote – an online information service containing data of compact discs – to determine an MP3 file’s title, artist, album and other information.
How to download Facebook photo albums
Posted on June 15, 2009 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
Lots of people will probably find this article useful simply because they are addicted to Facebook! If you have a bunch of friends and family members on Facebook and they are always uploading photos that you want to save locally, there’s now a simple and easy way to do it!
Instead of right-clicking on each picture and saving it to your hard drive, you can now download an entire Facebook photo album in one click! How so? Using a free Firefox add-on called Facebook Photo Album Downloader.
How to fix a blank display problem
Posted on June 10, 2009 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
When your computer does not display anything on the monitor you have a No Display or Blank Display problem. This can be caused by any of the following reasons:
· Monitor or System has no Power
· Monitor is defective
· Loose VGA/DVI Cable Connection
· Video Card Problem
· AGP/PCI-e Connector Problem / Motherboard
· System RAM Problem
Monitor or System has no Power
Send and receive files from a Bluetooth device to your PC
Posted on May 21, 2009 - Filed Under Computer Tips | 1 Comment
If you have a phone with Bluetooth connectivity, it would be easier for you to sometimes use this wireless protocol to send and receive files to and from your computer. For cases when you are in a hurry and you don’t have time to install the software that came with your phone, use Bluetooth to transfer files.
First locate the Bluetooth system tray icon at the lower part of your Windows screen.
Right click this button and click “Enable Bluetooth Radio”
