Here’s a quick and easy way to make a deckle-edged mat, which you can use in scrapbook pages, greeting cards and more.
Articles tagged with backgrounds
Brimming with nostalgia and surprisingly easy to create, an argyle pattern makes a great background for your next project.
Dave shows you a simple technique for creating a retro-looking background for text or a photo.
Scrapbookers have long known about the wonders hidden in Elements’ Content palette, but we show you why it’s good for everyone.
Dave shows you how to transform a simple image into an eye-catching background. This one is great for Scrapbooking!
Dave shows you how to make a catchy background using text and the cookie cutter tool.
Using your own backgrounds for extracted images is easy; Diana shows you a number of ways to make your own, and offers links to sites with backgrounds and textures you can use.
Use gradients and the Halftone Filter to create an interesting dotted background for your work.
Photoshop Elements isn’t just for editing your photos. You can use it to design some cool backgrounds that could serve a multiplicity of purposes in print or on the web.
Several years ago I attended a class where author and photographer Scott Kelby taught how to use just about any picture to create a modern, European abstract image. It’s a cool effect; here’s a variation to create one with a complementary background.
Here’s how you can digitally distress your layouts to get this grungy look that’s a popular scrapbooking trend.
In Elements, it’s easy to create your own repeating patterns using the shapes already provided. You can then save them as permanent additions to Elements’ patterns so you can use them again and again to create beautiful patterned papers for your scrapbook pages.
This is a very simple technique for creating a “raised” effect to a background image.
You can easily create snow to be used as backgrounds for pages and papers, or as a cold addition to your photos. Here’s how.
A very popular effect is to add TV scan lines to an image (to create the look of a photo on a TV screen) for a “high-tech” effect, or simply because it’s “cool.”
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