Adobe Deals for March and April

As a customer of their products i've got some offers from Adobe for this month and also April as coupons and deals. I would like to share it here to everybody who interest to buy Adobe product to take action during this promotion.

Here is some deals and coupon from them which i've got from their newsletter:

1. Free shipping on any version of Acrobat products. exp. 03/31/09. Get it from this link >>

2. Save $200 on eligible upgrades to Adobe Creative Suite 4. Offer extended to April 30, 2009.Here >>

3. Discount $20 on Photoshop Elements instantly with purchase of a full or upgrade Acrobat 9 (Pro, Pro Extended or Standard). >>

4. Up to 30% off for Lightroom 2, along with a full or upgrade version of Photoshop CS4

Or if you would like to find by yourself what is the latest deals (Coupons, discounts) here is the link to their site, http://www.adobe.com/special/offers.html

Skype For SIP now available in Beta

Today, Skype takes another step towards greater interoperability with the launch of the beta of Skype For SIP. * SIP is the leading voice over Internet protocol used in businesses telephony networks – there are millions of installations across the globe. According to IDC†, 438,000 IP PBXes were shipped worldwide in 2008, so this represents a significant opportunity for Skype, and for small, medium and large businesses around the world. What Skype For SIP can do for your business With Skype For SIP, your business can: Receive and manage inbound calls from the 405 million Skype users worldwide on SIP-enabled PBX systems, connecting the company website to the PBX system using Skype click-to-call buttons Place calls via Skype to landlines and mobile phones worldwide from any connected SIP-enabled PBX, saving your business money with Skype's low rates Purchase Skype online numbers to receive calls to the corporate PBX from landlines or mobile phones Manage Skype calls using your existing hardware and system applications such as call routing, conferencing, phone menus, voicemail and call recording and logging – no additional downloads or training are required Skype For SIP is the perfect way to integrate Skype with your existing PBX, allowing the communications from your PBX to be complemented by Skype functionality – head over to the Business blog to find out more about the Beta programme. * Website launching shortly. † Source: IDC, Worldwide IP PBX and Desktop Hardware IP Phone Market Forecast, 2008-2012: Using the PBX as the Foundation of Unified Communications, Doc #210695, February 2008. Source: Skype Blog

Make Reflection in Photoshop

Ever wonder how to make reflection for text or image like seen in every web pages nowadays? (ya know, Web 2.0 Style)

Let's we make it with photoshop. We will make for text. For Image reflection, before you do it, you have to be able to isolate this image from its own background, move it to new background and make reflection for it.

1. Open up Photoshop. Make some text, set style like you want (Gradient, size, stroke, style, etc.)
2. Duplicate this layer (with text on it). Now click on Move Tool ("V" on your keyboard) and activated "Show Transform Control". The result is your text surrounded by Transform control like shown below.


3. Put your cursor at the top of this transform border and move it down like shown below.


4. Now you have similar image like below.

Double click inside of the box and uncheck "Show transform control" to deactivate it.

5. Select "Rectangular Marquee Tool", set Feather to 10px
and draw like below.


6. Press "Delete" on your keyboard, and now you have result like you want, a text reflection ready to use for your blog.

Still don't have Photoshop? Here is i added some links to Adobe site:
To download trial version, follow this link: Creative Suite 4 trial version
(photoshop inside)
To purchase Adobe Product for EU, follow this link: Europe - Adobe Store
Or if you're student, go to following link to get special price: Adobe UK Education Store

Make Rounded Edge with Photoshop

In this post i write about how to make rounded edge on picture or image with Photoshop like shown above.

1. Open up whatever picture you would like to make rounded edge on it.
2. Make new layer, fill it with white color (or whatever color you like as new background of your image), then move this layer to the bottom as first layer on layer palette.
3. Click previous layer (which is the layer of your image) to make it active.
4. On this layer, use Rectangular Marque Tool to make selection surrounding image. Leave some pixel for padding like shown below.

5. Then go to Select > Inverse. Again go to Select > Modify > Smooth. Choose 10 pixels or whatever you want in the new window which appear. Then press "delete" key on your keyboard. And now you have rounded edge for your image.

You can also add a little bit style for your rounded edge with stroke or drop shadow (whatever you like).

Note: Image above i made and use in my landing page for my affiliate site here.

Still don't have Photoshop? Here is i added some links to Adobe site:
To download trial version, follow this link: Creative Suite 4 trial version
(photoshop inside)
To purchase Adobe Product for EU, follow this link: Europe - Adobe Store
Or if you're student, go to following link to get special price: Adobe UK Education Store

Shopwiki, the easier way to find products

Everybody knew about Wikipedia, of course, the biggest encyclopedia on the net. And what about, if this kind of encyclopedia developed as an encyclopedia of products?
Exciting! I am sure it will help million of online-shopper to find things what they need to buy, like Wikipedia help million of internet user with their information.

This kind of Shopwiki would be a new trend of online-shopping in the future. People don't need to point their browser to different shopping portal but just go to ShopWiki.com and they will get everything what they want, just take a look to the link above. Even, there is a guide to buy jewellery and luxurious watches on that site.

How to use ShopWiki as a shopping guide? first, go to their homepage http://www.shopwiki.com/ and then find goods which you want to buy (the product separated by categories to make it easier to find them).

Let say you want to buy a watches. You know watches is belonging to "jewelry and watches". So, just go to this product category, then choice "watches".
Here is the main subject of this website. In this page you can find anything about watches before you buy it. their article will help buyer to make decission which kind of watch will match their need about watches specification, styles, types, even the battery of watches.
And at the end of the page there is links to purchase watches which linked to several watches shop.
Really a complette shopping guide site.

So, make sure about things you want to purchase using ShopWiki before you buy it!