Apply the Auto Contrast adjustment

The Auto Contrast command adjusts image contrast automatically. Because Auto Contrast does not adjust channels individually, it does not introduce or remove color casts. It clips the shadow and highlight values in an image and then maps the remaining lightest and darkest pixels in the image to pure white (level 255) and pure black (level 0). This makes the highlights appear lighter and shadows appear darker.

By default, when identifying the lightest and darkest pixels in an image, Auto Contrast clips the white and black pixels by 0.5%—that is, it ignores the first 0.5% of either extreme. You can change this default using the Auto Color Correction Options found in the Levels and the Curves dialog boxes.

Auto Contrast can improve the appearance of many photographic or continuous-tone images. It does not improve flat‑color images.

Do one of the following:
• Click the Levels or Curves icon in the Adjustments panel.
• Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer and choose either Levels or Curves. Click OK in the New Layer dialog box.
Note:
You can also choose Image > Auto Contrast to apply the adjustment directly to the image layer. Keep in mind that this method discards image information and its application is automatic. You cannot adjust any of the options in the following steps.
In the Properties panel (CC, CS6) or Adjustments panel (CS5), Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the Auto button.
Under Algorithms in the Auto Color Correction Options dialog box, select the Enhance Monochromatic Contrast option.
Specify the shadows and highlights that are clipped, and adjust the target color for the midtones.
Click OK to apply Auto Contrast.

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Adobe Photoshop Image Touch Up

Basic image touch-up in Photoshop

With these basic fixes, my image looks pretty good. But if I remove those bushes in the foreground, it will look even better. So let's move out of Camera Raw and use some of the Photoshop touch-up tools.

To edit the image in Photoshop in its current state as a flattened rasterized layer, click Open Image. To edit the image as a Smart Object, hold down the Shift key and click Open Image. Many Photoshop tools work on Smart Objects, but the Healing and Clone tools require a rasterized image. To rasterize a Smart Object, right click or Control-click on the Smart Object Layer and choose Rasterize Layer.

Small touch-ups with the Spot Healing brush

Photoshop provides so many great options for touching up images. Personal preference, along with trial and error, will dictate which tools you use on a given image. The size of the area to be touched up and the objects surrounding the touch-up area will also factor into your success with any given tool.

The Spot Healing brush with Content Aware Fill does an amazing job for most small touch-ups, such as the branch in the lower left corner. (Tip: The Spot Healing brush works best on straight lines. If you have an area to remove that is not comprised of straight line, try using Selection with Edit > Fill: Content-Aware. To get the best result, select as small a selection as possible). I'm going to remove the little one on the left side first, as part of my overall strategy to get rid of the big bush in the middle.

Select the Spot Healing brush and make sure that Content-Aware is selected in the settings at the top of your screen. Adjust the brush size to be slightly wider than what is required to paint over any spots that need to be removed. To resize brushes quickly, use the ] key to increase brush size, and the [ key to decrease brush size.

In this case, I have used a small brush that's slightly wider than the individual branches. With a single stroke over each branch, they disappear, and Photoshop does a great job of automatically filling the area left behind (see Figure 6).

Figure 6. The Spot Healing brush removes the portions of the image you select.

The original image now has the small branch on the left and a few other small artifacts at the bottom removed.

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Make the browser window full screen

Make your Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Mozilla Firefox the full screen without all the toolbars by pressing the F11 key. To restore the window back to how it was press F11 again.

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Windows Vista Problem Reports and Solutions

Quickly see past problems encountered by Windows Vista, and any solutions to those problems by clicking Start and typing problem reports and solutions and press enter. In addition to finding solutions to problems, this also allows you to see a complete history of problems reported on the computer.

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Easy Undo

Quickly undo mistakes in the majority of Windows programs by pressing the shortcut key CTRL + Z. For example, if you mistakenly cut or deleted text in Microsoft Word pressing the CTRL and the Z key at the same time would undo that change.

Multiple undo

Most Windows programs also support the ability to undo multiple changes. Continuing to press CTRL + Z will undo one change at a time often back up to 12 or more changes.

Redo the undo

If you undo something you did not mean to undo pressing CTRL + Y will redo the undo.

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Create Custom Folder Icons

Create a folder that looks customized in Microsoft windows, by saving one of the images or a copy of an image in the folder as folder.jpg. Once this has been done if you're viewing the folders in Thumbnail view, that folder displays the folder.jpg image on top of the traditional folder.

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Speed up Windows Explorer

Speed up the display load time of Microsoft Windows Explorer by disabling the feature that allows you to search for network printers and folders. By default each time Windows Explorer is opened it will attempt to locate any network printer or folder on your computer network. If your computer is not on a network or you have no network printers, folders, or shares disable this option by following the steps below.

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Click the Tools drop down menu and then Folder Options
3. Within the Folder Options tab click the View tab
4. Uncheck "Automatically search for network folders and printers"

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Windows Command Line

The Microsoft Windows command line is an invaluable tool that can be used in conjunction with Windows. Below are some helpful shortcuts and tips that can be used to improve your abilities while in the command prompt.

1. How to use the Windows command line (DOS).
2. Press the up arrow key to scroll through all previously typed commands at the prompt. This is helpful for when you need to type long commands in more than once.
3. Pres the tab key to auto-complete the names of directories or files. For example, at C:\ Type: "cd wi", press tab and the command prompt should complete WINDOWS as the name of the directory.
4. Familiarize yourself with the top MS-DOS commands and each of their available 

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Increase Facebook Likes

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VLC MEDIA PLAYER SHORTCUTS

  

Table of Contents:

1. Most used
2. Mouse actions
3. Movie Navigation
4. Jump in playback
5. Manage VLC, Playlists, and Special Commands

1. Most used
F	Fullscreen
Space	Pause or play movie
V	Subtitles on/off (or s)
B	Audio track cycle
Ctrl+Arrow Up/Ctrl+Arrow Down	Volume

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2. Mouse actions
Double click	Fullscreen
Scroll	Volume or Position (see settings)
Right click	Local menu (play controls, audio/video)

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3. Movie Navigation
Ctrl+D	Open disc menu
Ctrl+F	Open folder (browse folder menu)
Ctrl+R/Ctrl+S	Advanced open file
Ctrl+O	Open single file(s)
M	Mute and unmute audio
P	Play movie (from the very beginning)
S	Stop movie
Esc	Exit full screen mode
[+]/-/=	Faster, slower, normal
A	Aspect ratio
C	Crop screen
G/H	Decrease subtitle delay / Increase subtitle delay
J/K	Decrease audio delay / Increase audio delay
Z	Change zoom mode
Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2,Ctrl+3, Ctrl+4	Recent media (in Media - Recent media menu)
T	Show time
Ctrl+T	Goto time

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4. Jump in playback
Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right	Very short jump (3 seconds)
Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right	Short jump (10 seconds)
Ctrl+Arrow Left/Arrow Right	Medium jump (1 minute)
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right	Long jump

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5. Manage VLC, Playlists, and Special Commands
Ctrl+H	Hide / unhide controls
Ctrl+P	Preferences/ interface settings
Ctrl+E	Adjustments and audio/video effects
Ctrl+B	Edit bookmarks
Ctrl+M	Open messages
Ctrl+N	Open network
Ctrl+C	Open captue device
Ctrl+L	Open playlist
Ctrl+Y	Save playlist
Ctrl+I/Ctrl+J	Media information
Alt+A	Open audio menu
Alt+H	Open help menu
Alt+M	Open media menu
Alt+P	Open playlist menu
Alt+T	Open tool menu
Alt+V	Open video menu
Alt+L	Open playback menu
D	Show movie path
N	Play next movie from playlist
F1	Show Help
F11	Window full-screen (not equal to pressing F)
Alt+F4, Alt+q orCtrl+Q	Quit VLC

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