Falcon -- Use the crop feature to add a boarder. 2:59 PM

Falcon's crop feature can do more than remove unwanted areas form an image it can add pixels around your image. Start by getting your image into Falcon by either using Talon or importing it from your computer or URL. Then open the Crop drawer in the lower left of the application. Increase the width and height dimensions in the textboxes. You will see the image being updated in real time so you can make any adjustments. Set the color of the boarder with the Background color option. Finally when you are ready press the Apply button and confirm the changes. Quick and painless boarder.

Phoenix -- Merge Layers Workaround 12:42 PM

You may find while working with Phoenix that you want to merge some layers, for any number of reasons. However, you will find that once layers have been merged Alphas, Blend Modes, and Layer Filters get messed up. A quick workaround for this is to save the file and import it as a resource. It will retain the alphas and effects. You can even save just a few layers from a file and import it back into the original to retain layer styles.

Raven - Highlight Paths for Easy Selection 12:26 PM

One amazing feature of the Edit Paths by Nodes tool that may be overlooked is the highlight path function. With the Edit Paths by Nodes tool selected any path you hover over will have a green highlight. When it is highlighted you can select that specific path when clicked. This means you can use the tool to easily find the path you want to select in a stack of many.

Myna -- Selection functions 9:19 AM

Myna has some very useful commands that can be used on selections. Once a section of a clip is selected you can perform the following actions. You can access these functions from the right click context menu or from the Edit menu.Cut - this function deletes section and places a copy on the clipboard.
Copy - this function places a copy of the selection on the clipboard
Delete - this function will delete the selection
Trim - this function will delete everything that is not in the selection. Thus only the section will remain.
Split Clip - this function will separate the clip at the spots where the selection starts and where it ends. It will leave two to three separate clips.

Phoenix/Peacock -- Simulate Stroke 8:07 PM

There is no dedicated Stroke feature in Phoenix but you can use the Layer Filter Glow to simulate one. Add a Glow to your layer and greatly increase the Strength parameter, this will make the fade out of the glow very abrupt. The glow will appear to be a Stroke around your layer. This can also be done with the Glow hub if you are work in Peacock.

Phoenix -- Merging non-adjacent layers. 7:33 PM

Some newer users might not know how to merge non-adjacent layers. While holding the Control key (command ⌘ on Mac) click on the layers you want to merge and use the Merge Layers command from the option menu. The merged layers will be placed in the lowest of that layers position.

Raven -- Export EPS Feature 11:36 AM

Raven now lets you export EPS files. This type of file is used by many stock image sites for clip art, and is the commonly used by most desktop vector editors. It does not yet support the export of gradients and transparencies.