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How To Reveal Venus in Furs and Secret Messages in Photoshop 6.0 (Easter Egg)

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Easter Eggs are hidden program features, purposely included by the developers. They often reveal secret screens and messages. Here's how to reveal the Venus in Furs splash screen and strange secret messages in Adobe Photoshop 6.0.
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Here's How:

  1. Open Photoshop 6.
  2. Press Ctrl+Alt on Windows or Command+Option on Mac.
  3. While holding down the keys, select Help > About Photoshop.
  4. You will see the beta splash screen, Venus in Furs.
  5. Wait 30 second for the credits to begin scolling.
  6. You can press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) to make the credits scroll faster.
  7. When you get to the end of the credits, look for an extra special thanks to someone you may know.
  8. While you are pressing Alt/Option to make the credits scroll faster, click the big eye on the cat once.
  9. This step is tricky: While you are still holding the Alt/Option key, press the Ctrl/Command key, then let up on only the Alt/Option key.
  10. Just above the credits you will see a long series of strange, secret messages from the engineering team.

Tips:

  1. Venus in Furs was the code name for Photoshop 6 while it was in beta development.

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