Happy 4th of July everyone!!!
Celebrate this one with a lot of magic moments that you’ll want to keep! So, today, as a special occasion I have one free download for Digital Scrapbooking: 4th of July Quick Page.
This Quick Page size is 12″x12″ @ 300dpi (print quality :)) and it can be downloaded in two versions: PSD Download (7MB) and PNG Download (2,5MB) – after joining GREEN BULB GANG – under the main “Free downloads” page!.
It’s easy to use, just slip your photos behind the frames on the page! You can add title and some journaling to the front of the page and that’s it!
Weekend is here, so see ya on Monday when I’ll be featuring again new great designs created using my brushes!
S:)
P.S.: And our Green Bulb Gang Newsletter will come out on Monday too! Do not miss the special discount on Retro Swirls Photoshop Brushes set for all members! And one FREE SET – Swirls and Stars Photoshop Brushes set [ PREVIEW ]
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If you’re still not a Green Bulb Gang member just go to Downloads and follow the instructions. You’re welcome to join us!
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I know, there’s probably nothing wrong with good old fashioned photo albums where you just stack your photos in.
However, today, with digital imaging and software like Photoshop it takes only so much effort to create cool, custom made, little works of art that will hold the images from your, your friends or your clients wedding. And when it’s printed out, this album will not just be a placeholder for your photos, it will be like a little book that you designed and it will be unique, the one and the only that looks like that. Your own photo book.
If you’re not a graphic designer or if you are not familiar with vector editing software or you just don’t have the time to create graphic decorations for such a custom photo album, but you’d still like to make your own albums – then you’re probably looking at the perfect solution.
With Photoshop brushes it’s only a matter of having Photoshop* (any version from 7.0 up to CS3), pressing F5 to get the Photoshop brushes palette on screen and applying the ones you like the most to the background.
Then just add the photos and – voila! Your custom wedding photo album is all done! No need to bother creating background decorations ’cause they’re here already. Still, it’s up to you to decide which ones to use. Also, you’ll need to adjust the size and pick the colors. This can all be done real fast. To make it even faster please refer to my post about PS Brushes shortcuts.
So, if you’d like to accept this challenge, I prepared a real big collection of Photoshop brushes for you to select from. 158 of them. And here is what this package contains:
- Hearts Photoshop Brushes Set, 32 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
- Swirls Floral Photoshop Brushes Set, 42 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
- Swirled Frames Photoshop Brushes Set, 18 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
- Swirled Corners Photoshop Brushes Set, 20 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
- Designs Photoshop Brushes Set, 30 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
Total value of these sets (if bought separately) would be $49.95
Then I created one special set of 16 brushes, added to the bunch [preview] and decided to give it away for free!
And, in the end, I thought I’d make it a special offer and sell it all together for $39.99
How about that for a deal?
:)
I knew you’ll like it!
Get your $49.95 bundle + 16 bonus Photoshop brushes at the reduced price: $39.99 –> here ->
* For those of you who don’t have Photoshop, you can still use this package. With a little help from THIS SOFTWARE you can export the brushes into .png format and use them in any other photo editing software. Paint Shop Pro, Gimp (which is free), or … just any, because they all work with .png formats.
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Gals’n'Gays,
Many of you used the opportunity to get the Grunge Love Scrapbook Set for free by buying my latest Photoshop brush Floral Shapes (the offer is still on the table :). Therefore, many of you got a hold on scrapbook kit for the first time and I receive many questions on how to use that kit.
That is why I decided to prepare a tutorial for all of you who are scrapbooking beginners, I’m gonna make a scrapbook dedicated to my sister Nina who I love very much.
So, here is the step-by-step tutorial on usage of the scrapbooking kit Grunge Love!
1. Start Photoshop and open one of the background files provided in „Scrapbook Page Kit: Grunge Love”. In this tutorial I used “bgr4.jpg”.
2. Choose the photos you want to use in this scrapbook page. Since I am dedicated this scrapbook to my sister, I used her photo (these funny photos are taken with fish eye lens.)
3. Drag and drop this photo to a layer above the background and open one of the frames (“png” files – transparent). Drag and drop the frame (in this case “frame01.png” from Scrapbook Page Kit: Grunge Love) to the layer above the photo. Align it and scale so that it fits.
4. If you want to work with corners separately, select the one you want to move with “Rectangular Marquee Tool” and move it around, or cut out the photo to fit the frame. (Tip: using simple Rectangular Marquee Tool or Polygonal Lasso Tool surround the frame corner and, while holding Ctrl key, press arrow keys up and down. Now the corner is selected. :))
5. Add another photo and add another frame. Now, you can rotate the photo and the corners (all layers) together (except for the background, you don’t want to rotate background). So, select the layers with photos and corners by holding the “Ctrl” key (Press Ctrl, hold it down and click on layers one by one until all layers are selected). Now press Ctrl+T for Free Transform and rotate the selected layers for, say, 15 degrees. Hit Enter once you’re done.
6. Now you can use one or two (or more) heart symbols. I went for heart with wings. Rotate them for 15 degree too.
7. Open the “loveLetters.png” file (also from Scrapbook Page Kit: Grunge Love) and add letters at the layer above.
8. Add one symbol in the background (just above the background layer), for example you can choose “heartTransparent.png” (from the same Scrapbook Page Kit). Use layer blend modes and select “Multiply”…
9. That’s it!
As you can see it’s quite simple. Everything you need is included in the kit (except for the photo of my sister :))
So, if you still haven’t, you can still get this kit for free when you purchase Photoshop Brushes – Floral Shapes ($9.99). Or you can get Grunge Love Scrapbook Kit individually for $4.99.
Have fun creating!
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NOTICE:
This package is quite heavy – 44Mb. This is because all images are in highest resolution 12″x12″ at 300dpi for those of you who want to print it in a professional way. I’m saying this because the download might take long especially for those of you who don’t have high-speed broadband Internet connection.
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Wedding is the occasion when we celebrate life. Marriage comes with love and love is power that gives sense to it all. Or, at least, that’s what I’d like to believe.
So, having this in mind I thought I’d make a compilation of brushes that contributes to this philosophy.
I bundled 4 of my Photoshop Brushes sets:
1. Hearts Photoshop Brushes Set, 32 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
2. Swirls Floral Photoshop Brushes Set, 42 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
3. Swirled Frames Photoshop Brushes Set, 18 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
4. Swirled Corners Photoshop Brushes Set, 20 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
and I added one more set to the bunch:
5. Designs Photoshop Brushes Set, 30 brushes, $9.99 | [preview]
and this made one huge set of 142 brushes that I decided to call “Wedding Brushes”.
I thought how handy could those be for a photographer or designer who’s involved in wedding occasions.
And then I got inspired for more brushes! Sat down and created 16 more of them. And they turned out well. Was very very pleased. See them here: new Floral Photoshop brushes! available in this pack only
And I added the new 16 Floral PS Brushes to the bundle. Now, it’s really huge package. 158 of them. (You can see them all by clicking on all those [preview] links up there.) See if you like them.
If you do like them, buy them. I sell the whole 158 Wedding Brushes package for $39.99. After getting this package – I don’t think you’ll need a new swirl or flower or heart or corner or similar shape shape any time soon.
If you like them but can’t afford, send me an email and we’ll work something out. I know how is it to be a struggling artist. I see one every morning in the mirror.
P.S.
No need to mention that all of them are compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5.
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So, you would like to print your own scrapbook that will be cool, unique and… huh, cool?
How would you like to make some cool graphics, merge them with some photos and print out as a scrapbook that will always remind you of some people or events?
Do you just feel you can’t afford to spend too much time working on it?
Well, let me tell you something. It took me one afternoon to do my Rovinj (Rovigno) scrap book. Rovinj is a small fisherman’s town in Croatia, at the coast of the Adriatic Sea. I decided that I want to have scrapbook of it, took one afternoon of and … voila! Here it is. Do I need to mention that I used my own brushes for it? (and of course my photos!)
Here is just a preview of the book and in next post I will briefly describe how it’s done. So, if I did it, I’m sure you can do it too. At home. Just using a printer, canvas paper, some textile, cork board, sea shells and a sponge. Nothing too sophisticated.
Photoshop brushes used for this book:
- Swirls (floral) Photoshop brushes set (premium edition)
- Tatoo designs Photoshop brushes set (premium edition)
- Simple custom Photoshop brushes set
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Corner designs (great for all kinds of graphic design and especially great for scrapbooking)
Benefits:
- Fast way to create
- great scrapbook albums
- eye catching ads
- web designs
- backgrounds
And now: Sponsored sentence (which, by all means does not mean that you should not click on the link and actually take a look at the book)
And, while at it, you might also consider learning a few good photography tricks here ->
End of sponsored sentence.
Or you can just play with those brushes and apply the results to your graphic design projects. That’s offenly the best way to get inspired! So, these are all ready for download in two versions:
- Lite edition: Corner designs, swirls ornaments – set of 4 Photoshop brushes (Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5 compatible – free download, Join GBG for free downloads)
- and Premium edition Corner designs, swirls – set of 20 Photoshop brushes (Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5 compatible)
Swirled Corners Photoshop Brushes set (20)
This Photoshop brushes set is compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5 (and all newer versions), Photoshop Elements 3.0 and newer versions!
Click here for preview:
Eh, there goes another idea! You can even use them for Easter crafts this year: print it – cut it – stick it to the egg! Cool , in’nit? Or, you can make a Happy Easter cards. Stay tuned, because I’m planning to publish new stuff for crafts soon - printable Easter cards, free Easter cards, Easter bunnies, Easter eggs… well, Easter is coming so we better be prepared!
Like always – stay cool :)
Love,
S
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Yesterday, after discovering that AdToll thing, I found myself thinking about how this, this and this person can earn enough money from their blogs? They are actually living a great life only from money earned that way?
Look, this woman is even supporting her family with it! That’s the direction I’m going to. It takes long, but I’ll get there sooner or later.
Why does it take so long for me to do it? Maybe “give stuff for free” business model doesn’t really work? If you have an answer, let me know, will pay for profitable advice.
But that’s me. I can’t be johnchow or shoemoney or dooce. I’m just… Me.
So, today here’s the latest scrapbooking in form of digital scrapbooking – free download: Sepia. This is zipped .psd file (35MB) – 7,5×7,5 inches – 300pix/inch resolution. Every design element is on his own layer, so you can just replace my image with your and – that’s it!
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Elements used:
- Swirls floral brushes set (premium edition)
- Grunge paper (2 in pack)
- Hearts Photoshop brushes set (premium edition)
- Simple custom Photoshop brushes set (free edition)
Love,
S
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P.S.
If you are into scrapbooking you will want to check out Digital Scrapbooking Source the site where you can find free scrapbook kits and everything that has anything to do with scrapbooking.
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Yep, I just created new Photoshop brushes set: Stone textures! They are 2500×2500 pixels (and that’s the maximum!); so please don’t be scared, download size is 28MB. (todays connections are faster, so I think that this can’t be a problem for the most of the you) Set contains 12 different stone texture brushes: subscribe to my newsletter and get immediate access to loads of free Photoshop Brushes!
Still, I have a problem: as, I said two days ago, I made a video on “how to create a coffee stains brushes” – and it’s now (after cutting and gluing and fade in fade out… etc.) 4GB size. I don’t have fast-high-tech-high-end computer. I got one old Ati graphic card… well, I have to render it for a whole night!!!! – only to make a one small video. That’s frustrating! I don’t have an idea on how to make this video so that it’s suitable for upload… I don’t know.
Any ideas? (except: go and buy yourself new machine, for example Mac or something… unless someone want’s to buy it for me? Hahaha!)
Have fun creating!
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Guys, I’m in a mess! Today, I have to shoot some people :)…
…no, not really: I’ll do a photo session with a loads of people ! And I have do it in my apartment because I don’t have a studio anymore. Well, studio that I had was too small and my current living room is big enough but I don’t like the idea that lot of people mess around my apartment while i work.
The situation: my friend Marina call me one day to ask if I could make a photo session for another friend of her called Suzana. She (Suzana) makes woman stockings and she wants some professional images for her next brochure. I don’t shooting per request, especially here in Croatia where everyone is… well, I don’t like shooting per request. I like to sell images I make through stock agencies much better.
So, in that case I stated that I will not ask for payment, but I will take 50% or more photos for my needs. The models will sign “Model Release Forms” and I will be able so sell these images on stock agencies.
So, this photo-shooting session will involve: my friend’s girlfriend Melani (who is also my Italian teacher), who will be a model, one girl (Dinka) who I don’t really know that well, my friend Marina (she will be the makeup artist) and the “client” – Suzana. Suzana also mentioned Irina (graphic designer) wants to be present. (Did I mention that I don’t appreciate the idea of too many people hanging around my apartment as I work?) I’m nervous. Really nervous!
So, guys – wish me luck, ‘cos I gonna need it!
Images will be posted here (at bsilvia.com)… at least few of them.
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving day to my visitors from USA!
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Do online marketers need business cards? Only if they want more business. Like it or not, having a business card legitimizes you. Read the article
Take some time and take a look at at my designs on Print Business Cards. I am a new member :), I have to brag
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Monday, Monday…
Today I created a set of “film brushes” made out of my old negatives and slides (6×6 and 35 mm).
All images are mine. I took ‘em :) (Please see commercial use of brushes info). Some of them are even taken with the Lomo camera – Holga :) and the origin looks like this yellow toned image on the right (taken with yellow plastic Holga filter in cute little city Novigrad in Istria, Croatia). Two years ago, that was my first lomography experiment.
The collection is heavy (15 MB) so please be patient, but I think it’s worth it and you gonna like them: Download free Photoshop brushes here (set of 13 brushes) and enjoy! :-*
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