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How to Download Videos from Youtube and other Video Hosting Sites In this screencast, we're shown how you can download and install a Mozilla Firefox Add-on that allows you to view a video in your Firefox browser and download it straight to your desktop.This is good for if you're wanting to watch/show someone a video you watched earlier but lose internet connection and can't get online to show them it. . . . screencast video How To Add Captions To Screencasts Using Camtasia Studio Editor Sometimes you need to add captions to screencasts to give avisual clue or explanation of the voice over and to give more detail to your tutorial After setting the options for the captions and creating your text, uploading them to the time line in Camtasia Studio Editor is straightforward It's important to for the captions to show as the . . . screencast video How to remove all the guidelines, toolbars and rulers in OpenOffice Writer and view your document as Web Layout Wanting to get rid of all the toolbars and rulers that take up room in your Open Office Writer document? This screencast shows us how to remove all rulers, margins, text boundaries etc to simplify the look of your document and make it easier to see what it is you're actually typing. . . . screencast video Blogging for Beginners - Managing Existing, and Creating Your First Posts Once you have completed the installation process for Wordpress, you can begin to create and add the content for your blog. During the install process, a single post is added to populate the database, which needs to be removed before you begin to add your own content. In this screencast, we show you how to remove the initial 'Hello World' po . . . screencast video How to print labels using MS Word Ever found out how tedious it is to print labels? Well, if you just follow these simple and easy steps you'll be well on your way to printing labels until your hearts content using Microsoft Word. . . . screencast video Blogging for Beginners - Configuring your Hosting, and Associating it with your Domain Name In the second chapter of the series Blogging for Beginners, we guide you through the process of configuring your hosting, and associating it with the correct domain name, so you can begin to build your blog. . . . screencast video A Quick Guide to Registering with the Veoh Video Sharing Service Veoh is a Video Sharing Service which not only allows you to upload videos, but also automatically uploads to other free video sharing services such as YouTube and Google Video. In this screencast, we quickly guide you through the process of signing up to Veoh, so that you can start to distribute your videos on the various video sites on the w . . . screencast video Adding Notes To Impress Presentation The Open Office Equivalent To PowerPoint Open Office Impress is a free and powerfule presentation software whch can do just about everything that Microsoft Powerpoint can do As you create your Impress presentation, like all slide presentations, you will have some notes to to keep you on track Here;s how to add those notes into your Impress slides to show them as part of your fin . . . screencast video Making yourself look like a Zombie using Gimp! In this screencast tutorial, we look at how you can make yourself, your family or your friends look like death! By simply using an Overlayed layer of cheese, you can make your skin look like that of a Zombies in Gimp. To create the glazed eye look, you can use either the airbrush tool or the fade paintbrush tool and use the clone tool to create the jagged effect on the teeth. Also, you can use the dodge and burn tool to adjust the skin tone and desaturate the image if you want to create a more dark, mysterious look. . . . screencast video Using the various Selection Tools in Gimp In Gimp, there are 2 different windows for you to work with, on the left there is the default Gimp Toolbar that has all your editing tools there for you, ready to use. From here, you can choose to do things such as smudge sections of your image, re-size your images, draw on them, etc. On the right hand side is where you work with your images and apply these different settings. In this screencast, we're going to look at the first row of tools on the Gimp toolbar... . . . screencast video Creating tables manually or using the Table Wizard in OpenOffice Base In Open Office Base you can create tables in design view either manually or by using the Table Wizard option. Here we look at how to do this and how to enter the various information onto your table. We also look at primary keys and how to view your table once it has been created. . . . screencast video Different ways of Distorting your image in Gimp part 1 The first of 2 screencasts showing you the various ways of distorting your photos using the Gimp Distortion Filter. Just like I did with the Blur tools screencast, I go through each Distortion option here and show you what each one does, right through from Blinds to Lens Distortion. Stay tuned for the next screencast, where we look at how to apply Mosiac distortions all the way through to the Wind distortion. . . . screencast video Creating a 3D Orb in Gimp In this screencast, I show you how to create a professional, 3-dimensional sphere in Gimp, adding opacity to create light-bouncing affects and adding faded text underneath. We're also shown how to use the elipse tool to subtract segments of a circle from another. This tutorial is good for if you want to know how to make your shapes in Gimp look more 3D and realistic and is good for is you're wanting to design a logo for a website. . . . screencast video How to Open Microsoft Word Documents in Open Office Writer Open Office offers full interoperability with Microsoft Office, which means that you can easily open and edit documents that you have created using the Microsoft Office suite, in the equivalent application in Open Office. In this screencast tutorial, we show you how easy it is to open Microsoft Word documents in Open Office Writer . . . screencast video Protecting a Section of Text when using Open Office Writer When you are editing your documents, it is sometimes a good idea to protect areas of text, so they cannot be edited, just in case you make a mistake and edit the wrong part. In this screencast tutorial, we show you how to protect a section of text when using Open Office Writer, including applying a password which will protect your document again . . . screencast video Creating Documents in Open Office Writer with Multiple Columns If you're creating documents such as newsletters of fliers, you're more than likely going to want to add columns to your documents. As with most word processing applications, Open Office Writer allows you to simply manage the columns of your document, and in this screencast tutorial, we show you how. . . . screencast video Creating a Blood Splatter using Gimp Ever wondered how to get a cool blood splat effect onto your images? Need something to add to your zombie image that we showed you how to create before? In this screencast, we look at how to use the sparks airbrush tool and the colour curves option to make this cool blood splat. You can always play around with the settings afterwards to get your own look/colour. . . . screencast video How to Upload your Videos to YouTube YouTube currently boasts more than 100 Million Video Views per day. As a Free service, you can upload your Videos to YouTube, and then embed them on your own site, using bandwidth provided by YouTube. In this screencast, we guide you through the process of uploading your videos to YouTube, so that you can showcase them all over the globe. . . . screencast video Setting the Margins of your Documents in Open Office Writer If you're using your Word Processor to create published documents instead of a desktop publishing application like Mircosoft Publisher, you will need to edit the page setup as your document requires. In this screencast tutorial, we show you how to quickly and easily modify the margins, so you can successfully create desktop published articles i . . . screencast video How to edit the Hue and Saturation tools to change someone's hair colour using Gimp Ever wanted to know what you'd look like with a completely different hair colour but not wanted to waste the money on hair dye and risk looking like an idiot? Well in this screencast, we show you how you can cut out the whole of your hair using the Path Create tool in Gimp, paste it onto another layer and then play around with the colour settings before finally adding it back onto your head to see the finished results. . . . screencast video