Scrapbooking With Photoshop Elements

Title: Scrapbooking With Photoshop Elements The Creative Cropping Cookbook
Author: by Lynette Kent
ISBN-10: 0782143776
ISBN-13: 978-0782143775
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Today's advancements in digital technology are transforming the traditional art of scrapbooking. With a computer, digital camera, scanner, ink-jet printer, and Photoshop Elements—Adobe's popular digital imaging software for home users--you have all the ingredients you need to create a truly astounding and unforgettable scrapbook. But learning how to use these tools can be intimidating. In Scrapbooking with Photoshop Elements: The Creative Cropping Cookbook, digital scrapbooking trainer Lynette Kent distills the information you need to know about choosing and setting up the hardware you need. She also shares professional design secrets and introduces you to the vast range of artistic possibilities that emerge when you use Photoshop Elements. This practical and friendly guide demystifies the technical topics and leads you step-by-step through dozens of inspiring examples.

Inside, you'll find:
* Professional advice and principles for coherent design
* Shopping lists to help you choose the right tools
* Creative ways to enhance photos with Photoshop Elements
* Artistic techniques you can't perform with scissors and glue, such as turning a photo into a sketch or painting, and creating type that is filled with a photo
* Tips for producing special text effects and customizing clip art and backgrounds
* Innovative ideas for making better photos for your scrapbooks
* Instruction on how to set up pages for printing and archiving
* Handy tear-out recipe cards that outline key steps from the book's projects
* Secrets for getting the most out of your digital camera, scanner, and ink-jet printer
* Essential information on preserving your images through digital archiving
* Bonus! You also get exclusive coupons for savings on digital scrapbooking products.

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Part 3: GSDS-The Basics of Creating Digital Layout

When you create a digital layout, you do it in much the same way that you would a traditional layout, in that you layer papers and elements on top of one another. Each paper, photo, or embellishment exists on its own layer in your document, and you can reposition them at your discretion.

If you have a scrapbook software then just follow the intructions that goes with it.
Here are some simple steps for creating a basic layout with Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Open your photo-editing software
Go to File > New and set your document size to 12x12", 300 dpi, transparent background. Click OK. This will be your layout document.

Go to File > Open and locate the file of a paper you would like to use for a background. Click OK.
Position your layout document and your background paper document windows so that both are visible.

Select the Move Tool (click on the arrow at the top of the tools palette or just type "M") as shown

To move your paper onto your layout, simply hold down the SHIFT key and click and drag the paper over to your layout. Release the mouse once your cursor is positioned over the layout. The paper should now be centered on its own layer in your layout document.

Repeat steps 2-5 with a photo, a frame and piece of word art, position your elements, and you have created a simple, but beautiful layout.

Tips

• "To reposition an element on your layout, simply click on its layer, and with the Move Tool (V) selected, move your cursor over that element and click and drag the element on your layout to a new position.
• " To resize an element on your layout, select the element's layer, then go to Edit > Free Transform (PSE users go to Image > Transform > Free Transform). Then hold the SHIFT key as you drag one of the corner handles in or out to resize and maintain the original proportions. (The bounding box with adjustment handles will shop up automatically if you leave the "Show Bounding Box" option checked in the options toolbar.)
• " To add depth to your elements, go to Layer > Layer Style > Drop Shadow and adjust the settings in the dialog box to your liking. (PSE users can find drop shadows in the Styles and Effects Palette under Layer Styles.)
• " To move elements in front of or behind one another in your layout, simply click and drag the layer up or down to a new position in the Layers palette. The higher it is in the palette, the closer it is to the "top" of your layout.