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Designing tips: How to create spotlight in photoshop

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Create a Spotlight A very easy tutorial on how to create those well-known lights you see in the disco. Learn how to make these spotlights and create your own party ;) Learn how to create the infamous disco-lights! Step 1 Open a new document with a predesigned spotlight or draw one yourself like I did; Step 2 With the pen-tool , draw a shape like the light I drew in the image below; Step 3 Rightclick and select "Make Selection"; Step 4 Grab the Gradient-Tool and select a gradient from white to transparent; Step 5 Duplicate the layer and go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur of 3 or 4 pixels; Step 6 Lower the opacity of the blurred layer to 66% and the opacity of the orginal to 33%; Step 7 And then you are done and you can use your knowledge for the benefit of creating a spotlight!

The problem I experienced with while installing IIS: And The solution is...

Having problem installing a piece of software on your system is frustrating. Do you want to find out how to install IIS on Windows XP SP2 without actually having the SP2 CD? The problem I experienced with while installing IIS: I tried to install Internet Information Service (IIS) on my Windows XP Service Pack 2. The setup failed and kept asking for Windows XP SP2 CD. I only had Windows XP SP1 CD and the Service Pack 2 Service Pack 2 installation package. I tried to find an existing solution on the Internet using Google. I read and attempted many solutions including a complicated one from Microsoft Support (support.microsoft.com/?kbid=894351) and some simple solutions "Installing IIS after Service Pack 2". None of those solutions I found actually worked, or the instruction was too complicated to follow Finally I had to solve by myself. Here is what I did: I had unpacked the SP2 installation file using WinRar a while ago and compiled a CD image file from it. I mounted this CD i