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Use YouTube to Learn Gimp

In this post I list some great Gimp tutorials from YouTube. YouTube is a great one-stop-shop for video tutorials, why not use it to learn Gimp. For a while now I’ve been telling people if they can’t afford Photoshop use Gimp, it’s the free PS. Among the biggest differences between the image editors is that [...]

Quick and Easy E-Book cover in Expression

If you’ve been surfing the web for any length of time, no doubt you’ve come across a e-book. Back when I was a 9-to-5er I was sent to a book publishers convention where one of the workshops was introducing the idea of e-books to the attendees. Now mind you, this was 1999 and there where [...]

6 Answers to Designing on a Shoestring

If you ever wondered how you could get something design related done as inexpensively as possible, maybe one of these tips is the answer to your prayers. Let me remind you that cheap or free is not always the best way to go. You are either going to spend your money or your time getting [...]

How to Make Your Twitter Avatar

I did a search using the keyword Avatar, at search.twitter.com and found that it is a highly used word to say the least. Here are the types of statements I found the word used in: I never follow someone without a avatar. Trying to figure out what avatar to use on my account. How old [...]

The Best of Youtube’s Photoshop Videos

You can find videos of just about any subject on YouTube. Duh, that’s what makes YouTube so great right. Well, it’s greatness is also it’s curse. I don’t know about you, but every time I point my browser to YouTube looking for something specific, I get distracted by videos of plane crashes and human flamethrowers. [...]