Digital Scrapbooking Tutorials

Blurry photos are the pits. Especially when they’re of important events. Find out how you can use the High Pass Filter in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to sharpen a slightly blurry photo, making it possible to actually use it on a scrapbook page! Read more >>

Learn how to make a calendar on the Shutterfly website with a little prep work first in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements Read more >>

Learn to create your own custom blog background using Photoshop Elements and your favorite digital scrapbooking kit. Read more >>

Learn how to create your own custom blog header in Photoshop Elements using the Scrapper’s Guide Recess digital scrapbooking kit. Read more >>

Kayla Lamoreaux, a Digital Scrapper Tutorial Instructor, continues her series on Tips and Tricks for Bloggers by showing us how simple and easy it can be to customize your blog with a free background from The Background Fairy!

Kayla’s video gives step-by-step instuctions for installing the free background and shows how to setup a Blogger blog template. Read more >>

We’ve got a guest blog post from Kayla Lamoreaux, a Scrapper’s Guide Tutorial Instructor, with a video tutorial on how to customize a free blog header from The Background Fairy in Photoshop Elements, and also how to center the blogger header with HTML code. Kayla also shows us some tips in her video on how to customize the blog header. Read more >>

In my opinion, the best new feature of Photoshop Elements 9 is the layer mask! I NEVER thought Adobe would add it to Photoshop Elements, but there it is—a single button at the bottom of the layers panel you can click, and PRESTO! You have a layer mask.

What do layer masks do? Essentially, they hide part of a layer in a nondestructive way. Read more >>

Yesterday I posted a video on using the fabulous new Out Of Bounds feature of Photoshop Elements 9, and I promised I would share some tips on how to use an Out Of Bounds photo on a scrapbook page.

So here it is! Click on the video title below to open the QuickTime video. Enjoy! Read more >>

I’ve got another video for you to watch on the features of Photoshop Elements 9. It’s really a cool effect called Out Of Bounds. This is where part of the photo appears to stick out beyond the edge of the photo.

I’ve taught how to do this manually, and let me tell you, this is a lot simpler! All the steps are written out for you right inside Photoshop Elements 9, but I do add some information in my video that should be helpful to you. Read more >>

Photoshop Elements 9 was released today! Learn about the new features, including the new Layer Mask function, and watch a video by Linda Sattgast on the new Style Match feature. More Photoshop Elements 9 videos are scheduled to be released in the coming days. Read more >>