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Visit our Facebook page!
It's official – we're on Facebook! If you're a fan of
Serif, you can 'like' our brand new Facebook page and get 10% off your next order
at Serif.com.
Head to the
Serif Facebook page now to
explore the history of the company and our products, and check out how we work behind the scenes. Plus, you can access all the latest
information, offers and more!
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WebPlus Competition |
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PhotoPlus Competition |
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 Will
your entry be a site to behold?
There are still a couple of weeks left for you to get your websites entered into the WebPlus Website of the Year Competition.
Send us a link
to sites you've created in WebPlus for the chance to win prizes including the
Serif Design Suite, twelve months' platinum hosting,
and a link to your site from Serif.com.
We've already received some fantastic sites, so act fast and
submit as many entries as you like
before 12pm GMT Monday July 9th 2012.
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 WebPlus
X6 goes down a storm!
Since its launch just a few weeks ago, it's fair to say that
our brand new web designer has had a fantastic reception!
WebPlus X6 has broken record after record, but it hasn't just hit the
right notes with customers:
"WebPlus X6 is... excellent. It has managed to introduce many changes whilst remaining easy to use.
"If you are starting web design, this is the place to start. If you have
a previous version, then the ability to create mobile pages is good
enough reason to upgrade." iPlus 360
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$3,000 worth of kit still up for grabs!
Last month, we announced the opening of our Serif
PhotoPlus Competition.
Since then, we've been taken aback by the quality of some of the photography on show, but there's still plenty of time to
enter.
There's over $3,000 worth of kit to be won, including a Nikon 3200 DSLR with
an 18-55mm lens,
a Nikon J1 Twin Lens Kit, the Serif Design Suite and much more!
Plus, you get a $15 voucher to
spend at Serif.com when you submit your entry before the closing date of 5pm GMT Tuesday July 31st 2012.
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...Sharpen photos in PhotoPlus X5
Sharpening photos is tricky in photo editing because it's all too easy
to overdo it and produce visible noise in your images. Here's one
method using PhotoPlus that gives you more flexibility and produces
smarter results...
With
your image open, copy the Background layer by right-clicking it, selecting Duplicate,
naming it, and clicking OK.
This copied layer is the one we'll be working on throughout the
tutorial.
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convert the layer to black and white. You can do this with either the Hue/Saturation/Lightness
or Black and White Film adjustments.
The former is much quicker, but the
latter gives you much more control over color levels.
Go to Image>Adjust to use either.
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you've converted it to black and white, apply PhotoPlus' High Pass filter
by going to Effects>Other>High Pass.
You can change the depth of this gray line drawing by altering the
Radius slider (around 15 should be suitable).
Click OK, then change the layer's blend mode to Soft Light in the Layers
tab. This reveals your sharpened image.
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final touch is to alter the opacity of the copied layer. Any changes are
very subtle, so as to sharpen your image, but not leave any visible
noise.
In our example, there is an increased definition on the palm tree's
leaves (see a larger before-and-after here).
You can access more support, resources, and Serif forums on the
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Gallery Winner
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Tips and Tricks
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 Jack
Appleton
June's competition winner is Jack Appleton and his graphic/web design website.
 Created
in WebPlus X5, the site has a contemporary, clean, and stylish look, and also gives visitors the chance to purchase some interesting print
works.
To look at the website in more detail, simply click the image.
Email us
designs you have created using any Serif program and you could win
the Serif software title of your choice!
Please send your designs in their original Serif file format (you may
also need to embed your fonts and images).
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 PagePlus
X6
Editing tracking (line spacing) for individual words or lines of text is
easy in PagePlus.
Simply highlight the relevant text and press Ctrl+M on your keyboard to
go straight to the Text Style window.
Go to Paragraph>Alignment and Spacing and change the line spacing to suit.
CraftArtist
Cutting out intricate parts of a photo can be difficult when
scrapbooking, but not when you use CraftArtist.
Simply select the item to cut into, then click the Scissors
tool on the main toolbar. Click and drag around the area you want to
cut, then click on it to remove it.
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 Place a
review for the chance to win £100!
That's right! You can post your views on any of our leading software titles by visiting
Serif.com.
Simply log in to your account and head to the relevant product page to tell us what you think.
And what's more, every month one reviewer will win a massive
$160 of Serif vouchers!
This month's winner is Mr Alan Dowling from
Lancing, UK with his review of WebPlus X5.
More Serif reviews
"MoviePlus X6 continues to improve... I use the product to edit videos for our business and it does amazing things. It's kept me from having to invest the time, money,
and effort in one of the $1,000+ packages and I get great results." Mr
K. Ring
"A wonderful product that transitions well with other Serif
programs like WebPlus and PagePlus, {DrawPlus X5} is easy to use with eye-catching results.
I am always astonished at how the software grows and develops {to} compete with the
'big guns'." Dr L. Mackie
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