Happy New Year to everybody!  2007 went by like a whirlwind, and we have already had our first meeting for 2008, which was a huge success.  The presentation on Photoshop was interesting, and viewing everybody's entries for the Photoshop contest was really fun.  We need to have more of those contests, as far as I'm concerned!  

I actually got an entry in, which consisted of an "OOB" done in Photoshop.  For those of you who have never heard of (or seen) an OOB, it stands for "Out of Bounds,"  which pretty much means it's a picture that comes out of its original bounds (or boundaries).  At least that's how I think of it.  

A few people at the meeting asked how that was done, so I wanted to insert the link for where the tutorial can be found.  It's on the Flickr website and was published by a man who goes by the name of "Serrator."  You can find the tutorial here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/28466683@N00/153507433/in/set-72157594146002408/. 

The Flickr website has a group of people who are very big OOB fans, and they post their OOBs for all to see.  Pretty interesting. 

During our meeting, the question came up of whether masking could be done with Photoshop Elements.  I myself wasn't sure of the answer, but while looking for the above link to post here, I noticed that Serrator included a link for a tutorial to add masking capabilities to Photoshop Elements.  There are actually two links about masking in Photoshop Elements which can also be found at the link that I've listed above. 

OOB's are pretty fun to do, and I hope you enjoy the tutorial.  Make some OOBs and enjoy yourselves. 

Judy Bruner, Secretary

Sweetwater Camera Club