1. Open the image you want to color and change to Quick Mask mode by clicking on the marked icon.

One of the much vaunted features of Nokia’s Series 60 range of phones is the capability of personalising your handset with custom themes. Just as we’re now encouraged to ‘skin’ desktop applications such as WinAmp media player, so Nokia want us to develop a more personal attachment to our phones by choosing or even creating our own themes. Series 60 Theme Editor is Nokia’s own free tool for creating complete theme packages.

Theme Editor’s installation includes some atypical steps, so it’s important that you don’t rush through the installation. The most problematic step is selecting default editors for bitmaps, vectors and sound files. No guidance is given for this step, and no default editing programs were found on my test system. Without any assistance from the manual, this proved to be a major stumbling block in getting the program to function at all. I’d therefore recommend installing Adobe PhotoShop for Windows prior to attempting to install Theme Editor, as the install program should detect PhotoShop as a default bitmap and vector editor.

At the end of the installation, I was prompted to restart the computer now, or wait and do it myself later. I chose to wait, but the installer immediately started trying to close my computer down. I managed to stop it, but this was an annoying reminder of why you’re always warned to close all other applications before an installation: things can go wrong.

Once up and running, Theme Editor doesn’t really improve much. After a few minutes tinkering with the program’s interface, it becomes clear that this is not an application aimed at users with a basic to intermediate skill level. Creating themes is a time consuming, fiddly and perplexing chore – as is trying to find help in the program’s manual. This is a shame, because Theme Editor is graphically well designed and looks like it could be used to produce some stunning results, if only it weren’t aimed at developers only.

In all, Nokia Series 60 Theme Editor is a disappointingly complex tool really aimed only at developers.

{t}Download{/t} Series 60 Theme Studio Carbide.ui 3.4 in Softonic

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The clear and user-friendly interface of the program enables you to work. You just need to highlight the part of the image you would like to correct, and then Image Mender will do the rest. After editing, you can save it in the desired format.

Major functions:

• Intellectual reconstruction – the program reconstructs the image under the cleared spot so fine that the traces are hardly noticeable even after the removal of large fragments;
• Ease of use – operating Image Mender is a lot simpler than operating Photoshop Clone Tool. You only need to select the fragment to be removed from the image;
• Supporting various formats – the program supports the following formats: JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, TGA, MNG, RAS, RAW, JP2, JPC, PCX;
• High performance – the program is written completely in the C++ language, which ensures its high performance.

Christmas is back again with all its traditions: family meals, compulsive shopping, Christmas carols everywhere and of course, greeting cards. Just like we did in 2007, this year we’d like to show you how to design and create your own personal Christmas greeting card in Photoshop with just a few simple steps. Then you can print as many copies as you need and show off your artistic skills!

1. Open a new document and fill it with black. Then apply a Gradient overlay with green, so that it looks similar to the image below.

2. Add a new layer and fill it with black too. Then lower down the Fill percentage to 0% and apply another Gradient overlay with the following settings.

1. First of all, you need to download these two sets of Photoshop Polaroid-style brushes and unzip the ABR files in Program FilesAdobeAdobe Photoshop CS2PresetsBrushes. They should appear like this:

2. Open Photoshop and load the two brush sets you just unzipped. Select the Brush tool, click on the small arrow in the brush preset picker window and click on Load Brushes.

For those of you who are in this tricky situation, I’ve collected a series of software-related tips that can help you save some money. While this list is not the perfect solution for the financial crisis, at least you’ll be able to loosen your belt a bit.

• Track your personal monthly expenses more efficiently with a home accounting software tool. You can find very decent apps for free, such as Buddi, Money Manager Ex and Personal Finances.

• Save energy with LocalCooling, a small tool with very handy tips to use your computer in a more environmental friendly way.

• Use OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office, Active Pixels or GIMP instead of Photoshop and in general any free/open source app you can find instead of the correspondent proprietary software.

• Buying movies and books can be an important burden on your budget. Try sharing them more often with your friends, and track those loans with Movienizer and BookDB.

• I know traveling is great, but it’s also expensive. If you can’t afford a trip abroad, at least treat yourself with a nice tour on Google Earth. Here’s some advice on recommended Google Earth sightseeing routes.

• Save on long-distance calls by using Skype, Gizmo or any other VoIP application. Plus some of them support webcams, so Mom will be able to check on you and immediately find out if you’re eating properly.

• Sell stuff you don’t use on eBay and also watch out for bargains. eBay Desktop can help you with this task.

• Forget about expensive gym fees. You can exercise for free (footing, jogging, biking…) and keep accurate statistics of your results with SportsTracker.