Saturday 12 June 2010

Background to transparency



Just a little tip on how to convert a .png image with a colored background to a transparent background using the Gimp

Wednesday 2 June 2010

Scribus-Blender-Button-Window

This video de-constructs the button window text box and it's layers

Scribus-Blender-Mesh-Modelling



This video deals with the Mesh Modeling text box and it layering.

Scribus-Managing-3D-Objects

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This video dels with the layers of the 3D Objects text box

Scribus-Blender-Interface

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This I deal with the text box Blenders Interface. I show you how the layering works for this text box.

Scribus-Blender-Intro



In this the first video we give you an overview of the layering used to create this document by Blender in Scribus

Scribus-Blender-Overview



Over the next five videos I will deconstruct a Scribus document created by Blender showing you how you can create a complicated document in layers making less complicated to make this way.

Friday 28 May 2010

Scribus Templates



This Tutorial shows you how to save your Scribus documents as a template for future use.

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Outlines and Scrapbook a Practical Example



Here is a practical example of applying outlines and using teh scrapbook to make a simple poster for a notice board.

Wednesday 19 May 2010

Scribus-ScrapBook



In this video I'll show you how to use the scrap book to re-use common elements and objects instead of re-creating them over and over again.

Sunday 16 May 2010

Text To Outlines



How to turn normal text into an object to use as banners etc

Tuesday 11 May 2010

Import from Google Docs To OpenOffice



Using the OpenOffice Gdocs extension I'll show how to import a Google docs document into OpenOffice Writer. For this one I'm using a new mic so I'd appreciate some feedback o sound quality even though I'm still playing with the sound settings.

Thursday 6 May 2010

OpenOffice to Google Docs



Using an extension in OpenOffice it is possible to upload your OpenOffice documents to Google Docs. with the only draw back being that your documents get converted to Google Docs format.

Friday 30 April 2010

Flow Text Around Picture



Just a quick video to show how to get text to flow around pictures

Tuesday 27 April 2010

Install Apps From PPA's



Here's a really nice Lucid feature. In this video you can see that users can now add software from your PPA without using the CLI. They just need to get you deb line, and using the software center, they are good to go.

Monday 26 April 2010

Scribus Gradient Text



How to use Scribus to produce gradient text effect

OOo-Synonym-Extension



This is an extension that allows you to use Synonyms in Writer. It's a bit of a Primadona when setting up but, once set up it works fine. This video takes you through the process I used to set it up.

Wednesday 21 April 2010

7zip Split



This video will show you how to spit a large folder or application in a number of smaller zip files.

Sunday 18 April 2010

RecordMyDesktop Settings



These are revised settings that I'm now using for RecordMyDesktop

Openshot Movie Editor



I got this tutorial from the Lubuntu site as it's one of the best videos on showing how to use OpenShot I've seen.

Thursday 8 April 2010

Drop Caps Re-Visited



This Tutorial we show you how to apply a character style to a a drop cap style to add extra formatting such colour to the drop caps

Sunday 28 March 2010

Stop Default Keyring pt2



And this is part two, to stoping the default keyring popping up
when you go to use Evolution or Empathy.

Stop Default Keyring pt1



This little video is part one of stopping that annoying default keyring
popping up when you start up Empathy and Evolution

Saturday 27 March 2010

Installing Guest additions with Nautilus as Admin



This video takes you through the process of Installing Virtualbox Guest additions
using Nautilus as the administrator. No more messing with terminal commands.

PDFMod Drag n Drop



Using two PDFMod windows to drag and rop PDF pagges between them.

Sunday 21 March 2010

Intro To PDF Mod part-1



Just a little intro to PDFMod a great little toll that lets you modify or combine PDF documents or books.

Intro To PDF Mod part-2



Just a little intro to PDFMod a great little toll that lets you modify or combine PDF documents or books.