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Layer Mask from Grayscale Image

Layer Mask from Grayscale Image

Digitip 025 – Adobe Photoshop CS (revision 1.1) During a Saturday training session, one of the trainees asked a question about creating a layer mask based on an existing greyscale image. A solution was found, that seemed too much like a work around. The following tip uses a copy-‘n-paste approach.

Printing to Adobe PDF (OSX)

Printing to Adobe PDF (OSX)

Digitip 024 – Adobe Acrobat 6 / Adobe InDesign CS Revision 1.0 This tip has been added by popular request. On installation of Adobe Acrobat, the Adobe PDF printer is added to the list of printers in your printer utility (Applications/Utilities folder). This printer can be used to output files to PDF directly as if […]

Gradient colour on text

Gradient colour on text

Digitip 023 – Adobe Illustrator CS Misconception: “You can’t apply a gradient to text in Illustrator, unless you convert the text to outlines, which means you can’t edit it anymore”. Well, that was true in some earlier versions of Illustrator, but the use of graphic styles allows for text to be coloured with a gradient […]