http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips en-us http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips ActiveKB NX randy@designerdigitals.com Sat, 25 May 2013 04:55:52 UTC 20 http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/413/ Here's a high impact photo technique to give your photo a graphic pop.Open the photo in Photoshop or Elements.Press Ctrl U (Mac: Cmd U) on the keyboard. This activates the Hue/Saturation dialog bo ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:45:49 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/412/ Here's a fun technique for taking your skyline photos full circle. With this technique, the center of the photo will be filled with sky and buildings will circle the edge. Here are the steps to cr ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:43:04 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/411/ The full version of Photoshop has a great feature that allows you to adjust the kerning (space between letters) on the fly.Using the Type tool, type a word or phrase and press Ctrl Enter (Mac: Cmd ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:46:20 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/410/ Order up from the Express Menu with this simple shortcut: To access a menu while you are working in Photoshop or Elements, press the Alt (Mac: Opt) key. Look in the Menu Bar. One letter of each m ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:50:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/409/ To get the Zoom tool in Photoshop and Elements, press the letter Z on your keyboard. Check the tool options bar at the top of the screen (or bottom of the screen if you are working in PSE11.) If t ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:59:15 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/408/ One of the best ways to speed your digital workflow is to master the keyboard shortcuts. Instead of hunting for tools or menu items, you can just press a key (or series of keys) on your keyboard t ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:28:00 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/407/ When you have a layered document open, you can use the cursor keys (arrow keys) to nudge a layer. Using the Move tool, select a layer. Press a cursor key to move the layer one pixel. To power nudg ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:51:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/406/ Occasionally, when you are working with a template or a frame, your photo is just short of covering the placeholder.You can always increase the size of the photo, but keeping it in proportion may ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:06:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/405/ The full version of Photoshop is loaded with menus. Some will be more useful for you than others, so Photoshop is equipped with a way for you to customize them to your liking.From the menu bar, se ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:20:57 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/404/ In theaters and at concerts, spotlights are used to draw your attention to the important part of the stage production. Photoshop and Elements have a spotlight feature that helps you draw attention ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:29:29 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/403/ I like using Camera Raw to edit my RAW format (native camera) images before I take them into Photoshop. Did you know that you can also edit your jpg images in this powerful tool?Open Adobe Bridge ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:01:59 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/402/ The Clone stamp tool can be used to paint information from one document to another in both Photoshop and Elements. With more than one document open, you can Alt click (Mac: Opt click) the source d ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:10:10 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/401/ One of the features I love in the newer versions of Photoshop and Elements is the Content-Aware Fill. When you need to remove an unwanted object (or person!) from your photo, this feature is just ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:32:44 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/400/ I'll admit it: I love Post-it notes! I have a drawer full of them in all shapes and sizes. There’s something so irresistible about those little stickies! They are just right for jotting note ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:23:40 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/399/ In Photoshop, there are usually a few different ways to get where you are going. For example, when you encounter a locked layer in Photoshop or Elements, there are several ways to unlock it.Try th ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:18:21 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/398/ When your photo seems lackluster and you want to give it a little punch, try making a Levels Adjustment to improve the brightness and contrast. A quick fix, this is the first step I take when I si ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:37:55 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/397/ Have you ever run an action and then wished you could undo it? Sometimes actions have so many steps, you don’t have enough undo states in your History panel to revert back to the place you w ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:26:50 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/396/ Once you add a layer style, like a drop shadow, to one layer in a document, you can easily copy it to any other layer. One quick way is to click on the fx icon on the right side of the layer while ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:35:50 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/395/ I love the old fashioned sepia tint in heritage photos. That warm brown color draws me in and allows me to concentrate on the details of the photo without the distraction of color. With Photoshop ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:56:08 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/394/ Blending Modes in Photoshop and Elements determine the way two layers combine with one another. Understanding the modes opens a wide range of creative possibility for your digital projects.To use ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:04:35 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/393/ When you are working on a document with multiple layers in the full version of Photoshop, you can see what lies beneath. Get the Move tool and right click somewhere on the image to see a ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:09:15 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/392/ When you are working on a document with a number of layers and you want to select a certain layer, you could switch to the Move tool, hunt for, and click on the layer. But you can save time and ef ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:50:53 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/391/ When you are ready to shut down Photoshop or Elements, pressing Ctrl Q (Mac: Cmd Q) on your keyboard will do the job. All saved documents will close and you’ll be given the chance to save an ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:46:48 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/390/ In the previous tip, we explored how to change the Layers panel settings so that the layer contents are visible at a glance.Creative Team Member Uma asked for a follow-up showing how to increase t ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 18 May 2012 09:16:42 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/389/ When you are working on a template or other Photoshop document with a number of layers, the default settings make it very difficult (if not impossible!) to see which item is on each layer. Instead ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 04 May 2012 08:57:47 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/388/ When you are working on a project with a number of text layers, there is a quick way to select all of the text layers at once. This is handy to know in case you want to change the font for your pr ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:46:36 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/387/ The Move tool is so often used in Photoshop and Elements, the software designers gave it top billing in the Tool Panel. Not only that, they also gave it two handy shortcuts. When you are ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:40:45 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/384/ When grey is the only color choice, the document has been created in grayscale instead of color.Create a new document making sure to choose a color mode other than grayscale. Your color pickers wi ... Sara Horton Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:53:22 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/383/ When this happens, your Caps Lock is on. Press the Caps Lock key on the keyboard to release it. The brushes will return to the default shaped brushes. Sara Horton Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:49:24 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/381/ Open a new document. Get the Brush tool. In the options bar across the top of the screen, choose the brush picker. Click the right-facing double arrow at the top right corner of the brush picke ... Sara Horton Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:44:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/380/ When you are working with text in Photoshop and Elements, it often happens that the alignment is off. It may be centered when you’d like it right aligned or it may be left aligned when you n ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:53:31 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/379/ One of the biggest frustrations with the newer versions of Photoshop is the tabbed interface that opens all of your images in a tabbed row. The good news is that this feature is easily disabled. ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:33:41 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/378/ More and more digital frames and embellishments are being designed as layered files. This is great since it allows for greater customization and flexibility. Working with these DIY files is a snap ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:49:33 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/377/ If are working on a project that requires filling pockets of a fixed size, you’ll need to know how to resize photos and papers so that they will fit the pocket sizes.Begin by opening a new d ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:52:03 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/376/ When you are working with text on a digital project, the small default settings in Photoshop and Elements can make it difficult to see samples of your installed fonts. If you are like me and your ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:52:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/375/ One way to make your scrapbook page meaningful is to draw attention to the words on the page. Using your digital brushes is an easy way to spotlight important words in titles and journaling. Here’ ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:34:51 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/372/ You can save yourself a little time by adding advanced options at the same time that you create a new layer. Options like layer naming, color, or setting the previous layer as a clipping mask are ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:08:16 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/371/ Outlined letters like these in Ali Edwards’ new Outline Christmas word art are fun to fill with patterned paper or color. Here’s how:Create a new document the color and size of your c ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:01:31 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/370/ This time of the year, every minute is precious. Using the auto-correct features in Photoshop and Elements is a great way to improve your photos straight-out-of-the-camera in a hurry. &m ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:27:34 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/246/ When you are working with a brush in Photoshop, you sometimes need to tilt, turn or flip it. Here's how: In Photoshop, select Window > Brushes to activate the Brush Presets. Choose ... Sara Horton Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:25:52 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/369/ When you are working with digital brushes, the Foreground color is the color of your “ink.” There’s a simple way to change “ink” colors on the fly while you have the ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:50:41 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/368/ Subway art is a creative trend that is exploding on the internet. The art form consists of using words, fonts and even pictures to create a visually appealing and meaningful display. Using Photosh ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:03:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/367/ Here in the US, Halloween is just around the corner. The little ones will dress up as goblins and witches, wizards and fairies and have a party.Did you know that Photoshop and Elements have their ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:23:02 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/364/ When this happens, it usually means that the canvas (New document) was created in Greyscale instead of RGB.Create a new blank canvas making sure that a color mode is checked. Sara Horton Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:41:15 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/361/ Tired of square or rectangle photo mats? Use this simple technique to give your photo and journaling mats a little personality.Begin by opening a new white document in Photoshop or Elements.Press ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:11:27 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/360/ Some fonts come packaged in sets with options for bold and italicized text, while others do not. Photoshop and Elements give you these options even when the font package does not.When you encount ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:30:11 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/359/ Magazines and newspapers arrange text in neat columns. The text is spaced to fit across the entire width of the column. This is called justified type.You can reproduce this clean text look on you ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:05:07 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/358/ When you are adding individual alphabet letters to your scrapbook page, lining them up in a straight line can be a hassle. Fortunately, Photoshop and Elements have a handy feature that helps you l ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:31:00 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/351/ With the Brush selected, use the [ key (left square bracket) to make the brush size smaller.Use the ] (right square bracket) key to make the brush size larger.Pressing the key multiple times will ... Sara Horton Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:12:45 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/350/ Using shadows creatively with alphabet sets, you can make titles that look so realistic, they fool the eye. By simply tweaking the shadows to create the illusion of staggered heights, you’ll ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:53:13 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/347/ The full version of Photoshop includes a wonderful stacking feature that helps when you are working with multiple embellishments like alphas.To use the feature in Photoshop, open your software.Cho ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:51:08 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/346/ Do you have a favorite alphabet set? If you like the style of one set, but the colors of another kit, you can use patterned paper to change the alpha set. Here’s how:Open the alphabet lette ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:20:12 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/345/ Last week’s tip illustrated a simple way to create a backdrop for photos and journaling using tags, journaling spots or frames. This week, you’ll learn how to tweak the embellishments ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:50:09 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/344/ Here’s a simple way to create a backdrop for photos and journaling using tags, journaling spots or frames.Begin by opening a digital paper in Photoshop or Elements. Next, open a tag, frame o ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:34:16 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/342/ Here's an interesting way to alter patterned paper to create a unique background for your digital project.Begin by opening a colorful digital paper in Photoshop or Elements. Press Ctrl J (Mac: Cmd ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:57:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/341/ With digital art, you can have your cake and eat it too! If you like the pattern of one paper but the texture of another, you can combine the two to create a unique background for your digital pro ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:46:20 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/15/ If you are purchasing a brush set, these are the digital equivalent of rubber stamps. They are in colors on the preview because the designer "stamped" them in color. These come as both .png ... Sara Horton Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:29:10 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/338/ When you want to add interesting details to your background pages, try adding stitching to the design. Whether you are using patterned paper or a solid, subtle stitching can make it extraordinary. ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:39:29 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/337/ This week’s on-trend tip is the second in our new series on adding pizzazz to background papers in Photoshop and Elements. In just a few easy steps, you can create windows in your background ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 27 May 2011 09:10:02 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/336/ This week’s tip is the first in a new series on adding pizzazz to background papers in Photoshop and Elements. Quick and easy, this technique combines two images with blending modes. Begin ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 20 May 2011 08:30:00 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/335/ Sara Horton Fri, 13 May 2011 15:57:24 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/334/ Adding text to photos before printing is a great way to add interest to pages, whether you are a digital scrapbook artist, a traditional scrapbooker or a hybrid project designer. This week& ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 13 May 2011 09:26:08 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/333/ This week’s tip is a fun way to combine the patterned paper you love with the fonts you’ve collected. The eighth in our tips with text series, this technique will help you get more fro ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 06 May 2011 09:39:41 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/332/ The seventh in our series of tricks with text, this week’s tip shows you how to layer text on top of text. With this technique, you can add extra meaning Begin by opening a new document or d ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:50:07 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/331/ By combining your fonts with Photoshop Brushes, you can create an interesting effect for your project titles. Using any font and any brush, this tip will help you get more from your digital assets ... Randy Pertiet Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:52:28 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/329/ Try something different with text this week and add a little flair to a project title. This week’s tip is the fifth technique in a series on type tricks in Photoshop and Elements. When you a ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:19:11 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/328/ You may have used clipping masks with photos and digital papers, but did you know you can fill them with text, too? This week’s tip is the fourth in this series on digital techniques with te ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:39:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/322/ This week’s tip is the third in this series on digital techniques with text in Photoshop and Elements. This week you’ll discover another way to use digital papers with the Type tool.Be ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:00:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/321/ This week’s tip is the second in our new series on digital techniques with text in Photoshop and Elements. This week you’ll see how to create titles with patterned paper.Begin by openi ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:23:52 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/320/ This week, we are beginning a new series that will give you tricks for adding pizzazz to the text on your digital projects. The first tip is a quick and easy way to give your titles whimsy and col ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:19:07 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/318/ Open Photoshop or Elements.Select File > Open from the Menu bar.Use the Look in: box to browse your computer for the unzipped file.Select the file and click Open.This brings the file into the e ... Sara Horton Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:48:44 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/316/ Text paths are a feature that the software engineers of Photoshop have always reserved for the full version of Photoshop. If you are using Elements, however, you can work around this by using path ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:26:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/315/ Here’s a fun way to use patterned paper differently in Photoshop and Elements. Begin by opening a new document in Photoshop or Elements. Open a piece of patterned paper. ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:58:20 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/313/ Photoshop brushes are rubber stamps with benefits. Not only can you change the size, color and direction, but you can also remove parts of the images without messy ink masking. Here’s ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:00:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/312/ Here’s a tip that was requested several times this week. Great minds think alike! When you are designing pages for your scrapbook, it’s nice to coordinate the two pages tha ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:51:10 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/311/ When you are working on a scrapbook page, you’ll likely want to use a number of papers, elements and photos. You can save yourself a little time by opening a group of images at one ti ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:20:03 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/310/ Here’s a technique that is frequently requested: how to use Custom Shapes to cut out photos. Begin by opening a photo and a new document in Photoshop or Elements. Set the Foregro ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:36:32 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/309/ Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. As we begin to think about all things romantic, here’s a quick tip for giving your photos a nostalgic, vintage look. Begin by openin ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:16:21 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/308/ My email buddy, Linda is always on the lookout for interesting techniques for her digital projects. This week’s tip is in answer to her request for instructions on using digital papers ... Randy Pertiet Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:08:22 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/307/ One way to give your photos a finished look is to apply a bevel to the edge. Photoshop and Elements make this technique quick and easy. Begin by opening your photo in Photoshop or Elemen ... Randy Pertiet Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:36:54 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/212/ January 2010 is coming to a close. It has been a month for both reflection on the past year and looking ahead to the coming months. Reflecting in Photoshop and Elements is easy to do ... Randy Pertiet Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:59:53 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/306/ When my friend Shirley contacted me to ask how to make keylines with rounded corners, I thought it would make a great tip. Thanks for the request, Shirley! Begin by opening your project i ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:41:02 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/305/ When you want to make changes to text on a digital project, there are a couple of shortcuts that will save you some time and a lot of frustration. The easiest way to select and highlight y ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:43:45 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/304/ When you want to add text to a digital project, you select the Type tool and make font choices in the Options bar. Position your cursor over the project document and click once to begin typ ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:27:36 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/303/ Too late for a Christmas gift? Maybe the present you ordered hasn’t come in yet or the gift you are giving requires the recipient to make a choice. You could be giving the gift of tim ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:33:05 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/297/ Are you saving your pennies for the holidays? Here’s a way to get more from your purchases by making little changes.Watch this tip on video. If you like the style of the Vintage Jour ... Randy Pertiet Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:40:59 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/302/ Watch this video to learn how to use guides in Photoshop or Elements. Sara Horton Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:39:27 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/299/ The holiday season is picking up steam! This week we are continuing our holiday project series with a tip for designing your holiday cards in just minutes. Using a template as the base for ... Randy Pertiet Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:38:16 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/301/ Watch this video to learn how to use guides in Photoshop or Elements. Sara Horton Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:33:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/298/ The holiday season is here! The next four weeks will be festive and fun with plenty of opportunities to show your love and appreciation for others in creative ways. In that spirit, we are b ... Randy Pertiet Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:31:32 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/300/ This week’s tip is another in our holiday project series. Make your gift tags extra special this year by personalizing them for each person on your gift list. Using your digital stash a ... Randy Pertiet Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:59:16 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/296/ This year’s holiday prep series begins with a tip for using brushes and elements in a different way – to make printable sheets. Whether you are crafting your own holiday cards, h ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:52:21 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/295/ Have you ever wished you could change the order of the brushes in the brush picker window? As it turns out, you can! Select Edit > Preset Manager > Brushes. From there, you can just ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 06 Nov 2010 08:14:23 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/294/ Here’s a quick tip to help you speed up your workflow when you want to copy a layer several times. Begin by selecting the layer you want to duplicate. Hold the Ctrl and Alt keys then ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:01:28 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/293/ When you drag a photo onto a layered template, sometimes the transform controls are hidden in the grey area outside the document. This week in our series on getting more from layered templat ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:59:58 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/292/ This week, we are continuing our series on using layered templates more efficiently by mixing and matching parts of templates to come up with a new design. Begin by opening a digital proj ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:14:51 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/289/ A number of readers have written in asking how to use one photo to cover several placeholders in a template. Today’s tip walks you through the process. Begin by opening a template a ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:23:02 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/288/ This week, we are continuing a series of tips on getting more from layered templates. Today’s tip shows you how to change the look of a template simply by turning or flipping it. This ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 02 Oct 2010 09:57:04 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/287/ This week, we are beginning a new series on getting more from layered templates. I’ll be answering the most frequently asked questions we’ve received about how to use and alter ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:02:44 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/255/ A Photoshop Brush is an ABR file that contains images that you can use to sweep across your digital page (like a paintbrush) or stamp to transfer the image (like a rubber stamp.) You'll us ... Sara Horton Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:46:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/284/ Today’s tip is an answer to a question that came up on our Message Boards this week: how to perfectly align two or more layers. This is especially useful when you are matting a photo o ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:14:48 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/283/ Here are designer Pattie Knox's instructions for placing a drop shadow under acrylic (transparent) elements:1. Create a duplicate of the acrylic element. (In PS you would right click and choose " ... Sara Horton Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:45:48 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/282/ The year is zooming by and the holiday season will be here before we know it. Here’s a tip to help you zoom along in Photoshop and Elements. When you are working with any tool, ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 11 Sep 2010 08:27:24 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/274/ This week’s tip is the seventh in a series of video tips on using shapes to create interesting accents for your digital projects. It has been fun exploring different ways to display p ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:20:31 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/281/ This week’s tip is the eighth in a series of video tips on using shapes to add interest to your digital projects. We’ve explored a number of shapes from hand drawn squares and o ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:24:01 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/280/ Chances are, when you receive this message, you have forgotten to unzip the file before opening it in your software.All of our products are delivered as zipped (compressed) files and must be unz ... Sara Horton Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:20:51 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/277/ You can hide the template title by clicking the Layer Visibility icon. It looks like an eyeball on the left side of the title layer in the Layers Panel. (Click it again if you want the title t ... Sara Horton Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:02:00 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/273/ The past few weeks, we’ve been working through our series of video tips on using shapes to create interesting accents for your digital projects. This week’s tip combines shapes ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:11:09 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/272/ Flipping through a magazine the other day, I noticed a trendy design shape on a number of pages. The shape is a square or rectangle with two or three rounded corners. The remaining corner re ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:26:40 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/271/ The past few weeks, we’ve been working through our series of video tips that will show you how to work with shapes to create interesting accents for your digital projects. Sometimes ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:16:34 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/270/ This week, we’ll continue our series of video tips that will show you how to work with shapes to create interesting accents for your digital projects. We are celebrating the perfectly ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:10:43 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/269/ To resize an image, open it in Photoshop or Elements. Get the Move tool. Click on the image layer to select it and then press Ctrl T (Mac: Cmd T) to get the transform controls. This places ... Sara Horton Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:35:28 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/265/ When you use a clipping mask, photo block, or make an extraction you may want to save the resulting image. The image will have both opaque and transparent sections.To save the file while preservin ... Sara Horton Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:39:01 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/264/ First, save the 24x12-inch layout as a layered psd file. Now select Layer > Flatten image. Get the Crop tool. In the Options bar, choose 12 inches by 12 inches at 300 pixels/inc ... Sara Horton Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:31:23 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/262/ Last week, we began a new series of video tips that will show you how to work with shapes to create interesting accents for your digital projects. The series continues with this tip for mak ... Randy Pertiet Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:28:12 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/261/ When a viewer emailed me to ask how to make a rounded rectangle frame, I thought it would be a great topic for the tip of the week. And then I thought it would make an even better series! ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:55:21 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/259/ When we play our son’s favorite new board game, we move the characters up or down layers of the Pyramid to win the game. In Photoshop and Elements, you can win by selecting a layer ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:52:34 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/258/ Last week’s tip focused on creating a thin box around a layout or photo. This week, we’ll alter the key-lines to make them look a little less perfect, creating a less formal loo ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:51:55 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/256/ Installing a font on your computer makes it available to you in Photoshop and Elements. There is no need to load it into the software.Select the Type tool and make your font selection from the Op ... Sara Horton Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:28:03 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/254/ Several weeks ago, a reader emailed me to ask how to create a thin box around the inside edge of her layout or around a photo. In desktop publishing, these boxes are known as key-lines and ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:57:09 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/253/ Over the last few weeks, our tips have focused on using the Color Swatches Panel to select colors for your digital projects. This week, we’ll pull color from a website or document by ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:06:13 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/252/ Is it time to make a change? The designers of Photoshop and Elements give you the power to make changes to many functions of the software. The Color Swatch Panel is one area that can ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:57:24 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/250/ One of the things I like most about Photoshop and Elements is the ability to customize the workspace and personalize my projects. Last week, we started our series of Swatch Watch tips by se ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:01:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/249/ School is out and summer time is here! Our cameras get a workout this time of the year – photographing summertime activities and sights. From brightly colored beach balls to azure bl ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 29 May 2010 10:07:37 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/248/ When you are working with a layered template, there are sometimes items included that you'd rather not use.For example, some templates have labels for photos or titles that you don't want to see i ... Sara Horton Thu, 27 May 2010 00:35:45 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/245/ All of our products are delivered as zipped (compressed) files and must be unzipped before importing them into Photoshop, Elements, Word or any other software. You will receive an error message if ... Sara Horton Thu, 27 May 2010 00:14:04 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/244/ The .psd file format is a graphics or photo file created in Adobe Photoshop or Elements. It can be read by both Mac and Windows computers using image editing software.Programs that read .psd file ... Sara Horton Thu, 27 May 2010 00:04:48 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/242/ Where we live, it is spring. With the beautiful spring weather comes the annual ritual of spring cleaning. I always enjoy the fresh, decluttered look when we are finished. When yo ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 22 May 2010 09:57:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/241/ When you are tweaking details on an image, it’s sometimes difficult to get a feel for how the overall results look as you are working. To see both the details and the actual size imag ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 15 May 2010 10:07:51 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/240/ Now that it is spring, the local park is full of children enjoying themselves on the playground equipment. The slide seems to be a favorite year after year. Some children like to fly down ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 08 May 2010 09:55:54 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/239/ This week, a customer wrote with an interesting dilemma in Photoshop Elements. She was working on a digital project and had chosen a number of digital papers and embellishments to use. As it ... Randy Pertiet Mon, 03 May 2010 14:05:22 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/237/ Any font that is installed on your computer is available to you in Photoshop or Elements. You do not need to install a font into the software in order to use it.Install fonts on your computer usi ... Sara Horton Sun, 02 May 2010 03:21:31 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/235/ Get the Type tool.Double-click the text thumbnail in the Layers Panel. This looks like the letter T surrounded by a box.This highlights the text. You can change the font, font size, and color in ... Sara Horton Sun, 02 May 2010 03:06:52 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/231/ This week, a customer emailed me to ask how to make the paper clips look like they are clipped to paper. I thought it would make a great video topic for our weekly tip. When you pur ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:36:16 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/230/ Designers sometimes group alphabets or elements on one page for your convenience. I like pages of grouped elements because it means I only have to open one file, but I have all of the letter ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:23:42 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/229/ Everyone has their favorites – comfort items we turn to over and over again. In Photoshop and Elements, you can identify your favorite folders – the ones you tend to use each tim ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:00:53 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/228/ Spring has arrived and with it, my favorite sport: baseball. The kids in our area are already busy practicing in the fields, dotting them with color like so many wildflowers rustling in the ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:14:12 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/227/ When you are working with digital overlays, word art and other images that are primarily transparent, it can be difficult to “grab” those layers to move them. Positioning your ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:00:49 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/226/ 1. Place paper centered (edge to edge) on the layout.2. Place torn/curled edge on the layout MAKING SURE it is edge to edge. Occasionally you have to expand it to about 102% or so, just to make su ... Sara Horton Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:52:34 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/225/ What’s in a name? In Photoshop and Elements, a name can help you easily locate a layer when the thumbnail image is too small to be seen. When you are working on a layered document ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:01:42 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/222/ These days, our lives are so full of activities and distractions, it’s difficult to carve out large chunks of time to work on our Photoshop projects. When you do have some time to wor ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:54:33 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/22/ In order to use the products, you'll need to download the zipped files and then unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded. If not, there is a list of free unzi ... Sara Horton Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:43:16 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/83/ Go to Edit > Preset Manager. A Preset Manager Dialog Box will openClick LOAD and point your computer to the ABR file for the brushes you wish to use. Click OK.Your Preset Manager will now inclu ... Sara Horton Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:40:15 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/221/ Ali has created a video tutorial that walks you through the process of using her Half-Circle Embellishments.You can view it here on YouTube. Sara Horton Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:04:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/220/ One of the things I like most about Photoshop and Elements is the ability to customize the interface to suit your project or computer screen. One of the changes you can make is to i ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:51:25 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/219/ Where I live, we get very little snow. But this week, the children in our town were very excited to get a big snow storm. Where we can usually measure our snowballs in inches, this year, ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:52:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/217/ When you are working on a multi-layered project, you occasionally run across layers you’d like to save to use on another project. This is especially true when you have purchas ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:07:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/216/ What a fun week this has been – swapping Valentine cards and treats with our friends and loved ones. As a child, I eagerly anticipated the card exchange and was impatient to find ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:54:48 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/214/ Valentine’s day is just a few days away – a day for celebrating perfect matches. If you have Photoshop (full version), you don’t have to wait to celebrate a perfect ma ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:55:50 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/147/ The digital rub-ons in our shop are the digital equivalent of the popular traditional rub-ons you might have purchased at a craft store. Instead of having to rub them on with a lollipop stick, you ... Sara Horton Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:19:56 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/210/ In Photoshop and Elements, there is more than one way to do almost everything, so if one way doesn’t feel natural to you, there’s usually another workaround. Last week’s t ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:23:51 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/208/ When the "Enter" key does not return you to start a new line in Photoshop or PS Elements, press the Numbers Lock key.This happens when the Numbers Lock accidentally gets pressed (or has been selec ... Sara Horton Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:42:52 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/207/ Some skills are basic to the art of scrapbooking. Matting photos is one of those essential skills. In traditional scrapbooking, mats are created by cutting a piece of cardstock slight ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:45:08 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/206/ We all have a pair of favorite jeans – the comfy ones that started out with a deep blue hue, but each memory you’ve made in them has faded them just a bit. A family picnic, a tri ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:34:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/205/ What fun I’ve had with my family during the holidays, snuggling up on the couch and watching re-runs of all of our favorite Christmas shows. It’s fun to watch Photoshop re-run ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:29:41 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/204/ As 2009 comes to a close, we are celebrating the start of a brand new year this week. I love having the chance to start fresh with a clean slate each January. When you are working in Photo ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:42:34 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/203/ Are you making your list and checking it twice? With only a few days until Christmas, I hope you have completed your own “to do” list and that you’ve stayed on Santa’ ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:58:39 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/199/ Interlacing is done for web graphics. It has to do with how the images load on a web page. Noninterlaced images load in rows while interlaced images load with random pixels in each row, so they ... Sara Horton Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:13:54 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/198/ Will you be listening for the clippity clop of reindeer hooves on your roof this year? I know at least one little boy who will desperately try to stay awake on Christmas Eve, just listening ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:10:43 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/196/ If you are looking for a fun way to add a little magic to your holiday photos, try playing dress up in Photoshop! Adding fun elements like hats to your favorite subjects is quick and easy, b ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:13:54 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/194/ Do you feel left out in the cold when it comes to Photoshop Brushes? Many of you have emailed us asking what to do with the ABR file that comes packaged with our brushes-n-stamps sets. The ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:04:47 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/193/ The song says that Grandma got run over by a reindeer, but we think he was framed! … digitally that is! If you are trying to frame a reindeer (or anyone else) this holiday season, h ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:46:29 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/192/ Yes, when you purchase the 12x12 templates, you can resize them to 8x8 (or any other smaller square size.)After the pages are complete, flatten the layers and use the Crop Tool to resize each page ... Sara Horton Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:15:26 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/189/ Yes! All of our products are created at 300 pixels per inch, which is print resolution. Sara Horton Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:45:22 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/188/ After you download and unzip the files, open Photoshop or PSE. (Choose "Edit" from the main PSE screen.)Select File > Open and browse your system for the unzipped folder.Select the paper (or t ... Sara Horton Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:39:58 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/185/ In last week’s tip, we created tags and other holiday crafts using ready-made card templates. This week we continue making holiday preparations without blowing the budget. One way to ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:55:57 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/184/ We are enjoying the fall weather so much that we’ve been opening our windows each afternoon to let the fresh air in. It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is just around t ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:45:57 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/183/ It’s Halloween – a night for filling bags and buckets with tricks and treats of every sort. In the spirit of the season, we are treating you to a tip for filling your layers with ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:47:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/182/ This is the time of year when children attend parties and come around to our homes, hidden behind costumes of every sort. These costumes can make it difficult to see who lurks beneath. You ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:38:27 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/181/ Ever feel like you need to move at double-time to get it all done? Here’s a tip that will double your productivity as you work in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. When you need to ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:51:50 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/179/ 15 FUN THINGS TO DO WITH OVERLAYS 1. Change the Blending Mode and/or Opacity: Drag the overlay onto a piece of digital paper. Change the blending mode of the overlay to see what happens. ... Sara Horton Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:45:33 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/178/ Are you brushing up on your brush skills? Here are a couple of tips I’ve incorporated into my brush workflow that help increase my productivity. Always create your brushwork on a n ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:11:37 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/176/ When I scrapbook with paper and adhesive, I have two choices: Removable or Permanent tape. In Photoshop and PSE, I have the same two choices. Linking layers is the digital equivalent of ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:26:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/174/ In Photoshop and PSE, sometimes size does matter. When you have opened a photo or document and need to know the size, press Ctrl + Alt + I (Mac: Cmd + Opt + I) to activate the Image Size D ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:52:00 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/170/ Do you have an I for design? You do if you are using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements! The Eyedropper tool is a quick way to pick up a color from your photo or project. Just press the le ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:39:20 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/169/ When you visit Niagara Falls, you can choose to view it from the New York side or the Canadian side. Each side has a different perspective, but both are equally magnificent. When you ope ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:51:38 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/168/ You'll need to begin with a graphics editing program. We recommend Photoshop Elements or Photoshop from Adobe.You might like to begin with a tutorial to get started on your digital journey. Our ... Sara Horton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:50:59 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/167/ Drag your patterned paper on top of the Torn Frame Overlay. Select the patterned paper layer in the Layers Palette. It must be directly above the overlay layer. If it isn't, drag it directly ab ... Sara Horton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:30:27 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/166/ When a layer is locked, try moving the layer from the Layers Palette. Just click and drag the layer over to the new document.If this doesn't work, duplicate the locked layer by pressing Ctrl G (M ... Sara Horton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:27:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/165/ As long as you are working with a graphics editing program that supports layered .psd files, you can change the titles. The Book of Memories sets are delivered as layered templates. In Photoshop ... Sara Horton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:22:15 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/163/ With today’s hectic lifestyles, we are all looking for ways to get more done in less time. When you are working in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, you can multitask by making changes ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:54:52 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/162/ It’s back to school time - time for seeing old friends and buying new school supplies. Notebooks, backpacks, pencil cases and file folders – it’s an organizer’s dream ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:29:30 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/161/ On a recent trip to an amusement park, I rode the beautiful, old-fashioned carousel with my son. After a few rounds I found myself asking what was so appealing about the repetitive up and dow ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:23:29 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/160/ When you want to crop one layer of your layout without cropping the entire document, first select the layer you want to crop.Get the Marquee tool and drag out a selection around the portion of the ... Sara Horton Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:18:41 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/159/ Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Limited Edition was released before .png (Portable Network Graphic) images were widely standardized.Because that version of Photoshop does not support the .png file format, ope ... Sara Horton Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:54:22 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/157/ When I’m working on a project or editing my photos in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, I often have a number of images open at once. When I am ready to move onto a new project, there ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:00:10 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/156/ Using Shortcuts to Navigate to the Corners of Your Project There’s no place like home … there’s no place like home. As much as I enjoy traveling in the summer, there&#8 ... Randy Pertiet Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:05:38 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/154/ The functions of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements are so amazing, it's almost like magic! Here's a magical way to quickly re-size your document. When you want to view your document in the ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:16:32 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/37/ There are many approaches to recoloring elements, but here are a couple of simple ways for recoloring in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.Method 1: Using the Fill Shortcut (for solid colored eleme ... Sara Horton Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:41:37 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/152/ My favorite foodie shows are the cake decorating reality television shows. The multi-layer confections the pastry chefs create just amaze me. I’ve noticed that the chefs design each lay ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:01:31 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/151/ As the song goes, sometimes it’s hip to be square. This is especially true when you are navigating your way around a digital project in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. When you need to ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:08:39 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/150/ When a pirate wanted to mark the exact location of his treasure on a map, he marked it with a red X. Photoshop has a similar function. When you need to mark an exact spot on your Photoshop or ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:48:35 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/21/ In Photoshop CS3: Open a document. Using the Move tool, drag a Photocut Mask onto your document, Drag a photo on top of the mask (covering the mask completely.) In the Layers Pal ... Sara Horton Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:48:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/146/ One of my favorite things about shopping online is that the stores are always open. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, I can satisfy my need for instant gratification. No need to call ahead to se ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:52:37 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/145/ Captain’s Log: Stardate 2009. We have entered the Scrapping Zone on an assignment to preserve memory units. Our dilemma: we find ourselves needing to apply the cloak of invisibility ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:00:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/144/ I have a love-hate relationship with my scale. I love it when it decreases and hate it when it increases. *sigh* Here’s a scale that I like all the time: the Photoshop & PSE font ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:54:11 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/143/ If you've ever made a selection and then realized it isn’t in exactly the right spot, you’ll love this tip! It’s a real drag to have to try making the selection over and ov ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:01:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/142/ I’m not sure how amused my English Literature professor would be with my take on Dante’s Divine Comedy, but I think you’ll like this text tip. When you are typing a ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:23:04 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/129/ You can view the ABR files or brushes from within Photoshop, Elements, or by using ABR viewer software.To view ABR file (brushes) in Photoshop and PSE:Load the ABR file using these instructions: ... Sara Horton Sat, 23 May 2009 22:07:11 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/30/ In order to use the frames, you'll need to download and unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded. If not, there is a list of free unzip programs at TheFree ... Sara Horton Sat, 16 May 2009 17:44:00 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/131/ First make a copy of your 24x12-inch page so that you don't accidentally overwrite the original (File > Duplicate in PSE or Image > Duplicate in PS.)Get the Crop Tool.In the Options Bar, sel ... Sara Horton Fri, 08 May 2009 12:55:47 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/46/ If you are using a kit where the embellishment pieces are all on one page, Here are some simple steps for using these on your layout: Open the png embellishment file. Select your Marquee OR ... Sara Horton Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:00:14 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/23/ If you are using an alpha or a kit where the embellishment pieces are all on one page, Here are some simple steps for using these alphas on your layout: Open the png Alpha file. Select your ... Sara Horton Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:58:35 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/109/ The tagboard alphabet is basically the same as a layered template. Each alpha letter has three layers:1. The chipboard base2. A solid paper layer3. A distressed paper layer.You will need to decid ... Sara Horton Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:39:39 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/41/ There are several ways to use these products. One way is to use the .png images as clipping masks. Here are the directions for Photoshop Elements and Photoshop. How to use the .png file in Photos ... Sara Horton Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:12:28 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/102/ The Tool bars in Photoshop and PSE remind me of the Lift-the-Flap books my sons used to love when they were little. Some of the pages in those books had little flaps that lifted to reveal a ... Randy Pertiet Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:11:59 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/101/ In order to use the products, you'll need to download the zipped files and then unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded.If not, there is a list of free unzip pro ... Sara Horton Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:49:43 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/99/ If you want to change the color of the Rockets Red Glare Fireworks or any other glitter element, follow these steps:Select the item you want to recolor. Make sure the fireworks layer (or ot ... Sara Horton Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:24:57 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/98/ If you purchased the Year In Review Layered Template Set by Katie Pertiet, you may wish to change the date from 2008 to a different year.The Messy Stamped Numbers and Extras Brushes and Stamps set ... Sara Horton Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:40:38 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/96/ How to use a Quick Page in Photoshop: Quick pages and Quick books are designer pages with transparent "windows" for you to place your photos in. The transparent "windows" contain a ... Sara Horton Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:40:21 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/43/ In order to use the overlays, you'll first need to download and unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded.If not, there is a list of free unzip programs here.We ca ... Sara Horton Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:51:05 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/76/ Overlays can be a bit tricky. Here are a couple of tips:Open the overlay and a scrapbook page in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Make sure that your scrapbook page is created at 300 ppi so that ... Sara Horton Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:59:56 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/86/ Sometimes you might need to stamp a brush image in a certain size. For example, you may want to use a craft punch to cut out the image and you need to make sure it will fit inside the punch dimen ... Sara Horton Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:37:08 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/85/ Once you have placed a photo, element or overlay on your document, you may wish to resize it.Begin by getting the Move Tool.Select the layer of the item you wish to resize.Move your cursor to the ... Sara Horton Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:53:02 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/47/ In order to use the overlays, you'll first need to download them to your computer and unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded. If not, there is a list o ... Sara Horton Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:15:12 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/44/ To use the Photo Clusters, Open PSE or Photoshop. Katie has included both the .png version and the .psd version for many of the frames. You can open either the .png version of the fram ... Sara Horton Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:42:29 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/78/ In order to fully justify your text, you have to draw out a text box first. You need the text box so that PS knows where you want the boundries of your text justification to be.Here are the instru ... Sara Horton Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:22:48 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/75/ These templates are just a bit different than the other layered templates you may be used to, but the skills are basically the same. Here's an easy way to use them:Open PSE or PS and open the la ... Sara Horton Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:58:56 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/45/ Perhaps your image is too large. Photoshop and PSE allow you to create brushes no larger than 2500 pixels square.Try resizing your image under 2500 pixels.For more information, check out HTDT? No ... Sara Horton Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:20:03 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/66/ There are two ways to use a 12x12-inch template on an 8.5x11-inch page. 1. You can resize the square template to a size that will fit (8x8-inches or 8.5-inches square) by getting the Crop Tool. ... Sara Horton Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:16:51 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/49/ To use a template in Photoshop Elements:Open the template. Get the Move Tool. Select a layer you want to cover with a photo by clicking on the layer in the Layers Palette.Open a photo. Still usi ... Sara Horton Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:05:18 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/64/ These kits contain a different type of quickpage than you might be used to using.To use the quickpage in PSE:1. Open a photo and the layered quick page (.psd file)2. Double click the photo to ma ... Sara Horton Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:08:14 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/51/ If you just want to print the pages, you can use any graphics editing program or even a Word processor like Microsoft Word to create the document to print.In Word:First make sure that you have unz ... Sara Horton Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:02:57 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/52/ Here are the directions for both Photoshop Elements and Photoshop. (Tested in PSE7 and PSCS3)In Photoshop Elements:Create a new document and select the Cookie Cutter tool.In the Options Bar, choos ... Sara Horton Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:59:21 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/50/ Photoshop Brushes are not backwards compatible, so if a brush file was created in a version more recently released than your version, you may have problems loading the .abr file. The good news is ... Sara Horton Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:19:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/32/ If you've found a website with a pleasing color palette that you would like to use on your layout, you can use the eyedropper tool outside of Photoshop and PSE to capture the colors. Here's how:I ... Sara Horton Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:11:45 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/27/ To resize your layout or an element, open it in Photoshop or PSE.Duplicate your file by selecting Image | Duplicate.Select the Crop tool, then in the Options bar across the top of the editing win ... Sara Horton Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:07:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/25/ An alphabet set is not like a font. You will not be able to load and type with these sets like a font download. What you can do is open them in Photoshop and drag them onto a background to create ... Sara Horton Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:04:46 GMT