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Photoshop Elements Tutorial: Resolution

January 19, 2011

Photoshop Elements tutorials. You asked for it, you got it. And don’t blame me that you have to read another mind-numbing technical post. But thanks for requesting that I write it. I am so glad this info is helpful to you! Over the last couple of weeks, we have talked about Cropping and Resizing in [...]

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6 Techniques for Capturing Sunbeams and Flare in Your Photos (And How to Save 30% on Your Own Personal Sun if these tips don’t work!)

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November 30, 2010

Photographs with sunbeams or flare are funny – some photographers consider them a mistake, others consider them art. I fall into the latter camp! I love the effect, and often enhance the sunbeams or flare that I capture, or fake them if I don’t. (To fake them, I use Kaleidoscope overlays. Tuesday, November 30, is [...]

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Photoshop Elements Actions and Textures – A Recipe

November 29, 2010

Using Textures and Action in Photoshop Elements can take a good picture to amazing. They are also a good way to while away a Sunday afternoon. (JUST IN: As I was about to hit “publish” on this post, Patti Brown emailed me to say that even though she is sick and in bed, she had [...]

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Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom Sale – Black Friday has arrived already!

November 22, 2010

Adobe is always offering discounts on Elements, Lightroom and full Photoshop. But rarely do their discounts match the prices available this week! If you’re thinking about new photo processing software for Christmas, now is the time to buy. The discounts below are available from November 22 through November 30. You can download now and improve [...]

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Photoshop Elements Holiday Card Templates from Florabella

October 13, 2010

How many of you have already purchased Florabella’s new Vintage Teal Holiday Card set? Click through to her blog to find them. Aren’t they gorgeous? They work in both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Just a quick reminder that, if you are the proud owner of these new holiday cards, you can take MCP’s Holiday Card [...]

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PSE Action Player – When to Use It

September 7, 2010

Photoshop Elements’ Action Player has come up on this blog before. A brief summary of the Action Player: You access it through PSE’s Guided Edit and it is only available in PSE 7 and 8. It’s much easier to install actions into it than “the old-fashioned” way because you don’t have to reset MediaDatabase.db3. But [...]

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Photoshop Textures Coupon Code for Kaleidoscope

June 17, 2010

Textures for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements by Patti Brown were the prize in the most recent giveaway here at Texas Chicks. Did you win? Check your email box! The winners have been notified. And don’t forget to check your spam folder. If you didn’t win and can’t resist buying Patti’s Supernatural texture set, use coupon [...]

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Photoshop Textures Giveaway – Last Day to Enter

June 14, 2010

Just a quick reminder that the Kaleidoscope contest ends on Tuesday, June 15, at noon CST. You could win one of 5 sets of Patti Brown’s latest texture set, Supernatural. Don’t forget to enter! Good luck!

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Photoshop Textures – Kaleidoscope Giveaway Time

June 11, 2010

Textures can create beautiful effects in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. The best textures make your images absolutely stunning. Add incredible video tutorials to these textures, and you’ve become a texture master. Patti Brown’s Kaleidoscope textures are the cream of the texture crop and her video tutorials, as I’ve mentioned before, are absolutely amazing. Even if [...]

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Save 30% on Lightroom 3

June 8, 2010

Lightroom 3 is available, finally! I just ordered my upgrade. It has great new features like drastically improved noise reduction and oddly, just the opposite – LR will now add grain to your image if you’d like some texture. Watermarking is now a feature (it’s about time) and you can now export photo slideshows as [...]

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MCP Sale – 10% Off for 10 Hours Only!

May 19, 2010

I have followed MCP Actions for a while now, and have never heard of Jodi offering a sale. So this is a big deal – if you’ve been thinking of purchasing any of her actions, now is the time. Use coupon code “mcp10k” to save 10% for 10 hours only. Based on my calculations, you [...]

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Textures and Overlays – Who Needs ‘Em?

May 11, 2010

To all my friends who create beautiful textures and overlays for use in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, that headline is just a joke. I love your textures! However, there is an alternative. Below you’ll find 5 tips for creating in-camera overlays in digital photography. But first, here are some examples of what you can do [...]

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My Favorite New Photoshop Elements Shortcut

May 5, 2010

And this shortcut isn’t just for Photoshop Elements – it works in Photoshop too. I learned it from watching one of Jodi’s video tutorials at MCP Actions. You should check those out, by the way, if you haven’t seen them yet. She has tutorials for Photoshop, running actions, and even a few for Elements. Hmmm, [...]

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Photoshop Elements and Photography Tutorials for You from Texas Chicks Blogs and Pics

March 31, 2010

For those of you new to Texas Chicks, here is a list of my “Greatest Hits” as an introduction to everything this website has to offer. I look forward to getting to know you and welcome any suggestions you have for future tutorials! Free Actions Oh, the Drama Perfect Workflow Reflection Action Drop Shadow Lab [...]

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