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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Design and Layout
Learn special things you can do to add a professional design tough to your photo creations.
There are numerous ways to customize your Out of Bounds images; here are a few ideas and some links for inspiration.
How to easily add and edit multiple text layers of different sizes and weights on top of an image.
Here’s a video version of Liz Ness’ “Make it Special with Wax Seals” article from the May/June 2011 issue of the magazine.
From animal shapes to flowery flourishes, let these wacky fonts turn your Type tool into a handy clip-art repository.
Here’s a list of resources for font management, font utilities and dingbats for both Mac and Windows.
This companion to Diana’s “Get Creative With Dingbats” article shows you how to apply effects to a dingbat to get a beautiful decorative object for cards and other projects.
Add a special touch to photo collages, scrapbook pages, and other crafty projects by digitally sewing a straight or zigzag stitch along the side–all without threading a single needle.
Dave shows you how to experiment with selections and the Twirl filter to create your own decorative elements in a jiffy.
Dave uses some great selection and layer tips to turn a low-quality graphic into a fun and energetic logo.
Matt offers a quick and easy way to make reusable print layouts for a group of photos.
Take some simple clip-art “doodles” and add a little bit of whimsy to photos of your kids and grandkids.
Work on your layer chops and create a cool composite effect with Corey’s technique.
Corey continues his series on adding fun design accents to your photos by picking a cool “swirly” graphic to use around the edges of the frame.
Corey’s latest video illustrates a cool way to create a mosaic effect as an overlay on top of your photos.
Diana shares a fun, stress-free way to combine multiple photos into a single image by adding a filmstrip element.
Custom shapes are a great way to create a template for your photos. However, there are other forms of ready-made filmstrip templates available online.
Dave shows you a simple technique for creating a retro-looking background for text or a photo.
Photoshop Elements has many premade and predesigned elements that can be used to enhance your image presentation. Mike shows you the Content Palette and all the different options available to jump-start your digital creations.
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