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Photoshop Elements Tutorial: Brushes – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

July 8, 2011

What is it with the Soft Round Brush in Photoshop Elements anyway? Why does that term appear in every portrait retouching tutorial out there? Are you interested? Read on for excruciating detail about the who, what, where, why and when of using this tool in PSE. What’s the best way to access the Brush Tool? [...]

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A Solution for Stinky Shooting Conditions

July 6, 2011

We all have them sometimes. Those moments when we really want a photo, but conditions don’t allow even the best photographer to get a nice shot. So, here we are backstage at my daughter’s first dance recital. She wanted nothing other than to spin and twirl in her pretty costume, and to look in the [...]

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Portrait Retouching, Part 2: Photoshop Elements Tutorial

June 23, 2011

My Portrait Retouching Workflow tutorial for Photoshop Elements generated lots of good questions. To answer them, I going to give you some advanced portrait techniques in this tutorial. Here’s my before and after: Other than my basic workflow steps, this tutorial will show you how to repair blown out pixels, make eyes larger and add [...]

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Photoshop Elements Tutorial: Portrait Retouching Workflow

June 3, 2011

After my MCP Mini Fusion Photoshop Elements tutorial last week, several people asked about softening skin and applying lipstick in Elements. It didn’t seem right to write a tutorial about those techniques without giving you my entire portrait workflow. These are the basic steps I use on any close up portrait. Depending on the subject, [...]

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Free Action for Photoshop Elements: Mini Fusion Tutorial

May 20, 2011

Mini Fusion, MCP’s latest free action for Photoshop Elements, has gotten so many raves that it’s worthy of a tutorial showing just what this freebie is capable of. Actions, as we all know, sometimes make a huge and instant impact on a photo, and other times they need tweaking. The beauty of Mini Fusion is [...]

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Photoshop Elements Tutorial: Layers

March 11, 2011

Photoshop Elements beginners, this article is for you. One thing you always hear about Elements is that it’s great because you can use layers. Or that you should use layers. Well then, what are layers? Why should you use them? And how, exactly, do you use them? When I teach my Elements classes, I preach [...]

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Kaleidoscope Tutorials – Beautiful Looks from Patti Brown

March 8, 2011

You guys all know that Kaleidoscope is my favorite source for Textures and Overlays to use in Photoshop Elements. And Patti’s video tutorials for using textures and overlays taught me so much. Lately, Patti has added a couple of written tutorials to the Kaleidoscope blog that I’ve been playing with. Even though the bluebonnets aren’t [...]

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Clickin’ Moms Sale Ends Monday

January 28, 2011

For those of you who haven’t joined Clickin’ Moms yet, the 20% sale ends Monday. Use discount code FRIEND if you’d like to save 20% on any membership. What’s going on there lately? The current conversation at the top of the threads is about getting great portraits out of kids. There are some hilarious ideas [...]

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Photoshop Elements Texture Tutorial

January 25, 2011

I’m playing with textures in Photoshop Elements today. Here are my results. What do you think? Here is the before shot: I took this picture at sunset because the light outside on this particular day was a beautiful shade of gold. I rushed the baby out, forgot my reflector and took her to a field [...]

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Lightroom Tutorial: Can this image be saved? Reprise.

January 18, 2011

Lightroom can work wonders on images. Can it save an image that starts out terrible? No. Do you remember my quick edit on a pic that was awful out of camera, but that my girlfriend loved? The picture absolutely wasn’t worth saving, except that I took it on a fun night out with friends. Stu [...]

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Photography Video Tutorials and Business Card Recommendations

October 9, 2010

Photography video tutorials rock! Don’t you agree? These PhotoVision videos have been keeping me up too late! On the advice of Kendra, the founder of Clickin’ Moms, I bought Photovision’s 2010 Series. It’s normally $149 but is currently selling for $39 with discount code PVFAN. I have to admit that I was expecting cheesy videos [...]

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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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Free Actions for Photoshop Elements from the Pioneer Woman

March 26, 2010

Yes, the Pioneer Woman’s free actions were finally released yesterday! Most of you know this and already using them happily, so I just want to point out a few things about the way these actions work. First off, everything you need to know to install these actions is on this page – it’s info central [...]

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Now What?

January 9, 2010

This post is the first in a two part series by wayoutnumbered. Her advice on what to do with your new camera, gear or software is good for us , ummm, seasoned pros too. I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that plenty of you reading this got shiny new camera equipment for Christmas…or [...]

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