Issue 141 - Aug 2003
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1. On the other hand there are many benefits in organizing one s PC data file storage and that is where PartitionMagic 8 will prove most valuable With hard drives being so inexpensive nowadays one can partition two hard drives having much greater efficiency while insuring more data protection Proper partition organizing can Reduce churning of program files stored in an OS only and Applications only partitions less need for defrag Allow storage of one s data files into a separate data partition permitting easier backups faster searching for personal files and faster selection of files wanting to be trashed Allow one s use of several operating systems on one PC This especially helps during the learning period required when upgrading to another OS Enhance one s ability to protect and retrieve data stored in separate partitions in some cases of software crash occurrences Speed up hard disk performance by storing often used and important data on the hard disk outer tracks while storing seldom used and junk data on the inner tracks Inner track transfers data about half as fast as outer track transfers The Quick Start Guide provided is a 54 page manual BILL COMBLEY s TALK On Wednesday 16th July Bill Combley gave us a talk with the title Use of I T in Primary Education Bill is the man in charge of the computing equipment at Nine Acres Primary School in Newport Put another way he is in char2. Senator She just took the second parachute and jumped out of the plane The third passenger Jean Chretien said I m the Brains of Canada I have a great responsi bility being the leader of the greatest nation in the world And above all I m the smartest Prime Minister in Canadian history so Canadians won t let me die So he grabbed the pack next to him and jumped out of the plane The fourth passenger the Pope says to the fifth passenger a 10 year old school boy I am old and frail and I don t have many years left as a Catholic I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute The little boy said It s OK there s a parachute left for you The Brains of Canada has just jumped with my school bag Our thanks to the NOCCC newsletter for this humour MY PROFILE by Brian Sexton 11 I was born in Parsons Green London on April 9th 1938 and spent much of my childhood and schooling in Fulham before being transferred to Wandsworth Technical College where I graduated with a pass of 1 GCE in metalwork My first job was with the North Thames Gas Board in Fulham as a laboratory assistant and then worked for the old County Council Offices at Westminster before changing to a grocer s assistant in a shop called Rapsons Earls Court London which was more in line with my interests It was at this job that my finger was caught in the coffee grinder and fortunately my finger was stitched back o
3. printer port keyboard and mouse ports were shown on the motherboard A DVD Rom was then connected up and installed as a secondary master on the motherboard After the coffee break Dennis mentioned that USB 2 0 slots and onboard sound can be found on the latest motherboards Future Meetings Editorial Humour Light Relief Barbecue Digital Imaging My Profile Bill Combl ey Partition Magic Prize Puzzle Notice Board rein This Issue 11 12 13 14 16 6th August 20th August 3rd September 17th September Ist October 15th October Sth November 19th November 23rd November 17th December FUTURE MEETINGS DVD amp CD video file formats and conversions Annual Barbecue at Bob Groom s place Digital Photography Beginner s Guide to Web Programming Networking Broadband Internet Services and Spam Show Organisation amp Member s Displays Annual Computer Show at Riverside Centre Christmas Party at Riverside Centre Contributory Managers Museum Curator John Austin 22 Coronation Road Cowes I W PO31 7JY buzz_austin yahoo com 291673 E mail Discussion Group iwpcusers Owners Roger Skidmore and David Broughton Moderator Rob Webb E mail Discussion Group TWPCUG Web group Owner Rob Webb 46 Solent View Road Ryde I W PO34 5HX bwana ntlworld com 613693 Moderator David Broughton a i kam O A a i Our Chairman Silvia pictured at Riverside Centre D
4. 4 Go for long life Digital viewfinders chew battery power in minutes Be sure to carry extra batteries when you re out and about and use the optical viewfinder as much as possible A 30 day trial of PhotoShop Elements 2 0 is available from www adobe co uk Our thanks to Jason Whittaker and PC Advisor Magazine for this article ANNUAL BARBECUE at Bob Groom s Place All members and spouses are warmly invited to our outdoor get together at Bembridge Lodge High Street Bembridge at 7 30pm Please feel free to contribute deserts and cold drink There is ample parking in the vast grounds and a big garden in which to relax and enjoy yourselves We know email is frustrating Bloomba is a better email solution S 7a Ee Bie Do you need Bloomba Are you plagued by spam Is your Inbox overflowing Are you worried about spam and viruses Does your email client work against you rather than with you Powerful Using SpamAssassin SAproxy has the leading spam protection behind it Using an exhaustive series of heuristic tests on the headers and body of an email SAproxy is able to recognize most of the spam sent to you Adaptive In addition to other techniques SAproxy uses Bayesian filtering to learn from past Spam and more accurately identify new Spam SAproxy s Bayesian filter learns through manual training and advanced Spam recognition technology http www bloomba com Page 8 ISLE OF WIGHT PC USER GROUP Digit
5. m Tii BAe Ray Boote our Membership Secretary at a recent meeting at the Riverside Centre 14 PRIZE PUZZLE CORNER AUGUST 2003 by David Broughton T i puzzle this month is to pack the twelve squares shown in the above diagram into a rectangle without leaving any spaces Whilst this may seem a difficult task at first you will find that many combinations of sizes are equal to others suggesting possible packing schemes You can tackle this puzzle in several ways all of them require some inspection of the square sizes but to test how they might go together you could cut out the squares or a reproduction of them they are drawn to scale see also the web site to see how they might go together or you could sketch possible packing arrangements on paper If you cut out the squares make the cuts through the centre of the borders to get accurate scale sizes Another method is to use Paint or a similar graphics program For this purpose I have reproduced the above diagram in the puzzle section of the web site so that you can download it to shift the squares around using the select tool More information about how to do this is at www iwpcug org davidbro puz0308 htm where you will find a reproduction of the diagram You can send me your answers either as a sketch a scale drawing on graph paper or a printout of the result if you use a graphics program but please compress in GIF format Please send your answers to me David Br
6. optimise the pictures so importing them straight into image editing software makes the most sense To do this you must ensure the drivers for your camera are Twain compliant most are but consult your camera manual to make sure For users of later versions of Windows such as XP drivers are easier to use than ever before Open My Computer and you will see an icon for Scanners and Cameras Double clicking this icon will open the device as a folder in Windows where you can perform basic tasks such as taking a picture or deleting images Twain drivers also integrate with applications such as Photoshop or PaintshopPro but most programs provide a menu option or icon to acquire images from a Twain compatible camera Using a card reader Windows XP in particular offers very straightforward means of working with most digital cameras but the absolute winner in terms of ease of use must be using a card reader These devices typically connect via USB and once attached treat CompactFlash or SmartMedia cards as removable drives that can be copied to and from at will Getting the image scanners If you wish to edit photos from conventional film your best option for transferring them to PC is via a flatbed scanner Once you have connected your scanner and installed the Twain drivers images can be imported Most scanners come with some sort of image editing software but for this article we have used Adobe s Photoshop Elements 2 0
7. progress As I had not given it any more thought I thought I had better try another approach I then tried the PCI graphics card in my spare computer a Packard Bell P 350 I had the same result the computer would not boot up This confirmed to me that the card was probably faulty so I returned it to the shop for them to try They had the same result with the card and also another new one from their stock The PCI graphics card was faulty it was not me I then inquired about using a dual AGP card namely a Radeon 9200 64 MB DDR AGP 8X card This of course was more expensive at about 65 00 but should I was told do a better job I fitted this new card and the two monitors worked ok but there are a lot of options with this new card which I will investigate at a later date If any one else is using one of these cards perhaps they might be able to explain how the V Tuner works I do not run the two monitors all the time only as and when needed I am now trying to set up the networking of these two computers but that is another story The first Wednesday has usually a formal talk whilst the third Wednesday is more informal geared to the new user and aims to help out members with specific problems Membership is 12 per year Visitors are welcome The Isle of Wight PC User Group welcomes This journal HOTKEY is printed every all owners and users of IBM Compatible month If you would like to know more about Personal Computers It i
8. FOR SALE HARDWARE PCI Graphics Card with SiS Chipset boxed with CD and User Manual 10 Contact The Editor 562569 FOR SALE SOFTWARE Easy CD Creator 4 Deluxe with disks and manual 10 Contact The Editor 562569 FOR SALE HARDWARE USB Keyboard 10 Contact The Editor 562569 CLUB LIBRARY BOOKS FOR LOAN TO MEMBERS Microsoft Windows Me Bible 950 pages on how to master the Windows Me operating system KK OK OK OK OK OK OK KK Microsoft Office 2000 Professional At a Glance 400 pages with visual reference on how to master the software ok ok ok ok ok ok Kk ok ok KK Contact The Editor 562569 ISLE OF WIGHT PC USER GROUP Ay www iwpcug org HOT KEY Our thanks go to Dennis Parkes for an outstanding presentation on Motherboards and Hardware at the Riverside Centre recently Dennis was very thorough in explaining about the various parts that go to make up an efficient computer starting with the heart of the computer namely the motherboard Dennis then proceeded to explain how to install the processor heat sink and fan and then went on to illustrate how the memory differs from the Pentium and AMD motherboards The hard drive was then installed on the motherboard with an IDE controller lead as was the floppy disk cable which has to be installed in a certain way A graphics card with 32Mb of RAM was then installed on the motherboard in the AGP slot The various serial ports
9. Making the connection Connecting to the scanner with Photoshop Elements is simple From the splash screen select Connect to Camera or Scanner and then choose your device to open the scanner driver Alternatively go to File Import to scan an image Importing the image Once you have your photograph positioned on the scanning area click on the Preview buttons to view it You can draw a marquee around the picture to ISSUE 141 select only the area you need and the drivers will allow you some control over the image whether to scan in colour black and white to select a resolution and more detailed control over the tone and contrast of your image Once you have these settings right click the Scan button to import the image into Elements Optimising the image Now that your photographs are on the hard drive it s likely that you will want to change the images in some way perhaps they are the wrong way round or too dark or you need to crop the picture to remove unwanted details We ll cover some of the most basic tasks for optimising images using Adobe s Photoshop Elements 2 0 Rotating images You can use the default welcome screen in Elements to browse for a file or go to File Open to display your selected image If you have taken a photograph holding your camera at an angle or the original was not correctly placed on the scanner the image will need to be rotated If the camera was at a right angle to the scene simply g
10. al imaging tips amp tricks Getting the image digital cameras Where digital cameras definitely have the advantage over their 35mm cousins is in accessing your image immediately after you have taken the shot You don t need to wait for the film to be processed nor do you even have to transfer the images to a PC to preview your work Simply go to the LCD liquid crystal display panel on your camera and change to Preview mode then flick through the images stored on the CompactFlash or SmartMedia memory You can even delete the ones you don t want and take them again if necessary However you will want to transfer your images to a computer to optimise them for transfer to the web or for print There are several ways to transfer your pictures Using serial or USB This is the most common means of transferring images to a PC The first step is to install any drivers that came with your camera so your system can communicate with it Once these are installed and you have restarted your PC if necessary connect your camera to it Older models use a slower serial port though this has the advantage of being able to connect to just about every PC while newer ones use faster USB Using Twain The software bundled with your camera is an easy way of copying images across to your PC However once you begin to use the device regularly you ll find this isn t the most convenient way to transfer photos More often than not you will want to
11. at the dotted marquee line jumps to the part that is most clearly defined Making the best print Editing images onscreen is fine to a point but many people who use digital cameras and scanners also want to print out their photos Getting the right size In the section on image editing we discussed changing the overall size of an image on screen but resolutions on a monitor and on paper are two very different things When using Elements to adjust your picture go to Image Resize Image Size but if you are adjusting the size of a picture for print you need to make changes to the lower box Document Size rather than Pixel Dimensions Here you can set the dimensions for your photo as it will appear on the page in inches centimetres or pixels Dots per inch Changing dimensions for a print is not by itself enough A photograph that looks crisp onscreen can become very blurred when printed out because of differences in resolution Images look sharp onscreen at 72dpi dots per inch whereas prints require at least 150dpi In the same box where you change the size of a document you can also set its resolution as pixels per inch centimetre Increasing the resolution of a photograph from a digital camera will usually reduce it in size cameras operate at 72dpi while the claims made by some scanner and printer manufacturers should be taken with a pinch of salt Clear prints up to A4 size are usually possible at 300dpi for enlarg
12. ements scan at 600dpi Scanners that claim to import images at resolutions of 9 600dpi and above sufficient to transform your postage stamp into an AO poster do so by digital interpolation This has the side effect of turning images at full resolution into a blur Paper and ink Finally for the best print from your scanned images digital photos pay attention to the paper and ink you use Photographic quality is typically achieved by printers that use four or more colours mixing cyan magenta yellow and black Don t choose a cheap printer that does not provide a cartridge for true black as shadows and dark areas will be muddy Likewise do not expect spectacular results if you intend to print on copier paper Something that is sufficient for letters 1s not suitable for high resolution graphics Be prepared to use glossy coated paper or high quality matte stocks if you want to produce an image worthy of being displayed Digital camera tips 1 Megapixels aren t everything You re more likely to produce higher quality prints with a higher resolution but cameras that cut corners on optics may result in worse photos than competitors half their resolution and price 2 Snap away Always take more pictures than you need This way you re more likely to get the shot you want 3 More means more Storage with most cameras is usually paltry but with prices falling for flash memory be sure to go for 32Mb 64Mb or even 128Mb cards
13. ennis Linzmaier Bob amp David Groom Roger Brown David Groom and David Broughton Mike Collins Dennis Linzmaier Gwynn White Cliff Maidment organiser with David Groom ANSWER TO THE JUNE PUZZLE Is Your task in the June edition was to fill in the blank cells of a 5 x 5 matrix where all the rows columns and two main diagonals had to add up to the same number which was not given The red numbers in the diagram above were the missing numbers This proved an easy puzzle despite not knowing the sum The top right cell is common to a diagonal and the top row so whatever its value the other cells must add up to the same figure The diagonal components are four fives which add up to 20 so the top row also sums to 20 and this fixes the value of one of the unknowns to 3 This then sets the row and column totals to 23 determined by the second column After that everything falls into place I received ten answers They were from Michael Hodge Peter Wreford Peter Woollerton Leonard Brett Gordon Stonham John Amos Peter Greenhalgh who sent in a spreadsheet with the answer Les Burroughs John Moxon and Rosemary West who won the draw and the 5 book token For those who are keen spreadsheet operatives a challenge is to fill in the missing cells with formulae to make the spreadsheet do the work If anyone is interested in seeing how this is done ask me for a copy a A nmn i ra ga a es inet W a fae j P e
14. ge of Information and Communications Technology or I C T Bill started his talk with a Powerpoint presentation that outlined the equipment and organisation at the school and other schools in Newport as they are connected in a network An Intel 330 hub is the centre of the communications network with an ISDN 128kbyte line to the Internet and several branches to various rooms and buildings within the school They hope soon to have a broadband connection The range of equipment is quite impressive The computer room has 11 workstations a laptop a computer projector plus a colour and laser B amp W printer There are another 16 workstations in various buildings and classrooms Most of the cabling is called Cat 5 which he explained is a standard twisted pair but a fibre optic cable is also used for some of the connections Other interesting equipment consists of various digital cameras a digital microscope a scanner and some stand alone word processing machines AlphaSmart 3000 which allows pupils to prepare work away from the main computers In the past they used various types of computers but today they have standardised on IBM compatible Pentium based machines running Windows 95 and 98 Software includes most Microsoft Office products with much specialist software for teaching in Literacy Numeracy History Science Design Technology Control amp Modelling plus games Bill presented this information with ability and humour I
15. in Dunstable Bedfordshire The opportunity arose to move to Ireland as the marketing manager of Philips Records and lived in Dundrum Eire until 1973 when my then wife decided she wanted to return to South Africa with our two very young children I too decided later to join them and continued my career in the music business with EMI Johannesburg However after years of struggle in my marriage a divorce ensued and I was on my own for 17 years until I decided to return to England In the meantime before coming back to England in July 1992 it was fortunate for me that I discovered Christianity and became a born again Christian in 1980 in Johannesburg and went to Bible School there for two years I was involved in ministry to 14 black hospitals and was a counsellor at the Rhema Church in Johannesburg I moved to the Isle of Wight in 1992 where I met my second wife Brenda and subsequently bought my first computer from Dixons Newport which was a Pentium 60 with 32Mb of RAM and have progressed from there I have been the Hot Key editor since January 1998 I am also the Hospital Secretary for the Gideons on the Isle of Wight and a member of the Zion Chapel William Street Ryde 10 If you need to select an irregular portion of a picture that is clearly defined then the Magnetic lasso is the simplest tool to use Hold the mouse down over the lasso icon then select Magnetic Lasso Tool As you draw around elements of your image you will see th
16. ing systems redistribute free space split partitions and convert partition type Fat FAT 32 etc It should be noted that a user has to know where he wants to go with his partition setup before starting to move partitions around Creating or resizing a partition is easy as the user is led step by step making selections within the permitted minimum maximum limits of the hard disk It s fast PartitionMagic 8 supports Windows 2000 XP Me 95B 98SE and NT Workstation PartitionMagic also supports external hard drives using USB USB2 GRUB and FireWire 1394 as well as Linux Ext3 partitions New features in version 8 include the DataKeeper 5 backup program a new a versatile file browser better wizards improved Hot NTFS performance and support for partitions up to 160 GB At startup BootMagic 8 allows the user to select from multiple operating systems the one best suited for your desired task DataKeeper 5 is a useful tool for protecting one s data files This program runs automatically in the background It continuously makes a backup thereby allowing a user to restore one or more files in event of a crash or in Some cases a virus attack It is also useful in quickly finding any file changes or additions that may have been stored on your PC during visits to Internet sites Some users choose to mix all programs and data files into one large partition If that s your choosing you really don t need this program
17. isability Resources Co ordinator Helen Edom Flat 1 Glenfield Court Whitcombe Road Carisbrooke I W PO30 IED E Mail helenedom tesco net 521566 402155 872707 565190 740421 562569 403642 721629 883642 872707 822900 527208 EDITORIAL A letter received from one of our members Barry Cant 01983 525080 E mail baz wight365 net After Denny s talk on using two monitors on June 18th I thought this sounded very good and would be of use to me Of course Denny made the job sound so simple but do these jobs ever go so well I went out and bought a PCI graphics card for around 20 00 and had no trouble inserting it into my AMD Athlon XP 1500 computer I connected up a second Elonex super VGA 14 inch monitor as well as my Belinea 19 inch monitor and switched on my computer but nothing happened not even a bleep I checked all connections had a good head scratch but to no avail So I took the new card out and the computer started up ok I tried refitting the card with the same result So I thought I would turn to the IWPCUG e mail group for help Roger Skidmore contacted me to see if I had managed to sort out the problem but on hearing that I hadn t he offered to pop up and see if he could help After much swapping around of PCI cards taking out my AGP card etc nothing improved So we called it a day to ensure I was left with a working computer A few days later Roger phoned to inquire if I had made any
18. n by the local hospital It was whilst working at Rapsons that I was called up to do the compulsory 2 years National Service in the RAF After completing my six months training at RAF Cardington I was posted to Nicosia Cyprus and then onto Habbaniya Iraq where I was the Secretary to the Wing Commander of the base I was also involved in the Camp Radio Station where I was the radio presenter for a weekly Jazz Music program After completing my National Service I worked for Cadbury s in Regent Street London as a sales trainee but my destiny changed in that after meeting a friend at the Hammersmith Palais where I met my first wife I eventually decided after much indecision to emigrate to South Africa to start a new life On arriving in Johannesburg with no job to go to I toured the various gramophone record companies to check on availability of work I was fortunate in landing a sales job for Gallo Record Company in a department store where I worked my way up to managing a number of retail outlets in the Johannesburg area I was then offered a job in Durban Natal as a promotion and managed a group of music departments in various retail stores After proving myself a rival company Teal Records offered me a similar job in Johannesburg managing 33 gramophone record retail shops With the normal ups and downs of life I came back to England and worked in the West End and City of London for Polydor Records as the area salesman and lived
19. n keeping the interests of classes he said if he could get a laugh from a class he was well away with the lesson that followed He was asked many questions One concerned the method adopted in dealing with those who were slow learners or who had problems with computing equipment The solution was to pair up the experienced with the inexperienced if possible and teachers were encouraged to do this pairing before a lesson began I C T was not a curriculum subject it was an aid to other curriculum subjects In dealing with essays for example the emphasis was first in getting the text down in any form or manner without regard to formatting spelling or grammar Those matters were secondary and could be dealt with later Bill also dealt with the problem of internet security firewalls and administration He was asked many questions that he dealt with ably and we all learned something about the special problems that schools face when dealing with computer technology reported by David Broughton Oo the Mark by Mark Parisi www o fithe mark com FOR MOST PROBLEMS YOU NEED NOT CALL ME FoR SUPPORT JOST VSAT ATILE ANGIE S WEBSITE AT wtuus spoiledbratinet fag WAT Offth 2 mark cim GU GPC RR GA GANGE Pca off the mark by Mark Parisi www of tf the mark com H U M O U R LIGHT RELIEF One night a guy takes his girlfriend the daughter of a minister home As they are about to say goodbye the guy starts feeling a little r
20. o to Image Rotate and select 90 degrees left or right depending on which direction you wish to turn the picture If the camera or scan was slightly askew select Image Transform Free Transform and move your mouse outside the image until the cursor becomes a curved line you can now rotate the picture as little or as much as you require Alternatively go to Image Rotate and select Custom before entering the number of degrees you wish to turn the image Cropping and resizing It is unlikely that your image whether from a scan or photograph will be exactly the right size for your requirements but to change the size of an image for example to reduce it for inclusion in a website go to Image Resize Image Size and enter the new Page 9 dimensions for your picture If you want to change the canvas of your image perhaps to introduce a border around the photograph select Resize Canvas Size instead When selecting parts of an image to remove unwanted detail or to focus on a particular section of a photo select the crop tool from the Tools palette With this tool you can select the portion of the image that you wish to keep and then double click on the crop mask or go to Image Crop Levels and colour correction Adobe Photoshop Elements provides a wealth of tools for correcting colour contrast and brightness in your images only a few of which we can cover here If speed is of the essence go to Enhance Quick Fix This displa
21. omantic With an air of confidence he leans with his hand against the wall and smiling he says to her darling would you give me a good long good night kiss Horrified the strait laced girl replies are you mad My parents will see us Oh come on Who s going to see us at this hour No please Can you imagine if we get caught Oh come on There s nobody around they re all sleeping Ann No way It s too risky Bob Oh please please love you so much Ann No no and no love you too but just can t Bob Oh yes you can Please Ann No no just can t Bob I beg you Out of the blue the light on the stairs goes on and the girl s sister shows up clad just in her pyjamas hair dishevelled and in a sleepy voice she says Dad says to go ahead and give him a good night kiss or can do it Or if need be mum says she can come down herself and do it But for Heaven s Sake tell him to take his hand off the intercom j An airplane was about to crash there were 5 passengers on board but only 4 parachutes The first passenger said I m Mats Sundin the best NHL hockey player the Leafs need me I can t afford to die So he took the first pack and left the plane The second passenger Hillary Clinton said I am the wife of the former president of the United States I am also the most ambitious woman in the world and I am a New York
22. oughton see page 3 for addresses to arrive by Wednesday 3rd August ISLE OF WIGHT PC USER GROUP COMMITTEE MEMBERS Chairman Riverside Liaison Sylvia Farley 166 Gunville Road Newport I W PO30 5LS E Mail amelie btinternet com Secretary Christine Jenkins 19 Newport Road Lake I W PO36 9LW E Mail chrstjnkns aol com Treasurer Bob Groom Bembridge Lodge High Street Bembridge I W PO35 5SQ E Mail bob blodge demon co uk Membership Secretary Database Manager Hot Key Distribution Ray Boote VARNA East Hill Road Ryde I W PO33 1LL E Mail ray boote ic24 net Vice Chairman Webmaster David Broughton Westwards Hulverstone Newport I W PO30 4EH E Mail davidb67 clara co uk Mobile 07762 486391 Journal Editor Cover Disk Producer Librarian Brian Sexton 48 Ashey Road Ryde I W PO33 2UT E Mail alleyne clara net Computer Custodian Dennis Linzmaier 20 Queens Road Sandown I W PO36 8DJ E Mail dennis linzmaier iow gov uk Marketing Derek Cox 30 Manor Crescent Rookley Ventnor I W PO38 3NS E Mail tomderek cox virgin net Show Organiser Cliff Maidment 1 Palmers Road Wootton Ryde I W PO33 4NA E Mail cliffm clara net Committee Member David Groom Bembridge Lodge High Street Bembridge I W PO35 5SQ E Mail dmgroom hotmail com Chairman Computability Section Roger Skidmore 47 Quay Street Newport I W PO30 5BA E Mail rogerskid supanet com Mobile 07732 480201 D
23. s a group which seeks us either come along to one of our meetings or to exchange ideas and new information Our contact one of our Committee Members listed meetings are bi monthly on Wednesdays of on page 3 each month at The Riverside Centre Newport 7 30 9 30 pm Club s Website http www iwpcug org PartitionMagic 8 0 By Vic Awdeychuk NOCCC a taf i Ti Oring y PartitionMagic has been around for several years and has seen a steady evolvement into a top notch utility PartitionMagic 8 helps one to organize and protect your data and at the same time allows greater efficiency in your PC work effort Installation of PartitionMagic 8 0 was straightforward The CD Rom comes with DataKeeper 5 0 and BootMagic 8 0 so those applications can also be installed By default PartitionMagic 8 installs in its own directory and does not overwrite previous versions or affect the existing partitions setup However older versions of PartitionMagic and DataKeeper remain on your hard disk and ought to be uninstalled later as a separate operation PartitionMagic 8 is fairly simple to use and very reliable The main window has pick a task menu using wizards for guidance and partition operations menu for making changes without wizards A user can Create a partition Resize a partition Copy and Merge partitions This allows users to better organize the hard disk drives creating backup partitions installing other operat
24. ys a dialog box with one click access to the most common features you may wish to alter such as brightness contrast and colour correction Auto Levels Contrast and Colour Correction beneath the Quick Fix option will apply automatic enhancements To adjust the brightness and contrast interactively go to Enhance Adjust Brightness Contrast and use sliders to correct your image Enhance Adjust Lighting provides tools for correcting common errors such as backlighting and poor flash exposure Complex colour tools are provided under Enhance Adjust Colour Colour Variations is fun if you would like Elements to make automatic changes to your image but Hue Saturation and Remove or Replace Colour offer more control over changes you make to your pictures Colour Cast is an excellent tool by clicking on an area of an image that should be white black or grey it quickly changes the overall colour tone of a photo Using masks Sometimes you will not want changes to apply to the whole image which is where masking or marquee tools are extremely useful These are found in the top part of the Tools palette and include regular rectangular and oval marquees lasso and brush tools for irregular selections a magic wand when you need to select a particular colour and the crop tool For the regular masks and lassos you can hold the mouse down on the Tool palette to change between the types of marquee continued on page 10
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