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Post by hmca on Jul 16, 2018 0:22:13 GMT
Thanks, Lillias.....more to come.
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Post by hmca on Jul 16, 2018 2:28:33 GMT
Well, this was quite a challenge!!! Things I hope I learned: 1. My pictures should be made smaller before I begin. Took me awhile to realize why I couldn't see my picture behind the mask. This led to resizing masks as well. 2. Changing blend mode and opacity made a big difference for the mask that had a gradient added to it. 3. Making all the colors work together is a challenge that I still need to work on. I need to try this a few more times before I move on to something else! I also want to try using some other masks that I have collected. This was a wonderful lesson, Lillias. I will continue to practice this.   |
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Post by jackscrap on Jul 16, 2018 3:02:49 GMT
Excellent results! I've bookmarked this discussion to learn how to do this too.
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Post by Lillias on Jul 16, 2018 10:12:34 GMT
Took me awhile to realize why I couldn't see my picture behind the mask. This led to resizing masks as well. Yes Helen you usually have to resize both the masks and the photos to suit. See my example below. All I can say is you have certainly risen to the challenge. Your page is a lovely example of how to use masks. Masks used as embellishments are very versatile elements that you can add to your page. Colouring them, reducing the opacity, giving them blend modes can make such a difference to your page and give it more of an artsy look. Remember also that you can add to or subtract from your mask by using brushes with either black or white. Just experiment as there is so much you can do with masks. Hopefully this little exercise will be helpful to anyone interested in this subject.
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Post by Bailey on Jul 16, 2018 10:25:40 GMT
... Remember also that you can add to or subtract from your mask by using brushes with either black or white. ... Please excuse this interruption, but just a quick tip that in addition to painting black or white on masks, you can also paint shades of grey to appropriate areas of a mask to adjust the opacity of the mask. Remember, white reveals, black conceals and shades of grey can be whatever % opacity you need in between. I often use shades of grey from the Colour Swatches pallette on a layer masks to fine tune the Adjustment Layer's effect in certain areas of an image. Hope this helps and I'll but out now  |
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Post by Lillias on Jul 16, 2018 10:40:52 GMT
You are of course correct Bailey. Experimentation is definitely what I recommend here as there is so much that can be done with masks. Adding shadows, bevels - just experiment.
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Post by hmca on Jul 16, 2018 13:20:38 GMT
Thanks, Lillias for the further explanation. It makes me think back to a few times when I had clipped an image to a mask and the mask wasn't visible at all......I was like well that didn't work!
It may be awhile before I add a post here.....until my next question comes up. We will be away for awhile but when I get back I have some more things I would like to try.
Glad Jackie found this thread helpful. Hope others will as well.
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Post by moss on Jul 16, 2018 22:41:37 GMT
Thanks ladies. I am sure there will be others who, like me, have been following this thread with great interest. I use clipping masks all the time but have learned some new tricks here .... so thank you and have a great trip Helen.
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Post by hmca on Jul 16, 2018 23:06:45 GMT
Thank you, Moss. Good to hear. It was so helpful to get Lillias' feedback as I tried each step. My main interest is photography but Lillias and another member have gotten me interested in trying some scrapping techniques. It is fun to learn new things and
having Lillias follow along with me made this a valuable learning experience.
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Post by hmca on Sept 11, 2018 17:58:25 GMT
Still working on this.......see next post.  |
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Post by hmca on Sept 11, 2018 18:36:31 GMT
Wanted to use this clipping mask......  Didn't like the black showing and wanted the mask to be more of a brown color:  Tried adding a color fill layer but then got this:  Sure there is a simple fix but I'm not finding it...... |
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Post by Lillias on Sept 11, 2018 20:43:38 GMT
Helen I love your Rocky Mountain page. The masks are beautiful and you have clipped the photos to them perfectly.
With reference to your following post…you say you don’t like the black showing and wanted the mask to be more of a brown colour.
Do you mean that you want to use the mask as more of a ‘frame’ for the photo as opposed to a ‘clipping mask’ for the photo? Apologies if I’m not quite understanding…
If you want to use the mask as a mask then remember that the photo takes on the complete shape of the mask and so it doesn’t matter what colour the mask is you will only see the photo in the shape of the mask you won’t see the mask itself.
If you then want to use another copy of the mask as an embellishment - you can colour the mask using a Hue/Sat adjustment layer and then place it where you want on the page. See my example bottom right.
If this doesn't answer what it is you are trying to do just say and we will see where to go from here.
Credits: Image from Pixabay BG paper from Vintage Paper Textures Dreamscape – Design Cuts
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Post by hmca on Sept 11, 2018 21:14:14 GMT
Thanks, Lillias. Removing the white has solved the problem. If you look at that example above some of the black of the mask was showing, rather than being black, I wanted it to be brown. However, that was only because I couldn't get the mask to work correctly. I followed your advice to remove the white:  Just a final silly question on the masked image below:  In the first example there was more of this type of black showing.....I had wondered if there was a way to make it brown rather than black. However, at this point it doesn't seem worth worrying about  |
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Post by Lillias on Sept 11, 2018 21:45:28 GMT
That little bit of black is part of the mask. The fact that you can see it means that you haven’t sized your photo enough to cover it and then all you would see would be the photo. If you look at my example above you will see that little bit is blue from the sky of my photo.
The other thing you can do if you don’t want to stretch out your photo any more is simply add a layer mask to the mask layer and brush that little bit out.
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Post by hmca on Sept 11, 2018 22:43:15 GMT
Thanks, Lillias. With your help, I am getting closer to understanding all of this!
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