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photoshop tutorials

how to :: using graphical watermarks in lightroom

by keli December 28, 2010

I decided to take a few minutes and share my tutorial on how to add a watermark in Lightroom. This tutorial will follow my personal workflow, so you may not do it exactly like I’m doing it, but this should get you started. If you don’t have a watermark, read this first. Stop at step [...]

creating and saving a photoshop brush watermark

by keli June 26, 2010

I’ve never taken a class or read a book about Photoshop. I do watch YouTube videos of PS tutorials and also read blogs and online tutorials. But I’ve never upgraded past Photoshop Elements 5.0. In other words, you don’t necessarily need professional quality programs to have a professional looking image. But here’s my disclaimer: if [...]

how to :: create a watermark using photoshop brushes

by keli April 22, 2010

So I’ve gotten a lot of positive responses here and on Flickr about my new watermark. I use watermarks solely to protect my images since I’ve found them on other blogs and websites before. If I ever do decide to become a professional photographer, I’ll probably have a professional logo worked up by a professional, [...]

how exclusion blending mode works

by keli January 15, 2010

I got a few comments about the PSE part of the last tutorial, so I’m happy to go over that in a little more detail. I noticed you like using Fill layers (like the navy here & grey in another post or pic I saw you do…at least I think it was you, heehee!). Anyway, [...]

start to finish // twinkly brownie

by keli January 13, 2010

I know this post is WAY overdue, but I had most of it written out last night when I went to bed, and then my computer updated and rebooted while I was sleeping. Note to self: always save drafts. straight out of the camera (sooc) First thing I did was apply one of my own [...]