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Organize your projects into three categories: Active, Completed, and Burned to CD.
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There are three reasons to back up a file: either you are finished with it, you are not finished with it, or you are about to do something risky to it. Learn More
If your house burns down, the CD backups you kept in the hall closet won't do you much good! Learn More
You should always burn two backup CDs — and store them in two different buildings. Learn More
Keep each project in its own folder, and keep a log file (i.e., _Log.doc) for every project. Learn More
When numbering files, use the start with the number of digits that you expect to end with (i.e., file01.txt – file20.txt). Learn More
Store your raw scans & digital photographs separately from your altered images. Learn More
Organize your projects into three categories: Active, Completed, and Burned to CD. Learn More
Store every project — even a simple letter — in its own folder or choose the correct project folder to put it in. No project stays simple for long, and you'll be glad to have everything in one place. Learn More
When naming a file by its date, list the date year-month-day (i.e., 2006-05-27) so that an alphabetic sort is also a chronological sort. Learn More
Websurfer Tips
Use a web browser that supports tabs — your surfing will never be the same again! Learn More
Photography Tips
Use uppercase extensions (i.e., .JPG) for raw captures and lowercase extensions (.jpg) for web-ready images. Learn More
Photoshop Tips
Not sure what colors will look good together? Use the color scheme guide. Learn More
Holding the Shift and Option keys together (Shift and Alternate on Windows) lets you create an intersection with the existing selection in Adobe Photoshop. Learn More
If you only learn one thing in Adobe Photoshop, learn to user the Layers window. Learn More
Knowing just three things will let you use 80% of Adobe Photoshop! Learn More
Holding the Shift key lets you add to the existing selection in Adobe Photoshop. Learn More
Holding the Option key (Alternate on Windows) lets you subtract from the existing selection in Adobe Photoshop. Learn More
Wonder what that hand (or any other) tool in Adobe Photoshop is for? The Visual Guide will tell you! Learn More
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Do you move palettes and windows around while trying to find things? Don't — you end up with a virtual 'messy desktop' and now it's even harder to find things. Learn More
Use the Window > Workspace > xxx submenus to quickly configure Photoshop for different kinds of tasks. Learn More
Photoshop Tips
There are more ways to make a selection in Adobe Photoshop than there are ways to skin a cat. Learn More
The quick mask mode in Adobe Photoshop lets you quickly make minor adjustments to the selection. Learn More
A feathered selection in Adobe Photoshop means that some pixels are only 'half-selected' and if you delete them they will become semitransparent. Learn More
Webmaster Tips
If the domain name that you want is available, buy it now! If you wait until your website design is finished someone else may get in ahead of you — and now your site needs to be redesigned! Learn More
Is .com better than the rest? Not really — not with Google! Learn More
Choosing the right domain name is easy. Unfortunately, so is choosing the wrong one. Learn More
Want to publish some pictures and/or documents but don't have time to make a website? Use Fast Friendly Folders! Learn More
A good website is only three clicks deep. Learn More
The favico.ico file in a website is the picture that appears next to the URL in the browser. Learn More
Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) files control the appearance of your web pages. Learn More
Only use lowercase alphanumerics (a-z, 0-9) plus the hyphen when naming files for the web. Don't put hyphens between words. Learn More
You can generally run a website for $20–$30 per year (hosting + name registration). If you're paying more than that you're paying too much. Learn More
Renumbering footnotes in HTML documents used to be a real problem. Not anymore! Learn More
Does your website look good when the user enlarges the text? Press Apple-+ (Control-+ on Windows) to find out! Learn More
Building a web page that looks great in Internet Explorer offers no guarantees that it won't look like $#*!! in other browsers. Learn More
PHP references are not the same thing as Java pointers! Learn More