Enhanced Digital Art: Cluster Groups & Alpha Sets
By FOREVER • September 8, 2025
We're continuing to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Enhanced Digital Art here at FOREVER! This fantastic tool makes it super easy to whip up stunning digital creations while giving you the freedom to customize your projects to reflect your unique style. This week we're diving into the incredible world of Custer Groups and Alpha Sets.
Cluster Groups: The Life of the Party
Cluster Groups are here to elevate your creative projects and make them shine! These groups, labeled with "GROUP" followed by an underscore (ie. GROUP_DailyLifeDenimEZClusters), serve as a single embellishment in Artisan, helping you to organize and enhance your digital art effortlessly. To get started, just pop the chosen Cluster Group from the embellishments panel right into your project! Feel free to tweak the group to your liking, or you can use it just as it is for a quick and easy cluster.
I LOVE that Enhanced Digital Art has grouped components that you can use just as it is, or you can ungroup them and take out what you don’t want to use for each page you are making. It is VERY flexible!
The Four Main Types of Cluster Groups
1. Standard Cluster Groups
Standard Cluster Groups are a fantastic way to add flair to your pages! These clusters come with beautifully styled embellishments and word art that you can easily drag and drop for instant visual appeal. If you want to personalize your design, just right-click and choose 'Ungroup' to make edits. Feel free to change colors or tweak effects and shadows to match your style!
2. Photo Arrangements
Photo Arrangements are designed to make your life easier! These groupings of photo holders can include shapes, embellishments, and text effects, providing you with the perfect template to drop your photos into. Why spend hours crafting the ideal layout when our talented artists have done it for you? And remember, you can always customize these arrangements to fit your unique needs along the way!
Photo Arrangements are what I love most about the Enhanced Digital Art. Whether it is grouped with a cluster of elements or simply a set of photo openings, I love them. They make pages so quick to create.
3. Backgrounds & Pre-Designed Pages
In some cases, you'll discover backgrounds or pre-designed pages featured in your embellishments panel as a Cluster Group. You can easily add this layer to your page as a background. Feel free to use it as it is, or you can ungroup it to refill, recolor, resize, or rearrange the elements to match your style!
4. Journaling Mats/Text Paths
If you haven't noticed yet, Cluster Groups are designed to make your creative journey smoother and more enjoyable! Some kits even come with text boxes and/or text paths included in a Cluster Group. These clusters are super easy to ungroup, allowing you to customize them with your own story!
Enhanced Digital Art was a game changer when making pages. Someone does all the work and I get to make it my own by combining images, shapes, and photo openings, and deleting what I don't need on my page.
Want to learn more about Cluster Groups? Check out these videos from our incredible training resource, pixels2Pages:
Elevate Your Titles with Alpha Sets!
Are you ready to take your titles and page headers to a whole new level? With Alpha Sets, you can do just that! These beautifully decorative fonts let you type in your favorite words or messages and choose the perfect alpha set that matches your theme, color scheme, or topic.
Once you've picked your style, simply position your title on your page, and voilà—you’re all set!
But if you want to add a personal touch, you can ungroup your title and make any adjustments or effects you desire.
In the FOREVER Digital Art Store, we have an Alpha Set for just about any topic or theme you can think of! Whether you’re looking for wooden textures, animal fur, ornate floral designs, or elegant gold letters, the possibilities are endless! Get creative and let your titles shine!
Join us as we showcase Cluster Groups and Alpha Sets in the Secret Sale for this week only! Running now through Sept. 15 at Noon ET you can discover featured kits that include these fantastic effects at an amazing price. Simply open your Artisan software and check the Newsfeed on the right hand side of the Welcome Page to shop this special offer!