donderdag 3 mei 2012

Posting Farmville Links with Images in a Group ....



Open Facebook

Open Farmville

Open grouppage in another Tab also

Make a new folder on you desktop and give it the name : "FARMVILLE"
(Rightclick your desktop and select New in the pop up menu, and then select  'New Folder' and name it FARMVILLE.)

When you have a Farmville post you want to post in a group
, then follow these steps how to posts the link using Google Chrome :


Click the Share button


Rightclick the image of the feed, and you will get the next popup


Select from this pop-up menu 'Save image as' and you will get the next window :


You can see in the adress which folder is selected to save the images , "Desie ---->Downloads"
(I am saving my images there in a folder)
To go to the folder you made on your desktop click on Desktop on the left side of the window (under Favorites)


With me it's saying "Bureaublad" the dutch word for "Desktop"
Click "Desktop" and you will get the next window :


In this window you will see the folder "Farmville"  doubleclick it and then click "Save"
The image is now saved on your hard drive :)

Now you rightclick the fat blue text in the share window from farmville 

You will get a pop-up menu again looking like this :


Select the option 'Copy link adress'

Now go back to the grouppage , and click on 'Add Photo/Video'
and you will see this :


Click on Upload Photo / Video


Paste the link from farmville you want to share 


And it will look like this , then click on the button 'Choose file'


Select Desktop (Bureaublad on mine) and open the folder farmville and then you see the image of the feed in that folder :)


Select the feed and click on open
You will be back on grouppage again and it will look like this :


Click post and your post will appear with image in the group looking like this :


Good luck with posting and wish everyone 'Happy Farming' 

Greetz Desie :D













donderdag 2 februari 2012

Posting Farmville links into group

Download Google Chrome

Open Facebook

Open Farmville

Open grouppage in another Tab also

When you have a Farmville post you want to post in a group
, then follow these steps how to posts the link using Google Chrome :


Hit the "Share Button"


Right click your mouse when your pointer is on the fat blue text link


A pop-up menu will appear looking like this (only with language of your country, mine is in dutch :)


Then scroll down in the pop-up menu and select and click on the yellow highlighted text saying "Copy Link" (or something similar like that)

Select and Click "Copy Link"


Then go to your grouppage, and click in field to typ a message



Typ which item of Farmville you are going to Share in group

Hit twice Enter


Then you right click your mouse again
And again a pop-up menu will appear looking like this in your own language

Select the yellow highlighted text saying "Paste"

Select "Paste" and click


It will have to look like this now :


Post
and done... :)


Go to farmville and click on the "X" in the right corner,
don't click "Publish"




After following these steps the post should look something like this ...

Have fun ya all :)

donderdag 5 januari 2012

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Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging

Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
This tutorial will show you how to resize and save your photos in Photoshop so they are sharp, crisp, and perfectly sized for your blog.
If you’ve ever posted photos on your blog or Facebook, you may have noticed they are not as crisp and clear as the original image.
This is especially frustrating if you’ve spent time editing the photo, only to have it not show up as well in the image you are sharing with everyone!
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
In my last photoshop tutorial, I showed you how I edit my photos. I almost always do these two steps:
1. Sharpen

2. Run an action (usually Fresh & Colorful from the Pioneer Woman actions)


But if I’m going to be sharing these images here on the blog (or Facebook or email) there’s one more thing I do to get them ready.
1. Determine How Big Your Photos Should Be.
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Left: Internet Explorer. Right: Firefox.
Most blogs are between 400 and 600 px wide. This blog is 600 px. To determine the width of your blog, right-click on a photo that’s already on your blog. From the menu that pops up, click on Properties (if using Internet Explorer) or View Image Info (if using Firefox).
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Left: Internet Explorer. Right: Firefox.
Look at the Dimensions. The number on the left is how wide the image is. This image of my Cookies ‘N Cream Oreo Fudge Brownies is 600 px wide. That means we’ll want to resize our images for this blog to 600 px wide.
2. Resize.
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Open the image in Photoshop and edit to your liking. For this image, I did a sharpen, Fresh & Colorful, then ran the Topaz Adjust Color Blast filter. Love that filter for fall pics! :)
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
When you’re done editing, click on Image > Image Size
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Change the width to 600 (or whatever your size is) and click OK.
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Great! Now it’s the right size, but it’s not quite as sharp as the original image…
3. Sharpen.
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
First click CTRL-J to create a duplicate layer.
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Then click on Filter > Smart Sharpen…
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Change to these settings:
Amount: 60%

Radius: 0.4


And click OK.
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Perfect! If it looks too sharp, you can always adjust the opacity until it looks right. (Another reason to always make a duplicate layer.)
4. Save.
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Now we’re ready to save. Click on File > Save for Web & Devices…
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
From the screen that pops up, make sure you are saving as a JPEG and that the qualityis around 60. That’s a high enough quality for the picture to still look good, but not so huge that it will take forever to load on your page! :)
Here’s the before….
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
And then after we sharpened:
Photoshop Tutorial: Saving and Sizing Your Images for Blogging
Or roll your mouse over the image below to see the before and after!
It’s subtle. Look at the eyes…
Note: You’ll need to be here on the blog for this to work, not reading from the email or RSS feed.
That’s all there is to it! :)

The Basics of Photoshop, Part 1: Layers

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This is part one in a series of tutorials which will cover the very basics of Photoshop. It’s perfect for the beginner Photoshop user- and written in plain English, so it’s simple enough even for someone who has never used Photoshop before! :)
This tutorial, Part 1: Layers, will show you how to give your photos unique, customized enhancements by using actions- but most importantly, how to get the most out of your actions by editing the individual layers generated by those actions.

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Start by opening an original, full sized photo (straight from the camera) in Photoshop. I’m using this beautiful photo my friend Cynthia took of her daughter Abby.
The first thing you want to do is make sure you have a few windows open in Photoshop- you’ll need Layers, Actions, and History. They are probably already opened by default and located on the right side of your screen- but if you don’t see them, just look at the top of the screen and click on Window and then LayersActions, and/or History.

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Now, the first thing I think any photo needs, especially if it’s a photo from a DSLR, is a good sharpening. We are going to jump right in and make our first new layer. Click CTRL-J (*If you are using a Mac, substitute CMD instead of CTRL in this tutorial) to create a duplicate layer- it’ll appear as Layer 1 in your Layers Palette. Then, at the top of your screen, click on Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask.
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Change the settings to:
Amount: 150%

Radius: 2
Threshold: 0

And click OK.

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Now, for this image, the full amount of sharpening was a little too much. See how it’s looking a little grainy? (It’s kind of hard to convey, since these images have been resized for web, but I’ll do the best I can :)).
But luckily, since you had the foresight to create a new layer, you can easily adjust the amount of sharpening just by changing the Opacity of the sharpened layer, Layer 1.

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Just click on where it says 100% and change that to any number- or you can click on the blue drop down arrow and use the slider. I changed mine here to 66%.

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Just right. Her eyes are nice and crisp, but her hair isn’t too crunchy-looking. Some photos will need the full amount of sharpening- no shame there at all. Some will only need 50%, some less. It’s totally up to the photo, and you- the photographer! :)  And what you think looks best.
When your photo is just right, look at the top of the screen and click Layer > Flatten Image. That merges all your layers to one single layer, just like it was at the beginning. You only want to do this when you’re sure you’re done tweaking. :)
Now, let’s start with our first action. For this tutorial, we will be using the free actions from The Pioneer Woman. You can download sets 1 and 2 here: The Pioneer Woman Actions. Follow her 4 short, easy steps to download, install and play your first action.
*UPDATE* You can now download The Pioneer Woman actions for Photoshop Elements!

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This is what the Abby’s photo looked like after I played the action Fresh & Colorful. Not exactly the look I’m going for, but it definitely has potential. Fresh & Colorful is one of my favorite, go-to actions- but I always tweak it before saving the final image.

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First let’s start with the Soft Light layer- click on the Soft Light layer in the Layers palette and adjust the opacity to 15%.
For some more color, click on the Hue/Saturation layer and adjust the opacity to 85%.
Finally, for just a little more brightening, click on the Light layer and adjust the opacity to 50%.

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And that gives us this. Beautiful. Bright. Fresh & Colorful lives up to its name. :)
Now every photo is different-50% on the Light layer may be too bright- or too dark- for the next photo. 85% on the Hue/Saturation layer may be wayyyyyyyyyyy too saturated. That’s what’s great about layers. You don’t have to do the exact same thing for every single photo, because no two photos are exactly alike. I do almost always at least set the Soft Light layer back to 33% or less though- even if I leave the other two layers alone.
Now what else can we do? I think this photo could be a little warmer… in the Layers palette, click on the Background layer. Now play a new action, from set 2 of The Pioneer Woman actions, called Warmer. When the Warmer layer is at 100%, it’s a little too warm- but change the opacity to 44% and we have this:

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Ahhh- Perfect. We’ve lightly highlighted her sweet rosy cheeks, those gorgeous red curls, and her stunning blue eyes- without making it look too fake and over processed.
Now we could certainly stop here, and I do recommend you Save the photo at this point and also create a Snapshot (click on the History tab and then click on the little camera to create a snapshot of your image as it is right now- so that way, no matter what you do to the picture after this, you can always come back to this point, as long as you don’t close the photo.)

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But while we’re here, let’s have a little more fun. :) In the Layers palette, click on the little arrow next to the Fresh & Colorful folder to close it. Then, from set 2 of The Pioneer Woman actions, play the Seventies action.

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Oh goodness gracious- so sweet! So pink! So Valentiney. Meep. Open up the Fresh & Colorful folder and play around with the layers again. I set the Soft Light layer to 0% here. Click on the Hue/Saturation layer and click CTRL-J for a double saturation boost. Click on the eye next to the layer to hide it if you don’t like it. When you love it, definitely save it and take another snapshot! :)
How about Black & White? In the History tab, go back to the first snapshot you created, Snapshot 1.  Then play PW’s B & W from the first set, adjust the Light layer like it says to do when the window pops up, and then click Play again to finish the action.

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Classic. I adjusted the Quick Edge Burn layer to 44% here.
So that’s it! If this was your first time editing a photo in Photoshop, congrats! Thanks for following along! :)
Effectively using layers is one of the most basic, but most important Photoshop tools you can equip yourself with. Actions are great, but without the ability to edit them specifically for your photo- you’re just kinda stuck with the basic, cookie-cutter look- and that may not always work. So now, hopefully, after this tutorial, you can achieve the customized look you want for your photo- everytime! :)
Thanks for looking! :)