I've been having fun teaching myself Photoshop lately. It's such an involved program that I'm only able to learn bits and pieces here and there. However, lately the pieces are beginning to look like they fit together, which is a nice feeling. Some of the bits I enjoy using the most are Actions. These guys are like mini computer programs that run within Photoshop to make something happen without the end user needing to know all the steps. Basically, you find one that will do what you want, load it, select the layer (or thing) you want the action to change, and press play. Easy peasy and best of all there are some places you can download them for free (you have to google "photoshop actions" and then wade through a ton of sites to find things you want.) There are several scrapbooking type actions at
Atomic Cupcake I've grown to love, and even though you pay for these (about $5 a piece) it's worth it, because I love the effects I get from them! I've attached a few examples below for your viewing pleasure!
I start with this simple text layer, pick the action I want and press play . . .
The pencil sketch action:
The puffy felt action:
The painted distressed chipboard action:
The inked edges action:
And the "make it look like torn cardboard" action:
Photoshop is magical! Now if it would only raise my kids and clean my house!!!
2 comments:
Very cool! I am still trying to teach myself how to use Gimp!
I am trying to learn to do some layouts with Elements--very interesting is all I have to say. It will be a while yet before I switch over.
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