I love all the different ways we can use Photoshop and Elements to create interesting styles for our type when creating new digital scrapbooking layouts. Whether it’s simple gold text, a set of drop shadows or something more complex, the different ways you can change the type to suit your layout is endless. This effect is one of my favorites. Called the Letter Press
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Apparently Tuesday snuck by sometime earlier this week while I was busy either cleaning up kitty barf or bouncing and skidding along the turf next to the walking trail much to the amusement of my fellow walkers (but not so much to the amusement of my right knee and elbow). But never fear, I’ve got something AWESOMELY cool for you today. It’s not exactly
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One of the most frequent questions we get from new digital scrapbookers is how to get their text to follow a line or a shape. In PS and PSE we do this by using PATHS. A path is a vector line that is drawn with a shape tool or the pen tool. Sadly, our PSE friends can’t draw paths! (Hey, they’ve got to give
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I’ve been doing a lot of writing lately, and occasionally have need for unusual characters. Things like © ¢ ¼ ° all come in handy from time to time! Not all fonts have these characters, but the good basic fonts that come with your computer will. Figuring out how to print them is another matter! Some of you may be familiar with the ALT+0169
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The spacing between letters in a font is very important. Font Designers spend a lot of time getting just the right look they want, not only in the shape of the letters, but how each letter relates to the next. So now I’m going to show you how to screw it up! Sometimes you may want to adjust the spacing between letters for a
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