Lets talk about backgrounds. Each month the Club Scrap Digital™ Kit comes with 10-12 ‘sheets’ of digital paper, or backgrounds. But sometimes you just wanna customize. Right?
There are lots of ways to manipulate the backgrounds to create new and varied looks for your scrapbook pages. Today let's cover four simple techniques.
1. Recolor
Open a background file, drag it onto your layout and than use the Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation command (Ctrl-U on a PC, Command-U on a Mac) to adjust the Hue, Saturation, and/or Lightness of the background to change the color.
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Many of the monthly Digi Kits include overlay files. Simply drop an overlay onto a background and it instantly becomes new! You can also apply a layer style to change the look of the Overlay even more.
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Put one background on top of another, add a layer style and admire the beauty that you’ve created. Easy-Peasy!
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Layer two backgrounds and reduce the opacity of the top layer for yet another look!
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Mix 'n match two of the above techniques for even more variety. The sky's the limit!
So there you have it . . . 4 (or 5) easy ways to create variations in your backgrounds. Now go and create your own, and use them to make something wonderful!
So many background options! Wonderful Ron!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ron. I learned a couple of things.
ReplyDeleteRon, I always enjoy your blogs. I don't do any of the digital stuff (yet) but it always amazes me how much "more" you can do with the kits on the computer. In my spare time...
ReplyDeleteI'm with Janet, I need to get around to this! You can really do more, that's for sure!!! Thanks Ron for sharing your brilliance!
ReplyDeleteAnother awesome tut Ron - I do a lot of this and it is so wonderful how much and how versatile doing this is. Thank you so much.
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