IrfanView is a very fast, compact and innovative graphics viewing and editing program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista. It is free for non-commercial use and is on the Approved Software List. IrfanView is simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.
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Graphical objects, also known as entities, are the visible objects (lines, circles, raster images, and so forth) that make up a drawing. Each graphical object has methods that allow an application to perform most of the AutoCAD editing commands, such as Copy, Erase, Move, Mirror, and so forth. These objects also have methods for setting and retrieving extended data (xdata), highlighting and updating, and retrieving the bounding box of the object. Graphical objects have typical properties such as Layer, Linetype, Color, and Handle. They also have specific properties, depending on their object type, such as, Center, Radius, and Area.
—ActiveX Automation User’s Guide, AutoCAD help file
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Google Earth is a free-of-charge, downloadable program that allows you to view the entire Earth from orbit with amazing clarity. It maps the entire earth as a 3d Globe by pasting together images obtained from satellite imagery and aerial photography. The Google Earth Program comes as part of Google’s free “Software Pack”. It’s a quick and easy download that you can get for free. It comes with these great free titles:
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There are many free header images available for download on the internet just search for free psd headers You can then modify the text or add text to the header and make it your own. Or you can create your own header from scratch with a background, a gradient background or an image for a background. You can then add smaller images on top of the background. You see many headers composed of several images laid over a background.
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Adobe Photoshop is the graphic arts industry standard software for raster image manipulation. Cartographers can also use Photoshop to create effective colored shaded relief for maps.

One important advantage in using Photoshop to create shaded relief is that of familiarity. Most cartographers and graphic artists have Photoshop on their desktop and are skilled in using it for working with images. It is an extremely powerful image-editing tool and a skilled cartographer can make many enhancements to a shaded relief map image once it is rendered.
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Photoshop Elements is an image editing program you can use to prepare images for your story.
Photoshop allows you to resize and crop photos, fix flaws in the image, and composite images together into a collage.

Step 1 – Opening Program and Getting Photos
After opening up the software you will see the “welcome” window. Select “Browse for File.” This will open up the Browser window. Use the window in the upper left to navigate to your “rough images” folder. You should now see your rough images in the Browser.
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 is a popular image editing software that provides a work environment consistent with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe ImageReady, and other products in the Adobe Creative Suite. This tutorial is an introduction to using Adobe Photoshop. Here you will learn how to get started, how to use the interface, and how to modify images with basic Photoshop tools.
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Photoshop, now up to version 7.0, is the leading professional image-editing program, released by Adobe. Photoshop is useful for both creating and editing images to be used in print or online. Easy to use, but full of high-quality features, Photoshop is the best choice for any image manipulation job.
Opening Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Click the “Start” menu and go to the “Programs” folder. You will see an “Adobe” folder with “Photoshop 7.0″ inside; click this icon.
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