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Tips, Tricks, and Quick Fixes Friday:

A go to guide to sprusing up your digital scrapbooking!

Today RLR Creations designed a great Action just for you, that will allow you to turn any photo into a vintage looking photo, with a great aged look and the white edged cut of classicly printed photos.

One of the fastest and easiest ways to create complex effects for your digital scrapbooks is to use Photoshop Actions. Using Actions are the newest and most creative way to jazz up your digital layouts and speed up your work flow.

The finished result of applying RLR Creations Action to your digital scrapbooking photos can be seen below. To download the action click the image that appears below:

RLR Creations wants to make sure that all those reading can use the Action so directions on how to use it will be given for both Photoshop CS (and higher) and Action Elements 7.0 or 8.0! Follow the steps provided below for the digital scrapbooking program you use and add a hint of that old-time classic sytle to your photos.

How to install an Action in Photoshop CS and Higher:

STEP 1 Copy the action (.atn file) to the location of your choice. Actions do not need to be installed in your Photoshop program, you can create a folder in your documents if you prefer and store all of your Actions there.

STEP 2 Open Photoshop. Next, open the Actions palette. WINDOW>ACTIONS or press ALT-F9

STEP 3 Click on the triangle button in the top corner of the ACTIONS PALETTE and choose LOAD ACTIONS. Next open the file from the location you chose in step 1.

STEP 4 The action is now installed!

STEP 5 To use the action simply click on the name of the action in the Actions palette, open the folder and click on the Start Layer. Next, click on the play selection button located on the bottom of the Actions Palette (Arrow Icon).

STEP 6 Sit back and watch the action quickly perform the steps on your image.

Photoshop Elements users can also take advantage of this great action. Here is how to install an Action in Photoshop Elements:

How to install an Action Elements 7.0 or 8.0:

STEP 1 Copy the atn file to one of the following folders. (You can copy and paste it into an internet explorer window and it'll jump to the correct folder.)

XP USERS: C:\Documents & Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\X.0\en_US\WorkflowPanels\actions

Vista or Windows 7 USERS: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\X.0\Locale\en_US\Workflow Panels\actions

Mac USERS: System library/Application Support /Adobe /Photoshop Elements /X.0/Locale/en_US/Workflow Panels/actions (Replace the X with your version of elements, either a 7 or 8)

STEP 2 Open Photoshop Elements. Go to the GUIDED palette

STEP 3 Click on ACTION PLAYER

STEP 4 Select the ACTION. The action is now installed in your Elements software.

STEP 5 Press PLAY!

Once you have run the action, you can drag the Layer Group onto your digital scrapbook layout.

If you follow the simple steps provided in the process compatible with your preferred digital scrapbooking program, you will be adding vintage style to your personal photos in no time at all!

Be sure to pop in next week for more of RLR Creations "Tips, Tricks, and Quick Fixes." Also, remember to check back in tomorrow for Freebie Friday to download a free mini-kit add-on of RLR Creations new digital scrapbooking kit "Backyard Fun."