Sorry about the delay getting episode 2 up. I’ve had the content done I just didn’t have time to sit down and piece it all together. Those darn holidays!

On with the good stuff! This week we have three great tutorials, and I announce the winner of the contest I introduced in the last episode! The tutorials include:

• Creating a sketch template using the grid and marquee tools. Ever wanted to have equally spaced or sized pictures? This tutorial is for you!
• More portrait retouching: Removing (or at least decreasing) shadows on the face.
• Recoloring elements! This one has been requested a lot and thus, we have not one, but two different methods of recoloring in this episode!

Alright enough chatting, on with the episode!

 

 DSTV Episode 2 [32:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here we are, finally… episode one of Digital Scrapbooking TV. Now I have to warn you, this episode went a little long… Longer than I am planning on most episodes being… I learned something about myself… I’m a talker… heheh See I really want to teach you all everything I know so I’m kinda detailed in my explanations. I’ll try to get better… Since the video is so long, it’s a little over 80MB, if you click the button on the player to watch online, it will probably take a long time to load. So I highly recommend clicking on the Download link and choosing “Save Target As…” or “Save Link As…” Then you can watch it whenever you want on your computer.

I also wanted to note that I am leaving for Mexico in the morning so unfortunately, if there are any technical difficulties, I will not be around to answer your questions for at least a week. But please feel free to post any questions you have on the forums and the Creative Team gals will try to answer as best they can.

Now, onto the episode. We start out with a makeover tutorial, showing you how to quickly fix up your portraits for a natural looking virtual facelift. Then, watch me as I hang out with Hollie (of Holliewood Studios) and Sue (aka Simonetti Rossi). Hollie has an awesome tutorial on weaving ribbons in and out of alphas and Sue introduces us to the pattern overlay features of Photoshop. Lastly, I show you yet another way to do Hollie’s ribbon weaving technique using Layer Masks. I love that there are so many different ways of doing things in Photoshop so I thought it would be cool to show that off.

A few show notes.

• For Hollie’s ribbon weaving technique we used her Wish Upon A Star Kit and her Kraft Paper Alpha. Don’t forget to grab that coupon code she mentions in the video to save on her store all month long!
• The paper pack Sue made with the patterns she showed in her tutorial will be available November 5th. Her coupon code is good until January 30, 2008!!! Check out her store at Sophia Sarducci here.
• CT gal Nikki B found a site with a free action for using layer masks in PSE. The tools are called Grant’s Tools and you can find those here.
• All the way at the end of the video you will see mention of a contest, here are the details again:
  • Create a layout using a technique you learned in this video
  • Post it in a public gallery
  • Make sure that in your description, you mention that you learned the technique here at www.digitalscrapbookingtv.com
  • E-mail a link to the layout to contest at digitalscrapbooking tv dot com
  • Deadline is November 14, 2007 at 11:59PM EST
  • The random winner will receive $10 gift cards for Shawna Clingerman, Kate Hadfield, and myself, Jen Caputo!

Alright, I’ll shut up now. Enjoy! I recommend clicking the download link and saving to your hard drive (or better yet, grab the rss feed and put it into your podcast organizer so it will automatically download the new episodes as they become available).

Edited to add: if you are having trouble viewing the video, please make sure you are downloading it to your own computer and that you have Quicktime 7 installed.

 

 DSTV Episode 1 [49:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Well everyone, I can’t tell you how excited I am for the big premiere on Saturday! I thought I would post a little bit about podcasting for those of you who may be new to it to make sure you all get the most out of this that you can.

First off, of course you can watch the episodes on line! You can even click the download button and grab them and save them on your computer forever (recommended over watching online)! But I personally am a huge fan of watching podcasts on my media player. Most people use a video iPod, or an iPhone, but I am in LOVE with my Creative Zen Vision Widescreen. I download all of my favorite podcasts on this guy while I’m travelling or getting ready for bed.  Whatever player you may use (even if it’s the quicktime player on your computer), you are going to want to get the newest episodes as soon as they are available!  That’s where RSS feeds come in.  If you look over to the right you will see a whole bunch of different ways to subscribe.  I recommend getting an aggregator that will download video and audio podcasts for you.  Some examples are iTunes, ZenCast (the one I use), or podnova.  Whichever one you want, you are going to need to tell it the url of the rss feed.  You can do that by clicking on the links in the Subscribe box, or by pasting this link in directly:  http://digitalscrapbookingtv.com/?feed=podcast

Once you are subscribed, the new episodes of Digital Scrapbooking TV will be automatically downloaded to your computer when they are posted so you never have to worry about missing one!

If you plan on watching them on your computer, make sure you have Quicktime installed!

Well that’s it for now, see ya on Digital Scrapbooking Day!!!