Vector Brushes

Vector Brushes for Illustrator, also remember to edit and pull points and you
can also create in Photoshop, Live trace/paint and then edit points in
Illustrator

http://speckyboy.com/2008/09/29/80-of-the-best-vector-and-illustrator-free-resources/

http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/35-free-abstract-illus...trator-brushes

http://...vector-art.blogspot.com/search/label/Brushes

http://vectips.com/tutorials/free-watercolor-brushes-and-tutorial/If

you look through them there is a lot of good stuff

http://www.aivault.com/?p=405http://thinkdesignblog.com/free-vectors-230-marker-illustrator-brushes.htm

http://thinkdesignblog.com/free-vectors-15-paint-brushstroke-illustrator-brushes.htm

http://www.vecteezy.com/

Keyboard Shortcuts for Special Characters

To get special characters like © the most efficient way is to know the keyboard shortcut on the Mac or PC. So here's a page that has it all laid out for you Special Character Keyboard Shortcuts

Powerpoint from PC to Mac and older versions

Please See this link if you will be using powerpoint in mac and pc or using the newest version and older versions

Sound Files for Powerpoint

Download free sound files

Tutorials Adding Sound:
http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/workshops/biomed/ppt/sound.html
http://www.presentationmagazine.com/powerpoint_music.htm


Tutorial Adding Sound and Various Movie Clips
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011593121033.aspx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/CH101956281033.aspx

Another sound tutorial

http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00047.htm

Adding Fonts on PC

Here are 2 websites you can choose free PC or MAC fonts from, you can always google "free pc fonts" or "free mac fonts" for more

http://www.1001freefonts.com/

http://www.fontfreak.com/

How to add new fonts? Install new font. How to add a new font? Adding fonts.

Windows XP

1. From the "Start" menu select "Control Panel" and then select the "Appearance and Themes" category.

2. Select "Fonts" from the "See Also" panel at the left of this screen.

3. On the "File" menu, select "Install New Font..."

4. Click the drive and folder that contain the fonts you want to add.

5. To select more than one font to add, press and hold down the CTRL key, click the fonts you want, then click on "OK"

Windows 95/98/2000 or NT4

1. Open the Windows Control Panel
   (START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL)

2. Double click on the "Fonts" icon in the Control Panel
   (a new window should open and you should see all the installed fonts on your system)

3. Click on the "File" menu and select "Install New Fonts"
   (a new window "Add Fonts" should pop up)

4. Locate the folder on your hard drive containing the fonts

5. Double Click on the font file you wish to install and click on the "OK" button

Creating your own background in PowerPoint

Here are some links about adding your own background image in powerpoint

http://www.ehow.com/how_2069376_create-background-microsoft-powerpoint.html

http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=218

Adding Audio

Don't worry about adding audio this week to your blog. I think it will be too complicated. Just do the screenshot element. Be sure to do it on a MAC.