Tutorials
Article | 21/07/2011
How to install Mac OS X Lion over Leopard
One of the requirements for installing Lion is that you already have Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) version 10.6.6 or later installed. The main practica...
Article | 21/07/2011
Should you do a 'clean install' of Lion?
With some previous major releases of Mac OS X, upgrading over an existing OS X installation -- for example, installing 10.3 over 10.2 -- entailed some...
Article | 11/05/2011
Windows 7 Home Premium vs. Windows 7 Professional
People often ask us which version of Windows they should purchase for their new PC build. Generally speaking Windows 7 Home Premium Edition has everyt...
Article | 5/04/2011
How to fix speech recognition in Windows 7
QUESTION Speech recognition will no longer load on my Windows 7 PC. Unless I first switch off User Account Control, I get the error message: 'C:\Windo...
Article | 16/03/2011
Internet Explorer 9: A getting started guide
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.
Article | 9/03/2011
Open source FreeOTFE encrypts disks handily
FreeOTFE may sound like a political bumper sticker, but it stands for "Free On The Fly Encryption." The "Free" part is self-explanatory; "On The Fly E...
Article | 21/01/2011
Photoshop Tutorial: Create a stylish modern cyborg
In this tutorial, Fabio Sasso shows you some techniques for creating a cyborg from photographic sources in Photoshop, tapping into the movie heritage ...
Article | 28/12/2010
Four Ways Photographers Can Use Microsoft Paint
I've met two kinds of photographers in my travels. There's the Frugal Photographer who eagerly tries all the cheap and free photo tools.
Article | 9/11/2010
Photoshop tutorial: Create beautiful compositions with texture effects
In this tutorial we will be taking a look at masking and how you can give your work a sense of depth using this technique, as well as layering texture...
Article | 5/11/2010
Is your business compliant with open source licenses?
There are many ways that vendors of proprietary products try to scare business customers away from open source software, and one of the more commonly ...
Article | 21/09/2010
Windows 7: 10 Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are wonderful time-savers but many of us are either too accustomed to the mouse or too lazy to get beyond Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
Article | 15/09/2010
Photoshop tutorial: Put a cutting edge spin on the lens flare effect
Photoshop's Lens Flare filter is an effect that's been so over used over the years, it's become something of a cliche in digital illustration. Which i...
Article | 15/09/2010
Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Creating convincing characters
The ability to dream up and design cool, dynamic people is a good skill for any graphic designer to have under their belt, whether you’re basing whole...
Article | 28/08/2010
How to choose a desktop Linux distribution
With all the many reasons to use Linux today -- particularly in a business setting --it's often a relatively easy decision to give Windows the boot. W...
Article | 26/08/2010
Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create beautiful repeating patterns
Patterns are everywhere. Look around and you'll probably see one right now. It might be a pattern on a tie, a shirt, trousers, a paper cup, bathroom t...
Article | 26/08/2010
Photoshop tutorial: Paint 80s airbrush effects
Want to create a beautiful, dreamlike painting full of subtle details but with a bold 80s colour scheme? Design duo KittoZutto show you how in this tu...
Article | 24/08/2010
Illustrator tutorial: Give personality to character art
What's tastier than an iced doughnut with sprinkles? A whole plate of yummy cakes, that's what. If you're looking to create a series of characters bas...
Article | 20/08/2010
Photoshop tutorial: Cut and paste cool background textures
Image backgrounds in digital art can be more than simply act as incidental scenery to a piece of work. Rather, with good planning and some honed colou...
Article | 20/08/2010
Photoshop tutorial: Photoshop's layer effects explained
Creating vibrant, eye-catching images like this one needn't be a complex or time-consuming affair. In this tutorial, James White shows how to add a vi...
