0 (TT)#5 : Scaling images in Blogger posts

Hello all,
As a continuation to my previous TT4 post, we will today see the cool feature called IMAGE SCALING in blogger. For this am using a sample pic of my previous project.

The reason I think I am writing this post..!!
I strongly believe that photo/ image is the main medium which showcases our art/craft talent. So it is very important how good the image is. Image size is of course very important..!!
I have seen many blogs where the images are small in size..It needs special effort of clicking the image to view in its original size. Do you remember the line, "Please click on the image to see pics in original size" ;)

4 (TT)#4 : How to resize an image in Win7 MS-Paint

TT is back..!! As promised, in this post we will see a simple tutorial on resizing an image.
You may feel it as too simple and lazy... but it works..!!

My reply for Why do I need this tutorial question..!!
As seen in the previous "post", the File/Image size dictates the time it takes to load your page.
The larger the size, the longer it will take to load. People like me often don't have the patience to wait, so it would be a better idea to keep your file size less by reducing a bit of its resolution.
Here is where resizing comes to our rescue.
And why MS Paint..??
Oh yes, am talking about Windows7 MS Paint which is packed with lot of cool features.
It does basic, decent and quick photo resizing. And of-course I agree that MS Paint is far behind Photoshop and its equals, but it serves the purpose :)

0 (TT)#3 : Preparing Images for the WEB

Hello All..!! Welcome to Techie-Tuesday. Am happy that you are finding "TT" useful.
If you have any tech questions in mind, do mail me. Will try to include them in the TT series.

As the post name suggests, today we will see about preparing images for the web.
Yes.. the prepping of images(I mean the Size, Resolution, Format) depends on their final use.
For example.. for publication you will need the highest resolution, for desktop printing lower, and for WEB or classroom use, lower still...!!! I will not go too deep technically, but would like to discuss what I think we need.

The reason I think I am writing this post..!!
Its the PAGE LOAD TIME...!!!
I have noticed many blog pages which take a lot of time to load... And the culprit..?? Images..!!
Web images take up the majority of the download time in most web pages.
Remember the line we frequently see..?? **Picture heavy Post** ;)
We crafters usually post a lot of photos of our projects!! And thanks to the internet connection in most of the places, it makes life miserable (at-least my life..!!). And you would have noticed that the unprocessed, high res pics will take more time to UPLOAD too..!!

I insist some post processing on the straight out of the camera (SOOC) photos.

4 (TT)#2 : How to access multiple GMAIL accounts at the same time

Hello all,

Techie-Tuesday is back !!. Hope you liked the previous tutorial. You can see it 'here'
Today we will see a small tutorial on how to access/view multiple GMAIL accounts simultaneously in the same browser. 

Why I am writing this tutorial (and) why you may need this..!!
I use 2 Gmail accounts for better organizing. One for my personal mail and one for my craft/blog activities. I had a tough time signing in and out to check my personal mail and my blog mail.
I had to use different browsers to access my GMAIL accounts at same time which i didn't like.
Recently i discovered multiple sign-in and i am in peace. Multiple sign-in is automatically enabled for all Google Accounts.




Lets get started ..!!

5 TechieTuesday(TT) #1 : Basic Photo Editing in Picasa 3

Hello Peeps,

Welcome to Techie Tuesday(TT). Out of your Monday Blues..hah.!!??
TT is basically intended to share the TECH knowledge which I learnt (learning too!!) while crafting and blogging. Thanks to Web and especially GOOGLE...my life saver..!! ;)

Today we will see a small tutorial on BASIC Photo Editing in PICASA3 software.
Picasa is a FREEWARE and you can download it HERE if you don't have one :)

Some Questions to Answer before we start :

Why are you doing this Techie Tuesday thing..??
I am just giving back to the web/fellow crafters/bloggers who helped and inspired me a lot.

WHY do I need the above tutorial..??
A crafter's/artist's work is shared mostly through photos. So i believe its very important to do some post processing on the photos before you show them to the world. Pictures do SPEAK a lot for YOU. Am I right..??