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Mar 28, 2024 | softwarehow.com | Zoe Almon Job |June Escalada

Facing pen pressure issues in Clip Studio Paint can be a common yet fixable hurdle. There are several easy steps you can take to quickly resolve this problem and resume your creative work. Hi, I’m Zoe, an illustrator who uses Clip Studio Paint. I’ve had my fair share of pen pressure issues. Recently, my usual fix of updating tablet drivers didn’t work. After some frustration, I realized the problem was surprisingly simple – the brand-new nib of my pen wasn’t screwed on properly.

Mar 21, 2024 | softwarehow.com | Jayde Anderson |June Escalada

A Photoshop Layer Mask allows you to conceal specific parts of a layer’s visibility/effect. Masks attach to a specific layer or group. When it comes to layer masks, black conceals and white reveals. So, when you have a layer mask selected, use the brush tool with black or white to either conceal or reveal the layer it’s attached to. In this tutorial, I’ll explain what I know about Photoshop Layer Masks, and how to use them.

Mar 19, 2024 | softwarehow.com | Tyler Harz |JP Zhang

One of the issues that you may run into when learning to use Terminal is the “Operation Not Permitted” error. Luckily, this error is pretty simple to fix. It simply means that the Terminal does not have access to whatever file you are trying to reach. As someone who is always toying with macOS, either to fix an issue on one of my customers’ computers or to work on one of my own projects, I have seen just about every Terminal error under the sun.

Mar 7, 2024 | softwarehow.com | Zoe Almon Job |June Escalada

Masks in After Effects are used to selectively hide or reveal parts of a layer. You create a mask by selecting a layer and then using either the shape tools for basic forms or the Pen tool for custom, detailed shapes. Hi, I’m Zoe! In my years of using After Effects for various projects, I found masking a vital technique. For instance, while animating a character flying through clouds, masking was key to achieving realistic interactions between the character and the clouds.

Mar 6, 2024 | softwarehow.com | Jayde Anderson |June Escalada

A Smart Object is something you can create in Photoshop to contain multiple images, layers, shapes, or text. It’s a sort of nesting doll feature in Photoshop that allows you to combine multiple layers of different sorts into one “packaged” layer. By merging these into a Smart Object, you can add filters and completely transform them while retaining the ability to edit these compressed layers individually in the future.