How to create an animation

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Animation is one of the most effective medium to interact and attract people. I too, was always in search of some software through which I could make an animation on my own and with my own ideas. Though its a very complicated subject but now a days availability of various user friendly software has made this very simple. The only thing is that you have to be creative. So you may also start animating the things.

• The leading softwares in animation industry are 'Maya', 'Flash' (90% animation available in internet sites are built on Flash), 'Google sketch up Pro, 'Blender', '3D Max' etc. Each software has its own specialty and functionality

Here I will be illustrating examples of creating animation on various software. Let's start from Flash:-

• Download the Flash software from the link given below as per your requirement.
• http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/downloads.html
• Open the application.
• Click on Flash actionscript 2.0 or 3.0

• Right Click on Stage and click 'Properties'. select the background colour as you wish, dimension of your animation and the fps (frames per second). Enter 25 in FPS. Remember the higher the frames per second higher will be the quality of animation and the size of file too.

• Now click on Text tool in left tool bar 'T' and click on stage. Type the word anything you like. In my case I have typed 'Alok Welcomes You'. 
• Select the text and change font, colour, size as you do in MS word. See the figures below.

• Now go to timeline and double click on Layer 1. Rename it 'Text'.

 

• Right Click on 100th frame and click 'Insert Keyframe'. Since you have selected 25 fps your animation will be of 4 seconds.
• Again right Click on any frame between 1 to 99 and select 'Create Motion tween'. You should see the figure like this.

• Right click on 25, 50 and 75th frame and click on 'Insert Keyframe' on each of these frame.
• Now Right click on the text you have typed at stage and click on 'Free Transform'.
• Now Click on 25th frame. Change the position and size of the text. Do the same for 50th frame and 75th frame.

• After changing size and position at 25, 50, 75th frame as per your click on 'Control>Play'. See your first animation.
• Now export your animation from File menu to .swf flash file or .gif image file as you wish.
• Flash has enormous possibilities. Don't go with this basic simple animation. Keep experimenting and thinking.

How to recover permanently deleted files

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Many a times we erroneously or intentionally delete the files and empty the recycle bin so that it can't be accessed. Later after sometime we need the file again and are left in condition where we have no idea how to get it back. There are various softwares which help us in recovering our permanently deleted files. Recovery of files depends upon various factors like how long back the files were deleted, whether disk has been formatted after deletion etc. etc. Don/t worry if you have formatted the disk, even it can be traced. So beware of ....................

How to Open .docx, .pptx or .xlsx in a PC having Office 2003

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Some of us are having MS Office 2003 version on our PC and when we get any documents from other PCs or source which have been created on new version of MS Office i.e. MS Office 2007, MS Office 2010 it can't be opened with MS Office 2003 version. In order to overcome this problem either we have to purchase again MS Office 2007 or MS Office 2010. Here is the software which will not only solve the problem but will also save your hard earned money unless you are a pirate boy.

• Click the link given below and download the software from Microsoft site. This is free.
• http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=1285

• Click on "Click here to accept"
• Click on continue
• Once this software is installed no need to go anywhere all files will be opened.

How to convert .kml file into .gdb file

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• Waypoints and routes/tracks created on Google earth can only be saved in .kmz or .kml file from Google earth application. Now if you wish to upload the same waypoints/routes/tracks to your Garmin GPS you will require to convert the .kml file of Google earth into .gdb file as most Garmin GPS doesnot read .kmz/.kml file.

• Download GPS Babel software from the link given below.
• http://www.gpsbabel.org/download.html

• Install the GPS Babel on your PC and Open it

• In Input part select "File", in Format select "Google Earth (Keyhole) Markup language.
• Click on File Names. 
• A window will pop up. Select the .kml file which has to be coverted in  .gdb file. Now check that which are the things you want to be incorporated in the converted .gdb file (e.g. Waypoints, Routes, Tracks). 
• Leave the filters as it is.
• Now again in Output part select "File", in Format select "Garmin Mapsource-gdb".
• Click on File Names. 
• Select a location where you want the new converted .gdb file to be stored and give it a file name so that you can remember it.
• Click on Apply. You should see a message "Translation successful"
• You are done.