Change your Screen Resolution with Hotkeys

For certain types of work such as web design, it's very helpful to view the pages in a variety of screen resolutions. Going into display properties every time to make a change can be tedious.

Here is a cool little program that allows you to change resolutions "on the fly" either using the systray, or even with hotkeys. This is an advanced tip, so if you get into trouble - you're on your own! :-)

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/multires.shtm

In my case, hotkeys were the goal. I didn't want any warnings or dialogs either. Just a resolution change please, and NOW! This image may be helpful (click to enlarge);


1. I'd made multiple shortcuts to the same program, then renamed each to what they were going to represent.

2. Adjust the command line as required. Make sure there's a space after the ". The very last number represents the bit depth you want.

3. Create a shortcut key. I used the Ctrl + Shift + Alt convention.

Ahhhh... it's sweeeet to see my resolution change so painlessly now. Make sure you set your refresh rate to 75+ for each resolution you choose - it should then stick.

Note: if you have an LCD screen, you'll always want to keep it at it's "native resolution". For web designers with LCD's, try the FREE Size-O-Matic utility to change the size of the browser window.

Jeff

Adding masks together in Photo-PAINT

Hello,

If you've ever wanted to add a mask to another one, download a free 700K tutorial movie.

With some ingenuity, you could also subtract or toy with XOR functions for masks as well (just use the respective functions found on the property bar).

Jeff