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How To Reveal the Duck in ImageReady 2 (Easter Egg)

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Easter eggs are hidden program features purposely included by the software programmers. They often reveal secret screens and messages. Here's a few easter eggs for Adobe ImageReady.
Time Required: N/A
Here's How:
  1. Open ImageReady
  2. Hold the Alt (Option on Mac) key down and click the logo at the top of the toolbar. The picture becomes a Duck.
  3. Hold down the Alt (Option on Mac) key and choose layer options from the layers palette option menu... more ducks!
  4. Open a new image with a transparent background.
  5. Type the word 'duckerboard'. The checkerboard pattern is replaced with a duck pattern.
  6. Type the word 'duckerboard' again to remove the duck pattern.
Tips:
  1. Alt-click (Option+click for Mac users) the logo again to return the default logo.
  2. Hold down the Ctrl key (Command on Mac) and go to Help > About ImageReady to see the beta splash screen.
  3. Hold down Alt+Ctrl (Command+Option on Mac) and click the duck logo on the toolbar to reveal the beta splash screen.
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