Newsletter
Volume 3, Issue 11

Welcome to the May 2007 edition of the 
Simply Digital Newsletter! 

Last month I had the adventure of a lifetime when I was able to assist in teaching a photography/digital art seminar in Molokai, Hawaii, with some amazing artists: Theresa Airey, Rikki Cooke, Dewitt Jones, Lynette Sheppard, and Jonathan Kingston...I came home changed and inspired, most excited about infrared and blur techniques (more about that next month...).

In on-going issues of this newsletter, I will be focusing more on photography, as well as providing tools and tips using technology to make it even more beautiful, productive, and fun.

For starters, I created two sets of nature inspired collage papers, Naturals, perfect for showcasing your photography, as well as using as overlays (using layer blend modes) to give your images more depth, texture, and details. If you are a professional photographer or graphic artist, we have commercial use information available here.

This photo of me taken by Dewitt at sunrise on the coast of Molokai pretty much sums up how this art form makes me feel...alive! What inspires you?

Live it!

Michelle Shefveland, Founder, and the team at CottageArts.net


Photo by Dewitt Jones

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New Downloads & Inspiration:
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Pages by Michelle Shefveland using the following products: Naturals 1 Paper Pak, Naturals 2 Paper Pak, Scrap.Edges 3 Brushes & Overlays (music edge overlay), Simply Moments CD (nature quote), Simply Nature Sentiment Pak (discover quote), Bloom Page Pak (Bloom quote), Flourish Fabrications Element Pak (ornate corner flourish overlay)...see gallery for enlarged images.

  

  

 

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Quick Tip:
Adobe Photoshop CS3 PhotoMerge

At the photography seminar, Jonathan Kingston gave an overview of all the awesome features in Adobe Photoshop CS3. If you haven't upgraded, give it a quick thought and then go for it, as there are too many new features to list. One of my favorites is the enhancement of the PhotoMerge function.  Above is a four shot panorama I created in minutes using the Reposition Only option (go to File>Automate>PhotoMerge).

 


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