PowerPoint doesn't offer a built-in setting for transparent text, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. And you might be surprised just how easy it is to achieve. Transparent text exposes a pattern ...

Masking is the secret weapon behind many jaw-dropping designs, making it one of the most powerful techniques you can master ...

Paint has been part of Windows since time immemorial, but it's never been able to hold a candle to more robust image editors like Photoshop. It's making an important step in the right direction, ...

Transparent fills are areas of color that allow you to see through to the imagery underneath, lending an interesting effect to photos and other graphics created in Photoshop. Even beginners can use ...

The big picture: Microsoft continues to add new features to Paint, a program the company had considered discontinuing some years ago. Now, Paint is receiving updates that include some intriguing new ...

The Gimp provides the Rectangle, Ellipse and Lasso selection tools to help you cut out specific parts of a photo or illustration to keep, eliminate or edit. In addition, if you add an Alpha channel to ...

Bullet-resistant car windows look deceptively ordinary, yet every pane is a small engineering project built to catch and slow ...