Archive for September, 2007
Friday, September 21st, 2007
If you ever need to troubleshoot a file, or if you're just curious to take a peek "under the hood," go to Window>Document Info. Here you will see a wealth of information about your file. You can check Selection Only if you want to examine a particular selected piece of ...
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
That neat-o pen icon in the upper right is the work of the excellent Tom Nulens over at iStockphoto.com. Here's how to make those glossy peeled stickers. Download this tutorial as a PDF Step 1: Draw a square using the Marquee tool (M) {Holding down the Shift key will constrain it ...
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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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