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In the December 23rd edition of The Ladysmith Chronicle, I debuted my monthly column, called “Creative Parenting”. Using a question and answer format, my goal is to help parents learn how to deal with difficult teenage issues. Readers are encouraged to send me their questions and I will rack my brains for the answers and best…
On December 15th, my dear friend and writing colleague, Joyce Barnes, passed away quietly in her sleep. She had been fighting brain cancer for 18 months. Remarkably, after removal of a sizable tumor early in the summer of 2007, Joyce managed to fulfill the wish list she made when diagnosed. She accompanied the family on…
We live on Vancouver Island in arguably the warmest climate in Canada. We don’t get much snow, but 2008 will probably go down as a record year. We found out today, for example, that Victoria has the deepest snowpack (41 cm) of the 50 major urban centres in Canada. We might not have quite that…
We’re celebrating the Snow Storm of 2008 by extending our Annual Studio Sale and Open House until Sunday, December 21, 2008. Due to the attack of the white stuff last weekend, many folks were stranded and unable to take advantage of our once-a-year blow-out prices on Peggy’s fine pottery and Brad’s digital art prints and…
Greetings everyone! Turning Point Arts will be closed for 2 weeks starting Wednesday December 24, 2008. We will re-open for business at 11:00am on Wednesday January 7, 2009. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Peggy & Brad
The “Artists of Ladysmith Create…DOWNTOWN” sale, from December 8 to December 24, 2008, has extended its hours. The revised hours are: Mon-Wed: 9am – 5pm Thu, Fri: 9am – 8pm Sat: 9am – 5pm Sun: 11am – 5pm “Meet & Greet” with the artists, Thursday, December 11, 3pm – 8pm Gift shopping made easy! Find the perfect…
If you have Photoshop (from 7 to CS4), theres an even easier and quicker way to to resize an image with the Fit Image command:
If you need to submit an image to a competition, you will need to resize it, usually to something smaller, e.g. 1024×768 pixels as in this example. Photoshop or Photoshop Elements is the best way to do it. Here is the step-by-step procedure. This works in Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4 and should work in earlier…
Rather than have customers tour around the studios, the Artists of Ladysmith Create decided to bring their tour downtown this year. The fun starts on Monday, December 8 at 11am and runs until 7pm on Christmas Eve. Peggy’s pottery and books will be on sale.