Mindless Scrap

As you will soon see, I got my proper license information, and I’ve been fixing all my mistakes. I started with the competition siggy, since there was a deadline there. Then when I logged onto the forum to post the siggy, I caught sight of this: I just wanted to give you all a heads up. I have a friend that is a tuber for MPT and she told me that the CafeMom site had been reported as having alot of copyright violations in regards to their tubes. People not obtaining and/or making up license numbers . I have seen this on other sites. They will secretly look around for months and gather information on who is violating. They have and will sue you for copyright violations do PLEASE be careful when you add your lisence information so you get it right. I have a feeling they will be checking all the siggy groups to make sure there are no violaters. They wont go after Cafemom they will go after you. I think its terrible that people do this anyway but if you do be careful. You might be making a...

I feel like such an idiot. I've been working on these pin up tutorials. And having a blast at it, I might add. And I've been going along, posting my work, believing I was being copyright compliant. Wrong. When I purchased my artwork tubes, it said to click on a link to get the license information. Which I did. But the link wasn't working, and all I got was an error message. I figured the information would come with the invoice, which was being emailed to me. No such luck. I couldn't find anything that gave a license number. However, I did see the order ID number, and that was specific to my purchase, so I had mistakenly believed that must be the license number. Wrong. Then, for the copyright, I had thought you were supposed to put the website on the work. And you are. So I did. But I put the website of the place where I purchased the artwork (after all, this is to prove you paid to use this artwork right? And I paid at that website. Wrong. Sheesh. Can't...

I have been working on another tutorial. This time, I got better with using the "magic wand," and I got more experience with using kits and cropping elements. I also played with some photos in this one to get some practice. This software delights me. It's way over my head, but at least I can figure out how to do what I want to do. And I've been able to find tutorials for anything that I haven't been able to discern on my own. I'm not sure if I'm ready to try animation just yet, but it is starting to interest me. I saw this really neat falling heart animation (like glitter) that really appealed to me. I'm going to try to find it, but I'm not really certain where to look. This digital scrapbook stuff is a lot of fun to work on, and it's quite addictive! I should have started this a long time ago. What a terrific creative outlet! I wish I could find some more free Valentine kits, though. I'd like to make more of those. I saw a coup...

I'm generally not the pin up type, but what the heck. That was the lesson, and besides, DH was getting a kick out of this one. ;) This lesson was MUCH harder than the last. Sheesh. I really struggled through parts of it. But then, other parts became easier. I finally worked with a kit. And I did some techniques (like masks) that were completely foreign to me. It was kinda cool. I'd definitely do this again. And next time will go a little easier because some things have been learned. I felt like such an idiot, searching all over for the "magic wand." Doh! I guess it pays to actually play with some of these tools before tackling such a project, huh? I was rather proud of myself for getting the mask done properly. But I really had a time of it with the "paste as selected" feature. I was trying to accomplish pasting the pinup into the mirror, and it kept distorting the image terribly. I finally gave up and copied and pasted it my own way, with ...

I'm trying out a new hobby. I'm playing around with photo editing software, to learn how to create siggys. I have been dying to learn this, and now I've joined some tutorial groups in hopes of figuring this stuff out. My first tutorial was to learn how to make a very basic siggy. It was fun to play with. Now, I was just playing with the stuff built into the program - nothing fancy. But it was fun! And I came up with something that I didn't think was hideous. The software is already getting a little less scary. Maybe I'll be able to get this figured out one of these days. But for now, baby steps. Tutorial Used: http://www.cafemom.com/group/14196/boards/read/525356/_How_To_Make_a_Signature_Tutorial .