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 … [Read more...]
Using Kuler to Create A Color Scheme From A Photo
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 … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Simple Photoshop Blending Tutorial
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 … [Read more...]
Photoshop CS5: Watermarking
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 … [Read more...]
Photoshop Video Tutorial: Save All Layers Into Separate Files
Today's Photoshop Friday video shows how to save all the layers of a PSD file to separate PNG files quickly. This is useful if you have a drawing in Photoshop that you would like to share with someone who does not have Photoshop. Below is the final result of the tutorial. The 5 layers of the crayon drawing are saved as 5 separate PNG files. If you cannot see the embedded … [Read more...]