Using the Alpha Tool in Apple Keynote
Last year we published a quick guide on the Alpha tool that first featured in the great iWork 08 release. The tutorial remains popular and there appears to be a stack of people searching for a guide on how to use the tool via Google. Read more
EyeTV Smart Guides Tutorial
One of the new features in Elgato’s latest version of EyeTV 3 is a series link style system called ‘Smart Guide’. The system is not only particularly useful but it is also sophisticated enough to find missing episodes and ignore those you have already recorded. Read more
Time Freeze in Final Cut
As you know we are massive fans of Daniel Wallace / Tim Burton’s Big Fish film. One the scenes we attempt to replicate in teaching basic Final Cut techniques is the time freeze scene. This the point in the film with Edward Bloom sees the love of this life, see below. Read more
Keeping Facebook Private
More and more people are venturing their way on to Social Networking sites such as MySpace and Bebo. Facebook is a big favourite with many of the people I know, and some would suggest Facebook is the realm of the more mature surfer, I’m not risking any comment ! Most people don’t realise just how public their information is when they sign up for a Facebook account. Read more
Creating a Gravatar
If you visit a number of blogs regularly and ever comment on posts you will know that some users have images appearing beside their comments. These images are known as avatars and most blogs use a global system known as Gravatar.com to call a user’s avatar image. Many of the users commenting on DigMo! don’t have an avatar so I thought I’d cover how easy it is to set up and create your very own globally recognised avatar image. Read more
