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Luvmom
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10-17-2000

Monday, June 04, 2007 - 2:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Luvmom a private message Print Post    
need big help fast!!
My daughter and her friends are working a project for school and need a program that will take two songs, break them up and combine them together to create one song. i have video impression 1.6 and nero smart would either of these programs work? if not, then is there a free program that would work? thanks in advance,
luvmom

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 04, 2007 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I don't know if Video Impression will do what you want. I think what you want is a song mixer. If you google "song mixer" you'll find several hits for freebies. Check out http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/free-song-mixer.html for a free mixer by Jack Song.

Luvmom
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10-17-2000

Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 6:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Luvmom a private message Print Post    
Thanks Costacat!!

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Can anyone tell me: How do I delete/erase/wipe clean all data on a computer that I plan to give away/get rid of?
Thank you very much for any advice/instructions :-)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 10:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Are you gonna give 'em the OS that came with the 'puter? If so, there are a few things you can do. You can get wipe programs. Or you can reformat the disk and reinstall the OS. The latter is usually easier.

There are several freeware products out there that'll wipe the disk for you. Google "wipe disk".

The most effective programs are those that delete the files and then overwrites the space with random text. Some of them include an option to specify the number of passes, or the number of times to overwrite the data. The more times you overwrite, the more securely deleted and less likely for the data to be recovered.

You can also pull the hard disk, and give away the computer (disks aren't that expensive to replace).

I don't know what you've got on your computer or who you're giving it away to. If you just want to be sure that stuff has been deleted and unrecoverable, without being a security nut about it, I'd delete all the data files and uninstall all apps. Then I'd use a wipe disk program, and then reformat and reinstall the OS.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
If I pull out the hard disk, should I soak it in Coca-cola before I trash it? LOL

Thanks, Costa, I think I will just do that, actually (take out the hard disk). It's an older puter (HP desktop with WIN 98, bought in 99),and not worth much anyway. Certainly not worth the time and effort involved in other methods of erasing it.

Thanks for your answer :-)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 4:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
You can always use it as an extra drive, too. If you are buying a new computer, you can insert the drive and use it. Or buy an external housing.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Anybody know how to play 3gp in Windows Media Player without converting it?

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
So after looking around I came up with this: http://www.reganam.com/3gp-player.htm

I'm downloading it now. I'll give it a try but now I should be able to send video which I have recorded from my cell phone to my PC and watch it.

I'll letcha know how it does.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 7:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Maybe I'm the only one that does this kind of stuff...but the above 3gp player does it's job.

When you switch to full screen mode...you do lose some of the quality, but that can be expected considering.

It's easy to use and Free.99...can't beat that.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
nick, i just got a pocket PC phone and haven't even begun to start using all the features. mine i know plays the video you're talking about!

are you talking about the ones you make? or the ones you are just putting on the phone?


Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
I record video of my kids when they are doing something I find cute or remarkable. I delete alot of it after awhile because it eats up the memory on my phone....but I kept the video I especially wanted to keep and it was starting to build up.

There's some that I want to keep and show the kids as they get older...so I didn't want to get rid of it. Now I can email or bluetooth it to my computer and delete it from my phone...freeing up memory to use for MP3 (My phone's an MP3 player as well) or making more video.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I want to move pictures from my computer onto a disc. I know there are 2 steps but I always forget the second one ... help and thank you!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure what you mean Vacanick. What kind of a disk? A CD?

If so, you just burn them to the CD using your CD burning program. In fact, I'd burn them to two CDs to be safe. Once you check that they have been put on the CD okay, you can delete them from your computer.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 5:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Yes, Jimmer. I want to move my pictures from my computer to a CD So I would use the same 'burning' program that I use to copy music CD's??

Isn't there 2 steps? I remember the last time I tried, there was a step I forgot.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yes, Nick. Just open up your CD burning program, and drag and drop the folders containing the pics into it. Then click Start or Burn or whatever the button is. I generally "finalize" the disc (meaning that you cannot add anything else to it).

The only "second step" I can think of is that I usually test a new disc on another computer, to be sure it can be read by something other than the one I burned it on.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That is a good idea Costa. I always do that as well in case the burner is off. Also, burn two CDs. Once you are sure they are on the CDs okay, then you can delete them from you computer.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Thank you Costa and Jimmer!

Suz
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10-13-2005

Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Suz a private message Print Post    
If you do not "finalize" the disc, does that mean that pictures can be added to the ones already there or will they go over the ones there and original ones be lost?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Nope, it means you can add to the files already there. Some CD burners with certain versions of Windows also allow you to do a "burn on the fly" type of thing, where you treat it as an extra drive and whenever you drag files in they are "burned". I never use this type of feature.

I always burn a disc and finalize the disc, and then test the disc. If I want to transfer files from one system to another, I'll use a thumb drive. Stuff, like pictures and other data, that I put on disc are for archive purpose, mostly.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 5:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Can someone please help me find the button in PhotoShop 7 that will turn a color photo to sepiatone??

I'm certain I've done it before, I can find the convert to greyscale, but I can't find an easy 'auto-sepia' button. I don't have the patience to go through all these photos and tweak the brown levels in them all...

Anyone know? Thanks in advance!!

Suz
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10-13-2005

Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Suz a private message Print Post    
Thank you Costacat. I need to get busy and figure out how to copy all my pictures to a CD.
I wouldn't want to lose them all if the hard drive crashed.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 8:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Karen, if no one answers, I'll let you know tomorrow. I'm too lazy to go turn on my work computer to find the option! :-)

Suz, you're welcome. Remember, though, that discs WILL degrade over time. There are other archive options you may want to investigate. And always print out the ones you really like.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Karen, I think you can't find a button for it because it isn't there.

There are various ways of producing sepia in PS, some more complex than others.

Simple way.

1. Desaturate to get it to black and white (Image ... Adjustments .... Desaturate or ctrl shift u)

2. Image ... Adjustments ... Hue/Saturation, check off the Colorize and Preview boxes, set the Hue to 40 and the Saturation t0 25 or lower depending on your taste.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Costa and Jimmer. I was certain I've done it before, but after some thought, it may have been either 1)a trial version of CS2 I was using, or 2)an already sepiatone image I used settings on my camera to get.

No worries... I don't have the energy to go through the colorize, hue/sat etc. (I'm talking, like, 100+ pics). I started playing with b/w images instead of sepia, and once I crop them to widescreen for the movie I'm working on, the b/w with the black bars for widescreen make much more of an impression than the sepia would. I'm quite tickled with the greyscale approach, actually. Plus, the plan was to make them sepia, and then 'weather' the images to make them look OLD, like from the 1890's wild west. I like the art-student b/w look much better. And much less energy again than using filters to add specks and dust and scratches to each individual image.

Thanks for the quick response, though. :-)