written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com It’s been a little while since I’ve done an action edit. And I haven’t had a chance to try out the updated “City Lights” B&W set from Amanda! There were a few new actions added into that set. For this edit I chose ‘Carson City’. The first thing […]
Using the gradient tool to lighten up your image
April 10, 2013 by 9 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Today I want to show you how to lighten up an image using the gradient tool (I will be using CS5, but I do believe you would use the same steps in PSE#). (the image below is not mine, but I was given permission to use it without credit by […]
Making photo Valentine’s Day cards
February 6, 2013 by 10 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Valentine’s Day is coming soon! How fun would it be to make personalized cards for your child to give out? In this post, I’ll show you how you can make a simple wallet-sized card and have them printed out for your kids to take to school on Valentine’s Day! […]
How to make a Facebook Timeline Cover Photo
January 30, 2013 by 20 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Facebook has recently made some changes to the rules concerning Timeline Cover Photos for your fan pages! The biggest one is that you cannot have text covering more than 20% of your cover photo (this is in addition to the other guidelines Facebook has regarding cover photos for fan pages). […]
Action Edit using “Jackson”
January 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com I love actions! They make processing images a lot of fun! They are each created to be so unique and give certain looks to images! For this image I chose to use “Jackson” from the Everyday Elements “Coast to Coast” action set. This action has a warm and contrasty look […]
Action edit using “New York City” B&W action
December 26, 2012 by 4 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Everyone loves a good black & white! I’m going to show you how I go from a SOOC image (straight-out-of-camera) to a beautiful black & white using the “New York City” action from the Everyday Elements “City Lights B&W” action set. I don’t normally crop my images (I like to […]
Making your own Christmas ornament frame templates
December 19, 2012 by 4 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com, inspired by Jill of Jill Jarvis Photography Have you ever seen those beautiful Christmas ornament picture frames and wanted to buy them, but didn’t really want to cut up your pictures? Here’s an easy way to make your own template to fit any frame ornament. First you’ll need to scan […]
Creating Custom Workspaces in Photoshop CS5
March 21, 2012 by 3 Comments
A while back I wrote a post about customizing the workspace in Full Edit mode of Photoshop Elements. It’s handy and wonderful but it is lacking one thing to make it really great – the ability to SAVE IT. That missing trait is actually something that Photoshop CS5 (and older versions) do have, but many […]
Grouping Layers in Photoshop CS5
February 28, 2012 by 3 Comments
Pin It Going forward I will be doing one tutorial a week specific to Photoshop CS5 (and older versions). The technique/steps/tools may very well apply to PSE, and in those cases I will let you know. If they do not apply to PSE then I will try to provide an alternative the week after and […]
Step by Step Clean Edit Tutorial {with picture for practice}
January 27, 2012 by 4 Comments
Rock the Shot, a wonderful photography forum, has asked me back again to provide a lesson on clean editing. I decided to teach a few of the ways Levels can be a blessing to your workflow, and five of the seven edits are done with just Levels! To see the tutorial, with video, and download […]
