Showing posts with tag "Inspiration: Embellishments".

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Bright Idea 359: Create Your Own Lens Flares

By Kim Mannino

Lens flares are optical phenomena caused by light refracting or reflecting within the camera lens. While lens flares are often considered artifacts or undesired effects, they can be intentionally added to enhance the visual appeal or create a specific look on a layout. Creating digital lens flares involves using the ellipse shape to mimic the appearance of lens flares produced by light sources. Lens flares should be used sparingly and thoughtfully to avoid overwhelming the layout or distracting from the main subject. Experimentation and practice will help you refine your skills in creating convincing and visually appealing digital lens flares.

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Design Tip: Photo Wrap Embellishments

By Melanie Radko

Learn about Photo Wrap embellishments, how to use them, and save time sprucing up a page by adding flare and dimension for a beautiful page design.

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Video Tidbit: Puffy Titles

By Kim Mannino

This video features a creative and playful title. Using three layers, the outliner tool, strokes and a 3D edge, we will design a puffy title.

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Video Tidbit: Cute Clouds

By Kim Mannino

With just two shapes (a rectangle and a circle), I will show you how to make some cute clouds to use as embellishments on your page.

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Tool Tip: New Canvas

By Tameka Bond

This tool is not one that people often think to use, but can open up lots of flexibility on your pages.

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Artisan Tip: The Dark Side

By Nathalie Séguin

Learn how to create effective contrasts when working with photos on dark backgrounds.

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Bright Idea 266: Snowman Wreath

By Nathalie Séguin

Use the Grid view, a circle and a few diagonal lines as guides to create a cute snowman wreath.

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Bright Idea 203: Don't Rock the Boat

By Kim Mannino

This Bright Idea features piecing shapes together to make a fun embellishment for your page. Using five shapes, create an abstract boat. Once the boat is created, group the elements together and resize to fit your page.

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Bright Idea 169: Back Pocket

By Kim Mannino

Create a fun design using basic shapes to create a belt and back pocket. In this creative design you will learn how to edit a shape to create a new shape. And, you will have fun decorating the back pocket to help tell your photo's story.

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Video Tidbit: Sweet Treats

By Kim Mannino

Using basic shapes, overlays and decorative shapes, learn how to create some sweet treats to adorn your pages.

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Bright Idea 159: Let Your Light Shine

By Kim Mannino

Your page will shine bright with this Bright Idea. It features using shapes to create a candles on your layout. Let Your Light Shine will help you celebrate those special moments in your photos.

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Video Tidbit: Outliner

By Kim Mannino

In this video you will learn what the Outliner tool can do to transform elements on your layout. With the click of the mouse, the outliner tool converts any element into a "live" shape that has a stroke and a fill. Once an element has been outlined, it can be converted to a photo drop point.

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Video Tidbit: Embellished Carve Out

By Tameka Bond

This versatile technique can be used on one or more photos and allows your embellishments to stand out without distracting from your photo and story.

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