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  • 29 March 2010

  • How-Tos: How to install Flash to watch YouTube videos

    QUESTION I was interested to read recently about someone who upgraded to Windows 7 64bit and could no longer view YouTube content. I am about to take delivery of a new Windows 7 64bit PC. I too want to watch YouTube. Does your advice mean I need to opt for the 32bit version of the operating system instead?

  • 01 December 2009

  • How-Tos: How to: Master Corel Digital Studio 2010

    With the increased availability of consumer video on even the cheapest mobile handsets, Corel has bundled its video-editing software with its latest digital image editor. Here, we show you how to make the most out of your home movies and favourite snaps with Corel Digital Studio 2010.

  • 07 October 2009

  • How-Tos: How to create watercolour effects

    Watercolour is one of the most popular forms of painting – mistakes can be easily corrected and you needn't be particularly precise in your strokes. This somewhat impressionistic medium is ideal for a first foray into digital painting.

  • 29 August 2009

  • How-Tos: How to rescue a PC, laptop, iPod or monitor

    When it comes to tech, spilling water on your laptop, or any other gadget, becomes a life or death situation. But these unfortunate accidents mean you have to scrap your tech and invest in a new iPod, mobile phone or camera right?

  • 21 April 2009

  • How-Tos: How to create a photo mosaic

    Here's a frustrating situation nearly every photographer has experienced: finding the perfect scene for a photo but not being able to fit it all into shot. If that sounds familiar, our walkthrough will be right up your street.

  • 13 November 2008

  • How-Tos: How to create a Flickr photostream

    Tagging is the way the web works these days and, used properly, it can help you climb to the top of an image search results list and get noticed. Here, we show you how to make the most out of your Flickr photostream with tags.

  • 06 October 2008

  • How-Tos: How to create memorable monotone shots

    Old school black-and-white photography is popping up in all sorts of situations. We describe the best methods for creating monotone shots.

  • 17 September 2008

  • How-Tos: How to geo-tag images with Panoramio

    Digital cameras and mobile phones are increasingly able to geo-reference information and pinpoint our location. It's now possible to ‘geo-tag' photos before uploading them to the web, allowing Google Maps, Google Earth and similar mapping applications to display the exact location that an image was taken.

  • 16 September 2008

  • How-Tos: How to digitise analogue video content

    As Hollywood moguls encourage us to relive the transition from VHS to DVD with Blu-ray, many of us are still hanging on to our trusty old VCRs and video cassettes. But with the threat of tape mould looming, it really is time to go digital.

  • 05 August 2008

  • Video: How to fix and find your photos

    Make digital photography fun with tips and free downloads. And make your photography sessions a lot more productive and cost-effective.

  • 04 August 2008

  • How-Tos: How to create 3D photos

    Our brains use a variety of clues to calculate how close an object is when we view a scene. Perspective is preserved in photography, but depth is not, resulting in photos that look flat.

  • 02 August 2008

  • Video: How to fine tune your HDTV

    Tweak colour, brightness, and contrast settings and then precisely calibrate your screen - we show you how. Get your high-definition television to show off its best picture quality.

  • 07 July 2008

  • How-Tos: How to print true colours

    It isn’t until you’ve tested several printers that you realise just how much the quality of output can vary from model to model. But a more striking discrepancy is the one commonly noted between the colours onscreen and those that are printed.

  • 10 June 2008

  • How-Tos: How to beat printing costs

    In some cases, printer ink is five times as expensive per millilitre as vintage champagne. But we don't want to pay those prices.

  • How-Tos: How to take infrared photographs

    Infrared photography is used in agriculture, mineral prospecting and ecology because it reveals hidden information. But it’s also fascinating for the rest of us because it produces such strange-looking results.

  • How-Tos: How to set the scene in Antics 3.1

    Computer animation has brought an astonishing level of realism to the big and small screens.

  • 07 May 2008

  • How-Tos: How to make simple edits in Photoshop Express

    It offers 17 of Photoshop CS3's best tools, plus 2GB of online storage, all for free. Here, we look at getting started with Adobe's Photoshop Express.

  • How-Tos: How to troubleshoot USB devices

    So simple to use and yet so complicated when they fail, USB drives can send even the most calm among us potty. Here, we demonstrate how to banish those USB blues.

  • 10 April 2008

  • How-Tos: How to adjust depth of field

    DoF is the photographer’s offside rule: everyone understands it but nobody can explain it succinctly. However, everyone would agree that extreme DoF is one of a photographer’s most powerful artistic tools.

  • 15 March 2008

  • How-Tos: How to repair photos using the Clone Brush

    Few of us get to know more than our nearest and dearest relatives. But if the old photos collected from long-lost cousins are anything to go by, I’m not sure this is such a bad thing.

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