Author: Deb Cashatt
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Deb’s 2023 Dream Collection
The bidding for our favorite auction, the Studio Art Quilt Associates Benefit Auction,* starts on September 14, 2023. As in years past, Kris and I are making our dream collections. This year I have no rhyme or reason. I just liked these eight pieces together, and they would look great on my wall. Ingrid Langhorst…
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How to Correct Color in Photos using a Color Card
Here’s a short video to show you how to correct the color on your digital photos using a color card. Your images will thank you!
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These are a Few of Deb’s Favorite Things
The bidding for our favorite auction, the Studio Art Quilt Associates Benefit Auction,* starts on September 9, 2022. As in years past, Kris and I are making our dream collections. This year eight pieces make up a collection. Usually I create a very cohesive dream collection. I start with one art quilt and build a…
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Create Your Own Backgrounds in Photoshop Elements
Today we want to show you the ready-made backgrounds in Photoshop Elements also explain how easy it is to create your own!
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Straighten Images In PSE With The Perspective Crop Tool
Today we are focusing on that little gem in Photoshop Elements, the Perspective Crop tool. You’ll soon wonder how you ever lived without it!
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SAQA Art Quilts 2 Exhibition in Pacifica, California
It’s so nice to be able to say we are part of a live exhibition. View it in person in Pacifica, CA. If not, join us online Saturday, Jan 29.
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Pixelady vs. Pixelady: Find a Layer
As we mentioned last week, there are many ways to perform the same task in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. And, as we like to say, the best way is the one you remember. Kris likes to name each of her layers so she can find the layer easily. She can just look at the layer…
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Create Instagram Puzzle Feed with Photoshop (Part 3)
Here’s Part 3 of our tutorial on creating an Instagram puzzle feed. Today we show you how to actually post your puzzle feed to Instagram.
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Create Instagram Puzzle Feed With Photoshop (Part 2)
Today we’ll show you how to create “slices” for your Instagram feed. Purchase a program that unlocks the required secret PSE tool.
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Create Instagram Puzzle Feed With Photoshop (Part 1)
We’re starting a three-part post on how to create a nifty puzzle feed for your Instagram posts. It’s pretty slick!
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Finding and Installing Fonts in Photoshop Elements
Pixeladies love fonts, especially Deb’s recently discovered realistic handwriting font. Here’s how to find and install them.
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SAQA Benefit Auction: Deb’s 2021 Dream Collection
It’s that time of year again to bid on some great art at SAQA’s Benefit Auction! Is your favorite piece in Deb’s 2021 dream collection?
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100 Days Of Creativity
If you’re feeling a bit stuck and need a push to jump-start your creativity, take a read and see what we have to suggest!
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Fabric And Steamers For Sale
Fabric and steamers for sale! Yes, we are selling our prepared-for-print fabric on bolts our vertical and stovetop steamers.
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Adding Brushes to Photoshop Elements
Today we’ll show you how to add some new brushes to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, including a cool Keith Haring set of brushes.
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Use the Difference Blend Mode to Match Things Up
Today the Pixeladies will show you how you can use the difference blend mode in Photoshop to match up different images. Ah, perfection!
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Pixeladies’ Student Art: Alison Becker & Masks
Recently a former student, Alison Becker of Berkeley, California USA, sent us the following email about her quilt on masks: Hi Deb and Kris,I have taken your Photoshop classes a couple of times and want to thank you so much for your inspiration…. I have been making masks for family and friends since the beginning…
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Digitally Designing Scarves
Years ago, shortly after Pixeladies was born, Kris and I made scarves. Tons and tons of scarves. We took custom orders. We designed them in Photoshop. We printed them on china silk, georgette, and charmeuse. We even sewed the narrow rolled hems by hand. We always wore scarves when we were giving presentations. They were…
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Kick Your Digital Designing Up A Notch . . . Or Two!
Have you played with your photos in various phone or tablet apps? Have you created some drawings or abstract paintings on your phone or tablet? BUT, do you think there is more you could do with the piece? Do we have a class for you. Our Digital Designing class is starting soon. Using four principles…
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Create Text On A Path In Photoshop Elements
We thought we’d give you a little gift this week. It’s a lesson from our online digital design class about putting text on a path. You can see how we teach online. In our class, you receive a video lesson and a handout with each topic along with access to a classroom website to post…
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Go On A Magic Carpet Ride With Photoshop Blend Modes
Apologies to John Kay and Steppenwolf, but get ready to go on a magic carpet ride once you enter the world of blend modes. In the real world, if you have two sheets of paper stacked on top of each other, you usually see just the top layer. If the paper is thin, you might see…
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Logging Museum Memories Because We Miss Visiting Museums!
Oh to be able to go to visit a museum again! The last museum I (Deb) visited was the Crocker Art Museum on February 27, 2020. I thought I’d reminisce about one of the exhibits on display there. I hitched a ride downtown and took myself on a little art date. There was nothing special I…
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The Usefulness of Abstracted Image in Photoshop Elements
One of the things we teach in our Photoshop Elements Essentials classes is how to transform a photograph into a cartoon, or abstracted image that you can use as a pattern for creating a quilt or other collage. When you create a quilt pattern, separating the colors into shades of dark, medium, and light helps…
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Bernie Memes, Brendan Smialowski, And Copyright Laws
Well, Senator Bernie Sanders is making the rounds again. This time it’s in memes galore with his amazing handmade mittens at President Biden’s inauguration. So, what does Bernie Sanders have to do with Brendan Smialowski, and who is Brendan Smialowski anyway? Mr. Smialowski is the photographer who took the now iconic photo of Bernie Sanders at…
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Pixeladies’ Student Art: Chris Beardsley Masters Photoshop Elements
Here’s a new topic for us: student art. We have been teaching online for years—way before the start of the Coronovirus/Covid-19 pandemic. We certainly love online teaching, but one of the bad things about this format is that we rarely get to see the our students’ finished projects. Imagine our joy, then, when Chris Beardsley…
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More Fun With Filters In Photoshop Elements
When you’re down and troubledAnd you need some love and careAnd nothing, nothing is going right… Carole King Since you can’t visit your friends, why don’t you open a photo in Photoshop Elements and just play with the filters. (Sorry Carole King and James Taylor.) But don’t be satisfied with using just one filter, try…
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Photoshop Elements 2021
Finally! We’re back to review Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021. PSE has been out since October. And as of this posting, it’s even on sale. So should you purchase this new version? We think so, but it really depends on what version you currently have and what parts of the program you actually use. PSE Editor If…
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Make Never-ending Cards Using Photoshop Elements
2020 has been a crazy year, so why don’t you try something different this gift-giving season. With a never-ending card, you can capture wonderful memories for that special someone. And Deb’s cool instructions take never-ending cards to the next level using digital images. Along with the written instructions, we have links to a demo video…
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Colorize Photos In Photoshop Elements
One of the latest trends in photography is to shoot black and white photos. Of course in this digital age, the photos start out in color and then the color is removed with some program or app to create the b/w version. Look at this example from SmugMug. Hand-Coloring of Photographs It doesn’t seem that…
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The Anatomy of Adjustment Layers
We recently had a student ask what she thought was a dumb question: “Do adjustment layers apply to all visible layers, all visible layers below the adjustment layer, all layers, or some combination thereof?” Well, here at the Pixeladies Studio we think there is no such thing as a dumb question. In fact, understanding how…