Create Layer Mask in GIMP

gimp layer masks

{lang: ‘ar’}Overview Layer Mask is used to hide part of or the complete layer from a picture. If a layer is stacked on top of each other, only the top layer is visible. Using a layer mask, you can choose to reveal the layer underneath. The concept of Layer Mask is illustrated using the example [...]

Remove yellow dotted line in GIMP Picture

layer boundary

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction If you are working with  layers in GIMP, a yellow dotted line is displayed to mark the boundary of the active layer.  The dotted line persists even after the image is saved and reopened. Removing the dotted line is shown below Steps To hide the dotted line, click View > Show Layer Boundary [...]

Enter text in pictures using GIMP

gimp layers panel

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction Using layers in a picture makes it convenient to do several tasks such as edit, move, blend and erase. In GIMP, text entered in a picture is created as a layer. This is useful as it enables the text to be selectively edited later if required.  This article outlines the steps to insert [...]

Entering text in pictures using Paint.NET

paint text

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction Using layers in a picture makes it convenient to do several tasks such as edit, move, blend and erase. For details on creating layers in Paint.NET, refer to this article. Similarly, if you are inserting text in a picture, having that as a separate layer will be useful.  This article outlines the steps [...]

Creating Layers using Paint.NET

paint.net layer window

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction Layer is an image which is applied on top or beneath another one. Layers make it possible to edit the required section without affecting the entire image.  There can be more than one layer in a picture. The concept of layers is outlined in the following example Concept Let us assume that you [...]

Amazon S3 / CloudFront for W3 Total Cache

S3 Bucket

{lang: ‘ar’}This article explains how to setup Amazon S3 / CloudFront for W3 Total Cache, which is a WordPress plugin for caching. Refer to this article for setting up W3 Total Cache for WordPress. Getting Started Sign up with Amazon.com for their web services Once the account is setup, you will receive an email from [...]

W3 Total Cache for WordPress

performance panel

{lang: ‘ar’}W3 Total Cache optimizes website performance by providing page cache, object cache, database cache, browser caching, and by minifying Javascript and CSS files thereby increasing the speed the page is rendered to the users. It also provides integration to Content Delivery Networks (CDN) such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Cloudfront, Rackspace, and even [...]

Using Thickbox for rich User Interface

{lang: ‘ar’}Thickbox is an User Interface (UI) widget written in JavaScript and built using JQuery library. Thickbox can be used on any page to display images, inline content, iframe content etc. It provides a rich user experience and displays content on the same window.   

Adding Google Maps Without API

{lang: ‘ar’}Google Maps API allows users to insert Google Maps on their website using Javascript. However, one can also insert Google maps without the use of API. The map could be a simple map, driving directions etc. This article outlines the steps: Go to http://maps.google.com Enter location, directions etc as required and have it displayed [...]

Google Maps API

{lang: ‘ar’}Google Maps API allows users to insert Google Maps on their website using Javascript. This feature is useful, particularly for sites that need to display geographic location or directions as part of their content.

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