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What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
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If you have praise, comments, or questions
for any of our Product or Layout Designers, did you know you can send
them a PM (private message) using the message board? It's easy!
If you are a registered user of the message
board, just click on the "PM" box at the bottom of any of
their posts to send them a message. Or, to check out more of your favorite
designer's layouts, visit the Scrap
Girls Design Team section of the Layout Gallery.
Life Muses by Ro: The Simple Joy Project – All You Need is Love
All you need is love
I can’t help it. When I see this statue, the Beatles song, “All You Need is Love” (dah, dah, dah, dah, dah) blasts through my head. Can you hear it, too?
Technically, we need more than love, but it ranks pretty high. According to Maslov’s hierarchy of needs, after our psychological (what it takes to stay alive) and safety needs are met, we need love. We need to receive it and to give it.
Back in the days when I was still writing music, my dad informed me (after intently listening to a stream of my newest songs) that I needed to write more music about love.
“Rosie,” he said, “all of the best, popular music is about love. You need to write some of that.”
I hadn’t ever thought about it until that moment, but (as usual) my dad was correct. How many “My car needs new struts” or “I’m cleaning my living room tomorrow” or “Maybe I’ll have a haircut today” or even “My dog is cute and you should know it” songs have you heard? Popular music generally has love as the undercurrent through almost every line. Either the author has found it, lost it, wants it, hates it, is getting over it, or is crazy wild about the love they have right now.
It has also been said that people have two great desires: to feel love and acceptance. Dr. Phil says that if you understand this, you’ll understand what most people do most of the time.
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 22: 37-40)
Interesting. The greatest commandments are that we love.
Maybe the song was right after all, “All we need is love…”
- Ro
Layout by Ro
Supplies:
Note from Ro: Would you like to earn a $20 Gift Certificate, too? Send your own
muse to [email protected]. If it is selected
for publication in the Scrap Girls newsletter, you'll get to have
fun shopping!
Muse: To be absorbed in one's thoughts;
engage in meditation. Not intended to solve the world's problems,
another person's problems, or to cover topics completely. One does
not have to agree with musings to enjoy them just as one does not
have to be the same as someone else to appreciate who they are.
Enjoy Ro's Muses? She now has a blog where she is posting some of our readers' favorites, along with blog-only topics. http://lifemuses-ro.typepad.com/life_muses_by_ro/
Enjoy an eBook collection of Ro's
popular Life Muses from the first half of 2006 in an easy way to print,
save, or purchase as a gift for someone you love.
Tutorial: Sharpen by Using Unsharp Mask
Note: Tutorial created using Photoshop 7 with Windows XP.
Unsharp Mask (also called USM) is a filter in Photoshop that is used
to sharpen images. Although it is not technically sharpening the image,
it is creating the illusion of sharpening. USM works by putting a greater
contrast between the light and dark pixels and also by putting an edge
on the objects in the image. Trying to sharpen a blurry photograph is
impossible, but it's possible to sharpen photos that are soft or fuzzy
so that they become clear and distinct.
Let's get started. Find a photograph
that you want to sharpen and open it. For any photo editing process,
the first step is to resize the photo and the last step is to use the
Unsharp Mask filter. If you haven't already, resize the photo so that
it's ready to go onto your digital scrapbooking layout.
My favorite way to resize is to crop the photograph. Choose the Crop tool from the toolbar. In the Options Window, type in the width and height and resolution (300) that you want to crop the photo. To view the options window, go to Window>Options. For example: 4 inches wide, 6 inches high and 300 resolution.
On the photo, drag out the crop lines, right-click and choose Crop. Duplicate the photo layer (go to Layer>Duplicate Layer) so that we have the untouched original to go back to if we want to make changes later. Now, let's use Unsharp Mask to sharpen the picture.
To find the Unsharp Mask in Photoshop, go to Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask. The Unsharp Mask dialog box will appear.
Check the Preview button to watch the photo change as we apply the effects of the filter. See the words Amount, Radius and Threshold? We will adjust the sliders and they will bring out object edge pixels in the image. Object edge pixels are the outlines of a strand of hair, etc.
Amount percentage controls the contrast in pixels to bring out those edge pixels. The light pixel will become lighter and dark edge pixels will become darker the higher the amount percentage is set.
Radius controls how wide the edge pixels are. The higher we set the number of the pixels, the wider the edge will be.
Threshold levels control and maintain the texture of the image. The lower the Threshold levels, the sharper the image will be.
Over sharpened photos look terrible. An over sharpened photo will have wide edge pixels and/or too much contrast between the light and dark pixels. It's easy to fix by reducing the Amount % and the Radius or by increasing the Threshold levels. Fix it before clicking OK or there is the original that we can duplicate and start Unsharp Mask over again.
An example of an over sharpened photo:
As we are working in the Unsharp Mask dialog box, we can view the original photo by checking and unchecking the Preview button. Another way to view the original is to click and hold on the preview image in the dialog box.
A good guide to set the Amount is between 50 – 200.
A good guide to set the Radius is between 0.5 - 6.0.
A good guide to set the Threshold is between 0 – 6.
What the setting will be depends on the image, so play around with it. If the Amount % is high (85% - 200%) then the Radius should be low (.5 – 3). If the Amount % is low (50% - 85%) then set the Radius high (3 – 6). The changes can be subtle and amazing.
A good place to start is Amount: 85% - 100%, Radius: 1 – 3, Threshold 0. Click OK when done using the filter.
A before (left) and after (right) using Unsharp Mask Filter. Amount 100, Radius 3, Threshold 0.
If you enjoy adding filters to your photographs, check out the photo actions in the boutique. Commercial Licenses are available.
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Online Classes Available
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Scrap Girls is
looking for qualified digital scrapbooking teachers to teach
Photoshop and Photoshop Elements classes. Teachers will be
required to create class PDFs that will be reviewed prior to
class. Teachers have complete flexibility in scheduling classes.
Candidates
must have strong skills in Photoshop and/or Photoshop Elements
and have strong layout design skills. Knowledge of both programs
is a plus. They must be warm and friendly, comfortable handling
fast-paced chat room situations, and able to easily handle
questions that arise regarding their particular software area
of expertise.
Candidates will be required to audition for this
paid position. There will be a list of topics available from
which classes can be developed, however, the teachers are encouraged
to present their own ideas for approval as well.
Please contact
Jan Hicks at [email protected] for
more details. If you are interested in applying, please forward
to Jan an up-to-date resume as well as a sample tutorial you
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New
Class Offering!
How
to Combine ScrapSimple Photo and Paper Templates for PSE
February 21 and 28, 3:00PM ET
New
Class Offering!
Conquering
the Fear of Patterned Paper
March 1 and 8, 3:00PM ET
What's Happening at Scrap
Girls?
 Did
you know that you can subscribe to Scrap Girls RSS feeds? Look
for this icon at the bottom left-hand corner of the message board
forum listing. We have two feeds:
 Scrap
Girls Digital Scrapbooking Message Board (See the latest
chatter on the board.)- Scrap
Girls Radio Digital Scrapbooking Podcast (This is a
sound broadcast with tips and tricks, inside news and dirt,
chat/crop updates and more. Ro is your show host.)
You can listen to the podcast with QuickTime, Windows
Media Player, iTunes, or even your iPod - if you load the mp3 file
it on it. Just download the mp3 file to your computer and away you
go... or simply click on the podcast link and the podcast will start
right in your browser. You can also access the podcast through the
Scrap Girls Radio forum on the message board.
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Recipe
Challenge Chat
Friday, February 15th
- 9:00PM ET
Join Danna (ScrappyLibrarian)
to chat about this months recipe card challenge! We will share
our recipes, tips, and tricks and have fun getting to know
one another. We will be in the chat room at 9 PM EST and look
forward to seeing you there!
Check the message board on Thursday, Feb 14th for this month's
recipe theme!
Scraplifting
Crop
Sunday, February 17th
- 5:00PM ET
Join AngelaNussbaum and TysMommy for
a Scraplifting Crop. A few hours before the crop we will tell
you the name of a Scrap Girls Team Member, and you will be
able to chose one of their layouts to be your inspiration.
During the crop we will also help explain about scraplifting,
how to use a layout as inspiration, and the importance of giving
credit. Scraplifting is a lot of fun! So come join us, you're
sure to enjoy it!
New
Member Chat - Early Edition
Tuesday, February 19th
- 3:00PM ET
Join Dee Decker (DDecker)
for the early edition of our New Member chat at 3:00 Pm EST.
Everyone is welcome to join us as we meet new members and answer
questions about the Message board, Chat room, Gallery, Chocolate
and anything else that may come up!
Life
Moments Crop
Tuesday, February 19th
- 4:00PM ET
Please join Ang(rocamp)
and Pat (pbarnes) as we
continue to work on our personal albums, one layout at a time!!
For this Life Moments Crop we'll be focusing on the most influential
people/person in our lives. People can have such an impact
on our lives and mold us into who we are. Join us for this
crop and create a layout that shows who has been most influential
in your life and expresses why that person is important to
you. You don't have to scrap and chat at the same time, but
we'd love for you to join us to discuss and share our layouts!
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, February
20th -
12:00Noon ET
Join your host Betsy for
the High Noon Crop every Wednesday at Noon eastern time. These
crops are designed to allow you to work on your own photos
and themes, simply giving participants a one hour goal, and
a fun, new challenge each week!
On Feb. 20, we'll do a design elements challenge!
Create a layout using the design principle of repetition! not
sure what that means? We'll explain and discuss at the crop!
You'll have one hour to create a layout
and upload to the special High Noon Crop gallery. You'd be
amazed what you can get done in just one hour! Meet new friends
and have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!
Faith
Journey Crop
Wednesday, February
20th - 9:00PM ET
Join us for the "Faith Journey" Crop! All
faiths are welcome! Look for more details on the Message board
and newsletter.
Keeping Current Crop
Thursday, February
21th - 10:00PM ET
Join AngRoCamp for the new Keeping Current Crop on the third Thursday of each month at 10 p.m. ET (9 p.m. Central, 8 p.m. Mountain, 7 p.m. Pacific)
Don't let those photos pile up and become frustrating or overwhelming. Join us in the chat room for fun and focus on "keeping current" as we each tackle our most recent pictures and stories. So grab the last photo... or two... or three... that are still hanging out on your camera's memory card and get to work so you can say with confidence "I'm current!"
Swap Crop Chat
Friday, February
22th - 9:00PM ET
Join Carla (crs) and Karen (kazbar73) for the Swap Crop Chat on Friday, February 22nd, at 9 PM EST! We’ve swapped our photos, created the layouts…now it’s time to celebrate! Everyone is welcome to chat, even if you weren’t able to participate this month. If you are thinking about joining, this is the chat to find out what it’s all about and how fun swaps can be! We hope to see you here!
Quote Challenge Crop
Sunday, February
24th - TBA
Come join angelaNussbaum and kazbar73 for the Quote Challenge Crop!
Here's how it will work. On Sunday, I'll post a thread on the challenge board giving you the quote which you will use to make your own word art. It's not hard, and I will even have a layout with a Word Art example. Then we'll meet in the chat room to have fun, chat, and create our Word Art layout!
We'll post the time on Sunday, as the time changes around each time to allow participation by our international folks.
Everyone can participate and create a layout, even if you can't make the chat. Hope to see you there!
ATC Crop Chat
Sunday, February
24th - 7:00PM ET
Please join Pat Bowman in the ATC Crop Chat Room at 7:00 pm ET for our February ATC chat/crop. All are welcome! Challenge topic will be posted prior to the chat.
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February
Events
February Board Game: Bingo
Yep, it is time for everyone’s favorite
game... Bingo!!!
I know you want to play, so here is how
you do it. Please pick 25 of the 80 words and phrases listed
in the thread on the message board and send them in an e-mail
to [email protected]. Please
make the subject of your email "BINGO Card" and include
your Scrap Girls forum user name (for example: BINGO CARD
wxchic or BINGO CARD AngRoCamp). Please PUT THE
SAME THING in your e-mail followed by your 25 words. I don’t
need your real name, just your screen name!
You have until Midnight EST on Sunday, February
3rd to sign up for the first round of Bingo! Any e-mails received
after that will be included in the next round of Bingo. I cannot
be held responsible for misdirected emails. You do not have
to register for each round of Bingo once you are playing. Your
card is good through all the rounds. (You will receive a response
from me that I have received your card. If you do not get that
response within 24 hours, let me know!)
On Monday, February 4th, the welcoming committee
will start calling words 5 at a time and keeping calling 5
words a day (weekends NOW included) until someone posts that
they have a Bingo. What is a Bingo? You have a Bingo when they
have called 15 of your 25 words. If the Bingo is valid (which
we will verify using the e-mails that you've sent us), we'll
clear the cards and start over.
Want to know what you're playing for? Each
winner will receive a $5.00 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls
Boutique! Have fun! Remember you may only win ONCE. We want
everyone to have the chance to be a winner!
February Layout Contests:
Layout
Contest: February is here and love is in
the air! It’s time for chocolates, roses and romance.
Do you have a special Valentine? Who is the special someone
you trust your heart and soul with... the person you would
do anything for? Let’s pay tribute to these wonderful
people by creating a layout for the February Layout Contest!
Post your layouts to the February Layout Contest section
of the Gallery before February 29th at Midnight EST for
a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Boutique.
Good Luck!
Mid-February
Layout Contest: Faith is a very powerful attribute. On the Scrap Girls Message Board, we have all witnessed the power of faith. For the Mid-February Layout Contest, we’d like to see your layouts about faith…your religion, a leap of faith, your faith in another person or object…whatever moves you. The contest will run from February 15th until March 15th at midnight, EST time. To be eligible to win a $10 gift card to the boutique, please post your layouts in the Mid-February Layout Contest section of the Gallery. Have fun and Good Luck!
Ongoing Opportunities
Customer
Muses: It occurred to us recently that
it might be wonderful for our readers to share with each
other their own versions of Ro's Life Muses. We know each
of you has a wonderful story to tell. To have your own
essay considered for publication as a muse in the column
for our special Saturday newsletter, send your essay to [email protected].
If your essay is selected, you will receive a $20 Gift
Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique.
Way
Cool Scrap Girl: We are so excited to have
all of you meet some of the amazing people that have become
Scrap Girls! We'd love to introduce you to our readers,
too! If you would like to be spotlighted, send the following
items to [email protected] :
- 500-900 word essay about
your experience with digital scrapbooking, Scrap Girls, and
specific examples of how we have helped you.
- A 600-pixel wide, 72 dpi copy of a layout you've created
that uses Scrap Girls products.
- A complete list of any and all supplies used on the layout.
- A 100-pixels wide, 72 dpi picture of yourself. (How fun to
see who you are!)
- Permission to use your statement.
If your entry is selected,
you'll win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
Customer
Freebies: We get a lot of requests from
you asking if you could share a freebie with your Scrap
Girls friends, and we have come up with a way to do it.
On Saturdays we will be sharing freebies created by you,
if they are available. If you are interested in participating,
download this
PDF with the specifications and you'll be on your way.Please
note that if you choose to use any Scrap Girls tools or
templates in your submission, commercial licenses for those
products are required. (Even our own designers must purchase
commercial licenses for any items they wish to use in a
non-personal manner!) If your freebie is chosen, you will
receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
Suggest
a Challenge, Win a Prize! Have a great idea
for a gallery layout challenge? Submit it to [email protected].
If your challenge idea is chosen, you will win a prize
(such as a brush set, paper set, embellishment set, etc.).
The prize will be a surprise, but you'll be sure to like
it because you will get to pick out the one you like best
(from the category you'll be assigned to shop in when you
are notified that we are going to use your challenge idea).
Friday will be Customer Challenge Day so keep an eye out
on the message board calendar. It will be fun to see what
YOU come up with for us to do!
 Note
from Ro: Scrap Girls
is now giving away birthday gifts to our message board members! Of
course, it is a surprise what you will get because birthday
presents are always surprises! But you will like it for sure
because most people like money... Oops! Did I say that? No.
I didn't say that. You did NOT hear me say that.
Anyway, make sure your message
board email address is current and that you have the correct
date entered into your profile or you'll miss out on the birthday
present! (You will only be entering the month and the date
so don't be shy. We won't know how old you actually are!) |
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Check our message
board calendar if you have any questions about what is happening
at Scrap Girls. All event times are given in Eastern Time Zone unless
otherwise noted. Need help converting time zones? Check
out the World Clock - Time Zone Converter. (Use 'USA-New York' as
the location for the Eastern time zone.)
Designer Freebie
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* There is a "free download"
button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them
in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items. Also
note that if you are slow reading your newsletter, you may find this
freebie has already been retired, as the freebies are only available
as gifts for about two newsletter cycles.
Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
The free digital scrapbooking stater kit
section is a standard newsletter feature for the benefit of the large
number of new subscribers that join our list every day.
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Would you like a chance to try
digital scrapbooking yourself?
Scrap Girls Refresh Collection
Biggie offers you samples of some of our most popular product
types. Try making a layout, your own paper with a ScrapSimple
Paper Template, a fast layout with a ScrapSimple Digital Layout
Template, or experiment with a brush.
We know you'll love digital scrapbooking
as much as we do, and we have thousands of products to feed
your new addiction!
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If you read nothing else, read
this!
15 Things You NEED to
Know to Become a GREAT Digital Scrapbooker. It's so
addictive; it ought to come with a warning label!
Free eBook "starter
kit" turns your dreams of digital scrapbooking
into reality today!
This dynamite eBook is 65 pages
- packed full of the information, ideas and help people need
when they are about to dive into this great hobby. It answers
questions about digital scrapbooking that Ro is asked all day
long, every day of the week, and each day of the year. You don't
have to wonder about important questions like how to back up
your files, whether you need a 12x12 printer to scrapbook digitally
(and which one to buy), or what type of computer software is
required to create digital scrapbooking layouts. The answers
are all here for you - in one easy to use eBook!
Bonus! Download the fun "Warning"
Label, too. It was created for you by Valerie Randall as a little
bit of extra fun!
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button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them
in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items. |
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The Simple Joy Project – All You Need is Love
Friday, February 15, 2008
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In this issue:
- What's New in the Scrap Girls Boutique?
- Life Muses by Ro
- Tutorial: Sharpen by Using Unsharp Mask
- Online Classes Currently Available
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Contests
- Ongoing Opportunities
- Designer Freebie
- Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Educational Products |
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The Scrap Girls newsletter is created
for you by a virtual army of Scrap Girls team members. Without
them, we couldn't possibly share these resources with you, and
I'm very grateful for their ongoing help and support.
I hope you enjoy today's issue as
much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Ro
CEO - Scrap Girls, LLC
P.S. Your email address is
safe with us. We never share, rent, sell, or loan our list with
anyone!
P.P.S. If you ever need any assistance,
please email [email protected]
or call
866-598-3444 and we'll help you as quickly as possible!
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Scrap Girls Clubs
Scrap Girls Monthly Club |
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Join
the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with
the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking looks
while saving! (A $26.93 value for $9.99 or less!)
The Scrap Girls Club contents
are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business
day to the 1st).
With the Scrap Girls Club, you
will receive:
Layout by Syndee Nuckles
using February's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you
by Syndee Nuckles
Remember, these items are available
separately in the Boutique at regular prices for those who would
rather not join a club.
(Note: The Scrap Girls Club
contents are always available for sale elsewhere in the Boutique
at their regular prices once the associated club month is released.
But all club contents are totally brand new, never seen before
product releases for each month!) |
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ScrapSimple Monthly Club |
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Join
the ScrapSimple Monthly Club and you can enjoy the newest
ScrapSimple looks while saving! (A $13.95 value for $6.99 or
less!)
The new ScrapSimple Club
contents are released on the 15th day of the month (or the closest
business day to the 15th).
With the ScrapSimple Club, you
will receive:
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1 ScrapSimple Paper Templates Set
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1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
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1 Brush Set
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1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
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1 Designer's Choice Item
A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple
club is also available here.
Layout by Brandie Valenzuela
using February's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you
by Brandie Valenzuela and Shalae Tippetts
If you prefer not to join a club,
the ScrapSimple club contents are available at regular prices in
the Boutique. You can easily find them right now by checking the What's
New? section of the Boutique.
(Note: The ScrapSimple Club contents
are always available for sale in the Boutique at regular prices
once the associated club month is released. But all club contents
are totally brand new, never-seen-before product releases for each
month!) |
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Educational Products
MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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*NEW!* MORE
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop (Versions
6, 7, CS, CS2, CS3)
MORE
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop Elements
versions 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 & 5.0
It's time for you to stop playing
catch-up in Photoshop and start having a blast doing the more
advanced tricks that you see other people and professional
digital scrapbookers doing.
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Take the world's easiest shortcuts to
creating your own backgrounds, embellishments, and alphas.
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Make sure that you don't make the biggest
mistakes that digital scrapbookers make when they create
layouts.
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Learn fantastic tricks for using Scrap
Girls ScrapSimple products.
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Dip your digital scrapbooking self into
some of those "other" cool tools that are sitting there
waiting in your software for you to use such as paths,
masks, the drawing pen, and more.
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See how easy it is to install and manage
new Custom Shapes and Styles in Photoshop so that you
can make things that are creative and unique.
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Learn advanced tricks for using tools
that you already know and love.
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Watch me make some beautiful papers and
get a chance to peek inside of my layers. (Oh dear...
That is the last frontier and I might be out of my mind
to let you do it... NOBODY likes people to see inside
of their layers. It is like having visitors peek inside
of your dresser drawers. Very private stuff.)
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See a new way for coloring doodles. (I'm
betting that it will surprise you what tool I've used
to do that with, too...)
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Get "IN" on creating your own brush sets.
(You do NOT have to have those impossibly long brush sets
frustrating you anymore. In fact, when you learn this
trick, you will wonder why you haven't been using it all
along.)
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Find out why Custom Shapes are so important
to you. (Bet you didn't know...)
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Learn how to cut out a title from a background
or a photo.
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And even more...
Note: These are NOT beginning
tutorials. If you get this training and you have never used
Photoshop before or if you aren't pretty sure of yourself
in the software, you are going to be lost. You simply have
to understand layers, where things are located, and all of
the basic, important skills that Ro teaches in her Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed series before you try
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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 6.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 5.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 4.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 3.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed (Photoshop)
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) X
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 9
Are you wishing you could learn
how to scrapbook digitally, but feeling kind of intimated by it?
These tutorials allow you to actually watch Ro scrapbook. You'll
see her working on her computer and hear her talking about why
she is doing what she is doing. It's easy to watch the short, one-topic
movies over and over again until you have it down. It's like having
Ro come to your home and give you private scrapbooking lessons.
You could be digitally scrapbooking today!
After you watch the Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed movies, you will...
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Create your own digital scrapbook layouts
using the latest, most popular techniques
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Manage all of the important basics that
digital scrapbook enthusiasts need to know to get started
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Understand how to save your files for printing
or sharing them with your friends and family over the internet
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Make your own textured brush
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Learn how to install and use purchased brushes
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Make your own simple backgrounds
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See how easy it is to manage transparent
embellishment files that allow digital scrapbooking layouts to
look like they are "real"
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Become a pro at managing the drop-shadowing
techniques
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Learn about transparency and lighting effects
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Make your own digital torn paper edges
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Be able to isolate a single item in an embellishment
or alpha and be able to change the color to suit your fancy
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Become a pro at repairing damaged photos
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Know the secret of putting text on a curve
or in a circle
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Laugh at how simple it is to make rounded
edges on your photos
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Use keyboard and tool shortcuts that make
digital scrapbooking a breeze
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Be able to place digital embellishments
on your digital scrapbook layout with ease
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Unlock the mystery of how to clip a digital
paper clip onto your layout so that it looks real
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Learn how to install and use purchased textures
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Understand some advanced techniques such
as how to keep blue eyes blue on a black and white photo
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Learn how to adjust black and white photos
to sepia
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And lots more!
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Mastering Brushes |
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Mastering Brushes for
Photoshop Elements
This ebook was created from the popular online class Creative
Brushwork. It is perfect for the scrapbooker who wants
to go above and beyond the basic brushing techniques taught
in Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop
Elements. Make your layouts shine with the polish that
advanced brushwork can bring!
Photoshop
version also available! |
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The Beginners Guide to Filters
and Plug-ins |
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If you're at all curious about
filters and plug-ins, then The Beginners Guide to Filters
and Plug-ins for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements (Windows) is what you need! This 70 page ebook contains everything
you need to know to get started - what they are, what they do,
how to set up your computer, where to find them, how to get
them into your software, and more.
Paint
Shop Pro (PSP) version also available! |
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Digital Photography Simplified |
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Digital Photography Simplified
eBook: This eBook (full of easy to understand information
and photographic examples) is tailored to the beginning digital
photographer who wants to take better photos. More advanced
photographers will also benefit from this eBook with the sections
that get you out of your comfort zone.
So get ready to turn that dial away from AUTO and start taking
extraordinary photos! |
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Ten Beginner Tips on Type |
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If you're creating a digital scrapbooking layout, it's almost guaranteed that you'll be using type on your pages somewhere. But did you know that type can make or break your page? What typeface will you use? What size font? Where will you place it on your page?
If you want to take some beginner steps towards improving the type on your layouts, and thereby improving the overall look of your layouts, then this eBook is perfect for you. It's written in a very simple style, focusing on one digitally scrapbooked layout while walking you through ten tips that take type from mundane and awkward to eye-catching and cohesive. |
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Scrapbook Secrets for Microsoft Word |
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Look here to see all
of the things that you will learn with Scrapbook Secrets for
Microsoft Word, as it has a different set of benefits. |
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Start to Finish eBooklets |
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Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Make a Birthday Scrapbook Page
Nothing could be simpler than
learning to scrapbook digitally with Scrap Girls Start to Finish
eBooklets. Step by step written guidelines and detailed screenshots
will help you learn new digital scrapbooking skills. Included
with the eBooklet are the actual digital files you need to create
a finished project!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PS: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper &
Photo Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PS: How to use ScrapSimple Tools: Custom
Shapes & Patterns also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PS: The Beauty of Blending Modes: Using
them with ScrapSimple Products also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Emboss & Texturize with
ScrapSimple Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: Making a Just Because Card Using ScrapSimple
Card Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper &
Photo Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: The Beauty of Blending Modes: Using
them with ScrapSimple Products also available! |
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