Archive for March, 2008

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Election Year Polling

I’m curious about you.  Or you can call it nosy - whatever - but you visit me and even occasionally leave hints in your comments but I still don’t know enough. I do follow the links to sites and blogs and comment every chance I get, so there are a few of you who are [...]

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Friday, March 28th, 2008

Keyboard Shortcuts Lead to Photoshop Nirvana

I think you’ll agree, if you’ve been using any version of Photoshop for any amount of time, that it’s a fun program to use and even more fun as you begin to unlock its secrets.  I started using Photoshop over ten years ago but didn’t even begin to grasp its power until I started using [...]

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Friday, March 21st, 2008

Donnie’s Out of the Guild

For all those who, along with me, are enjoying watching the devastation being wrought in the life of Donnie Hoyle as he teaches us Photoshop, here’s the latest installment…

You Suck at Photoshop #9

While it’s easy to overlook the value of the training here, you really can learn some advanced techniques from watching these [...]

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Sunday, March 16th, 2008

This Doesn’t Have to be Hard

This week we’re working on the fifth and sixth challenges.  These were really inspirational for me and allowed me to finally get around to scrapping a couple of layouts I’d been planning forever.  The first, number five, was sponsored by Digitals and we were told to feature an inteview with an inanimate object and include [...]

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Friday, March 14th, 2008

Hey There, Race Fans!

I’m slacking.  I know.  Here we are coming up on the deadline for Challenges #5 and #6 and I haven’t even shared our third and fourth submissions.
The third challenge ended up being an optional one because the sponsor’s prize had a cost involved.  It wasn’t a big deal - just $5 to cover shipping [...]

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Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Afterthoughts

What a lazy day it’s been!  As you know, I woke to a raging thunderstorm but we quickly settled into a relaxed Saturday rhythm of French toast and fairy tales on DVD.  While the kids dozed in front of the TV, I threw together some digital elements inspired by the ADSR challenge Jen and I [...]

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Saturday, March 1st, 2008

The Lion Roared!

What’s that saying about March?  “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb?”  They really weren’t kidding, were they?  After living all my life in the desert Southwest of the United States, I’d pretty much decided all those sayings were just ridiculous bits of prose made up by people with nothing [...]

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