Archive for March, 2008

Quick Tip: Outer Glow Effect

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 ...

Quick Tip: Hide Other Layers

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

So I got this file that has 65 layers. Whew! It is a paragon of file organization, but I just want to see one layer. So instead of clicking the eyeball off 64 layers and getting a sore mouse finger, I just right-click on the one I want to see ...

Quick Tip: A Perfect 3-D Cube

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Okay, this is an easy one, but I have done it the long way more times than I care to admit. If you want to create a perfect cube with the 3-D effect, make sure your numbers match up. Change your measurement units to points (see previous tip!) and enter ...