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Adding a Gradient Fill to a Digital Scrapbook Transparency

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This free digital scrapbooking tutorial was created using Adobe Photoshop CS2 with Windows, but should be able to be adapted easily to other systems. If you have questions about how to do this, just ask on our message board!

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Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial Screenshot: Add a digital scrapbook overlay to your digital scrapbooking paper.

In your digital scrapbooking graphics program, such as Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, open the digital scrapbook paper “DEB_Susie_paper_red.jpg” from Durin Eberhart's Susie Collection Biggie and the ScrapSimple Transparency Overlays: Suzette. Using Shift+Drag, place the transparency on the paper.

 

Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial Screenshot: Choose a gradient to add to your digital scrapbook transparency.

Click on the Gradient Tool and choose a gradient.

 

Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial Screenshot: Use the gradient tool to add a gradient to a new layer in Photoshop.

Make a new layer. Click and hold your mouse in the left upper corner of the new layer. Drag across the upper edge to the upper right corner and release. You have now filled the new layer with a gradient. (If you would rather cover the digital scrapbooking transparency with a solid color, instead of adding a gradient to the new layer, fill the new layer with paint.)

 

Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial Screenshot: Use a clipping mask to clip the gradient to the digital scrapbooking transparency.

Press Ctrl+G (PSE and PSCS) to create a clipping mask, which will conform the gradient to the shape of the transparency. (The clipping mask command in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and above is Ctrl+Alt+G.)

This technique adds a bit of fun and drama to your digital scrapbook page.

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Digital scrapbooking page "Five Years Old" by Durin Eberhart uses a gradient fill to add interest.

Digital Scrapbook Layout by Durin Eberhart
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Digital Scrapbooking Transparency - ScrapSimple Transparency Overlays: Suzette * Bright Digital Scrapbooking Kit - Susie Collection Biggie

Digital Scrapbooking Artist Durin Eberhart

Free digital scrapbooking tutorial written by Durin Eberhart.

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MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed: Photoshop (Versions 6, 7, CS, CS2, CS3)

NEW! Discover your hidden scrapbooking talent today! MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop will have you doing the same tricks and knowing the same tips as the professionals! With MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop, you will be creating your own digital elements and enjoying advanced techniques on your digital scrapbooking layouts in no time!

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More Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements movie tutorials

Have a blast doing the more advanced tricks that you see other people and professional digital scrapbookers doing. Learn how with MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements.

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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements (PSE)

Learn how easy it is to create digital scrapbooking layouts in PSE 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 with these easy-to-understand, newly updated, tutorial movies in Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0.

(Note: This version also works for PSE 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0. See the product details page for more information.)

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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop (PS)

Find out how easy it is to use Photoshop to create digital scrapbooking layouts and edit your photos with the newly updated Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop (CS4, CS3, CS2, and CS).

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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) X

Learn how easy it is to create digital scrapbooking layouts with these easy-to-understand tutorial movies for Paint Shop Pro X. (Can be used for PSP XI, too!)

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Scrapbooking 911: 20 Sketches to Revitalize Your Digital Scrapbooking - Book 3 eBook

Are you stuck in a creative corner? Need a jumpstart to your layouts? Want more ideas how to go from a blank page to a digi masterpiece? It’s Scrapbooking 911 – 20 Sketches to Revitalize Your Digital Scrapbooking – Book 3 to save the day!

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Ten Beginner Tips on Type eBook

Learn to design digital scrapbook pages like a pro with the Ten Basic Design Principles ebook written by Valerie Randall and Mandy Steward. Learn to use a grid and understand ten basic design principles shown through examples with grids and detailed explanations.

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Mastering Brushes eBook

This ebook, Mastering Brushes for Photoshop Elements, was created from the popular online class Creative Brushwork. It is perfect for the scrapbooker who want to go above and beyond 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 available here.

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Digital Photography Simplified tutorial eBook

This great eBook will take digital scrapbookers photos to a new layer. Diane Miller's photographs are amazing and her Photography Simplified eBook shows you how you can get fabulous shots, too!

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Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Make a Birthday Scrapbook Page

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! Also available:

Start to Finish eBooklet - PS: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper & Photo Templates

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Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: Making a Just Because Card Using ScrapSimple Card Templates

Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper & Photo Templates

Start to Finish eBooklet - PSE: The Beauty of Blending Modes: Using them with ScrapSimple Products

 

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