Showing posts with tag "Button: Wand (Selection)".

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Video Tidbit: Lattice Border

Just like magic, you can use the Shaped Edge Cutter and the Wand Tool to create a decorative border to enhance your pages.

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Tool Tip: Deep Fake Soft Focus Lens

Use the selection tools and photo tools in Artisan to make your photos look like they were taken with a soft focus camera lens.

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Tool Tip: Wand, Threshold, and Palettize

Understanding how tools work and why they do what they do is important if you are going to put these tools to work in practical ways. In this tip we will look at how the Wand tool, the Threshold Filter, and the Palettize Filter work together.

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Tip: Adding A Signature

Create a personal touch on your page or project by adding a handwritten signature as a shape.

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Video Tidbit: Wand and Texture

Use the Wand Tool to select specific areas of an element and apply textures to that element. You can do this without cutting or copying your element.

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Bright Idea 322: Layered Shape Reveal

Use a single shape type and the wand tool to create border layers. With the borders layered together you can tuck photos and embellishments between the layers.

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Video Tidbit: Coloring Overlays

Overlays are a lot of fun to use. Try this fun technique using the Wand Tool to color parts of your transparent overlays.

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Bright Idea 218: Silhouettes

The look of silhouettes has been around for well over 200 years. Originally cut from black paper, we can now create something very similar using Artisan software!

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Tool Tip: The Wand - Selection, Visualization and Application

The Wand is a powerful tool. In past versions of the software, the Wand was a cut tool, and it was a one-step process where you either cut or copied the selection. While it remains on the Cut Ribbon, in both Artisan 5 and Artisan 6, the Wand is a selection tool. Many may be confused at just what that means. It means that you use the Wand simply to select an area of your photo, embellishment or any other element on your page, but then you have to choose what you want to do next using another tool. It is an additional step, but the versatility and flexibility this gives you is so worth it.

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