I have often wondered how to create 3D images of simple graphic images or photos that i have seen in many blogs and websites. Even examples of source code or screeshots of themes look amazing with 3d transformations.

Creating 3d transformations for your 2d images is nothing but projection at various anges (transformation) is amazingly simple with photoshop.

To use a 3d transform filter, you can use 3d transform tool or other third party plugins like shown below.

3D Transform tool

Just import an …

First thing to check when buying a digital camera!

Well! it may sound weird! Having owned many digital cams including of kodak and nikon i learnt a valuable lesson.

The Batteries! I am soon off to buying a good digital camera and the first thing i would check is for a battery that comes with lithium ion (like battery used in mobiles) and NOT the AA battery NiMH/Alkaline cells. I really hate those cells type and everytime those cells exhaust and …

Guitar not for left handers?

I am not a music pro and recently i walked into the music store and purchased an acoustic guitar for $80. I am a left hander and i started learning guitar lessons in youtube and other sites and it all became upside down to play chords since i am using right handed guitar in my left hand. Most music books and teachings were written for right handed guitars in mind and so it is way too …

how to convert video from avi to DVD?

i am not a pro when comes to video editing and conversion. I am sharing here some of the easy tips on converting large avi file to dvd format.

My situation:

I had a 3 hour very large home video (about 30GB file size) in avi format from my Sony Handycam in miniDV cassette.

What i wanted

My goals were to transcode/convert the 3hr video from miniDV cassette and compress the video in such a way …

Know what is like, sleeping during daytime and working whole night?

Trust me! I have been living like this for the past 5 years and a habit like this can transform a person insanely. I am a living example for this.

I work the whole night, go to bed by 6′o clock in the early morning and get up by 3pm in the afternoon.

I am documenting here what good and bad i have gone through while being ‘nocturnal’ (term …

I recently purchased brand new honda activa from a dealer in India and i very much a lover of scotters than bikes just because it gives enough room to accommodate various items i buy from shops and bring back home.

My honda activa is a latest 2009 model and it gets be smooth pickup and ride. The only trouble i have is if i leave the vehicle untouched for a day or so, it wouldnt start. I have to pull up …

I was a complete noob when i just bought my new telescope as a first time user. My telescope was just a very basic model and it just costs $80. It came with 20mm lens, 6mm lens and barlow lens (3x) along with a small stand. At first i struggled to understand the concepts of optics and telescope.

After experimenting quite a while i understood the setup and working of telescope. Here is what the most important points you …

Many people just dont know how to enable a clear type font in WinXP and how greatly it improves the readability on the monitor if you have LCD or Notebooks. If you are elderly person having problems with readability in your computer, you must switch to clear text font and it is just easy.

Just see for yourself….

Below are 2 similar images demonstration the typography and readability of cleartype vs standart font in windows.

(i) Clear Type Font Display

(ii) Standard Type …

Planning to buy a motorbike or a car in India?

If thats yes, then this start of 2009 may be the good time to buy your dream vehicle (car or motorbike) in India.

The global financial crisis have greatly affected on global consumerbase including auto industry and many manufactureres are feeling its heat to cut down the prices of autos worldwide.

i have observed the prices of motorbikes, scooters of major brands

Motorbikes/Two wheelers = Less by Rs. 3000 to Rs …

If you are a small time earner from adsense program and have selected standard delivery mode (postal air mail) chances are the cheque which could take anywhere between 7 days to 1 month for you to receive depending on the place/city you live in India.

Normally most adsense publishers receive their cheque by the first week of every month by standard postal air mail. I have noticed that the cheques are sent from singapore by air mail. If you …