You need a killer Photoshop technique that would be perfect for your current project. But how do you find it? Inside Photoshop Studio Skills: For Photoshop 7 and Photoshop CS is a collection of all the very best Photoshop tips and techniques from the acclaimed Studio Skills series of Design Graphics Magazine. The techniques are arranged by topic so they're easy to find.

In this excerpt from "Photoshop Studio Skills: For Photoshop 7 and Photoshop CS," you learn how to make beautiful folding text using the Displace Filter and the "Blend If" function in Layer Styles.

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