By: Natalie Kinnear Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog ... However, photographers have to learn how to ‘listen’ to their photographs. If you don’t immediately get a message when you look at a photograph, then it’s not a good choice for a greeting card. Taking a lovely scenic photograph and putting Happy Birthday on the front, inside or both, is not likely to be a big seller for you; UNLESS you tie that scenic into the message such as, ’May the serenity of nature surround you on your special day’ which might work for a nature-lover’s birthday ... Read Full Article
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Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog 1) Poor Lighting Lighting can make or break a photograph, after all a photograph IS a collection of light. Harsh lighting causes washed out detail in the highlights (whites) and lens flare. Low lighting can cause color shifts, muddy blacks without detail, color noise and blurry edges due to camera shake. On camera flash often causes the a flattening ... Read Full Article! Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog 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 ... Read Full Article & Get Links ©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog Week five and the final week of our Christmas in July Series – This week I’m offering a list of places to look for holiday elements for your creations. Whether you simply find inspiration by browsing some of these resources or whether you find goodies you just can’t live without, I’m sure you’ll enjoy the selection ... Read Full Article & Get Links! Copyright © 2006 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog Week four of our Christmas in July Series – One of the most valuable tools any of us have at our fingertips is the World Wide Web. Earlier in this series I mentioned using this resource to research customs, colors and verbiage used for holidays and occasions you are not completely familiar with, but it’s also our very own library and classroom ... Read Full Article and Get Links! Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog Continuing this Christmas in July Series – in Part 3 I’ll give you some fun links to Shape files and Holiday Dingbats. Using shapes (in Photoshop they are Shape Files .CHS) can be very handy when you need that extra design element. The beauty of Shape files is that you can make them any size you wish, so you don’t need to worry about the resolution of the shape itself ... Read Full Article and Get Links! ©Doreen Erhardt Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog I hope that last week’s Part 1 of Christmas in July inspired you! Today we continue the holiday theme with some thoughts and goodies for your holiday creations ... Read Full Article and Get Links! Dash of Inspiration Post for GCU Community Blog This week, we'll start with trends! One of the beautiful things about holiday card making is that though color trends come and go each year, there are buyers for just about every color combination; regardless of current trends. We’ll start this first week with some fun and different color combinations I made up for you to use in your holiday designs. I’ve also listed some great links to the coming season’s trends such as ... Read Full Article & Get Links Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog Last week I shared a bit of information on what to look for when reading the TOU for elements to use in derivative designs. It’s important to keep in mind that when/if you try to find Free Clipart, most of what you will find is low in resolution and will serve a very limited purpose in high-resolution card designs. What many of us designers do is to seek out quality Scrapbooking sites ... Read Full Article and Get Links Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog Let me begin this week’s discussion about Commercial Use elements and their associated licenses by stating very clearly; “I am no expert”! What I offer here today is from knowledge acquired during my own research over the past few years of reading and respecting the terms given by the creator for each element I wish to use. With this information base I can get you on the road to better understanding what to look for and some of the associated terms you’ll find out there. Here are some definitions to learn ... Read Full Article and Get Links |
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