October 2008

How To Take a Great Picture More Than Once

October 20, 2008

Or, How Your Camera Helps You Analyze Shots & Improve Them Did you ever take a picture that accidentally turned out great?  Have you taken lots of photos at once, and one turned out better than the others?  And did you wonder why this happened? I can answer yes to all those questions.  And I’m [...]

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More Free Actions for Photoshop Elements

October 15, 2008

Running actions in Photoshop Elements is a great time saver for busy Moms (and everyone else too!).  Actions automate common photo improvements.  Some require only one click of a button, other require that one click plus additional adjustments.  They all save time!  Unless, of course, you end up spending more time Photoshopping just because the [...]

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Update to Installing Actions in Photoshop Elements 7

October 14, 2008

Thanks to the very smart people at Elements Village, I have updated my instructions for installing actions in Photoshop Elements. This tip that I read about in the Elements Village forum is a great timesaver.  You usually do not need to delete the two database files to refresh your Effects Palette and find your new [...]

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The Beauty of Blending Modes in Photoshop Elements

October 13, 2008

Mastering Blending Modes in Photoshop Elements is, I believe, one of the keys to using PSE to its full potential.  Unfortunately, I haven’t done that yet. Here’s what I have learned.  If you have in the same file two layers, one of which is a copy of the other, changing the blending of the top [...]

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Photoshop Elements 7 Smart Brush

October 9, 2008

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A Few Tips on Using Actions in Photoshop Elements 7

October 8, 2008

For some strange reason I have a compulsion to get my new Photoshop Elements in perfect working order before I can actually start using it.  That means that I needed to transfer my actions and brushes from PSE 6 into PSE 7.  And boy, have I learned a lot!  I thought I’d share my discoveries [...]

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Viewing Your Installed Actions by Category in Photoshop Elements 7

October 8, 2008

Thanks to the very detailed work of Foulwater at Flickr, here is a method for categorizing the actions you have installed in Photoshop Elements 7. Categorizing Actions in Photoshop Elements 7 Open a text editor like Notepad or Word.  You need to be able to save a file as an XML in this editor.  I [...]

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Tutorial – Creating a Montage of Photographs in Photoshop Elements

October 5, 2008

Here is my method for creating the montage below: Go to the File Menu, select New, then Blank File.  Name the project and enter the size you want in inches. If you want the background to be black, make sure that the colors on the tool palette are set to Black & White (hit D [...]

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Installing Actions in Photoshop Elements 7

October 3, 2008

Ok, I received my new Photoshop Elements, version 7 yesterday.  I am so excited, but haven’t had a chance to check out the new features yet.  So glad it’s Friday – maybe I can play with it tomorrow!  I did notice a new Action Player in the Guided Edit section.  And one of the actions [...]

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