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New script – Kidnap Alpha

January 20, 2021November 23, 2012 by Cassel

If you think that creating something very regular and even is long and tedious, try to create something that is totally random! It is not any faster, i can tell you. This script will allow our Paintshop Pro users to create totally random pieces of papers with various characters on them to write messages, titles, etc.

This script relies heavily on the random function to shuffle all the choices you decide: you can choose up to 6 colors, gradients or patterns for the papers; you can choose up to 6 colors for the text; you can choose any number of fonts; then you type in the text you want (or the whole alphabet). From there, the script will shuffle the data AND will also (if you want) randomly change the case for each letter. And even the shape of each piece will be randomized. Notice how the “2” appears 4 times in the preview, yet it has 4 different shapes/sizes/paper shades. You can even run the script multiple times with the same choices and get a wide range of results.

You can get this script in my store: Creation Cassel.

Do you want a chance to win this script? I am sure you do! You can simply add your name to this thread in the Happy Place, and tell me what kind of project could use that kind of alpha. I will be back on Monday night with the name of a winner.

cass-KidnapAlpha-sample-white Do you want to play with some of those letters? I created a random alpha for you using this script. I used 3 different fonts and the text is in grey so you can colorize the pieces to match your project. The set includes 26 letters, 10 digits and a few punctuation marks. There is no uppercase/lowercase since they are randomized anyways.

Will you show me what you do with this alpha? I might just share it in the newsletters.

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New script – Ribbon Tag Tree

January 20, 2021November 16, 2012 by Cassel

I always loved those stylized trees, mostly seen around the Holiday time, but in other situations too. Using ribbons, it is fun to create those trees, but it is tedious to do. You can probably create such a design in any graphic program, but to make the process faster, you can now use a script for Paintshop Pro.

Unlike many other scripts, this one uses actual ribbons that you provide, instead of just choosing a color or a gradient. You surely have some straight ribbons in your stash, extracted ribbons, colorized ribbons, etc.

You can use a single ribbon, or several. You can have the script use the ribbons in sequence, or choose which one to use at random. Use thin ribbons, thick ones, lace ones, edged ones, translucent ones, etc.

You can have the ends cut straight or at an angle. You can have all the pieces perfectly horizontal, slightly rotated or more wildly rotated.

Everything ends in unmerged layers so you can still tweak the result, add decorations, adjust some pieces, change the colors, replace some pieces, weave other elements between them, etc. The possibilities are endless. Beware : this is addictive!

You can get this script in my store: Creation Cassel.

There is also a draw coming up on Monday night and you can win this script (even if you already purchased it). Just check out this thread, and name a creative way you can think of customizing the end result from this script.

cass-RibbonTagTree-sample1 I created this tree using 3 copies of the same ribbon that i colorized 3 times. I added beads that came with one of my PSP versions, and the ornaments are also tubes from PSP. All the ribbon pieces are on separate layers. All the beads are on one layer, and the ornaments on another layer, so you can remove the beads or the balls, or both and use the other parts to your liking. There is a slight drop shadow on each piece, but it is small enough that you can add your own, make some branches rise (or drop), you can insert other decorative elements between the branches, etc. This tree is in PSD format, so most of you can use it.

Will you show me how you are using this element? Maybe make a Holiday card?

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If you like this script, or this freebie, and if you think someone else might like it, don’t hesitate to tweet about it, or share on FB. PSP users are always on the lookout for great products, aren’t they?

New script–Button machine

January 20, 2021November 9, 2012 by Cassel

Buttons are standard fasteners in many layouts and digital scrapbooking kits. Finding the right color to match a kit or a photo is sometimes a challenge. This script will allow you to create multiple buttons with the color, gradient or pattern of your choice.

When you have a single button and you want to rotate it to make the whole project less “cookie-cut”, you might run into the problem of the bevel and shading no longer matching. With this script, the holes will be randomly rotated but the bevels will always be aligned in the exact same direction.

In addition to generating buttons in 4 different models, the script will also add a slight variation in brightness and contrast and add more unevenness with some shaded spots. This means that even with the same starting color, and the same button model, the buttons will be slightly different.

The script will allow you to generate up to 15 buttons in one run. You can also choose what size you want it in the end. The script works with a starting size of 500 pixels in diameter for better quality, and then you can choose to have each button resized as small as 100 pixels.

You can get this fun button making script in my store at Creation Cassel.

For a chance to win this script, you can go and add your name to the DST thread in the Happy Place, HERE and i will be drawing for a winner on Monday night.

cass-ButtonMachine-sample-Christmas

This week, i created a set of 20 buttons (you never have too many buttons, right?) in holiday colors. You can use them as is, or add some personal touches, like glitters. You can use them in a holiday themed layout, but you can surely use them in many other types of layouts. Green goes well with the outdoors, red goes well with Valentine day, yellow goes well with any sunny outside photo and the white would be the most versatile color to use on anything.

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New script–Houndstooth and Herringbone

January 20, 2021November 2, 2012 by Cassel

These designs are fun to use but a pain to make. To do that manually is tedious. Using a template might work but you still have to pick the colors and fill and such.

This script for Paintshop Pro will let you start with the color palette you want (you can choose from 3 to 6 colors). The script will add white and black as default colors too. Then, you choose a few options if you wanted to create the herringbone pattern (there is no option for the houndstooth one) and decide how many tiles you want. That’s it!

The script will randomly mix and match the colors to generate the tiles. Of course, some color combinations might not suit you, or might be odd. That is ok. You just delete those tiles, and keep any other that you like. Remember that if you start with only 4 colors, you will have a possibility of 1200+ different tiles, and if you start with the maximum of 6 colors, you can get over 4000 possible combinations! You will not be bored!

It is so easy to use!

You can get this time-saving script in my store: Creation Cassel.

Do you want to get this script for free? Enter the draw in the DST Happy Place thread HERE. It is really simple, just as simple as using the script! Tell me if you would first use the houndstooth or the herringbone pattern and i’ll be back on Monday night with the name of a winner.

cass-Houndstooth&Herringbone-sample For a freebie, this week, i created a set of seamless tiles based on a little earthy palette that should be fairly neutral (i am even including the palette complete with the hex # for each color). You will find 15 different tiles: 3 for the houndstooth pattern and 12 herringbone patterns. Use them in any program whether it is Paintshop Pro or Photoshop or Photoshop Element, or any other graphic program that can take outside “patterns” in jpg format. Use them to floodfill elements, create papers, etc.

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Happy Digital Scrapbook Day!

Whether you are a scrapbook fan or just like to do edit your photos, or make cards, or even just play with your Paintshop Pro, you will love to know that everything in the store is 40% off for today AND tomorrow (November 3rd and 4th).

40% off

November 3-4, 2012

You better take advantage of this as it is a pretty rare occurrence. There aren’t many big sales like that in the store.

Even if you are not a Paintshop Pro user, you can still take advantage of this super sale to grab one of my very special fonts. Those fonts to create stitches, or edges, of banners, or even hinges can be used with other programs, wither you are using PSE, CS, or even GIMP. Can you use outside fonts? Then check out the FONTS section.

And if you don’t have PSP and would still want to take advantage of all the great scripts and tubes from the store, you might still want to look at purchasing your copy of Paintshop Pro. It would be a great addition to your “toolbox”. And you can always try it for 30 days and see how powerful it can be.

Get your copy of PSP.

New script – Alpha Pieces

February 26, 2017October 25, 2012 by Cassel

I have seen someone use little pieces of paper, side by side, all the same height, but different width depending on the letter. I thought it was a cool idea, and wondered how to replicate that fun effect without the tedious task of measuring all the characters. I guess scripts are handy with that as they work much faster than my brain could in doing those maths!

This script allows you to create words on a single image with each piece being on a separate layer.

You choose the text, the font, the colors, and you can also ask the script to create the individual pieces with some extra space on top or on the bottom or both. This gives you even more options as you can now add holes, fasteners, insert the pieces under other elements, etc.

Since the pieces are left on individual layers, you can still apply various effects to them, add textures, edges, grunge them, or run other scripts on them.

You can get this very versatile script in my store: Creation Cassel.

There is also a draw that will take place in the DST forum, where you can enter by telling me what you can use this script for? What could you do with those words, or individual tiles? Add your suggestions HERE, and i’ll be back on Monday night with the name of a winner.

cass-AlphaPieces1-sample This week, i ran the script to create all the pieces for a Happy Birthday banner or streamer. I used the Rope tube and the Vector Tube script to create that smooth looking string. I also ran the Twister script to give that random rotation to the individual pieces.

The banner is 2300 pixels long and offered in two different formats: one is a PNG format and has the darkened edges, the lifted shadows and the weaving string, while the other one has all the pieces in individual layers and offered in PSD format. You can apply the effects you want, move the letters around, use the string or not. You can just fasten the pieces with buttons, or staples, or many other types of fasteners. You can even recolor them if you want!

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You know that DSD (Digital Scrapbook Day) is coming our way, right? This will be on Nov 3rd. Something will happen in the store that does not happen often. A SALE. Yes. I am not telling you what kind of sale, but you surely will want to update your wishlist. Remember that if you log into your account, you have access to your own wishlist so whenever a big event happens (like DSD), you will be able to get to what you really want, faster, so you can play with your goodies, sooner!

You have one week to get ready!

New script – Brushed Metal 2

January 20, 2021October 19, 2012 by Cassel

In addition to gold, silver, bronze and brass, from the first set of brushed metals, here is another set, for pewter, copper, antique brass and pink gold.

Use any black and white design and the script will emboss it where you have black but will cut out where you have white.

Use it to create embellishment, alphas, frames, accents of any kind.

It is basically a one click process: one click to start and one number to choose which metal you want. Because of a random feature coded in the script, successive runs for the same metal might yield slightly different shades of the color. If you need to run the script several times for the same metal and want the exact same settings every time, you can edit the script to set the values yourself.

You can get this script in my store at Creation Cassel. As usual, this is available at 25% off until Sunday night as a new release special.

If you want a chance to win this script (even if you already purchased it), you can go to the Happy Place HERE, and add your name to the thread, telling me what metal you would be more likely to use, among the 4.

cass-BrushedMetal2-sample-frame This week, i created this frame using 3 of the metals of this script. It is 2000x1500 pixels in size and in PNG format, so anyone can use it.

You can also add some gems to this frame, or flower clusters even if it would cover one of the pink gold flower.

How about this? You use this frame, and make something out of it with clusters, or ribbons, or something else, and you show it to me. I might just display it in the next blog post or even in the newsletter. What do you think of this?

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New Script – Flower template

January 20, 2021October 12, 2012 by Cassel

Layered templates are great to customize elements to match a kit, a layout or any project you want to do. But you might either be tired of the templates you already have or don’t want to go through the trouble of making new original ones because it is time consuming (rotating petals to make a base, duplicating, rotating, resizing the layers, calculating how much to resize or rotate, and repeat for as many layers you have).

This script will do all the calculation for you and all the tedious work. You only have to choose the overall size (from 500 to 1800 pixels), draw your own unique petal and choose which type of rotations you want for the subsequent layers. That’s it. The script does the rest.

How many petals you get? How many layers you get? How much each layer will be resized? That is all up to chance as there is a random feature integrated into the code so you can start with the same initial petal and get many different kinds of results. That is a great tool to create matching similar flowers, even though they are not perfectly identical.

Once you have the greyscale layered template, use them as you wish. Color the layers, move them, replace them by papers from your kit. You can even add various effects to them by using different scripts. Try the Edge Magic, the Glittered Edge, the Inked Edge or the Colored Edge.

This very versatile script for Paintshop Pro is available in my store: Creation Cassel

If you want a chance to win this script, check out this thread in the Happy Place where you can add your name and be entered in the draw. The winner will be announced on Monday night.

cass-FlowerTemplate-sample

This week, i am offering you two of the four flowers created for the preview. One has no rotation to the various layers (although you can rotate them if you want) and one illustrates the alternate rotations.

They are both about 1000 pixels wide in greyscale (the color is only for the preview purpose) and in PSD format.

What will you do with them? Show me. These templates are soooooo versatile, i am sure 100 users would create 100 different pieces of art with them. Let’s start a show off!

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New Script – Waving

September 26, 2020September 28, 2012 by Cassel

Have you seen those fun clustered borders that designers now offer in their kits or as add-ons or even freebies? Do you want to do something similar but you struggle making those nice waves? The script will help you by creating multiple wave patterns that you can pick and choose from.

The script will create 10 wavy patterns on the open image you have. You can start with a blank image or work on your current project. You can have the wavy designs match either the height or the width of your project (in case you are not working on a square shape).

Each wave is randomly created initially as a vector shape so the edges are smooth. You can choose to have slighter or more important waves. Mix and match if you want. Run the script more than once for more designs to pick from.

Of course, this script will not give you the clusters (wouldn’t it be nice though?), but only the basic shapes. Use the shapes to create clusters, frames, or maybe merge them to create a complete flat background. Colorize each design or clip papers to them. The possibilities are endless.

You can grab this script in my store: Creation Cassel.

As usual, you have a chance to win this script by entering your name in the Happy Place thread here. Using this script to create clusters is an obvious use, but can you think of other ways to use those? Let us know in the thread and on Monday night, we will draw for a winner.

cass-Waving-sample-frame

This week, Suzy has used the script to create a frame. I thought it was a very creative way to use the waves from this script. I had not thought of that. Suzy has offered that frame as a freebie for you. It is in PNG format so anyone can use it. She used the Waving script to create the wavy design, and then the Mitered Frame script.

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New script–Brushed Metal

February 26, 2017September 21, 2012 by Cassel

Do you like the look of brushed metal on elements? Do you want to create your OWN elements with a brushed metal texture? Do you want that texture to be totally unique? This is for you.

This script for Paintshop Pro, will create a brushed metal texture. No tile. No pattern. It will CREATE one in every run. You can get a gold, silver, brass or bronze metal effect. And you can get it embossed also by using a black and white design to start with.

Each run will be slightly different. The color will be slightly different. The brushed effect will be slightly different. So it will look like custom made element instead of something mass-produced.

Use this script to create alphas, wordart, frames, plates, or maybe turn a photo into a black and white (not grey) image and make it a bronze picture!

Once the script is finished, you can still tweak it to your liking, with a brightness/contrast adjustment, adding your own bevel around or some engraving.

You can grab this script in my store: Creation Cassel

What is your favorite metal from this set? Tell me in this thread in the Happy Place and you get a chance to win it. That is simple!

cass-BrushedMetal1-sample For the weekly freebie, i created this set of frames using the Gold option of the script. I made one frame pretty plain, and one with added gemstones. They are both in png format and are 1000x1000 pixels in size.

You can use the plain frame and add any other decorative element to it, whether it is gemstones, glitters, or a ribbon around one of the edge. Make it YOURS by customizing it. There are so many options.

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When you use this frame, add a link in the comment below so we can admire your work. You can also post an image on our Facebook page where more people will see it!

New script – Double to Single

February 26, 2017September 14, 2012 by Cassel

I like the idea of working on double pages as it gives more room to work, more room to add multiple photos, and lots of journaling if i want to, but when get to print my work, i have to manually cut my double layout in two single layouts. That is tedious, especially when i have more than one to prepare!

I coded this script for that purpose. It can save individual single pages in jpg format (perfect if you want to print) but it can also keep the layered version of your work. That means that if you need to tweak something, correct a typo, and so on, you don’t have to work on the large layout and split the pages once more.

The script can also be used if you are doing layered templates and want to offer a double page version AND two matching single pages, still in layered format. And if you need to, it can save in both format also.

If you think this is a time saver, did you know you can also run this script in batch mode, and split dozens of double page layouts or templates in seconds? No typing needed to rename the files, no browsing to find the path. Everything is done automatically for you.

You can get this script in my store: Creation Cassel.

And as usual, I have one copy of this script to give away to a lucky winner. Check out this thread in the Happy Place and add your name to it. Not too hard is it? I will be back Monday night with the name of a winner.

cass-AlphaBeads-Halloween-Digits Usually, i do create a sampler based on the new released product, but really, it is pretty hard to make a sampler out of this one, so i decided to create some plastic beads out of the Alpha-Beads script. That is a very popular script and i think you might see a lot of those in kits in the future. Don’t worry, with all the options available, they will not all look the same.

So, here is my set of digits for you in the Halloween colors. I decided on those colors for obvious reasons. I also chose to create the beads with very uneven characters to be a little different.

Will you be using this set? Remember to show me what you make with them. I love to see how creative you can be. I often see layouts where my products are used in a way i never thought of. That is great to see!

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News from the Campus

Do you know how to extract a fuzzy object from its background?

Do you know how to select very smooth curved edges on an object?

Do you know how to remove the sky from between the branches of a tree?

The FREE recording of the presentation on Basic Extractions is now available on the Campus. You can view it HERE. It is free. You just have to be logged in. (and remember to LIKE it if you … like it!)

The Calendar Making Class has seen many new members this week! I think the printer will be flooded with orders (especially since you get a discount when you register for the class). Did you start on your own calendar? Do you want to share a page?

There are many things in the making in the background. You will surely be pleased when they are ready for you. It is so exciting for me, and it will be fantastic for you too! Stay tuned.