Extend a Photo with Photoshop Brushes
Today, we are sharing this Extend a Photo with Photoshop Brushes tutorial by the talented Adryane. This tutorial may be followed in BOTH Adobe Photoshop and Elements. Extend a Photo with Photoshop Brushes Introduction Use Photoshop BrushSets to extend the subject matter of a blended photo. Learn to mask an image using a FotoBlendz clipping […]
10 Ways to Use Scenic Album Templates
Today, I’m sharing 10 Ways to Use Scenic Album Templates in your photo artistry and digital scrapbooking. 10 Ways to Use Scenic Album Templates Introduction Use Scenic Layered Template Album No. 1 to share your photography. There are 20- 12 X 12 Layered Templates in this collection Plus a BONUS ‘Cover Set’ for photo book […]
Frustrated with Clippings Masks?
Are you FRUSTRATED with Clippings Masks? Frustrated with Clippings Masks? Introduction Clipping masks are an EASY to blend your photos. But they do NOT come without their problems. Modify Clipping Masks provides solutions for ALL these frustrations. There is ALSO guidance and inspiration for using the NEW ArtPlay Rainbow Collection. 1. ‘Hard’ Photo Edges This […]
Multilayered FotoBlendz Masks: How to Use Them | aA
How to Use Multilayered FotoBlendz Masks Multilayered FotoBlendz masks arrive with stains, textures, ArtStrokes and brushes already arranged for you. Move the whole set onto your page, clip a photo, and customise each layer to make the design your own. Creative Team member Miki Krueger shares how to get the most from multilayered FotoBlendz masks […]
Sashay Your Way to MultiMedia Foundations
Today, I’m sharing a new video on the [aalogo]YouTube Sashay Your Way to MultiMedia Foundations Video. Sashay Your Way to MultiMedia Foundations Video. Guidance for using digital elements to create artistry foundations. This video provides insight and inspiration for using the ArtPlay Palette Sashay Collection, and deconstructs a digital artistry/scrapbooking layout by Margó Juhász, and […]
Photo Enhancement Techniques
Today, Creative team member, Linda Davis shares her Photo Enhancement Techniques. As I was creating this page, two factors influenced my thinking. I am a photo-centric scrapbooker, meaning that I generally focus first on selecting the photos I want to use on a page. Often, that means working with less than perfect photos. The photo that I […]
Ghost Shadow with Custom Shapes Tutorial
Creative Team Member, Barbara, shares her process for Ghost Shadow with Custom Shapes Tutorial. Ghost Shadow with Custom Shapes Tutorial Different ideas come to me while working on a page and I go for it to see what happens. They don’t always work out and it goes into the trash and I start over again. […]
Artsy Paper Enlight App Tutorial
Creative Team Member, Trish, shares a Artsy Paper Enlight App Tutorial to get your next layout started. Artsy Paper Enlight App Tutorial Our garden has the most beautiful Wisteria vine along the side brick fence. Each year I watch as it sheds it leaves, lays dormant for a couple of months and then gradually starts […]
Custom Transfer Clipping Masks Sonoma-style Video
Today, I’m sharing my most recent aA YouTube Custom Transfer Clipping Masks Sonoma-style Video. Custom Transfer Clipping Masks Sonoma-style Video Guidance for creating blending clipping masks using Transfers and Overlays. This video deconstructs a layout by [aalogo] Creative Team Member, Heather Prins, and explains how to create a custom blending clipping mask using Transfers and Overlays from ArtPlay […]
Psychedelic Filter Effect
Creative Team Member, Ulla-May, shares her Psychedelic Filter Effect Tutorial in Adobe Photoshop. Psychedelic Filter Effect Story Behind The Art I first used the effect described in this tutorial more than 10 years ago. I loved the outcome so much that I had the page printed and hung it on one of my walls, but I didn’t […]
FotoBlendz and Blending Modes: Add Color & Depth | aA
Blended Digital Scrapbook Pages with FotoBlendz and Blending Modes FotoBlendz and blending modes are the quiet trick behind pages with real color and depth. Clip a photo to a FotoBlendz mask, change one dropdown, and the whole mood shifts. Here is how, step by step. Barbara shares one of my favourite ways to work — […]
The Best Watercolor Painting Photo Editing Effect
Viv Halliwell, shares The Best Watercolor Painting Photo Editing Effect. The Best Watercolor Painting Photo Editing Effect There are many ways to create a watercolor effect in Photoshop. I have searched for the best results and I believe I have found the best work around, based on Marty at Blue Lightning’s Youtube Tutorial. 1. Select your […]
FotoBlendz Clipping Masks: Blend Photos Like a Pro | aA
FotoBlendz Clipping Masks: Blend Photos Like a Pro FotoBlendz clipping masks are my pre-designed blending masks — soft, slightly distressed painterly photo edges, built in. This is a tour of the range, the formats, and the pro moves that take a page from blended to beautifully blended. FotoBlendz clipping masks are the shortcut I reach […]
Perspective and Gradients with Digital Scrapbooking Accordion Frames
A new video: Perspective and Gradients with Digital Scrapbooking Accordion Frames Perspective and Gradients with Digital Scrapbooking Accordion Frames In this video, I walk you through the contents of the Amidst ArtPlay Collection by Anna Aspnes Designs. I also show you how to create an artsy digital scrapbooking layout using the Perspective and Gradient Tools […]
Using Framed Masks in Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial
Creative Team Member, Barbara, shares Using Framed Masks in Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial in Adobe Photoshop or Elements. I wanted to create a dreamy, summery layout with one of my favorite flowers, daisies, layering them on masks and adding a little frame. Using Framed Masks in Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial makes you want to play with masks and […]