This week’s Adobe Photoshop or Elements tip of the week is now available on video. This weeks tip is on How to change the thumbnail size in the Layers Panel.
Join us for the March Photo Challenge.
This month’s challenge is to photograph texture. Texture can be present in the image you capture or added in post processing. If you have a macro lens, this challenge can be even more fun! No macro lens? Try filling the frame using a long focal length.
If you choose to add your texture in post processing there are many items in the DesignerDigitals store to help you. Lynn Grieveson’s Photo Textures give you several options. Katie Pertiet’s Stamped Blocks Brushes and Stamps is another option. You can also clip your photo to a paper and play with blending modes as well.
Enter one photo with the tag, DesignerDigitalsMarch, in our DesignerDigitals POTD group at flickr. Your photo needs to be taken in the month of March and posted by midnight EST March 31, 2010.
The winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to B&H Photography and be featured on the DesignerDigitals blog.
Happy Shooting!
Saturday Scraplift No. 143
You can tell how much fun Donna had creating this week’s inspiration page:
All that wonderful layering and detail, and a design that still keeps the photos centrestage. I love those traditional, homestyle colors too, which are perfect for this page.
Mel, Sam and Amy had lots of fun too, lifting Donna’s inspirational page. If you are inspired to have a go at this week’s scraplift challenge, remember to post your pages in the Saturday Scraplift gallery for us all to share.
Credits: layout by Melanie, Naturally Krafty No.08 paperpack, Vintage Flashcard alphabet no.02, Dirty Journalers, Library Card collection: Basics, stuffed Edge Documents no.01, Stuffed Edge Journalers No.01, Lil Bits alohabet: Red, Photobooth frames, Out of a box overlays.
Credits: layout by Sam, Silly Billy alpha by Lynn Grieveson (coming soon), Make a Date brushes and stamps, Stuffed Edge Journalers and Stuffed Edge photo frames by Katie Pertiet, Stitching by Anna Aspnes.
Credits: layout by Amy, Silly Bill alpha by Lynn Grieveson and Streetwise paperpack by Gretchen Thomas (both coming soon), Naturally Krafty No.01 paperpack, Stuffed Edge photoframes, Stuffed Edge Documents no.01 and Stitched Chip strips by Katie Pertiet, Staple Its! by Pattie Knox, Zippity Solids paperpackby Jesse Edwards.
~ Lynn
I am running late! Sorry. its still friday where I am tho 
which means its even MORE still friday where most of you are too!
I can never decided on my pictures to post here. Right up til the last minute I change my mind. Sometimes its a certain light, a certain angle, or maybe a theme I’m leaning towards… sometimes its a picture that I know I’d have tried to take myself in their position, or a picture I’d never have thought of and is so clever. And sometimes its all of the above mixed up!!!
I like the grouping of candles in this shot, the colour processing, and the ‘end of a day’ kind of story it tells 
Great shot Minimartha4!
And as someone who has taken her fair share of patio heater shots {its the flame, draws me in, cant help it…} and got her fair share of those ‘what are you taking pictures of?!’ funny looks, I really like this one too… By Esther.
I’m also a big fan of landscapes. Especially landscapes that arent anything like my local scene… Not to mention this shot has beautiful composition, light, depth… ETC! By debharrigan.
sneaking in one more… look at the faces here Just love it by our neck of the woods
Maureen (Mozer) here writing this installment of “Hybrid Scrapbooking and More.” I think it is safe to say that those in the East and Midwest USA are ready to see something other than snow! We’ve been inside a lot this winter. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m looking forward to spring cleaning! My first step is to get organized. I’ve found that luggage tags are a great way to label different bins so that things can be easily returned. I decided to put my digital supplies to work and create cute but functional tags.
For my first organizing project I needed tags that could easily be relabeled over and over. I decided to turn the luggage tags into mini dry-erase boards. For the second project, I used the tags to label toy bins. Since I have some non-readers, I included a photo of what was suppose to go in the container.
Supplies:
luggage tags (I used Scotch Self-Sealing Laminating Pouches for Bag Tags 2 13/16” x 4 9/16”)
digital scrapbooking supplies
ribbon
1. Create a new document: 2.5 width 3.75 height 300 dpi (If your tag is a different size than what I used, make sure your tag is smaller than the exact dimensions of the plastic luggage tag. It needs to be able to seal all the way around.)
2. Open any digital elements you would like to add and layer them on your new document.
3. When you are satisfied with your design, save as a PSD just in case you want to change anything later, and then save again as a JPEG.
4. Open a new document 8 1/2 x 11 at 300dpi. Drag your flattened (jpeg) version onto the new document. Copy that as many times as needed. If you want a decorative front and back, line up the two images side to side so that once printed, you can cut and fold in half.
5. Print the tags onto photo paper or regular paper. With luggage tags, thinner paper-weight is better.
6. Cut out and then place on the luggage tag. Seal with the adhesive back.
7. Use either the plastic ties included with the luggage tag, or use ribbons to tie to the baskets.
Brushed Alpha No. 1 by Katie Pertiet
To Love Someone Mini-Kit by Mindy Terasawa
You can use this same idea to use on any of your organizing baskets or crates. I would love to see other ways to use your digital scrapbooking supplies to help with organizing. Please share them with us in the hybrid gallery.
~Maureen
