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If Photoshop is slow when it opens, working in the background

Photoshop sometimes needs a lot of time to start, even if only to communicate with the graphics card; however you may face this strange situation, when Photoshop opens fine and fast, yet the moment you try, for instance, to open a file, going to the File > Recent menu, Photoshop steals focus and your menu […]

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Browse images, convert, make slide shows, scan, apply effects, with XnView

XnView is a free program you can use to view and convert images. It is similar to Windows Explorer. You navigate the directory structure as desired and any image files found in a directory are displayed in miniature (Thumbnails). XnView also offers more advanced features such as Web page creation, contact prints, multiple conversion (format […]

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Graphics Troubleshooter

Let an image appear inside the letters, using GIMP, Photoshop or any painter with layers

To have parts of an image as background of your text, fill the letters with an image instead of a color, is a great effect, and it is an effect you can create easily with a free photo editor such as GIMP. As you are going to see, what you can do with GIMP can […]

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Graphics

Create web graphics with layers and effects, using RealWorld PaintCOM

RealWorld PaintCOM is a free image editor that will help you edit pictures with layers and assign effects to every layer. A layer can have for example a bevel effect active giving all shapes a 3D look and feel. Many of its drawing tools and image filters are able to do gamma-aware blending and color […]

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