QUOTE HOW TO USE RGB FILTERS ON GRAYSCALE IMAGES If you're working on grayscale images,
you'll find there are some Photoshop filters that won't work (they're grayed out, so you
can't access them). Of course, it's always the really cool filters, such as Lens Flare and
Lighting Effects, that are grayed out. But don't be dismayed (in fact, be "mayed") because you
can still use those filtersjust switch to RGB mode, run the filters, then switch back to Grayscale
mode. It won't affect the color of your image because, well, there is no col...

QUOTE NEED TO SHRINK THE FILE SIZE? USE TRANSPARENCY Want a killer tip for squeezing even
more size out of your GIF Web images? Make something transparent. That's right, if you can pick
an area of your image to make transparent, your file size will drop like a rock. For example, if
you're putting a logo over a white background and you can make the white area around the logo
transparent, your file size will be significantly smaller. The transparent areas are virtually
ignored when determining file size, because, after all, there's nothing there. ...