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Learn Photoshop Elements - Create a Christmas or Holiday card from scratch. Watch this video at http://youtu.be/SqdbjgenptM 1. From the FILE menu, select NEW, BLANK FILE or use the CMD/CTRL-N keyboard shortcut.

2. Enter a WIDTH of 8.5 inches, HEIGHT of 5.5 inches with a resolution of 300 pixels/inch. 3. Name your le Christmas or Holiday Card. 4. Press OK. 5. Reset the default PALETTE COLOURS by pressing D on the keyboard.
FOREGROUND BACKGROUND

6. Double-click on the Background colour palette. 7. From the Background colour picker, select a blue or purple colour. If you don't have a preference, type in 495dfa in the # FIELD. 8. Press OK.

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Learn Photoshop Elements - Create a Christmas or Holiday card from scratch. Watch this video at http://youtu.be/SqdbjgenptM 9. From the TOOLBOX, select the GRADIENT tool or press G on your keyboard. 10. At the bottom of the screen, press TOOL OPTIONS. 11. Ensure the FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND gradient is selected, MODE: Normal, OPACITY: 100%, TRANSPARENCY: checked, DITHER: checked, and LINEAR GRADIENT selected.

12. While holding the SHIFT key on your keyboard, CLICK, HOLD, and DRAW a line from the top of the image to the bottom. 13. If the LAYERS palette isn't visible, click LAYERS on the bottom of the screen.

14. Click the NEW LAYER icon (dog ear) at the top of the LAYERS palette. 15. From the EDIT menu, select FILL LAYER. Select FOREGROUND colour from the drop down. Press OK.

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16. Press the keyboard shortcut OPT/DELETE (Mac) or ALT/BACKSPACE (PC) to ll the layer with BLACK.

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Learn Photoshop Elements - Create a Christmas or Holiday card from scratch. Watch this video at http://youtu.be/SqdbjgenptM 17. From the FILTER menu, select NOISE, ADD NOISE. 18. In the ADD NOISE dialog box, adjust the AMOUNT: 80, DISTRIBUTION: Gaussian selected, MONOCHROMATIC: checked. 19. Click OK.

20. From the FILTER menu, select BLUR, GAUSSIAN BLUR. 21. In the GAUSSIAN BLUR dialog box, enter RADIUS: (1.0). 22. Click OK. 23. From the ENHANCE menu, select LIGHTING, LEVELS or press the keyboard shortcut CMD/CTRL-L. 24. In the LEVELS dialog box, enter Input levels 100, 1.00, 175. 25. Press OK.

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Learn Photoshop Elements - Create a Christmas or Holiday card from scratch. Watch this video at http://youtu.be/SqdbjgenptM 26. In the TOOL OPTIONS, press the down arrow next to the GRADIENT thumbnail. 27. Select the BLACK/WHITE gradient. 28. At the top of the LAYERS palette, click the LAYER MASK icon.

29. CLICK, HOLD, and DRAW a line from the bottom of the image to the top.

30. Click the NEW LAYER icon (dog ear) at the top of the LAYERS palette. 31. From the EDIT menu, select FILL LAYER. Select FOREGROUND colour from the drop down. Press OK.

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32. Press the keyboard shortcut OPT/DELETE (Mac) or ALT/BACKSPACE (PC) to ll the layer with BLACK.

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Learn Photoshop Elements - Create a Christmas or Holiday card from scratch. Watch this video at http://youtu.be/SqdbjgenptM 33. From the FILTER menu, select RENDER, LENS FLARE.

34. In the LENS FLARE dialog box, adjust the BRIGHTNESS: 75%, LENS TYPE: 105mm Prime, MOVE the white dot to the center of the box. 35. Press OK. 36. In the LAYERS palette, change the BLENDING MODE of LAYER 2 to SCREEN.

37. Select the MOVE tool or press the V key on the keyboard. 38. Move the "STAR" to the upper right portion of the image. 39. From the TOOLBOX, select the BRUSH tool or press the B key on your keyboard. 40. From the BRUSH drop down, select ASSORTED BRUSHES. 41. From the list, select STARBURST LARGE.

42. Adjust the brush SIZE: 1300 px, OPACITY: 100%.

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Learn Photoshop Elements - Create a Christmas or Holiday card from scratch. Watch this video at http://youtu.be/SqdbjgenptM 43. Center the brush over the "STAR" and tap once. PART II 1. Open a Web browser, navigate to the page http://search.creativecommons.org and search Flickr using the Creative Commons license.

2. Enter camel silhouette in the search eld or any other similar silhouette you would like to use. I am using Glenna Barlows picture of a camel and rider. 3. Select the largest size and download it to your computer. 4. Open your image in Photoshop Elements. 5. From the lter menu select ADJUST then THRESHOLD. 6. Adjust the slider until your silhouette is well dened. I am using a THRESHOLD of 111. 7. Press OK.

8. From the toolbar, select the BRUSH tool or press the B key on your keyboard.

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Learn Photoshop Elements - Create a Christmas or Holiday card from scratch. Watch this video at http://youtu.be/SqdbjgenptM 9. From the BRUSH drop down, select DEFAULT BRUSHES.

10. Adjust the size of the BRUSH: 175 px. 11. Click BRUSH SETTINGS

12. Adjust HARDNESS: 100%, ROUNDNESS: 100%.

13. Paint unwanted black areas white and unwanted white areas black. Press the X key on the keyboard to swap between black and white. 14. From the LAYERS menu, select DUPLICATE LAYER.

15. In the DUPLICATE LAYER dialog box, select DESTINATION: Christmas Card.

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Learn Photoshop Elements - Create a Christmas or Holiday card from scratch. Watch this video at http://youtu.be/SqdbjgenptM 16. Press OK. 17. From the IMAGE menu, select TRANSFORM, FREE TRANSFORM or press the keyboard shortcut CMD/CTRL-T.

18. Grab the CORNER HANDLES and resize the silhouette image so that is covers the star eld image completely. 19. Tick the green check box.

20. In the LAYERS palette, change the the BLENDING MODE: Multiply.

21. In the TOOLBAR, select the HORIZONTAL TYPE TOOL or press the T key on the keyboard. 22. In the TOOL OPTIONS, click the drop down box and select the desired font. I selected EDWARDIAN SCRIPT.

23. Change FONT SIZE: 48, JUSTIFICATION: Center Text. www.YouTube.com/c130bulldawg www.facebook.com/pseandmore

Learn Photoshop Elements - Create a Christmas or Holiday card from scratch. Watch this video at http://youtu.be/SqdbjgenptM 24. Click the down arrow next to COLOUR and select the desired colour.

25. Click on the IMAGE where you want the text to appear. 26. KEY in your greeting or message. 27. Tick the green check box when nished. 28. From the FILE menu, select SAVE AS.

29. In the FORMAT drop down, select JPEG.

30. Save the le to a Flash drive, SD card, or Disc and take it to the local Photo department to print it to a Photo card.

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