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Filling Shortcuts
You can fill the contents of a selection or a layer in Photoshop using the Fill option within the Edit menu, but there is a quicker way. By holding down the Alt (PC)/Option (Mac) key and pressing the Delete key you can fill the selection area or layer with the current foreground colour. Holding down the Control (PC)/Command (Mac) key and pressing Delete will fill the selection area or layer with the current background layer. You can invert the foreground and background colours by pressing the X key.

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Explore illustrative typography
Pictorial type is now more popular than ever. Steven Bonner shows how to bring your own approach to it

Create a captivating background
Alexis West shows you how to add depth to your character by building a convincing environment

eBook publishing made easy
The open EPUB format has come to the aid of aspiring digital publishers. Tony Harmer explains how to use it with InDesign CS5

Work brighter and faster with Live Paint
Joe Van Wetering on harnessing Illustrator's Live Paint tool to make colouring your work simpler than ever

Craft an original character in Illustrator
Combining a pinch of imagination, a dash of doodling and the wizardry of Illustrator, Alexis West reveals how to create a character from scratch

Master gradient meshes
Luke O’Neill demonstrates how to avoid gradient pitfalls with clever use of the Gradient Mesh tool

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Erik Natzke
One of the pioneers of generative art, Erik Natzke is a hero within the Flash community and beyond. Garrick Webster asks him about his career, coding, interactivity, bird nests – and his latest projects

How to buy a graphics tablet
A graphics tablet can bring a huge amount of creative freedom to your workflow and prove more intuitive and ergonomic than a mouse. Whatever your budget, there are a host of options to suit

James Jarvis
He’s imagined a whole universe for his bulbous-headed creations, but, Jarvis tells Garrick Webster, he never set out to be a character artist

Know your Pantones
Need accurate colour? Confused by the Pantone system and its many, many different options and ranges? Here’s everything you need to know to use it successfully

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