Now, this will shock you but I have never really needed anything but Windows Movie Maker. I think people need to realise it's potential. I have managed to create some good work on YouTube using this video editing software.
However, I highly recommend using the following addons:
http://www.thefxarchive.com/index.php
Use the sub menu to get the effects you would like to use. You can download them as packs or as single addons. Huge thanks to my friend Gareth Abbott for providing this link to me !
Monday, August 24, 2009
After two years of hard work my charity album gets released :)
How do I take a print screen of my donation for your album?
Easy to do.
- Locate on your Keyboard the key (PrtScrn).
- Press it once (only when you have your browser up with the JustGiving Thank You page).
- Open up MS Paint (Start MS Paint, or if on XP Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint
- Select the 'Edit' menu, choose 'Paste'
- or press and hold Crtl, then press V at the same time once - Save the file as 'PeterSlaterAlbumReceipt.jpg'
- Select 'Save As Type: JPEG ...' - Feel free to save it as a bitmap
- Email this to yourself and keep it.
- Remember to make a back up of the album as well. Just in case !!!
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Have MSN check POP3 accounts ...
MSN Plus can check any POP3 account. It doesn't have to be the same address as your MSN account address.
If like me you find yourself away from your main machine which has your email client installed (Outlook / Thunderbird etc), yet you use the same email address for MSN then you will be interested in this:
1) Download and install MSN Plus as this is what you will use to check your pop3 account
2) Create a html file in notepad using the code below to forward you to where you can login to view your email messages:
-- Save the file as "msn_pop3_donotdelete.html" or something similar
Change the code as follows:
-- (blue) Title can be what ever you like but I would add your email client as the name
-- (blue) The number 3 to what ever you like ... this is the amount in seconds before the page forwards you to the URL set in the META tag ... best to leave it as default though
-- (blue) Set the URL addresses (they are both the same) to the login url for your email client
-- Lastly, use Find and Replace in notepad to change the following numbers ...
all "1" into "<" and "2" into ">"
Save the file as instructed somewhere such as 'My Documents' or somewhere where you can remember.
3) Login into MSN ... after MSN Plus is installed ... feel free to set it's preferences
Then in the main MSN window go to the 'Plus!' > 'Preferences & Options' section
4) On the general tab (top menu tabs) select the tab on the left 'Email Accounts'
5) Click on the 'Add' button to the right
6) Enter the email address you wish to check (it doesn't have to be the same as your MSN account)
7) Enter your POP3 server (this will something like pop.ntlworld.com) ... you can obtain this information from your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Enter you account username and password ... keep the port as default 110 ... if your POP server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) tick the box :)
8) For email client browse to the HTML file :)
That's it :)
Test the settings to make sure you can connect to the server. If you can't; then double check the server information and your account username and password as well just in case.
If like me you find yourself away from your main machine which has your email client installed (Outlook / Thunderbird etc), yet you use the same email address for MSN then you will be interested in this:
1) Download and install MSN Plus as this is what you will use to check your pop3 account
2) Create a html file in notepad using the code below to forward you to where you can login to view your email messages:
-- Save the file as "msn_pop3_donotdelete.html" or something similar
1html2
1head2
1TITLE2VIRGIN MEDIA EMAIL LOGIN1/TITLE2
1META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="3; URL=http://www.virginmedia.com/files/ntl/redir.php?to=webmail"2
1/head2
1body2
1div align="left"2If you're browser does not forward in a few seconds, please click 1a href="http://www.virginmedia.com/files/ntl/redir.php?to=webmail"2here1/a2.1/div2
1/body2
1/html2
Change the code as follows:
-- (blue) Title can be what ever you like but I would add your email client as the name
-- (blue) The number 3 to what ever you like ... this is the amount in seconds before the page forwards you to the URL set in the META tag ... best to leave it as default though
-- (blue) Set the URL addresses (they are both the same) to the login url for your email client
-- Lastly, use Find and Replace in notepad to change the following numbers ...
all "1" into "<" and "2" into ">"
Save the file as instructed somewhere such as 'My Documents' or somewhere where you can remember.
3) Login into MSN ... after MSN Plus is installed ... feel free to set it's preferences
Then in the main MSN window go to the 'Plus!' > 'Preferences & Options' section
4) On the general tab (top menu tabs) select the tab on the left 'Email Accounts'
5) Click on the 'Add' button to the right
6) Enter the email address you wish to check (it doesn't have to be the same as your MSN account)
7) Enter your POP3 server (this will something like pop.ntlworld.com) ... you can obtain this information from your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Enter you account username and password ... keep the port as default 110 ... if your POP server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) tick the box :)
8) For email client browse to the HTML file :)
That's it :)
Test the settings to make sure you can connect to the server. If you can't; then double check the server information and your account username and password as well just in case.
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