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Navigating around when zoomed in
When editing images in Photoshop I often zoom in to make perfect selections. However, navigating around using the slide bars on the side of the image is cumbersome.
The next time you are zoomed into a photograph try this. Hold down the space bar and you'll get the hand tool to allow you to temporarily move wherever you need to go.
After I found this little jewel, I use it all the time now.

Watch your favorite shows for free

Have you ever missed a favorite show? I know I have. There's an easy solution and it's FREE!
My husband was a chef so we watch a fun show called "Hell's Kitchen". I missed an episode so we grabbed the laptop, plugged it into the television and watched the missing episode from the Internet.
Where do you find all these shows? You'll find them on Hulu.
Hulu has tons of clips, full-length shows and feature films. It's also provides a search to find that particular movie or show.
I haven't tried it yet but now you can use the free Hulu Desktop. This takes Hulu out of the browser. It also gives you a new and slick interface. It’s much easier to find what you want.
You can control it with your keyboard or a remote. This is great if your computer is hooked up to your television. You can just sit back and enjoy. What a great idea if there's "nothing" on t.v. tonight!
If you have never watched TV on your computer, you need to check it out.
http://www.hulu.com

Great FREE photographs by Life Magazine

Here's yet another site for great free photographs for personal use.
Who can take better photographs than Life Magazine?
Google has digitized 1,800 issues of Life Magazine. That's every edition published between 1936 and 1972. You can flip through any of the magazines free.
They have it broken down to decades but it's also searchable.
Check it out!
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/

FREE motivational poster creator

I LOVE Photoshop. However, some days I'm in a big hurry and need to create something fun in a matter of seconds.
That is where Despair Inc. comes in handy.
There are several sites that let you create your own motivational posters and this is one of them. They even include a tutorial but I don't see why one is needed. Just upload your photo, select your title and inspiring message, and you get the fun like I've added below.
So what's the catch? They'd like you to order a full poster size instead of the small .jpg file that you can download for free. That part is up to you. I'm happy with my .jpg file. :-)
Enjoy!
http://diy.despair.com/motivator.php

FREE Office documents file recovery software

I think it’s happened to all of us at one time. We’ve accidentally deleted files from our hard drive or memory card. For me it's usually photos.

In the past I went to a local photography store and $50 later they restored the images for me.

There are programs you can buy to recover deleted files for you but, why buy them when you can get this software for FREE.

I use in the past called Recuva. It has saved my life more than once. It’s free and I was able to recover the photos myself.

But what about Office files like Word, Excel or PowerPoint?
OfficeRecovery to the rescue! It will recover files that have been removed from the recycle bin and save them to a location that you specify.

Isn't it nice not to worry about deleted files any more? Enjoy!

Share large files without the grief

I finally found a site that allows me to share large files and is SO SIMPLE to use.
It's called S4VE.AS (pronounced "save as") and it's FREE!
It's an ultra easy way to send very large files.
So often when I send a large file it gets rejected by email programs.
I usually have several files so I zip them into one huge file and then use this site. After uploading you are given a short link that you can share with anyone. All they need to do is visit the link within 24 hours and click on the download button. It even gives you the day/time that the link will expire.
You can even view how many clicks you've had on your link after posting.
How neat is that?
Give it a try. I know I'm going to enjoy using this neat feature.
http://s4ve.as/

Forget your money?

Did you forget about some money you had somewhere? Believe it or not, it happens.
You could have unclaimed property. That could include utility deposits and insurance benefits.
Check out the following site.
http://www.unclaimed.org/
It allows you to search by last name or business name.
If you don't find money for yourself you could make a friends day!

FREE batch photo resizing software

I have a Nikon D5000 I use professionally. It's not the kind of camera I want to haul around for everyday use so I purchased a Sony Cyber-shot that I can slip into a pocket or my purse. However, this little camera takes up to 12 MB shots!
If I'm in a hurry and don't change my settings, I have some really large files!
Most of the time, I don't need my files to be high resolution since they are intended for viewing on a computer screen and not for print.
The good news is you don't need an expensive program like Photoshop to resize images. I've found a free program that will even resize batches of files in a few seconds.
It's called Photosizer.

Check it out at http://www.fotosizer.com/