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Thursday, August 29, 2013

DSLR Camera: Parts and Controls

Getting To Know Your Camera
Take a few minutes to make yourself familiar with  parts and controls of your camera. You will find it helpful and you may bookmark this as your guide and reference.While taking pictures, it is advisable to play around with the settings and controls of your camera, in order to know the capabilities and appropriate mode when exposing to light, darkness, wind, speed and the right color tone for each shot.
Nikon D3100 model sold in kits; lens AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
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If you are an amateur, some of your shots resulted into blur image, dark spots, white imbalance, out of focused and sometimes you tend to get frustrated with taking pictures. But all of this will overcome once you know how to set up the right combinations of Shutter, Aperture, ISO and other settings. It is important to realize that photography is an art of capturing moments by achieving a required balance of light, distance, wind, speed, angle and many more. Make sure that you set all the controls and buttons in the proper mode to get a high quality photograph.
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In an actual scenario, we don't have enough time to setup the controls and settings to get an excellent shot. For instance, if you will see a crawling tiger, smiling monkey, jumping kangaroo, colorful lizard and some unusual turn of events. In this case set the camera to an Auto Mode, the camera will automatically adjust the shutter, aperture and other settings to get a better result.
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 After knowing all the parts and controls of your DSLR camera, this is the time that you need to practice the settings in actual photography. Try all the settings and take note of the adjustments that you'll need to do in dealing with photography types such as night photography, landscape, macro, travel, urban, street and other interesting types of photography.

 
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Adobe Photoshop CS6 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS for Windows and Mac OS




Default Keyboard Shortcuts for File
File
Windows
Mac OS
NewCtrl + NCmd + N
OpenCtrl + OCmd + O
Browse in BridgeAlt + Ctrl + OOpt + Cmd + O
CloseCtrl + WCmd + W
Close AllAlt + Ctrl + WOpt + Cmd + W
Save Ctrl + S Cmd + S
Save AsShift + Ctrl + SShift + Cmd + S
Save for Web…Alt + Shift + Ctrl + SOpt + Shift + Cmd + S
RevertF12F12
Page SetupShift + Ctrl + PShift + Cmd + P
PrintCtrl + PCmd + P
ExitCtrl + QCmd + Q


Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Edit
Edit
Windows
Mac OS
Undo/RedoCtrl + ZCmd + Z
Step ForwardShift + Ctrl + ZShift + Cmd + Z
Step BackwardAlt + Ctrl + ZOpt + Cmd + Z
FadeShift + Ctrl + FShift + Cmd + F
CutCtrl + XCmd + X
CopyCtrl + C Cmd + C
PasteCtrl + VCmd + V
Paste In PlaceShift + Ctrl + VShift + Cmd + V
FillShift + F5Shift + F5
Free TransformCtrl + TCmd + T
Color SettingsShift + Ctrl + KShift + Cmd + K
Keyboard ShortcutsAlt + Shift + Ctrl + KOpt + Shift + Cmd + K


Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Image
Image
Windows
Mac OS
Image SizeAlt + Ctrl + IOpt + Cmd + I
Auto ToneShift + Ctrl + LShift + Cmd + L
Auto ContrastAlt +Shift + Ctrl + LOpt + Shift + Cmd + L
Auto ColorShift + Ctrl + BShift + Cmd + B
Canvas SizeAlt + Ctrl + COpt + Cmd + C
Adjustments>
…LevelsCtrl + LCmd + L
…CurvesCtrl + MCmd + M
…Hue/SaturationCtrl + UCmd + U
…Color BalanceCtrl + BCmd + B
…Black & WhiteAlt + Shift + Ctrl + BOpt + Shift + Cmd + B
…InvertCtrl + ICmd + I
…DesaturateShift + Ctrl + UShift + Cmd + U


Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Layer
Layer
Windows
Mac OS
New>
…LayerShift + Ctrl + NShift + Cmd + N
…Layer via CopyCtrl + JCmd + J
…Layer via CutShift + Ctrl + JShift + Cmd + J
Create/Release Clipping MaskAlt + Ctrl + GOpt + Cmd + G
Group Layers Ctrl + G Cmd + G
Ungroup LayersShift + Ctrl + GShift + Cmd + G
Arrange>
…Bring to FrontShift + Ctrl + ]Shift + Cmd + ]
…Bring ForwardCtrl + ]Cmd + ]
…Send BackwardCtrl + [Cmd + [
...Send BackShift + Ctrl + [Shift + Cmd + [
...Merge LayersCtrl + ECmd + E
...Merge VisibleShift + Ctrl + EShift + Cmd + E


Default Keyboard Shortcuts for 3D
3D
Windows
Mac OS
Show/Hide Polygons>
Within SelectionAlt + Ctrl + XOpt + Cmd + X
Reveal AllAlt + Shift + Ctrl + XOpt + Shift + Cmd + X
RenderAlt + Shift + Cmd + ROpt + Shift + Cmd + R


Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Filter
Filter
Windows
Mac OS
Last FilterCtrl + FCmd + F
LiquifyShift + Ctrl + XShift + Cmd + X
Vanishing PointAlt + Ctrl + VOpt + Cmd + V
Lens CorrectionShift + Ctrl + RShift + Cmd + R
Adaptive Wide AngleShift + Ctrl + AShift + Cmd + A


Default Keyboard Shortcuts for View
View
Windows
Mac OS
Proof ColorCtrl + YCmd + Y
Gamut WarningShift + Ctrl + YShift + Cmd + Y
Zoom InCtrl + +Cmd + +
Zoom OutCtrl + -Cmd + -
Fit on ScreenCtrl + 0Cmd + 0
Actual Pixels Ctrl + 1Cmd + 1
ExtrasCtrl + HCmd + H
Show>
...Target PathShift + Ctrl + HShift + Cmd + H
...GridCtrl + 'Cmd + '
...GuidesCtrl + ;Cmd + ;
...RulersCtrl + RCmd + R
...SnapShift + Ctrl + ;Shift + Cmd + ;
...Lock GuidesAlt + Ctrl + ;Opt + Cmd + ;


Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Window
Window
Windows
Mac OS
Arrange>
...ActionsAlt + F9Opt + F9
...BrushesF5F5
...ColorF6F6
...InfoF8F8
...LayersF7F7


Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Tools
Tools
Windows
Mac OS
Move ToolVV
Rectangular Marquee ToolMM
Elliptical Marquee ToolMM
Lasso ToolLL
Polygonal Lasso ToolLL
Magnetic Lasso ToolLL
Quick Selection ToolWW
Magic Wand ToolWW
Eyedropper ToolII
3D Mat'l Eyedropper ToolII
Color Sampler ToolII
Ruler ToolII
Note ToolII
Count ToolII
Crop ToolCC
Perspective Crop ToolCC
Slice ToolCC
Slice Select ToolCC
Spot Healing Brush ToolJJ
Healing Brush ToolJJ
Patch ToolJJ
Content-Aware MoveJJ
Red Eye ToolJJ
Brush ToolBB
Pencil ToolBB
Color ReplacementBB
Mixer Brush ToolBB
Clone Stamp ToolSS
Pattern Stamp ToolSS
History Brush ToolYY
Art History BrushYY
Eraser ToolEE
Background EraserEE
Magic Eraser ToolE
Gradient ToolGG
Paint Bucket ToolGG
3D Material Drop ToolGG
Dodge ToolOO
Burn ToolOO
Sponge ToolOO
Pen ToolPP
Freeform Pen ToolPP
Horizontal Type ToolTT
Vertical Type ToolTT
Horizontal Type MaskTT
Vertical Type MaskTT
Path Selection ToolAA
Direct Selection ToolAA
Rectangle ToolUU
Rounded Rectangle ToolUU
Ellipse ToolUU
Polygon ToolUU
Line ToolUU
Custom Shape ToolUU
Hand ToolHH
Rotate View ToolRR
Zoom ToolZZ
Fore/Background ColorsDD
Switch Fore/BackgroundXX
Quick Mask ModesQQ
Toggle Screen ModesFF
Preserve Transparency//
Decrease Brush Size[[
Increase Brush Size]]
Decrease Brush Hardness{{
Increase Brush Hardness}}
Previous Brush
Next Brush..
First Brush<<
Last Brush>>
Photoshop HelpF1F1
Quit PhotoshopCtrl + QCmd + Q

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