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There are a few ways to do this:-Use the Object > Clipping Mask > Make Object command.-Select the area you want to clip, and use the Selection tool (V) to make a selection around it. Then, use the Pen tool (P) to create a clipping mask by drawing a border around the selection.-Use the Layer Style dialog box to apply a style that includes a clipping mask. In Illustrator, you can make a compound clipping path by selecting the path object and then using the Compound Clipping Path tool (C)....

What Is OCR? The OCR acronym stands for Optical Character Recognition: a software program and system whereby a computer can read the text inside images. Imagine taking a photo of your favorite passage from one the Lord of The Rings books. You’d like to quote it elsewhere, but all you have is a photo. OCR Software can help you by parsing that photo/image and finding all text within it. The OCR Software will then, for each letter discovered, analyze the graphical dots seen in the image, and translate/transform that into actual text a computer can use, for example in a word processor....

Use the xq Utility You’ll want to use a custom made utility for this, rather than trying to parse it with something like regex, which is a bad idea. There’s a utility called xq that is perfect for this task. It’s installed alongside yq, which works for YAML. You can install yq from pip: Under the hood, this utility uses jq to handle working with JSON, so you’ll need to download the binary, and move it to somewhere on your PATH (/usr/local/bin/ should work fine)....

There are plenty of great messaging apps to choose from these days. Unfortunately, the quality of a chat app isn’t the most important thing. Even the best messaging app is pointless if your friends and family don’t use it. Many of us are stuck with two options: You can concede and use whichever messaging app most of the people you know are using, or you can try to convert everyone to your favorite app....

Yes, you can copy adjustments in Photoshop. There are a few ways to copy multiple image edits in Photoshop. One way is to use the copy and paste feature. Another way is to use the layers feature. Yes, you can copy adjustments in Photoshop. However, it is important to note that the copy will not always be accurate due to the fact that Photoshop’s adjustment layers are essentially “fuzzy” copies of the original image....

Containers running in Kubernetes Pods are meant to be self-contained compute units that you don’t need to manually interact with. Sometimes you might have to copy files to or from a Pod’s filesystem though, perhaps because you’re debugging a problem and want to archive logs, config files, or caches stored in a container. Here’s how to move files between your machine and containers in a Pod, using Kubectl’s built-in transfer feature or a manual alternative....

To copy a caption on Instagram, you can either use the “Copy” button on the right side of the text or tap and hold the text to select it, then copy it. To copy an Instagram post, first, open the post and then tap the three dots in the top right corner. Tap Copy Link and then paste the link into a new post or message. To copy and paste on Instagram stories, first, open the story you want to paste into....

To download music from Windows Media Player to a flash drive, you can use the Media Player Classic software or the newer Media Player 11 software. To copy music onto a flash drive, you will need to first create a folder on your computer where you will store your music. Then, you will need to copy the music files into the folder. There are a few ways to do this....

There are a few ways to make your car window private. One way is to use a window sticker. Another way is to put a mirror in the window. There are a few ways to black out your car windows while you sleep. One way is to place a piece of foil over the windowpane and then place a small light bulb inside the foil. The other way is to use a hot glue gun to attach small pieces of plastic to the top of your car window panes and then place the plastic in the sun or in a bright light....

A combo chart combines a column and line graph into a single chart. The result is a simple way for you and your audience to view each data series in a new way. Set Up the Data Combo charts are helpful when you want to show a relationship between two or more data sets that are measured differently. For example, you may use a combo chart to show projected sales and actual sales, temperatures with precipitation amounts, or revenue and income with profit margin....

If you insert dates or times in your Google Sheet, you aren’t stuck with the default date formats. You can use the word for a month instead of a number or add seconds to the time by creating custom formats. You might have a spreadsheet you’re presenting and want a more attractive date format using complete words for months or days rather than numbers or abbreviations. Or maybe you include times in your sheet and need it detailed to the millisecond....

Catalogs are one of Adobe Lightroom’s best features. They make it easy to categorize, sort, and edit all your photos in one location. And if things start to get a little unwieldy, there’s a lot to be said for having more than one catalog. RELATED: What Is Adobe Lightroom, and Do I Need It? Lightroom really is one of the best apps out there for photographers, serving as a catalog system, a RAW editing app, and much more....

Almost anyone knows how to make a “hidden” folder in Windows, most people also know how to make Explorer show hidden folders. Instead, if your folder looked like an innocent shortcut no one would know you have data in there. Using Command Prompt to Disguise a Folder In this example I have an ordinary folder on the root of my drive called How-To-Geek. To disguise it, I need to open a command prompt and navigate to the directory where its resides, since it is on the root of my drive I can use:...

There are plenty of ways to make a presentation that stands out in Microsoft PowerPoint. One way is to create action buttons. Whether an arrow to advance the slide or a play button to start a video, making action buttons is easy. Let’s take a look at how to make these nifty buttons. Add the Button and an Action Open your presentation and head to the slide where you want to add the button....

Windows 10 still lets you create desktop shortcuts to applications, files, folders, and even websites. Desktop icons may a little out of fashion, but they’re still useful as part of a nicely organized desktop. How to Create a Shortcut to an Application To do this the easy way, open Windows 10’s Start menu. Look for the application you want to use by scrolling through the Apps list at the left side of the menu....

An on-demand EC2 instance is an offering from AWS where the subscriber/user can rent the virtual server per hour and use it to deploy his/her own applications. The instance will be charged per hour with different rates based on the type of the instance chosen. AWS provides multiple instance types for the respective business needs of the user. Thus, you can rent an instance based on your own CPU and memory requirements and use it as long as you want....

Most everyone needs to be reminded about something. Be it a daily task, recurring commitment, or a one time event – having a pop-up reminder on your computer can come in handy. While there are myriad tools available to handle this task, we outline a simple way you can do this with no additional software. Our “Trick” vs. Task Scheduler While we have previous discussed how you can use Task Scheduler natively to create pop-up reminders, there are a few behavior quirks/limitations we aim to address with this alternate method....

To crop an image in Illustrator, select the image and then click on the “Crop” tool in the toolbar. You can then drag the cropping tool around the image to select the area you want to keep. To cut out part of an image, select the “Eraser” tool and then click and drag over the area you want to remove. To find the crop tool in Illustrator, go to the Tools panel and look for the Crop Tool icon (it looks like a pair of scissors)....

To crop an object in Illustrator, select the object and then click the crop button. To cut an object, select the object and then click the cut button. There are a few ways to crop and cut in Illustrator. You can use the Selection tool to make selections around the areas you want to keep, or you can use the Cut tool to make precise cuts. To crop in Illustrator 2022, first open the File menu and choose “Crop....