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The Right Selection

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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Glow Getter

Funny story to get you started. When I was first working on this post I had the idea for the title already in my head. I’m not sure why that particular phrase came to mind…it just did. So I thought I’d run with it. A little secret, most times when I’m writing I’m always on the hunt for image ideas that go with the theme of my post. Google comes in real handy for this. Oddly enough I found a…

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Shadows Flying High

When I started working on this post and came up with the title, I couldn’t help but think of a song I hadn’t listened to for quite some time; Lost Boy/Neverland by Ruth B. Here are the first lines of the song… “There was a time when I was alone. Nowhere to go and no place to call home. My only friend was the man in the moon. And even sometimes he would go away, too. Then one night, as…

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Modern Gesso

Exactly what the heck Is Gesso? Gesso is one of those words that seems to stop beginner digital artists in their tracks. It leaves many people wondering how to use it, or if there’s even a need to use it at all. Historically, gesso (pronounced ‘jesso‘) was made for oil painting and was traditionally used to prepare or prime a surface so oil paint would adhere to it. It is made from a combination of paint pigment, chalk and binder….

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Filters On Paper

As I mentioned in last week’s post about Filter Basics, Photoshop Elements (PSE) has some fantastic filters. You can create unique textures that can add depth or other effects, transforming a simple paper into something artistic. Filters are one of the most important features in PSE which holds the potential to modify the entire look and feel of an image by adding special effects. There are a lot of things that you can do with Filters. You can create compositions…

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