Archive for September, 2007

Quick Tip : Document Info Panel

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 ...

Tutorial: Glossy Sticker

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 ...

And another thing

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 ...

Oddities: Eraser Tool

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 ...