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Post by Lillias on Oct 20, 2017 20:48:44 GMT
I’m posting my second Challenge a bit early as I won’t be around tomorrow until late on. ‘ If you are game’ we are going to learn a ‘Bust Out of Bounds’ Mask Trick. When Janice (cats4jan) drew my attention to this tutorial on Digital Scrapper I liked it and thought you might like to give it a go. The author of the tutorial (Jen White of Digital Scrapper) has given her permission for its use here in our forum. If you want it there is a download link in the tutorial for the complex mask used in the tutorial. Bust Out of Bounds - Mask TrickNOTE: I would draw your attention to the section in the tutorial where it says “Press Shift Alt Backspace (Mac: Shift Opt Delete) to fill the complex mask with black” BEFORE pressing Shift Alt Backspace – please Ctrl Click on the actual Thumbnail of the Mask to select it and then press Shift Alt Backspace to fill the complex mask with black. As a finishing touch add a background and anything else you like to your page and you’re done.  pic from morguefile mask by Susie Roberts from Digital Scrapper kit - Collab Autumn Bouquet DigiScrapbooking.ch |
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Post by cats4jan on Oct 21, 2017 14:30:10 GMT
Remember, you can group/clip any text or shape with a photo. You can see Lillias did that with her title. It's a great addition to any design.
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Post by fotofrank on Oct 22, 2017 3:59:29 GMT
So here is my take on this....  |
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Post by Lillias on Oct 22, 2017 11:57:27 GMT
Thanks for getting us off to a great start here Frank.
As well as completing the tutorial perfectly your added effects have raised this to another level. Well done.
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Post by ritage on Oct 23, 2017 17:37:36 GMT
Thanks Lilias. An interesting tutorial. I would have used several quite unnecessary steps if I had tried to figure this out for myself.
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Post by ritage on Oct 23, 2017 17:58:21 GMT
Lillias, I tried to make my own mask for my entry, something more neutral. The letter and postal stamp don't really do much for Mona Lisa. But I found it far more difficult than I expected, so ended up using what you provided. Do you ever make your own? Are there tuts or advice for that?
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Post by cats4jan on Oct 23, 2017 21:21:50 GMT
Rita - I like your mask. The stamp works because it reminds me of travel
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Post by Lillias on Oct 23, 2017 22:56:55 GMT
Do you ever make your own? Are there tuts or advice for that? Thanks for giving this a try Rita. Well done. Yes I have made some masks of my own. I couldn’t find any specific tuts on how to do it I just looked at masks provided in kits and eventually sussed out how to do it for myself. I made this very simple example from two brushes from a free watercolour brush set. I put one on a blank layer at around 50% opacity and then another one at full opacity on another layer on top of that. You can see from the darker part in the centre that I sized the darker brush to be smaller. Continue adding other brushes if you want to, adding each one to its own layer so that you can move them about until you are satisfied with their position then you can merge all the brush layers together to make one single mask. Save as a .png file. You can make them as plain or as fancy as your imagination allows. Just remember to have a dark centre as that’s what shows whatever you have clipped to the mask. I hope this helps to point you in the right direction.  |
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Post by cats4jan on Oct 24, 2017 10:33:15 GMT
Opacity. So that is the key.
I saw masks with more transparent edges, but never thought of doing two layers at different opacities. Thanks for that tip. Of course it really helps to have the right brushes too
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Post by ritage on Oct 24, 2017 16:16:34 GMT
Lillias, thanks for your explanations. That's a pretty good example.
I tried along the same lines, using shaped brushes, circles, polygons and various blobs. The difficulty is to achieve a graceful tapering off of the opacity towards the outside, the soft edges. I thought just using a number of stacked layers would do it, but my results looked clumsy. Gradients didn't work either. By the time I assembled a couple of dozen layers I confused myself to the point of giving up. I'll try again when I have some time to waste 
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Post by hmca on Oct 24, 2017 19:14:10 GMT
What a nice tut, Lillias!  |
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Post by Lillias on Oct 24, 2017 20:50:28 GMT
I'm glad you enjoyed it Helen. Thank you for entering into the fun.
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Post by cats4jan on Oct 24, 2017 23:44:11 GMT
photos and mask: cats4jan
fonts: Kinda Creepy and JinkyDisney puts on this Halloween Party every year. They have Trick or Treating and Fireworks as well as the Parade. You should've seen the 'senior' trick or treaters (the guys, of course) rushing from place to place to fill their bags. Too funny. And, you would be amazed at how many of the adults were in full costume. We cheated - we wore Halloween T-shirts instead of full costume. I find I cannot get the 'out of bounds' look that this tutorial is looking for. I think it's my choice of photos because this is my second try and it doesn't look like I think it should in either try and I know I am doing it right. I did have my back mask lighter, but it didn't work with my photo, but in darkening the mask, I lost the look the tutorial is aiming for. However, I like it the way it is and will try this tutorial again with a different photo. Lillias - thanks for the tip about mask making - this was my first try at using different opacities and I do believe opacity is the secret of making an interesting mask. It made a difference in my end result.
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Post by Lillias on Oct 25, 2017 13:00:40 GMT
Good for you for giving it a go Janice and making your own mask into the bargain...
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Post by Lillias on Oct 26, 2017 15:15:35 GMT
 Images from pexels and pixabay Rings from sandiec ‘To Have and to Hold’ Rose from RDH ‘A Rose and You both Beautiful’. Frame from Anita’s kit Rustic. |
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