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Think Outside The Box

By Nancy Marti  ·  January 5th, 2008

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Designing elements for a scrapbook kit can be a challenge. You quickly learn to recognize basic shapes enhanced with layer styles as just that: basic shapes. The challenge is to create something new and unique. To do this, you need to see beyond the obvious or ‘think outside the box.’

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Elements Q & A

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  January 5th, 2008

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About XMP files; Image size resampling

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Ready, Set, Go!

By Larry Becker  ·  January 5th, 2008

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Sometimes a picture taken at a high shutter speed can look a little too ‘frozen in time.’ if you want to add a sense of fluidity back into your image, a motion blur might just do the trick.

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Sharpening Only The Eyes In A Portrait

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  January 5th, 2008

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Sharpening is one of the key steps to making your portraits really stand out. But the specific areas that are sharpened are nearly as important as the sharpening itself.

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Simply Digital Photography

By Laurie Excell  ·  January 5th, 2008

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Are you overwhelmed by the incredible number of digital cameras there are to choose from how do you decide which camera fits into your budget and offers the features you want? Whatever your photographic style, there’s bound to be a camera (or two) with the features you need.

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Tips & Tricks

By Dave Cross  ·  January 5th, 2008

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Camera Raw tips; aligning text while typing; adjusting line height; getting custom colors; adding copyright info.

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Making Water Drops

By Corey Barker  ·  January 4th, 2008

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Corey shows you how to create a water drop effect from beginning to end.

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Quick Selection Tool

By Corey Barker  ·  December 30th, 2007

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Corey introduces the Quick Selection Tool that was introduced with Elements 6.0.

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Text Effects

By Dave Cross  ·  December 21st, 2007

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Follow along to make this cool text effect.

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High Pass Sharpening

By Corey Barker  ·  December 9th, 2007

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Corey shares one of his favorite sharpening techniques — High Pass Sharpening.

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Illustration Effect

By Corey Barker  ·  December 7th, 2007

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Create an unfinished painting effect from your photos.

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Applying a High Contrast Look

By Dave Cross  ·  December 3rd, 2007

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Dave shows you a popular grungy or urban look you can apply to your images.

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Hollywood Style Text Effect

By Corey Barker  ·  December 2nd, 2007

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Add a cool spotlight-like effect to your text.

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Making a Menu Card

By Wendy Williams  ·  December 1st, 2007

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Christmas is rapidly approaching so I thought it may be useful to start some of the preparations early.

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Paint Away Color

By Corey Barker  ·  November 25th, 2007

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Follow along as Corey shows you how to use an Adjustment Layer to create a stylized look to a partially colored image.

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Chalkboard Effect

By Corey Barker  ·  November 18th, 2007

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Corey shows you how to create a neat chalkboard backdrop that you can write on and erase.

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Download: Lights Out

By Rick LePage  ·  November 17th, 2007

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This is the sample file for ‘Lights Out.’

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Download: Elements Q&A

By Rick LePage  ·  November 17th, 2007

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This is the sample file for ‘Elements Q&A.’

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Download: Turning the Page on Curls

By Rick LePage  ·  November 17th, 2007

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This is the sample file for ‘Turning the Page on Curls.’

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Download: Add Drama to Black & White Photos

By Rick LePage  ·  November 17th, 2007

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This is the sample file for ‘Add Drama to Black & White Photos.’

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