How to Learn Photoshop Elements for Scrapbooking

Book Review with Julie Ann Shahin

Part 2

"Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking

& Card-Making with Photoshop Elements"

Author: Patty Debowski, The Digital

Scrapbook Teacher

How could anyone not find nuggets of useful information in this book that weighs almost 4 pounds? I'd like to show you one thing that I learned that was new for me from Patty's informative book - using the selection tool to create a stamped image within a shape.

Now, I've taught myself a ton about Photoshop Elements out of necessity through having this blog. Even I am learning lots of new things from Patty's book. Here's an example - I've created a step by step sequence as I learned it from her book (pp 104 - 106):

Now if you think you already know all there is to know about "selections" and the tools that make them...you might think again. Just take a look at this excerpt from her index:

Select

• All, 74, 106
• All layers, 107
• Deselect layers, 107
• Layer Contents , 196
• Modify Border, 108
• Reselect, 107

Selection, 104-12, 105

• Add to, 107
• Border, 104, 105
• Move Border, 86, 112
• Boundary, 105
• Clean-up, 105
• Contract, 110
• Delete, 111
• Esc Key, 116
• Expand, 110
• Fill, 111
• Grow, 110
• Hide/Unhide, 112
• Intersect With, 107
• Inverse, 105, 107
• Load Saved Selection, 111
• Move, 112
• Paste Into, 111
• Save, 105, 110, 261
• Select From, 107
• Similar, 110
• Smooth, 110

Selection Brush Tool (A), 78, 105, 121024, 122

• Add to Selection, 121
• Brush Presets, 122
• Brush Size, 122
• Clean up Selections, 121, 123
• Crop With, 142
• Feathered Selection, 122
• Hardness, 123
• How to Use, 123
• Mask Mode, 122, 123, 124
• Overlay/Mask Opacity, 122
• Overlay/MaskColor, 122
• Selection Mode, 122, 123, 124
• Smooth Edges, 110

So you might ask "Am I getting paid to promote this book?" I could easily sign up for Patty's affiliate program and make a few dollars, however I have decided that I'd rather gain your confidence with my reviews of her book by not accepting any money for giving her a good review.

So check out her site and her book! You will find it has a permanent spot next to your monitor!