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TUTORIALS

TUTORIAL INDEX

Course 2 - Playing is Fun

Course 4 - Miscellaneous Tutorials

Course 5 -Photography & Fixing Photos

Plug-ins - Installation Instructions

GUIDES

Book of Me Guide

Heritage Guide

Themed Thursday Guide

Variety Challenge Guide

Template Guide

GRAPHICS GRAB

ABOUT ME

WHY AM I "HUMMIE?"

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LINKS AND RESOURCES

LINKS

Digial Scrapbooking Sites

Tutorials by Type of Program

Tutorials by Type of Element

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SCRAPBOOKING TITLES

Baby & Pregnancy

Summer, Pool, Swimming, Boating

Birthday

Patriotic & military

Fall, Thanksgiving, Halloween

Course 2 – Playing is Fun

These tutorials may assume knowledge of previous tutorial skills found in Course 1.

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Fun Tools

Brushes Tutorial

Clipping Masks

Gradients

Color Picker vs. Color Swatches vs. Color Table

Advanced Selections Tutorial

Displacement Maps - coming when I get time!!

Fun Techniques

Dividing/Slicing Photos (learn how to use the grid)

Circle Text

Feathering/Vignette/Blending

Out of Bounds (extracting photo techniques too) (also known as OOB)

Punch Shapes (& using the cookie cutter)

Tinting Tutorial (with converting to black and white)

Color Isolation Tutorial (includes masking technique)

Color Blocking Tutorial

Lines for Balance Tutorial

Blurring Background Tutorial (& using the magnetic lasso tool) (includes all Blur Filters)

Custom Shadows

Making a Snowglobe

Animations

Blending Masks (one of many ways!)

Title Highlight - Knock out ribbon

Buckle Tutorial

Vellum Frame over Photo with Two Inside Borders

Dingbat (Vintage) Frames

Repeated Elements (on the same layer)

Cut out on Paper

Turned Mat

Movable Shadow of Object

Funny Caricature Faces

Tearing/ripping photos and papers (6 videos!)

Duplicating, Enlarging, and Cutting off

Large Monogram

Fitting Pieces

Corner Banner

Creating a swatch from a photo

Distressed Edge Frame

Making an Element Go Over and Under Another Element

Drop Shadows on Opaque Items

Finding Perfect Background Color for your Photos

Align & Distribute

On a Shelf

Inset

FILTER CHALLENGES

Using the Colored Pencil Filter

Plug-ins (add-ons) Includes instructions for installing these Photoshop Elements plug-ins: actions, layer styles, patterns, brushes, gradients, swatches, shapes, and filters in both Windows XP and Vista.

This tutorials is now expanded into several tutorials and hosted on its own page. Click here.

Subscriber Area Thread with Video/Presets - Gradients, Swatches, Brushes, Patterns, and Textures

Subscriber Area Thread with Video/Filters

Subscriber Area Thread with Video/Self-Installing

Subscriber Area Thread with Video/Shapes

Subscriber Area Thread with Video/Layer Styles

Subscriber Area Thread with Video/Actions

Inspiration for Using Text

Blending Text into Background

Outline Text Tutorial

Drop Shadow on Border of Text Tutorial

Layered Torn Text Tutorial

Drop Down Box for Emphasis on Journaling

Photos in Text

Cut out Text - Use it!

Text on Photo Backgrounds

Inked Edges

Bent Curved Template

Clear Text

Using Wordle

Text Frame Templates

3D Text

Photo From Background

Swirly Arrows

Strikethrough Text

Text Cut Into Paint Splatter

Cut Out Photo for Title

Justifying Text

Kerning, Asian Text Option, and Word

Keyboard Shortuct for Center and Left/Right Align