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March 26th, 2009 by Romelda

Are you running Mac OS X? Does This icon link look familiar? If yes, then you know how frustrating this little icon can be. You probably don’t know WHAT this icon means exactly, but you know FOR SURE, that whatever was supposed to be attached to your email from a friend is coming in to you email in this crazy file type. Plus, you can NEVER open the darn file either right?

Well, here is a little info about what that is exactly, and why you can’t open it, and some blessed information for you so you CAN finally open these files.

What the heck is a TNEF file anyways? TNEF stands for: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) and it was introduced by Microsoft to package information for sending messages across the Internet. That’s about all the information you need to know about the actual file type, because what we do know is they are a pain in the butt, particularly if you are one of the cool new Mac converts and have pc-enabled friends of old. They try to send you cool pics, files etc., and you get nothing but frustrated because you keep getting attachments called winmail.dat and miss out on what everyone is emailing back and forth about.

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January 17th, 2009 by Romelda

This video tutorial post is to show users how to create custom brushes using Photoshop. Custom brushes are a great way to add style and unique quality to design.
I hope it helps with any photoshop project you might be working on.

If you have a medium display (like 19″-21″) you can use this version of the Tutorial in Medium Resolution: click here

If you have a large display (like 24″ wide) you can use this version of the Tutorial in Hi Resolution: click here.

January 16th, 2009 by Romelda

This video tutorial post is to show users how to simply create a dotted line using Photoshop. Most web designers use Photoshop to create their site mock-ups, and often want to use dotted lines, however there is no “dotted line” tool in Photoshop, whereas in Illustrator it is simple to create a dotted line using the stroke pallet. Here you can watch the basic steps to create a dotted line using Photoshop brushes and brush preset pallet. I hope it helps with any photoshop project you might be working on.

If you have a medium display (like 19″-21″) you can use this version of the Tutorial in Medium Resolution: click here

If you have a large display (like 24″ wide) you can use this version of the Tutorial in Hi Resolution: click here.