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Composition:  Unprofessional

4/22/2013

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So let’s talk about Composition: Unprofessional

Distracting Elements and/or Background: This really should be fairly easy to understand. It does apply mostly to photographs, though could apply to digital compositions as well. It’s one of those Photography 101 lessons to compose your photograph without things like; poles sticking out of the heads of your subjects, branches and dead leaves in front of your subject, body parts that don’t belong to your subject, etc. Remember; if it does not add to your overall image then it’s a distraction ...

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Class   of   2013   Graduates

1/28/2013

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Here’s a great tip:  Even if you’re designs have the year as Custom Text, if you used a year that has gone by, take the time to update those cards. Any card that is out of date will be ignored by a large percentage of customers.  I tend to ...

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Overlays

8/6/2012

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Overlays can be wonderful tools for making backgrounds, patterns and photo cards.  There are two types of overlays.  Those which are imagery and textures which you overlay onto a new image or color, then adjest the opacity to create a texture and/or pattern which you can use in many designs. Today I offer you tutorials if overlays are new to you and links to many ...

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Selecting   Digital   Backgrounds

4/2/2012

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Last week we talked about Digital Background Removal and that sparked a request for Part 2 this week to chat about what characteristics to look for when choosing a replacement background for your image.  So I’ll pass on my thoughts in the hopes they may spark some great inspiration for your own imagery.

The first step is to identify the purpose of your final image ...


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