A man is editing on his computer. Image Credit: vadimguzhva/iStock/Getty Images Video rendering is the process by which a computer processes information from a coded data source and uses that information to produce and display an image. The computer code may include instructions on creating images verbatim for playing back a movie or may provide […]
Month: December 2024
How Can I Take a Picture Using the Camera in My Laptop?
You can snap a quick photo with your laptop’s webcam. Advances in digital photography haven’t just effected the camera and mobile phone industries. Most laptop computers now come equipped with an integrated webcam. Taking a picture with your laptop’s webcam is easy, and is a simple way to snap a photograph that is available immediately […]
How to Install WGET in Ubuntu
A man using his computer to access its command prompt. Image Credit: Ridofranz/iStock/Getty Images The free, open-source wget command-line tool downloads content from the Web through a variety of protocols, including HTTP, secure HTTPS and FTP. Wget works in the background, even when you’re not logged on, to run complicated or long download scripts without […]
How to Type Logarithms
The logarithm of a given number is the exponential value by which the base of the number must be raised to yield that number. For instance, the logarithm of 8 to base 2 is 3, which shows that 2 must be raised to the power 3 to yield 8. The specific method of typing logarithms […]
How to Check Color Management Settings in a PDF File for CMYK
Image Credit: Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images Since Adobe Acrobat Version Eight, users are able to check and change color management settings. This comes in handy when using the PDF file format for printing. In order to get the correct colors when printing an electronic document, the color profile must be in CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) […]
How to Geotag Photos on Your iPhone
Use geotagging to remember exactly where that special vacation shot was taken. Image Credit: shalamov/iStock/Getty Images When you enable geotagging for the Camera app in iOS 7, your iPhone automatically adds location-based tags to the pictures you take. Unlike in iOS 6, iPhones running iOS 7 group similarly geotagged items together into location-based Moments and […]
How to Remove the Adobe Trial
If you tried out an Adobe application trial and didn’t like it, you can remove it from your system completely. In most cases uninstalling the software from the Control Panel removes all the files and registry entries; however, you may need to use a cleaner utility from Adobe to remove everything. The cleaner tools are […]
How to Get the SNMP Community String in Linux
Image Credit: Nick White/DigitalVision/Getty Images Computer networks provide valuable communication vehicles for various organizations, but network downtime can cause lost productivity, lost sales and lost client confidence. Such events as broken equipment, electrical problems and malicious tampering cause costly network downtime. Network managers use a facility that allows a piece of networked equipment to send […]
How to Convert Publisher Documents to PowerPoint
Convert any Publisher document to a PowerPoint slideshow in Office 2013 by using Publisher’s Save for Photo Printing option. This option converts every page in the Publisher document to a JPG file, which you can then insert into PowerPoint. For best results, adjust the Publisher page size to the size of your PowerPoint slides to […]
How to Change the Color of an SRT File
The SubRip format, more commonly known as an SRT file, does not typically support colored subtitles. While some players do read HTML-like tags that delineate colors and stylistic details, most players will not display the color tags properly or end up displaying them as a part of the subtitling. By editing SRT files and saving […]