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Graphics Tricks

  Glimmering Text

     To add a touch of glimmering to your home-made birthday cards, give it a neon-light effect. Create a new image on a black background and place text on it using a bright foreground colour. Expand the text by clicking on Image > Other > Dilate. Dilate and Blur (Image > Blur > Blur more) the text further to enhance the glow effect. Use a different foreground colour and superimpose new text over the blurred text.

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  Three-dimensional text effects

     Want to create jelly-like 3D text for your Web site ? Create a new image and type the name of your recipe (or, any other text). Select a thick font such as Timpani, size 26. Use Selection > Invert to highlight the area around the text. To give the three dimensional effect select Image > Effect > Chisel. Next, Select an image filter to give that extra effect to your text.

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Photoshop 5.0

  The Drop Shadow

     If the Layers option in Photoshop intimidates you, this exercise will help you get familiar with the tool. Apply cool Shadow effects to your words and images using this option.
     First create a new image and a new Layer (shape). Select the text marquee tool and type the text you want. Fill it with any colour or texture. Without deselecting your marquee selection, create a new layer (shadow). Fill it with the colour you want. Now drag the layer-shadow below the layer-shape so the shadow appears behind your text. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur (radius 4.7). Select the Move tool and move the shadow to wherever you want it to be (using the keyboard arrows keys). Finally, move it 4 pixels to the right and 2 pixels down.

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  Layer Effects

     This feature of PHOTOSHOP facilitates adding shadows glows, bevels, and embossing to text or to any other item that resides on a layer. Every time  a change is made to a layer , the effects are automatically updated.  For Example, if you move the text, the shadow associated with it also moves. This features is available in photoshop 5.

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 Searching the NET

  Metasearches

     Metasearches allow you to search a number of databases simultaneously. If your search target is an uncommon word or phrase, the metasearch may be all you need.
     Metasearches Engines :
     www.metracrawler.com
     www.oneseek.com/
     www.metafind.com/

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  Search Plus

     Use Plus (+) and Minus (-) signs to indicate what must be included or excluded in your search results. The Query +ABC+XYZ would return all pages that mention ABC and XYZ. The Search +ABC+XYZ would return only pages mentioning ABC that make no mention of XYZ.

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