Andrew Shalat
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See all articlesHow to Use Photoshop Smart Filters
You’ll walk away from this article knowing how to create Smart Objects and layers; how to apply Smart Filters; and how to use a Smart Layer Mask to make fine adjustments to your images. And you’ll do it all without losing any pixels! Working with a Smart Object Creating a Smart Object is easy. The […]
Photoshop Smart Objects Mean Never Having to Say You're Sorry
A Photoshop Smart Object is a version of your original text or graphic, a sort of proxy. You can edit and re-edit a Smart Object without losing one pixel of information, and the changes you make to a Smart Object never affect the original (unless you want them to). If you’re familiar with Illustrator or […]
Review: FontAgent Pro 3.1
This review is adapted from InDesign Magazine, issue 6 Editor’s Note: You may also want to read Andrew Shalat’s review of the competing Extensis Suitcase Fusion. In the past, Insider Software’s FontAgent Pro was like a stereotypical 19th-century child: Out of sight most of the day, speaking only when spoken to, polite and well-mannered. With […]
Review: Extensis Suitcase Fusion
You might call Extensis Suitcase and DiamondSoft Font Reserve the Odd Fellows of the software world. Once competitors with very different approaches to font management, they became uneasy roommates when Extensis acquired Font Reserve in 2003. It’s taken Extensis almost three years to merge the two into one, called Suitcase Fusion. The big question about […]