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Martin Ainsworth of Martin Gary Productions has a daily diet of Adobe Photoshop and is pleased to present the quick tip "Lite Bites" for you.

Articles by Martin Ainsworth
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Adobe Photoshop basics
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Lite Bite for Photoshop: Clipping Masks vs. Layer Masks
In this "Lite Bite" tutorial Martin Ainsworth quickly shows the use of Clipping Masks VS Layer Masks within Abobe Photoshop. Masks can be creative and using the best way for the project you are doing can save valuable time.
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Adobe Photoshop
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Lite Bite for Photoshop: Using Droplets in Adobe Photoshop
This "Lite Bite Tutorial" will help you speed up and automate your work flow by using droplets created from actions in Photoshop. In a matter of minutes you will be up and running. The process is the same for both Mac & PC users.
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Adobe After Effects
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Lite Bite for After Effects: The Tilt Shift Effect
In this tutorial, Martin Ainsworth will demonstrate the "Tilt Shift" effect also known as "Toy Town Look" using Abobe After Effect. This simple yet very power technique can add an extra dimension to an opening introduction.
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Apple Motion
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Lite Bite for Apple Motion: The Tilt Shift Effect
The "Tilt Shift Effect" or "Toy Town Look" is fantastic fun to play with. Using Final Cut and Motion you can quickly create the effect and give an amazing intro to any promotion. The tutorial requires no additional Plug-ins.
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Adobe Photoshop
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Lite Bite for Photoshop: Using Masks on Groups
Using masks to speed up web design can help you show multiple graphic ideas with the least amount of effort for best effect. In this tutorial, Martin Ainsworth willl show you how to add a mask to a folder and add content to it.
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Apple iPad
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The Fastest Ever Promo - iMovie
I know iMovie is not the sharpest tool in the box but sometimes we need to use a quick way of making a little promo on a budget and with Apple computer shipping with iMovie 11, it's becoming used more and more. Here is a quick tutorial outlining how to create a promo using the built-in templates.
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Adobe Photoshop
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Lite Bite for Photoshop: Creating Custom Actions
In this "Lite Bite" tutorial, quickly setup custom actions to speed up your photography workflow in Adobe Photoshop to rotate and add adjustment layers for 'Cross Processing' and 'Black & White.' This is a valuable time saving tutorial.
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