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Tip: creative use of alphas

Scrappie IreneTips & Techniques

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In many kits you can find alphas. Today I worked on a layout with the kit Nevermind by Studio68 which has a fun alpha, but I still wanted to alter it a bit. I’m going to show you a very simple way to create a bit of depth.   I started with creating my layout…

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Tip: How to use a multiple frames with one photo

Scrappie IreneLayout Technique

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Hi! Irene here with a little tip again! I’ve been asked how I got one photo into multiple frames, like on this layout where I used Artsy Layered Template 99 and ArtPlay Palette Ocean Cove by Anna Aspnes:   In fact, it’s very simple! I first placed the photo on top of the frames, to see where…

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Ask the Font Doc!

SaraTips & Techniques

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I’m back!  I took a short sabbatical from my doctoring duties, but have now returned to diagnose a new layout! I have to admit, this case stumped me a bit more.  Perhaps it’s because I know the creator fairly well.  Perhaps it is just because I liked the font, but no ailment truly jumped out…

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Tip: Turn your photo into sepia tones

Scrappie IreneTips & Techniques

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Irene here with a little technique for you all! Sometimes I like a colored photo in a sepia version. There are some ways to get a sepia result and I’m going to show you one of them with Photoshop Elements 11. Drag a photo into the workspace. Then go to Enhance, Adjust Color and Adjust…

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The Font Doc Strikes Again

SaraTips & Techniques

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After my first examination as the Font Doc, I got asked to treat another patient.  Though I had two patients in the waiting room, I summoned Nana Linda in first.  Nana presented with these symptoms: “I have the hardest time these days making a page…it takes me hours and hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”  I decided to operate. When…

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Tip: Align letters

Scrappie IreneTips & Techniques

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Do you always have troubles to get your alpha letters in one straight row? There is an align function in Photoshop Elements! It works very simple, but sometimes you have those words with and l or a g in it and you just can’t align it with one click on the button. Let me show…

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Tip: Correcting too dark photos a bit

Scrappie IreneTips & Techniques

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When you don’t photograph in RAW, but only in JPEG, you are a bit limited in the possibilities of correcting things. There are ways in Photoshop to make some corrections. Sometimes a photo is a bit too dark. I found out a lot of printing services give a little bit darker print than what I see…

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Tip: Installing brushes in Photoshop Elements

Scrappie IreneTips & Techniques

In Photoshop CS you can simply drag the .abr file of the brush set into the workspace and the brushes are installed. But in Photoshop Elements you have to place the .abr file in a certain folder. Go to the hard disk you installed the Photoshop Elements on. For me that’s C. Go to Program…

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