February 2010
adamj_design: Unlock the #Photoshop background layer by double clicking it. Copy a layer w/ the hotkey
CTRL/CMD J. Fill a layer w/ AlT/OPT Backspace
adamj_design: Apply an adjustment layer in #Photoshop by holding alt/option & clicking the line below the layer.
Now the adjust is only applied to 1 layer
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adamj_design: Select brush opacities in #Photoshop by hitting a number on your keyboard. Eg for 70% hit “7″. For 77%, hit “77″.
adamj_design: Remove fluorescent blues & make whites white in #Photoshop by making a new “Selective Color” adjustment layer. Modify “blue” & “white”.
adamj_design: #InDesign Tip: Go to the previous/next page by holding Alt/Option Page-Up/Page-Down.
adamj_design: Did you know that it’s bad to #defragment a flash drive? It actually reduces the life of the device.
More: http://ask-leo.com/should_i_defragment_my_usb_flash_drive.html
adamj_design: Illustrator tip: Resize strokes the right way by making them outlines: Go to Object > Path > Outline Stroke. Saves the day every time.
adamj_design: Huge props to the Usagi Project for making the #concrete5 #Dreamweaver extension. That thing rocks! Check it out:
adamj_design: Did you know that dashes are preferred vs. underscores for #SEO? Google reads everything if a multiple word url is
a -, but not if it’s an _