Action SoftArt 2 - RELOADED, Tutorial and Freebie

Hi all, olá a todas!
hoje uma nota bem rapidinho....
today a very quick note!
Minha antiga action, que só era compatível até o Photoshop CS3 foi atualizada e agora também funciona com as versões mais novas até o CS6.
E a licença mudou para cu4cu.
I have my "old" Photoshop Paint Action revamped and now compatible with all versions of Photoshop CS2 up to CS6! And now the licence is CU4CU. You can make very unique digital scrapbooking papers to sell or use for yourself. Please follow my Terms of Use and do not resell them in other medias, different from digital scrapbooking world. My TOU is here.

Today is Black Friday and this action is 58% off only few days here

Hoje ela está com um desconto especial (poucos dias) de 58%, aproveite aqui

Tutorial how to use my Soft Art Action 2 - paint

Here is a short tutorial how it work:

1- install all brushes, tool presets and the action into Photoshop.
instale todos os itens no photoshop (estão na pasta install to PS)

2- Then play part 1 of the action – and change the colors

execute a parte 1 da action

3- Play part 2 of the action
 and then add texture overlays.
clique no play novamente na segunda parte da action e depois adicione uma overlay com textura.

4- Or continue stroking with the same tool, but varying the brushes. Always see if shape dynamics are checked!
Se quiser, continue com a mesma ferramenta (art history brush) mas vá revezando os brushes sempre deixando o shape dynamic ativado.

Como sugestão, é bem legal comprar brushes da designer Amanda Rockwell, ela vende na Scrapbookgraphics, alguns vem com a licença CU4CU e aí vcs podem criar mais efeitos!
If you bought commercial use (or CU4CU) brushes, you can use them also.

Here is a sample that I did with Amanda Rockwell CU4CU Textureful 2 brushes.

Ah, as possibilidades são inifinitas. Brinque com os blendings (overlay, multiply, etc) e experimente bastante!
Finally you can also play with blending modes on each layer in order to get unique results!!

Here is a sample of 2 free overlays that is great for photographers to create a lightning effect.
Veja abaixo como eu usei esse sample paper que vcs podem pegar free. Use como overlay em fotos de bebês para suavizar os traços ou mesmo recorte uma foto e use o papel softart como fundo!

Use the brushed paper to underlay photos 

download the FREEBIE - 2 sample papers here

Happy Scrappings!

Silke

Facebook Fan Freebie e calendários 2013

Hi all
this time of year we are full steam ahead with our studio, creating custom goodies for the whole family! I love making agendas, calendars, photo books, notebooks, etc for gifting my friends, students, sister, nieces, etc!

Olá a todas,

nessa época do ano estamos a todo vapor com nosso ateliê criando presentinhos personalizados para toda a família!!  Eu adoro fazer agendas, calendários, fotolivros, caderninhos de anotações, etc para minhas amigas, alunas, irmã, sobrinhas, etc! Abaixo uma foto que tirei de uma hortensia e usei um kit-template da Rosey Posey para criar essa capa:

 I took a photo from a Hydrangea flower and used a template from Rosey Posey to make this:

Se você quiser fazer seus próprios layouts e cadernos, basta entrar no site da Digipix, no Fotoregistro, e criar o seu online e encomendar.

E para presentear meus Facebook Fans - eu criei um mini calendário, muito fofo, com 12 layouts utilizando meus kits de digital scrapbooking e marquei todos os eventos mais importantes de scrap durante o ano de 2013 com uma estrelinha amarela.

Para baixar o arquivo PDF, depois imprimir e mandar montar em uma papelaria, vc precisa ir na FAN PAGE da Papierstudio aqui e clicar em LIKE.

Veja que fofo o calendário (clique na imagem para vê-la maior):

download the freebie here

And to give my Facebook Fans - I created a mini calendar, very cute, with 12 layouts using my digital scrapbooking kits and marked all the most important events of scrap during the year 2013 with a yellow star.

To download the PDF, then print and send in a stationery set, you need to go on the FAN PAGE Papierstudio here and click LIKE.

See here above how cute the calendar is (click the image to see it larger) and below, the sample how it will look after print and cut:

Mais projetos de calendário que estamos trabalhando no Photoshop / Power Point:

This is a not-yet-finished project for a photo calendar. 

Have a nice week!!

Uma boa semana!

Silke

Photoshop Tutorial Inner Shadow and MyMemories Winner

Hi all!
I love to add to my digital scrapbooking kits some cute elements! Sometimes I draw them by myself or other times I bought them from other designers like ThatGirl, at SugarHillCo. This little drawing here below is a modified version from my Flying Toys, Commercial Use,  that I sell at here at Digidesignresort 

How to add Inner Shadow Style and Color

If you had some difficult to understand how to add the layer style effect "inner shadow" to the template parts in my earlier post, let me show you the visual explanation:

Go to the layer palettes and then double click on the layer and the layer style window will show up.

 This inner shadow layer style you can copy and past to next layer in a very easy way: with the right mouse click on the small icon on the right side with a fx icon. Choose copy layer style and then go to the next layer and using the same process, with right mouse button, click on fx icon, paste the layer style. This way you only have to adjust the color and the size of the inner shadow, in order to fit it to your object.

How to change the color of the inner shadow

Blend Mode: choose Multiply and then click on the small color icon (here it is green) and with the eyedropper tool point to the color of your object and then make it darker in the color option window.

Remember: small objects, use small size, bigger objects, use larger size. Angle: normally is 120. Some designers love to change the direction of the light, but you have to do this for all elements!!!

If you are happy with your layer style, you have also the option to save it, in order to use it later on other tasks.
To save it, simple click on New Style (se image above) and then name it and save it. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!! LOL 

My Memories software Suit Winner:

First and bevor I tell you who is the lucky person that won the software, I want to say that I sometimes are very sad with those people that comes to the blog, and did not do a one-minute stop (or less) to comment! Even if I ask! I had more the 800 page-views and only 10 (!!!)  comments.

So nobody wants to win this fabulous software?? I cannot believe!!!  I spent hours of my time sitting here and telling you secrets of techniques that I already know, and that I share with you with love...

This software is a shortcut to do fabulous digital scrapbooking Photobooks and Layouts. It is also a great way to make a video presentation of all your layouts/ photos. On My Memories site you will found helpful video tutorials, ton of freebies to test the program and many many wonderful designs to create hybrid gifts or other compositions.

Andrea 

I will show you my last Photobook that I created for MyMemories. If you have the software, you only need to load it, add photos and send it to print (ther is also a free print promo). Suggestion: This is a very special gift that you can do for your relatives!!

See this Photobook here

To coordinate with this Photobook I did a complete collection, that I called Andrea, and you can find it at DDR ou at MM.

Andrea Alpha:

 Andrea Papers

 Andrea Quick Pages

My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software details see here

value 

$39.97 USD - get $10 off - use my code!

Participants of the drawing:

1- Dree Getz
2- Momma Laura
3- Ephémere
4- Bev
5- GinaT
6- Kristie
7- Ann
8- Happy Screen

And here is the winner:

Kristie, I will write you to receive the prize! Congrats!

Happy Scrappings and have a nice November!!

Silke

Animal Templates - How to Add Color

Hi all - DSD Blog Train is below!!

Olá Amigas
veja abaixo o kit collab free da DDR. Assine a Newsletter no link aqui para receber as dicas, pois cada parte só estará disponível por 1 ou 2 dias!

This is a really crazy weekend, with so many to do lists all over the web because of the Digital Scrapbooking Day. Some of you asked for it and I decided to put the tutorial on how to add color to templates here on my blog for you!!

But first of all I have to tell you that DDR is also giving a full kit - WONDERFUL - big mega collab, you only have to collect all parts! Sign up for the newsletter here so you will not miss anyone!

DigiDesignResort Store

download CLICKING HERE  (hurry- available only1-2 days)

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The secret on how to create an unique effect when coloring the element templates!

Você quer o tutorial em português? Deixe um comentário, que eu já providencio a tradução!!

Today I decided to show a short way to add some effects that can bring life into your template designs  There are many designers selling templates. You only need to add your colours.  But, in order to let them become life, it is important to give them a third dimension with a very unique and special touch!

The example here of the template is a bird. You can download it and start the tutorial with it. Change colors in order to get different effects! 4 Bird samples are included and also the tutorial. Please leave a comment for me, I love it!!

download it here

I discovered this technique with a fabulous template designer, Just Creations, on her tutorial blog. She has wonderful tutorials and templates! Visit her store or tutorial blog.

Open your template in Photoshop (other programs may have similar tools).
Go to the bird layers and set the inner shadow with a coordinating color as the layer style for each one.
(click on the images to zoom the image)

1- bird beak:

2- bird eye:

Contour:

 3- bird feet:

4- bird body:

Now you need to add drop shadow to the wings. So again, go the wing layer and set the inner shadow and then the drop shadow.

5- bird wings:

 inner shadow

drop shadow

So, this is the essential work. Now let us be creative and give this bird a customised touch!

You can use any painting technique. I have some tutorials here on my blog.

But this time my tip for you here is a very simple solution, with an effective beautiful and interesting result:

Painted paper overlays and texture overlays! Here are 3 painted overlays that I created with my SoftArt action and then desaturated in order to have them in a light gray:

 

Here is the preview of my layers with the overlay as color burn blend mode. Put the overlays one layer above each bird's part and create a clipping mask with this blending mode.  

Use your creativity to move, rotate, duplicate, modify blendings of these overlays!  Finally you can add a texture. (not shown here). But remember to add different effects to each layer, this help to let your work more eye catching!!

Você quer o tutorial em português? Deixe um comentário, que eu já providencio a tradução!!

Happy Scrappings!

Silke

DSD Freebie and new Cute Animal Kit + bonus tutorial.

Hi all!! Olá amigas:

My newest kit is a cute animal kit that I did with love for you!!

this kit will be in the store asap!

My cute friends of this kit - the image below is a web low resolution image that you can use in emails only for personal use (click to get it):

These animals I painted with a special digital technique. I bought the commercial templates from Americo at CreativeMundi and I love how they turned out!! If you are a designer and you want to know how to turn a designer template into a beautiful product, write me a short message (silemcke at gmail dot com) and I will send you a step by step tutorial how I did it.

Veja acima os meus amiguinhos que estão nesse kit. Eu comprei o template Commercial Use da loja Creative Mundi do Americo e da Cintia Cafe. Se vc é designer vai adorar ver o que eles têm!!

Esses templates de animais eu colori com uma técnica especial e se você é designer e gostaria de saber como eu fiz, eu terei maior prazer em te mandar um tutorial com dicas básicas, é só me escrever (silemcke at gmail dot com) solicitando a dica do template. OK?

DigitalScrapbookingDay BLOG TRAIN
(texto em português - veja mais abaixo)

MyMemories Blog Train is here again (November 3rd ) with plenty of offers all around the digi scrapping world!!

At MyMemories we have a big BlogTrain again and one of my kits, that I sell,
I will put for free during 3 days.

you should be coming from Dancing Princess Designs 

If you get lost or find any dead link, you can start over here:

MyMemories blog: http://www.mymemoriesblog.com/   
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MyMemoriesFans

My FREEBIE KIT PREVIEW:

My Memories Store
(you have to register in order to downlad)

Please - visit my store for other DSD promotions!

go to My Memories Store to download the goodies
(you have to register in order to downlad)

Next link to go is: Luv Ewe Designs - http://www.luvewedesigns.com/

Please, comment (with email) and you will enter to win a software MyMemories Suite v3 !! On Monday, November 5th afternoon 5 o'clock(Brazilian time) I will choose one winner!

Making a Scrapbook
MyMemories Suite will help you create your beautiful pages from scratch or build an entire album using one of the many professionally-designed scrapbook templates provided within the scrapbook software. A large collection of papers and embellishments are also included and available at your fingertips to help you make each page uniquely your own.
If this were any other scrapbooking software, you might be finished. But with My Memories Suite, the real power-and fun-of this software is just beginning. There are so many ways to save and share your memories, you will wonder how you ever got along without it.

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Please, comment (with email) and you will enter to win a software MyMemories Suite v3 !! On Monday, November 5th afternoon 5 o'clock(Brazilian time) I will choose one winner!

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Blog Train -  Portuguese text:

Meninas, a loja MyMemories tem excelentes designers e estamos fazendo um Blog Train. Veja acima o link para a loja onde vc tem que se cadastrar para poder pegar o produto FREE e colecionar mais de 25 lindos kits! E esse kit pode ser baixado no formato do programa (MyMemories Suite v.3) ou na versão tradicional - em png ou jpg. Quem quiser pode baixar no site a versão trial do programa.

Para você se cadastrar na loja vocês tem que inserir na primeira tela do cadastro
no item ZIP o número 99999  (isso é importante)!  Na imagem abaixo veja como:

Como registrar na loja da MyMemories para poder acessar os freebies:

E depois vem uma nova tela que precisa das seguintes informações:

PRONTO! agora vcs podem baixar os mais de 20 kits free desse blog train e quem comentar aqui ainda concorre a uma nova versão do software do programa (MyMemories Suite v.3) que é super gostoso e fácil de usar para criar foto livros ou mesmo layouts com direito a fazer filminhos ou mesmo aprsentações no facebook.

Thanks for participating and Happy DSD!!!

Silke