Please join me again next month for another guest blog and contest. Have a great Thanksgiving!
Hi, My name is Andrea and I'm a digi-scrapping addict. I lurk in all kinds of galleries and find awesome layouts and then copy them adding my own flavor and flair. Here is an example of one I did recently.
I got a lot of fun feedback on it, so I decided to create a free template and do a little tutorial. If you are willing to play along and post your layout below, you could win a $2.00 gift certificate to the Scraps N' Pieces Store.
I'm going to write the steps detailed and simple enough for my mom to follow (Hi, Mom! No offence:-)
If you are already a pro, just do your thing.
Here we go:
1. Download the free template here.
2. Open it up in your Photoshop program. (I use PSE so these instructions are for Elements.)
3. Open the perfect picture in Photoshop.
4. Drag and drop the photo onto the template.
5. Change the opacity of your photo to 40% - you are doing this so you can position your perfect picture in just the right spot.
6. Resize and move the photo around over the squares until it looks just right. Note: make sure faces aren't cut in half or have lines running through them. Unless, of course, that is the look you are going for.
7. Change the opacity of your photo back to 100%.
8. Duplicate that photo layer 5 times. (you need 6 photo layers total: your original and 5 copies.)
Don't give up, Mom...we're almost done!
9. In the layer area, click on one of the photo layers, and using your Ctrl and [ (left bracket) keys together move a photo layer down until it is directly above layer 2.
10. Hold down the control key and press G. The result should be the picture clipped to layer 2.
11. Select another photo layer and move it above layer 3 and clip it using Ctrl G.
12. Select another photo layer and move it above layer 4 and clip it.
13. Select another photo layer and move it above layer 5 and clip it.
14. Select another photo layer and move it above layer 6 and clip it.
15. The final photo layer should be above the red square, layer 7. Click on the photo layer and clip it to layer 7.
The result should be your picture sectioned into different squares and at different heights.
16. Glam up the rest of the layout. Get creative!
Post your layout on your blog and show off your skills and creativity. Then link it up to this post using the "click here to enter" link below. I'll take a look at all the cool layouts on Monday morning and pick a winner. Then, Lori will email said winner a $2.00 coupon to the Scraps N Pieces store. I'm excited to see what you come up with.
Leave a comment if you have a question, I'm happy to help.
13 comments:
That is a fabulous layout!! Wow! Thanks for the template freebie!
So fun, excited for how mine turned out!
I can't wait to play with this template. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much, I love it!
Thank you for the great tutorial, and template. I like how my page turned out.
Thanks for the great template and tutorial. Just love it!
Thanks for the great template and tutorial. Just love it!
Thank you so much for the template and the challenge! I used the wrong link when I posted my entry. You can see my LO but not my explanation and credits.. Sorry about that.... this is the correct link.... http://www.scraps-n-pieces.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33970&title=walking-in-the-rain&cat=500 ~ Arlene
Well darn ... the link in my comment isn't clickable. I'll just copy and paste my explanation and credits here, lol.
I don't have PS but I was able to open the template in PSP4x. However I didn't know how to clip the photos to the layers (duh). So I ended up making 7 separate png layers and then transferring each piece of the photo onto the layers separately. Then I assembled it all in MyMemories program. Let me tell you this was quite the challenge, haha, but so much fun.
The photo was taken the morning after Hurricane Sandy plowed through and it was still raining pretty darn hard. I looked out my basement window to see if there was any water coming in anywhere. I was taking photos of the puddles on our driveway and when I downloaded them onto my computer I noticed that one of my neighbours was in the photo, taking her dog for a walk. I didn't do any treatment to the photo. The raindrops (large grey circles) just showed up that way.
Background and Clouds 'Gloomy Day' (A Saxon Creation)
Raindrops and Puddles: 'Cloudy Day' (A Work in Progress)
Umbrella, Rain boots and Raincoat (recoloured): 'Rain On' (Caroline S)
Template and tutorial from Andrea (thank you so much).
I was able to click on it Arlene.
Oh can you Lori? That's good then. The link I posted in the comments box is still not clickable for me. I'm not USUALLY such an airhead, haha. I don't know what I had such problems posting a darn link this time. :) Thanks again..........
Thanks for the template. Love the way my layout turned out. I couldn't figure out to add it the other layouts.
Thank you, Andrea! I scratched my head and got blurry-eyed staring at your AWESOME page trying to figure out how you did it. Thank you for sharing your 'secret' with all of us!
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