Mito Xiu Xiu (美圖秀秀 - Mei Tu Xiu Xiu) has English version?

Many of my visitors that came from searching on google with "meitu xiu xiu english version". I was wondering why people keep on searching on it. And does Meitu really have English version? And feeling doubt about this, I also started searching on google and yahoo for it. From the search result, I found that there are quite lots of links to Meitu Xiu Xiu in English. Some even describes that Meitu with crack and whatever. Meitu is actually a freeware, no need the crack.

I found that it's rather impossible that Meitu has English version because most of the links are broken links. Some are just links to other pages rather than English version of Meitu. With a bit of disappointment, I started another search with Images. If Google search results can show me even one Meitu with English interface, then I would believe that Meitu must have the English version. The search result was none images with Meitu English interface.

So, I thought of going directly to the site. I still found no links on the site that tell us Meitu English version download. And that makes me feel that it really has no English version. Mostly webmasters will provide directly the choice for you when they have created a program in more than a language. And this can be set from the Tools (工具) - Option (选项)  - Language (語文) menu of any programs. You can't find that menu in Meitu, right?

From those search results, even though I couldn't find the English Meitu, I can suggest you to use the online tutorial. Because Google can do translation for you. You can't change the interface of the program, but to learn the program,  you can still use the Google Translate to show the online tutorial in English. After  some time using it, I believe you will be able to use Chinese version of Meitu Xiu Xiu just like you use it in English version.

See the translation result of Meitu Xiu Xiu in English.

Meitu Video Tutorial (text in English translation - but the video voice is still in Mandarin)

How to create a Chinese Character Seal?

Chinese Character Seal is important for a painter or for a poet. They use it as their signature. Since long ago, it has been used when they have finished a paper artwork, such as painting or writing of poetry. The color of this seal is usually red. The seal also a significant of power or status in the past. The Emperors of Ancient China used it for legalized their decree. Even the magistrates of that time used it.

Nowadays, it's mostly used by calligraphers and Chinese painting masters. This kind of seal has become a need for every of them. People used to create the seal by carving out the character one by one with their hands. It's not easy to create it in the past.

But nowadays, it has become easier. In this modern computer world, we can use computer to type in Chinese, that's a very common thing. We can use Windows Chinese Input Method to type the character. We can also make the Windows Input Method easier with the combination of third party software like QQ Pinyin. QQ Pinyin is a freeware. You may visit www.qq.com for more details.

Other software for complete Chinese Input and Output are also available, such as Chinese Star, NJ Star, Twin Bridge and Richwin. Those are quite popular Chinese translator software. But they are not free. You've got to buy.

So, when you can type Chinese characters, the next step would be about how to make the Chinese character seal. Actually it's very simple. Just follow these steps:
1. Click this link to Chinese Seal Generator.
2. In the Text text box, type in the characters
3. Then you may choose the type of Carving, Ink Color, Character Size and Orientation of the Character.
4. After that, choose the Style of the Seal.
5. Then click Carve button to create the seal.
6. When the seal is created, you may click the link below the seal to download it.

See, I have created a seal called "Computer Blog Seal" (電腦部落格印）. Now it's your turn to create your stylish Chinese Character Seal.

How to learn to read Chinese easily using online Chinese tool

Many years ago, when Speech Recognition was popular, I thought that there's new thing in computer language tools. And Speech Recognition has been applied to Microsoft Office 2002 as far as I can remember. I was so surprised when I first used that kind of software and wondered why technologies could be so great, because it brings convenience in typing. But it still not so easy compared to typing, I think. Then I also tried voice command.

It's also been years for me to search for such tools in Chinese, I mean Chinese language tools. I hope that learning and working with Chinese can be easier one day. Recently, I found an online Chinese tool which can read Chinese text for us by pasting (or typing in) the text. This is also a great thing for those who can understand oral Chinese, but don't understand written Chinese. By using this tool, it also means that you can read many Chinese characters without opening dictionary. Just copy and paste. If you don't like this in understanding Chinese, you can still use translation method. The very common one is Google Translate. Click here to open the simple text to speech online tool.

How to convert Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese

Just now, as I was browsing the internet, suddenly an idea struck my mind. In fact, I was about to type something in Chinese using Windows language tools and QQ translator to make the Chinese typing easier. I just like using QQ Pinyin. This tool is really a nice helper when you need to type.

Then, I thought that it would be very great if there's online tools or such programs to do Simplified Chinese (GB) to Traditional Chinese (BIG5) conversion as well. So, we don't have to do any retyping anymore. What a great thing indeed.

I started searching for this. And found a website where you can paste your Simplified Chinese text and convert it to Traditional Chinese. And here I'm going to share with you. With this online tools, you can do conversion by just pasting the text and click the conversion type you want. Click here to visit the Chinese online conversion webpage.

Which video streaming website do you prefer?

Most of us want to watch online movies because it's very convenient. When I was young, I watch videos from video tapes. Then video tapes became outdated and replaced by VCDs, then DVDs. In this digital era, we have online videos, from movies till tutorial videos.


Most people know about Youtube, the most famous videos website, where people share videos. Some upload and some download the videos. After the birth of Youtube in this internet digital era, other websites of video streaming also appear. Some of them even use "tube" as the default name of video streaming websites, like "Teachertube".

Tudou and its Video Accelerator - watch videos faster

Tudou is one of the most famous Chinese videos sites. It has a lot of videos in Chinese and also in English. But most of them are in Chinese. From Chinese dramas, movies until tutorial videos, all are free for you to watch. It's also quite fast in viewing. You can also make the video run faster, by downloading and installing the video accelerator. You'll then see a great difference in speed. The video accelerator also functions when you open videos on other video sites like Youtube. What makes it special is that it's rich in contents.

For those who don't know Chinese, probably feel hard when using Tudou. You need to know at least a little about Chinese Pinyin. These can be learned from Chinese dictionary. Typing pinyin helps you in searching the videos you want to watch (there will be a long list of video names in Chinese). Of course it's better, if you know how to type Chinese character using Windows Chinese input method.

If you like Chinese videos, you can also visit www.56.com or www.youku.com for more. But Tudou seems to be a bit faster in streaming.