There are a few ways to add drop shadows in Photoshop 2020. You can use the Shadow tool, or the Dodge and Burn tool. To add a shadow in Photoshop 2021, you will need to use the Shadow Tools palette. The tools in this palette include the Shadow, Blur, and Gaussian Blur. You can use these tools to create a shadow on your object or to add depth to an image....

Sideheads (where a document’s subheads appear out to the side of the text) and pull quotes are really just two specific uses for text boxes in Microsoft Word. Here’s how to set them up. Text boxes let you position small bits of text exactly where you want them in a Word document. Most often, people use them for one of two purposes. The first is creating a sidehead, a subheading that’s placed out to the left of the main body of the document instead of inline with the text....

One can watch someone’s story on Instagram without them knowing by going to their profile and tapping on the three dots in the top right corner of the screen. A menu will appear with an option to “View Story.” If the person has a private account, they will be asked to approve the viewer before their story is shown. Instagram stories can be viewed anonymously. This is because they disappear after 24 hours and are not stored on the app or on the user’s profile....

To add a picture to your Instagram story, first, open the Instagram app and swipe left to access the Stories screen. Then tap the + button in the top left corner of the screen and select the Camera option.You can then take a picture or record a video using the built-in camera, or choose one of your existing photos or videos from your phone’s photo gallery. There are a few ways to do this....

The music collection on TikTok is filled with many tunes. There are many of these, and you can make videos using them right away to dance to the beat of your heart or sing in playback. There are many songs on TikTok, but you might want something unique. This article will walk you through how you can add your sound to TikTok. This article will cover creating sounds on TikTok and using your sounds on your TikTok videos....

When you create multiple columns in Word, they default to a set width. It’s easy to change that default width for each column. Let’s look at two ways you can do that. Set Up Column Width Precisely with the Columns Dialog Box When you set a Word document to use multiple columns, Word assigns a default column width that depends on the number of columns you choose. Here are those default widths:...

Why Adjust Exposure With Range Masks? Say you’ve got a photo where the highlights are perfectly exposed, but you’ve lost detail in the shadows. You could just raise the exposure slider, but that might blow out your highlights. Adjusting the shadow slider could also work, but it may flatten the contrast in your image if you have to crank it too high. Targeting the shadows with a range mask instead can allow you to raise those shadows without disturbing the rest of the image....

You can adjust the screen brightness from the Control Center (the quickest way) or the Settings app. To adjust it via the Control Center, swipe down from the top right of the screen on your iPhone or iPad. If your iPhone has a Home button, swipe up from the bottom. Next to the Sound icon/Volume slider, you’ll see the Sun icon/Brightness slider. Swipe up or down on the slider to increase or decrease the brightness....

Thermal paste can help improve the heat transfer between two surfaces by filling in the microscopic gaps between them. This can help improve the cooling performance of devices that use thermal paste, like PS4 consoles. In most cases, it is beneficial to spread thermal paste evenly across both surfaces. However, there are a few cases where it is not necessary or even recommended not to use thermal paste. Thermal paste is a heat conductive material that is applied to heat sinks in order to improve the heat transfer between the two components....

To approve pending tags on Instagram, you would need to go into the app and tap on your profile. Next, tap on “Tags” and then select a tag that needs approval. From there, click “approve” and it should be approved. You can approve tags by clicking the green “Approve” button on the Tag Approval page. You can also edit or delete tags by clicking the Edit or Delete buttons on the same page....

There are a few ways to do this. One is to buy a light kit and install it yourself. Another is to find an existing light installation and remove the old lights and replace them with the new ones. There are a few different ways to attach lights to a car. One way is to use adhesive strips. Another way is to use velcro straps. There are a few ways to do this, but the easiest and most common is to use a jumper cable....

Video Screencast Step 1 – Downloading Action(s) First of all, you need to download Action(s). (Note: You need to have java installed in order for this to work). Get started by going to app.jbbres.com. From there you can read some useful information about the program in addition to downloading it. To begin your download, press the red button on the right side of the screen and follow all the steps to complete the install....

Is making coffee slowing you down in the morning? Even in today’s drip-machine world, is pouring dust into a cup still just too darn hard during your 6AM haze? Here are several ways you can automate your coffee maker, so it’s ready for you in the morning with minimal interaction. Keep in mind that you can’t have the coffee-making experience be 100% automated, since there are still some things that have to remain manual—even if it’s just making sure you place a coffee cup underneath the dispenser....

Not only is Adobe Photoshop a powerful hands-on image editing tool, it’s a very powerful hands-off image editing tool. Read on as we show you how to automate repetitive and routine tasks so you can spend your time more creatively, rather than cropping, correcting, and otherwise clicking. Why Do I Want to Do This? Early on in every amatuer and professional photographer’s pursuit of photography and digital editing they realize just how much time they’re spending dinking around in photo editing applications....

Snapchat is already a go-to social network for millennials and teens, and its reach is now growing. You can share your life in auto-disappearing photos, without the fear of one bad photo coming back to haunt you in a job interview a few years later. But most of the time, the photos are less incriminating, and more mementos a fun night out. When that happens, you don’t want them vanishing into the ether....

Have you ever written a Microsoft Word document and found that your last page contains just a few sentences and a bunch of white space? Instead of editing your work down, you can try a nifty hidden feature in Word that might solve the problem. The “Shrink One Page” command works by automatically sizing down your text and adjusting margins to shrink your document just enough. If you’re working on a document (like a school essay) where you must use a required font or margin size, this command probably won’t work well for you....

Avoid using outdated algorithms The use of outdated algorithms such as MD5 and SHA1 for hashing secrets such as passwords is commonly seen. MD5 and SHA1 are considered broken and developers should avoid the use of these algorithms. If developers need to hash passwords, it is recommended to use a more secure algorithm such as bcrypt. This one-way function can prevent brute-force attacks because it is computationally slow, and it needs a lot of time to generate all the values to crack hashes using brute forcing....

If you’ve ever searched for a transparent image on Google, you’ve probably run across “fakes.” You save an image only to realize the checkered background is solid. Thankfully, there’s a simple little trick in Google Images to avoid this. For those unfamiliar with this phenomenon, allow me to explain. Images that have transparency often illustrate it by using a gray and white checkered pattern. The idea is that you can see which parts of the image will be transparent before you save it....

Even with high-quality devices like Apple’s Macs, it’s important to back up your information. No device works as expected all the time and there are many scenarios outside of device failure when a backup is crucial to have (upgrading, accidents, loss, or theft.) Follow along for how to back up your Mac. ‘Two is one and one is none’ is a good rhyme to help remember the importance of keeping multiple backups....

There are a few ways to backup your Notes on your iPhone without iCloud. One way is to use a third-party app like DropBox or Google Drive, which will allow you to store your Notes in the cloud. Another way is to email yourself a copy of your Notes. Finally, you can connect your iPhone to your computer and backup your Notes using iTunes. There are a few ways to back up your Notes....