Replace White Backgrounds in Photoshop [Complete Process]

By Photoshop Training Channel
Published: Feb 16, 2024

“
Master this professional technique to seamlessly replace white backgrounds in Photoshop!

This unbeatable technique offers non-destructive editing and preserves original shadows, resulting in stunningly realistic compositions that bring your work to life. Perfect for creators seeking precision and realism in their work.

I hope you enjoy this Photoshop tutorial!

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???? INDEX – Replace White Backgrounds in Photoshop

00:00 – Introduction
00:17 – Remove The Background
00:52 – Create the Shadow Layer
01:19 – Blend The Shadow Layer
01:51 – Mask The Shadow Layer
02:43 – Control Shadow Intensity
03:45 – Fix Shadow Color Cast

???? LINKS:

How To Remove a Background In Photoshop [For Beginners] ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K25F9RPrP9Q&list=PL3bfN-31F9RcsA9rVxmicKuO07kowMdU1

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CRUD API Tutorial – Node, Express, MongoDB

By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Feb 14, 2024

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This is a great beginners course to learn the basics of backend development by building a CRUD API with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. Basically the MERN Stack without the R. Also, learn how to use Postman/ThunderClient and Insomnia for testing purposes.

Code: https://github.com/haris-bit/simple-crud-app-backend

?? Course developed by @CodingCleverly

?? Chapters ??
?? (0:00:00) Introduction
?? (0:01:34) package.json
?? (0:04:32) express framework
?? (0:09:19) npm run server
?? (0:11:19) API testing tools
?? (0:15:04) git bash
?? (0:17:19) nodemon
?? (0:20:40) mongodb setup
?? (0:31:24) product model
?? (0:41:19) create api
?? (0:48:19) read api all
?? (0:50:19) read api id
?? (0:56:19) update api
?? (1:00:19) delete api
?? (1:07:49) Form URL Encoded
?? (1:12:19) routes
?? (1:15:19) controllers
?? (1:26:19) checking and testing
?? (1:30:19) pushing to github

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The 5 Best Procreate Tools for Character Design

By School of Motion
Published: Feb 14, 2024

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Snag 5 free Procreate brushes in the corresponding blog post here: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/procreate-tools-for-character-design

Elevate your digital art with tips on Quick Shape, Transfer Modes, Transform Tools, Layers & Clipping Masks, and Brush Stabilization.

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00:00 Intro
00:14 Quick Shape Tool
01:52 Transfer Modes
06:22 Transform Tools
10:25 Layers & Clipping Masks
13:08 Brush Stabilization
15:22 Wrap Up

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Learn p5.js for Creative Coding – 5 Beginner Projects

By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Feb 13, 2024

“
Learn p5.js for Creative Coding by following along with 5 beginner project tutorials. p5.js is a Javascript library for creative coding, with a focus on making coding accessible and inclusive for artists, designers, educators, beginners, and anyone else!
Course developed by @pattvira

?? Connect with Patt Vira ??
Website: https://pattvira.com
Twitter: /pattvira
Instagram: /pattvira

?? p5.js Resources ??
p5.js: https://p5js.org
p5.js Web Editor: https://editor.p5js.org/

?? Code ??
Project 1: https://editor.p5js.org/pattvira/sketches/zF8f04Nep
Project 2: https://editor.p5js.org/pattvira/sketches/avnut9q6D
Project 3: https://editor.p5js.org/pattvira/sketches/r8ykXZaHd
Project 4: https://editor.p5js.org/pattvira/sketches/R7Pw3YQad
Project 5: https://editor.p5js.org/pattvira/sketches/q13O-lek4

?? Contents ??
?? (0:00:00) Intro
?? (0:01:00) Project 1: Interactive Display with Rotating Blocks
?? (0:28:17) Project 2: Beautiful Trigonometry
?? (0:43:48) Project 3: 3-Dimensional Kinetic Typography
?? (1:10:13) Project 4: Hypnotic Flowers
?? (1:29:06) Project 5: Mondrian-Inspired Generative Art

???? Thanks to our Champion and Sponsor supporters:
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???? Otis Morgan
???? Oscar Rahnama

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Learn SvelteKit – Full Course for Beginners

By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Feb 12, 2024

“
Learn everything you need to know about SvelteKit & TailwindCSS by building a beginner friendly landing page (that also looks awesome!).

???? Code: https://github.com/jamezmca/gym-app-landingpage

?? Course developed by @Smoljames

???? Resources ????
Init SvelteKit & TailwindCSS – https://tailwindcss.com/docs/guides/sveltekit
Font Awesome CDN – https://cdnjs.com/libraries/font-awesome
Font Awesome Icons – https://fontawesome.com/icons
Google Fonts – https://fonts.google.com/
Netlify (Deployment) – https://netlify.com/

?? Contents ??
?? (0:00:00) Intro
?? (0:01:33) Build web app w. SvelteKit & TailwindCSS
?? (1:30:21) Deploy landing page

Topics Covered
– Learn SvelteKit & TailwindCSS
– Web Development with SvelteKit & TailwindCSS
– Build & deploy a modern landing page
– Landing page with SvelteKit & TailwindCSS

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ASP.NET Core Tutorial – Full Auction App

By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Feb 08, 2024

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Learn how to build a complete fullstack project in Asp.Net Core. ASP.NET Core is a high-performance, open-source framework for building modern, cloud-based, internet-connected applications, such as web apps, IoT apps, and mobile backends, using .NET. In this course, Alen Omeri will teach you how to build an auction web application.

???? Source Code: https://github.com/codeafuture/Auctions

?? Code developed by @codeafuture

?? Contents ??
?? (0:00:00) Overview
?? (0:01:17) Models & Database Setup
?? (0:13:03) Index Page
?? (0:27:42) Create Page & File Uploads
?? (0:47:25) Details Page
?? (1:18:06) CSS + Structure, Search Bar & Pagination
?? (1:38:33) Adding bids & Closing the bidding
?? (1:53:26) Adding Comments
?? (2:00:54) My Listings
?? (2:04:11) My Bids
?? (2:10:21) Project Recap

???? Thanks to our Champion and Sponsor supporters:
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Spring Boot & Spring Data JPA – Complete Course

By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Feb 06, 2024

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Learn how to use Spring Boot and Spring Data JPA in this full course for beginners. These are two pivotal technologies in modern Java development. Spring Boot simplifies the process of building stand-alone, production-grade Spring-based applications with minimal effort, while Spring Data JPA is a powerful tool for simplifying data access operations in Java applications, seamlessly integrating with databases.

??Course developed by @BoualiAli

?? Contents ??
?? (0:00:00) Intro
?? (0:00:34) Spring core
?? (0:01:04) Spring boot
?? (0:01:07) Spring boot in Action
?? (0:01:28) Spring beans in action
?? (1:11:13) Dependency Inject (DI)
?? (1:28:56) Spring Special Beans
?? (1:42:05) Spring profiles
?? (1:57:11) Spring REST
?? (2:16:31) Spring REST in Action
?? (3:20:08) Spring Data JPA
?? (4:48:18) DTO Pattern
?? (5:22:43) Service Layer
?? (5:55:07) Spring Data Validation
?? (6:22:55) Testing Overview
?? (6:29:08) Spring test in Action
?? (7:02:51) Test Isolation with Mockito
?? (7:33:44) Spring Boot Outro
?? (7:34:31) Spring Data JPA

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GitHub Foundations Certification Course – Pass the exam in 10 hours!

By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Jan 31, 2024

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Learn about GitHub and pass the GitHub Foundations exam! Learn the core concepts of collaborating, contributing, and working on GitHub.

https://www.exampro.co/github-foundations

?? Course developed by Andrew Brown of ExamPro. Check out the ExamPro YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EsmbKnDNE7y1N3nZYCuGw
???? ExamPro Certification Training: https://www.exampro.co

?? Course Contents ??
?? (00:00:00) Introduction
Introduction to GitHub
Exam Guide Breakdown
GitHub Stars

?? (00:18:52) GitHub Basics
Version Control Systems
Git
Version Control Services
GitHub
Setup UFA with Auth and GitHub Mobile
Create GitHub Account
Multiple GitHub Accounts
Setup GitHub Organization
Creating and Uploading an Avatar
GitHub Octocat
Git vs GitHub
GitHub Repo
GitHub Repo Tour
Git Quick and Dirty Crash Course
Git Commit
Git Branch
Git Remote
GitHub Flow

?? (02:55:04) GitHub Development
GitHub CLI
GitHub CLI Follow Along
SSH Keys
SSH Keys Follow Along
Deploy Keys
Personal Account Access Tokens
Personal Access Tokens
GitHub APIs
GitHub APIs Follow Along
Github SDKs
Github SDKs Follow Along

?? (04:16:22) GitHub Desktop and Mobile
GitHub Desktop
GitHub Desktop Follow Along
GitHub Desktop vs Github
GitHub Mobile

?? (04:26:05) GitHub Entities
Types of GitHub Accounts
GitHub Free vs GitHub Pro
GitHub Organizations Plans
GitHub Enterprises Deployment Options

?? (04:34:55) Markdown
Markdown
Markdown Basic Syntax
Markdown Extended Syntax
Text Formatting Toolbar
Slash Commands
GitHub Flavoured Markdown
Markdown on GitHub
Uploading Files

?? (05:08:31) GitHub User Profile
GitHub User Profile
GitHub User Profile Follow Along

?? (05:15:04) Understanding GitHub Repos
README Files
Basic Repo Navigation
Create a GitHub Repo
Create a Github Repo Follow Along
Maintaining a repo
Maintaining a repo Follow Along
Repo Templates
Repo Templates Follow Along
Cloning a Repo
Adding files to a repo
Creating branches
Creating branches Follow Along
Starring Repos
Starring Repos Follow Along
Watching repos
Watching repos Follow Along
Feature previews
Tags
GitHub Tags Follow Along
GitHub Releases
Github Packages
Repo Insights

?? (06:25:11) GitHub Issues
Creating Issues
Issues vs Discussions vs Pull Requests
Issuing numbering and linking
Create a branch from an issue
Create branch from issue again
Search and filter issues
Search and filter issues Follow Along
Issue Templates
Issue Forms
Issue Templates and Issues Forms
Pinning Issues

?? (07:02:49) GitHub Pull Requests
Pull Requests
Creating Pull Requests
Base and Compare
Draft Pull Requests
Draft Pull Requests Follow Along
Linked Activity within a pull request
Pull Requests Statuses
Commenting in pull requests
Codeowners file
Pull Request Options
Required Reviewers
Reviewing Pull Requests
Merge options Pull Requests
Pull Request Templates

?? (07:34:07) GitHub Discussions
GitHub Discussions
Discussion Options
Marking Answers in a Discussion
Pinning Discussions
Convert Discussion to an Issue
GitHub Discussions Follow Along

?? (07:39:57) Notifications
Notification Configuration Options
Notification Filters Options
Mentions in Threads
Notifcations Inbox
Notifications Inbox Follow Along
Notification Watching
Notification Subscriptions
Notification other views and options

?? (07:48:31) Gists
Gists
Fork and Clone Gists
Gists

?? (07:53:46) GitHub Wiki
GitHub Wiki
GitHub Wiki Follow Along

?? (07:57:00) GitHub Pages
GitHub Pages
GitHub Pages Follow Along

?? (08:00:33) GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions Follow Along

?? (08:18:03) GitHub Copilot
Copilot
Copilot Individuals vs Copilot Business
Setting up Copilot
Github Copilot

?? (08:37:43) GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces
Create a Codespace
GitHub Codespaces Lifecycle
Renaming Codespaces
Renaming Codespaces Follow Along
VS Code Configurations
Retention Period and Timeout Configuration
Codespaces Sync Settings
Installing Dotfiles
Deep Links
Codespaces Secrets
Codespaces Secrets Follow Along
devcontainer json
Changing Shells

?? (08:58:26) GitHub.dev
Github dev
Codespaces vs Github dev

?? (09:00:07) Open Source
Open Source
GitHub Sponsors
GitHub and Open Source
GitHub and Open Source Follow Along
InnerSource
InnerSource vs OpenSource
Forking
Discoverable repos
Github Repo Search and Topics

?? (09:14:58) Labels and Milestones
GitHub Labels
GitHub Milestones
Labels
Milestones

?? (09:19:31) GitHub Projects
GitHub Projects
Projects vs Projects Classic
Project Workflows
Project Insights
GitHub Projects
Managing Saved Replies
Assigning Issues and Pull Requests

?? (09:28:57) Authentication and Security
Securing your account with 2FA
Access Permissions Personal Accounts
EMUs
Security Scanners
Organization Roles

?? (09:37:46) GitHub Administrator
Managing Features
Repo permissions levels
Branch Protection Rules
Security Tab features and options
Managing Collaborators
Organization Teams Tab

?? (09:42:42) GitHub Enterprise
GitHub Connect
GitHub Internal Repos
GitHub Advanced Security
SAML and SCIM

?? (09:48:10) Book Your Exam

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Deep Learning Interview Prep Course

By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Jan 30, 2024

“
Prepare for a job interview about deep learning. This course covers 50 common interview questions related to deep learning and gives detailed explanations.

?? Course created by Tatev Karen Aslanyan.

?? Expanded course with 100 questions: https://courses.lunartech.ai/courses/deep-learning-interview-preparation-course-100-q-a-s

?? Contents ??
?? 0:00:00 Introduction
?? 0:08:20 Question 1: What is Deep Learning?
?? 0:11:45 Question 2: How does Deep Learning differ from traditional Machine Learning?
?? 0:15:25 Question 3: What is a Neural Network?
?? 0:21:40 Question 4: Explain the concept of a neuron in Deep Learning
?? 0:24:35 Question 5: Explain architecture of Neural Networks in simple way
?? 0:31:45 Question 6: What is an activation function in a Neural Network?
?? 0:35:00 Question 7: Name few popular activation functions and describe them
?? 0:47:40 Question 8: What happens if you do not use any activation functions in a neural network?
?? 0:48:20 Question 9: Describe how training of basic Neural Networks works
?? 0:53:45 Question 10: What is Gradient Descent?
?? 1:03:50 Question 11: What is the function of an optimizer in Deep Learning?
?? 1:09:25 Question 12: What is backpropagation, and why is it important in Deep Learning?
?? 1:17:25 Question 13: How is backpropagation different from gradient descent?
?? 1:19:55 Question 14: Describe what Vanishing Gradient Problem is and it’s impact on NN
?? 1:25:55 Question 15: Describe what Exploding Gradients Problem is and it’s impact on NN
?? 1:33:55 Question 16: There is a neuron in the hidden layer that always results in an error. What could be the reason?
?? 1:37:50 Question 17: What do you understand by a computational graph?
?? 1:43:28 Question 18: What is Loss Function and what are various Loss functions used in Deep Learning?
?? 1:47:15 Question 19: What is Cross Entropy loss function and how is it called in industry?
?? 1:50:18 Question 20: Why is Cross-entropy preferred as the cost function for multi-class classification problems?
?? 1:53:10 Question 21: What is SGD and why it’s used in training Neural Networks?
?? 1:58:24 Question 22: Why does stochastic gradient descent oscillate towards local minima?
?? 2:03:38 Question 23: How is GD different from SGD?
?? 2:08:19 Question 24: How can optimization methods like gradient descent be improved? What is the role of the momentum term?
?? 2:14:22 Question 25: Compare batch gradient descent, minibatch gradient descent, and stochastic gradient descent.
?? 2:19:12 Question 26: How to decide batch size in deep learning (considering both too small and too large sizes)?
?? 2:26:01 Question 27: Batch Size vs Model Performance: How does the batch size impact the performance of a deep learning model?
?? 2:29:33 Question 28: What is Hessian, and how can it be used for faster training? What are its disadvantages?
?? 2:34:12 Question 29: What is RMSProp and how does it work?
?? 2:38:43 Question 30: Discuss the concept of an adaptive learning rate. Describe adaptive learning methods
?? 2:43:34 Question 31: What is Adam and why is it used most of the time in NNs?
?? 2:49:59 Question 32: What is AdamW and why it’s preferred over Adam?
?? 2:54:50 Question 33: What is Batch Normalization and why it’s used in NN?
?? 3:03:19 Question 34: What is Layer Normalization, and why it’s used in NN?
?? 3:06:20 Question 35: What are Residual Connections and their function in NN?
?? 3:15:05 Question 36: What is Gradient clipping and their impact on NN?
?? 3:18:09 Question 37: What is Xavier Initialization and why it’s used in NN?
?? 3:22:13 Question 38: What are different ways to solve Vanishing gradients?
?? 3:25:25 Question 39: What are ways to solve Exploding Gradients?
?? 3:26:42 Question 40: What happens if the Neural Network is suffering from Overfitting relate to large weights?
?? 3:29:18 Question 41: What is Dropout and how does it work?
?? 3:33:59 Question 42: How does Dropout prevent overfitting in NN?
?? 3:35:06 Question 43: Is Dropout like Random Forest?
?? 3:39:21 Question 44: What is the impact of Drop Out on the training vs testing?
?? 3:41:20 Question 45: What are L2/L1 Regularizations and how do they prevent overfitting in NN?
?? 3:44:39 Question 46: What is the difference between L1 and L2 regularisations in NN?
?? 3:48:43 Question 47: How do L1 vs L2 Regularization impact the Weights in a NN?
?? 3:51:56 Question 48: What is the curse of dimensionality in ML or AI?
?? 3:53:04 Question 49: How deep learning models tackle the curse of dimensionality?
?? 3:56:47 Question 50: What are Generative Models, give examples?

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Beginner Web Dev Project Tutorial – Weather App with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript

By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Jan 29, 2024

“
Learn to build a Weather App using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript in this hands-on tutorial! Create a responsive, dynamic app from scratch with React components.

?? Course from @reactwithutkarsh

Live Demo: https://weather-app-nextjs-seven-rho.vercel.app/
Code Repo: https://github.com/whoisseth/weather-app-nextjs

?? Chapters ??
?? (0:00:13) Introduction
?? (0:03:45) Navbar Component
?? (0:27:41) API and Data Types Configurations
?? (0:38:59) Current Day Section Components
?? (1:12:45) Additional Details Component
?? (1:30:53) 7 Days Forecast Data Section
?? (1:41:53) Search and Current Location Logic

???? Thanks to our Champion and Sponsor supporters:
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???? Otis Morgan
???? Oscar Rahnama

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