Actions are a great way to accelerate your Photoshop workflow, but clicking though the actions panel to choose the one you want can be a hassle. I recently decided to streamline the process even further by assigning keyboard shortcuts to my most used actions.
Assigning the shortcuts is easy, the option is just buried in the Photoshop actions menu.
To get started, fire up PS (I’m using CS3) and click the actions tab. Choose the action that you want to assign the shortcut to then click the tiny arrow (expertly circled in the image on the left) to open the actions menu. Then choose Action Options. This brings up a window where you can choose the F-key you want to use. You can also specify if you want to make use of the CTRL and/or Shift keys for your shortcut. Click OK and you’re done.
Now you can fire off actions without having to aim your mouse. It scores points for boosting both speed and laziness - a win-win situation.
Since I did a write-up on setting up a WIMP server, I figured I’d do the same for a WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server. In this how-to I will be using Apache 2.2.3 (windows installer) and the latest versions of PHP5 and MySQL 5. I have created a directory on my C drive named ‘web’ (C:\web) where my website(s) files will reside. In this example I used Windows XP Professional running as a virtual machine inside VMWare Server.
Please note, this is what I got working on a test server, and I’m sure it isn’t secure enough for a production environment. This is just the bare bones setup on how I got everything working together so I could test web apps like Moodle and Wordpress. I suggest you try this on a test machine, such as a Virtual Machine, so you don’t make a mistake and kill a working OS. If something breaks, it isn’t my fault.
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When trying to setup a WIMP (Windows, IIS, MySQL, PHP) server, I was surprised at how difficult it was to find a simple walk through of the setup online. I figured I would take notes as I went along and post them here.
Please note, this is what I got working on a test server, and I’m sure it isn’t secure enough for a production environment. This is just the bare bones setup on how I got everything working together so I could test web apps like Moodle and Wordpress. I suggest you try this on a test machine, such as a Virtual Machine, so you don’t make a mistake and kill a working OS. If something breaks, it isn’t my fault.
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While experimenting with Remote Installation Services (RIS) in VMWare I ran into a few snags. The PXE wasn’t receiving the proper file from my W2K3 server (also in VMWare). Luckily I found a few solutions from the links below. I’m reposting/rewording it here in case those sites ever go offline. Read the rest of this entry »