Here is the process which lead to my plain text password being sent (we’ve verified this by checking with a second account in the office now, so this isn’t a one off fluke!)

1) I was an old P4 users upgrading to P5.
2) I used the upgrade path link from the UK store. At the checkout phase requested the password from my P4 account.
3) The password reset page displays an error (Shown below)
4) Your plain text password arrives! (Email below)

We’ve contacted Parallels regarding this issue and will update you with any comment they make on the matter.

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Thank you for placing an order with element 5.

We are sending you the data for your customer account at element 5 as per
your request.

User name: ****@storm-consultancy.com
Password: **!!REMOVED!!**

Please use your user ID and password for future orders as well.

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Here are my top 11 reasons for buying an iPhone.

We’re big iPhone fans here at Storm – hopefully the list below will show you why!

#1 – iPod

One of my favourite iPhone features is the iPod functionality. Essentially your phone comes with an iPod touch, with all the features and performance you can expect from the Touch. The large majority of people who are put off from buying the iPhone cite higher cost as their reason, yet are happy to shell out for an iPod (or equivalent music player). With the new iPhone rumored to have a 32Gb hard drive, the potential to put all of your music and video on one device is a big iPhone plus.

#2 – Style

The iPhone is undoubtedly one of the nicest looking mobile phones on the market. Its vivid 3.5″ screen encased in a sleek chrome and black housing is not only good looking, but surprisingly durable. The iPhone screen – protected by toughened glass – is very hard to scratch!

#3 – Ease of Use / GUI

The iPhone user interface has led the way forward for touch screen devices. Its fast and responsive system makes browsing the device very intuitive. Even the touch keyboard becomes second nature within a couple of weeks of use.

#4 – Web, Wi-Fi and 3G

Prior to the iPhone, mobile Internet browsing was sluggish and very limited (WAP, GPRS and Edge). With the iPhone 3G you not only get fast browsing speed, but a well thought out browsing interface. Use of the iPhone’s multi-touch technology means that you can scale or zoom fully HTML pages.

#5 – Push Services

This is actually a feature which will come into maturity in the next software update for iPhone (3.0 – due in the next month or so). The iPhone will already ‘push’ any emails, diary dates and contacts to your mobile phone, but with the latest software release you will be able to receive further alerts, ‘pushed’ to your phone such as News alerts, Social Networking alerts etc.

#6 – Social Networking

The iPhones 3G Internet capability means that you can stay connected to your social networks (Twitter, Facebook etc) on the go. You are able to catch up with your friends and post photos and updates straight from the phone. Without devices such as the iPhone, services like Twitter would almost certainly not be as popular as they are today.

#7 – Games

Who doesn’t love a few fun games on their mobile to aid with procrastination? The iPhone is the first mobile phone to truly provide high quality games – some of which are more than capable of competing with hand held gaming consoles such as the Nintendo DS or PSP. And whats more, the games for iPhone are generally much cheaper and receive frequent updates for free.

#8 – GPS and Google Maps

The iPhone has the benefit of having a GPS receiver built in. Unlike many other phones which merely triangulate their position via telephone masts, the iPhone can actually pin your location on a Google Map, plan a route and feed you instructions as you walk or drive the route.  The GPS functionality also allows for a host of location aware applications – being able to find the nearest.. Train Station, Bus Route, Bar, Hospital etc, or finding out which of your friends are near you.

#9 – App Store

The app store has really set the iPhone apart from pretty much any other mobile device. You can grab any number of fantastic applications that extend the native functionality of the iPhone. There are plenty of free apps to get stuck into, along side the reasonably priced ‘paid’ apps. Even these are usually under £2! Some of my favourites include: Facebook, Tweetie & Skype for keeping in touch with the world; Shazam for finding the names of songs by holding your phone to a speaker, Pocket God (clue is in the name) and BounceOn (hours of fun!)

#10 – Software updates

Another feature that Apple brought forward with the iPhone is software updating. Apple are constantly improving your iPhone, for free! – bringing you new and improved features.  You also have the option of purchasing major upgrades for a nominal fee, normally under £10 – giving you access to a whole host of new toys to play with.

#11 – All in your palm

What I love the most about the iPhone is that you get all of the above, and much much more, in the palm of you hand. That’s a mobile phone, a games console, an iPod, a GPS navigation device and a portable computer running Skype, email and documents. Anyone who complains about the extra few ££ or $$ for that level of functionality really is missing out!

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the iPhone below! What do you love the most? Or what do you hate! What would you like to see in the next iPhone?

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Often under used, it is one of the most powerful tools available to you in Photoshop and has been getting better and better with every new Photoshop release. Not only is it extraordinarily powerful, its extremely simple to use (as you are about to find out).

Grab a photo that requires airbrushing or touching up

The photo that I will be using for this tutorial is available at Stock Xchange. So if you want to download a copy and see the heal brush in action for yourself – please do!

As mentioned in the intro, this airbrushing and healing technique works on all damaged surfaces. It  can be use to remove scratches from tables or walls right down to removing a spot or blemish from a holiday snap. Heres the image that I will be working with..

Select a clean area of the photo

The first step is to identify an area of the photo that is unblemished. Concentrate on picking an area with the correct texture rather than one that has a colour match. Photoshop will modify and blend colours for you.

As you can see below, I have selected the heal tool from the left hand menu. Holding ALT brings up the sample selection cross hairs – click the clean area to sample and this will be stored.

Brush away the blemishes

Next, go to the area of your photo that requires healing. You can either click or brush the texture from your selected ‘clean’ area over the top of the blemish.

You will notice that the brush area contains a preview of the texture you will be clicking or brushing into place. Don’t worry about the colour mismatch at the moment!

Note that if brushing, to keep the texture fresh Photoshop will sample texture using your selected clean area as a start point – this means you could pick up another blemish if you pick a ‘clean’ area which has blemishes surrounding it.

Notice that under my brush stroke looks discolored – not at all a fit with the surroundings. Well don’t worry! As soon as you release that brush click Photoshop will look at surrounding pixel colours and light levels and auto-magically recolour it. It does this so well that you cant even see where the brush was!

As you can see the colours have matched, and the deep scar has been removed.

Keep on brushing

Now carry on brushing away those blemishes. Keep adjusting your brush size to match the area you want to heal, and try picking different ‘clean’ areas for different textured finnishes.

The below image took around 2 minutes from start to finish! That’s how powerful the heal tool is.

So why not have a go!

If you’ve found this tutorial helpful why not consider leaving a comment, or even sharing it with your friends via Digg, Twitter etc! Happy Airbrushing!

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I’m about to show you one of the simplest – but most fun techniques for creating amazing photographic effect.

There isn’t even any need for computer editing!

Equipment you’ll need

To start playing you’ll need 4 things;

1. A camera which allows slow shutter speed, giving a very long exposure (all DSLR cameras will allow this). I will be using my old Nikon D40, which is a basic ’start of the line’ DSLR.
2. A small maglite (or equivalent). We’ll need to use either the AAA or AA battery powered maglite as they have a suitability small bulb for our purpose.
3. An object to be photographed. I’ll be using my beloved Ibanez SA Guitar in this tutorial!
4. A dark backdrop. A dark curtain or sheet would be perfect.

Preparation

Next you’ll need to prepare yourself for the shot. Unless  you have a room / studio that you can totally black out, I recommend waiting until night time to take your shots – to achieve best effect.

First, place your object (e.g. guitar) against a dark / black background. I propped my guitar against a black amplifier so that it was stood up, with a black sheet behind it and running along the floor.

Next, mount your camera on a tripod if you have one, with the object in shot. If you don’t have a tripod, find a stable surface for your camera.

It’s a good idea to put on a dark top at this point – and if you have any dark gloves they will help keep you ‘out of shot’. Now your ready to shoot!

Camera and Torch Settings

To achieve the lighting effect we need to set the camera to take a very long photograph. To do this you need to set your camera to have a very slow shutter speed / set a long exposure time. If your unsure of how to do this, consult your camera manual. I set mine to 30 seconds, but you may want to try 45 – 60 seconds if you don’t achieve the effect you desire, or simply don’t have time to complete the shot in 30 seconds.

Finally, before taking the photo, remove the front part of your maglite by unscrewing it (as shown below) this will expose the bright white bulb.

Click!

We’re ready to go!

With the torch on and bulb exposed, switch off all other lights, hit shoot button on the camera. You should hear the shutter click open.

Now you can play! Draw sweeping arcs or trace detail of your object. Try going over areas of an object more than once to light it differently. The closer to the object you are, the more you will pick up the reflections.

Below are a few examples of my photos… Happy snapping!

We’d love to see some of your attempts so please feel free to link to them below in the comments area. If you’ve enjoyed this blog please consider sharing it with your friends through Twitter, Digg, Delicious or any other method you feel fitting!

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#1 – Virus-free & secure

Whether you’re a business or home user, you’ll be well aware that computer security is a major pain in the backside. With Mac, you have the comfort of knowing that there are (almost) no viruses to harm your computer! And you know what that means? No bulky obtrusive anti-virus and anti-spyware programs clogging up your computer – updating every 20 minutes and hogging your CPU.  If that’s not enough to make you buy a Mac already, here are a further 12 reasons.

#2 – Quality of components

With a Mac you really do get what you pay for. Sure it may be a little more than typical PC specs, but Apple use top of the line, top spec components in their Mac’s. That means better performance, longer life and less breakages.

#3 – Software architecture based on Unix

This one’s for all you programmers out there.  When you buy a Mac you also get a machine with a Unix core.  That means access to a fully functional shells, including sh, bash, zsh and ksh.  You also get the Darwin Ports system to update your application, Cron to schedule tasks easily and a whole host of programming and scripting utilities baked in, including: awk, Perl, PHP, Python, Java and C.

#4 – Looks that could kill

You have to admire the design and craftsmanship of all of Apple’s products; the Mac line-up is no different!  Better yet, Apple don’t compromise performance for design, with a Mac you get stunning equipment that will outperform the majority of its PC rivals.

#5 – It doesn’t crash!

Wouldn’t it be nice to know that as you are typing the last few words of a long letter, or adding the final touches to a complex graphic, your computer isn’t going to ’stop responding’. Whilst Mac’s aren’t 100% perfect, I can honestly say that my Mac has crashed 2-3 times in the last 2 years. That’s 50 – 60 times less than my Windows based notebook, which I use for 10% of the time I use my mac. Convinced yet?…

#6 -  Time Machine

We never know when we’re going to need a file that’s been accidentally deleted or lost. Apple offers inbuilt backup software with its operating system (OS X) which automatically keeps backups of all your files. With the use of an Apple time capsule, your backup hard drive doesn’t even need to be attached to the computer. Hiding it away behind a book case could see all your data saved in the event of a theft.

#7 – Saves you money

It does! Honestly. Whilst it used to be the case that we would require new PC’s every 1-2 years, your Mac will far outlast a PC, meaning you don’t really need to update for 3 – 4 years. All PC users will be aware that Windows based machines seem to get slower and slower as time goes on – soon you are reduced to de-fragging hard drives or wiping the computer and reinstalling everything. Well not with a Mac! Much like the Duracell Bunny – it’ll just keep going.

#8 – iLife

iLife offers you everything you need for everyday media. Organise your photos, make home movies, compose and arrange music and build websites. You cant ask for much more! Whats better – it all comes with you Mac as standard. Even better – its quick and easy to use, whilst still giving you a large number of features to play with.

#9 – OS X

OS X (The Apple Mac operating system) is the envy of Microsoft. We know this, because Microsoft appear to try and copy it as much as they can! The operating system is not only sleeker, quicker, more robust and more secure than its Windows counterparts but is far more stylish and intuitive to use. Apple really are a good few steps ahead of Microsoft in this field.

#10 – Genius Bar

Apple offer all Mac customers Genius bar assistance. This means you can make an appointment at any Apple store and get face to face technical assistance from an Apple professional. They often make repairs on the spot and are always happy to help. Its certainly 10x the service you’d expect from PC outlets such as PC World.

#11 – Closing software gap

In times gone by, Apple Macs were seen as an industry tool. Today, they are still prominent as an industry standard but have taken on the home computer market as well. Today, the large majority of  mainstream software can be run on a Mac (including the likes of Microsoft Office). And for those rare occasions that you find some software that hasn’t yet been made Mac compatible, Mac offers Boot Camp, Parallels and Wine which allow Windows only software to be run on your Mac hardware.

#12 – Comes with everything you need

When you buy a Mac you really do get the whole package. Apple don’t leave you needing to buy more once you purchase one of their Mac’s. With a Mac you’ll have the pleasure of inbuilt Web Cam and microphone (iSight) high quality speakers as well as access to a plethora of software to get started with your day to day activities.

#13 – Your friends will want one

Finally we come to the end of our list. Heres one last thing to keep in mind.. Once you’ve purchased a Mac, all of your friends will want one!

So what are you waiting for? Next time you come to change your computer – go Mac!

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This simple tutorial covers the basics of using Photoshop CS4 to create lighting effects to give your graphics depth and shine.

We’ll also show you how to use your new iPhone icon in your iPhone application project.

STEP 1

For this tutorial I have set up a 550px x 550px canvas with a light gray background. The first stage is to select the rounded rectangle tool (shown below). Set the radius to 15px and draw yourself a square inside the canvas. You can make sure you draw only square shapes by holding the shift key.

STEP 2

In this step we will create the interior colour for our icon. Start by command clicking (control + click on PC) on the layer mask from your square layer created a moment ago to load the outline as a selection.

Now create a new layer by hitting cmd+shift+n (crtl+shift+n on PC). Now on this new layer – and with the selection still loaded go to Selection > Modify > Contract. I used the setting 12px.

You should now have a new selection which fits perfectly inside the square from step 1, but has been shrunk by 12px. Fill this layer with your background colour of choice!

Finally add a small shadow to the bottom of this new later by adding a new layer style gradient as shown below

After this you should be left with something looking like this!

STEP 3

Next we need to duplicate the blue layer we have just created. To do this, right click on the layer and select duplicate.

To this layer copy, apply a new ‘normal linear’ gradient as an effect later as shown below. In essence, I am gradating from the original blue, to a lighter blue at the bottom.

To create a light-bevel effect on the icon, we are now going to delete the bottom half of the ‘duplicate blue’ layer, to reveal the original blue layer underneath.

To do this use the elliptical marquee tool to draw on the area you wish to keep. Invert the selection using cmd+shift+I (crtl+shift+I on the PC). Once the bottom part of the layer has been selected, hit backspace to delete it.

STEP 4

Now we have the background of our icon, we want to add a logo or some text onto it.

Simply drag your preferred logo onto the canvas or create your text and place it to preference. I’ve used the Storm feather for my icon.

To make the logo or text look as if it is set into the icon we are going to apply a new layer effect. This time an outer bevel. The settings that I have used are below:

STEP 5

You should now have your finished icon!

You can present your icon in a number of ways. Below I have is a very simple description of how I have presented mine with simple reflection.

STEP 6

To achieve the below effect I have created a blue gradient background, and added a ‘floor’ in exactly the same way we added the light bevel to the icon (draw a new layer on top, use the elliptical marquee tool to remove the section that was not required.

I have then brushed in black corners at the bottom using a large black brush with 0% hardness. I have also added a large white brush of white behind the logo to provide it with an outer glow. Ive blended these into the composite by playing with the opacity settings on the layers panel.

Finally, the reflection has been added by selecting all of the layers that make up the logo, right clicking and selecting merge. This flattens the layers into 1.

This layer is then duplicated, and flipped vertically edit > transform > vertical and dragged into position.

To achieve the faded effect, apply a new gradient layer style from blue (use the eye dropper tool to select the blue you want) to clear. Finally set the opacity to around 45%.

Extra: Using your icon

Once you have created your iPhone icon, you will be able to use it in your application by doing the following:

- Exporting it as a PNG and name it Icon.png (note the capital I of Icon).
- Place the  into the root directory of the project to use it as the applications default icon!

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This tutorial was requested by blog reader Matt – who wanted to create the effect of an exploding planet which didn’t look like a cartoon. We’ll show you how to go from a photo of some cracked ground, to a planetary fireball.

This tutorial will make use of Photoshop CS4’s clever polar coordinates tool, combined with a distortion technique explored over at tutorialwiz.com – but with our own tweaks here and there.

STEP 1

Your first step will be to find a free stock image of some dry and broken ground. I found a perfect picture over at stock.xchng. This is the image I’ve selected – Its been opened in Photoshop CS4 and resized for this tutorial to 550px x 368px.

STEP 2 – Invert

Invert the image colours by pressing CRTL+I or going to Image > Adjustments > Invert. The resulting image is shown below.

STEP 3 – Make A Planet

We’re now going to make a planet! Start by adding a background layer of black to your image (replacing the default white one if you have it)

Next – grab the elliptical marquee tool and drawing a circle over your image. Holding the shift key while dragging will keep the circle in proportion.

Once you have your circle, click the refine edge button from the toolbar at the top of the page. I’ve set the radius to 2.0 and the contract/expand to -1. Hit ok!

Next we need to remove the unwanted area of the image. To do this we need to select everything except the circle we have made. This can be achieved by inverting the current selection: Select > Invert or Command+ Shift+I (CRTL+Shift+I on the PC).

Once you have the inverted selection, hit the backspace key to remove the rest of the image, leaving you only the circle in the middle. The black background created at the beginning of step 3 should now be showing.

STEP 4 – Spherize

Now we have a planet, but its not particularly spherical. Luckily Photoshop CS4 has a tool to solve this problem.

First we need to re-select our planet in the middle by inverting the selection again. Select > Invert or Command+ Shift+I (CRTL+Shift+I on the PC).

Next select: Filter > Distort > Spherize. I used settings: Amount 100%, Mode Normal. Personally with this image I feel that the step needs to be repeated to produce a better sphere – So i repeat using Amount: 35%.

STEP 5 – Polar Distortion

Next is the really clever Photoshop CS4 Magic.

Deselect your planet by hitting Command+D (CRTL+D on the PC) and then go to: Filter > Distort > Polar Co-ordinates. Set the mode to Polar to Rectangular and hit OK. For the next step we need to turn the image on its side, so select: Image > Image Rotation >90 CW.

The next step adds the explosion detail. Select: Filter > Stylize > Wind. Using settings: Wind, and From the Right. Now return your image to the correct orrientation by selecting: Image > Image Rotation >90 CCW.

STEP 6 – Reform the Planet and Colour!

We’re almost there now – we just need to reform the planet into a sphere and colour it. To reform the planet go to: Filter > Distort > Polar Co-ordinates but this time use the Rectangular to Polar setting.

We should be left with our plannet, with the wind streaks acting as explosion blasts.

From here, its up to you to colour and edit the picture to look how you like it. For the below effect; I’ve added the following layer filters and effects:

Hue/Saturation: Hue -180, Sat +37
Vibrance: Vibrance +60, Saturation +10
Colour Balance: Cyan/Red +17, Yellow/Blue -9
Levels: Output Levels 0 – 227

I’ve also added a background of stars and some text to finish the image.

So I hope that helps you Matt! Every image will turn out slightly differently depending on which broken ground image you use to begin with. Good luck!

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If you are already a Firefox user, please go and update yourself

If you have never tried Firefox *shock* please give it a go! We promise you’ll love it.

You can pledge your support at http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/ and they will let you know as SOON as you can download and help make a record.

Good luck to the Mozilla Firefox team from all of us at iZone!

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This tutorial will take us back to basics using some of the simplest yet most effective Photoshop CS3 tools available to us. The Burn, Dodge and Sponge tools.

Using these tools, we will turn an otherwise dull image into something far more beautiful.

Although they are examples of ‘destructive’ Photoshoping, when dealing with small areas of images, especially photos, it is far easier and more effective to ‘paint in’ these effects rather than using masks to create similar results.

STEP 1

Select a photo that you want to touch up. I have picked an image i took on Brownsea Island in. It isn’t a bad photo but the colours aren’t as vivid as i remember them in real life.

STEP 2 – Dodge

The dodge tool is the first of a pallet of three that we will be exploring in this tutorial. It is located here..

The dodge tool works by lightening darkened areas under the brush. Its primary function is to bring back detail that you may have otherwise thought lost to the black.

I am using Brush Size 70 with 0 Hardness, and will be lightening the Midtones with an Exposure of 18.

In my experience, you wont often need to change from Midtones, but for extra tweaking feel free to change the mode and experiment.

In my image i want to being some of the detail lost in the sand back to life.

After a light brushing in the areas I want to save i have achieved the effect i want. Be careful you don’t overdo the dodging. It can lead to creation of noise.

STEP 3 – Burn

The Burn Tool as you may expect does the reverse of the dodge tool. It darkens objects. You may wonder about its uses, but it is fantastic at adding definition into photos. My favorite use is to revive distant, Grey horizon hills or mountains.

In my image, I want to restore that horizon and make some of the clouds look a little more ominous.

Ive got my Burn Tool set to a very soft brush (0 Hardness), varying the size as i need with the burn settings on Midtones and a very low exposure of 10.

STEP 4 – Sponge

Now for a little touch of Photoshop CS3 magic. The sponge tool has the ability to saturate or desaturate an area in order to restore or take away vivid colour.

The beauty of using the sponge tool over a hue/saturate adjustment is that i can can apply different levels of saturation with my brush depending on the areas i want to effect. So in this case i want to bring out the colours in the amazing sky, and more so in the sunset oranges.

To do this I will be using a soft brush (0 Hardness), of varying size. Mode set to Saturate and Flow set to 20.

So simply brush more over the areas you want to effect the most. To give you an idea of how I’ve applied the sponge,I saturated the blues slightly less than the reds and oranges. The water had the least amount of saturation.

And the results are fairly fantastic..

STEP 5 – Crop, Frame and Sign

A few final touches. I have cropped the image and added a black border to focus the viewer. I have also added a Palce/Date to the finished artical.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these simple yet effective tools in action. Please feel free to post your own revitalized images and comment below.

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The device I am testing is the E220 model. The installation is very easy. All the data needed for the install is contained on device its self, so once attached by USB it can self install and begin to run. There is a nice interface allowing you connect/disconnect from the net as well as a clear traffic monitor so that you can keep inside your data limits.

The limits on my particular tariff is 3GB. You get this for ₤15 per month, but a smaller limit of 1GB is available for ₤10. If you are only using it for some light surfing then you may only need 1GB. Just don’t plan any video streaming!

The connection speed is excellent. I am currently passing through an area with ‘half’ Vodafone signal – my mobile phone indicates 2G signal, yet i am still able to have a fairly instant response to page requests with load time only being a second slower than id normally expect over a Wi-Fi connection.

A quick test shows that streaming from You Tube is still on the cards, although a little time is taken to buffer at the start, things flow smoothly there after. More suprisinly still, even in the deep south of Cornwall where mobile phone signal is scarce, I was still surfing at a respectable speed.

iZone rating 4/5 – a fantastically easy to use device which does what it says on the tin. Once the monthly tariff is reduced a little more I would recommend them to everyone. I still feel ₤15 is a little pricey for mobile internet, but I can see how people who have an hour or two of train commuting in the morning may find this good value for money.

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