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Stop ACTA: Get Informed & Take Action What is ACTA? ACTA is an international trade agreement negotiated by the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, South Korea,...

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0January 31, 2012
Stop ACTA: Get Informed & Take Action

What is ACTA? ACTA is an international trade agreement negotiated by the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, Singapur as well as a few other...
1July 19, 2011
Gimp tutorial: How to create an aluminum style background

Ever wonder how to create a background with an aluminum look? Well, in Gimp this effect can be achieved very easy with help of noise filter, wind filter and some...
6July 5, 2011
Gimp tutorial: How to create a grunged background/texture

This is a very simple tutorial on how to create a grunged texture in GIMP. For this we’ll be using the fog renderer, bump mapping and some layer effects. Let’s get...
4April 1, 2011
Gimp tutorial – How to create a nice dotted background

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a nice dotted background with a metallic look in a few easy steps that imitates a metal plate with holes in...
1August 12, 2010
iPhone browser simulator

These days I needed an iPhone browser simulator to work on my Ubuntu Linux and searched the internet for a good one. After a couple of hours I finally found...
6August 10, 2010
Gimp tutorial: How to create a nice drapes effect

Hello again, In this tutorial we’ll try to create some cool drapes, hopefully. Start with a blank, 800 x 600 px, design. Select the Blend Tool (L key) and choose the FG to...
1June 6, 2009
How to extract the exchange rates from NBR’s website datafeed

php, xml, arrays, exchange rate feed, n8mgdfukhp VN:F [1.9.11_1134]please wait...Rating: 8.1/10 (14 votes cast)
4September 3, 2009
Gimp tutorial: The Audi logo

This is a beginner level tutorial on how to make an Audi logo in Gimp. VN:F [1.9.11_1134]please wait...Rating: 8.6/10 (18 votes cast)
6June 8, 2010
Gimp tutorial: How to use paths and selections to create a nice pie chart

A beginner level tutorial to show you how to use guide lines and how to use paths in conjunction with selection tools in order to create a nice pie chart. VN:F...