Neo Grunge Type Effect

Quick Tip: Getting rid of that 01 square in the top-left corner of your image window

If you're one of the millions of Photoshop users who suffer from seeing the number 01, followed by a little rectangular box, you're in luck—there's a simple cure. But what brought this evil little nasty to the top-left corner of your screen in the first place? At some point, you clicked on the Slice tool, or while working with another tool, you pressed the letter “k” to briefly switch to the Slice tool. When you do this (even once), it brings up the dreaded 01 thingy, because it thinks you want to slice the image, and it's showing you the default slice. The bad thing is—when you switch off the Slice tool, the slice stays visible, which ...

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