Making a clean selection easily in most graphics editing packages can be tricky. There are so many selection tools available and it’s hard to know which one is best suited for your desired result. Photoshop Elements (PSE) provides selection tools for different kinds of selections. For example, the Elliptical Marquee tool selects circular and elliptical areas, and the Magic Wand tool can select an area of similar colors with one click. More complex selections can be made with one of…

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In last week’s post I talked about how to frame or highlight a “busy” photo’s subject, keep the original photo, but blur out all the distracting parts. That post got a bit too long so I decided to show you the rest of the story today. Let’s take a look at some other ways to focus on your “star”. Focus & Blur Part 2 There’s nothing that says you have to frame a section of your photo to highlight it….

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Before I get into the meat of this post, I first want to wish everyone here in the United States (US) a very Happy Thanksgiving this week. I am wishing you a harvest of blessings, good health, good times and something for which you can be grateful every single day of your life. And next, this will in all likelihood be the last scrapbooking tip for 2024. The Holiday Season here in the US has nearly begun. And if you’ve…

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After two weeks learning about glows, today I’m going to show you a completely different way to make an image glow without using a single layer style! I don’t know if you’ve ever seen an image where part of the subject appears to be all aglow, almost as if from within. That’s the kind of glow I want to show you today. I think this is such a cool effect. And it’s really not all that hard to create. The…

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If you read last week’s post you know I had a rough start to my year and have been working on trying to attain a “better” outer glow. That really has nothing to do with this post. But it is odd that once again the universe guided me to the amazing quote in the featured image at the very top of this post. And after last week, you should now also know a few things about dealing with an inner…

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