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Make Your Own Photographic Website Header

By Elizabeth LePage  ·  April 5th, 2013

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Straight from the ‘Ask Liz: Round 1′ blog post, Liz shows you how to create two different types of website headers.

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Creating Easter Baskets and Grass

By Karen Brockney  ·  March 25th, 2013

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Creating Easter Eggs is wonderful, but what about the basket that holds them? Karen strikes again with Easter magic as she shows you how to make your own basket and grass graphics!

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Decorating Digital Easter Eggs

By Karen Brockney  ·  March 20th, 2013

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With Easter right around the corner, Karen serves up this fantastic video about decorating your own digital easter eggs! Use them for Easter-inspired digital scrapbooking, on custom frames and even hidden in your own images!

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Make a Scene with 3D Text

By Larry Becker  ·  January 23rd, 2013

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As a companion to Larry’s January/February article, he shows you how to manipulate perspective with a fantastic text effect.

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How to Create and Apply Five Essential Patterns

By Liz Ness  ·  November 20th, 2012

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Patterns can be used for all sorts of projects, from birth announcements to unique photo borders. Liz shows you how to make your own basic patterns and then how to apply them in multiple ways!

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Create Your Own Photo Business Cards

By Lesa Snider  ·  October 22nd, 2012

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Instead of paying steep fees for someone else to create your business cards, Lesa shows you the basic steps for making your own, using your own photographs!

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Customize Your Desktop

By Diana Day  ·  August 26th, 2012

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Beautify your computer screen while still leaving room for your desktop
icons with a custom wallpaper template.

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Creating a Unique Wedding Mememto

By Liz Ness  ·  August 24th, 2012

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Liz shows you how to take two photos, one with a small blank background, and combine them to create a unique and versatile wedding memento.

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Using Custom Shapes to Create a ‘Quick Page’

By Karen Brockney  ·  August 3rd, 2012

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A ‘quick page’ is a backdrop with a frame and embellishments for one or more photos that you can add interchangeably. Karen shows you how to use custom shapes to create your own ‘quick page’ to really showcase your best photos.

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Stack ‘Em High

By Liz Ness  ·  July 23rd, 2012

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Create a playful picture-stack collage that makes it look like your photo was created from scattered snapshots.

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Creating a Simple Wedding Announcement

By Liz Ness  ·  July 12th, 2012

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Since spring and summer are such big wedding seasons, Liz shows you how to create a simple wedding announcement postcard.

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Using Brushes as Stamps

By Karen Brockney  ·  July 9th, 2012

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Karen uses brushes as ‘digital stamps’ to create a textured background for any photo.

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Tips for Using the Texturizer Filter

By Diana Day  ·  June 25th, 2012

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Learn how to add new textures to the Texturizer filter. This article is a companion to the “Customize Your Desktop” tutorial in the July/August 2012 issue.

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Getting Creative with Custom Wallpapers

By Diana Day  ·  June 25th, 2012

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See the range of creative possibilities when creating a textured border. This article is a companion to the “Customize Your Desktop” tutorial in the July/August 2012 issue.

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Creating a Basic Layout

By Dave Cross  ·  June 14th, 2012

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If you’ve ever needed help creating a quick page layout for your photos, Dave takes the mystery out of the whole process with a slew of handy layer tips.

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Paste Into Selection

By Elizabeth LePage  ·  May 17th, 2012

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Using the Paste Into Selection command, Elizabeth demonstrates how to fill in a cool template with multiple photos.

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Using a Template to Create a Scrapbook Page

By Karen Brockney  ·  April 16th, 2012

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Using a layered Photoshop PSD files as a template, Karen shows you how to create your own scrapbook page with a variety of elements.

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Word Play

By Diana Day  ·  January 28th, 2012

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When a picture just isn’t enough, learn how to use Wordle to create complex word clouds and then customize them in Elements.

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Create a Custom Cover for Your Holiday Book

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  December 12th, 2011

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Matt offers up some ways to get the creative juices flowing by making your own custom cover inside Photoshop Elements to replace the stock ones offered by the online book services.

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Tips and Ideas for Using Templates, Frames, and Photo Edges

By Diana Day  ·  August 23rd, 2011

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There are numerous ways to customize your Out of Bounds images; here are a few ideas and some links for inspiration.

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