Video: How to create an Easter theme image by modifying a free photo with Snagit
For an effective communication campaign it is helpful to have a coordinated image you can use throughout your communications. This short, and extremely easy video will show you how to go from a photo like this:
To a graphic like this:
You do need to have the Snagit program ($49, available at www.snagit.com) to do what is [...]
VIDEO and PDF Tutorial: How to create resizable graphics with MS Publisher
Wouldn’t it be great to have graphic images you could resize and use both on the web and in print? Wouldn’t it be great to use something like that for a unified graphics look for holidays or ministry campaigns? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to create something like that inexpensively without using an [...]
VIDEO and PDF TUTORIAL: How to create Custom Headers for websites with MS Publisher
Creating a custom header for a website can be an expensive and difficult process, but it can be a very simple process if you do it with MS Publisher. This video does not teach you how to do websites, but if you already have one, for example with WordPress, this will show you how to [...]
VIDEO: Classic design strategies that will help you communicate more effectively
The full title of this video is: From the Gutenburg Bible to your church website and worship bulletin, classic design strategies that will help you communicate more effectively. It was for a seminar at a conference and I wanted folks to know what the seminar contained.
The original seminar lasted about 90 minutes (doing a video [...]
Video: Reivew of LogoSmartz, part 2
You can do so much more with LogoSmartz than simple create logos. One of the things I enjoy about it most is that you can use it to group images and words and make an image that resizes very easily. It does the same kind of thing that far more expesive and difficult programs, such [...]
Video: Review of LogoSmartz, part 1
This 5-minute video demonstates how this inexpensive and very easy-to-use program enables you to create a logo. The idea demonstates how to use one of their templates to make a logo for a coffee ministry.
Remember this site does not take any advertising or participate in any affiliate programs. That means that when I tell you I [...]
Video: GREAT FREE Images and Photos, a review of stock.xchng
This is an extraordinary site, filled with wonderful images and photographs from artists around the world. And the best part is, everything on the site is FREE! This video gives you a quick tour of the site along with some brief guidelines on how to use it.
I LOVE this site! For many of mybook covers, [...]
Graphics: lines, screens, clipart overview
This PDF is the chapter from my first book on desktop publishing that gives you some ideas on how you can use the most basic elements of graphic design to help tell your story.
You may never have thought about how a line can actually tell a story, but it can and one of the sections [...]
Video: Snagit, a brief overview and review
Snagit is a fantastic screen capture program. It is the program I use on this site for screen shots and what I use for church and teaching. I use it all the time for PowePoint presentations, it’s what I use for many of the training videos. It can be downloaded for $49 (from http://www.snagit.com/).
This site [...]
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