Watermark How-To – 8 Simple and Easy Steps

Hi guys! In this post, I will tell you how to add a watermark on a picture.

No software download, registration, payment, or photoshop. It’s completely free and easy.

Here is the watermark how-to guide:
8 steps, accompanied with screenshots and arrows.

1. Go to http://www.picnik.com/app

You can put watermarks using picnik for free. It’s really a handy watermark tool!

2. Click ‘Upload a Photo’ at the top left. Then choose your photo.

I’m going to use a photo of my cat beside a computer for an example. Haha .

3. Your photo will appear. Then, click ‘Create’.

4. Click on “Text” on the top right.

5. Type your text, then add it

6. Format the text. I suggest 50% fade

7. Click on ‘Save and Share’

8. Save your photo, and you’re done!

And tada! Now you’ve got a brand new watermark on your photo!

Another trick to make pretty watermarks

Now, here’s another cooler trick to do a more beautiful watermark on your photo, but it will not work on some backgrounds.

This time, set the fade back to 0%. Then click the dropdown and select overlay. As you can see, the watermark doesn’t appear very well on the dark background.

But when you move the text to the fur, it overlays really well and beautifully! Also, be sure to try other text colors when overlaying for other results!

Hope this guide helped you to do a watermark! If you have any questions, just ask it in the comments below!

How to Find Out What Process a Program Uses

Finding out what process a program uses is pretty useful for purposes like disabling startup programs or ending unresponsive programs

So, here’s 4 steps to find out what process a program is using.

1. Open the program.

 

2. Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc)

 

3. Right click on the program and click go to process

 

4. You’ll arrive on the processes tab with the process highlighted

How to Disable Startup Processes

What are startup processes?

Startup processes are processes and programs that start automatically when you start up your PC.

Some examples are instant messengers (Yahoo Msgr, MSN, Skype) and anti-virus (Kaspersky, AVG).

Why Disable Some Startup Processes

Some startup processes are just simply unnecessary, you rarely use them, or they take up too much memory (which slows down the computer when booting).

Disabling unnecessary and high-memory speeds up your computer tremendously, and it’s easy to disable them.

5 Easy Peasy Steps to Disable Them

1. Click the Windows Start button.

2. Type msconfig in the search box. (XP users, click ‘Run’, then type msconfig).

3. Click ‘msconfig.exe’ and go to the Startup tab.

4. Disable whatever unnecessary. If you are not sure what a process is, leave it enabled just to be safe. Click here for a post on how to find out

5. Click ‘OK’. The startup items you’ve disabled won’t run on your next reboot.

Help! Computer Keeps Turning Off by Itself!

Has your computer been powering off by itself lately? Does it shut down for no reason? When you are surfing the net or playing a game, does your computer or laptop shut off randomly?

Well, my 1-year-old notebook computer had been shutting down automatically. And, I discovered the cause of the problem… and the solution!

Cause: overheating

For most mysteries of computers shutting down for no reason, overheating is the problem. If overheating is the problem, then cooling is the solution.

So I got a table fan to blow underneath my laptop. And… my computer has never powered off automatically again after that.

Solutions to overheating

Laptop Cooling Pad

If you have a desktop, a fan will do. Laptop? An ideal solution is a laptop cooling pad, which is a fan to take heat out from the laptop.

But if you can’t get a cooling pad at the moment, you can just temporarily use a table fan to blow underneath your laptop.

Images from laptop arena

Cleaning the computer fan

Sometimes, overheating is caused by a slow computer fan.

Check your fan to see if there is any dust in there, which slows down the fan.

Then use a vacuum cleaner to suck out the dust. Or just take the whole fan out and clean it.

Photo by radialmonster

Other benefits of a cool laptop

Other than preventing the computer from shutting down automatically, cooling the computer has other benefits, like

• Computer is faster than normal
• Laptop battery lasts longer
• Prevent damage to hardware
• Longer computer life

Other causes of computer shutting down by itself & solutions

Overheating might not always be the problem. Other problems might be

• Viruses – Viruses may be causing your computer to power off. So, I recommend you get an anti-virus software. I recommend Kaspersky.
• Too high memory usage – Get more RAM, reduce startup programs, avoid running high-memory programs or many programs at once.
• Hardware error – Hardware might be damaged, broken, or shocked.
• Faulty adapter – Perhaps your power chord is faulty. Just get a new one .

So, did cooling your computer solve your shut-down-for-no-reason computer? Did you solve this problem using another solution? I would love to hear your input in the comments below!

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