Author Archives: Mike Taylor

VectorMagic | Web-based image tool

VectorMagic might be a pretty handy tool to add to your bag of tricks. I know there have been times when I’ve wished I could enlarge a non-vector image but couldn’t without it becoming so pixelated it was no longer useful. If you don’t know why a vector image is different; they can be enlargedContinueContinue reading “VectorMagic | Web-based image tool”

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Clive on Learning: e-Learning and the Science of Instruction

http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/2007/04/e-learning-and-science-of-instruction.html Use of media Use words and graphics rather than words alone (89% gain in learning). Keep graphics and text that relate to each other near each other (68% gain). Where possible, describe graphics using audio narration rather than text (80% gain). An exception here would be text (unfamiliar terms, instructions, etc.) which require timeContinueContinue reading “Clive on Learning: e-Learning and the Science of Instruction”

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Sharedview: New take on NetMeeting?

 Via Webworker daily I see that Microsoft now has a beta of SharedView. My 1st question is how is this better/different than NetMeeting? Other than aesthetics, etc? Yes, it looks nicer but it actually takes extra steps to get someone into Sharedview as compared to NetMeeting. Am I missing something? If you don’t already useContinueContinue reading “Sharedview: New take on NetMeeting?”

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Removing a Picture from it’s Background using extract in Photoshop

This is one of those things that I’ve always known was possible but just assumed was too difficult or would take way too long to figure out how to do in Photoshop. Today someone asked me if I knew how to remove a background from a photo and I remembered that Tom Kuhlmann’s recent article mentioned thisContinueContinue reading “Removing a Picture from it’s Background using extract in Photoshop”

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