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    tutorials for beginners

    Check out www.the-internet-eye.com. Or, open the AE Help files and read and practice everything you read. If you get the individual pieces memorized, it will be easier to comprehend the program.
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    textwarps?

    Create a brush with the text as the object then you can do anything with the text.
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    3d Studio Crashes my system.

    Try turning off the Anti-virus program while using the 3DS Max.
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    Unrecoverable hardware or system error on PS 6.0.1 startup - WIN 2000

    Here's the solution: Turn off the Anti-Virus program while in Photoshop if you are working the Windows 2000 Professional program, simple as that.
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    Paintbrush Tool Stroke Width Changes

    Draw a line with the Pen Tool. Click on that little arrow in the upper right corner of the Brushes palette. Select New Brush. Double click on the new brush you just created. Set the Diameter to whatever size you. Create your own library such as MyLines and save it out to there. Anytime you...
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    Font problem

    Weed out the fonts you don't really need. You can still keep them but when a program like Illustrator refuses to load it's because it takes tremendous memory to run all those fonts. The same problem occurs with the type tool in Painter. If you can live with about 80 fonts in total, the program...
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    Here's one I'd sure like to have an

    If the lines are several pixels apart, use Control+J to JOIN them. Or, select the DIRECT SELECTION TOOL, outline around both ends of the lines, select the PEN TOOL and click on one end then go to the opposite end and click on that. At the point of clicking on the second one, if you want to round...
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    PS6

    Photoshop 6 is a much improved product. There still are a few things that need to be worked into it but they are getting there. You have the Styles palette, extremely handy. You can create your own unique styles and save them. You have the option of applying fx to a layer or the whole doc...
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    photoshop 6 locks up on me "why?"

    There are two solutions: Go into Preferences in your Scratch Disk and set up First, Second, Third, Fourth as: First is Startup, Second is C:, Third is D: or whatever you have set for your drives and same for Fourth. Press OK and Control Q to exit Photoshop to save the settings. If you are...
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    How can I view text in different fonts

    The scrolling feature with the arrows does not work. Instead, I use Paint Shop Pro to view fonts.
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    Photoshop Automation?

    Email Adobe. That's probably the quickest way to find out the answer.
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    Scratch Disk Error - Help

    Go to Preferences>Plug-Ins & Scratch Disks. Set First to Startup. Set Second to C:. If you have more drives i.e. set Third to D:. Set Fourth to E: or however your system is set up. Press OK. Press Control+Q to exit Photoshop. Exiting in this fashion will save the settings. Open Photoshop again...
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    Chrome Effect

    If you want to discover the true way to do chrome lettering, go to my tutorial here - http://the-internet-eye.com/HOWTO/2000/TrueChrome/default.htm I will be doing a new Photoshop 6 version in the near future but this technique still works.
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    Screen freeze

    Uninstall Photoshop and reinstall it. Under My Computer>Properties>Hardware>Device Manager, check for conflicting hardware problems, any yellow circles with exclamation marks.
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    how do I use slice?!?

    Do a Select All and Copy. Press Control+N and Control+V to paste. The image should be intact. Hopefully you duplicated your image and worked on the duplicated one. Otherwise, for future reference use the History palette and MAKE SURE YOU SAVE A SNAPSHOT AT INTERVALS. Check all the History...
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