A creative action edit by Beckie

July 12, 2012 by 4 Comments

this post written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com I did this edit in CS5 using only Everyday Elements’ actions. I started out this edit first by straightening the horizon. I do my best to do that in camera, but sometimes it just doesn‘t happen quite right. So, the ruler tool, which took me ages to find […]

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Create Custom Watermark Brush Presets

July 11, 2012 by 12 Comments

It’s here!! The day I finally revisit the watermark brush topic! The tutorial I wrote (a long time ago) about creating custom watermark brushes continues to be one of the most popular posts for EE. However, it is also the one that creates the most questions. I have not been good about answering questions left […]

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Enhancing Eye Color in Photoshop {Elements}

July 10, 2012 by 6 Comments

Ever take a picture of someone who has beautiful blue or green eyes, yet when you look at the picture in Photoshop or Elements, the eyes seem a little dreary and lacking the color they have in real life? Today I am going to show you how one adjustment layer in Photoshop or PSE can […]

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Add Directional Light with Gradual Light Action

July 7, 2012 by 54 Comments

There are times when photographing subjects that the light is just not what you want or need, leaving one side of the image darker than suits you. In Lightroom, the graduated filter can quickly fix that but there isn’t anything like that available in Photoshop Elements (or Photoshop, but there is a grad filter in […]

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