Photoshop and Photoshop Elements (PSE) Archives

Photoshop Quick Tip: Placeholder Text

The ability to paste Lorem Ipsum placeholder text has been around for awhile in the type menu. But now you can have it automatically placed when using the type tool. Why would you want to do that you might be asking? I use it all the time and here are a few ways I find it […]

Quick Photo Masking with Guided Edits in PSE!

Tutorial Written using PSE 2019 (Painterly Edit showed up in PSE15) I am loving all the fun guided edits in Photoshop Elements! With the newest version there are several brand new ones but the one I am going to demonstrate has been around for a few versions. If you are like me – I spend […]

The New Frame Tool in the Photoshop CC 2019 Update

In this video we’ll explore the new Frame Tool in the PS CC 2019 update. How does it stack up against a clipping mask? Let’s find out!

Better Photos: Adjusting White Balance in PSE

Take your photos from drab to fab by adjusting the white balance in Photoshop elements using a Levels adjustment.

Sharpen Photos Using the High Pass Filter in PSE

If you are like many of us you have quite a few blurry photos ranging from a little to a lot blurry. Using filters is one of my favorite ways to not only lighten photos but sharpen them. Sometimes just a little sharpening can make a world of difference to your photo. You are not […]

Quickly Lighten a Photo in PS & PSE

Learn how to lighten photos with this super quick tip using a blend mode, you won’t believe how easy it is!

Quick Photo Editing Using the Adobe Lightroom App

Edit your photos quickly using the Adobe Lightroom App for ios and Android platforms! You will be amazed at the cool effects you can achieve easily using this fun app.

Recoloring Colored ScrapSimple Templates: Color Replacement Tool

About a month ago, I wrote a tutorial on using the Hue/Saturation window to change the colors on the new pre-colored ScrapSimple Templates. The Hue/Saturation window has been my favorite method for recoloring for, well, forever! Seriously. Until now. I’ve been playing around with the Replace Color window in Photoshop Elements and I don’t know […]

Take Your Photos from Good to Great Using PSE

Photo editing is my first love and the part of digital scrapbooking that I enjoy the most. Although it’s a subject worthy of a large, heavy book, I’d like to show you how I changed these photos with a few of the photo editing techniques I use routinely. Cropping. Most photos need some cropping to help […]

Using Shortcut Keys in Photoshop

Once you get the hang of Photoshop shortcuts keys, they can really speed up your digital scrapbooking. One nice thing about shortcuts is that they are often the same for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. While you can change and customize them in Photoshop, this tutorial will cover how to find the default keyboard shortcuts, plus […]