Okay, bought photo shop elements 10

[SteelerCountry]

Where do I go from here? To make the name fills, what will I need to learn? Is there a tutorial! Whats the best tutorial for this?

Mickey and minnie heads/bubbles, best place to learn these?

Designs for tshirt iron on transfers? Best place to Learn or get started?

Please point me in the way.

 

[RustManFan]

you need to Google for the ton of free tutorials on the web...youtube has many also.

Sign up for ElementsVillage.com where questions can be answered by experienced users.

Play around with it!! Master layers and you will quickly be a DISigner!!

 

[SteelerCountry]

Will do

 

[DisneyMom831]

I found this the other day to learn how to do name fills and thought it was the easiest one...maybe not but it worked for me!

http://www.photoshop911.com/type/image_in_type.html

 

[SteelerCountry]

soon as my PSE 10 arrives, I am trying it. your so sweet. do you know where these disigners get all their nice images? are they backgrounds or just pictures?

 

[DisneyMom831]

I think they probably just google for the images they are looking for. In the one welcome post there is a list of clipart sites and what not. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

[monkey30]

I am learning PSE as well, I got it when staples had a sale 2 weeks ago on it!

I googled and you tubed. I am getting better at layers, figuring stuff out slowly.

Good luck!

 

[RustManFan]

the How To sticky has a number of links to websites. I GOOGLE for clip art, backgrounds and wallpapers. I also have purchased a number of coloring books...scan the page, color it in with PSE and I have a higher resolution image than many I find on the web.

 

[SteelerCountry]

Perhaps all of us beginners can keep in touch. What is a sticky? Does someone have the post # with all the clipart?

 

[monkey30]

maybe we should start a thread or just keep posting in this one so we can see what each other is doing and learning!

 

[DisneyMom831]

Perhaps all of us beginners can keep in touch. What is a sticky? Does someone have the post # with all the clipart?

The stickies are the posts at the very top that never move. The How To one is the one that has all of links for clip art and what not in it.

 

[RustManFan]

and the How To sticky is the one that you were supposed to read before making requests!

Actually I didn't know what a sticky was when I started here and only read it after some months had gone by.

 

[SteelerCountry]

Let's start the thread, I double dog dare u! "designers apprenticeship"????

 

[SteelerCountry]

New thread for photoshop elements 10 newbies....designers in training!

 

[monkey30]

Awesome I wasn't on last night or I probaly would have!!LOL I have gone there now!! Its all down hill from here now isn't it? I will lock myself away and just design for days to come!!LMAO

 

[SteelerCountry]

I'm Lisa...can't wait to design....

 

[SteelerCountry]

i open a new document
every picture I open automatically becomes the background, ugh! I wouldnt say I am a genius or even super intelligent but usually things come easy to me but I seriously need a freaking tutor for PSE, lol. Give me a new IV pump or drug calculations, no problem, PSE, help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[M_I_C_K_E_Y]

i open a new document
every picture I open automatically becomes the background, ugh! I wouldnt say I am a genius or even super intelligent but usually things come easy to me but I seriously need a freaking tutor for PSE, lol. Give me a new IV pump or drug calculations, no problem, PSE, help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have PSE 5 - but assuming that they are roughly the same, in order to make the background a layer, right click the background layer and choose 'layer from background'. I hope this helps.

 

[RustManFan]

yes, it works the same.