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| CreativeTechs QuickTips #209 | Week of July 21, 2008 |
Creative
Tip: Discover
Copy Merged in Photoshop.
There is something immensely satisfying about discovering a Photoshop feature that's been sitting in front of you for years. The Copy Merged command has been waiting patiently in Photoshop's edit menu for well over a decade. Yet I've missed it all that time. A quick poll of Seattle Photoshop production artists tells me I'm not the only one who missed this gem. If you're working on a multi-layer Photoshop document and want to copy a portion of the combined image into another document, simply choose Edit > Copy Merged (command-shift-C) to copy a flattened version of your selection. You can paste anywhere — including a new file if you like. Source: This tip was featured on James Dempsey's terrific The Graphic Mac blog. To illustrate this technique, we used an image from last week: Prototype Packaging using Photoshop Smart Objects. |
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Tech
Tip: Instantly
Darken your Mac's Monitor.
Here is a nice, quick one. If you’re working on an (ahem!) important confidential document and someone walks into the room who shouldn't see your screen, you can instantly darken your Mac's screen by pressing ctrl-shift-eject. To turn the brightness back to where it was, press any key or move the mouse. Source: This tip comes from a post on the Small Dog Electronics Barkings Blog. |
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