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How to Merge Two Backgrounds in Adobe CS6

Adobe Creative Suite (CS) was a series of software suites of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made or acquired by Adobe Systems. If your background is comprised of two layers and you don’t want to apply the same transformation or filter twice, you need to merge the two backgrounds. Here is the instruction to tell you how to merge two backgrounds in Adobe CS6.

 

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1. Open the image with Photoshop and press “F7” to open the Layers palette.

2. Create a new transparent layer by holding “Shift-Ctrl-N”. Place the merged background into this new layer.

3. Click the eye icon in front of it in the Layers palette to make all layers except the new layer and the two background layers invisible.

4. Right-click the new layer and find the “Merge Visible” option. Hold “Alt” and immediately click “Merge Visible”. To do this is to to merge the two background layers and place them into the new layer.

5. Click the eye icon in front of the two background layers, then unhide the rest of the layers.

How to Make a 3D Effect in PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is a slide show presentation program developed by Microsoft. It was a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Adding a 3D effect to a PowerPoint slide creates an eye-catching presentation. Here is the instruction to tell you how to make a 3D PowerPoint.

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1. Open PowerPoint Program.

2. Click on the “Insert Tab” and choose “Table” from the Tables section. Select “Insert Table” to create a table.

3. Select a cell and enter data into your table. 

4. Click on the “Insert” tab and choose “Shapes”. Drag this rectangle over the table, so it covers the entire thing. Click on “Drawing Tools Format.”

5. Go to section “Shape Styles” and click on “Shape Effects”.

6. Put your mouse cursor on “3D Rotation”, choose options to make 3D effect looks as what you want. 

7. Go to “Shape style” section and select “Dialogue Box Launcher”. Choose the “3D Format” option

8. Select “Color” under Contour in the Depth section. Pick the color.

9. Click on “Lighting” in the Depth section and choose one of them.

10. In ” Drawing Tools Format—–Arrange” section, click”Send Backward” option.

11. Now the 3D effect is finished.

How to Remove Text Reflections in PowerPoint 2010

Microsoft PowerPoint is a slide show presentation program developed by Microsoft. It was a part of the Microsoft Office suite. You could put graphical effects on a wide range of PowerPoint objects with sections of WordArt and text. But once you want to delete it , you may need to do more than just click “Delete”. Here is the instruction to tell you how to remove text reflections in PowerPoint 2010.

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1. Run the PowerPoint 2010 and open the file with text image you want to remove.

2. Move your cursor inside the box by clicking the texts. And then hold “Ctrl+A” to elect all the text in the box.

3. Go to the top of the PowerPoint window and click the “Format” tab. Locate the “WordArt Styles” area of the ribbon at the top of the window. Click the “Text Effects” button to open up a drop-down menu.

4. In “Reflection” option, click the “A” at the top of the pop-up menu.

5. Now the reflection effect on your text will disappear.