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PHOTO EDITING: Making your photo POP

FranTips & Techniques

If your photo taking skills are equal to mine you sometimes need help making a photo look a bit better.  One of the things I use to make my photos pop is a combination of curve adjustments and the gradient map adjustment filter.  Curves adjustment can be used to lighten or darken a photo or…

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Filling a Font with Personality

troptTips & Techniques

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Calling all fontaholics out there (and I know there are a LOT of you out there)! Tropt here to share a fun way to get more out of those bazillion of  fonts on your hard drive. I’ve been taking a fabulous Art  of Journaling class by our own Amanda Taylor of TaylorMade Designs and it’s…

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Line Sketch Effect

FranTips & Techniques

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TrishD asked how I achieved the look in my new avatar, so this is for her and whomever else wants to try this out. 1. Choose the photo you want to work with.  For this tutorial I choose the photo I used for my avatar. Start by duplicating the photo twice by pressing Ctrl-J two…

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Font Doc Returns! – Subway Art

SaraTips & Techniques

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Hi everyone!  It’s been awhile since I’ve posted thanks to some crazy classes I am taking.  But I’m back for a little bit and wanted to talk with you about something that is popular right now that relies a lot on working with fonts – Subway Art! For Christmas, I got the chance to make…

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Tip: Installing styles in Photoshop Elements

Scrappie IreneTips & Techniques

In Photoshop you can simply drag styles into the workspace and then they are installed. But in Photoshop Elements, you have to do it in a different way. It’s not difficult, just follow the steps below. As a sample I am using a glitter style by Laitha. She has many style sets in her shop. Some…

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Tip: Installing and using actions

Scrappie IreneTips & Techniques

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One thing I really like in Photoshop is the fact you can install actions. Actions are fun tools for playing with your photos. There are many different actions available and to show how to install and use them, I grabbed a fun freebie from the Oscraps shop: Color Cast Photoshop Action by Taylormade Designs. To…

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Tip: Warping shadows in Photoshop CS

Scrappie IreneTips & Techniques

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One thing I really love about Photoshop CS is the possibility to warp things. It’s a function I really miss in Photoshop Elements. For the ones of you who are working with CS I want to show how you can warp a shadow. I will show it on a smaller piece of paper behind my…

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