I love to use brushes when I scrapbook and design because brushes are so flexible. One brush can be used in many sizes and colors. Here are some important points to remember about creating your own custom brush in Photoshop (PS) or Photoshop Elements (PSE). For PS CS2, PSE 6 and newer versions, the size limitation of a brush is 2500 pixels by 2500 pixels. (I do not have info on PSE versions before 6). There are two opinions on [more]
This is the time of year where I spend a lot of time at pumpkin patches. I create several pumpkin patch layouts a year. A technique that I use on almost every pumpkin patch layout is to weave a vine through my title. This is one of my titles from this year. The technique I use to create the weaving effect is easy and is described in this video tutorial using Photoshop CS5. Although I used Photoshop, the exact same [more]
Have you ever just fallen in love with the colors in a photo? Earlier this year, I saw this photo area in Animal Kingdom and immediately fell in love with the colors. I thought the colors would also make a great color scheme for a digital scrapbook kit. Of course I could open this photo in Photoshop and sample colors from different parts of the photo but it would be hard to see how the colors go together. In comes [more]
I learned about digital collage in Photoshop before I learned about digital scrapbooking, so I have carried these techniques into my digital scrapbook pages. I will show you a very simple technique for blending papers and photos onto your pages. The key – your lasso tool! I start by opening a paper and photo. This paper is from Simply Kelly’s Roll With It kit. The photo is of a rose in my garden. Select the lasso tool. The lasso tool [more]
When I first thought about using Photoshop to watermark my photos I thought of creating an action to speed up the process. After doing some research, I found the free Adobe Photoshop CS5 Adobe Watermark Panel by Russell Brown. This Photoshop extension will only work in the CS5 version. You can download the Watermark Panel and watch a detailed video tutorial here. The download comes with a PDF file with information on how to install the panel. The Watermark Panel [more]
