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January 22, 2009

Kodak Zi6 Firmware Update!

Jennifer Cisney
Chief Blogger

You love your KODAK Zi6 Pocket Video Camera - now you can enjoy it even more with the latest firmware update. With the new improvements, you'll be able to:

1) turn the camera chimes on or off in the menu
2) choose to delete all video files and pictures at once, or one at a time
3) format your SD card
4) take sharper still pictures, with improved low light performance

Go here to download the latest firmware update.
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September 2, 2009

Personalized Sports Cards

Michelle Franchi
Marketing Specialist
Attention devoted sports fans: whether you're a professional tailgater, practice chauffeur, or team photographer, let's take a timeout for a home print project. Show your team spirit or be your favorite athlete's biggest fan with personalized sports cards created using KODAK EASYSHARE Software, version 8.0 for Windows!

The Creative Projects tab gives you free access to hundreds of templates for printing quarter-fold greeting cards at home, using ARCSOFT PRINT CREATIONS Software. Choose from a variety of sports templates seen below.



Select a template, insert your picture, and then click share so that you can save the card as a picture.



Bring the image into EASYSHARE Software v8.0 using the add pictures workflow, and use the crop option in the editor to trim down the image into the desired print size. Tip: 2.5 x 3.25 inches is a perfect size for team trading cards while 8 x 10 inches makes for a great end-of-the-year certificate.



Now use the Add Text tool to personalize the card. You may want to note a special accomplishment, team record, player statistics, season dates, team name, and/or athlete name.



Use the Print at Home tab and your KODAK All-in-One Printer to create borderless photos that dry instantly and last a lifetime.






To be sure you don't commit a foul by missing a great picture this season, check out our tips for photographing sports and action.
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March 13, 2009

Go Green with KODAK EASYSHARE Software

Michelle Franchi
Marketing Specialist
St. Patrick's Day is fast approaching and once again, KODAK EASYSHARE Software comes to the rescue with a neat trick to get you into the Irish spirit. The editing toolkit has a "color balance" feature that is intended to remove a color cast from an entire picture. Traditionally, you would click the eyedropper on any neutral color, such as white, area of the photo. The tool works great for taking the yellow tint out of older, scanned photos and the blue tint out of snow scenes.

Now for the neat trick, if you click the eyedropper on any pink/red area of a photo, it will turn the picture green.



If there is not anything pink/red in the photo, simply use the add text tool and type in fuchsia colored font.





Use the eyedropper to click on the text to turn the photo green, and then crop the picture to remove the text.
 


You can use your green picture in a variety of ways including on your social network profile, or on personalized St. Patrick's Day photo greeting cards.



You asked for it, you got it. KODAK EASYSHARE Software, v7.1 for Windows, now with more editing tools and creative options. Download it now for free!
 
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