HOT KEYS!!!

Hot keys are little tricks you can use on Mac OS X that make it faster to do what you want… instead of clicking a bunch of different drop down menus, you can simple push a few buttons at once and voila!

Let’s get down to basics…

⌘ or  - Sometimes called “Apple key” or Command Key ^ (Control key)

⌥ (Option key) - “Alt” may also appear on this key

the SHIFT KEY looks like an arrow pointing up

the CAPS LOCK key looks like an arrow point up with a line under it - Toggles Caps Lock on or off

fn (Function key) - Located in the lower left corner of built-in keyboards on portable Macs Now that you know the basic symbols…

Here are the ones that are the most common in my day to day life…

-C - copy

-V- paste

-N -New window/document/page

-Z -Undo

-shift-3 take a screen capture

+ -zoom in

- -zoom out

-B -bold

-U - Underline

-I -Italics

And here are a little more hot keys that I don’t use day to day, but are helpful to know….

-A Select all items in the front Finder window (or desktop if no window is open)

⌥ --A Deselect all items

Shift--A Open the Applications folder

-C Copy selected item/text

Shift--C Open the Computer window

-D Duplicate selected item

Shift--D Open desktop folder

-E Eject

-F Find any matching Spotlight attribute

Shift--F Find Spotlight file name matches

⌥ --F Navigate to the search field in an already-open Spotlight window

Shift--G Go to Folder

Shift--H Open the Home folder of the currently logged-in user account

-I Get Info

⌥ --I Show Inspector

-M Minimize window

⌥ --M Minimize all windows

Shift--N New folder

⌥ --N New Smart Folder

-O Open selected item

Shift--Q Log Out

-T Add to Sidebar

Shift--T Add to Favorites

-V Paste

-W Close window

⌥ --W Close all windows

-X Cut

-Z Undo / Redo

-[ Back

-] Forward

-Delete Move to Trash

Shift--Delete Empty Trash

ANNND JUST FOR FUN… how to make the  symbol….. SHIFT-⌥ -K ENJOY!

-Lauren Cohen

The Real World Versus The Graphic Design World

Throughout life, people tend to look at images of people in magazines, books, newspapers, and now the internet and they idolize these images. These people look so ‘Perfect’. And perfection is impossible. People have always told me growing up ‘yeah but those aren’t real people’. And surprisingly enough, they were right. The way these people are portrayed isn’t the way they actually look. Unfortunately, these images cause people to go out and spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on plastic surgeries and makeup to attempt to be ‘as beautiful’ as these people which is an impossible goal to accomplish. Growing up in Los Angeles, I saw instances of this first hand. From kids putting makeup on starting in elementary school to kids getting plastic surgery starting in the 6th grade, this has all gotten out of hand.

Recently, one of my roommates asked me to edit a few photos of her for a project she is working on. She is by no means an unattractive girl and she doesn’t have bad skin nor does she have bad facial features. However with that said, after a few steps in photoshop, I showed her the original photo versus the one I modified in photoshop and she couldn’t believe it. In her words she said ‘Wow, now that I look at the first picture, I feel like it’s such an ugly photo when it’s not… It all makes sense now how every single person in the media looks gorgeous!’ And she’s 100% right. Dove has created a campaign for real beauty. I saw this video on youtube that has to do with the campaign, and I just thought it was fantastic: CLICK HERE: DOVE EVOLUTION

I had my friend, Totla sit in front of the computer and take a basic picture with the apple program of ‘photo booth’. After just a few steps in photoshop, I quickly altered the photo… Amongst other things, I added makeup, made her skin smooth and darkened her hair…

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