Auto Correct The Lighting In Your Picture

Clicking on the Demo Picture will enlarge it so you can see it more clearly.

Open your picture in PSE (I am using PSE 3.0)
Crop it to your liking
Click on ENHANCE
Then pick AUTO SMART FIX

If the coloring still seems a bit off:
You can click on ENHANCE
Then ADJUST LIGHTING
Then BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST

(I used brightness/contrast because I took it with too much light – you will use whatever is more fitting to our picture/preference)

Then you will slide the brightness or contrast levels around until you get the effect you want

You can also use this feature to create your own background page with picture intact. Just slide the brightness and contrast to extremes

When you are satisfied with your project, don’t forget to go to FILE and SAVE AS

Making Pix B/W With A Little Color

Clicking on the demo photos will enlarge them in a separate window so you can see more clearly

With you picture already chosen:

Click on the black ad white circle in the layers menu and choose hue/saturation

In the pop-up box, slide saturation all the way to the left. This will turn your picture black and white. Click OK.

Choose the brush tool.

Make sure your fore ground color is black. Click OK.

While holding down the left mouse button brush over the part of your pic you want to be colorized. The color will return.

Now, if you don’t want the original color to come back quite as bright, click on the opacity button and adjust it down to your liking. Brush over the area and see the difference.

If you happen to accidentally brush over an area you don't want colorized, you can do one of two things. You can go up to edit and click on undo. Or, you make your fore ground color white and brush over that area and it will return to black and white.

When you’re done, save your pic using "save as: so you don’t save over your original picture.

Directions provided by: Scrapbook Memories

Give this technique a try and send me your completed works of art. I will be happy to show them off here. Don't forget to include a link to your blog/website!

Enjoy and have fun!!

Photoshop Elements Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial

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STAMPS to DIECUTS

When i was at the scrapbook discount show this last weekend, i realized something. They had tons of wood stamps with cute little images, but I like the clear stamps better and I like using my Cricut because I can get the different sizes. Well, just because the stamp image is small doesn't mean that's the ONLY size i can get.

I realized that if I were to stamp the image in black ink on plain white paper; I could then scan that image into the computer; then enlarge that image to whatever size; then, if my photo/edit program allowed me, I could color/fill in the image; then crop, save and print on white cardstock or white photo paper. Now, you have your own personal diecut!

I used to use my computer much more before when I first started scrapbooking. I just need to use it to my advantage again!

I encourage you to use this technique!