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Have You Created Fantasy Portraits?

Now that the Christmas shopping season is officially underway, it’s time to start thinking about gifts to give family and friends. What better way for an avid shutterbug to make the most of his picture-taking talents than to create photo gifts to give out in the coming weeks? I’m over photo books and the plethora of other boring photo gift ideas, including totes, magnets, mouse pads and t-shirts. This year I am toying with the idea of creating my own fantasy portraits and giving them out as gifts. Fantasy portraits, magic portraits, prop portraits; they are referred to by several … Continue reading →

How To Fix Your Pics at Home

In my previous blog I suggested that you didn’t need to own a $2,500 camera to get professional grade pictures. For that matter, with all the high-tech wizardry that’s available these days you don’t even need to have taken a photography class to snap prize-winning shots. Today I’m continuing my series spotlighting some cheap(er) software programs that can turn ordinary photos into works of art. In this blog I’m focusing on fixing fast action shots that often result in little more than big blurs and getting that perfect panoramic shot. NOISE NINJA by Picture Code If you find it impossible … Continue reading →

How to Get a Picture That Looks Like a Million Bucks From a $100 Camera

Don’t bother upgrading to a $2,500 camera. Forget about signing up for a photography class. And don’t worry about spending a bundle on expensive camera accessories that help alleviate otherwise impossible problems. All you need are a few affordable desktop photo software programs, which will allow you to edit your pocket camera pictures. The high tech tools will work on just about any photo, even ones you took years ago. This blog is the first part in a series I am writing spotlighting some cheap(er) software programs that can turn ordinary photos into works of art. PHOTOMATRIX by HDRSoft If … Continue reading →

Picasa2 (part three)

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Today, we continue to explore Picasa2. We have discussed how pictures are organized, stored and viewed. Now, let’s take a look at the bottom of the Picasa2 window. Here is where the really cool things are. Once you click on a photo, the toolbar below the preview window becomes active. You will see buttons titled hold, clear, label, star, rotate clockwise and counterclockwise, print, email, collage, hello, blog this!, order prints, and export. On the very left, you’ll see the picture tray, where the pictures you have selected appear as you select them. You can also zoom in and out … Continue reading →

Giving away your old computer 5 – Additional Software

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This series of preparing your computer for giveaway continues by looking at additional software you can pre-install on your old computer. We have already looked at deleting files, erasing files, transferring ownership of software, and installing security software. Office software It is a nice gesture to give someone a computer that is usable for many different purposes. If the computer came with office software such as Microsoft Office or Corel Word Perfect Office, you can legally transfer ownership of the software to the new owner if you are not going to use the software on another computer. If you don’t … Continue reading →