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Turn off or disable a layer mask
You can Shift-click on the Layer Mask thumbnail in the layers panel to turn off or disable the mask. You’ll see a red X appear over the mask icon in the Layers panel. The mask…
Worth-A-Peek: Art of the Title Sequence
I recently discovered a site that is really quite interesting. It is called The Art of the Title Sequence and is a blog style site that features interviews and clips from some of the coolest…
Convert a Background layer to a regular layer
Double-click on the name “Background” in the Layers panel, and then click OK, or press Return (PC: Enter) in the New Layer dialog to accept the new name. Or, even better, you can hold down…
Friday News Bits…
Happy Friday everyone! Got a couple few little news bits for you today. First, of course, today is the day NAPP Executive Director Larry Becker reveals the NAPP Member image of the week. This week…
Live Webcast with Corey Barker!
Mark your calendars everyone! Next Friday, Oct. 15th at NOON (Eastern) I will be presenting this month’s NAPP Member LIVE Training event, which will be open to the public! I will be sharing some cool…
Blend mode keyboard shortcuts
I never used to use keyboard shortcuts for blend modes. Then about a year or so ago, I realized that the keyboard shortcuts for blend modes are actually very easy. It always involves the Option-Shift…
Deleting a layer
Instead of dragging a layer to the Trash icon to delete it, you can quickly delete a layer by pressing the Delete (PC: Backspace) key in Photoshop CS4. In CS3, using that key will only…
on 3D Bold Text Effect[...] This tutorial will explain how to create a bold bright-textured slick text effect in Photoshop CS6. A simple pattern...
on 3D DNAGood tutorial with nice instruction. 
on Replace ColorI found something that worked great for me that will work for black (that's what I used it on), select...
on Vintage Metal Text EffectNice tutorial and cool effect!!! Thank you!!!!