Flowing Fix: View RAW images natively in Windows

Mac users have the ability to view RAW images natively in OS X.  However, Windows users can have the same ability by installing the  Microsoft Camera Codec Pack (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26829)

For more details on viewing and editing RAW images natively in Windows see this article:
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/how-to-view-and-edit-raw-natively-in-windows-984141

Flowing Fix: Repair and Rebuild the iPhoto Library

If iPhoto has been acting up on you, you might need to rebuild the library.  To get to the the rebuild menu, press and hold the Command and Option keys when clicking the iPhoto icon to launch the application.

For more details of which options to select, refer to this website:
http://cybernetnews.com/repair-restore-rebuild-iphoto-library/

Flowing Fix: Creating Animated GIFs

Sometimes you might need to have an animation in a PowerPoint presentation and the standard animation controls are not quite what you need. Consider creating you our custom animated GIF.

Multiplatform:

http://www.onyxbits.de/giftedmotion

Photoscape (portable on Windows)

http://photoscape-portable.en.softonic.com/

Picasa by Google

Picasa: (http://picasa.google.com/ )
Organize, edit, and share your photos.  Many powerful features like face detection, GPS tagging, Google Earth connectivity, and more.

Additional resource to learn how to use it

http://geeksontour.tv/learning-library/picasa/

GIMP: GNU Image Manipulation Program

Though GIMP is often well known; it is worth mentioning because despite its steep learning curve, its capabilities are impressive and extremely useful.
http://www.gimp.org/

Screen Image Capture Software

MS Windows:
GreenShot:  http://getgreenshot.org/
Screenshot Captor:  http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/screenshotcaptor/index.html
EasyCapture:  http://www.xydownload.com/easycapture/index.html
Screenpresso Free: http://www.screenpresso.com/  (feature rich)
PicPik (free for non-commercial use):  http://www.picpick.org/download

others:
Zscreen: http://code.google.com/p/zscreen/
Faststone capture v5.3 (note newer versions are not freeware): http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775 or here http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/mmedia/FastStoneCapture.html

Mac OS X, iOS, and Android:
Skitch: http://skitch.com/

Chrome Browser (All platforms):
ScreenCapture: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cpngackimfmofbokmjmljamhdncknpmg
allows capture of entire webpage



For other screen shot capturing informatio see link to the Tip A Day by GeekBeat.TV video click below:
How to Capture Any Screen - GeekBeat.TV: We're introducing a new feature here at Geek Beat - Tip A Day. To start off, we'll show you how to do a screen capture on any device.

Happy New Year 2012 (and public domain photos)

New years in village by Jon Sullivan

The photo above is from http://www.public-domain-image.com/ which you might find helpful when looking for free images. Photos on the site are public domain images, royalty free stock photos, copyright friendly free images, not copyrighted, and no rights reserved. All pictures on this site are explicitly placed in the public domain, free for any personal or commercial use.

Happy Holidays 2011 (and public domain photos)

Happy Holidays

Christmas time Christmas celebration by Marius Iordache

The photo above is from http://www.public-domain-image.com/ which you might find helpful when looking for free images. Photos on the site are public domain images, royalty free stock photos, copyright friendly free images, not copyrighted, and no rights reserved. All pictures on this site are explicitly placed in the public domain, free for any personal or commercial use.

Microsoft ICE

Microsoft Image Composition Editor: (MS Windows Only)
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ice/

I nice tool to create composite images.