Henco-Julfo

Here is my review of Machform:

It is a truly great product and produces amazing forms with so little effort. It really is as good as it looks - better in fact!

The only way I think this product could be improved is if you could have multiple user registrations and then each of those users could create their own forms. Or, if you could create a form without logging in, that would be great too!
I really would suggest buying this product if you are a webdesigner or developer. It really is worth it and brings lots of benefits. You can find machform at www.appnitro.com

Two tutorials on how to create cool looking flames that are slightly more advanced than those that Henco made.

Cool, huh? You can see my gallery of Flames I have made here: Linky.

Firstly, you need to open the image you want to edit.

Then, Right click on the image layer and choose “Convert to Smart object”. Right click again and select “Rasterize Layer”.

Now create a new transparent layer, and drag it underneath the main image layer.

Make sure the main image layer is selected by clicking it, and then use the Quick Selection/Magic Wand tool to select all the background.

Finally, just hit Delete, and it will have a transparent background.

Then save it as a .PNG or .GIF, and it’ll be transparent!

Henry

Henry Cole (Henco) | www.hencogroup.co.uk | henco@hencogroup.co.uk

This is my review on office 2010. Yes! Two videos from me in one day! What a treat. Anyway, it is in two parts, both of which are HD so you can have the best viewing experience. Watch them below:

There you go then - if you have any questions or comments then please add a comment or contact me using the details below.

Julian Forrester (Julfo) | www.julfotech.com | julfo@julfotech.com |

First, you need to create a new image in GIMP. For this example, I’m going to use the standard banner size.

Now you need to give it a transparent Background, you can find out how to do this in my other tutorial, which you can find by typing ‘HJ006’ into YouTube.

Now you’ll need to add some text. You can do this by using the Text tool, surprisingly enough!

Once you’ve set it to the size and colour you want, you need to merge it down to the background layer. You can do this by going to the layers window, right clicking the text layer, and clicking ‘Merge Down’. If you don’t have the Layers window open, it can be easily opened by pressing Ctrl+L.

Now you need to duplicate the layer. Just right-click on the background layer and click ‘Duplicate Layer’. Another layer, probably called ‘Background copy’ will now exist.

Next, we need to hide the background copy layer, by clicking the little eye icon next to it.

Then make sure ‘background’ is selected by clicking it.

Now select a foreground colour by clicking here and selecting the colour you want. Then click the Bucket Fill tool, and change the colours of the letters to whatever you want the glow to be.

Now go to the filters menu, then select Blur>Gaussian Blur. This window will now pop up, showing a preview of the blur. Change the numbers according to how much glow you want, and then click OK. I’m going for 10.0 in this tutorial.

Now go back to the layers window, and make the duplicated layer visible again. And there you have your glowing text!

Just save this as a .png or .gif image, and you’ll be able to use it…pretty much anywhere you want!

Henry

Henry Cole (Henco) | www.hencogroup.co.uk | henco@hencogroup.co.uk