Creative Tip: Video tutorial for quick water droplets.

A couple weeks ago our tips website started getting a lot of visitors from Germany. Turns out our quick water droplet technique (QuickTips #57) was mentioned on a prominent German blog.

Inspired by that recent activity, we've created a quick video tutorial showing that technique in action.

PS-WaterDrops.mov (960x600) 8MB

Source: We were mentioned in Screenz, a German blog featuring Photoshop tutorials, tips and tricks. This technique was originally found in the archives of creativebits.org.

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Tech Tip: Translate foreign language websites.

As mentioned above, we've spent some time recently browsing through German blogs. But we had a problem. We don't read German. Thus today's tech tip:

To read a foreign language website, use one of these translator sites. The translations are far from perfect, but they are usually clear enough to understand:

www.google.com/translate_t
babelfish.altavista.com

Example in action:

Screenz.de (original German version)
Screenz.de (translated to English)

Want more? Use these services to create links on your own website to make it easier for visitors who don't speak English.

Read QuickTips in: German|Spanish|French|Chinese|Japanese

Source: Same as above.

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