A Piece of Cake with Layers at DesignerDigitals
Deck the halls with boughs of holly... fa la la la la la la la la! It's Christmas in July at DesignerDigitals!!! And you won't want to miss out on all the fun and excitement! All week long the store is marked down 20% and there will be a new freebie every day as our gift to you! And we've decked our digital halls with nearly 40 new products including two at just 25 cents.
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This is the last week to pick up a ticket to attend our upcoming digi crops in San Antonio, TX and Salt Lake City, UT! After July 31st tickets will no longer be available so don't miss out!
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And, of course, we have 2 NEW 25 cent items for today and tomorrow ONLY! Don't Miss them!
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Featured Layout of the Week
Congratulations to whatnext. Her layout places has been selected as the featured layout of the week where she won a $ 5 DesignerDigitals Gift Certificate for product of her choice!
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And here are just a few of the items that she used in her layout:
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Destination Seaside Paper Pack by Katie Pertiet |
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ArtPlay Palette Mini Kit No. 05 by Anna Aspnes |
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Shells No. 02 by Katie Pertiet |
Don't forget about Thrifty Thursday where over 200 items from various designers are marked down 30%! You can check out the items in the store and mark your calendar for an email reminder on the calendar. And you only need to sign up once for weekly reminders!
New Products at DesignerDigitals
And three new challenges with freebies! You will need to sign into your Community account to get these. If you do not have an account yet you can create one in our Community.
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Color Challenge by Lynn Grieveson |
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Everyday Inspiration Challenge by Katie Pertiet |
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Journaling Challenge by Pattie Knox |
Adobe Photoshop or Elements Tip of the Week:
A Piece of Cake with Layers
You can also watch this tip on video on our blog: Digital Scrapbooking Tips and Tricks: How to Move Layers between Documents [Video]
My favorite foodie shows are the cake decorating reality shows. The multi-layer confections the pastry chefs create just amaze me. I've noticed that the chefs design each layer and embellishment separately and then stack them on a new platform. This is not so different from the way the Layers Palette works in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, but the cool thing you can do with a virtual layer cake is drag a layer from one "cake" to another!
To try this, open two documents in Photoshop or PSElements. If you are working in Photoshop Elements, you will not need the Project Bin for this technique, so close it by dragging the arrow on the Bin Title Bar downward or selecting Window and un-checking Project Bin.
You'll need to see both documents at one time, so choose Window > Images > Cascade (Photoshop: Window > Arrange > Cascade) from the Menu Bar.
Using the Move tool, you can move the documents in the editing window by dragging the title bar.
Making sure that you have the Move Tool selected, locate the layer in the Layers Palette you'd like to move to the other document. Drag the layer from the Layers Palette and drop it on the other document. Photoshop and PSE will copy it as a new layer. This is especially helpful when you want to use one element from a Layered template on another scrapbook page.
If you hold the Shift key as you drag, the layer will be centered on the new document.
You can do this with any document, even it if has only one layer. Just click and drag the only layer to the new document - it's a piece of cake!
Have a great week and we'll see you at DesignerDigitals!
Katie and Randy
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