Turner's Perspective

great web site ! thats an awesome source! Man I tell you what.. its such a coincidence because I was just having a heck of a time editing a picture. Im a mac Enthusiast too btw!

I never did get my logo, which I edited in Photoshop, using the provided template, to upload. And then the system went down, last night. I'm too frustrated to mess with it tonight. I want to RELAX! *sigh* Maybe tomorrow...

Great tutorial Jeff, you are so good at putting those together. Easy to understand too, thanks!

Jeff YOU ROCK!!!! Now i can go and change if I wanted to. I had wondered how you added the text. THANK YOU TANK YOU!!!

Jeff another great blog as usual. I have been meaning to sit down and do this, but have yet to find a free minute in the day. Keep them coming.

I knew it!  Whenever I need to learn how to do something, I turn to your blog for a tutorial and...there it is. 

 

Thanks! 

Jeff, Thanks so much for this awesome tutorial! I used it to change my blog and it looks great! Thanks again!!

Well, aren't you just a regular blogging encyclopedia, Jeff.

I now have tonight's project.

Thanks!!

Jeff, you've got a lot of bling here!!!  Awesome job..  I am glad you posted this.  Btw, you got me doing the Twitter thing now.  Gotta go and read some more of your posts.

Jeff, great tutorial with picnik and Flickr. It does seem that the banner and backgrounds still make your blog load a lot slower though, but then maybe that's Active Rain.

Jeff, what a great way to teach about this tool. I'll be trying that out now. Gotta get that Twitter thing going. Still don't understand the point though I've read dozens of posts about it. You guys sound like you're having so much fun. ;-) Thanks so much!

Jeff, I have bookmarked this for later!

Jeff.....this is great and a wealth of information.  thank you so much.

Jeff, thanks.  this is the area that I am having trouble with too.  Very timely. AJ

Thank YOU!!!! I needed this.  I see everyone upgrading.....I just didn't want to start something I couldn't finish!

Jeff - thanks for taking the time to put the video together, for those of us who need help with all these new technology. We very much appreciated it. Keep up the great work.

Well, Brad changed the creator this afternoon and some of the specs have changed. The header can now only be 115 pixels high, not 125 pixels high. In addition, you no longer have to provide a link for the header or background graphics. You can simply upload from your hard drive to the second version of the activerain customizer. 

The new customizer is simpler to use, for sure, but the first portion of the tutorial video above is still valid. You can simply ignore the flickr portion. :) 

What kind of vitamins do you take?

 

Thanks for the video and all the tips on how to do the header.  All I need is the time to do it. 

Jeff Thanks so much.  I have not had time to play with this but the video tutorial sure makes it easier and removes the learning curve so much.

Jeff, as always, great help.  Thank you!

Jeff....Thank you, Thank you....This was driving me nuts : )

This is the first time I have read your blog but I'll be back.  Very informative.  Great posting.  Thanks.

Thanks Jeff...hopefully one day soon when I get a break with RE I'll make a few alterations to my blog.

Mr. Turner, do you wear a cape while you're rescuing damsels in distress?  (psst. my microphone is still broke on my laptop)

Wow.

Jeff,

I applaud you for assisting and so freely giving of your time here.  Thanks for the update.  I have to come back and study it further.

Why do you never cease to amaze me?  LOL  Oh yeah --- it's because you're Res Pres.  :))

Thanks for the timely tip - I'm going to try to get mine finished this weekend. 

{SVW Hubba}...

Thank you...Thank you...Thank you.

I couldn't answer a single question :)

TLW...ROAR!

You da man!!!

I help lots of people in this are learn more about AR - the FIRST THING I require that they write down is your name.  Thank you for all the help you give us non-techie types!!

Great Post. This is easy enough. THanks for the help.

Jeff, all I keep saying to you is THANK YOU but you do so much for all of us at AR with such generosity of spirit, so thank you again!

You are always so awesome in helping those around you. How can we say Thank You enough?

Man...

That was cool. I just used Picnik to add text to one of my own photos.

Love it. Love it. Love it.

That Picnik program just opened a whole new image world for me :)

TLW...ROAR!

For Those Of You Who Read My Last Post...

The <Picnik Program> will help solve some of your image issues... 

You can jazz up your own images and the ability to add text is pretty cool.

TLW...ROAR!

Thank you Jeff.  I can't tell you how long I spent this moring trying to do this on my own!  I guess next time I should look before I act!

Jeff - I had blown off the customizer because I really wasn't sure how to work with the images.  Thanks for the help!  I hope you have a terrific weekend!

Jeff......great job and you are a wealth of information.  I have been struggling with my customization as I do not have photo shop.  I love the swirl background while you blog is loading.  Where do I get something like this?  Are you for hire?

does anyone have any idea when active rain will restart emailing us comments?

Jeff - Thanks so much for this tutorial.  I was doing this on Photoshop but it seems much easier using Picnik.  Love the video tutorial!!!!  Keep them coming. 

Great!  I am bookmarking this post so I can come back and watch it in a bit.  I have been struggling with my blog photos as well!  Many thanks!

 

 

Jeff - great stuff!!  I finally got the Jing software, but no sooner did I get a macbook pro.  I wanted to say thanks for referring me to the application that will allow me to produce some video training modules like you have done here.  I know you hear this a lot and probably get twittered to death about it, but dude, you rock!!!  :-)

Thank You So Much!!!  That is really awesome, I'm bookmarking this and then I'm going to check out the customizing that you spoke about!

Jeff- Awesome post that is so helpful! I really appreciate you for taking the time to provide the tutorials that we all can use to improve our image online!

Best,

Scott 

Thanks for the information. Helpful stuff. And know it took you a lot of time. All the best.

Thanks for taking the time to help. I have it bookmarked and will work on it this weekend.

Everyone, it's my pleasure to assist. Please let me know if I should do it over to include more specific instructions based on Brad's new uploader. 

OK. I've tried again with the new settings. I still can't get this thing to work. What am I missing here?

Hi Jeff - I'm glad to find your post here because I had read on Brad Carroll's post about some having image problems.  And if others have that problem, then sure enough I would, too. I love Picnik, been using that for awhile now. 

Thanks for all the 'how-to' posts and tutorials you do for us here - thank YOU!
Ann

Thanks for the info, very useful.

Great tutorial Jeff. I couldn't get my banner to upload either. I made sure it was the right size but think my photobucket URL kicked the bucket!

Hi Jeff.  I am going to have to reread this post and watch the videos.  I have everything to learn!

Ken

Oh No! More technical stuff to learn. Your blog looks great Jeff! Thanks.

AWESOME!!!  Your video made it simple and easy to do for me.  I've been messing with it for the past hour and have changed the banner half a dozen times.  Now I'll look at all my photos a bit differently trying to zero in on the one that suits my mood.  Easy to change especially with the help of Brad Carroll's Blog Customizer.

 

Keep up the good work

Jeff, this was a huge help.  I watched the entire video one, and then did it again, pausing at each step while I did what I just learned in another screen.  'Wish I'd read this BEFORE I invested about 5-6 hours in trial and error.  I tell everyone who compliments me on my skin to come watch your video.

Thanks Jeff for putting this out there.  It is great to have these tool handed to us instead of searching for hours......As always, great info and thanks for sharing!

As always, you're awesome. You make everything look so easy!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

Jeff,

Great effects and I thank you for taking the time.,,,have a great weekend.

Thank you for helping all of us with this post, Jeff.  As we each try to express our individuality and brand blogs, it is nice to have folks share their knowledge!

Jeff this really helped me a lot as I was having trouble resizing my photos. Thank you very much, this was great.

Jay... ahhhh, Fenway Park. :)

JT,

Thanks as always for another great tutorial. Don't know how you keep up with it all. 

M

Great Website with lots of time input to help others.

I've decided I'm going to redo this one to match the current state of the creator. Early next week. 

Jeff,

Thank you for helping me to  improve my home page, You rock!!!! I really needed this blog

Jeff - thanks for the informative blog- now I just have to take the time to make changes!

I loive this stuff but wow do I have enough time??

Hi Jeff, Your video is awesome to be sure. Where is the best place to look for free background skins? Got you bookmarked once again.

Jeff - thanks for the tutorial.  I was having problems as I am a much better real estate agent/mediator than a tech person.  I appreciate your taking the time to do this for the rest of the Active Rain community.

You saved the day again... cropping for my header was my problem.  No more!  Thanks Jeff.

Jeff, Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.  I know I appreciate your efforts and I am sure a lot of other member do also.  I have been having trouble and I think I can set my blog background up thanks to your video.

I must be the wierd one out there..

 

Jeff, what program did you use and how did you record the video of your face, then drop down to your screen to continue?  I have Camtasia for Windows XP and Vista, what are you using on your MAC?

 

I guess I should research more Camtasia and see if I can do what you are doing with that!

 

Craig

 

Craig, I use Screenflow and it is Mac only. It uses the built in core functionalities of the mac to record everything to a timeline for editing later. I don't believe Camtasia can do it.

Jeff- Thanks for the tutorial! It was easy to follow. I could not have done it with you.

 

This is an awesome skin!  Okay, off to put flikr on my to do list for later tonight!!!!  Need to get a little work done, here!

I am remiss in being Active on the Rain for a few months and Turner's site morphs into something dazzling.  I see I'm going to have to get plugged back in - fast!

Jeff- Thanks for the tutorial. I found the "customized link" on the side of your blog last Friday. I spent a good hour (almost two!) trying to get my page to customize. I come back today and see you did a tutorial while I was away. Even though there have been some tweaks and updates since you did your tutorial, I still can't get the dang thing to work. :( You are a leader in the Rain. Thank you.

Thanks again for your expertise. I usually just insert the picture or image and do not edit. Now I know!

Thanks thanks thanks!!  This is on my to do list so here is another book mark :)

OMG awesome thanks!!!

WHOA!  Way too much information today!  I'm bookmarking this for tomorrow.  Thanks Jeff!

OMG Jeff- You ROCK!! This is exactly what I needed to know. The key is "picnik" I am so greatful. When you get a chance check mine out. I am going to go add text right this instant to my header!

This is fantastic! Thank you sooooo much for taking the time to show us how to do this. ;)

thank you so much!  Much easier than uploading to my website folder .  What do you use to edit your video?

Jeff - this has been a very helpful post, been sending folks here to help them with the process...thanks again.

Howdy Jeff

I like your blog skin.

It makes a very strong statement of your knowledge of working with graphics.

You are always taken the time to write a tutorial, that will help all the

Active Rain member's, to make their bloging even better.

Thank ya for all you do for us.

Thanks again Jeff, your stuff is always super easy to understand, useful, and makes it easy for less tech savvy people like my self.  I finally got it now.

Thanks for the tutorial.  Great stuff!

Jeff, I started using Picnik a while ago when I saw it mentioned in one of your blogs and it's great one of the easiest and best tools out there.

Jeff... Great post!  Thanks for the help.  One question I have though... Can I take the header template and add a small pic to one side (leaving room for the AR logo), having the rest a single color background with text on it, as opposed to cropping a single photo and adding text which becomes the entire header?  If that makes any sense at all, how would I do it?  I use both picnik and also have photoshop elements though I'm not really proficient at it yet.

Thanks again,

 

Jeff, thanks for your knowledge and sharing. I been looking at this header for about a week. At least now I do have a header. It is a work in progress but the good thing is that I do have a header.

Thanks Jeff,

Had fun  doing  my latest post:  Dad's Workbench: My Most Memorable Person using Picnik.com to add the customized text to the photos.

 

dv

 

Great informative blog; something to come back to study later.  I like the easy to read format and all the pictures. 

Jeff - Thank you for taking the time to share you ideas with us. Checkout www.thecentury21bcs.com and tell me what you think - we are new to this.

Jeff,  Thanks!  I have not made one as yet...for many reasons but I think today I will tackle this.  Your video and you are incrediably awesome.  Thanks!

Jeff, thank you so much for this tutorial. Couldn't have asked for better or more clear instructions. Thank you again for taking the time to do this for us.

Hey, Jeff.  This was an answer to many of my q's!  Thanks for putting it together.

Finally played with it!  Helped me with the new skin and a new twitter avatar.   Addictive tool!

Well done. 

Thank you I appreciate you service allowing all of us look more professional while tech. moves ahead.

 

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Wow, Jeff  THANK YOU!! I wish I had thought to look this up before I spent a lot of time trying to figure it out myself.  Picnik.com is great and thank you for your video tutorial.  I don't mind baby sounds, either!

 

I'd say I was about to go to twitter and boo hoo but you've save the day once again Jeff!

Jeff - Thanks for taking the time to instruct those of us who may be technologically challenged.  I have already customized my blog but I'm bookmarking this in case I want to change it up in the futrue.

Jeff - thank you for taking the time to help Jeannette and others in the process.

Thanks for sharing! I am going to put this info to good use!

Great tutorial.  I didn't realize the size constraints.  I just used 2 random pictures. 

Thanks for the info Jeff.  I read Brad's post but was having trouble myself and decided to come back to it, then never did.  I'll try again.

I have bookmarked this and it will be my homework tonight.  I tried Brads version with no luck a couple of months ago.  I look forward to figuring this out.  Thanks

Thank you so much for the video!!!  Excited about what i can build!!

I'm just trying to figure out how to make some minor changes to my outside blog. I have no idea how my old photo ended up on that page.

Thank you!  This is another great tutorial... it's a tremendous help!

wow.... This guy is for real huh?

Jeff:

Thanks for a great tutorial.  Only sorry it took me so long to get here and view it.

Quick question for you - what softward are you using to get the screen capture video.  I'm using Snagit, but it doesn't seem to have the features you're using.

Thanks again!

thanks for the information and the tip

Johnathan Smith
Staten Island
http://www.johnresales.com

OMG Jeff thank you.  I bookmarked this blog right after you posted it and then Brad updated everything and it freaked me out so my header remained blank for MONTHS.  I finally made the time to go back to his blog and your and I'm so jazzed...I love my new header and after I relistened to you tutorial video three times AND made notes, it was SO-O easy.  I'm sorry that I didn't do it sooner.

Thanks SO much for taking the time.  This will be one of those posts that will live on for a LONG time. 

I'm sure you and others will recognize the image on my header. (-:

Wow thank you so much!  That was very helpful and I loved making my header! 

Thank you very much.  You said you're not a pro but your video sure fooled me!

You make it seem so easy. I'm going to give it a try and let you know how I made out. Thanks.

Here I go again reading one of your old posts that were sent to me recently. I will ignore what has changed and focus on the editing.

I need this, I have been away for a while and this was very timely.....

Do you still use Vimeo for your tutorials? If not, how do you do them? This post is still great after all these years.