Christmas Cards…..???

Yep – Christmas cards. I know, it is only October but I have had a lot of time to sit and think about Christmas. As I have spent lots of frustrating time in years past trying to find the perfect card, I have decided that I am going to create my own card. I am brand new to designing stuff like this so if they all look novice, I apologize! Here are three designs that I have come up with. Please vote on the one that you like. If you have any suggestions or don’t like any of them let …

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Photoshop

I spent some time this evening before it got dark playing with my camera in the yard. Subsequently, I played with the pictures once I brought them in and put them on the computer. What I have decided from tonight’s project is that I really want CS4. Photoshop 7 just doesn’t cut it any more. It’s biggest drawback is that it can not open RAW files. So, I have to view my RAW files in Picasa (yes, the free photo editor) and then save them as JPEGs in order for Photoshop to open them. Oh, and another thing that I …

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Fun With Photoshop!

The owner of the studio, where I work, has been doing some workshops for all of us who work for her. Today she did a Photoshop class and since I don’t own Photoshop I downloaded the 30 day trial to have for the class. So I’m playing with what I learned. There might be more to show tomorrow after our 2nd workshop! Some warming actions to make the sky pop. Some cool effects and some picture clean up. All for now…I don’t have a lot of pictures on my laptop yet either. They haven’t been moved from the desktop to …

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