photoshop friday – retouch and transform.

This past Friday I started the section on retouching and transforming photos. I learned how to change the canvas size, which is pretty cool. Even cooler was learning how to use the Actions palette to automatically make a frame around my photo. I have heard of actions before, but I didn’t know there were any [...]

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photoshop friday – playing with color.

I mentioned a little while back that I have been attempting to learn Photoshop, and Friday is my dedicated night for doing just that. Right now I’ve been reading about making quick and simple image adjustments. As I read I often open a photo to play with to help me understand and remember what I’ve [...]

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even in the dark, the birds still sing.

let’s change directions. I decided a little while ago to change directions in my digital art attempts. I thought, hey, maybe I should actually take the time to learn Photoshop before I start diving into tutorials. Perhaps then I might have some inkling of what I am doing! So to that end I’ve been reading [...]

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you’ll certainly shoot your eye out.

mommy mommy look at this! I have been plugging away at Photoshop. Learning, at an excruciatingly slow pace. The simplest things take an exorbitant amount of time. Frustration sets in; I have to refer to Help every step of the way. But finally, finally, something comes of it! I made a button! And vintage paper [...]

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the transition to long pants is always difficult.

digital art galore I picked up my first copy of Somerset Digital Studio (at AC Moore, using my 40% off coupon, of course – those magazines are expensive!). So far I have merely paged through, but I am completely in awe of the artwork in this magazine. It is beautiful, amazing, and stunning. With every [...]

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will you never learn? you’re just an empty cage, girl…

So I got my inchies last week from the latest Artella inchie swap. Here they are: Aren’t they cute? My favorites are the ladybug, the cupcake, and the pot of gold. There is another inchie swap going on, but I have other things I need to work on right now, so more inchies will have [...]

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my new transforming functionality.

Wednesday’s online class – Digitally Altered Books Revealed, Part 2 – was fun, inspiring, and helpful. Having the opportunity to watch someone actually alter a digital book was the best part – Marney added photos, resized embellishments, changed the colors, and used layers to full effect. I now feel better equipped to make my own [...]

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