check out Movie Maker 2 tutorials on Russell Smith's site

russelltexas.com/tutorials/mm2/mm2.htm

for a great collection of tutorials

click on:

shortcourses.com

Click below...you'll be learning all the courses that apply to you--it's an amazing website
www.uwec.edu/help/index.htm

Click on the download button and discover how easy it is to make a watermark background on a word document

click on paper port icon then choose twain, scan, then minus that page down, then double click, then crop, edit crop, "save as" --give it your name and save with a .jpg extension to your place on the server.
Go to your machine, open it from your place on the server in Adobe Photoshop and work on it...then save back to your place on the server and to your desktop picture folder you made.

click on these links to see optical illusions:
Here's a link:
www.colorcube.com/illusions/illusion.htm
here's another link:
www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
here's another:
www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/saishin-e.html
here's another link:
www.sandlotscience.com/Illusion_Jump_Main/Master_Jump.htm
here's another link to try: click on tour and then read at the left of each one...then click next until you've looked at all of them
www.michaelbach.de/ot/

NEXT
click on the download button below and CHOOSE SAVE TO YOUR DESKTOP... follow the instructions

click the download button below:

click on the download button below:

Learn to put a picture into Word Art.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WORD ART TOOLBAR...CLICK ON VIEW, TOOLBARS, AND MAKE SURE WORD ART IS CHECKED.

NOW click on the paint can on the word art tool bar after you've written your words in word art.
Then choose color
fill effects
picture
select picture
ok
ok....
and it's done.

format, background, pull down to fill effects, then picture, then select picture, double click, ok, then APPLY
NEVER CHOOSE apply to all on anything!!!

You can add fill effects to a text box just like we learned to add to Word Art. Make sure you double click on the grey border around the text box and then you can start the process as was given below for Word Art:

ADDING A PICTURE TO WORD ART
Learn to put a picture into Word Art.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WORD ART TOOLBAR...CLICK ON VIEW, TOOLBARS, AND MAKE SURE WORD ART IS CHECKED.

NOW click on the paint can on the word art tool bar after you've written your words in word art.
Then choose color
fill effects
picture
select picture
ok
ok....
and it's done.

Another TIP

Sometimes when you're trying to save a .bmp or .gif as a .jpg the option isn't there in the pulldown. To solve this problem, just open the item in Paint and then you'll have the .jpg option in the pulldown list.

Only try this at home on your own computer.


picasa.google.com/features/features-create.html

Create
Enjoy your pictures in fun, creative ways – it’s what photography’s all about!

Turn your photos into a movie.
It’s so easy to play filmmaker with your pictures.

Select your best shots, then adjust the delay time, dimensions, and video compression settings. That’s it –
Picasa will render a movie, complete with title graphics, that you can play and share.

Make a personalized desktop picture or screensaver.

Your best pictures are now on display.

Pick a favorite photo as your desktop picture or add several into your screensaver rotation. What better way to enjoy your photographic genius at your desk?

Create a poster.
Picasa can tile any picture you select, allowing you to print each part and reassemble them at poster size – up to 1,000% larger than the original.


Make picture collages.
Select a group of pictures, choose one of the beautiful templates, and Picasa will create a collage that expands your creative horizons. Picture pile it. Make a multi-exposure image. Create a contact sheet. Done? Simply save your collage to a folder, as a new desktop background or as a screensaver.

googlesightseeing.com/

make animated gifs of your own
It's simple!
After you click on the link below, do the following:

Using the easy-to-use pull down menus, select "new 3-D text" in the File menu above.

You'll have to turn off pop up blocker and also you'll have to click on the yellow bar at top and allow active X

Simply follow the instructions to load any GIF and then manipulate the image using the GIFWorks menus. It's that easy.

www.gifworks.com/image_editor.html

Here's a wild hog herding cattle:

link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid960594369?bclid=958498245&bctid=1716406566