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In last week’s “Recolor Anything” post I covered basic color theory and recoloring simple items. Today things will be a bit more complicated but not overly difficult. I’m going to show you some additional techniques to recolor more complex items using the Color Blend Mode. This time we’ll be looking at patterned paper along with multi-layered and multi-colored elements. Recoloring multi-color objects in Photoshop Elements (PSE) requires a non-destructive approach to preserve details and isolate specific hues without affecting the…

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So last week I didn’t really give you a new technique…just a simple way to bypass some Text Hijinks. This week I’m going to make up for that. But things may not exactly be on the simple side. Hopefully it will be worth it for you. I’m going to give you some pointers about how to recolor anything. I’ve written multiple posts that talked about using the Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer to recolor things. One of my first technique posts was…

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The past two week we’ve been working with text. In last week’s “Puffy Words” post in particular I found myself using one of my favorite keyboard hacks and wondered why I never shared it with you before. Have you ever been working on a layout with multiple text layers and find yourself running into weird text hijinks? It used to happen to me a lot before I discovered that simple keyboard hack. So, what exactly do I mean by text…

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Last week’s post was all about an echo effect on titles. This week I want to talk about some word art. Do you ever look at some of your word art and find it falling flat? I know I’ve written lots of posts about word art. Today I want to talk specifically about layering your word art so it has some dimension. Take a look at the featured image at the top of this post; that certainly doesn’t look flat….

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After last week’s post about offset strokes, I thought it might be fun to show you how to create an echo effect using a twist on that technique. Today I’ll once again be using a marquee tool and a stroke outline. This technique is such a fun way to make a title look echoed. If you haven’t already read my “Circles, Circles” post from last week, you may want to go back and read up on strokes. It’s not a…

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