In photoshop when something is selected, the section is highlighted with a marching ants type pattern. Hiding this can be helpful at times. This explains how to do it.
When working on a complex image, the Undo function can be a huge help. By default, PHOTO-PAINT sets the level at 10, however you can increase (or decrease) the number of levels by doing the following:
PHOTO-PAINT’s Auto-save can come in quite handy, especially if you are working on complex graphics with multiple masks and effects. It can be configured to periodically save to the file being worked on or to a temporary file so that the existing file remains untouched. Which one you use depends on whether you are looking to prevent loss of data due to hardware or software malfunction or to easily restore your image to the saved state (due to user malfunction).
By default, PHOTO-PAINT uses inches as the default measurement unit. This is used for functions such as creating new images and resampling images to a different size. I do a great deal of work on graphics for use in web pages and prefer pixels as the unit of measure and don’t want to have to constantly change the unit when I’m working on new graphics. To change the default, follow these steps:
In testing of leopard or in restoring a system, the ability to change the boot disk or device is essential. Here are the steps required to change the startup disk in OS X.
OS X 10.5 allows the user to view folders placed in the dock in two very beautiful and helpful ways — Fan or Grid. Apple refers to this new feature as Stacks. Here is how to use this new aspect of Leopard.
Many MacBooks have the ability to burn fat dual layer DVDs. Before you go buying expensive dual layer media, here is how to see if your laptop is dual layer capable.
The Symfony framework is an amazing project which brings many best practices to the hands of mortal coders. It’s also a dauntingly vast system with many subdirectories and classes. While trekking your way up the learning curve, you may run into hurdles which seem daunting. One possible gotcha involves adding file uploading to an existing Symfony form.
When troubleshooting a complex web application (or a simple one), there are times that sending a message to a log file will help. Two command syntaxes are required depending on if you are in an action or a template. When using the development environment of an application in Symfony, the log message will show up in the development toolbar which will make your life even easier.
The Automatic Save function in Lotus Symphony can be a real lifesaver if disaster strikes and you lose the document you were working on. Once enabled, the IBM productivity tools save information every 10 minutes, but you can change this interval to be more or less frequent.
ScribeFire is the new name for the old performancing blog posting extension. Once installed it works very well; however, by default it posts “Powered by ScribeFire” at the end of every post. Very painful. Here is how to turn this off.
Lotus Symphony is IBM’s variant of the popular OpenOffice for use on Windows and Linux systems. You can set the file type associations to allow Lotus Symphony to open SmartSuite and/or Microsoft Office files. It will also use these associations when creating new documents (instead of odt, ott, odp, etc.)
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