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Action Edit using Carson City B&W
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com It’s been a little while since I’ve done an action edit. And I haven’t had a chance to try out the updated “City Lights” B&W set from Amanda! There were a few...
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Brushes 101 {New Series}
Brushes 101 Series This week I am starting a new series of tutorials dedicated to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements brushes. Since many readers of this blog are new to PS/PSE, I am going to start at...
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Brushes 101: The Brush Option Menu
Brush Option Menu = Home Base Remember in the series intro post I mentioned that each tool has its own menu, ways you can customize it to be just what you need. That menu is called the “Option Menu.”...
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Brushes 101: The Default Soft Round Brush
Welcome back to the Brushes 101 series. If you are just now joining us, you can read about what brushes are, then about the brush Option Menu, to get you familiar with what we have already covered....
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Brushes 101: Using Brushes on Layer Masks
With portrait editing in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, the most effective and non-destructive way to edit is with layers and masks. The layer mask is useless without a brush, so that is what we are...
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Brushes 101: Changing the Brush Settings in Photoshop & PSE
Welcome back to the Brushes 101 Series. We are continuing to explore the world of brushes in Photoshop and PSE, both for photo editing and graphic creations. Before we go on, let’s do a recap of what...
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Making Selections in Photoshop {and PSE}
During the month of August the editing focus will be on making selections in Photoshop and PSE. Today’s post only introduces new users to the concept of selections and identifies which tools you can...
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Making Selections with the Marquee Tool
We are continuing with the series on selection tools, focusing on the Marquee tool this time. To illustrate the marquee, I am going to focus on making vignettes (darkening of area along the outside...
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How to create a brush with text {and a freebie}
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com I know it has been posted here a couple of times, but it’s something that gets asked a lot! “How do you create a brush in Photoshop?” (Amanda has instructions for...
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How to Install Actions in Photoshop CS
How to install actions in Photoshop Elements has been covered many times here at Everyday Elements, but never how to install actions in Photoshop CS, so this tutorial is long overdue. Note: I used...
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Balance Colors With Levels
Recently someone asked if there was a substitute for the color balance adjustment layer, since that is an adjustment in Photoshop and not available in Photoshop Elements. I thought it was a great...
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How to See Camera Settings in Photoshop {Elements}
Once you have been dabbling in photography for a bit, you will eventually look at a picture on your computer and think “Now, what was my ISO for that picture?”or “What aperture did I use to take...
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Why Layers Matter
I have talked a lot about layers here at Everyday Elements. What layers are, what types of layers you can use, how to use layers and so on. However, the last time I did a tutorial regarding layers...
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How and When to Flatten in Photoshop {Elements}
I am on a quest – a quest to answer some of the frequently asked questions from new Photoshop {Elements} users. Today I am answering the question “what is flattening?” and “how do you flatten?”...
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Making Selections in Photoshop {and PSE}
During the month of August the editing focus will be on making selections in Photoshop and PSE. Today’s post only introduces new users to the concept of selections and identifies which tools you can...
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Making Selections with the Marquee Tool
We are continuing with the series on selection tools, focusing on the Marquee tool this time. To illustrate the marquee, I am going to focus on making vignettes (darkening of area along the outside...
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How to create a brush with text {and a freebie}
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com I know it has been posted here a couple of times, but it’s something that gets asked a lot! “How do you create a brush in Photoshop?” (Amanda has instructions for...
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How to Lighten the Photoshop CS6 Workspace Colors
When Photoshop CS6 came out, the change was significant, not only because of the awesome new additions to the program, but because the interface (workspace) was so much darker and more dramatic. The...
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Adding Snow with Custom Brushes
Last year I wrote several tutorials on brushes, with the plan for more. For various reasons, I lost my groove with the series and never finished. However, I recently used some snow brushes from a new...
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How to Whiten Teeth in Photoshop {and Elements}
During one of my webinars, Portrait Editing 101, a step I showed was whitening teeth. After the webinar I realized that I had never written a dedicated how-to tutorial on whitening teeth, so here goes....
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