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Creating Clipping Groups in Photoshop
Although creating “clipping groups” in photoshop is a fairly basic technique, I thought I would take a few minutes to outline the process here because I’ve found that many designers have yet to discover it.
The nice thing about clipping groups is that you can crop images (and other artwork) non-destructively to any shape you want to. If you end up changing your mind on how an image should be cropped later on in the design process, it’s a simple procedure. They are also very handy to use when you want to constrain an adjustment layer to just one section of your layout. Ok… less talk, more screenshots.
Dynamic CSS Navigation Highlighting with Expression Engine
Here’s a little trick I’ve been using with Expression Engine to get my category menus to auto highlight.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#Nav #NavList{segment_3} {
background-color: #eee;
color: #3F7E86;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="Nav">
{exp:weblog:categories weblog="play" style="linear"}
<li>
<a href="/" id="NavListC{category_id}">{category_name}</a>
</li>
{/exp:weblog:categories}
</ul>
</body>
</html>
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