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Best Way to Select Foreground with GIMP (A Photo-Editing Tutorial)
When editing a photograph, it is common to apply an effect to just the foreground and not the background, or vice versa. The problem is that GIMP does a poor job of selecting the foreground for you, so you have to do it yourself (From what I’ve seen, Photoshop isn’t much better at this). This tutorial will show you a couple methods for foreground selection, how to use them together, and how to apply them with some other basic photo editing techniques to improve a photo. Continue reading
Using a VPN in Ubuntu 10.10 (CryptoCloud aka TorrentFreedom)
Having trouble connecting to your VPN in Ubuntu 10.10? I’ll show you how to connect to CryptoCloud (previously TorrentFreedom) without downloading any software other than OpenVPN. Continue reading
Clean up the ‘Open With’ Menu in Ubuntu 10.10
Is your ‘Open With’ menu cluttered with duplicates and bad shortcuts? See this guide to clean it up! Continue reading
Customize Your Fresh Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Installation
If you’ve just installed Ubuntu 10.10 and want to do some tweaking to make your new OS more functional and to look new, then this walkthrough is for you. Continue reading
Eclipse – C/C++ (CDT), Python (PyDev), and Qt (Qt4) Plugins Installation Tutorial for Ubuntu 10.04
This walk-through will take you from a fresh install of Eclipse to a fully-functional IDE ready for development of Java, Python, C/C++, and Qt GUI applications. Every step is tailored to Ubuntu but might possibly be useful to Windows/Mac users as well. Enjoy! Continue reading
Brighten A Dark Foreground With the GIMP Image Editor
A detailed, step-by-step tutorial demonstrating the best way I’ve found to brighten an image with GIMP without over-saturating it. Continue reading
Use Mencoder For AVI Management
I’ll show you how to stitch two AVIs together and replace the audio track on an AVI all from the terminal with Mencoder. Continue reading
How to Insert Unicode Characters in Ubuntu and Windows
Use the Character Map, Keyboard Shortcuts, or an application. Continue reading
Easy Way to Change Login Background in Ubuntu 10.04
I’ve always modified my Ubuntu login background image, and I’ve tried several methods. In my opinion, this is as easy as it gets without installing something like Ubuntu Tweak (I’ve never tried it). Note: I’ve only tried the following instructions … Continue reading
Syncing GMail and Evolution Contacts, Calendars, and Mail in Ubuntu 10.04
This page is all about getting started with Evolution for those who have a Gmail account. Gmail IMAP Access with Evolution The first thing you need to do to set up IMAP access to your Gmail account is to log … Continue reading