Binary Republic

Creating a Simple Shadow

itguru — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:13:38 +0000

Lets start our shadow work by creating a basic shadow for some strawberries. Our unretouched image, is a good example; most shadows I am asked to create are this type of simple basic shadow….more

Retaining an Existing Shadow in a New Background

developerx — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:07:00 +0000

Sometimes your client has an image in which he would like to have the object cropped out of the background but retain the shadow. If the object is on a light background, this is generally a simple mat……more

Creating A Mosaic Effect: Extended

computerician — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Creating a mosaic effect using a lot of different small pictures….more

PHP File Upload Script

gothooked — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:09:12 +0000

PHP File Upload Script contains a complete script to store some file to the server as well as MySQL. This tutorial is unique because it provides flexibility to change the name of the original file….more

Running OXID eShop Community Edition (Version 4.5.9) On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10

techy — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:47:14 +0000

Running OXID eShop Community Edition (Version 4.5.9) On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10

This tutorial shows how you can install and run OXID eShop Community Edition (version 4.5.9) on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced “engine x”) + MySQL + PHP).
OXID eShop is a feature-rich ecommerce platform; I will use the
Community Edition here which is licensed under an open source certified license
(GPL v3.0). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than
Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.

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Film Photography: Why You Should Try It Out

ittech — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:19:17 +0000

So I’m guessing not many of you guys are using film cameras these days. The few of you who are, good for you! This dying form of photography is still magical to me….more

How To Create an Outer-Space Themed Poster

itgeek — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:41:18 +0000

There’s more to designing an astronomical poster than just pasting in a free image from the Hubble image archive. If you truly want your own creative space-themed poster, you have to create those spac……more

Photoshop Elements Video – Crop and Resize for Printing

developerx — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:04:41 +0000

In this video, learn about aspect ratios in your camera and in prints. Then, crop and resize an image for printing….more

The Perfect Desktop – Xubuntu 12.04

developerx — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:42:09 +0000

The Perfect Desktop – Xubuntu 12.04

This tutorial shows how you can set up a Xubuntu 12.04
desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.
that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on
their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure
system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and
the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

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EU Court: You Can’t Copyright a Programming Language

itguru — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:09:27 +0000

A new ruling green-lights the practice of reverse engineering software….more