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reBlog: Lock Option in Photoshop

In "traditional" scrapbooking, we use glue, tape, or various other items to fasten our papers and elements to each other. We typically build our scrapbook page from the bottom up, securing our elements as we go. We can do the same thing in our digital scrapbook pages.

reblog: Photoshop Styles 101: Patterns

Over the past weeks, we have been exploring different Photoshop Layer Style Effects. (How to Load Layer Styles; Photoshop Styles 101: The Stroke; Photoshop Styles 101: Color Overlay); Photoshop Styles 101: Color Overlay, Part 2)

By |2018-04-03T04:58:07-04:0010 April 2018|Designer Tools & Tips, Photoshop CS+, Tutorials|0 Comments

reblog: Photoshop Styles 101: Color Overlay, Part 2

This month we are exploring Photoshop Layer Styles. (Photoshop Styles 101: The Stroke; How to Load Layer Styles; Photoshop Styles 101: Color Overlay). For this tutorial I am using Photoshop CC2015.5.

reblog: How to Load Layer Styles in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements

In today's tutorial, we will learn how to load Styles. This can be done in several different ways.

How to Create a Sketch from your Photographs

I am working in CC2015 today; however, this technique works in Adobe Photoshop Elements also. (Be sure you are working in Expert Mode in PSE). Instruction paths will be provided based upon CC2015 and PSE14.

reblog: What are Layer Groups in Photoshop?

Think of a Layer Group as a "folder" within your Layers Panel. Once you create a Group, you will see a Folder Icon in your Layers Panel. Within that folder will be the images that you included when you created it.

reblog: How to Use Layer Masks

A Layer Mask allows you to control the level of transparency on a layer. It differs from controlling the level of a layer's transparency by using the Opacity Slider, in that the Opacity Slider will raise or lower the opacity of the entire layer; while you may control the opacity of selected areas on a layer with the use of a Layer Mask

reblog: Healing Brush Tool in Photoshop

Last week we learned about the Spot Healing Brush. (Using the Spot Healing Brush). Today let's look at the Healing Brush Tool. With the Spot Healing Brush, you do not need to select a sampled area before using the brush. You just stamp down on the area you would like to repair. With the Healing Brush, a sampled area is required.

Creating PNG files from a Photoshop Brush

The use of Brushes can add so much interest to our digital scrapbooking pages. Just take a look at our gallery and you will see so many beautiful pages incorporating this technique. Here's a quick and easy way to create PNGS from ABR files!

By |2017-10-22T09:52:35-04:0020 October 2017|Designer Tools & Tips, Tutorials|3 Comments

See thumbnails of Styles, Shapes, and Patterns in Windows

Here at theStudio, we love to share tips, tricks, and tools to help you in your scrapbooking projects.  Today I want to share an amazing little application that I believe will save you loads of time and frustration.  It is a preset viewer named "Argus" by Tumasoft. 

By |2017-10-14T09:18:45-04:0013 October 2017|Designer Tools & Tips, Tutorials|11 Comments

Digital Scrapbooking Day Good News and Clues

For me, Digital Scrapbooking Day has always been about the special sale prices that most stores offer.  But while reading the article noted above I gained a broader perspective of the day.

Basic Paper Making in Photoshop, Part 2

Last week's tutorial was Part 1 of a 2-Part answer to Debbie Rucker's question on how to make a "background paper from beginning to end."  Basic Paper Making in Photoshop. Today let's add a pattern to the textured paper we created last week. This is the base paper we created in last week's tutorial.

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