Load Brushes in PSE8 on MAC

Ok to load the brushes you can do it via:

Applications>Adobe>Photoshop Elements 8.0 >Presets>Brushes

Installing Styles PSE8 on MAC

Here are the steps to installing Styles with PSE8 on a MAC:

You will need to copy the .xml and the .asl files both into the following folder:

From the top level MAC HD Folder --> Library>Application --> Support>Adobe>Photoshop Elements>8.0>Photo Creations>Layer Styles

If your style does not come with a .xml file you can copy one that is in the folder and rename it to the style you have...just delete out all the item stuff as you don't need that. Then rename the Mediadatabase.db3 to MediadatabaseOLD.db3 (that is located at Library\Application Support\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\8.0\Locale\ en-US).

Restart PSE8 and you should be all set!

Installing Actions PSE8 MAC

Great Resource for installing actions on Mac:

http://www.texaschicksblogsandpics.com/photography-page/installing-actions-in-photoshop-elements/install-actions-in-photoshop-elements-8-on-mac/

Also, if you are wanting to organize them in "folders" then check out the following on how to modify the metadata.xml file associated with each action:

http://www.texaschicksblogsandpics.com/organize-actions-by-category-in-pse-7-and-8-free-template/

Paper tutorials

Different techniques to make paper:

• Wavy paper out of stripped paper (video)
• Simple striped paper
• Create Multiple sized striped paper

Color Swatch Tutorials

Making Color Swatches for layouts:

• Color swatch from photo
• Using Art to make swatch
• Color Palette in PSE7 (video)

Using Doodles to create pages

Ive been on the hunt to try and figure out how to use thoes cute doodle brushes to make my own paper. I found the following tutorial with some useful info:

Doodle Overlay

Brushes Tutorials

I came across this site that had great tutorials on brushes!

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/tutorials-photoshop-brushes/

New Tutorial Sites I want to check out

In my searches I found some new tutorial sites I want to check into further:

http://emptyeasel.com/art-tutorials/photoshop-tricks/
http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/
http://blog.lorrifreedman.com/

Adding Color to Black and White photo in photoshop

So I was searching around and found some cool sites that gave tutorials on how to add color back into a black and white photo. Check out the following:

http://www.astahost.com/info.php/Photoshop-Tutorial-Adding-Color-Black-White-Photo_t7741.html

http://emptyeasel.com/2008/04/29/how-to-add-color-to-black-and-white-photos-in-photoshop/

http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/photos/colorizing/

http://blog.lorrifreedman.com/index.php/2008/09/24/bringing-color-back/

Good site for tutorials

Here is a good site for tutorials I found for PSE:

http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-script/tutorials/publish/index.shtml

Check it out :-)

How to Make Scalloped Edges

Hi All,

I was interested in scalloped edges in a layout and decided to do some research and figure out some ways to accomplish this.

I found some great tutorials:

http://spraguelab.squarespace.com/blog/2007/2/2/photoshop-friday-2007-5-scalloped-edges.html

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/cg_display.asp?seed_id=21822

Have fun!

Organizing Brushes in PSE 7...creating your own abr file

How I organize my Custom Brushes

I save all my brushes under Photoshop Elements folder, because I want them to load automatically to see what I have. The problem I found was, even if I organized my brushes into folders, when I went to PSE they were all listed (and not organized into folders...like the default ones). So, I found that if I created my own .abr file with all the brushes located in each folder...I could then have a "organized" brush selection. So here is how I do it:


1. Organize your custom brushes in a folder that is NOT:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 7.0\Presets\Brushes

(I chose to do it on my EHD)

Here is a screen capture of what mine looks like:2. Then open up PSE go to Edit >Preset Manager
3. Load the brushes you want to be in your custom .abr file i.e. Folder/Collection
4. Hold down Cntrl Key and click on each one that you want in your new collection
(You will see that the ones selected now have a darker line around each one of them)
5. Now Click on Save set
6. Type in the name you want them to be (Don't use the name of an existing brush set)
7. You will not be able to see the brush set until you restart Elements so close it down and restart it.

This tutorial is based off of the instructions found here

Quick Tip #1 - How to Change the Apperance of PSE 7

Quick Tip #1 - How to change your PSE Application Color (PSE 7 specific)

In PSE 5 it was a very light Grey color and when I open up PSE 7 it is a very Dark Grey....if you want to change that....here's how:

1. Go to Edit....Preferences....General (or Cntrl + K)
2. Under the appearance options there is a slider. You can change the appearance of PSE by moving the slider to the perfered color choice of greys. (See screen shot below)




Hope this helps!

How to Pop your Photos

I found this really great post on how to make your photos pop. It deals with opacity and layers and gives you some great ideas...check it out!

http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/2008/09/12/pop-your-photos/