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Archive for the ‘Photo’ Category

How to: turn someone into a vampire in Photoshop

Now that it’s only two weeks to Halloween it’s time to start thinking about costumes. Have you decided yours yet? A ghost, a movie monster, a zombie, maybe a vampire? There are many possibilities to choose from! But if you’re too shy to dress up and hit the street, you can try a virtual costume [...]

How to: add a custom reflection to sunglasses

This summer a friend of mine went to New York and came back with a handful of beautiful pictures from the city. One of them caught my attention: a close-up of his girlfriend, standing on floor 86th of the Empire State Building, with the New York skyline reflected on her sunglasses. I immediately thought it [...]

Manage desktop wallpapers on dual monitors

I’ve had a great day today at the office: my three-year-old Dell has been replaced by a brand new Intel Core Duo machine with two monitors. Like every time you buy a new computer or install a new operating system, I’ve spent a while configuring and tweaking the system, installing my favorite apps and customizing [...]

How to: Create Polaroids from your photos

There’s something special about Polaroid photos that make them still attractive these days – even after having been discontinued for more than a year now. Maybe this is why there are a few websites and software tools that let you create Polaroids from your digital photos, and keep that endearing look from last century alive. It may not be the same as the real thing, but it’s a quick, simple effect that can make any standard photo more attractive.

How to: Create Polaroids from your photos

  • Instantizer – Fill in a simple form with a photo from your hard drive, a custom message and an optional rotation degree, and you’ll get an instant Polaroid with a link that’s valid for 24 hours. Simple, yet effective.
  • Photo Notes -  Select a photo from your PC or a website and transform it into a Polaroid with a few extra options: custom text message, image position, rotation, text font, etc. You can also share it by email or publish it on a web gallery.
  • Rollip – A popular website that lets you create Polaroids with color effects, decorations and a custom message in three easy steps. The image is immediately available for download or sharing online in an email, IM or blog.
  • Poladroid – If you prefer using software, this is the tool you need. Drag and drop any image on Poladroid’s interface and the program will transform it into a Polaroid right away. You can even shake the file to make it appear faster, like the real Polaroids!

Last but not least, here are a couple of Photoshop tutorials I wrote a while ago that also let you apply the beauty of Polaroids to your photos: one tutorial to create a nice Polaroid collage with different images, and another one to transform a single photo into a bunch of Polaroids scattered all over the screen.

999 free FILEminimizer Pictures licenses to mark 9-9-9

fileminimizer_pictures_thb.pngBecause any excuse is good enough for a celebration, today we’re celebrating that according to our calendars, today’s the 9th day of the 9th month of 2009. To mark the day, we’re giving away 999 licenses for the brand new program FILEminimizer Pictures.

FILEminimizer Pictures is a handy utility which lets you compress images, significantly reducing filesize without losing much in the way of quality.

How do I get my license?

To get a license for FILEminimizer Pictures all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post, making sure that you include a valid email address.

UPDATE: there was a great response to this giveaway, and as of Wednesday afternoon, we’ve now run out of licenses. You can buy the full version from Softonic here.

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The program is priced at €24.95 (€17.22 from Softonic) but, thanks to the developer (and OnSoftware!) you can get the full version for free. Hurry up, and don’t forget to tell your friends. The offer is open until September 30th, or when the licenses run out.

Photoshop tutorial: How to clone yourself

A couple of days ago I checked my niece’s website and was surprised to see a really funny photo in which she appeared twice, as if she had a secret twin sister I didn’t know about. Later on she told me that it was a Photoshop effect thanks to which you can clone yourself in [...]

Make fantastic wallpapers using Google Maps

Google Maps is incredibly useful, but it’s also got some fantastic aerial images of our planet. With a little effort you can grab these images and make great, high quality wallpapers or even print them. Here’s how to do that! You can do it in Windows or OSX, and you’ll need Firefox with the Screengrab! [...]

Create great videos easily with Live Movie Maker

I love traveling abroad and I usually take my camera with me. That means that I have thousands of photos and videos at home, but I wasn’t not sure what the best way to share those pictures would be. After doing a bit of research, I came to the conclusion that creating a multimedia presentation [...]

How to: optimize photos taken with a mobile phone

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when most people go on holiday, traveling around the world and taking photos of everything they see. With high-end digital cameras becoming increasingly more affordable, you have no excuse not to take a snapshot of all the beautiful places you visit this summer. But if your budget [...]

Download Bing backgrounds in seconds

I didn’t expect to like Bing, but I have to admit it’s a pretty cool search engine. I’m still using Google by default – it’s hard to break the habit – but it’s nice to have Bing around too. The first thing anyone notices about Microsoft’s new wannabe is the great background images.
With the free [...]

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