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All types of fun things you can create inside Elements, from stamps to cards to calendars, movie posters and collages.

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Let It Snow!

By Liz Ness  ·  January 1st, 2012

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Turn any photo into a winter wonderland

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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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More Quick Collage Tips

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  November 1st, 2011

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Matt offers some additional tips for enhancing and enriching composites in this companion video to his Quick Collage article.

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Quick Collages

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  November 1st, 2011

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Pump up the drama and create a great composite by combining two versions of the same shot.

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Design Your Own Photo Card

By Diana Day  ·  October 26th, 2011

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For holiday cards that express your unique personality, skip the templates. We’ll show you how to design custom greeting cards.

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Transform Your Light

By Liz Ness  ·  October 24th, 2011

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Learn how to use your camera–and the magic of pin bokeh–to reshape the lights in your scene.

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Frame It

By Diana Day  ·  October 20th, 2011

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Learn to combine images and use downloaded templates, frames, and photo edges effectively.

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2012 calendar templates!

By Rick LePage  ·  September 29th, 2011

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We’ve uploaded the 2012 calendar files for our “Quick and Easy Calendars” article, and Wendy Williams has added the 2012 template for her “Making a Single Page Calendar” article.

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Download: 2012 calendar templates

By Rick LePage  ·  September 28th, 2011

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These are the 2012 template files for the “Quick and Easy Calendars from Templates” article in Photoshop Elements Techniques.

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Word Clouds with Wordle

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  September 2nd, 2011

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Matt shows you how to create your own Word Cloud with the website Wordle and place it on an image.

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Break out of the Box

By Diana Day  ·  August 17th, 2011

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Learn how to master the popular Out of Bounds effect and set your photos free.

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Creative Scanning

By Liz Ness  ·  August 9th, 2011

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Brush the dust off of your flatbed scanner and put it to work scanning everyday objects like flowers, coins, toys, and more.

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The Instagram Effect

By Elizabeth LePage  ·  August 5th, 2011

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Instagram is one of the most popular apps on the iPhone right now; here’s how to get an Instagram-style look for your photos.

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Tips, Ideas and Links for Out of Bounds Images

By Diana Day  ·  August 4th, 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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Masks to the Max

By Dave Cross  ·  July 29th, 2011

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Dave shows some cool and practical ways to use masking, compositing and Free Transform to apply images to objects.

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Picture in a Picture Effect

By Elizabeth LePage  ·  July 13th, 2011

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Turn an ordinary photo into an extraordinary one by placing a movable, editable frame above a black and white version of your original.

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Making a Wax Seal

By Elizabeth LePage  ·  June 16th, 2011

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Here’s a video version of Liz Ness’ “Make it Special with Wax Seals” article from the May/June 2011 issue of the magazine.

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Make it Special with Wax Seals

By Liz Ness  ·  May 30th, 2011

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Decorate your digital correspondence, website, or scrapbook pages with this distinctive touch. It’s easy to create, and infinitely customizable.

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Create a Signature Brush

By Elizabeth LePage  ·  April 13th, 2011

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Quickly create a custom signature (or text) brush that you can use as a watermark over and over again for your photos.

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Font Resources on the Web

By Diana Day  ·  January 20th, 2011

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Here’s a list of resources for font management, font utilities and dingbats for both Mac and Windows.

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