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App Reviews

How To Completely Remove Mac Applications – AppCleaner

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How To Completely Remove Mac Applications – AppCleaner

When deleting applications off of your Mac, it’s not as simple as dragging the application into the trash can. A lot of times there will be random associated files that remain on your hard drive.

AppCleaner from the guys over at Freemacsoft, is the tool that I use to make sure all of the files from a deleted application are removed from my hard drive.

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iPhone Game Reivews

Top 5 iPhone and iPad Games of February 2014

Here is a list of my Top 5 iPhone and iPad Games from February 2014.

1.) Adventure Time – Card Wars – This is a “Magic The Gathering” like digital card game. This game is from cartoon network and it is an absolute BLAST. The game lets you progress through a single player campaign that puts you up against the different characters from the Adventure Time cartoon show. If you haven’t already pick this game up, it is loads of fun and has great replayablility. This game is $2.99 in the app store.

 

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2.) Threes – In the number 2 spot this month is the absolutely amazing puzzle game “Threes”. The object of this game is the match 2’s and 1’s to make 3’s and then combine the same numbers divisible by 3 with each other to make larger numbers. The larger the numbers that you create the higher the score you will accumulate. No more words need to be said. Click The Download Button Immediately.

 

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3.) Disco Zoo – This is the surprise pick of the month for me. The game is from a collaboration from Nimblebit and Futile Games. This game is a time based game that has you building a Zoo over time. You unlock new animals and as you progress they level up to bring in more money to your Digital Zoo. Not impressed yet??? ITS FREE

 

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4.) Joe Danger Infinity – This game is a follow up to one of my all time favorite iOS games the original “Joe Danger”. This game has you “Joe” on different types of vehicles and then puts you through various levels and has you using the multi-touch features to progress through the different stages. The best part of this game is definitely the unlockables. As you progress through the different stages of the game you unlock new characters and vehicles. 

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5.) Castle Doombad – The second game from Cartoon Network that made the list this month. Castle Doombad is a different take on a Tower Defense game. It has you placing different weapons and buildings into the castle to protect the princess from incoming bad guys.

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*** DISCLAIMER: This is my list and most likely it is different than yours! Just let me know what your top games of February 2014 are! 

 




 

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Design How To Photoshop Software Video Tutorials

5 Tips To Get Started In Photoshop – Photoshop Tutorial

5 Tips To Get Started In Photoshop – Photoshop Tutorial 

In this tutorial I share 5 Tips That Will Help you get started in Adobe Photoshop. I also call this “5 Things I wish I would have known when I started in Photoshop. When working in Photoshop, there are times when I figure something out and I say to myself “Many If I only would have known that a few months ago I would have saved so much time. Hopefully these 5 Tips will do that for you.

Here are the 5 Tips in no particular order:

1.) Hold Shift While Dragging Objects keep the object proportionate. When you hold down the Shift key while dragging an object (this could be a shape, image, or any other smart object within Photoshop) it will stay on a straight line. If you are moving an object vertical and you press the Shift key before you start moving it, it will stay lined up with the start point.

2.) Double clicking a layer in the layers panel unlocks the layer. If you go over to the layers panel and you double click on a layer it will prompt you to rename the layer and once you click OK it will now be unlocked.

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3.) Pressing CTRL/CMND + T on your keyboard brings up the transform options for you to manipulate your object/layer. When you hold the Command (On A Mac) and Control (On A Windows) and press T you will then be able to transform that object.

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4.) Removing a background by using the Magic Wand tool (Simplest way of doing this and the most basic) NOT THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS! When you have an image and you want to remove the background the easiest way to do this is to grab the Magic Wand tool and then click somewhere on the background that you are wanting to delete. You then need to look and adjust if photoshop didn’t detect the background exactly as you wanted, and do some fine tuning. Once you have the back ground selected you then will press the DELETE key on your keyboard to remove the background. After you do this the background will now be transparent.

5.) Pressing H and moving your cursor While using the ZOOM tool allows you to select which part of your canvas that you want to zoom in to! If you have the Zoom tool selected press the H key and Photoshop will then Pan out for you to see your entire project. You will then see a black box around your cursor. Move this cursor to where you want to zoom in and let go and it will now zoom into the exact location that the black square is at.

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Design How To Photoshop

How To Resize A Layer In Photoshop – Photoshop Tutorial

How To Resize A Layer In Photoshop – Photoshop Tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn how to resize an individual layer in Adobe Photoshop. There are times when you need to resize just a single layer in a project that you are working on and there is an easy way to do it. Follow these steps below.

1.) First, you need to select the layer that you want to resize.

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How To Photoshop Software Video Tutorials

How To Fix Blurry Photos In Photoshop – Photoshop Tutorial

How To Fix Blurry Photos In Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to fix blurry photos in photoshop. When taking pictures one of the most important aspects is being able to make sure that the subject that you are taking the picture of is “In Focus”. When the object/person that you are shooting is not “In Focus”, it causes your images to come out blurry or out of focus. Within Adobe Photoshop there are a few steps that you can take that will greatly improve the blurry images. 

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Social Media Video Tutorials Youtube

How To Add A Logo Watermark To ALL of your YouTube Videos

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In trying to grow your YouTube audience having an easy way for your viewers to subscribe is KEY. When adding a watermark to your videos it adds a graphical way for your audience to subscribe to your Channel.

YouTube provides you with something called Invideo Programming. It allows you to upload a small version of your logo/branding and have a DIRECT link to subscribe to your channel.

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How To Video Tutorials Xbox One

Xbox One Tutorial – How To Always Appear Offline On Xbox One

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Xbox One Tutorial – How To Always Appear Offline On Xbox One

In this video tutorial, I show you how to always appear offline on the Xbox One. If you want to make sure that you are always offline when you sign into your Xbox One account you can do so by following these few steps. When you change this setting you will ALWAYS be offline until you go back and change the settings back to default.


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How To Video Tutorials Xbox One

Xbox One Tutorial – How To Uninstall Games and Applications On Xbox One

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Xbox One Tutorial –  How To Uninstall Games and Applications On Xbox One

In this video tutorial, I show you how to easily uninstall Games and Applications on Xbox One. The new Xbox One comes with A 500GB internal hard drive. With that being said it is  very easy to fill it up fairly quickly. There may be times in which you need to uninstall Apps/Games to make room for new stuff!

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How To iMovie Software Video Tutorials

iMovie 2013 Tutorial – Working With Text and Transitions in iMovie

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iMovie 2013 Tutorial – Working With Text and Transitions in iMovie

In this video tutorial you will learn how to work with Text and Transitions in iMovie. When dealing with iMovie using Text and Transitions are a major part of completing your project. Imovie has a TON of options when it comes to Title screens and transitions.

 

 

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How To Software Video Tutorials

iMovie 2013 Tutoiral – How To Add and Remove Audio In iMovie

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iMovie 2013 Tutoiral – How To Add and Remove Audio In iMovie

In this video tutorial I show you how to add and remove Audio in iMovie. In the new iMovie 2013 adding and removing audio is easier than ever. If you look in the lower right hand corner of the screen you will see the “Content Manager”. Under that section you will see an option for audio. 

You will be able to insert audio from iTunes, Garageband, and any other place on your hard drive where you may have audio files. Once you have the audio pulled up you will be able to insert it anywhere in your movie.

 

 

 

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