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Pre-order Wondershare Web Gallery for Mac at 50% Discount

Leo — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:39:52 +0000

Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory has gained great popularity since it was launched. Among my dear readers, I sure some of you are Mac fans! In order to satisfy your needs, we have developed Web Gallery for Mac. And it will be released on July 23rd, 2010. From July 8th to July 22nd, we start our pre-sale promotion— 50% discount pre-order for the software.

How to paticipate in this pre-oder promotion and save big? Just visit Wondershare Web Gallery for Mac and leave your name and address. In this case, you can get the software at 50% less than the original price $59.95. The discount is exclusively for the pre-order users who order between July 8th and July 22nd. Don’t miss the chance as the price will return to the original once the pre-order finish.

You may just come back from holiday with lots of photos but have no idea how to organize and share them? Or you may just someone who wants to make a special slideshow as gift? Or you may totally lose interest in some shoddy program? Then take a look at our Web Gallery for Mac.

Easy to use! No skills required! It provides fantastic built-in 3D templates and support music. The output formats is XML. Also the slideshow can be shared to social websites such as MySpace, Blogger, Window Live Space and upload to ftp.
As for personal use, you can share your artistic works with your friends and family. While for business application, a web banner will be the best to draw your customers’ interest.

For details about Wondershare Web Gallery, you can also visit:

http://www.ourpix.com/web-gallery-mac.html

24 hours special offer

Leo — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:35:28 +0000

End of June, Wondershare offers a great way to save up $70 on Home Movie Making Software to preserve & share your precious momories.——special discount offer for wondershare storymaker best bundle!

What’s more, 3 Movie Style Packs will be given away by your order number if you purchase the storymaker best bundle in in 24 hours(6/29/2010- 6/30/2010). Please don’t wait!!

The Songs Suggestion for Wedding Music Video

Leo — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:41:27 +0000

The Article Source: The top 30 wedding dance songs list

Main Body:

Listen to these popular wedding music to find your perfect wedding songs.
DIY a wedding slideshow of wedding images and build your fabulous wedding music video to watch on the home DVD player.

Wedding video songs suggestions:
• A Song For You - Carpenters
• Always - Atlantic Starr
• All My Life - America
• Amazed - Lonestar
• Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
• Destiny - Jim Brickman
• Endless Love - Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
• Flesh Of My Flesh - Leon Patillo
• Forever And Always - Shania Twain
• For The First Time - Kenny Loggins

Wedding viedo music list:
• For You - Kenny Latimore
• For You I Will - Monica
• From This Moment - Shania Twain
• Got My Heart Set On You - John Denver
• Here And Now - Luther Vandross
• Heaven - Bryan Adams
• Heart And Soul - Air Supply
• I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman
• I Cross My Heart - George Strait
• I Do Cherish You - 98 Degrees
• I’ll Be Right There - Bryan Adams
• It’s Your Love - Tim McGraw
• Inseperable - Natalie Cole
• Love Of My Life - Brian McKnight
• Love Of My Life - Jim Brickman
• Music Of My Heart - N Sync
• Only You - Platters
• On The Wings Of Love - Jeffrey Osborne
• Shower Me With Your Love - Surface
• Someone Like You - Van Morrison
• Spend My Life With You - Eric Benet
• To Make You Feel My Love - Garth Brooks
• The Keeper Of The Stars - Tracy Byrd
• The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennett
• The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion
• The Wedding Song - Bob Dylan
• This I Swear - Nick Lachey
• This I Promise You - N’Sync
• There You’ll Be - Faith Hill
• True Companion - Marc Cohn
• Truly, Madly, Deeply - Savage Garden
• Unbroken - Tim McGraw
• What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
• When You Love Someone - Bryan Adams
• When I Said I Do - Clint Black & Lisa Hartman
• When I Fall In Love - Celine Dion
• You - Carpenters
• You And I - Stevie Wonder
• Your Love Amazes Me - John Berry
• You’re The Inspiration - Chicago

Learn how to make a wedding music video >>

How to Make a Wedding Music Video

Leo — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:39:39 +0000

The Article Source: how to make a DVD wedding video with music?

Main Body:

Follow this steps to learn how to make a wedding music video in simple 4 steps. What you need are some wedding photos, wedding songs, and video making software.

Select you own wedding pictures
Pick and choose perfect wedding songs
Get Video Making Software

Step 1: Install video slideshow software and import photos in it
Install DVD Slideshow Builder Standard and the program will go to browser your computer’s digital photos automatically. Then drag your digital photos to the storyboard(There is no quantity limitation of photos) and add the background music by click the “Add Audio” build-in button(Optional).

Step 2: Select styles for your wedding video slideshow
There are 300+ free styles and transition effects that can be used for your wedding video slideshow. Choose your favorite styles and drag it on the photos. Please be noted that each style has its matching numbers for photos. You can find the number in the right down on each style thumbnail. See below thumbnail to get more info.:

Style’s duration time can be set by double click on the time under the style thumbnail when on Storyboard Tab. You can download more free styles by click the left down link when on the Style Tab.

Step 3: Add decoration to your wedding video slideshow
Go to “Decoration Tab” to add decoration text, clipart and Effect on your digital photos. You can also add intro movie and credit movie to your photo story by click the “Intro/Credit” build-in button.

Step 4: Preview and save your wedding video slideshow
Go to “Publish” Tab, you can preview your video slideshow by click the preview button first. Then publish it to the format you want. If you want to upload your wedding video slideshow on YouTube, please publish it to MP4, AVI, WMV or MPEG-2 formats, they all support YouTube and MPEG-2 is preferred. You can also burn the wedding slideshow to DVD disc by click the “Create DVD” button and put a DVD disc in your computer.

Ok, that’s done. You see, make wedding video slideshow with Wondershre video slideshow software is so easy. Watch the wedding video slideshow sample below and get inspired to have a try.

Download Free Music Video Software to make your own wedding video slideshow in simple 4 steps.

dvd slideshow gift ideas for father’s day

Leo — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:26:16 +0000

Father’s Day (June 20, 2010) is a good opportunity to express your love and appreciation for Dad. It is important that fathers are honored in a special way. Don’t buy your father another tie this Father’s Day! Try to make a unique Father’s Day gift to surprise “The Hero of Your Family” this year. Telling him how much you care about him. Following are the homemade father’s day gift ideas. I hope it helps.
I love you Father’s Day Poems: If you can write creatively, write a song or a Father’s day poem reflecting your feelings for dad. Get it framed and gift father’s day poem on Father’s Day.

Make Father’s Day DVD Gift: This is the best Father’s Day gift that preserves memories and will last for a long time and can be recollected from time to time.
Homemade Father’s Day Greeting Cards: Father’s Day is the perfect time to honor your dad, who works hard to raise you up. To tell him in words how special she is for you. Both printable cards, homemade cards, and Father’s Day Ecards are available, just express your true feeling for the hero of family.
A Personalized Scrapbook for Father’s Day: One of the most creative and thoughtful gifts is a scrapbook. Make a digital scrapbook and print out to send as an unusual yet practical Father’s Day gift.
More general Father’s Day Gift: relaxing & supportive bed rests, personalized desk accessories, custom art print skins for the iPhone, golf club drink dispensers as sweet Father’s Day gift.

Make Daddy a DVD to Express Gratitude - Homemade Happy Father’s DVD Gift

Just be creative. Gather up old photos and videos, interview with family and friends, write a grateful Father’s Day poem, finally record these into DVD playable with any standard DVD player. Making a Father’s DVD Slideshow gift will last for a long time to come. Your dad will look back on it throughout the year and remember how much you care about him. I Love You and Thank You, this is what Father’s Day is all about! Here are the songs for Father’s Day.

Make a Father’s Day DVD Slideshow in a Snap

Download DVD Slideshow Builder to make a Father’s Day Homemade Gift

Homemade Father’s Day Scrapbook - Father’s Day Photo Gift

One of the most creative and thoughtful Father’s Day gifts is a photo scrapbook. It is an unusual yet practical Father’s Day gifts you can make at home as personalized happy Father’s Day photo gift. Photo scrapbook can be created directly from digital photos (you, your dad and even family members), greetings, poems, embellishments etc. You could also print all your Father’s Day scrapbooks to make a photo book, or get it framed as unique homemade Father’s day gift.

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unique gift idea mothers day

Leo — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:27:29 +0000

Mother’s Day is on the corner(May 9, 2010). It is celebrated on various ways to express our love and honor motherhood,show our gratitude for the hardships they bear in bringing up a child.

Be sure to give her a most special and unforgettable Mother’s Day. One of the ways of letting her know that she is indeed valued by you is by gifting her on Mother’s Day. Choose a Mother’s Day gift to express your gratitude to touch her heart .Usually, a homemade Mother’s day gift will always let your mom know how much you care about her, love her and thank her for everything she has done througtout these years.

Make a Mother’s Day DVD Gift: This is the best Mother’s Day gift that will last for a long time and can be watched on TV anytime you want,the personalized dvd photo slideshow will keep your precious memory forever.

Throw a Mother’s Day Party: Make your mom the “Queen of the Day” with a surprise Mother’s Day party.
More Personalized Mother’s Day Gift: Jewelry engraved, apparels, perfumes and chocolates as sweet Mother’s Day gift if she loves these.

A Personalized Scrapbook for Mother: One of the most creative and thoughtful gifts is a scrapbook. Make a digital scrapbook and print out to send as an unusual yet practical Mother’s Day gift. Both printable cards, home made cards, and Mother’s Day Ecards are available, just express your true feeling for her.

Wondershare offers free digital scrapbooking software-Photo Collage Studio for users participating their facebook activity!

Mother’s Day Photo Scrapboo Templates
click to enlarge Mother’s Day photo scrapbook templates in Wondershare Photo Collage Studio

Now join Wondershare 2010 Mother’s Day Campaign to get free scrapbook software, or directly purchase Wondershare Photo Collage Studio

Turning photos into colored pencil sketch

Jonnal — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:25:32 +0000

In this article we will show you how you can make a colored pencil sketch from a photograph with your Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.
Here’s the before and after picture:

Step 1: Open your file (file>open or ctrl +o)
Step 2: Make a duplicate of your background layer (layer>duplicate layer or by dragging your background layer to create new layer button in your layer pallete).

Step 3: Turn that layer to Black & White (Image>Image Adjustments>Desaturate)

Step 4: Now copy your background copy layer (layer>duplicate layer or by dragging your background layer to create new layer button in your layer pallete).

Step 5: Invert the background copy 2 layer (ctrl +i)
Step 6: Change the layer mode to color dodge, and you should be hardly to see anything on your image.

Step 7: Now apply gaussian blur to that layer. Play around with it until you get the desired look. Here’s mine with 20.5 pixel

Step 8: You’ve got yourself a b&w pencil sketch. Now for some colors, click your ‘background copy’ layer and experiment with the opacity for the desired look. I like it mine with 65%

That’s it!

Printable Family Picture Cards for Kids

Jonnal — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:26:39 +0000

Printable Christmas Family Collage Cards for Kids

When Santa’s sleigh bells ring, the kids are expecting the presents wrapped in red and green. Fortunately,you manage to get to the toy store and buy a gift for your honey kids before the herald angels singing. But it couldn’t be better that you customize a card with your own message and pack up with gifts for your kids on Christmas Eve.

Christmas cards are only as far away as your computer and your printer. Printable kids cards can be made only a few minutes with family picture collage maker. Kid picture cards for print in a number of formats and with a wide variety of images and greeting, and if you have a color printer, you can print cards free in full color at home. If not, print collage cards in black and white and let your kids color it in :)-

Step 1: Install the Family Picture Collage Maker

Here we use the family picture collage maker called photo collage creator as an example, since it offers a bundle of cool theme templates for family, wedding, love, baby, kids, friendship and Christmas,Happy New Year or other holidays to satisfy your any demands. Want to have a glance of these free templates, please check here for free kids digital scrapbooking templates. Applying templates, you can make a fabulous wedding, baby and family picture collage only in three steps, that convenient for the green hands and busy persons. Now let’s install the program and start the fun.

Step 2: Select and Download the template

When you start the software, select “Create from Template”. If you want to create Christmas cards, pick the first “Christmas(30)”. The popup window is just as follow.

Step 3: Import kid-photos into the template

Carefully select the photo which can express and then double-click the center area to add from your computer disk. Or select a path from left of digital scrapbook software, and drag the photo from the left to the center area of printable kids picture cards.

Step 4: Add your own Message for Christmas Cards

Click the Taskbar of “Decorate Collage” button,and choose the “Text” tab. Type out the title in the text box, and select the font,color and text size in the center of printable kids cards. Or you can move it as a whole. What’s more, you can set the shadow,halation or texture for your printable cards for kids as Christmas Gift.

Step 5: Save as image or wallpaper

An Christmas card has been simply design out, and save it as image. If you are not satisfied with it, you can decorate the printable kids cards with digital scrapbooking embellishments,such as clipart,stamp or doodle some knickknacks for further embellishment. What’more, you can use free digital scrapbooking kits to adorn your family picture collage.

Step 6: Print Out the family picture cards

If you have a color printer, you can print cards free in full color at home. If not, print the cards in black and white and let your kids color it in. From family picture collage card, you will have a more festival Christmas.

Try it free today!

Using free cliparts as Digital Scrapbooking Embellishments

Jonnal — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:33 +0000

In photo collage studio, besides various free scrapbooking templates, it also offer you a bundle of other freebies such as free cliparts and free background pictures to spread your creation. Watch the thumbnails of cliparts below, and select your favorite categories to download clipart pack of original size images. Download Photo Collage Studio now to create your own scrapbook by well-designed templates and embellish it with free cliparts downloaded.

Download all bowknot cliparts in original size

Using free cliparts as Digital Scrapbooking Embellishments

Step 1. Open the program and create a new page from template or a blank page.
Step 2. Switch to the “Clipart” tab and you will find eight clipart types in the list box.
Step 3. Select “Customize” type and load your download cliparts through the “Add…” button at the bottom of clipart tab.
Step 4. After loading, your cliparts will be showed on the left panel. Just simple drag and drop and make use of them.
Want detailed tutorial on how to use these elements to your collage creating? Just click here now.

Want detailed tutorial on how to use these elements to your collage creating? Just click the ” Add clipart to adorn your scrapbooking “now.

Tips:
1. If you want to delete your loading clipart, just select it and click the “Delete” button at the bottom of clipart tab. Note that the cliparts only in the “Customize” type can be deleted.
2. If you wanna your scrapbooking more blazing,you can apply filter effects in digital scrapbooking.
3. For every cliparts on the collage, you can use Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste.

Wedding Photo Collage Ideas

Jonnal — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:33:27 +0000

A picture collage is the best way to display all of your favorite photos in one frame. It is a gift unlike any other. Give your loved ones a picture collage to share your best memories. Below is some photo collage ideas to start making photo collage gift.

Photographs are personal to us and no gift could be more unique or personal than a photo collage created from cherished photographs. A photo collage is simply several separate photographs put together to create one blended photo.

Tell the story of your wedding day and display all your favorite memories from that day. Show off that trip of a lifetime. Relive the joy of a family reunion everyday. With a photo collage your memories can be on display everyday, not packed away never to be seen again.

A digital photo collage makes the perfect unique gift for Birthday, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Wedding, Anniversaries and more. A milestone birthday is the perfect occasion. Collect photographs from each year of someone special’s life and create a lifetime memories collage. Need a special gift for a couple celebrating their first wedding anniversary, paper is the symbol of the first anniversary so what could be better than a print. Pictures from that special day can be combined to create a special gift.

A photo collage can be made up of any theme, use your imagination. A child’s sport playing memories to remember being the star of the team, a fun filled family event or trip, or a baby’s first year of life. Any special memory can make a theme.

Got the photo collage ideas now? With some creativity and a good photo collage maker software, you can create a collage yourself. It’s so easy to make a unique gift with Photo Collage Studio to make photo book, greeting card, photo collage, even calendar for every event, using free collage templates.

A photo collage makes a very unique gift or keepsake. It shows time was taken to create something special just for them. A photo collage is also a wonderful conversation piece, sparking questions and memories in everyone who views it.

Want to make photo collage ideas come true? Here is the tool.

More Photo Collage Ideas for Unique Gift

A Collage for Every Occasion:

Wedding Photo Collage
Anniversary Photo Collage
Family Photo Collage
Vacation Photo Collage
Reunion Photo Collage
Birthday Photo Collage
Children Photo Collage
Engagement Photo Collage
Honeymoon Photo Collage
Showers or Parties Photo Collage
Yearbook Ad Photo Collage
Graduation Photo Collage
School Play or Pageant Photo Collage
Recital Photo Collage
Competitive Event Collage
Sports Event Collage
Pet Photo Collage
Company Event Photo Collage
Memorial Photo Collage

Download Free Picture Collage Maker to Realize Collage Ideas