How To Create Animated Video

Many times my friends ask me question i.e. How To Create a Video and someone ask How To Create your own animated Video, and they don't have knowledge of designing and animation but then also they wanna do that., I promised them that I will find out solution for them and I started searching for that...Finally I was able to find out a way through which they can make own video easily, with the help of a online tool named PowToon mean while have a look at this Useful Software's which can surely help you.

This is a Video which we created 

What is PowToon ?

Powtoon is an online web-based service which enables you to create amazing animated presentations and videos even when you might not know anything about animation or designing at all.

Familiarising yourself with PowToon's user interface

Timeline

After you've chosen a template and a type of PowToon (presentation or movie) by giving a name with a description to it, you should click on the edit button and a new windows will open up giving you an option to select a type of template. Once there, you’ll notice a host of easy to use controls everywhere.

Let's start understanding what these controls are, shall we?

The top part of the windows is the PowToon toolbar which has the usual buttons such as New, Save, and Cut, Copy, Import, Export, Share etc. Whereas on the left we have the slide pane which contains option to select between movie or presentation modes, clone objects, etc. At the right side you will find a slide style selector.

We now move on to the most useful control in PowToon, which is the PowToon Timeline  It has a radical time based functionality to it which enables you to appropriately assign the amount of time per slide or per object. You can even use the Timeline in PowToon to switch the objects entry and exit timings. At the right side of the Timeline you will find plus (+) and minus (-) buttons which when clicked add or remove a second respectively from the current slide per click.

Before we move to it,do you know this now you can Promote Your Friend's Post on Facebook

How to Create Animated Video

Creating a movie using PowToon is very easy. Follow these simple steps.

• Start by clicking on the start button on My Pontoon’s page in your account and selecting the mode of Powtoon.Select a name and describe your PowToon and choose the style you want for animated movie followed by the template of your choice. After which you Create>Edit PowToon.

Choose Template

• A PowToon window will pop out. Add text to the slide by clicking on the text option at the right and selecting the text type of your choices(animated or static)
• Move onto another slide, and import an image on the slide using the Import image option on the Toolbar Import. Browse through your files and select an image to open it.You can re-size it as per your convenience.

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Import Image

• Adding a character is also very easy, just drag and drop your desired character (animated or static) on the slide and you're done.

Drag Character

• Add a prop to your character by dragging and dropping a prop on the slide.
• In order to add a new slide click on the "plus (+)" button at the left on the slide pane.

Add Slide

• Follow the same procedure and add content to your project.
• Use the Timelines and drag an object's start or end bits to move it along the timeline to assign it an entry and exit time on the slide. You can even drag the whole timeline for a particular object and move it before or after another object (this will make that abject appear or disappear accordingly).
• When you want to add entry or exit effects to your content, click on the respective arrow for the objects on the timeline and select an effect such as "Fade”, “Pop" etc. If you don't require any effect then select "No Effects" from the list.
• Use the "Play Start" or "Play" buttons to preview your work and get an idea about what kind of changes can be done in the slide.

Play Video

• Once you get the hang of using the Timeline (it's very simple),it will be very easy for you to create a good videos.
• When you have entirely completed your video, just click Save to save your project.

Yeah...Now you own video is done...

Share your own animated video 

Yes, you can also export your work to YouTube or share it on Facebook and Twitter using the share option.

You can download your own video also by just clicking on File>Export Type>Download File and your video is on your PC.

If and when you require more features or want to remove PowToon's branding from your projects, then you'll have to purchase a premium PowToon account.

Now, get creative and make awesome professional looking presentation or videos.

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Promote Your Friend's Post on Facebook

Facebook The leading social networking site has been introducing new feature one by one in the regular updates.

In Last update Facebook introduced Graph Search and many of them haven't got it,and they have introduced one more update which is similar like to the previous one which was done about some months ago or we can say that this is updated version of it.

Facebook said on Friday i.e. 15th, February,2013 that now users can promote their friends status,photos or any other posts also.

Earlier,we were able to promote our posts and our pages posts only,but now they have enable this feature in their latest updates.

This is what said by the Facebook in their own blog

"Now, in addition to promoting your own posts, you can promote a friend's post, such as a fundraising or celebration announcement,"

This feature has been started rolling out and will be hitting your account in upcoming days.Few months back they started their promotion strategy,so that company can attract and get more exposure and it has been working also.

Yes,now you can promote your friends post,so that more and more can know about it.We all know no-body is that rich,that he will be promoting his status or his pics but yes you can promote his post as if he/she has got promotion,got married,college graduation,moved to new city or if he is working for some charity to make money.Yes we can spend some bucks for this,as he is our friend.

Yes,this feature will be available for the people who are having friends less than 5,000 in their list and many of them don't have this much of friends.

Yes,this is and another money making strategy by this leading social networking site.

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How to Promote the Post :-

1. Go to your news feeds and find out your friends post,to which you want to promote.

2. Click on the Promote option.(you will find it at right-hand side of the share option)

Promote

3. Make the payment and you will get the notification for that,and your friends post will be going to get more                            and more attention.

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 This is How you can make use of it the new feature of Facebook, "Promote Your Friends Posts"

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Cover Creating for Your Timeline Need Not Require Lessons in Graphic Design

Even though Facebook covers have been around for just over a year, may people have been put off by the prospect of having to learn how to acquire graphic design skills in order to make their own Facebook covers.

Make FB Cover

Instead, many people have opted for the comfortable alternatives of using their second choices of digital photography or snatching a timeline cover off the internet.

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Easy Way to Make a Facebook Cover

As a replacement for your second choice methods to create a Facebook cover, there are a number of free websites that facilitate in the process of making your own timeline cover.

One such free Facebook cover maker is an application called ‘Make a Cover’ its purpose is to guide you through the process of making your own timeline artwork with relative ease.

The technique that this cover maker uses is to piece together a series of layers to create a patchwork collage of selected items. In essence you the user select a series of clothing layers and facial features in order to compose the Facebook cover that you want.

Despite the fact that you are limited in the amount of layers for your Facebook cover, this is still an interesting as well as perhaps useful way in which to make your own cover.

What Are The Advantages Of Using a Cover Maker?

• Speed –

 We live in a world where what we want, we want it now. In a world of instant access and ability, particularly on the internet we don’t particularly want to wait long periods or have to put a lot of effort into something like a Facebook cover that is fairly rudimentary.

• Skills Gap – 

The Make a Cover app bridges a skills gap between learning how to digitally create your own Facebook cover art work and having someone else create if for you, in some ways your input is illusionary – however the end result is that you’ve clicked a few choices and made up your own Facebook cover.

• Distinctive –

 Though all covers made by this cover maker for Facebook have a common theme – the character used within the cover, given the hundreds of possible combinations that this cover app permits your artwork will prove to be fairly unique.

• Sense of Achievement –

 Even though to a large extent you are just sticking together others art work, there is a sense of achievement like you would find from piecing together a collage from making your own timeline cover for Facebook in this maker fashion.

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5 Best Firefox Plugins For Safe Browsing Or Adding Proxy?

Firefox is the second most commonly used web browser all over the world. Of course, at number one is Google Chrome. There are many features that you can find in Firefox browser but in today’s post we are going to talk about one specific feature and that is save browsing. You don’t want to expose your location and person information in front of the world all the time and that is the main reason why you will need to start a safe browsing session in your web browser. There are different plugins that you can install in your Firefox browser to protect your information and start safe browsing.

Today, we are going to review 5 very best Firefox plugins that can be used for safe browsing or to add anonymous proxy during your internet session. So, let us start ranking and discussing those plugins without wasting any more time.

1) FoxyProxy

FoxyProxy

If we talked about the most commonly used proxy plugin and also the most famous one in Firefox then FoxyProxy has to be placed at number one position. This plugin can provide you with a completely anonymous surfing experience. There are some limited proxying capabilities available in Firefox by default but those are not advanced at all. With the help of FoxyProxy, a person can boost the proxying capabilities of Firefox and start browsing internet in a safe and secure environment. If certain websites are not working properly on your local IP address then by using FoxyProxy, you can easily access those websites.

2) Torbutton

When we talk about the online world of proxy the Tor Project has to be discussed. There are only a few big names in the industry and Tor project is one of them. At times, this plugin can work a little slow but overall performance is completely fine. If you will install Torbutton in your Firefox browser then a simple button will be added to your browser. By turning it on, you will start surfing internet on a proxy address and once you will turn it off, you will be back at your original IP address.

3) AutoProxy

AutoProxy

You must be concerned about your online proxy and want to surf internet anonymously. Well, you can do that very easily with the help of AutoProxy plugin that is available for Firefox browser. This plugin is very simple and easy to install, it doesn’t slows your browser down and offers complete customization features. Just a domain name in AutoProxy’s preferences list and you will be taken to that website via a proxy server.

4) AWB Proxy

AWB Proxy

If you want to surf internet via UK’s anonymous servers then AWB Proxy is for you. This is very fast and reliable proxy extension that can be installed in your Firefox browser very easily. The plugin will hide your original IP and open each website through a third part IP address.

5) Proxy Tool

Proxy Tool

As the name suggest, the purpose of this plugin is to provide proxy tools. The best thing about this plugin is the auto-proxy rotation but if you want to change it manually, you can add up to 10 differed addresses in spoofed HTTP referrers. You can even import more proxy servers on this tool as well.

This our Best 5 Ac coding to us, Let us know your choice...!!!

Author Bio:

Saif is SEO expert and web designer in Web Design Company in Austin. Get a quote about web design now !



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Top 10 Must have Google Chrome add-ons for developers

Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers today. Even I am also a big fan of it for keeping in mind the features it provides and the variety of extensions or more commonly the add-ons for making the development and designing job much simpler than before.

Some of these extensions worked even better than expected results. Here I am posting a list of top 10 Google Chrome add-ons for developers that worked great for me.

1--> Pendule

Pendule

Pendule is one of the most wanted chrome add-on for developers and is very much similar to the web developer tool of Firefox. It is best to work with forms, style-sheets, Html, images and have a vast collection of some really good developing tools for picking color, ruler etc.

2--> MeasureIt

MeasureIt

This is basically similar to the very famous Mozilla Firefox add-on MeasureIt, which is now made available for Chrome users also for measurement purposes.

It allows you to sketch a ruler across a web-page so as to measure the factors like height, width and alignment of the elements present on the webpage.

3--> Snippy

Snippy

Snippy is a wonderful add-on for chrome users for taking the snippets of almost any webpage and lets you save them for future use. Also it has strong integration with Google Docs facilitating you to upload and save those snippets to Google Docs. It would really make it much easier for you to save whatever you like on web and can use it anytime from anywhere from your Google Docs account.

4--> Speed Tracer

Speed Tracer 

Speed Tracer, as the name suggests is a powerful and helpful Chrome extension for developers to keep a check on the performance of the web applications they use. It discovers the issues caused by CSS style elements, DOM event management, JavaScript parsing & execution etc. This tool would also help you fix the issue related to the speed of the web pages.

5--> Firebug Lite

Firebug

At first instance, Firebug Lite seems an alternative to the Firebug but it’s somewhat different. It offers the visual representation feature just like Firebug for DOM and HTML elements etc. Along with this, it also adds some more features to the list such as live editing of Cascading Style Sheets or CSS, keeping a check on HTML elements and a lot more.

6--> Picnik

Picnik

Picnik is a very well known image editing service for editing the photos. Most of the users especially designers and developers use Picnik very frequently. To make uploading and editing photos easy to Picnic, Chrome has made available this add-on. You can simply take a snapshot of any webpage while surfing the web and can perform editing on these snapshots immediately. It supports many image formats like gif, jpg, png, tiff, bmp etc.

7--> Resolution Test

Resolution Test

Resolution Test is a tool for Chrome users to test the website pages against a number of diverse screen resolutions. Although the tool contains a list of pre-defined and most commonly used screen resolutions but its customization feature let you customize the resolution as per your requirements. Also you can turn on the Google Browser Size using this great Chrome extension.

8--> PHP Code Editor

PHP Code Editor

This plug-in is one of the best extensions in Chrome add-ons list. It offers you the web interface that can be used for editing your code.

The best part of this plug-in is that you can now work on your project from anywhere in the world using any computer.

9--> Csscan

Csscan

Csscan is a true friend for most of the developers who are using Chrome, as it really simplifies their task by offering the overview of all CSS properties and attributes of the elements on which you would focus the mouse. So if anytime you need to look into the properties of an element with this tool, simply place your mouse over that element.

10--> Eye Dropper

Eye Dropper

Eye Dropper is an add-on basically designed for developers and designers to allow them picking any color from across the web. It can really make web designing very easy by letting you use any color without need to create the custom color manually for the same.



This is just a glimpse of the wide array of Google Chrome extensions but the list contains the names which personally proved a boon for me in many different ways. As I already said, I am a big fan of Chrome developers add-ons and I am sure you would also believe it after using these extensions.

Author bio : 

Saif is web designer at Web Design Company in Austin. Get a quote about web design from us now !

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How To Set Up A Wireless Network In Windows 8

Are you are working on windows 8 and you have got stucked in making a wireless network to share internet or any document you want? In this post I am going to tell you how to setup a wireless network in windows 8 in your system. If you want the freedom to work anywhere in your house, you need a wireless network. Wireless internet has become the standard and over the past two decades has proved to be indispensable in the world of wireless internet sharing. What a wireless network does is provide data and internet sharing within the range of the router. In windows previous versions like vista, Window 7 it was pretty much easier to set up a wireless network by simple hitting some icons and giving some essential detail but in the latest version i.e. window 8 the task is comparatively tough. So you need a step by step tutorial to make a wireless network. There are few things you need to know to set up the wireless network so that you share stuffs with other computers. You need to have following two conditions satisfied to do this task-




1--> First, you must have a wireless network adapter. Almost every computer nowadays have this component.

2--> Second you need a wireless router. Yes, this thing connects to your broadband modem.

Once you have the above two conditions satisfied, you are ready to set up a wireless network in your windows 8 operating system. Here are sequences of steps you need to follow in order to set up a wireless network.

1--> Connect your network cable from the port to the internet port in your laptop/PC. This internet port looks something like this-

Internet Port

It is generally on the back of many laptops but may be on the left or right side of your laptop.

2--> Once the network cable is connected to your system, switch to the start screen and hit File Explorer.

->Click Network, now you would see a window like below-

Network Window

3--> Now, double click the router icon.

4--> Enter username and password.

5--> Click OK

6--> In the next step you have to tell the window about various things like "the type of internet 

connection", "the network name","The wireless security options" and the admin password and that’s it. You are done. You just created a wireless network for windows 8. Cheers!!!

CONNECTING TO THE WIRELESS CONNECTION

1--> Hit Windows + I to open setting window.

2--> Click the wireless network icon.

3--> Click the wireless network. Click the network you've created earlier.

Network

4--> Click connect.

Network Connect

5--> Enter the password you have set when you created the network.

Network

6--> Click "turn on file sharing and" and connect to devices.

File Sharing

And hurrah!!! You just created a wireless network in windows 8. So that was a quick guide to help you all to set up the wireless network.

Still have problems ?? Ask us…drop Your comments below….

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Author bio: Eric Blair writes about computer networking and fiber optic technologies used when making Cisco GLC-T transceivers.

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