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Answering questions & another mask

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If you have a rar. folder that you need to unzip. You can download a free trial of winRAR here. CNet has a very good record of safe downloads. It is a 40 day free trial. I downloaded it a couple of days ago and it worked great. When your 40 days are up, you can uninstall it from your computer and be back to normal. Next... If you come to a texture that is just an image such as the Antique1 texture. Right click and copy it. This will copy the image to your computers clipboard. Open CS or Elements. Hit Ctrl N for a new document. Your computer will remember the copied size and make a new document to fit it. Once your new blank document is opened. Hit Ctrl V, this paste your image into the document. Now save in your texture folder. Another thing; if you watch the video but you are working in Elements and don't have a layer mask button. Do This. Open a new levels adjustment layer. Click ok without making any changes. This now gives you a layer mask to paint on. Click on your mask to m...
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Textures & Mask freebies!

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Today we learned about applying texture to an image. Well anyone that knows me, knows that is one of my favorite things to do!! LOL!! So to go along with the class, I give you two textures I made and clipping mask #3. There is a secret when applying texture to a portrait. You need to keep the color of the texture going through out the image but you don't want your face all grunged up. Apply your textures as you like. Then using your lasso tool, make a loose selection around the face area. Make sure you right click and apply a nice feather to your selection. Something high, between 60 and 100. Now go to filter, blur, gas blur. Give it a nice blur. 5 to 8. Now you still have uniform tint through out your image but the face is nice and clean. Cool huh? You can keep your selection active and highlight each texture layer and run the filter on each layer. Super easy! You can also adjust your texture effect. Open your brightness/contrast and drop down the brightness and give a little bum...
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Free Stuff!!!

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Thank you for being a friend! Here are your promised thank you freebies. We have passed 200 subscribers. :) I started this blog not having a clue what I was doing. ARK! I have to thank the girls at JessicaSpraque.com for the push. If you like scrapbooking, this is the place to go. I have to also give a shout out to my internet family at Photoshop Creative Elements . If you ever have a Photoshop or Elements question, stop by. They have the answer! You can also find kimi's Kreative homework posted there every Tuesday. Everyone is welcome. If you are new to Elements and feeling a little lost, check out Photoshop Elements Technique . The place where I got my start. So many times I went looking for Wendy because I knew she had all of the answers. Thank You Wendy! Last but certainly not least. I encourage you to become a Phaunt. I have learned soooo much there. I am also one of the moderators in the Photoshop section. The Phaunt forum.com The Phaunt Action Blog I can't say enough ...
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