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Why your photos aren’t slowing down your computer

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Have you ever sat staring at the spinning cursor or beachball or hourglass, waiting for your computer to just. open. the. file? Have you ever thought, maybe all these 40 000 photos are slowing down my computer? Maybe I should move them off onto an external hard drive? The term memory means two different things here: Random Access… [Continue reading]

Simple Scrapbooking Workflow with Photoshop Elements Organizer

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So you’ve got all your photos and supplies set up in Photoshop Elements Organizer. Now you come to create a scrapbook page, what do you do first? You may have even wondered how to juggle two catalogs once you have everything loaded in PSE. Today I’ll share my super-simple scrapbooking workflow, so you can try it on… [Continue reading]

Scrapaneers LIVE Happening This Weekend

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Calling all Digital Scrapbookers! Coming this weekend is the event you DO NOT want to miss. Scrapaneers is bringing Scrapaneers LIVE to digi scrappers everywhere on October 17th. You can expect live demonstrations of techniques, fun take-a-break make & takes, digital kit goodies and downloads, giveaways and a place where not only will you leave motivated and inspired, you’ll leave… [Continue reading]

Why You Don’t Need to Upgrade to Start Digital Scrapbooking

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Updated February 2025 Each year, like clockwork, Adobe releases a new version of Photoshop Elements to the world. This year it is Photoshop Elements 2020 that’s all new and exciting. But, not everyone needs to upgrade. 1. You can do more than you think Back when I started in PSE6 (circa 2008) I’d been using… [Continue reading]

Little Known Features in Photoshop Elements 14

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There’s several headline-grabbing features in any new version of Photoshop Elements and I’ve covered them at the Daily Digi. I’ve also highlighted some great new features in PSE Organizer here. But in any new upgrade it’s the little improvements that I really enjoy. New Welcome Screen On the welcome screen you can now open recently used files… [Continue reading]

Advanced Searches in Photoshop Elements Organizer

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There’s a hidden gem inside the Photoshop Elements Organizer. Searching for one specific item you have among hundreds and thousands of items is possible! All about the Search Box The Search box in the top right of the Photoshop Elements Organizer was first implemented in the Photoshop Elements 11 and is now in the newer editions. You… [Continue reading]

Understand Layers in Photoshop Elements

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But what are layers? Layers. This one word stops many would-be digi scrappers in their tracks. But, I’d argue that layers are almost the best part of digital scrapbooking (SPOILER ALERT: the best part is the Undo button!) First, the classic Adobe definition… Layers are like stacked, transparent sheets of glass on which you can… [Continue reading]