Excellent Photoshop Replacements 04/26/2012

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By Henes Pitt

Adobe Photoshop is undeniably the most powerful image editing software. Adobe Photoshop displays a huge source of outstanding features which assist excellent and professional photo editing and web designs and graphics designs. Hence, Adobe Photoshop is in any designer’s wish list. Furthermore, filters, plugins, actions, brushes and easy-to-use make Photoshop invincible and irreplaceable.

However, the most obstacle of Photoshop to all designers is expensive price, which can be prohibitive. Not all designers can afford to buy its original license. Fortunately, there are a number of free and open source programs that can do much of what Photoshop does. In this collection, you will find 10 excellent and free alternatives to Adobe Photoshop.

Gimp

GIMP is the oldest and most popular Photoshop alternative. GIMP does not have every single feature in Photoshop, but most of Photoshop functions can be found in GIMP. GIMP can work in different platforms including Windows, Mac and Linux.

GIMP stands for “GNU image manipulation program”

Pixia

Pixia was originally designed for anime/manga, but is a very capable editor in other branches of art. First designed in Japanese, but English tutorial version dominates in the whole community. Now, Pixia is available in a variety of languages.

Pixia works for Windows.

Inkscape

Inkscape has the same capabilities as Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X. Inkscape works on W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape is best replacement for the vector graphics editor.

PhotoPlus SE

PhotoPlus SE is an digital photo editing software which assists users fix and enhance digital photos, paint and blend with brushes, add text to images, and export your photos for print, email and the web. Otherwise, PhotoPlus SE features high-end function including layers, filters, shadows and glows. PhotoPlus is not free, but PhotoPlus SE is a freeware.

PhotoPlus SE can correct photo problems as red-eye reduction, blemish removal, and adjust complexion.

Krita

Krita is appreciated for ease of use and ideal features for bitmap editing and drawing application for KOffice. Krita is relatively smaller than Photoshop but shows some unique features.

Krita won the Akademy Award for Best Application in 2006

Paint.net

For Windows platform, Paint.NET is powerful and has a very active community. Paint.NET has grown up as a simple placement for Microsoft paint but later turns out a simple powerful image editing software. Paint.NET offers a lot of useful plugins, tutorials and supportive layer.

Paint.NET was developed and mentored by Microsoft

Seashore

Seashore is developed based on the GIMP’s technology with the aim for only image editing purposes. Operating as an open source image editor for Mac OS X’s Cocoa framework, seashore uses the same native file format.

Seashore is not the replacement for powerful image editing tools.

ChocoFlop

ChocoFlop is exclusively an image editing application for Mac architecture. Taking a few seconds to launch, ChocoFlop is currently free and available in beta version until the stable version is released.

ChocoFlop is exclusively application for Apple Mac.

CinePaint

Cinepaint primarily aims for making animated films of major studios. However, it can function as an image editor with the capability of high fidelity 32 bit color.

There is no Cinepaint version for Windows at the moment.

PhotoFiltre

PhotoFiltre is less powerful in comparison with other image editing tools like Adobe Photoshop or GIMP. PhotoFiltre is preferable for its simplicity, fast launch and image converter function.

PhotoFiltre is suitable tool for non-professional photographers

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Use Blackberry spy software to prevent teen violence 04/25/2012

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By AlysaJeff

The factors that particularly contribute to the aggressive behavior of teens are drug abuse, high risk sexual encounters, academic issues, poverty and above all depression. Most of the times, parents don’t even find out that their teen is troubled with any one of the aforementioned problems because they do not have the time to be around and monitor them. Blackberry spy software can solve this problem.

Blackberry spy Software can allow the parents who do not have time to supervise their kids, to monitor their activities through the special features that Blackberry Software offers. Through the Blackberry spy software, parents can log into the phone calls of their teens. They can get the duration of the call and the numbers to which the call has been made and received from. Therefore, parents can get a clear idea of the state of mind and activities of their kids by the way they interact with their friends. Likewise, SMS text logging is also possible that can serve the same function as call logging. If parents end up finding out that their children are involved in any of the factors that contribute to teen violence, appropriate measures can be taken accordingly.

Blackberry spy software also allows parents to log into the emails of their children. It makes it possible for them to view the sent and received emails, as well as the documents, files and pictures attached to the emails. This can again help parents to know what their teenage children talk about with their friends and if they discuss any fights, or there are pictures of fights then parents can know that their child exhibits aggressive behavior.

If you have installed Blackberry Spy App in your child’s phone, you can make a spy call on their phone if at any time you are suspicious that your teenage child has gone out to fight. Spy call allows you to listen to the surrounding sound live.

Blackberry spy Software, if used in the right way, can help parents considerably reduce the aggressive behavior of their teens.

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Alysfa Jeff is graduated from university of Yale. She has a natural flair of writing. Her most of the writing revolves around Technology Innovation, and tell the masses how they can improve their business and lifestyle throughTechnolgy. She is Technology lover and a Technology savvy girl. She writes for Blackberry Tracking to tell the masses about different Technolgy Application.

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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update for Samsung Galaxy S2 Will Arrive on March 15 03/09/2012

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By Phoenix Rose

Google’s new mobile operating system called Ice Cream Sandwich was officially announced in October 2011 at a technology event in Hong Kong. Soon after ICS was officially unveiled, developers have expressed their wish build apps for this new OS.

LG said that they will bring ICS update on their Optimus smartphone line-up. Meanwhile, many HTC’s devices are announced to receive the update. And Samsung may be the first company to get an Android 4.0 phone on its Galaxy Nexus.

It has been also reported that March 15 will be the release date for the Samsung Galaxy S2 upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich - the latest version of Android. It means that we have to wait for nearly two weeks to see the Galaxy S2 join hands with Android 4.0.

Ice Cream Sandwich update for Samsung Galaxy S2 will arrive on March 15, 2012

The Android 4.0 ICS appearing with the Samsung Galaxy S2 is considered a big deal. The S2 is known as the most well-known Adroid phone with more than 20 million units sold worldwide – second only to the iPhone.

The Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update will finally appear on handsets in March 2012

The Android 4.0 ICS is the newest update of the Android operating system designed for smartphones, tablets and so on with a collection of new features and improvements. The update features things people like most about Android such as rich notifications, easy multitasking as well as deep interactivity. In addition, the system also offers powerful new ways of communicating and sharing as well.

The Android 4.0 is described with adjective such as simple, beautiful and useful

Samsung also announced that Ice Cream Sandwich would come to its most famous devices such as Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note by end of the first quarter of 2012. Therefore, the company is attempting to push the update quickly to its Galaxy S2.

The Android 4.0 ICS is the newest update of the Android operating system designed for smartphones, tablets and so on

Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 was launched back in November 2011. And the phone is dominating the rest of the market thanks to the software.

Samsung may be the first company to get an Android 4.0 phone on its Galaxy Nexus

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Samsung Galaxy S3: Specs and Release Date Revealed 03/08/2012

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By JENNIFER QUINN

Although the official announcement for Samsung Galaxy S3 handset will come in several months, every Android enthusiast is eager see the technical specifications of the Samsung's next flagship smartphone. It is so glad that we finally get some leaked details about the Samsung Galaxy S III. According to this new leak, this smartphone features some amazing tech specs and is expected to complete against high-end smartphones and make consumers around the world forget about the iPhone 5.

Although the Galaxy S3 has been rumored to be presented or showcased at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Samsung believed that a separate event would be better for their fans as well as their new handset. And now pictures and information of the South Korea-based company’s Galaxy S3 have been revealed.

Samsung may have created a tsunami of Android flavoured hype with the Galaxy S3

Samsung has been reported developing an edge-to-edge display for a smartphone that has the release date on late June or early July. According to the revealed news, the new display has 5 inches and is designed to cover the entire front of the new Samsung Galaxy S III.

Samsung Galaxy S3 may give worldwide release dates starting from June to July 2012

Samsung Galaxy S3 is powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and boasts a roomy 4.8" 16×9 "full HD" display. It is equipped with a 1.5GHz quad-core Samsung Exynos processor and also features an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Besides, the Galaxy SIII supports is also said to be 4G LTE compatible.

The price of Samsung Galaxy S3 hasn’t been revealed yet. The smartphone’s price will be updated as soon as possible

The case of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is revealed to be constructed out of a high tech material. The Galaxy II smartphone has been one of the most popular Android devices on the market. With the arrival of the Galaxy III, Samsung may have continuously created a tsunami of Android flavoured hype.

Samsung Galaxy SIII measures approximately 7mm which is almost 1.5 mm thinner than its previous version, Galaxy S2

Samsung Galaxy S3 could be the Android phone to beat in 2012

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Best 24-Inch LCD Monitors 2012 03/07/2012

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By Steve Brown

24-inch screens are things that consumers have been looking for these days. As the result, the number of companies developing 24-inch screens has been dramatically increased. Among plenty of 24-inch monitors, Samsung SyncMaster FX2480HD, Lacie i324, Dell UltraSharp U2410, Dell UltraSharp U2412m and Asus PA246Q become prominent as the best 24-inch monitors with great performance.

Samsung SyncMaster FX2480HD

The Samsung SyncMaster FX2490HD is a favorite monitor of many people thanks to its great movie and game performance as a miniaturized HDTV. The FX2490HD has an amazing number of connection options, built-in speakers as well as a remote control. The 24-inch HDTV also features a couple of design flourishes that make contributions to both its aesthetic appeal and its utility as well.

Samsung SyncMaster FX2480HD is one of the best monitors with great performance

Lacie i324

The LaCie 324i is known as one among the best-performing IPS displays, providing excellent color, deep blacks and a host of ergonomic options. Being estimated at around $1,150, the LaCie 324i bring watchers good performance and design as a professional monitor, including sRGB, Adobe RGB presets and RGB and so on. However, the LaCie 324i’s price is a little steep for the features it offers. The LaCie 324i shows less value than other monitors with the same price and size in its class.

The LaCie 324i is known as one among the best-performing IPS displays

Dell UltraSharp U2410

At the price of about $600, the Dell UltraSharp U2410 offers plenty of connection options and ergonomic features as well. The U2410 is said to be a feature-rich 24-inch H-IPS monitor with great performance while watching movies and playing games. This monitor is very high expected by people who are looking for perfect performance.

The Dell UltraSharp U2410 is a very high expected 24-inch monitor with great performance in games and movies

Dell UltraSharp U2412m

Another 24-inch monitor with amazing performance is the Dell UltraSharp U2412m. The U2412m features a lot of ergonomic and OSD options. The monitor also is equipped with five USB ports. With beautiful design and cool performance, the U2412m is now can be bought for about $350 on the market.

The Dell UltraSharp U2412m is currently available for about $350

Asus PA246Q

The Asus PA246Q has been introduced as an impressive 24-inch monitor with affordable price, wonderful performance and many other useful features. The PA246Q’s performance is very suitable for playing game and watching movies. The Asus PA246Q – the first 24-inch-plus monitor with a high-end P-IPS panel costs less than $500.

Asus PA246Q is a perfect 24-inch monitor with a satisfying number of features at an affordable price

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Nokia 808 Pureview: Price, Release Date, Specs of the 41-Megapixel Camera Phone 03/03/2012

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By Quyen Do

Nokia has just announced the 808 PureView during its press conference at Mobile World Congress 2012. The 808 PureView is a camera-centric Symbian phone which definitely is a photographer’s dream and a smartphone enthusiast’s nightmare. Besides a jaw-dropping 41-megapixel camera, the Nokia 808 PureView is also powered by Symbian Belle, a dated operating system Nokia is currently in the process of tossing to the curb. The high-resolution 41-megapixel sensor amazingly include Carl Zeiss optics and new pixel oversampling technology that allows users to zoom without any loss of clarity when taking pictures at low resolution. The camera also assists users to record 1080p videos in very low light situations at 30 frames per second and is capable of capturing video and photos at the same time. Especially, the camera will not lose clarity while it zooms.

According Nokia, the Nokia 808 PureView is the first smartphone to feature Nokia PureView imaging technologies, including high-resolution sensors and optics from Carl Zeiss

The Nokia 808 PureView, which was inspired by the idea of satellite imagery, allows a talk time (over a 3G network) of 6.5 hours, with a standby time of up to 540 hours.

The 4.0 inch touch screen offers several pages that you can customize with widgets and shortcuts. The Home button and the power control are placed at the bottom

Users can switch between standard resolutions like 2/3, 5, and 8-megapixels or shoot photos in up to 38-megapixels maximum. Otherwise, users are able to capture an image, zoom in, reframe, and crop without any noise or pixelation

The phone features a 4.0 inch AMOLED screen with Corning Gorilla Glass and 16GB of built-in storage with expandability enabled through a microSD card up to 32GB

Pictures can be uploaded directly to Facebook thanks to strong social media integration

You also can save different wallpapers for each of the home screens. There is a shortcut on the home screen to open the media player

The Nokia 808 PureView is due to release in May 2012 with price for the Symbian Belle-powered handset of €450 or 600 US dollars

The 808 PureView supports Nokia Maps

Nokia 808 PureView Hands-On Video

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Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook’s Specs, Price and Release Date Revealed 03/01/2012

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By Henry Funk

In the year of 2012, wise consumers tend to buy thin, light, quick-starting Windows laptops called ultrabooks. As the result, many companies, including Lenovo, Toshiba and even Dell have already invested in this new category. In recent years, Dell has had some difficulties in attracting buyers. Therefore, the XPS 13 introduced recently with specs, price, release date and other details is expected to attract more consumers for the company.

Dell XPS 13 is not different from other ultrabooks. Being a thin, light laptop with excellent powers, the XPS 13 is aimed to complete with Apple’s MacBook Air. Dell XPS 13 features a full-size screen and keyboard. The ultrabook, which uses a solid-state drive, starts up as well as resumes quickly.

The XPS 13 is the first ultrabook to be released by Dell late in February 2012 in the United States at $999

On the other hand, the XPS 13 is equipped with a 13-inch screen, making the device easier to be put in a briefcase. When being placed alongside a MacBook Air, the Dell’s first ultrabook looks noticeably smaller. However, the Dell XPS 13 isn’t smaller than its competitors in various dimensions.

The XPS 13 is thin – very thin, varying between 0.24 and 0.71 inches and weighs in at only 2.99 pounds

Talking about Dell XPS 13 ultrabook’s price, the ultra slim laptop with 4 gigabytes of memory and a 128 gigabyte solid-state drive is priced starting at $999. With the same specs, the Dell XPS 13 is estimated $300 less than Apple’s MacBook Air.

The XPS 13 is expected to attract more consumers for Dell

Although the 13-inch screen is suitable in Dell’s first ultrabook, it features a lower resolution in comparison to the Apple screen of the same size. Dell says they will improve the resolution later this year.

The Dell XPS 13 uses a full-size keyboard

However, Dell XPS 13’s battery life is disappointing. The battery on the XPS 13 lasts just under four hours in comparison to nearly five hours of the Lenovo IdeaPad U300s and almost six hours of the MacBook Air.

Being a thin, light laptop with excellent powers, the Dell XPS 13 is aimed to complete with Apple’s MacBook Air

Dell XPS 13 ultrabook is speedy, solid and well built with a, good backlit keyboard and a bright screen

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How to customize and add a Twitter feed box to your website 02/29/2012

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Author: Sarah Hudson

One thing that I've noticed a lot of websites and blogs offering is a business or personal Twitter feed. If you're new to Twitter - like I was - you might wonder how you could put a Twitter feed box on your website and customize it to your liking. As long as the customization isn't extensive, it's rather easy to do. In this tutorial, we're going to look at where to go to generate the code for a custom Twitter feed box.

The first thing you need to do is go to Twitter and sign in. Once you have, click on the drop down box next to your Twitter user name, along the top bar. When the list of options appears, choose Settings.

We don't need to change any of the settings here; we just needed to see the site map options at the bottom of the page. So scroll down to the bottom of the page where the site map is, then click on About Us.



Once the page loads, choose Resources from the side bar. This brings up a list of resources that you can include in your website, such as a Tweet button or a follow button. Choose Widgets to find the feed box.

After you click on Widgets, click on My Website in the side bar. Choose Profile Widget from the list.

When you land on the Settings tab, you can leave your user name or choose a different account by typing the user name into the box. Then, switch to the Preferences tab and choose how you want your Twitter feed to behave (i.e., whether or not there should be a scrolling bar, whether or not it should start by showing one tweet and updating it every few seconds, how many tweets it should show, etc). Then, click on Appearance and customize the text and box colors. You should try to use colors that you have on your website - or neutral colors mixed with one color from your website. Try to make it so that text is either white or black against a dark or light background; just make sure there is a good amount of contrast so it can easily be read. You can also customize the feed box size by going to the Dimensions tab and inputting the values you want.



Once you're done with that and have tested it to make sure you like it, click on Finish & Grab code to copy and paste the code. Then you can go into the HTML of your website through an HTML editor or CMS and paste it where you want the feed box to be.

And it's that easy! If you want to further customize your Twitter feed box, you can always contact a web or application developer to help you with the design you have in mind.

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The benefits of using CSS3 02/28/2012

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Author: Sarah Hudson

Since the early days of the Internet, if you wanted more than just a flat color, you had to use images for your web designs. Gradients, drop shadows, and other elements had to be added in Photoshop—but things have since changed. Over the past couple of years, CSS has advanced to the point that you can add these things using coding that is interpreted in the browser. Although CSS3 doesn't have full support from every browser just yet, it is a huge step ahead for the design community. And here are just a few of the reasons why.

Better usability. Using coding instead of images means that your pages will load faster. It cuts down on the amount of HTTP requests, which means less bandwidth is taken up and the network runs more smoothly. Furthermore, using images isn't always good for universal usability; it could make it difficult for people using devices other than a desktop or laptop computer to access and navigate the pages. This is especially true for smart phones. The small screen size causes the images to load slowly and become distorted. By using hard coding, then the website's overall layout and design will look better in all browsers.

Smaller file sizes. One of the reasons why web pages using CSS3 load faster is because the file sizes are smaller. In addition to loading faster, having smaller file sizes saves room on the server and the computer, both when the page is created and when it is loaded in the browser window. Using CSS3 means that less resources are used.

Faster development time. Another area that CSS3 excels at is saving time when it comes to the development stages of building a website. Coding takes less time than creating the effects in Photoshop and going back and forth between your computer and the FTP client. Furthermore, when you need to make changes and see what they look like live, you can simply tweak the coding in the CSS file and save it, then refresh the page, whereas using image files, you'd have to save the images and upload them all to the FTP before you could refresh the page. Although the time may seem negligible for each image, managing more than a couple of images will cause the time to build up.

Although it may be some time before CSS3 is instated as protocol, it is already being utilized and steps are being taken towards making it standard. There are too many benefits to let it fall by the wayside. So even though there are still browsers that don't fully support CSS3, it is beneficial to use it along with a fallback, to make your sites ready for the future.

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How to give a black-and-white photo color 02/27/2012

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How to give a black-and-white photo color

Author: Sarah Hudson

There are many tutorials out there that show you how to adjust the coloration of photos, but I've found too many that talk about using curves instead of other adjustments. Although using curves is a great way to fix up your photos, it can be confusing and time consuming. In this tutorial, we're going to look at a quick and easy way to give a black-and-white photo color using adjustment layers in Photoshop CS4.

First, open Photoshop and click File then Open and navigate to the folder where you've saved your picture. In this tutorial, the entire picture is one color, so it's best to practice on a photo of one object. Once you've opened your photo, right click the background layer in the Layers panel (on the right side of the workspace) and click Layer from Background.



In order to add an adjustment layer, click on Layer then New Adjustment Layer then Hue/Saturation. We want to start to add a bit of color to it (hue) and adjust how much of that color shows up (saturation).



Using the sliders on the right side of the screen in the Adjustments panel, change the values until you have hints of a color close to the color you want the object to be. In this case, since I want my color to be brown, I've moved the slider until hints of yellow have appeared (the hue is set to +30). I've also adjusted the saturation to make it more visible (saturation is set to +50).



Now we need to add a fill color layer so we can add more color to the photo. To do this, click on Layer then New Fill Layer then Solid Color.



Choose the color you want your object to be; in this case, I want my object to be brown. I've opened a picture of wood in another Photoshop tab and used the eyedropper tool to choose a sample of the color. Then I went back to my other document and double clicked the color swatch on the Color Fill layer and used the eyedropper tool to click on the foreground color swatch in the Tools panel.



After I've changed the color, I went to the top of the Layers panel and clicked on the arrow beside the opacity drop down to bring up the slider. You can use the slider or type in the text area to change the value (I've made mine 30% so we can see the wood texture beneath it yet still have some color).



Because we had to lower the opacity, the photo looks kind of faded and washed out. In order to give it a richer contrast and look more lifelike, we need to fix up the contrast. To do this, we need another adjustment layer, so click Layer then New Adjustment Layer then Brightness/Contrast.



Finally, move the sliders for Brightness and Contrast until you're satisfied. I moved mine way down in order to make the color darker and bring out the details more. I changed my Brightness slider to -60 and my Contrast slider to -60 as well.



And there you have it – a colorful, realistic looking edit of a black-and-white picture. Although you might think you could do the same with just a color fill layer over the black-and-white photo or a color overlay using layer styles, it wouldn't give it as much definition or as realistic of an outcome. When adjusting color, it's best to adjust contrast and saturation as well to give it the best look possible.

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