Thursday, August 28, 2025

ALREADY COPIED OVER Crop and Straighten Photos in Photoshop

 
I have 419 gb of pictures. Many of them were scanned from physical photos, four images per jpg. I'm using a tool in Adobe Photoshop to crop and straighten.

Crop and Straighten (with no shortcuts)

This process takes too long, so see below for shortcuts
  1. File
  2. Automate
  3. Crop and straighten photos
  4. For each cropped photo, export, quick export as jpg*, use name offered
  5. Close all and say no to all
  6. Now delete the original

My Shortcuts

  1. Shortcut for automate-->crop and straighten is SHIFT-->CTRL--Q
  2. Shortcut for quick export as jpg is SHIFT-->CTRL-->A
  3. Shortcut for close all is SHIFT-->CTRL-->X

When my Shortcuts get corrupted

I found out that when Photoshop updates itself, it stomps on my shortcuts. The prevailing advice for a setting in Creative Cloud does not prevent this problem from happening. So instead, I have a folder in My Documents that contains my shortcuts. So if they disappear, I can just load them again:
  1. In Photoshop go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts
  2. Click the "Load" button (it's next to the save icon)
  3. Navigate to the folder called Linda Adobe Photoshop Shortcuts and find the .ky file. Open it. Your custom shortcuts will be restored.
  4. Or, it might be set to default. In the dropdown window you can change it to Linda photo keyboard shortcuts
 
 

Sunday, August 24, 2025

I asked Gemini how I can write better prompts

 

How can I write better prompts so you find what I'm looking for?


That's a great question! Here are a few tips that can help me understand what you're looking for more easily:
  • Be specific: Include details like the sender, subject, keywords, and the approximate date or time frame if you know them. The more specific you are, the easier it is for me to narrow down the search. For example, instead of just saying "find an email about a meeting," you could say "find the email from John about the project status meeting last Tuesday."
  • Use keywords: Think about the important words or phrases in the content you're trying to find. Including these keywords in your prompt can significantly improve the search results.
  • Provide context: If you're referring to something you just mentioned or something in your current view, let me know. Phrases like "this email," "this document," or "the message I just showed you" can help me understand the context.
  • Mention the type of information: Are you looking for an email, a document, a calendar event, or something else? Specifying the type of information helps me use the right tools to find it.
  • Clearly state your goal: Are you trying to find information, summarize something, draft a reply, create an event, or something else? Letting me know your goal helps me understand what you need me to do with the information once I find it.
By providing these details, you can help me understand your requests better and find the information you need more efficiently.