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Photoshop Elements

“Having Fun With Textures” in Photoshop & PSE

Written by: Rita from Coffeeshop If you read my blog CoffeeShop, you know I am all about free stuff, however there are times where it can pay to pay. I ran across the lovely photography of Shana Rae at Flora Bella Textures. Not only is her photography a work of art, I was fascinated to [...]

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5 Ways to Make Eyes Pop in Photoshop Elements

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Version #1: Julie Rivera‘s Method I don’t know if this is something Julie came up with, but I attribute it to her because she suggested it in a comment during a Constructive Feedback Friday. I LOVE this method for my daughter’s dark brown eyes. It really gives them a natural, but sharper look. Select the [...]

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Making Photos Look Great On Your Website

Written by I Heart Faces Contributor: Andrea Riley (“Drew”) from Happy Chaos (This tutorial was written using Photoshop Elements, but the same thing can be accomplished in other Photoshop programs as well.) Update: This tutorial is designed purely for how to make your photos look good on the web. There are many viewpoints and factors [...]

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Polaroid Emulsion Transfer Tutorial for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements

We are thrilled to welcome back Rita from Coffeeshop to our I ♥ Faces. We love the FREE Photoshop and Photoshop Elements actions that she creates and provides. If you haven’t stopped by her site yet…run over and take a peek right now! You’ll end up spending hours there while you browse through all the [...]

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Fix-It Friday #72 – Michelle Johnson’s Tutorial

This is such a touching photo from Julie Rivera this week. A tender moment between father and daughter before he leaves for deployment. I really wanted to keep the emotion in the photo and just enhance it a little bit. 1. I wanted to lighten and brighten the photo first, to bring the focus into [...]

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Fix-it Friday #72 – Andrea Riley’s Tutorial

Julie takes great photos, so there wasn’t much to be done with this edit.  My goal was to make the subjects pop from the background. 1.  Even though I have the full RAW editor in Photoshop Elements since it’s included with the Mac version, I have decided to only use functions in RAW that can [...]

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Fix-It Friday #66 – Andrea Riley’s Contribution

Oh my goodness!  Could this little boy get any cuter?  I love the direct eye contact he gave the photographer. Here’s what I did to fix up the photo: 1.  Adjusted in the RAW editor – mainly adjusted exposure, added yellow in the white balance and upped the clarity 2.  Ran Noiseware very lightly within [...]

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Fix-It Friday #31 – Andrea Riley’s Contribution

Written by: Andrea Riley from Happy Chaos (original 1. Adjust in RAW 2. Clean up particles on face with the healing brush 3. Adjust levels 4. Sharpen eyes (PW method) 5. Stretch the canvas using Jodi’s method 6. Straighten and crop photo to 4×6 7. Add some scrapbooking papers for texture – Changed to overlay [...]

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