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NEW:
Challenges:
How the challenges work!!!
If you haven't participated in our site challenges recently - you might want to come and
check out the new format at
Scrapbook-Bytes for our challenges!
Earn $$$ in the store for participating in the challenges and get a free mini kit for participating in our color challenge - and a FREE FULL KIT for paid site subscribers.
During the month of August over $130.00 in Store $ was earned!
Don't miss your chance to grab free $ in our store!
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About the Challenges:
- How the Challenges Work
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September 2010 Tracker
Weekly:
Font Challenge
Leavin' Some Lovin
Scrapheap
Scraplift Challenge
Bi-Monthly:
Color Challenge
Decorate Your Space (Desktop)
Mum's the Word
Sketch Challenge
Template Challenge
Monthly
ABC Album Challenge
Alphabet Photo Challenge
Bytes to Go
G-A-B (Grab-a-Byte challenge)
Hybrid Challenge
Newsletter Challenge
Numbers in Bytes
Photography
Scrapping Resolutions
The Little Things NEW!
Topsy Turvy Template Challenge NEW!
STORE NEWS:
PLEASE WELCOME two new designers to Scrapbook-Bytes: Aja Abney and Trixie Scraps Designs
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So much....
There has been so muc going on both @ home here and @ Scrapbook-Bytes! Here at home - my kids head back to school on September 8th. Bittersweet it is - anxious to have a quiet house to myself and regain a sense of accomplishing thing I actually set out to do during the day; but at the same time - I know I will miss my kids and that constant chatter and just them being here in general!
At Scrapbook-Bytes - we have opened our door to two new designers this week!
Aja is having 30% off all products through 9/6
Trixie Scraps Designs 30% off through September
  
  
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Layouts of the Week!
We have a new system at Scrapbook-Bytes for our Layout of the Week. Daily a layout will be chosen as LAYOUT OF THE DAY, Monday through Saturday. Voting by YOU our members and site visitors will vote on the LAYOUT OF THE WEEK from the selections made daily through the weekby our team.
VOTING HAS STARTED for layout of the week - voting closes Sunday, 9/5 @ 10pm (est)
Let us know which is your favorite!
Featured Layouts of the Day, August 29th - September 3rd
  
  
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What could be better - your love for scrapbooking and working with an amazing designer!
Aja Abney is hosting a Creative Team (CT) call - deadline 9/19!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE WHO APPLY!
Newsletter Quick Tip
"Colorizing"
Photoshop | Photoshop Elements | Paint Shop Pro
Colorizing is a "must" for me when I scrapbook. Sometimes I LOVE the paper in a kit but it's just not the right color for the photos I'm working with. No problem! I will show you below how to quickly make any paper the right color for your layout if you run into that issue. I use this not only on my papers but using more advanced techniques too like selecting certain parts of an element or even on an entire photo on a separate layer and adjusting the opacity/blending modes - but we can get into that a bit more later.
The tutorials below use JennCk Designs' "Concrete Sunrise" paper for the examples.
Get it still on sale for 40% off in the Scrapbook-Bytes store too!
Photoshop
(i am using version PS CS3; but should be similar in other versions)
- Open the paper/image, etc. that you want to change the color of.
- Make a copy of the paper so that you don't accidently save over the original.
- Right Click the top of your image and select "duplicate image"
- Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation or just hit "Ctrl + U" (it's the shortcut and the quickest way to do this especially if you use it frequently)
- Next be sure the "show preview" and "colorize" boxes are checked/active.
- Using the various sliders you can change/adjust the colors quickly.
- When completed, click ok.
- Use the paper as you normally would now on your layout/project.
(shown below is the before (L) and after (R))
 
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Photoshop Elements
(i am using version PSE 8; but should be similar in other versions)
- Open the paper/image, etc. that you want to change the color of.
- Make a copy of the paper so that you don't accidently save over the original.
- In the project bin - right click on the preveiw of your opened image > select "duplicate"
- Next rename the copied image if you want or just let photoshop elements default rename it (you won't be saving it anyways - it's just your working copy of the image before placing it on your layout/project).
- Enhance > Adjust Color > Adjust Hue/Saturation OR just use the shortcut key "Ctrl + U"
- Next be sure the "show preview" and "colorize" boxes are checked/active.
- Using the various sliders you can change/adjust the colors quickly.
- When completed, click ok.
- Use the paper as you normally would now on your layout/project.
Paint Shop Pro
(i am using version X2; but should be similar in other versions)
a great resource for keyboard shortcuts for Paint Shop Pro can be found here.
- Open the paper/image, etc. that you want to change the color of.
- Make a copy of the paper so that you don't accidently save over the original.
- "Shift + D" makes a duplicate of your open image
- Image > Adjust > Hue/Saturation > Colorize or just hit "Shift + L" (it's the shortcut and the quickest way to do this especially if you use it frequently)
- Next be sure the "show on preview" is checkmarked if you want to view the changes as you work on the actual paper opposed to the preview pane.
- Using the various sliders you can change/adjust the colors quickly.
- When completed, click ok.
- Use the paper as you normally would now on your layout/project.
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