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Post by hmca on Jan 27, 2022 20:02:27 GMT
Well, here is another try. I did use only three flowers instead of four. TFS, cjt. I like how you took the suggestions posted and created your new layout. Nicely done... |
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Post by cjt on Jan 29, 2022 1:47:01 GMT
One more version. Only change is the background. It is a crop of a large rock that was also in the Peace Garden. There are many such interesting rocks left from the Ice Age. Lots of textures. But, does it work in this case?? TIA cjt  |
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Post by jackscrap on Jan 29, 2022 2:11:33 GMT
I think you've come up with an interesting page, I like the look of the rocky background too.
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Post by hmca on Jan 29, 2022 3:48:52 GMT
That is an interesting idea to add something from the garden as a background. I wonder if you might use a different color for the band behind the flowers.....and maybe with a hard edge being
it is against the rock? Possibly a green band? Someone else might be able to give you a better suggestion.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 29, 2022 5:11:21 GMT
cjt Helen wrote ... I wonder if you might use a different color for the band behind the flowers One option would be a large drop shadow around each inset. Not sure if this poster a good example or not. The insets have an inner glow, a stroke border and light shadow. Clive
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Post by cats4jan on Jan 29, 2022 9:23:11 GMT
There are endless possibilities-
I would like to see a more subtle use of the rock texture. Place a solid color layer under your rock layer (maybe a light gray) and reduce the opacity of the rock layer. This would result in a textured background.
And I agree with the change of color on the band. Maybe go mono - use a shade of gray. That way the eye is drawn directly to the flowers..
I really like the example Clive provided. That would be another possibility.
Again - no right or wrong way, but experimenting with various techniques is a great learning experience.
Another direction - experiment with fonts. Flowers are, well, flowery. How about a flowery font? Something cursive.
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Post by Lillias on Jan 29, 2022 15:38:36 GMT
I like the rocky background just as it is, so, unlike Janice (sorry Janice) I wouldn't reduce it's opacity. This is an example where it's in the eye of the beholder and we all have our own thoughts on how something looks.
As has been mentioned I would change the band behind the photos to something with a hard edge and perhaps using your colour picker you could choose one of the darker greens from the plants to colour the band.
Really, as Janice has said there are endless possibilities here and you have to go with what YOU like.
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Post by cjt on Jan 29, 2022 16:44:15 GMT
One more version trying some of the suggestions made. Not sure about the texture of the background. Should be darker? or ?? Clive, really liked that poster, good idea to remember. Font colors, experimenting with selecting color from each different flower. Font choice, one of the hard things for me! Finally, thanks for all the help!  |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 29, 2022 18:29:10 GMT
Font choice, one of the hard things for me! Two comments about fonts. 1) It is "ok" to mix fonts a bit, but I'd use only one font for Manitoba/ND 2) The fonts need a shadow or stroke (border) to stand out more. Here are examples with and without |
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Post by cats4jan on Jan 29, 2022 18:42:54 GMT
When my titles get 'lost' in the background, I usually put something behind it. Because you already have a band across the page (my go to in a case where the title is hard to read) I can't actually recommend another band of color. Guess I would fall back on changing the text to black.
Or, you can have the bottom half of the page plain and the top half rocky.
Or, how about some tags for your title? PSE has shapes that make good tags.
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Post by cats4jan on Jan 29, 2022 19:02:48 GMT
Or, you can have the bottom half of the page plain and the top half rocky. Title created from two layers of the same text - one dark, one light - one layer offset by a couple of pixels - use the arrows on keyboard to move one pixel at a time - use the shift key with the arrow key to move five pixels at a time
Free Font: Lemon Rolls Regular Reeds/cattails are a brush Bird is from free clip art website like pixabay  |
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