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Reusable Photo Effects

By Karen Brockney  ·  June 1st, 2012

Karen demonstrates how to add an “Aged Aqua” effect to any photo, then shows you how to save that effect to use on other photos at another time.

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7 Replies to Reusable Photo Effects:

  1. Gloria

    June 1, 2012 at 11:08 am

    This was a wonderful tutorial!

  2. Douglas

    June 1, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    I’m really glad to know about this technique. I would not have thought about it on my own. Thanks, Karen

  3. Chuck

    June 2, 2012 at 9:26 am

    Do you have to adjust the resolution of other photos to 300 to be compatible with this technique?

    • Elizabeth

      June 2, 2012 at 1:07 pm

      Chuck – You can actually adjust the resolution of the layered effect PSD file to match your photo’s resolution. When you duplicate the PSD effect file, you can change that files resolution to whatever you’d like before placing your image!

  4. Eleanor

    June 3, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    Great idea, Karen! Thanks!

  5. Steve

    June 10, 2012 at 4:54 am

    Nice work Karen, very informative and I agree, an excellent idea for future images, really speeds up the post processing.

  6. lavaughn

    June 14, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    Thank you for shadow house…I needed more pre-made tools for PSE scrap-booking….

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