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Creating and completing your scrapbook can be therapeutic, relaxing, or exciting. I know I get really excited to see a finished scrapbook page turn out more perfect than I imagined. But if you’re like me you may have a cache of layouts that are 99% finished and just need journaling to be truly complete. You may have left space planning to come back later. Or perhaps you didn’t want more than a title, at least for now. Somehow, we don’t…
Making a clean selection easily in most graphics editing packages can be tricky. There are so many selection tools available and it’s hard to know which one is best suited for your desired result. Photoshop Elements (PSE) provides selection tools for different kinds of selections. For example, the Elliptical Marquee tool selects circular and elliptical areas, and the Magic Wand tool can select an area of similar colors with one click. More complex selections can be made with one of…
Yes…I’m sort of a Star Wars nerd! I couldn’t help but use the above graphic for this post! The last two posts were pretty intense (or at the very least really long) so I thought I’d let your brain “recover” a bit with this less intense post on healing tools 😉 I’m fairly certain you’ve run across a photo or two over the years that could benefit from a little re-touching. You know the ones; an adorable smile with an…
So, last week’s post got to be a bit long. To avoid potentially overwhelming you…I’ve kind of let the topic spill over to this week. So that’s where we are today. As I previously mentioned, there’s some confusion about the difference between Out Of Bounds (OOB) & Spill Frames. It really boils down to the difference in precision. OOB – Spill Frame Part 2 A true OOB is very precise with a very well-defined portion of the photo extending beyond…
Many people aren’t sure what the difference is between an Out of Bounds effect and a Spill Frame. First and foremost, there is a technical difference. I believe the difference is based mostly on the precision. A Photo Spill Frame is out of bounds but an Out of Bounds effect is not necessarily a Photo Spill Frame! Confused? Typically, the Out of Bounds effect results in only a very finite portion of the photo extending beyond the edge of a…