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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Create a new layer without a dialog
Pressing Command-Shift-N (PC: Ctrl-Shift-N) creates a new layer but it brings up the New Layer dialog so you can name it. Personally, I find it ...