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Like the other InDesign Trick, but knock out live text to reveal the background image.

1. create a text box, type something in it
2. set the opacity of the text box to zero
3. create another box for it to be knocked out of  (solid color is preferrable)
4.  Group the two objects together, and select ‘knock out group’ from the effects panel
5. the zero opacity text should now be transparent, allowing any background image to show through

Flump is a tiny Adobe AIR app. for downloading photos from Flickr.You supply a Flickr ID (it could be your own or someone else’s) and the tool will download all the public photos from that Flickr account to your hard drive.

http://www.labnol.org/internet/pictures/export-flickr-photos/4174/

I’d read this tutorial in a magazine a long, long time ago and now I find it on the internet. Hurray for the Internet!

http://www.inkart.com/pages/Tutorial/tutrl_2/project9/pages/step_1.html

netstat (network statistics) is a command-line tool that displays network connections (both incoming and outgoing), routing tables, and a number of network interface statistics. It is available on Unix, Unix-like, and Windows NT-based operating systems.

This took a while to find. It’s here now to prevent it from being lost. I changed the sample to save as word doc instead of a txt file.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa662158(office.10).aspx

Sub SaveAsDocFile()
Dim strDocName As String
Dim intPos As Integer’Find position of extension in filename
strDocName = ActiveDocument.Name
intPos = InStrRev(strDocName, “.”)If intPos = 0 Then

‘If the document has not yet been saved
‘Ask the user to provide a filename
strDocName = InputBox(”Please enter the name ” & _
“of your document.”)
Else

‘Strip off extension and add “.txt” extension
strDocName = Left(strDocName, intPos - 1)
strDocName = strDocName & “.txt”
End If

‘Save file with new extension
ActiveDocument.saveas FileName:=strDocName, _
FileFormat:=wdFormatDocument
End Sub

To Simulate texture of a lith print with Noise Filter

1. Create new layer (as smart object) and fill with neutral gray (128, 128, 128)
   • Gray is the pass through color for the “light” blend modes (Overlay, Softlight, Hard light..etc)
2. Put in some nois
   • Filter>Texture>Grain
   • Filter>Noise>Add Noise
3. Put in Overlay, or Soft Light to keep color the same. Vivid light will add saturation

1. Duplicate layer
2. Set layer to Overlay
3. Apply Filter > Other > High Pass to top layer
4. (Optional) change layer to smart object for more flexibility

From the Library’s dropdown menu, choose place and it will place item on the page at the same location it was originally.

Makes text into a image mask.

1. Text box bigger than image box.
2. Color text box white
3. Color text characters with “registration”
4. Change transparency to “lighten”.

Vary for different effects.