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Sep
Hey everyone! Today I have a tutorial to add to my growing series of building digital scenes in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.In the previous videos, each building on skills learned in the one before it, I've shared how to change a JPEG into a PNG, and how to layer a scene in photoshop.In today's video I have a neat trick from you add extra depth to your scene in a way you might not have...

24

Aug
A bit agoI shared with you how to take a JPEG and turn it into a layerable PNG. From that video I had requests to show more PNGgoods, so today I'm sharing the basics of layering and sizing a scene in Photoshop. You can use the full CS version for this OR Photoshop Elements. This is going to be a little precursor to next month when I share some more advanced techniques so bust out that dusty,...

03

Aug
Today I have a video done for Movie Monday with Some Odd Girl, bringing you a bit of an insider tip on taking your JPEG (or JPG) images and making them into easily layerable PNGs.If you're new to digi stamps, then that may sound like a ton of goobledy-gook, but it's actually pretty simple. Basically, a JPEG is an image that has a solid white background, while a PNG is a different type of image...

28

Jul
I have a few "behind the scenes" things that I wanted to share with you but I thought I'd kick it off with this lil book I've been keeping because HEY its useful! This is my Know How Book. Its aptly named because these are the things I really do know how to do but I do them infrequently enough that when I need to actually do them 9 times out of 10 I can't remember how... until way......

20

May
On this edition of Light Source basics I'm going to start talking about Cast Shadows in your coloring and how to visualize their placement. Cast shadows are created by the interruption of light by another object. So for this tutorial I'm not talking about shading or how part of an object is in shadow because it faces away from the light source but an actual shadow being create by an....

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May
I enjoy Movie Monday every week :DD The Odd Girls have been bringing a TON of great videos every Monday since April began and I get to share one with you today. My video this week is a quick tutorial on using Photoshop, the full version is what I use but Elements would work just as well, to recolor your Black and White Digital Sentiments. In this video I am using a sentiment from the new...

15

Apr
So? How did you fare from our last lesson? I wanted to give you some time to work on the shapes before showing you anything. Thinking and doing gets you further than copying and not understanding :derp: On the shapes homework, you should have ended up with something like this for and upper right Linear Light Source... Not too hard right? Good! In the first lesson I had you look at...

01

Apr
Welcome to Part 2 of my Light Source Basics Series. In the last post I defined some basic terms and challenged you to break down your images into simple shapes.If you're just joining in here, each post is going to build upon the last one so hop back and give a read then come on back. Starting Small For these very basic tutorials I am going to be talking about Linear Linear light, the...

18

Mar
Over a series of posts, that I'll be doing on opposite weeks of my Color Swatch series, I'm going to be helping you achieve better coloring by being more knowledgeable about using a Light Source in your coloring. We're going to take it in small steps so I hope you'll join me and follow along... If you're new to coloring, Light Source might not be a term you're familiar with... Light Source...