Woman and Photoshop Elements 9 Peek

Self-Portrait, originally uploaded by brockney52. Since I’m shy about taking other people’s photos, the subject for the theme “Woman” had to be me – in triplicate. I had great fun with this and used the new Photoshop Elements 9 and its wonderful layer masks to create this image. Then, I created a video about using [...]

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Primary Colors

Sunflower After, originally uploaded by brockney52. Last weekend, I went to a sunflower farm – about a week after the 14 acres of sunflowers had been mowed down. Only one small patch of sunflowers left. And the harsh afternoon light was glaring down. Sigh! I’ll have to plan better for NEXT year. Here is the [...]

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Freebie – Layer Mask action for Photoshop Elements

With the professional version of Photoshop, you can add a layer mask to any layer. In Photoshop Elements, only adjustment layers have an attached layer mask. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to add a layer mask to any layer in Photoshop Elements, too? I’ve created a Layer Mask action that you can download [...]

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Tortoise Pedicure

Tortoise Pedicure, originally uploaded by brockney52. I couldn’t resist giving this tortoise a pedicure. You too can give a tortoise a pedicure and learn how to paint with blend modes. View full article… and download the tortoise photo for practice. Note: I left out one last step. I reduced the opacity of the nail polish [...]

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Bonus Lesson – Create Rich Tints with a Gradient Map

Judi asked me how I got the brown tinted background in my roller skate photo. I used a Gradient Map adjustment layer for the tint and created a video lesson to show you how I did it. Click the image above to see a larger version of the video below.

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