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Though some people think that fax is in the past, it is not quite true. A lot of people and official organization use faxes as primary way of communication. When you use a fax not very often, there is no sense to buy fax machine or pay permanently for online services while you can use internet faxes for free. You can not only got free fax number and receive fax messages to it on email but you can send faxes as emails or using online forms as well. Continue Reading →
Following this easy tutorial you can make your personalized wallpaper from any photo for your iPhone or iPod. Moreover, you can apply these principles by making wallpapers for any device or gadget, only using different image sizes. Though you can make iPhone wallpaper from any photo, choose portrait photos rather than landscape. For creating iPhone wallpaper you can use Photoshop or free image app XnView.
Photoshop version
1. Open photo or image for iPhone wallpaper in Photoshop (Ctrl+O).
2. Select Crop tool by pressing C key.
3. Put in Width 320, Height 480, Resolution 72 in Crop tool options. Continue Reading →
I choose best graphic software and web apps of 2007 based on their importance, popularity and innovation. While not all of these top graphic apps first appeared in 2007, all of them have great value and reflect tendencies in graphic applications which could in the future change the way we work with images and photos. Though the traditional graphic apps are still very popular, the new technologies can make real breakthrough in graphic software of 2008. Continue Reading →
Free web app ImproveYourImages.com is a perfect choice to improve image for busy people or absolute beginners since you don’t need do anything manually. This online image improvement service provides amazing opportunity for improving images in one click. You just have to upload your image and in seconds you get fixed variant. You can upload an image from web site as well. Continue Reading →
Following this Photoshop tutorial you amaze your friends making comics from a photo. If you have a series of good but monotonous photos from the party it’s time to add color and fun to the stage. Pay attention, that people on the photo should be photographed close up (up to shoulders or breast like in this tutorial). The fewer details there are in the background the better. If you would like to tell a comics story, try to pick up photos in logical order that tell a story. The image dimensions should be not less than 300 dpi and 10×15cm.The ready comics should have more bright and primitive colors than original photo, deep shadows and typical comics shading as well. Continue Reading →