Windows Vista/Seven Speed Secret #14: Shutdown Search Indexing

Windows Vista Search Indexing is constantly checking the files on your system to make their information available for quick searching. This is helpful, but can severely slow system performance as the average user doesn’t use the search function frequently.

PREVIEW: ADOBE PREMIER PRO AND APPLE FINAL CUT PRO.

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Dear All !

The top spots in mid-level video editing are held by Apple and Adobe, and many people are looking for a specific comparison between Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro (FCP).
FCP tends to be more popular amongst professional editors, although this can also be attributed to the popularity of Mac vs Windows in the same market. It is often said that FCP is more stable and/or faster than Premiere, but this is more a reflection on the operating system than the software. Having said this, in my experience Premiere is very stable on a well-configured Windows system.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 19: Storage media

The digital images you capture can be stored on the camera memory cards or on your computer hard disc.
Once you begin building-up a library of digital images, and you want to be able to take them to bureaux or other computers, then removable storage media is required.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 17: Building up a composite image

Ever wondered how the advertisers get shots of vehicles driving up the sides of skyscrapers, or athletes running across the oceans?

In the example below, we shall “cut out” the horse and paste him into the bottom right corner of the mountain picture.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 16: Using special effects filters

1. Choose the filter required from the Filter menu;
2. Choose from any options displayed in a subsequent window;
3. Click the OK button.
Below, the girl’s face has been distorted by using the Distort (Pinch) filter;

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 15: Adding text

1. Set the foreground to the required colour for the text. (Click the Foreground square in the toolbox and select a new colour).
2. Select the type tool (see right) from the toolbox;
3. Click on the part of the image where the word is to be inserted;

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 14 Adjusting colours and contrast

The brightness and contrast, amount of true whites and blacks in an image, can be altered in several ways.
• The Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast panel from the Image menu.  This gives blanket results across the entire image. For finer control, use one of the two methods below.
• Levels
Choose Adjust ments > Levels from the Image menu.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 13: Adjusting a selection or layer’s opacitys

1. In the Layers palette, select the layer whih you wish to make opaque.
2. Slide the Opacity slider to a new position to chage that layer’s opacity.
3. Drag the image by its title bar to one side of the screen;. Choose New View Les

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 12: Rotating a selection

1. Make a selection using the Marquee tool.If you rotate this selection, blank space(grey and white pixels) will appear in thegaps left behind.So you may want to copy the selection either to a new layer (Copy, Paste) or copy it within the existing layer (alt/opt and command keys and drag selection) first, so that rotating it reveals the original background rather than empty space.
2. Choose Transform > Rotate from the Edit menu. Handles will appear at the corners of the selected area;
3. Position the pointer on a handle;
4. Drag the pointer either clockwise or anti-clockwise before releasing. The image will rotate.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 11: Moving and duplicating selections

Cutting the selection for use elsewhere
1. Choose Cut from the Edit menu.. This leaves the area empty (indicated by grey and white pixels).
Copying the selection for use elsewhere
1. Choose Copy from the Edit menu.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 10: Making simple selections

Photoshop enables selections of elliptical, rectangular and freehand shapes to be chosen. These selections can then be cut, copied, duplicated, erased, rotated, moved or pasted elsewhere. They can also have their opacity and other attributes changed.

Photoshop Tutorials : Lesson # 9: Duplicating irregular shaped elements

Because the rubber stamp tool picks up whatever areas it runs over, you can also use it to duplicate irregularly shaped elements in a document. Regular (square or round) objects can be selected with the selection tools