Week By Week Technique
February 19, 2007
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Week By Week Technique
Hi Criss,
Happy President's Day to those of you living in the United States!
This is one of those holidays that is celebrated more as a mail holiday than anything else, but I am grateful for our founding fathers, and for those who serve as leaders of our government. It isn't a job for the faint hearted!
Top Pick from the Week-By-Week-Technique Gallery for Intertwined Hearts!
 Last week I taught how to intertwine two objects as though they were chained together.
This layout by sandranns is a great example both of the intertwined hearts technique AND of good layout design! The layout enhances the photo of this handsome couple.
I love the pretty ribbons that accent the page (from Jenny Binder's Real Ribbons CD) and the clever use of numbers in the title. Very nice job, sandranns!
Check out the other GREAT examples of pages using intertwined hearts!
JUST GETTING STARTED WITH PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS?
The following tutorial assumes you know things like how to create a new document, how to work with layers, how to apply layer styles, etc.
If you feel unsure of yourself in these areas, or if you have trouble with any of the steps in the following tutorial, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR! Get my Volume 1 Training CD. It will save you SO much time and will get you up and running FAST!
Painted Shape Accents
Week-By-Week-Technique
There are many brushes available to us that we seldom, if ever, use. We'll explore some of those brushes in this lesson and learn how to use them on shapes to create fun accents!
 1. Select the Custom Shape tool. Open the Shape Picker menu in the Options Bar, and double click on the shape of your choice. For this example I'll use the "heart card" shape.
2. Click on the Foreground Color Chip to select the color you want your shape to be.
3. Click and drag on your document to get a shape outline. Press Shift as you click and drag to maintain the original proportions of the shape. When you let go of the mouse, your shape will fill with the Foreground color.
 4. Ctrl click (Mac: Cmd click) on the thumbnail of the shape layer in the Layers palette to get a selection outline. Then click on the eye of the shape layer to hide it temporarily.
5. Create a new layer and select the Brush tool. Open the Brush Picker and choose a set of specialty brushes from the drop down menu at the top. (Adobe Photoshop: click on the right facing triangle at the top of the Brush Picker to access additional brush sets.)
6. Choose an interesting brush and enlarge or reduce the size as needed. Brush across your shape with broad strokes to produce an textured or painted effect.
7. When you're done painting, choose "Select > Deselect" to get rid of the selection outline.
Here are the brushes I used in these examples:
1. Dry Media Brush Set: 63 Pastel on charcoal (horizontal strokes)
2. Faux Finish Brush Set: 100 Texture Comb 1 (vertical strokes)
3. Faux Finish Brush Set: 119 Mesh Large (angled strokes)
Ways To Use Your Accent
Click on the original shape layer to select it, and make it visible by clicking on the empty box at the left end of the layer. Double click on the layer thumbnail and change the color to a lighter, darker, or complimentary shade. Add a drop shadow to create a fun accent. (See below, left.)
You can also use just the brushed layer, with its inherent transparency as a stand alone accent or as part of a piece of word art. In the example above I used Old European ES font for the word "Family" and Myriad Web Bold for "Love."
Although I used hearts for this example, I'd love to see some examples with other shapes in the gallery this week.
Be sure to go to the Week-By-Week-Technique Forum to find out exactly what Priss wants you to post and to take advantage of the other resources for this tutorial!
Love and scrapbooking success,
Linda Sattgast
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