Gradient map your way to a beautiful sunrise in Photoshop Elements.


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You know, photographers spend an enormous amount of time tweaking and adjusting their photos so they look all sparkly and new. So this week I thought we'd chat about making a new photo look really old. Using a few well- placed filters in Elements, you can take a new photo and make it look vintage and antique.


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Being the fragile, carbon-based bags of water that we are, most of us have felt like we were going to to pieces at one time or another. Although, have you ever tried to break a photo into pieces? We're speaking digitally of course. Turns out, both Photoshop and Elements have a brush that can do just that.


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When it comes to adding a bit-o-class to your images, few effects beat a thin black rule. It's such a simple little thing but it makes a huge difference.


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Today we're going to show you how to make a portrait pop adding a dark edge vignette. It's the quintessential "Olan Mills Effect" (a professional photo studio which I was trotted to a gazillion time as a child), and by the end of the tutorial, you'll understand why. But pay close attention! This tutorial is literally three steps long :)


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We'll take a photo snatched from over at iStockphoto.com and add a plain white color fade to one side. It's just the ticket for creating a backdrop for text, resulting in a very personalized invitation and/or postcard. Because we'll add the white on its very own layer, the technique is non-destructive. As a bonus, the steps are identical in both Photoshop and Elements. Let's get started!


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To create a photo spotlight, we'll use a solid white layer with a circular cut-out to simulate a photo frame. By reducing the white layer's opacity, the photo is lightened (also called "screened back") in those areas. It's a simple enough effect, though uses some very basic, core techniques which every Elements user should have in their bag of tricks. Let's get started!


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Retouching people with zapping shines and shadows.


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So many filters, so little time. Oh sure, you may have perused The Almighty Filter Menu from time to time, but do you really understand their power and the plethora of special effects they unlock? Of course you don't. Nobody really does. Aside from texturizing text and creating cool edge effects, you can use filters to create realistic fire (it takes three of them to be exact).


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It's easy to get caught up making creative projects for grown-ups like calendars, photo books, and scrapbook pages... but what have you made for the little ones lately? The next time the creative bug bites, consider converting your photos into art for the coloring book crowd instead.


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