Graphic Thoughts

There are lots of slick tricks available in Photoshop, but if the author had to pick just one, it would be Clip Masking. Hands-down, it's one of the most useful functions of Photoshop, and over the years, during his training sessions, it's invariably one of those things that not everyone in the class is familiar with. For those of you who would like to put an image inside some text or drop a photo into a preformatted shape, then Clip Masking is the absolute fastest way to do this. The steps to make this work are: 1. Create a clipping mask. 2. Move the photo inside the text. 3. Use clip mask images in DVD menus.