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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Why does my Outer Glow get washed out, or even disappear? Since the default Blending Mode for the Outer Glow effect is Screen, whatever is underneath the glowing object affects the appearance of the Glow. In mathematical terms, Screen mode inverts the foreground and multiplies it by the background, then adds ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
This is the only time Illustrator has made me laugh out loud: UPDATE: Got this from Mordy Golding:Clipping = masks Roundtrip = when the file is re-saved as SVG Tiny = the version of SVG (SVG for web browsers, SVG-t or SVG Tiny for Mobile phones)Basically, the error is telling you that any ...
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
If you're like me and you think that the Eraser tool's shortcut should be plain ol' E (like it is in Photoshop), you can change it by going to Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts. Choose "Tools" as the shortcut type, then scroll down to the tool you want to change. Click once in ...
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
I love the new Eraser tool in CS3. However, there is some weirdness in how it behaves. Say I have a blended line like this: I've expanded the blend, as you can see, but I've decided the shape is too long. So I take the Eraser tool and erase about an inch ...
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