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General Meeting

On the second Thursday of each month, PT SLUG holds its general meeting. Each meeting features a guest speaker, who offers interesting information on Macintosh or related topics. Following the meeting, SLUG members will be available to answer questions. Meetings are at 7:00 p.m. at the Tri Area Community Center. Call Gary Estes 732-4523 for details.
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Mac Programs SIGMac Programs SIG

Our Mac Programs SIG (special interest group) which meets on the third Friday at the WSU computer lab, covers programs that come free with the Mac, such as Address Book, Preview, iCal, iPhoto, iTunes, Stickies, TextEdit, Widgets, and many more. The SIG will also cover AppleWorks from time to time. For more information contact one of the SIG leaders: Bob Snow: 437-0592 or Francesca Drum: 385-3346
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Photoshop SIGDigital Media SIG

Our Digital Media SIG is focused on mainly on photography related programs. In this SIG we cover photo enhancement and effects with a number of programs including iPhoto and Photoshop Elements along with elements of digital photography. Other media editing programs like iMovie will get coverage, too. The SIG meets monthly on the fourth Friday at the WSU computer lab. For information contact the SIG leader, Joy Bland joysdg1945@yahoo.com
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 This is the place for you to download handouts and files from various PT SLUG meetings and classes.

Photoshop Elements - Introduction to Blending Modes

Here is a PDF with the complete lesson and sample image files for the June 2009 Digital Media SIG.

Sample Images in .zip format 1.3MB

Introduction to Blending Modes in PDF format 14.9MB

Troubleshooting Your Mac Handout

Here is the the Powerpoint from Kurt VanderSluis' presentation at the May SLUG general meeting. It's a great troubleshooting reference.

Download the Mac Troubleshooting PDF

April 2009 Digital Media Workshop (SIG) handout

This is the handout to accompany the class on burning CD's & DVD's from your computer:

Handout - CD Burning  Apr 09.pdf

March 2009 Digital Media Workshop (SIG) Handouts

Here are the support files for the Photoshop Elements Retouching Faces workshop. Each should be pretty complete and usable on its own.

I've separated the tutorials into individual PDFs for convenience. The Sample Images are in a compressed .zip file. Double click on the download to open it up.

March 2009 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout
The March SIG topic was "What are all those programs?" New Macs with OS 10.5 come loaded with applications and utilities, as many as 35 software applications and 25 utilities and older Macs have almost as many. But what are all those programs, which ones might be useful and which can I ignore? The handouts lists the Apple software programs and has a brief description of them. Click on the link below for the PDf copy of the handout.

PTSLUG MacProgSIG Mar 09 Notes.pdf

February 2009 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout
The February  Mac Programs SIG was "When bad things happen to good computers and troubleshooting your Mac". Printer won't respond, Bluetooth or regular mouse won't work, having trouble connecting to the internet, computer running slowly, want to learn basic trouble shooting tips? These and other topics were covered at this workshop.

PTSLUG MacProgSIG Handout Feb 09.pdf

January 2009 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout
Title: Smart Folders, Albums, Playlists and Address Book groups
Terminology: Spotlight Window, Spotlight Menu, Search Criteria, Sidebar
The January Mac Programs workshop was about making and using smart folders, what they are and how to use them. These Mac features are found as Smart Mailboxes in Mail, Smart Albums in iPhoto, Smart Playlists in iTunes and Smart Folders made from Spotlight searches. There are even Smart Groups in Address Book. These are self-updatng folders that perform a continual search for the criteria you specify.

 PTSLUG MacProgSIG Jan09 HO.pdf

January 2009 PTSLUG Monthly Meeting Presentation Handout
"Back to Basics" In the January general meeting we looked at a number of basic OS X operations and programs that all Mac users, both new and more experienced, might want to know. Some of the ideas covered include taking images off the web, when and how you should you repair permissions and verify the hard drive, setting your printer to do draft copies (saves ink), using tabs in your web browsers, using and making aliases and temporary folders, why you should add another administrator account in the System Preferences, and much more.

PTSLUG Gen Meet Jan 09 Handout.pdf

 

September 2008 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout

In the September workshop Francesca Drum discussed the main features of Pages, Apple’s word processing program that is part of iWork ’06 and ’08. This handout covers Pages basics, showing the interfaces, such as tables, shapes and graphics, charts and various buttons

Class Notes-10-9-09.PDF

 
March 2008 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout
 
Secrets of the Mac Part 6, tips and tricks on word processing and printing. What many of us do with our Macs most of the time is some form of word processing and printing. The workshop and handout covered writing shortcuts, text editing, fonts, making PDFs, information about available word processors (both the pay variety and some that are free) and dealing with printing problems. This workshop was a continuation of the workshop series which began in July 2007.

 
 
March 2008 General Meeting Presentation Handout

The meeting covered "Degunking your Mac" with information about maintaining and troubleshooting your computer.
 

December 2007 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout

The handout covers several System Preferences including those for the keyboard and mouse, some keyboard shortcuts, the keyboard viewer, the character palette, the function keys, the Font Book and the Universal Access preferences (VoiceOver, Zoom and Display)

MacProgSIGDec06HOCorr.pdf

September 2007 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout
Secrets of the Mac, Part 2. 13 useful "secrets" (tips and tricks) for using your mac more productively.Some things covered include showing thumbnails of graphics & photos on the desktop, creating a pocket-sized address book, how to view Lots of Images Side by Side Full Screen without going into iPhoto, and ten more "secrets".

MacProgSigHOSep07SecretsPt2.pdf 

 

August 2007 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout

This workshop covered several spreadsheet programs available for the Mac, some of which are free.  The handout describes the programs, their cost and has links to each company's web site. Note the file is a Zip format, so that once it is downloaded, it must be unZipped, which should not be a problem.
 
SS SIG Aug 07-Available SS software.rtfd.zip

March 2007 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout
Useful operations your mac can do. This handout includes using the Finder (Desktop or Hard Drive), the Dock, the Menu Bar, the Sidebar ,your Home Folder, the Apple Menu vs. the Application Windows (every appliction has its own menu), the File Menu (which changes as each application becomes active), the Title Bar, making an Alias and Three Finder Views: as Icons, as Lists or as Columns


Mac Programs SIG Notes March 2007.pdf

December 2006 Mac Programs Workshop (SIG) Handout

This workshop covered keyboard shortcuts, the Keyboard viewer, the Character Palette, the function keys, the Font Book and the Universal Access Panel of the System Preferences.

MacProgSIGDec06HOCorr.pdf

 
October 2006 digital Photography Workshop (SIG) Handout

This workshop covered editing photos, making slideshows and QuickTime Movies from slide shows and Printing Options in iPhoto 6. Not all the features discussed in the workshop are available in iPhoto 5. the material is also  useful for those with iPhoto '08
 
 

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