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1. Adjust brush size. With the Brush Tool activated, rather than accessing the dropdown menu at the top of the screen, press the right bracket key, ], to increase the size of the brush and the left bracket key, [, to decrease.

2. Adjust brush hardness. Along with size, brush hardness frequently needs to be adjusted. Holding shift + ] (right bracket key) increases the hardness of the brush while holding shift + [ (left bracket key) will decrease the hardness. Now you can keep the brush tip where it belongs, in the middle of your image, instead of making frequent trips up to the properties bar.

3. Copy to a new layer. Again, keep the pointer on the artboard. Duplicating a layer is as simple as pressing CTRL + J (PC) or Cmd + J (Mac). This will create a copy of the active layer in the layers palette. It will also copy an active selection onto a new layer, leaving the current layer intact. Also, pressing CTRL+ Shift + J (PC) or Cmd + Shift + J (Mac) will cut the current active selection from the active layer and paste it onto a new layer. If you name all your layers, simply adding the ALT (PC) or Option (Mac) key to either of these combinations will open the New Layer dialog box so you can name the new layer on the fly. You can also adjust the opacity and blend mode of this new layer right in the New Layer dialog box, saving you an extra trip to the Layers Palette.

4. Fill the layer or selection with color. Press CTRL + Backspace (PC) or Cmd + delete (Mac) to fill the layer with the current foreground color. Press ALT + Backspace (PC) or Option + delete (Mac) to fill the layer with the current background color. These same commands can also be used to fill a selection. Bonus: To change the foreground and background colors back to the default colors (black for the foreground and white for the background) simply press the D key.

5. Undo. No need to visit the History palette. CTRL + Z (PC) or Cmd + Z (Mac) will undo one step. Pressing this combination again will redo (or rather, bring you back to before the undo). Need to go back further than the last step? Simply hold CTRL + Alt (PC) or Cmd + Option (Mac) and press Z. Every time you press the Z key, you will move backwards one more step.

6. The Hand Tool. Forget the scroll bars at the edges of the document window. To quickly navigate around the image, hold down the spacebar to temporarily activate the Hand Tool. Click and drag with the Hand Tool to move the document. To deactivate the Hand Tool, release the space bar.

7. Favorite Tools. Learn the keyboard shortcuts for your favorite tools. For example B = Brush Tool, V = Move, J = Spot Healing Brush. As you become familiar with these, you will notice that groups of tools all share the same shortcut key. For example, the Spot Healing Brush, the Healing Brush, the Patch Tool and the Red Eye Tool all share the same shortcut key - the letter J. By pressing J, you will activate the last used tool in the group. To cycle though the other tools in the group, hold Shift + the letter for that group of tools, and the active tool will cycle to the next tool in the group.

If you find yourself continually using a command that doesn't have a keyboard shortcut, you can easily assign one. Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. Find the command on the list and assign the key combination you would like to use. If you try to assign an already used combination, Photoshop will ask if you would like to reassign that key combination. This dialog box is also a great place to find out what keyboard shortcuts are assigned to all commands.

8. Layer Opacity. To quickly change the opacity of the current layer, simply press a number key. Pressing 5 = 50% opacity, press 3 = 30%, etc. To narrow the opacity to a percentage more specific than a multiple of 10, press the two numbers quickly. For example, pressing 5, 5 in quick succession will set the opacity to 55%. (To get back to 100%, quickly press 1, 0, 0.) Please note, this shortcut will not work if one of the tools in the second group is active.

9. Zoom in and out. To zoom into an image, press CTRL and + or Cmd and + and to zoom out press CTRL and - (PC) or Cmd and - (Mac).

10. Scrubby sliders. Most settings in Photoshop provide a slider to adjust to your liking.

Click and drag on the name of the setting to active the Scrubby Slider. Sliding to the left or right will adjust the setting value up or down without having to open the slider. You will know that a Scrubby Slider is available when your cursor turns into a little pointing finger with arrows to the left and right.

Unfortunately, there's no shortcut for good, old fashioned practice, but once you've memorized these shortcuts, you'll be well on your way to finishing projects in record time! As anybody who sells their stock photos knows, it's important to maximize your revenue in every way possible.

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The Sony Ericsson W580i Grey is a Slider Camera Phone

The Sony Ericsson W580i Grey is a slider camera phone. It has a 2-inch, 262,000 colour TFT display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The handset comes with EDR-enabled Bluetooth 2.0 and supports A2DP. When the W580i is flicked open, its LEDs generate several interesting combinations of light effects.

Its display can accommodate upto 8 text and 3 service lines. The user can cram more lines into the display by decreasing the font size. Its display has a mirror layer that improves it readability while the user is in the sun. The mirror layer also helps in keeping its pictures crisp and visible in the sun. The device supports a number of profiles like Generic Object Exchange, Dial-Up Networking, Synchronization and Handsfree. The handset measures 99 x 47 x 14 mm and weighs 94 gms.

The W580i's phonebook can store upto 1000 contacts. The slider phone has a 2 megapixel camera with CMOS matrix. Its camera can take pictures in two modes - Normal and Fine. Its screen serves as a viewfinder while the device is in shooting mode. It records videos in 3GP file format. The camera phone has 12 MB of built-in memory that can be expanded further by using a 2GB swappable microSD memory card. The device makes use of a standard 900 mAh Li-Pol battery that has a standby time of upto 350 hours and a talktime upto 9 hours.

The Sony Ericsson W580i supports two modes - Walking and Running. While running or walking, its display shows information related to the distance covered, time elapsed and current speed. The user can also check for the calories burnt or simply reset all the acquired data and begin a new cycle. These settings may appeal an ordinary man although sportsmen may not find something very interesting in it. The W580i automatically awards you various medals for some achievements.

The Sony Ericsson W580i camera phone comes in a choice of two colours - the Style White and the Urban Grey. The slider phone zips open and closes smoothly with its spring mechanism. Pressing its "#" key brings out a list of available languages. You can easily switch between them while typing.

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Possible to stop a gun by pushing back the Slide?

Out of random curiousity, is it possible to stop a gun by pressing on the slider? For example, imagine you're walking down a street and get stopped by a thug, he points the pistol at your chest and asks for all you've got. Noticing that he's a little slow, you decide to hold his pistol by the barrel and coincidently holding back the slider that cocks the bullet into the barrel for discharge. Is that possible? to stop a gun's ability to fire by pressing on the slider? i lack enough knowledge about guns to know this sort of stuff so i was wondering. Thanks for your time.

Only on the 1911... any other semi-automatic you are dumb enough to do that to, will blow your hand off. Anyway, any thug worth their handgun isn't going to stick it at you and then cochk it... they are only dumb enough to do that in the movies... along with holding them at a 90 degree angle to the ground.

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