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Photoshop CS3: Threshold & Blend Mode Design
Photoshop's Threshold command converts colors to either black or white. Blending Modes offer endless opportunities for creating special effects in Photoshop.

In this tutorial we'll take a look at combining the Threshold command to create a high-contrast, black-and-white image with blendingto highlight specific colors in our image.

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Fireworks Masking Effects Using Bitmap Masking
Popular vignette or fading image effect for blending your images into the background. Using Fireworks Add Mask button you'll convert a feathered selection into a faded mask effect.

Photoshop CS3: Silhouette Fashion Design Effect
This Photoshop tutorial highlights some creative uses for Photoshop's selection tools to create a trendy illustration effect.

Photoshop CS3: Custom Shape Designs
Photoshop Custom shapes combined with layer styles are a great way to enhance your photos and graphic designs. In this tutorial we'll take a look at using Photoshop's custom shapes to create layer effects.

Photoshop CS2: Quick Mask Tutorial
Photoshop tutorial for using Photoshop Quick Mask to modify the color of eyes using Adjustment Layers and Hue/Saturation.

Flash Tutorial: Fly-Out Animated Menu
Flash tutorial for creating animated fly out menus! We updated our original fly out menu tutorial.

QuickTime | HTML

Flash Tutorial: 3D Text Rotation
Flash tutorial for creating a great 3D text effect you can use for logos and web graphics.

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Fireworks Using Paste Inside to Create Special Effects
Fireworks tutorial for using Fireworks Paste Inside to create special effects. In this tutorial you'll learn to place a new image into selected parts of an existing image using masking.

Fireworks Placing One Image Into Another Image
Learn how to combine your Bitmap Selection tools with the Rubber Stamp tool to copy an area from one image and "paint" it into a defined area of a new image. A great introduction to using the cloning tool for special effects.

Fireworks Custom Color Swatches Tutorial
We added a Fireworks tutorial for creating custom color swatches from existing images. This is an easy way to get color schemes for your custom projects based on existing colors from images.

Flash Scrollpane Component & Load Movie Video Tutorial
Flash video tutorial to complementing the HTML lesson for the Flash MX Scrollpane tutorial. You can view the HTML tutorial or Flash Video Tutorial.

Fireworks Perspective Shadow Effect Video Tutorial
Flash video tutorial demonstrating how to create the Fireworks Perspective Shadow Effect.

Fireworks Perspective Shadow