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Adobe Photoshop 4/5 - Credits Screen

  • Hold down Alt and click on Help, About Photoshop...
  • You will see a different about box with the Big Electric Cat
  • Wait for a few seconds
  • The credits screen will start to scroll
  • Hold down Alt to speed up the scrolling process
  • At the end of the credits screen, you will see your name as a "faithful customer"
  • Egg In An Egg - Hidden Messages
    • When you activate the Big Electric Cat, wait until the credits screen appears
    • Press the Alt key to speed them scrolling.
    • While you're still holding the Alt key, click on the cat's big eye press the Ctrl key
    • Now, release the Alt key.
    • Secret messages will pop up just right above the credits screen

Adobe Photoshop 4.0 - Splash Screen Changes

  • The splash screen will change to the Big Electric Cat on April the 1st (All Fools' Day)!
  • Note: You can activate this by changing the date on your PC, but it isn't recommended
  • To change the splash screen into the Big Electric Cat, hold down the Alt key while Photoshop is loading

Adobe Photoshop 4.0 - Merlin Lives

  • Whenever we click on the small black vertical arrow on the Layers toolbar and select Palette Properties, a picture of small Merlins appears. Now this egg is a rather cute twist to that
  • Hold down Ctrl+Alt and click on the black arrow and select Palette Properties again
  • Merlin is back!

Adobe Photoshop 5.0 - Strange Cargo Credits

  • While holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift, click on Help, About Photoshop...
  • Check out the strange cargo credits

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