All posts tagged: photoshop

Behind the Scenes: How to Run a Photoshop Action Step by Step

Hinter den Kulissen: Wie man eine Photoshop Action schrittweise durchlaufen kann   Have you ever wanted to take a Photoshop action step by step in order to stop at an earlier point? Well, the problem with Photoshop actions is that once you start them, they’ll run through till the end, and there’s no feature to walk through an action step by step. And there’s no button to allow you to play a single step, either. Exactly this, however, is what I needed a couple of days ago when I wanted to run an action by Mommyish Designs. (If you don’t know Mommyish’s Photoshop Actions and Styles yet, you’re seriously missing out. They’re not only useful for designers, but for simple scrappers as well!) Anyway, I was working on this Document Christmas page for which I wanted to create a simple doodled outline. Seid ihr jemals an dem Punkt gewesen, wo ihr euch gewünscht hättet, eine Photoshop Action zu einem früheren als dem offiziell dafür vorgesehenen Zeitpunkt zu beenden? Das Problem bei Photoshop Actions ist, dass …

Enable Me: Custom Shapes for Photoshop

I usually have photo actions for you when I want to share something for Photoshop on Enable-Me Wednesdays. Today, I thought I’d mix things up a bit (though don’t worry, I still have lots of more free photoshop actions to share with you, thanks to my sister who hooks me up). Today, I have a set of custom shapes that I’d like to share. If you’ve seen yesterday’s tutorial post on creating journaling mats from custom shapes, then this is the perfect addition for you to find a huge assortment of various shapes. (My leaf shape is from this custom shape set.) Simply click on the image above to get to the download page, and I hope you find this useful (esp. for those of you who do the challenges at SSD as this month has a challenge to create a brush from a custom shape). Have fun playing with all the shapes …