Other Freebies

Everything here at Tara's Tid Bits is and always will be free. I have a page for a list of all my actions, templates & tutorials, but this list is for all other freebies not listed there. Click the pic to go to the page to read more and/or download that item.

Tutorial List

Here's a list of all my tutorials I've blogged about. Click the links below to go to the page where you can read the full tutorial.

Part 1 - Color splash
Part 2 - Glitter animation

Image extraction

Template List

Here's a list of all my templates I've blogged about. They include templates for not only digital scrapbooking, but craft making, photo collages and much more. Click the pics below to go to the page where you can download the template. Instructions are in the ZIP file for you.

Action List

Here's a list of all my actions I've blogged about. Click the pics below to go to the page where you can download the action. If instructions are needed for that action, they'll be in the ZIP file for you.

FAQ

Here's a list of my frequently asked questions I get. Most of them are "How-To" stuff. Have a question? Post a comment below and lemme know!

• How do I install an action in Photoshop?
  Once you download the action you want, find the folder it's located in and then minimize that window. Then open the "My Computer" folder up in another window and up the folders in this order: C drive>Program Files>Adobe>Photoshop>Presets>Photoshop Actions. Then maximize the window with the action (.atn file) and drag it over. Tip: If your PS program is already open, restart it and you'll see your action in the action list.
• Which Photoshop program do you use?
  PS7
• Is there a way I can get the Photoshop program for free?
  Nope, but there is a program called Gimp, that is a lot like PS but it's free. It doesnt do NEAR as much, but for simple photo edits it works just as well. FYI: PS Actions and Presets and .psd documents will NOT work in Gimp. Two different programs, ya know? But a lot of it is the same, so you may be able to follow along one of my tutorials, just tweaking it along the way for Gimp. If you interested in downloading it, just google it :)

Free PS Action

Well, afternoon everyone :)
I know I said I'd be on yesterday with a tutorial, but that didn't actually work out as planned. Something funky happened with my laptop and it wouldn't start up all the way & crashed. It took me all day to figure out the problem and late last night I fixed it, yay!
Aaannnnnd, I know I told ya I'd give ya a tutorial, but how bout an action instead? Yes? Ok, good! This is one I made for an effect I use myself a lot! I love it really. What it does is it turns your image black & white and gives you two layers of softness, "Soft" & "Extra Soft", just by turning their visability on & off. This action uses gaussian blur filters, where they are set for high resolution images, but there are directions within the action that tells you what to do for a low res picture as well. I hope you enjoy playing with this one like I do! Oh, and also, I made this action in PS7 so I'm not sure which PS programs it will all work in. Please lemme know in the comments below if it does/doesn't work for you. Thanks!
Click the image to download this PS .atn file!

P.S. I used some pictures of my lil sister as my example above. Isn't she gorgeous?

Where's Waldo?

Okay.. not really. But 'Where's Tara?'... well I'm right here. Ya I know I havent posted in over a month. Guess thats what happens when you're busy with a newborn & a toddler. Anywho I've got plans to post a tutorial on Monday. I'll work on it over the weekend :) Check back Monday!