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Instead of using generic virtual backgrounds in Zoom, you can create your own branded background with your logo and website address. This tutorial shows you how to design a professional-looking static virtual background in Xara Designer Pro and apply it in Zoom. Why Create a Custom Background? A branded virtual
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When working on print projects like brochures, magazines, or leaflets in Xara Designer Pro, getting the page size and layout right is essential. This tutorial covers all the page options available — from changing sizes to custom dimensions, background colours, and double-page spreads. Creating a New Document with a Default Page
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Creating magazine-style multi-column layouts in Xara Designer Pro is straightforward once you understand how text boxes link together. This tutorial covers everything from inserting large blocks of text to defining columns, linking text across boxes, and making text flow around objects. Simple Text vs. Multi-Column Text When you use the
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Scrolling text credits — like you see at the end of movies — are a frequent request for video projects. Whether you're crediting team members, listing music sources, or adding acknowledgments, Camtasia makes it straightforward using a text annotation combined with a custom animation. Step 1: Add a Text Annotation
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Animation brings static elements to life — and Camtasia makes it surprisingly accessible even for beginners. In this comprehensive tutorial, I cover everything from basic preset animations to custom keyframe-based motion, showing you how to precisely move objects across the canvas. Watch the full tutorial: Understanding the Animations Panel Camtasia'
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Need to speed up or slow down a video clip in Camtasia? You can adjust clip speed using a multiplier or set an exact duration in minutes, seconds, and frames. Here are two methods. Method 1: Use the Clip Speed Properties Panel Right-click on a clip in the timeline and
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When you launch Camtasia, one of the first decisions you make is how to set up your project. Getting the canvas size, frame rate, and other settings right from the start saves you from having to rearrange everything later. This tutorial walks you through starting a new project and configuring
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Xara Designer Pro can create simple frame-by-frame animations and export them as animated GIFs or Flash files. While it’s primarily a vector graphics program, this animation capability is useful for creating simple web animations, banner ads, or fun GIFs. How Animation Works in Xara Xara uses a frame-based approach
Email Marketing
If you’ve been managing a mailing list for a while, you’re likely no stranger to a few spam complaints here and there from your subscribers. There’s nothing more frustrating than to put together an excellent email broadcast with interesting info, maybe a tutorial, perhaps an offer or
Kit Articles
When you embed a Kit (formerly ConvertKit) form on your website, Kit starts to record how many visitors see the form, how many people subscribe to it and so on. In your ConvertKit account, you can see these statistics for visitors, subscribers, conversion rate, as well as 'top referrers&
Web Design
What are the very first things to set up on your site as soon as you’re ready to launch?
Web Design
If you are considering getting a website for yourself or your business, you may be overwhelmed with the amount of available options.