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To add a background to a green screen image in Photoshop you will need to learn how to use a few default tools available in the toolbar. If the background isn’t perfectly green or well lit, you’ll need to take a few extra steps. Feel free to try your hand using the example image below. We’ll take you through the easier method first, but afterwards, you can attempt the second method for images that don’t have a perfect single green background....

If you’re working on your home movies, a short film to upload on YouTube, or the next Hollywood blockbuster, adding music can make your videos more enjoyable. Adding music also conveys mood, emotion, and humor. For iPhone or Mac users, the native iMovie editing software makes adding music, royalty-free sound effects, and voiceoversa simple process. Here’s how to add music to iMovie to create a fun and professional finished video on your iPhone or Mac....

Even though I use Google for all of my online searching, it’s still not anywhere near being perfect. They change their algorithms pretty much everyday and each change isn’t always for the better. Add on top of that all the personalization and geo-specific search results and you get a different set of results even if you search for the same thing twice sometimes. So is there a way to permanently block a site from Google search results?...

In statistics, standard deviation is a measure of how dispersed a set of data is relative to its mean. In simple terms, it tells you how “spread out” a collection of data points are. This is useful for things like understanding how varied student grades are in a classroom, or measuring how widely the temperature of something is fluctuating over time. It can especially help you understand the differences between two datasets that may share the same average....

Your phone battery degrades over time. And when it does, you’ll find your phone shutting off even if the battery indicator says you still have plenty of juice left. If it ever comes to that, you need to recalibrate the battery of your Android phone. In this post, you’ll learn how to properly calibrate the battery of your Samsung Galaxy S10, Google Pixel, or whatever Android phone you have. Inspect the Battery...

If you’re the type of person who games regularly on Steam or on your Steam Deck, whether you’re playing the best free horror games on Steam or the best free RPGS , chances are you’ve needed to take a screenshot at some point. But what happens when you don’t want to use the default screenshot key? It’s easy to change this, and below we’ll show you how to change the Steam screenshot button in the Steam desktop client and on your Steam Deck....

Every file on your PC has a program out there to open it. If the software isn’t installed, your system will tell you so, and will ask for instructions on what software it should try to use to open it. Windows, macOS and other platforms match certain file extensions to default programs. If the software isn’t there, the files can’t open. That’s why Microsoft Word opens when you try to open a DOCX file if you have Microsoft Office installed....

Anyone can create an account on TikTok , without verifying their age. However, if you want to change your age or birthday in the app, that’s a different matter. TikTok’s official stance is that you must be aged 13 or older to create an account, as some content on the app isn’t suitable for younger children and has been the subject of controversy after trending challenges have led to teenagers injuring themselves or others....

For more than 2 billion people Facebook is a fun social platform to share their daily experiences. If you want to share your activities on Facebook, you can easily do this through a Facebook check-in from your device while you’re out and about. The following steps to learn how to check in on Facebook will help you learn this process to identify local places and share what you’re doing with your Facebook friends....

After using it for a while, any computer will get dusty. Maybe you wipe down the top and sides of your machine, but do you get inside the USB ports? Failing to clean your USB ports can cause bad USB connections and even kill ports. The good news is that USB ports are easy to clean. It only takes a few minutes to do, and you should do it at least once per month (or maybe more often if you own pets that shed a lot)....

Your drive space is precious, especially if you have a laptop with limited storage. For many Macbook Pro owners, the standard 256 GB flash memory drive is the most affordable option, but not the most spacious. If you use your Macbook for serious photo or video editing work, then you know how quickly that space can fill—and so you turn to deleting items to clear up space for your newest projects....

If the Microsoft Store on your Windows PC starts behaving unusually, resetting the Windows Store cache could make it work again. Here’s how to do that in Windows 11 and 10. The Microsoft Store app in Windows 11 and 10 is susceptible to various issues. For example, it could fail to download apps or updates , crash or freeze at startup , or throw out cryptic store errors . These often stem from an obsolete Microsoft Store cache....

As a Windows-based device, the Xbox has a lot in common with a typical Windows PC. The Xbox is one of the best consoles for interacting with a Windows PC, with the ability to stream games, share media content, and more. If you want a seamless multimedia experience, combining the Xbox and a Windows PC makes sense. As long as you have the correct network setup, it’s an easy process to connect an Xbox to a PC....

The great thing about using a WeMo switch with the Echo is that it works without requiring you to install a third-party skill on the Echo or buying a hub. The three WeMo devices that work directly with Alexa are the WeMo Light Switch, WeMo Switch and WeMo Insight Switch. Overall, it’s really easy getting everything setup, but I’ll also mention some troubleshooting tips in case it doesn’t work on the first try....

You don’t need to hire a professional video maker to whip up your own movie. You can do it on your own and if you think you need to spend a dime for this project, you’re mistaken. Today, you’ll learn how to make pictures into a movie the easy way. With this approach, you can admire your pictures in a more enjoyable way. What You Need A USB cable, pictures (in a folder or digital camera), and video-editing software are the things you need to make a movie out of your pictures....

How often do you forget your Windows login password? If it happens way too often, maybe you should create a password reset disk. In this post, you’ll learn how to create a password reset disk so you’ll never be locked out of your system again. What You’ll Need A password reset disk is stored on a USB flash drive. You’ll also need the password for the computer you want to access....

Rules in Microsoft Outlook are ideal for automatically performing actions on emails. You can do things like move, flag, or respond to certain messages without manual work. To help you keep up with your growing inbox, we’ll show you how to create rules in Outlook. Because you can create Outlook rules on Windows, Mac, and the web, we’ll cover setting them up on each platform. Just note that the available conditions and actions vary....

Fonts are all over the web, in documents you use for work and school, and embedded in every program and app. The type of font you use can be a determining factor in whether people read your content or dismiss it right away because it’s too hard to follow along. You can make your own font for free if you’re not happy with all the other fonts out there. Maybe you don’t even want to look for a new font because you want a customized one, or maybe you’ve tried your hardest but still can’t find the right font for your project....

If you take advantage of the Frequently Visited Sites section on Safari’s Start page, you may have websites there that you don’t necessarily want to revisit. On the other hand, maybe you’d prefer not to use that section at all. We’ll show you how to delete one of your frequently visited websites as well as remove the Frequently Visited section altogether in the Safari browser on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac....

Microsoft, like its competitors, has a desire to tie you into the Microsoft ecosystem as much as possible, with services like Microsoft Office, Xbox, and OneDrive integrated into Windows. OneDrive, in particular, is designed to be the go-to cloud service for your Windows files and documents. If you’re a Windows 10 user, you’ll probably notice OneDrive sitting in the notifications area on your taskbar. It’s hard to disable OneDrive, but there are ways to hide it and switch it off if the service isn’t for you, especially if you’re using a service like Dropbox instead....