How do I …

This is going to be a help for myself and anyone who can use it!

Sometimes I stumble across “problems” online which need to be solved in order to get what I want. {And I always need to get what I want *lol*} so I can be quite persistant about it and often reach my goal.

To keep the memory I’m going to collect it here…

… How to …

… download videoclips from youtube and similar and convert it to avi, mpg and co.

  1. Grab the extension for firefox at http://videodownloader.net/ and follow the instructions
  2. There at “Help” you find instructions how to convert to avi, mpg and so on
  3. Check the instructions and tutorials here
  4. You can also use the online function to directly download a video clip here { haven’t tried it myself yet}

alternative way to download from youtube and googlevideo

  1. Go here

… how to save streaming files

  1. Use SDP Multimedia
  2. Check the Tutorial here

… make Brilliant Buttons?

  1. Go to one of the following links
    + http://www.lucazappa.com/brilliantMaker/buttonImage.php
    + http://www.kalsey.com/tools/buttonmaker/
    + http://ekstreme.com/buttonmaker/index.php

  2. do it ….

OR …

  1. make them yourself…
  2. Button is: 80×15 black border 1px inside white border 1px font: silkwood (get it here) 8pt anti aliases off.
  3. try around

And don’t forget to check Steal these buttons - it’s great.
 

… remove exif data using Irfanview?

  • Open Irfanview
  • Press “T” to get into the Thumbnail-Preview
  • Choose the folder where the images are in
  • Select all images you want to strip the exif from
  • Go File » JPG Looseless Operations » Looseless transformation with selected thumbs
  • Choose “custom” in the box “JPG APP marker options” and uncheck 2. and 3. box
  • Click “start”

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more coming soon….