Oh cool, Tom!  I'm glad you didn't laugh (you being a PS veteran and all!) and found it useful.
I've since been perusing the other tutorials at the Layers magazine site and have discovered a wealth of info.

Man, I don't think I'll ever learn everything photoshop can do.
So much to learn but I'm having a blast at least trying to, lol. ;)

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