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Quickly Toggle Blend Modes in Photoshop

February 28, 2012 By Chad Ritchie

This tutorial shows how to quickly toggle through blend modes when making a selection in Photoshop.

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Mac 10.7 Lion Spotlight Tip – Finding the Path

January 13, 2012 By Chad Ritchie

This is a tip for Mac users using Mac 10.7 Lion. In previous versions of Mac OS X, when you hover over the file, folder, etc. in Spotlight, the path would be displayed. However, in 10.7 Lion that is no longer the case. I have found a shortcut that will display the path of the item you are searching for.
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  • Step 1 In spotlight, type the file or folder you are looking for.
  • Step 2 Hover your mouse over the file, folder, app, etc.
  • Step 3 A Quick Look dialog box will appear to the left.
  • Step 4 While this Quick Look box is visible, hold down the command key and notice at the bottom of that Quick Look box the name of the file will appear. If you continue to hold the command key, the path of that file will appear.
  • Step 5 To toggle between these options you can also include the alt/option key.

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Lion, Mac, Spotlight

Text Zoom In with Lens Flare using After Effects

October 7, 2011 By Chad Ritchie

In this tutorial, learn to create a title intro that features a text blur zoom in effect, followed by a cool lens flare—all using Adobe After Effects.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: after effects

Create Lower Third Motion Graphics Using Photoshop

August 26, 2011 By Chad Ritchie

Photoshop is the preferred editor of choice for many graphic designers, but did you know that you can animate Photoshop layers to create motion graphics? Using the Animation panel in Photoshop, you can create animations up to 10 seconds in length. Take a look at this video demonstrating this simple technique for creating basic motion graphics using Photoshop.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: animation, motion graphics, Photoshop

Create a contact sheet using Adobe Bridge

July 22, 2011 By Chad Ritchie

Here is another option for creating a contact sheet for photography, video, web site screenshots or design layouts that does include the file name, watermark, header and footer options using Adobe Bridge.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Adobe Bridge

Quick Contact Sheet using InDesign

May 20, 2011 By Chad Ritchie

Let’s say you want to create a quick contact sheet of some photos to send to a client or print as proofs. We will place twelve images into an evenly spaced grid on a standard 8.5 x 11 sheet. To do so, choose File > Place>select your twelve images>Click Open to load the images into the cursor>Draw out a frame filling the area inside the margins. With your finger still holding down your left mouse button, tap the up arrow twice to split the frame into three rows. Now tap the right arrow three times to split the rows into four columns. Now release your mouse button. That’s it! You now have twelve identical frames.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: contact sheet, InDesign, photography

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