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Magazine #1 - October 2010
FeaturedThis month Featured Store is
Inspired by Dominic. Tiany, the
owner is happy to appear in the
rst publicaon of Scrapbook
Designing Magazine, and she has
created a freebie just for us!
Quality Checked
Weve checked the quality of her
stu... Do you want to know theresult?
Read more>>
Sponsor Newbie tipsLearn how to recolor a mul-
colored element in Photoshopin a easy way, using basics
tools. Great result promise!
PS Tips and Tricks>>
Ask us!Do you want to know any spe-
cic technique? Are you hav-ing problems while designing?
Do you want to join our team?
We will reply to all your ques-
ons in a future secon called
Ask us. To know the e-mail
where youve to send your
quesons, turn this page over!
But please, aer sending us an
e-mail, read this amazing rst
number of the magazine. How
knows if you will nd your re-
ply right now?
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The font used in the logo is My Own Topher,
from Kevin and Amanda.
Scrapbook kit used to make the pages layout is
Bouque, by Scrapbookizate.
IndexPresentaon 4Featured Store 6
Photoshop Tip 1 10
Confusing words 16
Secret Pals 16
Lisng 18
Editorial staff:Aida Garmo
Jenn White
FrenchGirl
Designing:Aida Garmo
Contact:[email protected]
www.scrapbookdesigning.net
This is a free magazine. If you have paid for this publi-
caon please contact us and ask for a refund of your
money where you purchased it.
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PresentationWe have done this magazine for designers, both experts and new designers, to share and
learn. The expert designers can share their ps and tricks and the new designers can learn.
The idea comes from Aida Garmo, but this magazine would be impossible to create without
the help of Jenn White and FrenchGirl. We hope you nd this magazine helpful.
Lets share some info about us...
Aida Garmo
Im Spanish. I have boyfriend but not yet married. Ive
been scrapping and designing for almost one year and
a half. I design both CU and PU items. My kits was in-
spired by almost stupid things... One day I was walk-
ing and I see a vintage, white mannequin in a store.
One week aer, I released my kit Bouque. Another
day, I start to think about having children... I imagine
my self pregnant and I make a queson to my self:
What color I would use to paint the child room?
Some days aer that I released my kit Waing for
you... Green if its a boy, pink it it s a girl!
I love designing... For me, its more than a hobby,
its like a life style! I spend most of my free me in
design. Now I also spend my free me in making this maga-
zine. I love to do it because I want to help with ps and tricks newbie designers that
have a lot of potenal but they dont know how to develop it. I am happy if those people are
happy and, in the future, they parcipate in this wonderful magazine. I hope everyone love
this mag.
Blog: hp://scrapbookizate.wordpress.com
FrenchGirl
Hello, Im French Canadian, married, 3 children, a cat, kois,
and a frog collecon... I discovered scrapbooking by acci-
dent. In fact, when my youngest born (now 11 year past !)I tried to communicate with other adults during the day
and I discovered the MIRC chat room. From there, Im
passionate about programming and web design. To work
the designs, I found yahoo groups for Paint Shop Pro and
I became a moderator and a professor. Quite by chance, I
discovered a site about digital scrapbooking, aer having
tasted a bit of paper scrapbook and I FALL IN LOVE. So I
started by being a CT member while a me and I create
CU and some PU kit for over 2 years .. I even quit some
leisure side.
Blog: hp://imagesdoigts.canalblog.com/
Arul Amanda
HI! I am Arul Amanda, owner of Circle Of Life Scraps. I am a for-
mer educator, having taught all grade levels and in
three naons. I have been married to my DH for 29
years as of this month( August)! We have two grown
kids, and have just inherited my Moms cat, Rascali.
I am a lifeme arst, and a paper scrapper for
10+years. I began digiscrap 3 years ago, was on 13
CTs last year and began designing in June of 2009.
I have to give a ton of credit to so many helpful design-
ers, store owners and fellow scrappers for my progress.
It is one of the great parts of this art- the kind people we
meet and work with!
My design style is arul, colorful and unique. I especially
like to design kits that can be used in many ways, such ashybrid, Journaling books, Faithbooking, and ATC kits.
Blog: hp://circleoifescraps.blogspot.com/
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Featured StoreInspired by Dominic. This is the
personal store of Tiany. Smart, clear
design which make us happy if we
want to visit her blog, read her TOU
or nd the special sales because in the
header there are dierent links.
The colors are nice and it s so easy to
nd what youre looking for because
the categories are straighten up.
But... Who is the owner of this wonderful place? Here is some info about her:
My name is Tiany. I am a married, mother of two young boys from Ohio, U.S.A.
I am a part-me preschool teacher, a full-me student studying inclusive early
childhood educaon, and I stay at home with my boys part-me as well.
How many me do you spend in designing and/or extracng elements? I
design mostly in the evenings, between classes, and when the boys are napping
so I probably spend 10 to 15 hours a week working on digital scrapbooking.
Where do you nd inspiraon for doodles? Some doodles are requests fromcustomers, some are inspired by events, and others are inspired by things I see. I
like to go out places and looking around to see what inspires me. I carry a sketch
book and note pad with me so that I can quickly write or sketch ideas.
What program (or programs) do you use? I use Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe
Illustrator CS4, and Art Rage Studio Pro.
What your fab product of your store? Probably my overlays.
What is your best-seller? Current best sellers based upon sales in all of my
stores are my Quality Check acon set, Fading Away overlays, and Canvas Style
set.
From up-le to down-right (names linked):
1.- Fold me Vol. 3
2.- Canvas me Vol. 1
3.- Write on me Vol. 1
4.- Buon Play Vol. 1
5.- Very Scribbly Vol. 1
6.- Quality Check Me Acons for PS
http://www.inspiredbydominic.com/store/http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=22http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=103http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=69http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=90http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=104http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=104http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=90http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=69http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=103http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=22http://www.inspiredbydominic.com/store/http://www.inspiredbydominic.com/store/8/9/2019 Scrapbook Designing #TEST
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Inspired by Dominic Quality CheckDo you want to know if IBD is selling the best quality items? Ive checking some of the items
and I will show you the results.
But... Do you want to check her i tems by yourself? She made a freebie for us! Click the link to
download:
Also, she set up a coupon code just for Scrapbook Designing readers. Coupon not valid on col-
laboraon grab bags and during store sales. Good unl August 2011.
ElementsLooking for stray pixels
Bla bla
Missing pixels
Bla bla
Blurry
Bla bla
Papers
Real size (100%)The rs circle is a closer view of the paper. The sec-
ond one is a recolor.
Please note: Probably youll se some blurriness,
that doesnt appear in the original texture. Its be-
cause the PDF format and compression. You can
download a sampler from Inspired by Dominic store
and check the high quality.
Obviously, Inspired by Dominic passed our Qual-
ity Check. If you purchase something there, youre
purchasing the best quality.
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Photoshop Tip 1The rst p will be a tutorial about how to recolor a item which uses more than one
color. Its quite easy.
1- The element you see here is the element we will use for this tutorial. The
rst step is open your element.
2.- Now, we have to create one layer for each color. Well create 3: one for the ribbon, another
for the pin and the last one for the wire. Choose the Lasso or the Magic Selecon tool to se-
lect one of the parts. In this tutorial, well start with the wire.
3.- Now, right click on the selecon and select Layer via copy. (The screen shoots show the
Spanish version of Photoshop).
4.- Do the same with all the layers you want, but remember you can leave one part of the
element without copying, because the other layers will cover it. Youll understand this with a
image. See that Ive only copying the wire and the pin, because I have the ribbon in the rst
layer.
5.- Now, create a layer between the rst layer and the second.
6.- Choose a color and use the Paint Bucket to ll this layer. Now, right click on this layer and
select Clipping Mask
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7.- Now, youll se something like this: 8.- Now change the blend mode to Color.
9.- Now, youll see the ribbon with the color you chosen!
10.- Do the same with all the layers, using the colors you want. Hey!? Whats happening? I
cant change it to white? I choose white, but it appears grey!
11.- It appears grey because the item is quite dark. We are going to solve it. First, select the
item youre recoloring, not the color.
12.- Now go to Image >Adjustment> Brightness and Contrast. Click.
13.- Youll se a window with two adjustments: one is Brightness and the other is Contrast.
Move the controls to the right (to add more brightness and contrast). Stop when you got the
result you want.
14.- Ill do the same with the wire, because it was quite light. Do not move the controls to the
le, because the element will loose quality. If you want a element darker, just move only the
Contrast amount.
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15.- Save your le as a *png. You can also save a *psd le if you will use this element again, so
you dont have to select the parts and such things again.
Pracse a lile bit this p and youll see how easy it is! You can use di-
erent colors, brightness, contrast... Just play!
Tutorial by Aida Garmo
Sponsor
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Confusing wordsI have found some designers that doesnt know the dierences between PU, S4H and S4O.
Also, I tried to Google it, but there are no explanaons of that. Maybe in any forum, page or
blog there is one, but I havent found it. For that, Ill try to explain what is the dierent.
PU: Personal Use
This mean that you can use the kit or the product to make layouts of yourself and relaves
with the kit.
S4O: Scrap For Others
This mean that you can make layout for other people, but you cant charge any amount for
this service and the result have to be a aered le (neither layers, nor separate elements).
The layout must be ready to print, not just a quick page or brag book.
S4H: Scrap For Hire
The same as S4O, but you can charge money for the layout. Also, the result must be a at-
tered image, neither quick pages nor brag books.
Remember to read the designer TOU before play with her kit and dont forget to give the
proper credit to the designer if required. If you have any queson, feel free to contact the
designer: I promise she (or he) would be grateful and youll receive a reply soon.
Text by Aida Garmo
Secret PalsScrapbook Designing is bringing to you the opportunity of take part in
this crazy game. Each parcipant has to create a lile package of her CU
items and will receive one package from other designer but... You wont
know who is the designer ll the next magazine! Ill say who is who, so you can
read the TOU, say thanks and such things ;)
To parcipate, put 3 elements and/or papers (called with generic names like ribbon, pa-
per01...) in a zip le. Do not add any other le , link, image, preview in the zip. Send it to
[email protected] (Subject: October Secret Pals) before October
20th. In the message add your blog link and your designer name. All the items will be Quality
Checked and if there are any issue or the element doesnt match with our basis, youll be con-
tacted. If Its all ok youll receive your gi as soon as possible . Wait ll the next edion of the
magazine and discover who is your Secret Pal and who received your gi. All the gi
will be showed in the magazine with a link to the
designer blog so you can read her/
his TOU and use the stu properly.
Paint Shop Pro Tip 1Do you like to create alphabets coordinated with your kits or do you make CU alphabets but
you nd it so long to make each leer one aer another? ... This is because you have not dis-
covered the funcon of PSP Script... So heres how to avoid many steps...
First, you save the le Alpha X with all separate leers png. Uppercase, lowercase, punctua-
on... What you want to work with... This le may be used later.
Open your rst leer and try what you want ll the nal result... When youre leer is good,
we can begin.
1.- Open a new leer. Click File > Script> Start Recording... (Screen shoots are in French PSP).
2.- Then make your leer. Use the copy/paste lter or what you want but think itll be thesame for each leer... When you nish you leer click File > Script> Save recording.
TIP!If you use a paper
to make the alpha, be
sure you have opened
the paper le in PSP dur-
ing the script (and dur-
ing all the leers).
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3.- Open a new blank leer and click File > Script> Run Script, select the name of your script
and now youll see all the eects on your leer. Maybe you have to click Yes to connue the
script.
Aer this, you can use the keyboard short cut! You just open a new leer and click Ctrl+Y
4.- Repeat this steps in all the leers, and you will have a full alpha in few minutes! You can
use the Scripts for repeve acons to save your me.
If you use PSP lters, you wont need to change the sengs, but if you use Eye Candy lters,
maybe you will need to.
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ListingHere you will nd a lot of places where you can nd cool stu to design. They appear in al-
phabecally order. Happy CU shopping!
Store name Store descripon Link
A Moment in Scrap
Its not a CU only store, but some
designer are selling this kind of
stu here.
www.amomennscrap.com
Commercial
Creaons
It is a very young store, but full
of commercial stu.www.commercial-creaons.com
Commercial Use Only CU stu. www.commercial-use.ch
Commercial Use Only CU stu. www.commercial-use.com
Creaon Cassel Full of PSP scr ipts and tubes. www.creaoncassel.com
Creave Mundi A lot of CU templates, some ele-ments and textures.
www.creavemundi.com.br
Digital Designs by
ElenaOnly PS acons. www.digital-designs-by-elena.com
Digital Scrapbook
Obsession
Not a CU only store, but it has
great stu.www.digiscrapobsession.com
HM Scrap ShopIt is not a CU only store, but you
will nd a lot of CU stuwww.hmscrapshop.com
Inspired by Dominic
It is a personal store. Only CU
stu. This store is Featured this
month! Go to Featured Store to
read more details.
www.inspiredbydominic.com
Scrap ArstA big amount of CU stu, any
kind of it.www.scraparst.com
Scrap with FriendsIt is not a CU only store, but full
of dierent kinds of CU stuwww.scrapwithfriends.com
Sugar Hill Co
Great place to buy stu, vectors
overlays... www.sugarhillco.com
The Designers
ToolboxOnly CU, S4H and S4O stu. www.thedesignerstoolbox.com
Store name Store descripon Link
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