Category Archives: graphic art

Download photos from Google Album.

Posted on February 15, 2020 by geoff

A brief tutorial on downloading images from google galleries. Continue reading →

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Photographic successes

Posted on January 30, 2019 by geoff

I am now an AAPS qualified photographer!

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Prevent Windows changing drive letter for a USB drive

Posted on March 6, 2016 by geoff

A common problem with Windows is that when you plug in a USB drive it may acquire a new drive letter. Usually this is no problem, but if you use the drive with a program that wants the data to be on the same drive each time it is inserted, you need to force Windows to use the same drive letter. Doing so is not hard. Here I will illustrate using Windows 7. Continue reading →

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Creating pretty drawings in powerpoint

Posted on October 11, 2015 by geoff

If you want to create drawings like the one to the right using a program you already know how to use, I have written a tutorial that may help you. Powerpoint is not ideal for this sort of drawing, but … Continue reading →

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Photoshop’s content aware fill

Posted on November 5, 2014 by geoff

Just had a little play with Photoshop with a picture with converging verticals. here is the image taken looking upwards so the verticals converge I used the perspective crop tool to correct the convergence, leaving a blank wedge at the … Continue reading →

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How to generate high quality TIFF files from a powerpoint diagram

Posted on August 1, 2011 by geoff

If you “save as” a TIF file in powerpoint the output is very low resolution and unsuitable for submission to a journal for publication.  However there are alternative approaches.

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