Category Archives: Glossary

What is a Domain Name System (DNS) ?

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a decentralized naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the internet or a private network. It translates easily memorizable domain names, like “example.com”, into numerical IP addresses, which are used by computers to identify each other on the network.

Why Convert to NTFS?

Your hard drive must be formatted with a file system such as FAT, FAT32 or NTFS so that Windows can be installed on to it. This system determines how files are named, organised and stored on the drive. If you’re not using it already, NTFS (New Technology File System) is recommended for Windows XP because of the additional… Read More »

CD and DVD Replication – How it Works

CD and DVD replication is a process that works by creating discs from scratch.  Not to be confused with duplication (the act of burning information onto readymade, commercially-available blank CD-Rs and DVD-Rs), replication relies on the use of molds to produce actual discs that already contain digital data.  It is the preferred and recommended mode of mass production… Read More »

A Guide to Touching Up Your Digital Photos

One problem I faced when starting out with digital photography was how to touch up my raw digital images. Perhaps an image was slightly dark, perhaps it had to be rotated or cropped. Digital photos usually require some form of manipulation before final output. So here’s a short guide which I’ve compiled to help you touch up your… Read More »

Using Photoshop and Illustrator

Unless you have tons of money to burn, every consumer wants to be as smart as possible when buying their goods.  We want value for our money.  If there’s a cheaper alternative that can deliver the same results, of course we would rather have that!

The Difference Between JPEG and GIF

JPEG and GIF image formats are both compression based formats. They are the most widely used and supported image formats for web. They take an uncompressed image such as bitmapped image and compress them to a smaller file size. A lot smaller image size is moreover the result of this conversion. It may seem that one compression may… Read More »

Simple 3D in Photoshop

You can use your Adobe Photoshop in creating 3D images. Since 2Ds are obsolete and 3Ds are in, you might want to start enhancing your skill in computer graphics.

Color Basics

Do your print ads or web pages seem so flat that no one ever bothers looking at it? How would you like to make them more unique and attractive?

Cleaning Images with Photoshop

Time is precious and we don’t want it to slip away that easy without taking advantage of its significance. To circumvent waste of time, Snapshot can be a great help to us.

What is VOIP?

For those who have never heard about the potential of VoIP, be prepared to radically change the way you think about your current long-distance calling plan. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is very simply, a method for taking ordinary analog audio signals and turning them into digital signals that can be sent over the Internet.