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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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