This tutorial will teach you how to save an image or picture and use it as a new pattern in Photoshop. And next time, whenever you’re working with larger canvas, you can just use the Fill Layer feature in Photoshop to set the pattern as your background.

1. Open the image you want to use as pattern.

2. Then, go to Edit > Define Pattern. Type in the name you want for the new pattern and click OK.

3. Now, we want to use the new pattern as a background in our new project. Open a new document, whatever the size is up to you.

4. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Pattern. You’ll see this small window.

Click OK and you’ll see another window for you to select the pattern you want to use. Choose the pattern you created just now and click OK.

And you’ll have a nice background for your new project.

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This Photoshop tutorial is about customizing the interface of the Photoshop.  This is one of the best features available to the user. This is because every user has their own way of doing things, keeping this in mind the software has provided a totally customizable interface. By using this any user can use Photoshop CS4 in a way which suits them.

The Photoshop CS4 tutorial for custom interface is really simple. This is done as follows, as we know that we have various panels at the right  hand side of the interface, some of them being layers, channels paths etc. you  will eventually find that you use some of the panels more frequently than the others, while some u may never use. Keeping this in mind the Photoshop has devised an ingenious way to make the interface user friendly. What you do is that when you open any panel you can see tabs at the right top corner of the panel and u can switch from panel to panel by clicking on them, so what you do is that you can click on the tabs and actually drag them out of the panel resulting in a new panel consisting of only one tab.

You can also merge more panels into a single panel. This Photoshop CS4 tutorial is done by dragging the panel into another when this happens there appears a blue glow in the panel below, drop your panel into it and you will find that the panels have merged hence condensing the workspace. You can also separate out the unwanted panels and close them off saving only the used ones with you. You can also drag the panels to the left corner and drop them beyond the tool box; here you will see that you can arrange the panels as you please. This Photoshop CS4 tutorial will mean nothing if you do not want to be more creative and efficient.

When you are comfortable using a specific customized interface you can actually save the settings for further use. This can be done by going to the menu “windows” click on “workspace” and then “Save workspace” by doing this you can directly have the settings the next time you use the interface. If you want to reset the settings or change to some other predefined interface you can go to the button on the top left corner called “Essentials” and click on it,  you will see that the default interface is restored. You can select any other interface too.

In Photoshop CS4 we can also customize the entire menu at the top. This is done by going to the menu “File” and then “Menus” here you can add or delete any menu required by the user. It is very easy to use. You can also change the color of the menus from that dialog box reminding you to use the option more frequently or for any other use.

In this way the Photoshop interface is very flexible and easy to modify as per the needs of the user.

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A tweetwall lets you display only the tweets you’re interested in from everywhere on Twitter, use it to track hashtags, usernames, and keywords. The possibilities are up to you.

Graabr is an application and hosting service which uploads your screen to graabr.com, with the option of sharing to social web sites like Twitter, Facebook, etc with just a few mouse clicks.

Listerine is a dedicated Twitter list-manager, for tweeple with a lot of contacts. In its default selection mode, simply drag a contact on to a List in order to add that contact to it. In its auto selection mode, you’ll need to set a List as ”active” by clicking that list’s TOGGLE button. You will then be able to add contacts to that active list simply by double-clicking on them.

Instead of being alerted whenever someone tweets something, with Listiti you can be alerted whenever someone belonging to a Twitter List of your choice tweets about something.

Tlists is a platform for media businesses, advocacy organizations, research firms and subject-matter experts of all kinds to efficiently leverage Twitter Lists.

Twitter’s new Lists feature allows anyone to curate the real time web. Listorious makes it easy to find the best lists of Twitter users on any given topic, and for list creator to publicize their lists

At its surface, dailyRT is a tweet aggregator that gathers the most popular tweets on twitter and displays them using their own scoring algorithm and numerous filters.

pixavid is free image sharing site that allows you to easily upload a picture and share it on social net working sites such as Facebook, Digg, Reddit, Twitter, Stumbleupon and more, or embed it in a message board or blog.

Tweetiator alerts users in real time when people share links to their content on Twitter, and lets them follow and communicate each other.

Kazle allows you to update both your Facebook and Twitter status at the same time then also view Feeds from both of these networks.

Tinker helps you stay on top of your favorite events by showing you the latest buzz from Twitter and across the social web. Create or follow an event stream by choosing a keyword and you’ll be the first to hear.

Blurtt is a simple and easy to use online interface that lets you send real, printed postcards with your handwriting to your friends anywhere in the world. The best part is you don’t even need to know your friend’s addresses to send a postcard to them. As long as they are on Facebook or Twitter, or even have an email address, it’s easy to send them a message on a real postcard that has real emotional impact, as its something that arrives to them in a physical form.

Taweet is a Twitter application that allows people and businesses to streamline promotional scheduling for events, product launches, lifecasting and more. Taweet is focused on promoting the topics of your Future Tweets (FT) up until they occur to create buzz or to share with friends.

Swift.fm helps you discover and enjoy new music guided by the most qualified people around – your friends. Swift.fm do this to help you find new music to purchase, shows to attend and actively support artists and their labels.

Gelato is real-time search meets online dating. Instead of looking at static, carefully-crafted profiles, you are looking at a real-time stream of what people are actually doing. More authenticity means better dating connections. We do this by pulling in a users’ data from Facebook, Twitter ,Netflix, Last.fm and other social media to quickly and easily create a dynamic, multi-faceted online dating profile.

Moomeo allows people to share emails. Simple as that. Just send an email to Moomeo service email address, receive a Moomeo link to you email back, and share it on Twitter, Facebook, or anywhere online.

Twinester lets you create or join groups and communities for Twitter and interact with one another twitter users of similar interest. In this particular case, groups are known as ”nests” which symbolizes the many people in a particular community. You can either create groups or browse them by categories such as ‘Business’, ‘Lifestyle’, ‘Entertainment’, ‘Technology’, ‘Internet’, etc. The landing page also displays the hottest nests, recent and last users.

Brizzly is a way to view content from the social web. Right now, you can view enhanced content from Twitter in a clear, simple way. Brizzly plan to include other social media in the future.

ThankfulFor is your personal gratitude journal. It’s also a collective gratitude journal, for all of us. Because the more gratitude floating around this universe, the better.

Thoora puts the spotlight the news worth talking about by exploring more than 80 million blogs and 4,500 mainstream media sources and Twitter.

Moonit is your online destination for relationship compatibility and guidance. Moonit created a tool that produces short, easy-to-digest advice for use ”on the go” and ”in the field.” To make your lives even easier, Moonit integrated the tool with Facebook and Twitter and made it accessible across mobile devices.

TipTopSM is a real-time search tool helping people find interesting and useful answers to their questions, filtered from conversations people are currently sharing on Twitter. It is based on the idea that people should have a simple way to share their everyday experiences with others who are interested in learning from them without searching the entire Internet.

DooID is your Web 2.0 business card with e-mail signature. Get your own design, evaluate your networks (like Twitter, Facebook, etc.), interests & services and decide who may see what.

Favstar tracks what you, your friends, and everyone else is favoring on Twitter.

Tweetvite makes it easy to create invitations for events you’re hosting or to find local Tweetups in your area.

Chances are you’ve got a bunch of profiles all over the internet: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, FriendFeed…Plus you might have a blog or a YouTube channel and some pictures on Flickr. Put all those sites together, and that’s YOU on the internet.

TwitRes lets you share resume/cv on Twitter. Simple. Login with your Twitter account, upload your resume and tweet your resume link – Simple as that.

With hundreds of millions of web sites, it’s impossible for you to follow and read every single blog and web site to catch up on the hottest giveaways out there. Freezly answers the question ”What’s free on the Internet?” Freezly aggregates giveaways found on Twitter so that you, the Internet user, can simply pick and try to win whatever giveaways interest you.

With Pockets, you can leave a voicmail message for anyone on Twitter and they’ll be notified via @reply.

retwt.me allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs). It is a simple service with one goal, easy shortening and easy analysis.

We Are Hunted discovers the most popular 99 songs in the world right now. The charts are designed to reflect what music people are really listening not just record sales. We Are Hunted continuously crawl the web sampling music news, blogs, Twitter, Forums, MySpace, YouTube, iTunes, Facebook, Last FM, ilike, Bit Torrent, Mininova and more.

Tweeterview allows for real time twitter interviews using a web interface. Viewers can watch the tweeterview in real time without even being a twitter user, or read the transcript afterward.

Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. Just click the record button and you’ll have your ready-to-tweet screencast in seconds.

Avartize gives you, the Twitter user, the option to easily pimp your profile picture, also known as your avatar. Set your state to ”busy”, tell your friends you’re on fire – or let everybody know you are out taking in that special event. You also have the option to create your own overlays, so people can pimp their avatar with your artwork

Chir.ps , a way for users to tweet audio clips. These audio clips can come in a variety of forms – whether it is something you recorded, i.e. your own voice, sounds from an event, a question you pose to your twitter followers; an audio clip you found on the Internet, or an audio file you’d like to upload from your computer.

Snapatar lets you update your Twitter profile picture using your webcam. Simply snap a picture, fill out your Twitter details and send the new image to Twitter. You can do this as often as you like. Your creativity is the limit.

ChatterBox allows you to monitor Twitter conversations that matter to you. Whether it is a list of interesting keywords or specific user handles, ChatterBox can centralize that information into a common dashboard that individuals and teams can leverage to manage and respond to those conversations.

Tunein builds a channel from all the media (articles, videos, photos and soon, audio) recommended by the people you follow. You can sort it by popularity or recency, and filter it by media type. You can build groups from the people you follow. You can also look at other people’s channels, not just your own. So, you can browse the tweet streams and media channels of other people simply by clicking on them.

RT.nu provides a simple interface for shortening URLS and retrieving basic stats. It also provide a Bookmarklet for easy posting, and an open API.

With iWise, a user can search thousands of quotations from different personalities and share them through the site, via Twitter or with an iPhone app.

Make your tiny portfolio online in which you’ll be able to integrate your networks (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.), a little about you and how to contact you. Choose between many nice skins and features.

With nom.ms you can tweet what you eat, and share recipes and restaurants with other foodies. Think: TwitPic, for food.

Imj.Tw(eet) is a free service for Twitter & Facebook users providing secure image hosting and sharing. All you need is a Twitter or Facebook account to begin.

Automated feeds for your Twitter stream. Boost your Twitter personality: broadcast your interests, and add followers.

BingTweets combines Twitter trends with Bing search results, enabling you to see deeper, real-time information about the hottest topics on Twitter. You can also search for anything in the BingTweets search box (at the top right of every page) and see Bing search results alongside the most recent related tweets.

TwitPaint lets you paint graffiti and post it on Twitter. Make graffiti in 140 strokes or less and share with your followers.

CamTweet lets you share live video on Twitter. If you have a Twitter account then you already have a CamTweet account, just login to CamTweet with your Twitter username and password and you are all set.

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Here is an enormous list of websites that offer either free online storage or a free trial of their file hosting service .

• 4shared – your Free Virtual Drive with 500Mb online storage space. 4shared offers you the easy and fast way to store your files, access them from anywhere at anytime and share them with your friends and people all over the world
• Allmydata – harnesses the power of grid storage technology to securely store your email, photos, music, movies and more
• anywhere – a unique personal file storage and sharing service that allows you to save, retrieve and share files and folders with your own network of contacts. 5 gigs, 10 gigs and 20 gigs accounts. Free 15 days trial accounts come with 50 megs
• BestSharing.com – Free and easy-to-use file hosting. Allows uploading of virtually any type of files. Unlimited upload, unlimited download. You don’t need to registration and pay any fees. Max file size is 125 MB. Simply file manager allowed via email, file protect allowed too
• Bigupload – free file hosting provider. You don’t need to registration and pay any fees. You don’t need to install any special software. A file can be up to 2GB(and counting!). Host your file forever for free, until it is unused for 30 days. If nobody downloads your file for 30 days, it is automatically deleted. Try BigUpload right now and you will see why 100,000 people use it every day
• Bigvault – Provides “unlimited”, “secure”, “private” and “confidential” storage space on the Internet, that can be accessed at anytime from anywhere without the need to pre-download any software
• Biscu.com – Now individuals and small businesses can get affordable on-line, high-speed web file storage and information sharing services. There are no complicated contracts or long term commitments. Our simple, pay-as-you go service lets you use as little or as much storage as you need. You’re never charged for space you don’t use, and there are no hidden surcharges should you ever require more space. We’re the most budget friendly storage service on the Internet
• Boltfolio – unlimited storage. Allows uploading of virtually any media file – photos, video and audio
• Box.net – about to relaunch with free accounts, private beta ongoing now, more at http://live.box.net
• Streamload MediaMax -
• Netizen – Like FedEx for digital parcels. This Mozilla based Desktop app allows users to send huge files (over 4GB!) securely and quickly without bogging down email. Uses intelligent relaying to ensure reliable delivery of data. With an intelligent p2p architecture it doesn’t require massive hosting costs as other apps and sites do.
• MyOtherDrive.com – MyOtherDrive provides Internet users the ability to store online and share videos, music, photos – any file. The site provides each user with 5GB of storage space that can be selectively shared. Unlike other online storage sites, MyOtherDrive allows you to upload files in bulk (not one by one like so many sites do). The uploaded files can be any size (up to 2GB). The site allows the user to create groups and share their folders selectively to these groups (friends, family, coworkers, etc.) . You can define as many groups as necessary and friends can be placed in more than one group. Coming soon – content tagging and search capabilities.
• Pando – A cross between YouSendIt, BitTorrent, and AIM.
• Uploading – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• 4 Shared Free File Sharing – 500MB Virtual Drive
• LOADMAN – First german online storage hoster with a fine selection of services and relly low prices.
• Strongspace – Secure File Storage and Sharing
• DF Deposit Files – (Max. 250 MB)
• MediaFire – MediaFire is the first 100% free and unlimited file host. Unlimited uploads, unlimited downloads, unlimited bandwidth, multiple simultaneous downloads and no sign up required. You can also easily access your files from anywhere with a free account and your own “My Files” page.
• FileFront – File Size Limit: 1GB – Download Limit: Unlimited – File Life: unknown. Only for GAME related files. Any file format allowed.
• Imageshack – The ultimate image storage website. Allows images up to 1.5MB in size and allows hotlinking. Your images are available forever, and the site allows 100MB of transfer per hour. You can upload an unlimited amount of images with or without registering. Accepted file types are JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, TIFF, and SWF.
• EchoSign – For easily archiving your documents. E-mail in all your documents; EchoSign stores them; images them; turns them into PDFs; and makes them searchable for you – for free.
• filedropr – drop files for download.
• HugeUploads – Free file storage and image hosting, with unlimited bandwidth and 500MB per file. You get unlimited downloads and uploads and protect your files with a password. We keep your files on our server for ever if you download the files within 30 days! No registration required.
• ElephantDrive – ElephantDrive provides simple, secure, and automated online storage services to individuals and businesses. By combining the power of grid computing infrastructures such as Amazon Web Services’ S3, proprietary storage optimization technology, and simple, clean design, ElephantDrive’s service allows all users to enjoy the same availability and performance as enterprise solutions, at a fraction of the cost. While the company currently focuses on data protection, it is rapidly expanding its service to push all data into the cloud, where any web enabled device can store, retrieve, manage, and share any digital asset, from anywhere, at anytime.
• DropBoks – No bells, no whistles, just an easy and quick way to store your files online. 1 GB Free.
• File Storage Sites & Tools – Places to store your viral videos to your home photography.
• Nelsok.com Video/Media Upload – This service is free. Allows users to upload videos. Also allows for creating movies/slide shows from video clips, sound files, and pictures. Users can put advertisements on their video viewing pages using googles adsense.
• filicio.us – Free $0.15 using Amazon S3
• DivShare – Upload Anything – * 100% FREE * Upload unlimited files * Serve unlimited downloads * Files stay online forever! * No pop-up ads or spam * Incredibly fast, reliable servers
• MiHD – Max file size: 2048MB Resumable downloads: Yes! Download limits: None whatsoever! File lifetime: 3 Months
• UploadOK! Free File Hosting, Free Web Hosting and Cheap Dedicated Servers – Max 1,000 MB
• Blackbeard File Hosting .::. share your music, documents – 180 MB maximum file size.Files under the size of 50 MB will expire after 3 months of no download, larger files only 1 month.
• DotSpirit – Online file storage powered by phpNavigator featuring: 10GB disk space, multi-users, drag & drop multiple files/folders. Available in English and French. Free trial available.
• SnapDrive.net – Free File Hosting No File Deletion
• Fies-Upload.com – Up to 1Gb files. Upload by HTTP or FTP. No limited space, file life time: 45 days
• JungleDisk – Backup service using Amazon’s S3 service. Fast and cheap.
• ShareUA – Ukrainian file storage. UA-IX. 60 mb space. For Ukrainian users!
• mooload – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• YoUpload – Up to 500 megabytes per file Unlimited amount of uploads Unlimited amount of downloads Download managers accepted No download restrictions No “loading” times Fastest servers available
• SexUploader – (500MB) For 90 Days
• Diino – Diino is a personal, on-line environment, where it’s easy to share large files, back up important data, create an instant network, organize digital photos, play music and securely access important information
• I(2) Drive Online Storage – I(2) Drive provides secure online storage and file server access through WebDAV servers for Business and Personal use. Other features include inbound servers, podcasting and RSS Feed, photo albums, direct links, and more…
• MyTempDir – Maximum file size – 51,200 Kb (50 Mb)
• QuickSharing – Unlimited downloads, even if the file have 100000 downloads, it doesn’t matter. Free to use, there is absolutely no money involved, you can use this service for free. 500MB limit per file, upload and share as many as you want. We only delete if the file is not accessed within the past 30 days.
• EvilShare – Upload limit: 128 MB per file, unlimited number of files Download limit: none Files deleted after 30 days of inactivity. I like this site a lot because it’s simple, there are no download limits and no annoying waiting before download as on other sites. And it’s pretty fast, too. I highly recommend it.
• zalil – 50 mb
• File Planet – Know of a file that we should have but don’t? Let us know! Use the submission form below and get an instant link to your file. Be sure to be as descriptive as possible. Remember, while you get an instant link back – this does not place you officially on FilePlanet. That process may take a while, so be patient. Thank you and enjoy this service! Hi limit.
• webcargo.net – Send any file, no matter the size, to anyone with an e-mail address. Price per month $0 Sends per month 5 included, $5 per send after that Max users 1 Max individual file size 100 MB Max data transfer Unlimited File storage duration 14 days Secure 128-bit encryption Yes Dedicated Account Rep — Other options available. http://www4.webcargo.net/webcargo/plan_pricing.php
• Eggdisk 6GB File Storage – All accounts get an amazing 6GB of free file storage and file sharing with registration. Free image sharing without registration. The anonymous service allows up to 20MB files, but with the registered service you can have up to 100MB filesizes.
• Boostfile – Upload files up to 150 MB, Download Stats for every file, Share, discuss, and rate files.
• BackupRight – Super easy to use and automatic, what else could you ask for? They also have a free trial with no credit card and support Mac OS and Linux (Windows too of course).
• TheOnlineDiary – Share uploaded files with your group. Upload any files, protect them from download, version managemnet included
• Filecows – 20MB
• Lumunon Media – FileSharing – FileShare gives you 10MB file limit and unlimited download limit. Time duration is about a year, but this will be eliminated either. So, other than the size limit, everything is unlimited.
• OxyShare Your Data Route – Oxyshare Rapidshare Megaupload Size of file 700mb 100mb 250mb Download speed 3 mb/s 1,5 mb/s 1,5 mb/s Download limit no limit 1 file/hour no limit FTP upload yes no no Resume downloading yes no yes Block by IP no yes yes FTP speed 500kb/s no FTP no FTP
• Picture9 Online Photo Albums – Free image hosting for blogs, eBay auctions & MySpace. Photo gallery, stock portfolio & image slideshow for personal photos.
• fileXoom – Bandwidth: Unlimited; Max file size: 100 MB; Storage space: 2 GB; All file types allowed; Free
• Data File Host – Max. file size 10MB, unlimited uploads, download limit is 2.5GB/month for each file and for files smaller than 1MB there is no limit. File kept until no downloads for 30 days.
• Flat File Host – maximum filesize: 250 MB
• TransferBigFiles – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: 20 Downloads File Life: 5 Days
• mailbigfile – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: 3 Downloads File Life: 7 Days
• Easy File Host – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
• Up-FILE – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
• Fupload – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 25 Days
• UploadReady – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• zSHARE – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 10 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 10 days)
• Bigupload – File Size Limit: 300MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Speedy Share – (Maximum: 33MB) Download Limit: Unlimited (Limit of 5GB per file per day) File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• Easy-Sharing – File Size Limit: 75MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• JustUpit – File Size Limit: 120MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Turbo Upload – File Size Limit: 70MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unknown
• Content-Type – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• Upload-File – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: 50 Downloads File Life: 30 Days
• StreamUpload 2.0 – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• JumboFile – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• Remote File CabiNET – Remote File CabiNET is an easy-to-use service that eliminates the security risks and productivity problems associated with email. Just insert and manage files online using a Windows Explorer-like interface.
• GetFile – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days
• Web-Upload.com – easy to use and for free !
• YourFile – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• BigFilez – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 14 days)
• rar host – free file hosting for .rar files! – Upload limit: 200 Mb. Files last 30 days
• Your File Link – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• orb-z – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: 200 Downloads File Life: 15 Days
• Gimehost – Free upload of upto 250 MB!
• Send File – File Size Limit: 40MB Download Limit: 10 Downloads File Life: 10 Days
• MyLivePage – Free 1GB File Storage For All English And Russian Language Support
• FileBuffer – File Size Limit: 40MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• UltraShare – File Size Limit: 30MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• UploadTemple – File Size Limit: 30MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 21 Days
• SendMeFile – File Size Limit: 30MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days
• Upload2 – File Size Limit: 25MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 1 Year
• Rogepost (AKA) Filegone.com – File Size Limit: 25MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 100 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 100 days)
• UploadTown – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Filegone – File Size Limit: 25MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 100 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 100 days)
• 11MBIT.in – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• Refrozen – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• Crazefiles – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: 50 Downloads File Life: 14 Days
• hackz.nu – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unknown
• Zhube – File Size Limit: 20MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 15 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 15 days)
• Free-Transfer – File Size Limit: 10MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days
• carbonite – How come www.carbonite.com is not on the list?
• eSnips – 1GB free storage space.
• MailBigFile – Send big files quickly and easily, without clogging up your email. No software to download, if you can see the web, you can use Mail Big File. 3 simple steps and your file is on it’s way.No cost, no registration – just start sending files. With the option to secure your file with 128-bit encyption, Mail Big File is more secure than standard email. All files are virus scanned. Send files up to 1GB in size. Features a progress meter.
• MegaShares – File Size Limit: 1.5GB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 25 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 25 days)
• SendOver – File Size Limit: 2GB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• Free 1000MB file storage – FREE 1000MB file storage and unlimited size files uploads with Hercules software from your desktop
• bbDRIVE – Amazing! A windows app simply maps FTP storage into an network disk, could be use with any win support application. Max 10GB storage & no single file size limitation.
• Upload 2 – Free file hosting service. Up to 250 MB.
• Boltfolio -
• BigUpload – 2000MB upload limit. File stays on the server forever as long as it’s updated once every 30 days.
• zUpload – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Spread-It – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days
• CyberUpload – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 7 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 7 days)
• Snaggys – File Size Limit: 500MB Download Limit: 999 Downloads File Life: 15 Days
• ShareBigFile – File Size Limit: 300MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 21 Days
• UpDownloadServer – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
• XtraFile – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 15 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 15 days)
• Dropload – Send Files upto 100MB for 7 days.
• bonpoo – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 10 Days
• FileCache – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 31 Days
• Supload – File Size Limit: 200MB Download Limit: 30 Downloads File Life: 7 Days
• ovodocs – Web based online document storage that looks just like windows explorer. Is absed around creating users/customer accounts so you can share and manage files between. Costing is based around user base. Complete security with users and groups. Alos file usage audit.
• myShareBox – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• TheUpload – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• Upload.Sc – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unknown
• Hemen Paylas – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• Store and Serve – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• upload2.com – File Size Limit: 250MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• BIGfileupload – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
• AxiFile – File Size Limit: 150MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• QuickDump – File Size Limit: 100MB Download Limit: download bandwidth limit of 500MB per hour File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• Fastmail – Great subscription email service with file storage; plans ranging from free (1MB limit, 10MB quota) to $40/yr (250 MB storange, 750 MB quota).
• FileHD – File Size Limit: 60MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• UploadSend – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• UploadFront – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
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• UploadHut – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• SupaShare – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days
• FileHost – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• ushareit – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unknown File Life: Unknown
• SceneWorld – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: 1000 Downloads File Life: 50 Days
• WebFileHost – File Size Limit: 10MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days
• Hyperupload – File Size Limit: 10MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: Unlimited
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• MoFile.com – Temporary Upload Limit:1G, 3days Permanent Upload Lmit:30M
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• Badongo – Upload files up to 1GB.
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• SendSpace – 1200MB upload space.
• TrasferBigFiles – 1GB. Five days or 20 downloads.
• Woomp -
• FileFactory – File Size Limit: 1.5GB Download Limit: 25 Downloads File Life: 7 Days
• RapidUpload – File Size Limit: 300MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 30 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 30 days)
• iStorage -
• RapidSharing – File Size Limit: 50MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 60 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 60 days)
• Openomy -
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• Megaupload – Temporary upload, fast and easy, and free.
• OurMedia -
• Omnidrive -
• DropSend -
• Inbox.com – free 2GB webmail that includes Storage, Calendar & Tasks, and Notes.
• SaveFile – File Size Limit: 60MB Download Limit: Unlimited File Life: 14 Days (Deleted only if there is no download activity in 14 days)
• Allmydata.com – Unlimited storage on a p2p grid network – free if you share space on your own drive
• My File Hut – How much space and bandwidth do i get with myFileHut.com? All users will receive 250MB of Storage space free at cost. Users are also restricted to 10GB/month after staying with myFileHut.com after two weeks, the first two week as a new member you are restricted to 1GB/Week for the first two weeks. Am I allowed to Hotlink and Stream? Yes!, you are allowed to hotlink any type of media off the myFileHut.com Network that does not breech the TOS. Streaming is also allowed, but it is suggested that you watch your bandwidth usage when streaming as this tends to eat up most of the users bandwidth
• Freepository -
• EggDisk – All new accounts up to September 1st will get an amazing 4GB free storage. Sign up today and tell your friends. Free File Storage and File Sharing without registration. Just upload and go! You can backup all your files, images and work. The anonymous service allows up to 20MB files, but with the registered service you can have up to 100MB filesizes.
• Grouper.com – Free storing/sharing of photos and videos
• A Website Design Checklist – Website design is a significant function of the website. It is the basis of the website development and publication. The web designer must be a creative person who can design a web site that is aesthetically pleasing to look at and plan a site that is functional and easy for your viewers to use.
• uploadyourfiles – Upload limit: 200Mb. Files last 30 days
• Uploadsever – Upload limit: 250 Mb
• YouSendIt – File Size Limit: 1GB Download Limit: 25 Downloads File Life: 7 Days

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Publish your creativity on real U.S. Postage

Make every letter a special delivery with your own customized photo stamps printed by Zazzle! Add your own photos, designs, business logos, and text to design your own postage that can be sent through standard U.S. Mail. Perfect for wedding announcements, birthday invitations, holiday cards, and promotional advertising. Makes a unique and useful gift for friends and family.

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Choose from 7 denominations:

• $0.26: postcards
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• $4.60: Priority Mail (up to 16 oz)

Zazzle Custom Stamp Sizes:

• Large
• Horizontal: 2.5″ x 1.5″ (image: 1.7″ x 1.2″)
• Vertical: 1.5″ x 2.5″ (image: 1.2″ x 1.7″)
• Image aspect ratio: 5×7

• Medium
• Horizontal: 2.1″ x 1.3″ (image: 1.4″ x 1.1″)
• Vertical: 1.3″ x 2.1″ (image: 1.1″ x 1.4″)
• Image aspect ratio: 3×4

• Small
• Horizontal: 1.8″ x 1.3″ (image: 1.1″ x 1.1″)
• Vertical: 1.3″ x 1.8″ (image: 1.1″ x 1.1″)
• Image aspect ratio: 1×1

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Here are ten great tips to get you started in Lightroom

T Is for Toolbar
Pressing the letter T on your keyboard hides the toolbar that appears at the bottom of the Preview area, and pressing T again makes it visible. However, if you’d like to hide it temporarily (which is handy for taking a quick, uncluttered look at your photo), then press-and-hold T and the toolbar only hides as long as you have the letter T held down.

Rate Photos Quickly
When applying star ratings to photos in the Library module, if you hold down the Shift key while applying your rating, it will automatically move you to the next photo. So, if you press Shift-4, rather than just 4, it assigns a 4-star rating to the current photo and then immediately brings up the next photo.

Control Your Panels
Pressing the Tab key hides all the side panels in Lightroom, so your photo(s) are displayed larger onscreen. If you move your cursor over a side triangle where a Panels area used to be, it temporarily pops back out. When you move away from a panel, it automatically hides. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can configure each Panels area individually, as well as the filmstrip along the bottom and the module picker up top. If you want to turn this “auto-popping” off, you can switch to Manual mode, so when you want a Panels area open or closed, you click the triangle next to it. You can also choose Auto Hide, where you manually open that Panels area, but when you move away from it, the panels automatically hide. To access these options, Control-click (PC: Right-click) on one of those triangles and choose from the pop-up list.

Bigger Text
If the text displayed in the panels seems a little too small for your tastes (and you’re getting tired of squinting), you can change the font size by going to Lightroom (PC: Edit)>Preferences and clicking the Interface tab. Go to Panel Font Size, choose Large, then restart Lightroom, and your panel font size will be significantly larger.

Slide to the Default
To reset any slider back to its default setting, you can double-click directly on the slider knob, but I think it’s easier to double-click directly on the slider’s name instead—it’s a bigger target and easier to hit than that little slider knob.

Going Solo
If you want to see only the panel you’re working on and hide the rest, then Control-click (PC: Right-click) on the panel’s titlebar, and choose Solo Mode from the pop-up menu that appears. Now when you open a panel, all the other panels in that Panels area will automatically hide. (You can tell when your panels are in Solo Mode because the disclosure triangles change from a solid fill to tiny gray dots.) You can also turn Solo Mode on and off by Option-clicking (PC: Alt-clicking) on a panel’s name. Note: You can turn this feature on/off for each Panels area.

Remove Clutter
If you don’t use a particular panel, then there’s no reason to have it cluttering up your Panels area, right? So, just Control-click (PC: Right-click) on any panel’s titlebar, and from the pop-up list that appears, choose any panel you want to hide.

Full-Screen Photos
Want to see the photo you’re working on as large as possible? Then press Shift-Command-F (PC: Shift-Ctrl-F). To return to the regular view, press that same shortcut again.

More Than a Badge
You know those tiny icons that appear in the bottom-right corner of your photo in the Library Grid view (Adobe calls those “Badges”)? They let you quickly see what has been applied to the photo (e.g., the Pencil badge tells you that a keyword has been applied to the photo, and the +/– badge tells you that the photo has been edited in Lightroom, etc.). Double-click on any one of those badges, and it will take you directly to the panel where that adjustment was added. For example, if you double-click on the Pencil badge, it opens the Keyword panel and highlights the keyword field. Pretty slick.

Selective Histogram
The Histogram panel gives you the histogram for the entire photo. But, if you want a histogram reading on, say, the face of your subject to make sure the flesh tones have detail, go to the Develop module, click the Crop Overlay button, and drag in the corners to where it’s around just the face. Now the histogram shows you the reading from just what appears inside the crop border. When you’re done, press the Clear button in the toolbar to remove the crop border.

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Learn the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop by viewing our collection of tutorials.

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Have you ever wanted to completely brand your Twitter Profile but didn’t either have the time or know how to do it in Photoshop or Gimp? With MyTweetSpace you can easily do that.

Smushit is a service that goes beyond the limitations of Photoshop, Fireworks & Co. It uses image format specific non-lossy image optimization tools to squeeze the last bytes out of your images – without changing their look or visual quality. You’ll get a report of how many bytes you can save by optimizing your images and all the changed images as a single zip for download.

At Photoshop Express you can quickly and easily accentuate your photos with easy-to-use options for resizing, cropping, sharpening, and more. Make your photos pop with fun, eye-catching effects and enhancements. Then share your photos in My Gallery, where you can create customized photo displays, or upload them to your Facebook page, blog, or anywhere else online.

FlickrShop is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that allows you to upload images to Flickr photo sharing website directly from Adobe Photoshop. No need to save your image to a temporary file, no more switching between applications – just open your image, tweak it in Photoshop and share it with the world via Flickr.

CutMyPic is an application that allows it’s users to upload a picture, crop it, round the corners, and add a drop shadow, all in a couple of clicks. You can then either save it or send it to a friend. The site focuses on simplicity and speed.

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Gmail Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t quite ready for primetime. They may change,break or disappear at any time.

If (when) a Labs feature breaks, and you’re having trouble loading your inbox, there’s an escape hatch. Use http://mail.google.com/mail/?labs=0.

Offline by the Offline teamMake Gmail go where the Internet doesn’t. Access your inbox through your browser and use Gmail’s familiar features when you’re offline. To get started, enable this lab and then click on the “Offline” link in the upper-right of your inbox.
YouTube previews in mail by Stanley C and Braden KShows a video preview whenever you receive a YouTube link in an email. You can watch the video right inline!
Picasa previews in mail by Dan, Stanley, Mark & UmeshShows photos previews whenever you receive a Picasa link in an email.
Flickr previews in mail by Dan PShows photos previews whenever you receive a Flickr link in an email.
Yelp previews in mail by Dong C, Braden K, and Raylene YShows previews of Yelp listings (rating, location, phone number, etc.) whenever you receive a Yelp link in an email.
Google Voice player in mail by Robert DLets you play voicemails left on your Google Voice account right from the email notification.
Google Docs previews in mail by Steven S, Jim M, Bob B, and Ted CShows previews of documents, spreadsheets and presentations directly in the email when you receive any link to a Google Doc. Also gives an option to open directly in Google Docs.
Message translation by DarrenUses Google Translate to translate messages you receive in other languages.
Back to Beta by DarrenSoothes the soul by putting the familiar beta sticker back on the Gmail logo.
Quick Links by Dan PAdds a box to the left column that gives you 1-click access to any bookmarkable URL in Gmail. You can use it for saving frequent searches, important individual messages, and more.
Superstars by Kai H & Julie WAdds additional star icons. After enabling this feature: (1) Go to the “General” Settings page to choose which superstars you wish to use. (2) Use either the keyboard shortcut (’s’) or click to rotate through your selected superstars. (3) Use the search operator “has:” to find all messages with your superstar (e.g. “has:red-bang”, “has:blue-star”). Learn the name of a superstar by hovering over its image in the “General” Settings page.
Pictures in chat by Dave CSee your friends’ profile pictures when you chat with them.
Fixed width font by Keith CAdds an option to the reply dropdown menu that lets you view a message in fixed width font.
Custom keyboard shortcuts by Alan SLets you customize keyboard shortcut mappings. Adds a new Settings tab from which you can remap keys to various actions.
Mouse gestures by Erik AUse your mouse to navigate with gestures. Hold right-click and move the mouse left to go to a previous conversation, move it right to go to the next conversation, and move up to go back to the inbox view. Works best on Windows.
Signature tweaks by Keith C and Dave CPlaces your signature before the quoted text in a reply, and removes the “–” line that appears before signatures.
Random Signature by Chad PRotates among random quotations for your email signature.
Sender Time Zone by Marcin BShould I reply to this mail or just call the guy? Ooops… it’s 1 am. Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb…
Custom date formats by Emil EAdds options to the general settings page allowing the date and time format to be changed independent of language. For example, you can use a 24-hour clock (14:57) or show dates with the day first (31/12/07).
Muzzle by Chad PConserves screen real estate by hiding your friends’ status messages.
Old Snakey by Dave CKick it old school with Old Snakey! Enable keyboard shortcuts and hit ‘&’ from the main page to play a game of snake.
Email Addict by Michael DLets you take a break from email and chat by blocking the screen for fifteen minutes and making you invisible in chat.
Right-side chat by Emily CMove the chat box to the right side of the inbox.
Hide Unread Counts by Matt MHides the unread counts for inbox, labels, etc.
Advanced IMAP Controls by Jamie NChoose which labels show up in IMAP, turn off message auto-expunging, or trash messages when they’re deleted from IMAP.
Canned Responses by Chad PEmail for the truly lazy. Save and then send your common messages using a button next to the compose form. Also automatically send emails using filters.
Default ‘Reply to all’ by Mark KMake ‘Reply to all’ your default option for responding to emails.
Quote selected text Ryan AQuote the text you have selected when you reply to a message. (Now works with the mouse, too!)
Navbar drag and drop by Anatol PAllows you to reorder the items in your navbar using drag and drop.
Mail Goggles by Jon PGoogle strives to make the world’s information useful. Mail you send late night on the weekends may be useful but you may regret it the next morning. Solve some simple math problems and you’re good to go. Otherwise, get a good night’s sleep and try again in the morning. After enabling this feature, you can adjust the schedule in the “General” settings page.
Forgotten Attachment Detector by Jonathan KPrevents you from accidentally sending messages without the relevant attachments. Prompts you if you mention attaching a file, but forgot to do so.
Vacation Time! by DarickLets you specify starting and ending dates for the vacation autoresponder.
Custom Label Colors by Mark KLets you create your own combination of colors for labels. Instead of choosing one of the standard colors from the label dropdown menu, click on Add custom colors. Pick your combination of colors, hit Apply, and enjoy.
Mark as Read Button by Mark KTired of spending all that effort to click on the more actions menu every time you want to mark messages as read without reading them? Now just enable this lab and that is just a button click away!
Go to label by Bruce Dkeyboard shortcuts and hit ‘g’ then ‘l’ to display a popup for selecting a label to go to. Also works with Quick Links.
Inbox preview by Peter BShow a simple, static preview of the inbox while loading.
Multiple Inboxes by ViviAdd extra lists of emails in your inbox to see even more important email at once. The new lists of threads can be labels, your starred messages, drafts or any search you want, configurable under Settings.
Google Search by Adam and DrewDisplays Google search results inside your mail window, letting you quickly find things and use them when you’re writing an email.
Create a Document by Jeremie LE & David KAllows you to create a Google Document from an email conversation or a new blank document if your keyboard shortcuts are enabled by hitting ‘g’ then ‘w’.
Filter import/export by Luke B, Slava C, and the Data Liberation teamExport your mail filters as a file: back them up, share them, or save them before deleting so you can restore them later. Import one of these files to quickly add or restore filters. These options become available under Settings/Filters when you enable this Lab.
Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat by The SMS TeamAllows you to send and receive text messages (SMS) in Chat. US phones only for now.
Authentication icon for verified senders by E RDisplays a key icon next to authenticated messages from certain senders that spammers attempt to fake. Currently works for mail from PayPal and eBay only.
Send & Archive by Pal TAdds a button to the compose form that lets you send a reply message and archive the email conversation in a single action.
Undo Send by Yuzo FOops, hit “Send” too soon? Stop messages from being sent for a few seconds after hitting the send button.
Location in Signature by Marco BAppends your location to your signature. You must have your signature enabled. Please enable gears for higher accuracy.
Title Tweaks by Fedor KChanges order of elements in the browser title bar from “Gmail – Inbox (20) – jaysonconner@gmail.com” to “Inbox (20) – jaysonconner@gmail.com – Gmail”. This way you are able (most of the time) to see if a new mail has arrived even if Gmail window is minimized.
Don’t forget Bob by Ari L, Naty L & Ron MOnce you pick some email recipients, Gmail suggests more people you might want to include based on the groups of people you email most often.
Got the wrong Bob? By Assaf B.D. & Naty LDoh, have you ever addressed an email too quickly, and included Bob (your boss) instead of Bob (your friend) by accident? If you’re emailing more than two people at once, Gmail will check if you meant to include Bob Smith rather than Bob Jones based on the groups of people you email most often.
Green Robot! by Chad YChat buddies show up as robot icons if they are currently using Android. Helpful to determine if you are chatting with someone on a computer or someone on an Android device.
Search Autocomplete by Ibrahim B, Chris P, and Andrew CProvides search suggestions for contacts and operators as you type in the search box.
Hide read labels. by Damian G & David de KThe visible labels in the navigation bar will be hidden under the ‘more’ menu when they don’t contain any unread conversations.
Inserting images by Kent TAllows you to insert images into a message body. You can upload and insert image files in your computer, or insert images by URLs. This lab will not work if you have offline enabled.
Extra Emoji by Yuzo FCompose messages with a richer set of emoji characters.
Hide Labels from Subjects by Christopher SWorking on a netbook with a small screen? Labels next to mail in your inbox take up valuable space. Hide them, and you’ll be able to see the subjects of your emails themselves.
Google Calendar gadget by Ben K and Garry BAdds a box in the left column which shows your Google Calendar. See upcoming events, locations, and details.
Google Docs gadget by Claudia C and Ted CAdds a box in the left column which displays your Google Docs. Shows recent docs, starred docs, and has fast search.

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