Posts Tagged ‘tutorial’


A Completely Random Guide to Emacs

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Emacs is more than a text editor. It’s a beast that runs on everything from Unix to Windows.

There are already many Emacs tutorials and FAQs, so I’ll just highlight the things that I found interesting.

Emacs has a ton of commands you can use. These commands are generally accessed by typing Ctr + some letter or M + some letter. The M here stands not for the letter, but for the Meta key… often “Esc.”

This is where Emacs begins to get interesting. But before I proceed:

M-x tetris

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The Vanishing Point Filter in Photoshop

Friday, May 1st, 2009

In this Photoshop tutuorial I’ll discuss the many uses of the vanishing point filter. You can use this tool to place labels on bottles and jars, to add or remove windows and doors from buildings, and in general, to transform the perspective of an object to fit into your photo.

As an example I’ll show you how to end up with a photo like this:

vanishing-point-pic

Starting with this:

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Creating perspective and a mirror image in Photoshop

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create the look of perspective and reflection in your images.

scitechy-site

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