Recently a regular reader emailed me (hi Jake!) and asked how I obtained the dark, grungy edges on my Chocolate Cherry papers. He has PSE and I thought there were inner glow styles for PSE so I opened it up and tried to create dark edge around a paper so I could explain to him how it is done. However, I could only get the inner glows to work for lighter colors and not darker colors. The reason for this is because the blend mode for each of the inner glows in PSE is set to "screen". In CS3, I created some inner glows and set the blend mode for the glow to "normal" so that whatever color you choose for the glow will show up when you choose it. Of course there are other ways to create the same effect: You can make a selection of your element, feather the selection, and apply an inner stroke, then make a selection again, invert, and delete the outer portion of the stroke that bleeds off the edge of the element. (I think the styles method is much easier) If none of this makes sense to you that's okay. I just thought that my PSE Users may like to create inner glows for their papers or elements, like Jake did, and would appreciate a style set and Tutorial. You can choose any color for your glow and adjust the size however large or small you like, I explain this in the Tutorial. The tutorial was written with PSE6 screen shots but I am pretty sure it will work the same way in PSE5 and 7. Hopefully later today I will have another freebie for everyone.

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28 comments:
thanks...we all appreciate ur work and freebies !!
thanks so much.
Thank you. I loved your "Cracked Paper Tutorial". I know I will like this on.
Thank you very much! I use PSE 6 and have wanted to know how to make things just like this! :)
this will be used a lot thanks.
Thanks bunches!
Thanks Deb, can't wait to give this a try!
Thank you! Your blog post will be advertised on the DigiFree Digital Scrapbooking Freebie search engine today (look for timestamp: 07 Feb [LA 07:00pm, NY 10:00pm] - 08 Feb [UK 03:00am, OZ 02:00pm] ).
Wow, what a great style. Thank you so much!
Thanks!
I love your tutorials. I do use PS CS3 and even though your tuts are for PSE I try to work through them in PS. I have never been too successful with the inner glow. I am going to see if I can get that tip to work where you set the blend to normal so any color could be used.
Maybe you could do a tut just for PS! :)
Thanks so much
This rocks!! Thank you!!
You amaze me everyday with the new stuff you provide to those of us that use PSE. We love you! I use your styles all the time in my WordArt creations and I always give you credit. I'm espescially fond of a glitter style I snagged quite sometime ago.
Thank you SO much for taking the time to write these tutorials to show how things are done. They are much appreciated.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Many thanks for these great styles and the tut. I use CS3 and have never managed to get them just how I want them - now I won't have to try any more. Love those keys also and am off to download them as well
Thanks Deb! Looking forward to working with this.
Many many thanks for taking the time to create these tutorials.
and for sharing them. Hugs
Yeah, I think this will be so helpful! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for sharing these great tutorials!
Deb, you are SO generous in giving and EVEN more so in your making things easier for PSE users!!!
You be ROCKIN' mamacita!
XOXO,
Linda :)
thank you for taking care of those who are "clueless" about how to use our programs!
I have been stuggling trying to figure out how to do this for my "paper piecing", thank you so much for the tutorial!
Thank you so much.
tysm for all your CU items especially this one I have been looking for this style for ages!
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I so wish I could be as cool as you!!!! You do some awesome stuff. I am a new designer, well I don't even think I could be called a designer yet, I'm a wanna be! But all your stuff is awesome and so helpful. Thanks for all the freebies and tutorials. you are the best!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks so much for the freebies and info!
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