Introduction

The idea behind this book

The very first Killer Tips book was created based on the premise that the first thing everyone reads in any book is the sidebars. You know, the quick little tips that are typically accompanied by some icon to emphasize their importance. We’re no different: We get a new book and flip through it, looking for the tips and then (maybe) will get around to reading the actual text in the chapter. This book is a blatant attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the Photoshop Killer Tips book by making up a bunch of stuff and slapping a cover onto it that implies it might actually be useful. Of course we’re kidding here—only a handful of the tips were made up; the majority of the others work fine (the ones we tested ...

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