Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 8: Retouching colour

Always work with two windows of the image open when retouching - a close up view for retouching, and an overall view for seeing the efects as they are applied.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 7: Rotating the image

Choose Image > Rotate Canvas

From the sub-menu choose one of: 180, 90 CW or 90 CCW degrees, Arbitrary (you specify the degrees), Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 6: Adjusting the image

Cropping the image

1. Select the cropping tool (see right) from the marquee tool submenu; 
2. Position the pointer on the image, hold down the mouse button  and drag over the image area;
3. Release the button and press the Enter/Return key.
4. Save the document.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 5: Zooming in and out

Zooming in gives a close up, enlarged view of the document, enabling fine adjustments to be made.
Zooming out gives a reduced, fit-on-screen view of the document.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 4: Image size and shape

It is easy in Photoshop to discover the file size, image dimensions and shape of a given file.
The information bar
 1. This is found at the lower left of the image;
2. The document size is show in kilobytes;
3. The left number indicates the file size when closed or sent to the printer. The right number indicates the file size when open. The numbers may be different because Photoshop compresses the layers when files are either closed or printed.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 3: Selections, Channels and Layers

Selection: a selection is any highlighted area defined by a moving, broken line (“marching ants”). Selections occur when you use a selection tool (rectangular, elliptical, crop) to select parts of your image. Selections are temporary. Selections work on layers (see below).

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 2 = Tools, palettes and the mouse

Tools and palettes
Today’s course covers those tools shown in  bold type below. To use a tool, single-click it.  Most tools have options, eg  tool thickness and opacity can be
set  in the palette which runs along the top of your screen. This palette changes according to which tool you have selected.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 1 = Scanning, saving and set-up

To scan images into your computer, you need a scanner attached to your computer
and scanning software installed onto your computer. Scanning software is supplied
with the scanners, often Photoshop.  You can also buy Photoshop independently.

Windows Vista/Seven Speed Secret #13: Remove Spyware, Adware, and Malware

Windows Vista/Seven - Speed Secrets : Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know! (# 13)


Have you scanned your system for spyware, adware and other
unwanted pests? 1 of 6 computers has some sort of Spyware or
Malware! They dramatically slow down your computer because they
use resources to generate popup ads, send spam, and often
interfere with the operation of good programs.

Windows Seven/Vista Speed Secret #12: Disable Unnecessary Graphical Effects

Windows Vista/Seven - Speed Secrets : Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know! (# 12)

Vista is “sexy” because of its new aero glass transparency effects.
Here is how to enable and disable this new eye candy.

1. Click Start (Windows) button
2. Select the Control Panel
3. Double-click Click Appearance and Personalization

Windows Vista/Seven - Speed Secrets (# 11) : Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know!

Windows Vista/Seven
Windows Vista is a rather heavy operating system with many neat
features, but unfortunately they all come at a price. As a brand new
operating system, it requires a pretty fast system to run well, if
not optimized.

Windows XP Speed Secret #10: Remove Un-Used Programs & Files

Windows XP Speed Secrets : Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know! (#10)

You may have a bunch of software packages on your hard drive that
are no longer needed, or they were gratuitously installed when you
downloaded some other package. Toolbars, file-sharing
programs, free email enhancers, online shopping "companions"
and download managers are notorious for this practice.

Windows XP Speed Secret # 9: Disable File Indexing

Windows XP Speed Secrets : Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know! (# 9)

Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts 
of memory and can often make a computer endlessly loud and 
noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files 
that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search 
for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the 
index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, this system 
service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following: 

Windows XP Speed Secret #8: Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA)

Windows XP Speed Secrets : Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know!  (# 8)

1.  Right-click on My Computer, select Properties
2.  Select the Hardware tab
3. Click the Device Manager button
4.  Double-click IDE/ATAPI controllers
5.  Double-click on the Primary IDE Channel

Windows XP Speed Secret #7: Run Disk Clean-Up

Windows XP Speed Secrets : Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know! (#7)

Both Windows and application programs tend to leave temporary
files lying around on your hard drive, taking up space. A hard drive
that is close to being “full” can cause Windows to slow down or
interfere with efficient disk access and virtual memory operations.

Windows XP Speed Secret #6: Clean Your System Registry

Windows XP Speed Secrets : Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know! (#6)


Of course, the fastest and easiest way to speed-up your computer is
to allow a software program to do it for you! Although you will find
that all of the adjustments in this book will speed up your system,
the most effective and easiest way to give your computer blazing
speed is to clean up your system’s Registry.

Windows XP Speed Secret #5: Reduce Page File Size

Windows XP Speed Secrets : Microsoft  Doesn’t Want You To Know! 


Windows XP Speed Secret #5: Reduce Page File Size  

Page file size is not constant by default. 

Due to this, the operating system has to resize 

the file each time more space is required.  

This is a performance overhead. 

All you have to do is to set the file size to a reasonable limit. 

Follow the steps :

Windows XP Speed Secret #4: Speed-Up File Browsing

Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know!  (#4)


Windows XP Speed Secret #4: Speed-Up File Browsing 

You may have noticed that every time you open “My Computer” to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers every time you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing speed significantly: 
1.  Double-click on My Computer 
2. Click the Tools menu 
3.  Select Folder Options 

Windows XP Speed Secret # 3: Optimize Display Settings

Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know! (#3)

Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources.

To optimize:

1.      Click the Start button

2.      Select Control Panel

3.      Double-click the System icon

4.      Click the Advanced tab

5.      In the Performance box click Settings

6.      Leave only the following ticked:

Windows XP Speed Secret #2: Remove Spyware, Adware, and Malware

XP Speed Secret #1: Disable Extra Startup Programs

Have you scanned your system for spyware, adware and other unwanted pests? 1 of 6 computers has some sort of Spyware or Malware! They dramatically slow down your computer because they use resources to generate popup ads, send spam, and often interfere with the operation of good programs.

Windows XP Speed Secret #1: Disable Extra Startup Programs

Speed Secrets : Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know! (#1)

There are certain programs that Windows will start every time you boot up your system, and during the startup phase, they're all competing for a slice of your CPU speed. Extra or unwanted items  in the startup list will definitely increase your startup time, perhaps by several minutes. Some common examples are things related to AOL, RealPlayer, Napster, instant messengers, and video managers. 

Essential keyboard shortcuts and sanity commands for Linux

Dear all !

This tutorial is sssential keyboard shortcuts and sanity commands for Linux 

<Ctrl><Alt><F1>
Switch to the first text terminals. Under Linux you can have several (6 in standard setup) terminals opened at the same time. This is a keyboard shortcut, which means: "press the control key and the alt key, hold them. Now press <F1>. Release all keys."

<Ctrl><Alt><Fn> (n=1..6)
Switch to the nth text terminal. (The same could be accomplished with the rarely used command chvt n. "chvt" stands for "change virtual terminal"). In text terminal (outside X), you can also use <Alt><Fn> (the key <Ctrl> is not needed).

Adobe Photoshop: the basics

Introduction
What is Photoshop?
Adobe Photoshop is image-editing software. It allows you to transform scanned photographs, slides and original artwork in many ways, for example, by cropping, rotation, resizing and by creating special effects using filters ranging in effect from blurring to mosaics.
Photoshop combines a full range of painting, editing and image composition tools, sophisticated selection tools, and methods for adjusting levels of grey and colour in continuous-tone images.

Lesson 1: Scanning, saving and set-up
To scan images into your computer, you need a scanner attached to your computer and scanning software installed onto your computer. Scanning software is supplied with the scanners, often Photoshop.  You can also buy Photoshop independently.

Drawing for classical animation

12 Principals of Animations

Where to begin.....

Well... I suppose the first thng to cousider in drawing a charadter is it construction. The character must be constructed out of basic shapes. That is say   3 dimensional shapes,  

 sphere,   boxes,   and cylinders 

 Not  2 dimensional shapes

Are you able to draw the basic shapes so that they look 3 dimensional – and not 2D ?

If so.... you are ready to move on... !!!

Now, your windows super faster !

Dear All !
This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either it can be a fresh installed windows or an old windows.
Actually these r some tips/tricks, which I always apply whenever I do a fresh installation of windows. So here I’m sharing many of those tips-n-tricks:

Make controlled lighting

Purpose: Based on a popular lightning tutorial, this version will let you actually control the shape of your lightning, using Photoshop.

Difficulty: Intermediate

In Short: You'll be drawing a gradient in black and white, use the Difference Clouds filter, Inserve it, adjust layer Levels and layer mode, do some masking, then top it off with some Lens Flare.