Photoshop Tips for Digital Scrap Booking Enthusiasts
Graphic Design
3rd Oct 2009
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Scrap booking, a preview for the enthusiasts on how to create one we enlist some tips that would help you.
Creativity is something that uses imagination and there are various things in your house that you can use to create an attractive scrap book. Search the market to find collectables. There are so many decorative items you can buy without spending much. Inexpensive gems and fancy ribbons, the markets is filled with them. There is a lot that you can do with tiny things like sparkle stickers etc. Such efforts will bring great results.
If all these smalls bits of border outlining and fancy sparkle is not your taste then you can find things in your house, try creating a border outline with wood chips of your pencil sharpener then use pencil colors carefully to beautify that outline. Most of it is usually imagination and creativity, it’s your playground.
Now we shall learn the steps while designing an alphabet along with multiple patterns for a Digital scrap-booking project? Through this article you shall learn to create a text combining with design using Photoshop that helps you to make your own neat digital scrap booking. By the way of learning this process one could easily design alphabets and numerical, print and ultimately use to write names, titles or special heading on your scrapbook.
Now lets learn to operate Photoshop software, move the mouse cursor to click on file and select New to initiate a new document. Pick the size you’d like to create, like 250 x 400 pixel or what ever size you require.
Attention: All the above said steps can be found at photoshoptrail.com website, then use the option digital scrap booking available on the left menu.
Start with initiating a new document and save it, then create a new Layer, type with letter C and use the font – (Swis721 BlkOul BT) with 200pt and align it in the middle of the document.
Now go back and select the layer from last step and use keyboard to press Crtl simultaneously click on in use layer and select the letter C. Now select option gradient tool and choose a color option for example Dark Blue = #276D25 and Blue = #5C9159. Pull by using gradient tool diagonally from bottom right to top left corner and unpick the selection. Take the help of using the above said procedure you have learnt to make a Letter C with varying Blue color.
In the next step go to top menu bar, click on filters and then blur. You find that this way the letter C will turn the color a bit blurred.
In the next step we are shown how to make a shape which will be the design for the scarp book, this shape is created using the Pen Tool in the Photoshop toolbox palette. Now choose your color and fill it in with Gradient tool.
I hope that these steps have helped you well in trying to create the alphabet C with the color blue along with a design of your choice. To read and learn more you can always visit the site in the below signature.
7 Visualization Tools for Breakthrough Success
Visual Art
30th Sep 2009
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Visualization is the process of seeing in your mind’s eye something that you would like to do, have, or become. It’s building the prototype in your imagination first, thus activating the quantum Law of Attraction to create the corresponding physical reality.
Following are 7 visualization tools to help you make the most of this incredible power that’s available to you right now:
1. A peaceful, quiet place. First in importance among the various visualization tools is to find a place where you can enjoy total peace of mind for 15-20 minutes. Visualization is a personal experience that requires mental focus. That’s why you need a quiet place.
After you gain some experience in visualizing, you’ll be better-equipped to deflect outside noise and distractions. But for the beginner, it’s important to find your own sanctuary where you can be zero in on something you really want.
A safe bet is often a room at home with a door you can close behind you. But a peaceful place in a natural setting can be a tremendous enhancement to your visualization. Look for a secluded grassy knoll beside a babbling brook, or comfortable spot along a forest path.
2. Keep a pen and notepad handy and use it to write out the goal you’ll be visualizing. Articulating a desire helps you decide what you most want. When you get it down on paper, does it come to life? Or is there something else you really want to go for now?
Getting your thoughts down on paper helps you decide. A second advantage to writing it out is it helps you gain clarity and refine your objective in detail. The more detailed your description, the more it tends to fuel your desire.
3. An audio recorder is another powerful visualization tool. Any kind of recorder will do. Simply speak into the microphone and record what it is you want. Maybe it’s a new car, or wardrobe. Perhaps it’s a relationship, or you want to improve your own self confidence. It doesn’t matter what it is. Simply describe the result you want to have. Record your ideal scene with you already in possession of that which you seek.
4. Read the works of authors who reveal the magic of visualization. Look for Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain and anything written by Neville Goddard or Denis Waitley. All three understood the power of the mind to visualize or simulate a desired outcome to in fact bring it about.
5. Use affirmations to strengthen your visualization sessions. Affirmations are positive, empowering statements of fact expressed in the first person. They are powerful visualization tools designed to present a new self-concept; that of actually being in possession of whatever it is you seek.
6. Guided visualizations make it even easier. When you can listen to a CD or download that includes relaxing music as a soothing voice takes you on an imaginary trip towards yours specific goal — that’s powerful! Guided visualizations help channel your thinking and get you focused on your specific goal.
7. “Reminder triggers” help keep you on your chosen path. Visualizations are empowering. But what happens when you’re finished a session and you head back out into the dog eat dog world of 21st century living?
You tend to forget about the direction you want to head in. That’s where you need a reminder trigger. Maybe it’s a special coin you carry in your pocket. Or it could be a goal card you keep with you that states clearly and succinctly what you’re working towards. Even something as simple as an elastic band around your wrist can help you snap back into living life on your terms, whenever you catch yourself going astray.
There you have it — 7 powerful visualization tools to enhance your sessions and your life. Apply these and you’ll find yourself taking a faster, more direct route towars the things in life you most want
Digital Imaging Systems: Safe, Efficient Image Storage
Software
29th Sep 2009
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Digital Imaging Systems are an excellent way for organizations to streamline their internal process by improving their capture, processing, storage and retrieval of images. Using Digital Imaging Systems, they can more easily share images and records via email as well as allowing for online access throughout the organization, and satellite locations, to documents and other valuable information.
Most typically, a digital image is created using a digital camera. However, some analog documents can be captured such as film photographs, printed papers and other documents and images that are scanned on a scanner or similar photographing device.
Organizationally speaking, it’s far easier to locate an image or document using a digital imaging system than it is using a paper filing system or microfilm organization system. Using a digital imaging system, storage is relatively minimal since information is stored digitally.
Storage cabinets and even the staff who manage them can effectively be eliminated as documents which once took entire rooms to store have been condensed down to a few computer discs.
Digital imaging systems in the medical field typically consists of fully configured systems of components designed to all work together to properly document and store patient medical records and images. Typical equipment used includes microscopes, cameras, interface cards, personal computers and imaging software. Additional components often include adapters for both microscopes and digital cameras to be used in capturing images for storage.
Specific to documenting injuries, digital imaging systems play a crucial role in the gathering, organization, storage, sharing and display of information pertinent to the patient’s injury.
One issue, however, is the problem of digital image authentication which, as technology evolves, so does the issue of the probability of image alteration. This potential problem is all the more reason to have a Digital Imaging System in place to securely store sensitive patient records.
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A Few Cool Photoshop Tips And Tricks, Part 1
Graphic Design
28th Sep 2009
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When it comes to entering the graphic design world, creating interesting pieces for a job or sharing artwork with family and friends, there are plenty of cool Photoshop tips and tricks to consider. Whether you are just experimenting with the tools or already know how to layout a magazine spread, there will always be a new shortcut or trick to make life much easier. Below, you will find a few tips to add to your repertoire or share with others:
Easy Photoshop Tips and Tricks
Have you ever wanted to easily create the image of Earth and dread using the circle tool? There is an easy way to design the world in six steps, which should take less than a minute to complete. First, you should select File/New from the menu bar and create a file size that measures about 200 pixels by 200 pixels. The RGB mode should be selected for this trick. Next, choose a light blue shade for the foreground color and a darker blue for the background color.
Under the Filters tab, select Render, and then choose Clouds. The scene that will greet you should look a lot like the sky. It is the clouds filter that utilizes the foreground and background colors needed to construct this image in your file. If you desire a different look, you can press Ctrl + F on Windows or Command + F for a Mac to reapply the filter. Each time this key combination is pressed, you will receive a somewhat different outcome.
Now, return to the Filter menu and select Render, and then choose Lighting Effects. Once you enter the Light Effects menu, you are able to alter the shape of the ellipse to a circle that becomes centered on your file. Changing the Narrow setting to 39 next follows choosing the Default Spotlight setting.
Sometimes a Photoshop project calls for texture. There are thousands of backgrounds to create that range from a grainy composition to a multi-faceted mess (depending on the look you are going for). To create a paper texture in Photoshop, you should start a new file that measures 60 x 60 pixels. The color should be in RGB. Next, select the following commands in this same order: Filter, Noise, Add Noise. Once completed, choose Gaussian, which is set to 80%.
The next step to create a paper texture is to select Filter, then Stylize, followed by Emboss. The angle should be set to -50, the Height to 2 pixels, and the Amount to 70%. The background will now resemble a gray embossed selection. To change the color, choose Image, then Adjust, followed by Hue-Saturation-Brightness. Once you select the Colorize checkbox, you should set the Hue to a different setting. To gain your personal preference, you can adjust the contrast.
To create the appearance that objects are glowing without using any filters, choose an object to work with that will be duplicated as a layer. First, select the color you’d like your glow to be. After choosing the lower duplicate, click on Edit from the menu, then Stroke. When the Stroke Options appear, the pixel width should be set between 1 and 16. It is important to remember that the larger number you choose, the thicker the glow will appear.
Before exiting, you should glance under Location to make sure that the Outside option is selected. The next step involves applying a Gaussian Blur to the layer, which can be found under the Blur option in Filters. This will soften the glow applied to the layer. Some individuals even repeat the process to create a double glow, which is some cases, can really make an image stand out.
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