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Post by Lillias on Aug 17, 2017 15:21:40 GMT
Love both your pages Janice but especially the Silver Springs Park one. Love the masking on the larger photo and those white lines you have superimposed on the small photo. I agree that putting a matt behind a photo or a border around a photo can help the composition of your page as can drop shadows.
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Post by cats4jan on Aug 17, 2017 18:12:02 GMT
Drop shadows: Did you know - after you place a drop shadow on an item - you can 'grab' the drop shadow with your move tool and move it out from behind the item. 1. add a drop shadow 2. open the style settings screen by clicking on the fx that is on the right edge of your layer in the layers panel 3. grab your move tool and pull the shadow out from under the item OOPS - this is already addressed in the link Lillias has provided -- But I'm going to keep my example up anyway
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Post by cats4jan on Aug 17, 2017 18:21:14 GMT
I just learned something. You can change the color of your shadow on the style settings screen - I don't think I ever noticed this before.  |
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Post by cats4jan on Aug 17, 2017 18:22:43 GMT
Play - people - play.
Try all the settings - there is so much more to PSE than we will ever learn.
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Post by cats4jan on Aug 17, 2017 18:25:42 GMT
Helen - Lillias - I never mentioned how much I liked your layouts. They turned out great. Using a photo as a background is a simple technique, but it's very effect and sure does make a great page.
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Post by hmca on Aug 17, 2017 19:55:30 GMT
Janice and Lillias...thanks for your drop shadow help. I took some screen shots so your examples are within easy reach....also bookmarked your link, Lillias. I know you advice to "play" is a good one, Janice. My problem is that I'm too scattered in what I want to get better at......if you know what I mean.
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Post by Lillias on Aug 17, 2017 20:28:25 GMT
My problem is that I'm too scattered in what I want to get better at......if you know what I mean. Oh I know that feeling only too well Helen...there is so much to learn it's hard to concentrate on just one thing... |
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Post by cats4jan on Aug 18, 2017 1:20:34 GMT
Yeah, I learn something one day and soon it's forgotten - to be rediscovered at another time. I may well have learned about colored shadows, but I'm not at all sure. It looks like this technique might make an interesting addition to a scrapbook page.
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Post by Berengaria on Aug 28, 2017 11:19:41 GMT
Drop shadows: Did you know - after you place a drop shadow on an item - you can 'grab' the drop shadow with your move tool and move it out from behind the item. 1. add a drop shadow 2. open the style settings screen by clicking on the fx that is on the right edge of your layer in the layers panel 3. grab your move tool and pull the shadow out from under the item OOPS - this is already addressed in the link Lillias has provided -- But I'm going to keep my example up anyway
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Post by Berengaria on Aug 28, 2017 11:21:32 GMT
Where can I find Lillias's instructions?
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Post by Lillias on Aug 28, 2017 11:40:27 GMT
Hi Beri if you go to the last entry on the first page of this thread you will see what I posted. In that post I also included a link to a tutorial about the method Janice also mentioned above. The separate shadow is a good method as it enables you to do so much more with it.
Unfortunately in PSE we don't have a proper warp tool as in PS but in lieu of that, holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on any of the corner nodes of the transform box will allow you to drag the shadow into different positions. Hope this helps.
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