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Summer is officially over! Well for us it is. The weather is bad where I live, what about yours?

Well its been a long time since we had a newsletter update, summer holidays and all that. This is the time of year when the kiddies go back to school and the parents breathe a sigh of relief. For some of us the gardens need squaring up ready for fall and all those things that you never got round to doing all summer, just need to be done quick!

CONGRATULATIONS to Pamela and Tiffany for starting up a new graphics business. Pamela and Tiffany are specialising in making blog backgrounds and accessories, however can make anything you like. The profits from this business are being used ...... wait ...... there are no profits because every cent made and more goes toward buying new graphics for us all to enjoy on the forums here at SheKnows. Dont forget to thank all of the siggy ladies for doing a wonderful job, giving up their free time and dollars to make our forums a prettier place.


I will be gone from the 7th to the 22nd of this month so if you have any requests or problems please contact Pamela aka PamelaT and she will be happy to help you. I am lucky enough to be visiting Salou in Spain and I am so looking forward to it.

A friendly reminder to all our hosts, please remember that you still need to check into the leaders forum at least once a week. If you have forgotten the link or password please ask. If you post in the leaders forum then Pamela and I know you are doing okay!

Our Get-To-Know-You question this month is: What have been the best bit for you this summer? Please share.
All hosts answer this question in the Community Leaders board and leave your P&P email address so you get your points. Thank you.

*remember to answer this question as your monthly check-in in Community Leaders! When answering, please let me know your Points & Prizes username.



Each month we try to enclose a hint or tutorial written by one of our hosts. This month’s tutorial is written by Richelle. Richelle is still fairly new to us and learning the ropes so please go easy on her.

Shadowing Text

First Open a New image any size you'd like your Text.
Then click the text tool, you can choose a Fill and outside fill at the right when you have your text tool box up highlight the font and click and choose colors.

Example:


Now to Shadow

Go to Effects at the top and then go to 3D Effects

Example:


Then click on it and you can choose how strong or light you want you shadowing.

Example:

mine are
Vertical 3
Horizontal 3
Opacity 96
blur 8.0
color Black

Example of finish




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We thought maybe you might have a question about something that goes on here at Graphic Central. We have lots of forums here...Photography, Signature Fun-which includes, Blinkies, Glitter Names and Custom Signatures and Graphics. The hosts have added tutorials in each category if you would like to learn any of these graphics arts. Please read through the tutorials and have a go at making something new. And please show us what you make, we'd love to see. We are also very open to having volunteers and/or Hosts in our requests forums. Please inquire within about becoming a volunteer if you know how to make blinkies, glitters, siggies or graphics of any kind. If you have any other questions, something you would like to know about any of these fields, please let us know and we will give you the answer in the following newsletter next month. Just leave us a post

Question - how do I get in touch with the staff at Graphic Central?
You can either email or PM ...

Community Director - Amanda aka crisantemo amandamcwhinney@aol.com

Assistant Community Director - Pamela aka PamelaT Pamela_Tingle@yahoo.com

Would you like to have a special anniversary, birthday, or celebration you would like honoured in the monthly newsletter? Just let the Community Director know before the 25th of the month to get it into the following month's newsletter.