(photo by: Jürgen Eixelsberger)
Need to fill in a selection or a layer with your current foreground color. Press Alt + Delete on a PC (Option + Delete on a Mac) to instantly fill in your selection or layer with your foreground color.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Trevor’s Photoshop tip of the Week – Filling in with Foreground Color
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Word Tip – Disappearing Ribbon
Does the Ribbon in Microsoft Word make your workspace feel cluttered, distracting you from the work at hand? If so, double click any of the tabs to hide the Ribbon or press Ctrl + F1. When you want the Ribbon back repeat these steps to recover the Ribbon
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Trevor’s Photoshop tip of the Week – Precision Painting with Caps Lock
(photo by: Benjamin Earwicker)
Would you like more precise control when using the Brush Tool? You can change your Brush cursor to show as a crosshair by pressing the Caps Lock key on the keyboard. Repeat this to reset it.
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Word Tip – Paste Preferences
Setting up your pasting preferences in Microsoft Word can speed up your workflow when you’re working from another resource. You can do this by clicking File > Options (Office button > Word Options in Word 2007) and then click Advanced. You’ll find what you’re looking for under the Cut, Copy and Paste section. Set your default paste preferences to those that best fit your needs and click OK.
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Trevor’s Photoshop tip of the week – Filling in with Background Color
(photo by: Anita Levesque)
Want to fill your selection or layer with your current background color? Simply press Ctrl + Delete or Ctrl + Backspace on a PC or Command + Delete on a Mac and your background color will completely fill your selection.
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Trevor’s Quick Excel Tip – Navigate cells
Move around the cells in your workbook without touching your mouse using the Up and Down and Left and Right Arrow keys. To jump to the edge of the current block of data press Ctrl + the appropriate arrow key – so to move to the last row press Ctrl + Down Arrow.
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Trevor’s Photoshop tip of the Week – Quick Color Switch
(photo by: Jenny Kennedy-Olsen)
Working with two colors in Photoshop? We can switch between them by simply hitting the X key on the keyboard.
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Trevor’s Photoshop tip of the Week – Resetting Color Palettes
(photo by: Leroy Skalstad)
Want to quickly switch the colors you’re working with back to the default black and white? All you have to do is hit the D key on the keyboard and the color palette will be reset to the default black foreground and a white background.
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Trevor’s Photoshop tip of the Week – Dropdown Menus in Palettes
(photo by: Vivek Chugh)
Almost every palette in Photoshop has a drop down menu in its upper right hand corner – click it to find options and tools for that palette.
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Trevor’s Photoshop tip of the Week – Make a Path from a Selection
(photo by: kslyesmith via www.sxc.hu)
Looking to make your own paths? Start with a selection that you want to turn into a path. From the foot of the Paths palette click on the Make Work Path from Selection.
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