Monthly Archives: July 2010

Periodic table of the open source graphics and design apps

Are you ever overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of open source software projects produced by the community? Even when looking at just a subset — such as graphics applications — if you are not already familiar with the options, the volume can make it hard to track down the application that fits your needs. The major categories tend to break down the same way, however — just a few major players; the large projects often catering to slightly different design goals, and a second set of smaller projects each of which has a smaller team and a more narrow focus.

Let’s examine each design field in turn. We’ll start by describing the leading program or programs in each, followed by the smaller or younger projects, and end with the special-purpose tools.

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Moving & storage Labels: free complete template kit

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Are you moving soon and need help with organizing all your cartons and boxes? Do you need printable moving or storage labels to help you to identify all your valuables? Or, maybe you need to keep everything in storage for a while and — in this case — you really do have to have everything labeled. No worries! We’re offering a free fillable Moving Label Kit for you to download. It is a PDF template and the printable labels are in US letter size sheets.

Included in the Moving Label Kit: master list, fragile labels, this side up labels, customize tags for each room, To and From, beware glass, shipping label size and more……..

Label sizes to use:

For fragile labels use our Shipping Labels size 3.5 x 5″
Shipping Label Autofill Template use Shipping labels size 4 x 3.33
For To and From label Autofill Template use our Shipping Labels size 4 x 3.33
For the Tags use our Shipping Labels size 4 x 1″
For Handle with Care Glass use our Half Sheet Label 8.5″ x 5.5″
Or your can just print it out on paper, cut and use tape to stick -:)

Label Template: always a need

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Label template: it is just something you will need sooner or later. There are so many reasons why you might need one, it is too long to list. Worldlabel offers a complete collection of templates for labels, yes almost every label size available can be downloaded to help you create and print labels. If you using MS Word or Openoffice.org we have a template for you. If you using a graphic design program, our PDF templates can be used as a guildline layer.

“Autofill PDF label Template”

Need a label template for Openoffice.org

Try our PDF Autofill Labels for formating your basic text labels in an instant.

Our CD Label Templates allways come in handy.

Classy Stickers for digiKam Lovers Giveaway (Update)

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digiKam Sticker

Using open source software? Then we have something for you. In collaboration with the open source community, we’ve designed some classy stickers you can use to spice up your notebook or netbook and show the world your support for open source software. The stickers are based on some original designs, so you won’t find them anywhere else.

The stickers are printed on high-quality vinyl labels from World Label that are both waterproof and smudge-resistant.

The first set of stickers is designed for digiKam users. If you use this powerful photo management application to process and organize your photos, you have a chance to win 5 sheets (18 stickers each) featuring our original design.

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment to this post (don’t forget to include your email address), and we’ll pick a winner on Monday, July 16.

If you don’t win, there is no reason to despair: in the spirit of open source, the sticker design and template [PDF] are also 100 percent open source, so you can print the stickers yourself. And you can buy labels for that from us!

UPDATE:

And the winner is…

Well, first of all, thank you all for participating in the giveaway. It’s nice to see that so many people use digiKam for processing and managing photos. The lucky winner of the giveaway is Kanwar Plaha. We will contact you shortly to arrange the shipment. We also decided to give a single sheet to another three participants: Simon Slater, Edney Matias, Thomas Damgaard. Expect an email in your inbox soon. Once
again, thank you all for participating, and check back later for more exciting giveaways!