Problems with shadows, new layouts and freebie.

Hi, hello:)

Well, I have for you something. To, which lately has made me a little trouble.

How to avoid ugly stroke on resized elements.

 Recently I started to make my new kits with shadowed elements (there are the same elements without shadows too). They should be more friendly for beginners so they won’t need to create shadows by themselves but also could be a bit of help for advanced designers who are in hurry.

When I tried to paste such shadowed elements on the papers and resized them, then suddenly I have noticed thin annoying stroke around them:

Here is 200% view to see it clearly:

 

Original element shown at 100% looks clean, without any stroke:

After some investigation (with help of my husband) I have discovered that problem lies in default Photoshop settings (tested under CS3 and CS5).

Go to Edit -> Preferences -> General and at default Image Interpolation is set to Bicubic (best for smoothing gradients):

  

 

Now set Image Interpolation to Nearest Neighbor (preserve hard edges):

 

Try again and paste element on paper and resize it, you will see that ugly stroke is gone now :)

Here is 200% view for it:

And I would like show you new LO's form freebie kit
Forest Sleigh Rides - you may find here.

by Sandra

by Hekas

by Helgazlata

by Magnolia

by Mummyd

by Olenkamaja

 by Zaza

Thank you girls!

And wonderful gift by Olenkamaja from this kit, thank a lot Ola:)

Download here.

I hope do you remember, tomorrow new kit will be in shop.

You can will to win it here:)

Have a wonderful time!

Thanksgiving Day and new product.

Hi Everyone :)

As you may know, the U.S. is celebrating Thanksgiving on November 25th this year. In Poland we do not have such day but I think it is good opportunity to thank you all you. It is traditional to reflect on the past year and be thankful for all the people and events in your life. I am so thankful for each and every one of you. I just want you to know how awesome you all are.

Special thanks for my husband and wonderful girls like Kimla, Novaczka, Rakusia, -  thank you girls for all support and Nicole, Laura and many more...

Well I have today I have something for you.

This tutorial is dedicated especially for my friend.

How to draw on the path?...like here:

I done this in PS3.

1. Create new document with transparent background.
2. Select Custom Shape Tool and select desired shape from the menu on top (I choose Heart Card).
Draw the shape and it will appear on new Layer.

3. Now select the Paintbrush Tool. Right-click anywhere on your image to open menu where you select brush tip and it's size (21 px leaf in my example).

4.Open the Brushes palette and select the four options shown on screenshot.
Experiment a bit with the sliders to achieve similar result to mine.

5. Now using Pen Tool (1), right-click on path to show menu (2).
Choose Stroke Path (3) from the menu.

Select the Brush (4) and click OK (5)

6. Delete working path from Paths palette by moving it onto trash icon.

7. Your final result should look like this.
I have created new Layer and filled it with white color for better effect.

That's all:)

In this way you can create other pictures by choosing different shapes, brushes and their settings.

Like here:

Have a good fun!

And I invite you to The Digichick. You can find here my new product:

 

Buy here.

Have a wonderful time!