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Correcting Color Cast with Photoshop Variations

Photoshop can provide magical transformations to images, making them unrecognizable from the original, but sometimes what you really want is simply to make an image look the same as the original — only better. Perhaps the colors are a little too warm, or the shadows a bit inky. Whatever's wrong with the image, the last thing you want is to change it so much that it looks like it's been processed more than a freeze-dried floral arrangement. You'd be happy to have everyone admire your image without a clue that you'd made major corrections in Photoshop. Photoshop's Variations feature is a variation (so to speak) on the professional photographer's ring around (a set of color prints, each made with slightly different color balance) or test strip (a single print of an image made so that each section is shown using a different color balance). Both tools let you view several renditions of an image and choose the best one visually by comparing them. You might want to use Variations when you're unsure about exactly how the color is biased, and would like to compare several versions of an image to see exactly what the color cast is. Although not as sophisticated as some color correction techniques, the Variations feature has the advantage of being quick and simple, and it doesn't require a lot of training to use. Following are the components of the Variations dialog box: In the upper-left corner is a pair of images — the original image and the image as it will appear when the corrections are applied.Below these thumbnails is a set of six variations on the original image, each with a fixed amount of correction applied using (clockwise from upper-left) green, yellow, red, magenta, blue, and cyan. In the center of this ring is the current version of the image.At the right edge of the dialog box is a stack of three thumbnails showing a lighter version of the image (at top), the current version (in the middle), and a darker rendition (at bottom).In the upper-right corner of the dialog box is a control area that includes radio buttons that let you choose shadows, midtones, or highlights for your correction, as well as saturation. Beneath the buttons is a slider that controls whether your correction will be subtle (Fine) or dramatic (Coarse).Four buttons also let you save the corrections you've made for use with the same or another photo, load settings you've already stored, apply the current corrections (by clicking OK), or forget about the whole thing (by clicking Cancel).

Correcting Color Cast with Photoshop Variations

Photoshop can provide magical transformations to images, making them unrecognizable from the original, but sometimes what you really want is...

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Correcting Color Cast with Photoshop Variations

Correcting Color Cast with Photoshop Variations

Photoshop can provide magical transformations to images, making them unrecognizable from the original, but sometimes what you really want is...

9:58 am

Animating Digital Video Clips

Wait a minute; don't you call these things "movies" because the pictures are already moving? Why would you need to animate a video clip? You may not need to animate the actual subjects in the video, but you can move the video image across the screen. For example, a small picture-in-picture image can sail across the screen to give a hint of action that will happen later in the movie. You can move a clip across the screen along a fixed path or a zigzag pattern, you can rotate clips, and you can distort them. To prepare a clip for animation, follow these steps: 1. Click the clip in the timeline that you want to animate to select it, and make sure that the play head appears somewhere over the clip. You want just about any clip that you animate in track Video 2 or higher. 2. Choose Window --> Properties to open the Properties window for the selected clip. 3. Click the arrow next to the Motion heading to expand the Motion controls. 4. Click the clip's video image in the Monitor. When you click the clip in the monitor, cross-hairs appear in the middle of the clip and square handles appear on the sides and corners of the video image. 5. Click and drag the square handles to change the size of the image. 6. Click and drag on the middle of the image to move the image to a new location on the screen. The preceding steps help you only resize a clip, not animate it. If you play the timeline to preview your change, you see that your clip has been resized, but it doesn't go anywhere. To actually animate the clip and make it go somewhere, you just use keyframes. To animate your resized clip, follow these steps: 1. Click the Toggle Animation button next to Motion. 2. Click the Add/Remove Keyframe button next to the Position control. A keyframe appears at the current video frame for the current size and position of your clip. 3. Move the play head in the timeline to a different location in the clip. 4. Click and drag the resized clip in the monitor to a new location. This step automatically creates a new keyframe. If you want, you can even drag the clip completely off-screen. This causes the clip to appear to exit, stage left (or right, or up, or . . . ). Now play the timeline. The resized clip moves across the screen as it plays between the two keyframes that you created. Unhappy with the results? Play around with it! Animation is one of those effects that you really need to fiddle around with to get just the right look.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vpdby0_He6AHSUi92ePTkUqHU-1UZyIcw604y8C9MHQAwox-wj0sccTw_Sz5ubx0KhFIM6QSK_Th6bmyVCvdlsECZB2l8-CMZdKxkM0MHa-nsZhnFI4lAjJ9Mdv2gMleHbo1t22NRaGl/s1600/IMG_20140201_210525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vpdby0_He6AHSUi92ePTkUqHU-1UZyIcw604y8C9MHQAwox-wj0sccTw_Sz5ubx0KhFIM6QSK_Th6bmyVCvdlsECZB2l8-CMZdKxkM0MHa-nsZhnFI4lAjJ9Mdv2gMleHbo1t22NRaGl/s640/IMG_20140201_210525.jpg"> </a> </div>

Animating Digital Video Clips

Wait a minute; don't you call these things "movies" because the pictures are already moving? Why would you need to animate a v...

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Animating Digital Video Clips

Now wait a minute; don't you call these things "movies" because the pictures are already moving? Why would you need to animate a video clip? You may not need to animate the actual subjects in the video, but you can move the video image across the screen. For example, a small picture-in-picture image can sail across the screen to give a hint of action that will happen later in the movie. You can move a clip across the screen along a fixed path or a zigzag pattern, you can rotate clips, and you can distort them. To prepare a clip for animation, follow these steps: 1. Click the clip in the timeline that you want to animate to select it, and make sure that the play head appears somewhere over the clip. You want just about any clip that you animate in track Video 2 or higher. 2. Choose Window --> Properties to open the Properties window for the selected clip. 3. Click the arrow next to the Motion heading to expand the Motion controls. 4. Click the clip's video image in the Monitor. When you click the clip in the monitor, cross-hairs appear in the middle of the clip and square handles appear on the sides and corners of the video image. 5. Click and drag the square handles to change the size of the image. 6. Click and drag on the middle of the image to move the image to a new location on the screen. The preceding steps help you only resize a clip, not animate it. If you play the timeline to preview your change, you see that your clip has been resized, but it doesn't go anywhere. To actually animate the clip and make it go somewhere, you just use keyframes. To animate your resized clip, follow these steps: 1. Click the Toggle Animation button next to Motion. 2. Click the Add/Remove Keyframe button next to the Position control. A keyframe appears at the current video frame for the current size and position of your clip. 3. Move the play head in the timeline to a different location in the clip. 4. Click and drag the resized clip in the monitor to a new location. This step automatically creates a new keyframe. If you want, you can even drag the clip completely off-screen. This causes the clip to appear to exit, stage left (or right, or up, or . . . ). Now play the timeline. The resized clip moves across the screen as it plays between the two keyframes that you created. Unhappy with the results? Play around with it! Animation is one of those effects that you really need to fiddle around with to get just the right look.

Animating Digital Video Clips

Now wait a minute; don't you call these things "movies" because the pictures are already moving? Why would you need to animate...

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Putting Images under the Microscope in Photoshop cs

Digital images fall into two camps:vector images, which are created based on mathematical formulas, andraster images, which are made up of pixels. Photoshop allows you to produce both types of images and even to combine both types within a single file.Table 1 gives you the skinny on vector and raster images. For the details, keep reading.Table 1: Characteristics of Vector and Raster GraphicsGraphic TypeHow It WorksFile SizeImage Degradation Possible?Resolution Dependent?VectorMathematical formulas precisely locate and connect geometric objects and segmentsUsually smallerNoNoRasterBreaks pieces of an image into a grid made up of pixelsUsually largerYesYesVector imagesOne cool thing about vector images, also called object-oriented images, is that when you zoom in on them, they don't look blocky. That's because vector images are comprised ofsegments — curved or straight — andanchor points — elements that indicate the endpoints of the segments — that are defined by mathematical objects called vectors. Vectors use a unique mathematical formula to define the specific location of an object as well as its geometric shape.Vector images are usually the product of drawing programs, such as Adobe Illustrator, but Photoshop is also capable of producing a vector or two. And not to be outdone, its cousin Illustrator can also rasterize (or convert into pixels) vector artwork, thereby providing you with raster images to work with.Here is some additional information about vector graphics:A curve is still a curve, even at 20,000 feet. Because they are mathematically defined, vector graphics can be sized and otherwise transformed without an inkling of quality loss. Take that little 2-inch spot illustration and size it up to mural size, and it appears identical. A perfect true curve remains a perfect true curve, whether it's 2 inches or 20 feet long.You can get pretty pictures in small packages. Vector images can be small in file size because the file size depends on the complexity of the vector objects, not the size of the illustration.Graphics that need clean lines, such as logos, typographic illustrations, and line art, work great in vector format. Vector images are independent — resolution independent, that is. Not only can they be transformed and printed without a degradation in quality, but they also have no built-in resolution — they take on the resolution of the output device. For example, print something to an imagesetter (a high-end printing device used for color separations) at 2400 dots per inch (dpi), and the image comes out at 2400 dpi. Print it to a 300 dpi laser printer and what do you get? A 300 dpi image.Because your monitor can display images only on a grid, vector images display on-screen as pixels. This accounts for the jagged appearance you see when you zoom into a curved vector object. But don't worry; it will print just fine.Raster imagesRaster images are usually the result of the digitizing of continuous-toneimages, such as photographs or original painted or drawn artwork. Raster images are comprised of a grid of squares, which are called pixels. Pixel is short for PICture Element and is the smallest component of a digital image. If you've ever looked at a bathroom wall made up of those small square tiles reminiscent of the 1940s, you're familiar with what a grid of pixels looks like: Each pixel lives in a specific location on that grid and contains a single color. When you edit a bitmap image, you are editing one or more pixels rather than an object-oriented shape.Although it doesn't seem like it when you're viewing an image that fits inside your computer screen, your entire image can be broken down into a grid of square pixels. But how do you fit a round peg in a square hole? By faking it. Unlike the true mathematical curve possible when drawing vector shapes, raster images must try to approximate a curve by mimicking the overall shape with square pixels.Fortunately, the mimicry the pixels have to do is indecipherable with high-resolution images viewed at a reasonable distance. But when you zoom in, you can see that a curve in an image is indeed comprised of square pixels. Raster graphics work great for photorealistic or painterly images where subtle gradations of color are necessary. On the downside, because they contain a fixed number of pixels, raster graphics can suffer a degradation of quality when they're enlarged or otherwise transformed. They are also large in file size.Bitmap images are resolution dependent. Because they contain a fixed number of pixels, the resolution of the device they are being printed to is only one of two factors that influence the quality of the image. The quality of the output also depends heavily on the resolution of the image. For example, an image with 72 dots per inch (dpi) doesn't look any better printed on a 600 dpi printer than it does on a 1200 dpi printer. Likewise, a 300 dpi image doesn't look as good printed on an old 72 dpi dot matrix printer as it does on a 1200 dpi printer.www.digitalsankalp.org

Putting Images under the Microscope in Photoshop cs

Digital images fall into two camps:vector images, which are created based on mathematical formulas, andraster images, which are made up of p...

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Putting Images under the Microscope in Photoshop cs

Digital images fall into two camps:vector images, which are created based on mathematical formulas, andraster images, which are made up of pixels. Photoshop allows you to produce both types of images and even to combine both types within a single file. Table 1 gives you the skinny on vector and raster images. For the details, keep reading. Table 1: Characteristics of Vector and Raster Graphics Graphic Type How It Works File Size Image Degradation Possible? Resolution Dependent? Vector Mathematical formulas precisely locate and connect geometric objects and segments Usually smaller No No Raster Breaks pieces of an image into a grid made up of pixels Usually larger Yes Yes Vector images One cool thing about vector images, also called object-oriented images, is that when you zoom in on them, they don't look blocky. That's because vector images are comprised ofsegments — curved or straight — andanchor points — elements that indicate the endpoints of the segments — that are defined by mathematical objects called vectors. Vectors use a unique mathematical formula to define the specific location of an object as well as its geometric shape. Vector images are usually the product of drawing programs, such as Adobe Illustrator, but Photoshop is also capable of producing a vector or two. And not to be outdone, its cousin Illustrator can also rasterize (or convert into pixels) vector artwork, thereby providing you with raster images to work with. Here is some additional information about vector graphics: A curve is still a curve, even at 20,000 feet. Because they are mathematically defined, vector graphics can be sized and otherwise transformed without an inkling of quality loss. Take that little 2-inch spot illustration and size it up to mural size, and it appears identical. A perfect true curve remains a perfect true curve, whether it's 2 inches or 20 feet long.You can get pretty pictures in small packages. Vector images can be small in file size because the file size depends on the complexity of the vector objects, not the size of the illustration.Graphics that need clean lines, such as logos, typographic illustrations, and line art, work great in vector format. Vector images are independent — resolution independent, that is. Not only can they be transformed and printed without a degradation in quality, but they also have no built-in resolution — they take on the resolution of the output device. For example, print something to an imagesetter (a high-end printing device used for color separations) at 2400 dots per inch (dpi), and the image comes out at 2400 dpi. Print it to a 300 dpi laser printer and what do you get? A 300 dpi image. Because your monitor can display images only on a grid, vector images display on-screen as pixels. This accounts for the jagged appearance you see when you zoom into a curved vector object. But don't worry; it will print just fine. Raster images Raster images are usually the result of the digitizing of continuous-toneimages, such as photographs or original painted or drawn artwork. Raster images are comprised of a grid of squares, which are called pixels. Pixel is short for PICture Element and is the smallest component of a digital image. If you've ever looked at a bathroom wall made up of those small square tiles reminiscent of the 1940s, you're familiar with what a grid of pixels looks like: Each pixel lives in a specific location on that grid and contains a single color. When you edit a bitmap image, you are editing one or more pixels rather than an object-oriented shape. Although it doesn't seem like it when you're viewing an image that fits inside your computer screen, your entire image can be broken down into a grid of square pixels. But how do you fit a round peg in a square hole? By faking it. Unlike the true mathematical curve possible when drawing vector shapes, raster images must try to approximate a curve by mimicking the overall shape with square pixels. Fortunately, the mimicry the pixels have to do is indecipherable with high-resolution images viewed at a reasonable distance. But when you zoom in, you can see that a curve in an image is indeed comprised of square pixels. Raster graphics work great for photorealistic or painterly images where subtle gradations of color are necessary. On the downside, because they contain a fixed number of pixels, raster graphics can suffer a degradation of quality when they're enlarged or otherwise transformed. They are also large in file size. Bitmap images are resolution dependent. Because they contain a fixed number of pixels, the resolution of the device they are being printed to is only one of two factors that influence the quality of the image. The quality of the output also depends heavily on the resolution of the image. For example, an image with 72 dots per inch (dpi) doesn't look any better printed on a 600 dpi printer than it does on a 1200 dpi printer. Likewise, a 300 dpi image doesn't look as good printed on an old 72 dpi dot matrix printer as it does on a 1200 dpi printer.

Putting Images under the Microscope in Photoshop cs

Digital images fall into two camps:vector images, which are created based on mathematical formulas, andraster images, which are made up of p...

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Converting Office Documents into PDF Files

PDFMaker 5.0 for Windows makes it ridiculously easy to turn any Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document you create or edit with the Office 2000 or Office XP (2002) editions of these programs into the latest and greatest versions of PDF documents — all you have to do is click the Convert to Adobe PDF button on the PDFMaker 5.0 toolbar (automatically added when you install Acrobat 5.0 for Windows on your computer). But before you touch that button, take a gander at these commandments for making perfect PDF conversions. Check for consistent use of heading styles Click the Document Map button on the Standard toolbar to display the headings and their hierarchical relationship in the Document Map pane in Word. Because PDFMaker can automatically convert all Word document headings into bookmarks in the resulting PDF document, you should make sure that all the headings in your document use the appropriate Heading style. Word 2002 users can display the Styles and Formatting task pane (choose View --> Task Pane and then click Styles and Formatting on the Task Pane pop-up menu) to check and, if necessary, reapply the Heading styles. Check the paging of Excel worksheets Choose View --> Page Break Preview on the Excel menus. Because PDFMaker uses the current paging of the Excel worksheet in constructing the pages in the resulting PDF document, you will want to verify the page breaks before doing the conversion. Remedy bad page breaks that separate columns and rows of data that should appear together on a page by dragging the page break markers in the Page Break Preview mode. Verify which type of PDF document you're creating You do this by checking the name that appears in the Conversion Settings combo box on the Settings tab of the Acrobat 5.0 PDFMaker 5.0 dialog box (Acrobat --> Change Conversion Settings). When selecting among these presets, keep in mind the major use of the final PDF document: Select eBook for online viewing, Press for professional printing, Print for in-house printing, and Screen for fast downloading and viewing on the Web. Also, keep in mind that you can customize any of these presets by selecting it in the Conversion Settings combo box and then clicking the Edit Conversion Settings button. Confirm that all Word document headings and styles will be converted into bookmarks Verify which settings are selected on the Bookmarks tab of the Acrobat 5.0 PDFMaker 5.0 dialog box (Acrobat --> Change Conversion Settings) in Word. Click the Convert Word Headings to Bookmarks check box to convert all Heading paragraph styles used in the document into bookmarks in the resulting PDF file. Click the Convert Word Styles to Bookmarks check box to convert all the other paragraph styles used in the document to bookmarks as well. To omit certain levels of headings or particular styles from bookmark conversion, click their individual check boxes that appear in the list box below. Verify which Word features are marked for conversion in the PDF document Verify which Word Features settings are selected on the Office tab of the Acrobat 5.0 PDFMaker 5.0 dialog box (Acrobat --> Change Conversion Settings) in Word. To convert document comments to hidden notes in the PDF document, select the Comments --> Notes check box. To add text boxes to the adjoining text using the PDF Articles feature, select the Text Boxes --> Article Threads check box. To retain the page numbers used in the Word document, select the Page Numbers check box. To convert all cross-references and any table of contents generated in the Word document into links in the PDF document, select the Cross References & TOC Links check box. To convert all footnotes and endnotes added to the Word document into links in the resulting PDF file, select the Footnote & Endnote Links check box. Make sure that you're creating a tagged PDF file Verify that the Embed Tags in PDF (Accessibility, Reflow) check box option on the Office tab of the Acrobat 5.0 PDFMaker 5.0 dialog box (Acrobat --> Change Conversion Settings) has a check mark in it. Confirm how the converted PDF document is set to open in Acrobat Verify the Document Open options on the Display Options tab of the Acrobat 5.0 PDFMaker 5.0 dialog box (Acrobat --> Change Conversion Settings). To open the PDF document without displaying the Bookmarks palette in the Navigation pane, click the Page Only radio button. To display a page other than the first page upon opening, enter the page number in the Page Number field. To open the page at a set magnification, click the percentage (200, 400, 800, or 1600) or preset view (Fit in Window, Fit Width, or Fit Visible) in the Open Magnification pop-up menu.www.digitalsankalp.org

Converting Office Documents into PDF Files

PDFMaker 5.0 for Windows makes it ridiculously easy to turn any Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document you create or edit with the Office 2000 ...

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Converting Office Documents into PDF Files

Converting Office Documents into PDF Files

PDFMaker 5.0 for Windows makes it ridiculously easy to turn any Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document you create or edit with the Office 2000 ...

3:57 am

How to Customize Your Facebook Timeline

Your Facebook Profile, or Timeline, is the online representation of who you are. Most likely, you have online profiles for various websites. Facebook Timelines tend to be a little more comprehensive and dynamic.While you're getting started, Facebook asks for only a little bit of Profile Information. Facebook asks for this bio because this is the information that will help your friends find you.There are five fields that Facebook asks for. You can fill out all or none of them, but it's recommended that you fill them all out:High School: Enter the high school you attended. If you attended more than one high school, pick just one to enter now; you'll be able to add the rest of them later.College/University: If you attended college, enter your school. If you attended more than one school, either because you transferred or because you also attended a graduate program, just pick one school for now. You'll be able to add the rest later.Employer: Enter the name of the company you work for. For now, enter wherever you're currently working or where you worked most recently. You'll be able to enter a full work history later on.Current City: Enter the city where you currently reside.Hometown: Enter the place you identify as your hometown. That may be the place you were born or the place you moved to when you were 10 years old. It's up to you.You may notice that as you type the name of your high school or college, a list of names appears below the field where you're typing. Get used to seeing these autocomplete menus around Facebook. As you type, Facebook tries to guess the rest of the word you're typing. When you see what you're looking for, use the arrow keys to highlight the correct match and press Enter.Next to each field is a globe icon with an upside-down triangle next to it, shown next to this paragraph. This is one version of the Privacy Menu that appears throughout Facebook. Also known as the Audience Selector, you can click this icon to change who can see the information you just entered.Privacy on Facebook is important. And complex. For now, decide who can see each of these items. So, for example, if you're choosing privacy for your High School, you would click the globe icon to open the privacy menu and select from the following options:Public or Everyone: Anyone who visits your Timeline can see where you went to high school. Additionally, anyone who searches for People Who Went to<High School Name> will see you in the search results.Friends: Only people you add as friends will be able to see where you went to high school.Only Me: Only you will be able to see where you went to high school. A friend visiting your Timeline won't see this information.Custom: A specific set of people you choose will or will not be able to see where you went to high school. This option doesn't usually become very useful until people have responded to your Friend Requests.Lists (Close Friends and Family):Facebook tries to help you sort your friends into categories such as Close Friends or Family. You can choose to allow only people in those lists to see where you went to high school. Much like Custom, this option may not be very useful at this time.If you don't want to share this information publicly, simply click the globe icon and select with whom you do want to share it. Each privacy setting has its own icon to represent it, so if you choose Friends, the globe icon will be replaced by the icon of two silhouettes.Because these are the fields that help friends find you, it's recommended that you leave them set to Public. Especially if you have a common name, having some biographical details makes it easier for friends to find and identify you. But if you aren't comfortable with that, you of course can change the privacy setting. Privacy settings aren't set in stone; you can always adjust them later.When you're done filling out these fields, click the blue Save & Continue button to move on to the next step.Sometimes Facebook will use the information you just entered to show you some people it thinks you may know. In that case, after you finish Step 2, but before you get to Step 3, you may see an Add People You Know screen. This screen displays the name and photos of people you may want to add as friends.Click the Add Friend button next to the images of people you know and want to add as friends. You can also choose to skip that part of the step using the Skip link (next to the Save & Continue button).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDOljJTSpe5yoE0FYhyphenhyphenqTNsi7boiDiNT6fgwcgJMkjZvlYySofjuUlRu7nMhpXFZgMHnbxg4f4-DeDg_hu8hQuev1_d74psxPV4g0OwOeJO6s2jpL8M0bjGUTrHbz7Gv-j_R1HC-lM8tL/s1600/IMG_20140116_190825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDOljJTSpe5yoE0FYhyphenhyphenqTNsi7boiDiNT6fgwcgJMkjZvlYySofjuUlRu7nMhpXFZgMHnbxg4f4-DeDg_hu8hQuev1_d74psxPV4g0OwOeJO6s2jpL8M0bjGUTrHbz7Gv-j_R1HC-lM8tL/s640/IMG_20140116_190825.jpg"> </a> </div>

How to Customize Your Facebook Timeline

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Correcting Color Cast with Photoshop Variations

Correcting Color Cast with Photoshop Variations

Animating Digital Video Clips

Animating Digital Video Clips

Putting Images under the Microscope in Photoshop cs

Putting Images under the Microscope in Photoshop cs

Converting Office Documents into PDF Files

Converting Office Documents into PDF Files

How to Customize Your Facebook Timeline

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