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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Simple Mom: A Great Read

This is a great blog. Read it. Triple dog dare you.

Tutorial: HiRes vs LoRes Blog Header

I frequently make blog headers. I get bored easily. The other day I was making a new one for Birth Blessings and didn’t notice until a few days later (eek!) that the font looked odd. LOW Resolution, to be exact. Oh no, what happened? So I checked the settings and repeated what I did. Same outcome. I opened a new document in PSE 7 for the size of the header – 980 by 400 pixels. That’s it! That’s what makes it LoRes. It’s all in the pixels.

Try #2. Open a new document and in the “preset” dropdown menu pick “Scrapbook”. It’s 3600 x 3600 pixels. Now that is HiRes! And of course you always choose 300 for your resolution. I cropped a rectangular piece and made my header again. Look at the difference in the font!

Yes, this is what I do when I should be sleeping. Someone has to.

Friday, April 30, 2010

Tutorial: Blog Button with Scroll Box

This is the best and easiest tutorial I've found to make a scroll box under your blog button. Check it out at A Heart For Home.

Here is my finished product:

Are you wondering how I made the button? Mmmmm K. My husband said, "it took you THAT LONG just to make THAT?!" He he he he he. He has no clue. I say, "ok, you do it!" He shrugs and says, "tomorrow." We both laugh.

1. Circle Text Path has to be made in Photoshop CS (not Elements) - follow this tutorial on YouTube. Love YouTube. Love this man's voice.

2. In Elements 7

create a circle, put my photo on it, Ctrl G (group to previous layer), saved as png file
open a new file with transparent background
make a circle frame with shape tool, black
make a regular circle with shape tool, white and place on top of black frame
add circle photo
add text path

Sit back and LOVE LAYERS. Seriously. How did anyone Photoshop w/out layers?!