Photoshop Elements 3 Class (PSE3) is Ending

My fellow classmates and I are in the final project phase of the PSE3 class led by instructors Deb Cashatt and Kris Sazaki, The Pixeladies. It has been a terrific course!

For the final project, I've designed a repeating pattern (below) to print as a long scarf. I'm not sure yet whether to make the scarf myself or have it printed and finished by a vendor. I'm in the process of obtaining fabric samples, color charts, and size and cost information from vendors that will help me decide what company to order from. This will affect whether it will involve full-service or fabric printing only.

I'm very pleased with this design plus amazed with the capability of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023. I like the program so much better than the cloud version of Photoshop.

I haven't mentioned picture editing, but we've done some of that in PSE3 though it isn't a focus of the course because most of the participants are quilters and visual artists.

If you work with a Photoshop product, what kinds of things do you do with it?

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