Laying It All Out No. 18: Making Waves

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This digital “make and take” provides everything you need to complete the layout shown. It includes a 44-page pdf in which I take you step-by-step through creating the layout using the provided digital mini-kit.

If you are new to digital scrapbooking, this lesson will help you become more confident with your software and teach you all kinds of tricks and tips for creating future layouts. And those of you with more experience will also pick up some new techniques, a great kit, and a fabulous new layout!

You will learn how to:

• use drawing tools to create custom paper shapes
• recolor and transform an alpha
• load and use a brush file
• adjust the custom settings for the Brush tool
• convert a color photo to black and white
• use a photo mask
• merge and duplicate layers
• create clipping masks
• create custom shadows

The mini-kit is comprised of designs by Katie Pertiet.

You will need:
Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements one photo

Difficulty:
If you know how to open your software, you can complete this lesson. I provide detailed instructions for every step, from opening the first file to saving your finished layout.

File Size: 29MB