This Adobe Illustrator bitt will show you how to make a funky custom brush for a fast and easy grunge-like effect.
1. Open a new new Illustrator document and make a few simple shapes on the artboard. Put a black stroke on the shapes, but no fill.

2. With your shapes selected, open the brushes palette, and [...]

I realize there are lots of posts out there similar to this one, but hey, I want to put in my 2 cents!
1. Keep your PC mouse for a while. The transition will be much less painful with the power of right-click.

Guess what, your shiny new Mac is compatible with any USB PC mouse! There [...]

If you want your users to click on a text area and automatically highlight all of the text, there is a very simple way to do it. This does not require external javascript at all. It’s no "copy code" button, but if the user clicks inside the text area, this bitt of code will hightlight [...]

This is much easier than I ever expected it to be. I’m not sure about previous versions, but I know this is possible in both Photoshop CS and CS2. First open any layered Photoshop file and hide a few layers.
Then, in the Layers Pallete, click on the little arrow in the upper right and [...]