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In this video I'll introduce my 'Beginner's Guide to Photoshop Elements 9' series available on this site. I'll use the time to set out the course, discuss what I'll teach and help you understand the overall objective and aim of the series. This is the 1st and shortest video out of the 86 available.

A Beginner's Guide to Photoshop Elements 9 - Now Available!

Today I’m pleased to announce the release of my 10 hour video series ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop Elements 9’ via digital download with a DVD version coming in the next few days.

The course focuses on all the key Elements of the software, right from importing and tagging images in the Organiser to printing and exporting in the Full Edit Mode. To browse the course, view sample videos or purchase the download/DVD please click the link below.

A Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop Elements 9 - Coming Soon!
Over the past few months I’ve been thinking about re-recording my popular video series ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop Elements’, updating it from version 6 to 9. It’s a lot of work so it wasn’t a decision I could take lightly, as not only would I need to update parts of the course that had changed through the versions, but also add additional content on other essential commands and new features that came along with version 9.
 
Adding a Border to a Layered File
Adding borders to a project is a common task in Photoshop. Often it can be done with relative ease; especially if the image is flat (meaning it contains one layer). Other times though, if the image has multiple layers that float and expand outside the boundaries it can be an altogether different story. Since both scenarios crop up from time to time I decided to write a solution to both, first the simple flattened image, then the more thought provoking layered file.
 
How to Download Photoshop for Free

If you don't have Photoshop, or are contemplating an upgrade, the best path to take is a fully functional trial version. If you're not sure if Photoshop, Photoshop Elements or even Photoshop Lightroom is going to serve your purpose, or you want to compare and balance out which variation best suits your specific needs, or even if you just want to play around and figure out if image editing is for you - my top tip would be to download a trial version. In this article I'll show you how it's done, completely legally and with Adobe's blessings.

The Technical Side of Signatures & Avatars
There are stacks of tutorials on the web that guide you through the process of making signatures and avatars. Most of them focus on the design side of things - how to pull off that effect? How to add this face? How to blend the colours? Considerably fewer detail what I consider to be the technical side of the creation - how to work out the right dimensions? Achieve the right file size? Keep it active and visible on a community? And the mysteries of saving to the right format? In this tutorial I'm going to provide answers to all those technical questions, and others along the way.

Basic Animation Video Tutorial

In this tutorial we'll look at how to create a basic animated GIF image, and how we can save time with tweening inside Photoshop and Imageready. I'll also take you through the saving process and make sure the finished product works the way it was intended to.