New blending modes in Photoshop CS5
Nice video showing off the two new blend modes in Photoshop CS5.
Nice video showing off the two new blend modes in Photoshop CS5.

These are great examples of some of the effects you can pull off with some of the known and lesser known filters in Photoshop.
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Want to save more time while working with Photoshop? Check out this great round up of keyboard shortcuts and other tips for Photoshop.
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10.6: How to open Freehand MX files in Snow Leopard | 1 comments | Create New Account
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Authored by: sylvainlemire on Tue, Jan 19 2010 at 10:32AM PSTYou could always re-install Freehand too. Just download the latest trial from Adobe. Then install this fix : http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/504/cpsid_50468.html Your trial will be transformed to an unlimited version. No need of any serial number. Works in Snow Leopard, still have the same bugs as before, but doesn't freeze. Also, Adobe Illustrator CS4 makes quite a good job at opening Freehand files now that it has multiple pages.[ Reply to This | # ]
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For those who remember Adobe Streamline, these features found in Illustrator will seem very familiar. Over the years (and upgrades), it feels like Illustrator is one of those apps that has gained so many features, that you tend to forget what it's capable of doing. By the way, it also does 3D a la Adobe Dimensions.
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Photoshop tip: Global Light. Good writeup on what Global Light is and when to use it. (Via Macworld.)
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Layer-related shortcuts you might want to know. A good rundown of shortcuts for managing layers in Photoshop you may not know about.
Based on some recent comments (e.g. "Please add a way to navigate through layers via the keyboard"), I get the impression that many people don't know some/all of the following…(Via John Nack.)
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