Digital Scrapbooking for Beginners

Tired of having a closet full of scrapbooking supplies? Ready to save your images in a more secure, permanent way? Join Michelle Stelling for an introduction to digital scrapbooking.

In this course, you’ll learn how to use Photoshop Elements 12 to edit images and create simple templates, digi-kits, and retouch old photos. Michelle will cover feathering, clone stamping, adding text, and other tips and tricks for presenting your images. You’ll learn how to troubleshoot common image issues using red eye reduction, spot healing techniques and more. You’ll also learn about working with brushes and textures to create your own papers and backgrounds.

Whether you’re an at-home crafter or professional photographer, by the end of this course, you will have mastered a whole new way to preserve and share your images.

• 9:00 am - Intro & Michelle's History
• 9:45 am - Intro to PS Elements & Organization
• 10:50 am - Using Quick Pages
• 11:30 am - Second Quick Page Example
• 11:45 am - Useful Tools
• FreePreview: Red Eye, Feathering & Collages
• 1:30 pm - Creating a Simple Cluster Page
• 1:45 pm - Different Modes & Making a Bookmark
• 2:30 pm - Creating Cards With Digi-Kit Elements
• 3:15 pm - Constructing Cards Without Digi-Kits
• 9:15 am - Collaging: Alignment, Guides & Grids
• 9:45 am - Paint Bucket, Brushes, Gradients & Text Effects
• 10:45 am - Cookie Cutters, and Personalized Background
• 11:15 am - Frames, Filters, & Blurred Backgrounds
• 12:45 pm - Photo Restoration: B&W and Color
• 1:30 pm - Photo Retouching
• 2:30 pm - How to Use a Pre-made Template
• 3:15 pm - Creating your Own Templates
• 9:00 am - Creating Your Own Paper
• 9:45 am - Photomerge: Panoramic & Style Match
• 10:15 am - Text Clipping & Guided Modes
• 10:45 am - Postcards from Digi-Kit
• 11:30 am - Postcards from Scratch
• 12:45 pm - Creating a 12x12 With a DigiKit
• 1:30 pm - Creating a 2 Page Spread
• 2:30 pm - Creating A Collage
• 3:30 pm - Second Collage Example