Archive for August, 2008

Magna, Utah

A wordpress site I built and maintain for the township of Magna, Utah.

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ctrl+click in Photoshop CS3 selects folder instead of layer

(Note: this post applies to Photoshop CS3 on a PC. I haven’t played with it on the Mac yet)

I’ve been frustrated for a long time with one simple thing in Photoshop CS3: the fact that ctrl+left-clicking an item in my layout with the move tool no longer selects the layer of the item I’m clicking, but the most top level folder that its layer resides in.

Well, today I finally figured out the new shortcut for selecting a layer from the layout. Using the move tool, hover over the object you want to select, then use alt+right-click. That will automatically select that layer in the Layers panel.

I guess I could use Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K and change the shortcuts around to what I’m already used to. But I might as well get used to the new one so that I don’t have to update it in future version installations, or if I’m on someone else’s machine I won’t get frustrated.

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Copy/Paste Deterrent Now for Sale

One of my most read blog posts about how to prevent copy/paste online often prompts emails from people asking me me to create the files for them because they don’t have Flash or don’t know the first thing about how to use Flash. I have usually ignored such requests because I don’t have time to customize everyone’s websites for them and I feel that the post has more than adequate instruction on doing it yourself.

Flash has been such a part of my life for several years now that I sometimes forget that not everyone has access to it. It also occurred to me that people might want copy prevention that are using templatized websites or who don’t have a vast understanding of websites in general.

For this reason I have opted to provide it as a neat package with all of the files necessary and simple detailed instructions. You can purchase the package for just $5. Of course, the instructions how to create this stuff on your own is still free in the form of my original blog post.

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