pontiac1940
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 9, 2022 17:37:13 GMT
Just a follow-up tp Janice's post. I created three equally sized bird images using the crop tool set to 9 inches square. Then I made a new image that was 31 inches by 11 inches. The three square images were dropped into the blank page and aligned as shown. Then the same stroke and shadow was added to each inset. The outer stroke and thin white border were added last (not shown here.)  |
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Post by cats4jan on Mar 9, 2022 18:03:32 GMT
It's interesting to see how one simple tutorial lends itself to so many beautiful outcomes. Such a useful creation tool.
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Post by Tpgettys on Mar 9, 2022 20:06:03 GMT
I was experimenting with layer styles and gradients, etc. - finally decided I wasn't getting anywhere, I'm sorry to hear you weren't getting results you were happy with Janice. This looks like a great time to mention that there is a use of clipping masks that is not well-known that may be useful for what you are striving for. To recap: In this tutorial, you place an image on a layer above another layer with a rectangle filled with black and transparent everywhere else. When you "clip" the image layer to the panel layer below it, the image is cropped by the rectangle; all the pixels over the transparent area are hidden. This is how clipping masks are explained and used almost exclusively. However, the power of fill layers and adjustment layers are amplified when used with clipping masks. When you add a fill layer or adjustment layer (such as gradient layer, say) it affects all layers below it. BUT! If you make the adjustment layer a clipping mask, it affects ONLY the layer below it! Here is another triptych showing the layer stack which uses this idea (click for full-size view):
As you can see in the layer stack, there are two layers clipped to each panel, the image and an adjustment layer. In this way I could apply different adjustment layers to each image separately. This gives you much more control over the regions the adjustment layers apply to.
Perhaps by applying one gradient layer to your panels and a different one to the other region you can get closer to your vision.
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stinson
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Post by stinson on Mar 9, 2022 20:07:08 GMT
What makes you thirtsy for a Margarita - waiting outside the restaurant.  |
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Post by cats4jan on Mar 9, 2022 20:48:17 GMT
Thanks for that info, Tom. I’ll work with your idea tomorrow.
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Post by hmca on Mar 10, 2022 2:25:56 GMT
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Post by cats4jan on Mar 10, 2022 3:27:44 GMT
Helen - that is nice - it has such an antique feel to it
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Post by cats4jan on Mar 10, 2022 3:59:19 GMT
Tom - thanks for providing the screen shot Here is how I turn an adjustment layer on and off - it's hard to see, but I click on the little box in the bottom left corner of the adjustment layer screen. Is this how you clip adjustment layers? DUH - I just now realized I can turn the adjustment layer on/off using the eyeball next to that little box.  |
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Post by Tpgettys on Mar 10, 2022 6:08:13 GMT
DUH - I just now realized I can turn the adjustment layer on/off using the eyeball next to that little box.
LOL! Ya, isn't it amusing how we miss some of those little things?! We are ALL in good company on that score. Carry on.
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Post by Lillias on Mar 10, 2022 13:29:16 GMT
All images including the background from Rawpixel. Outside edge frame by Jodi.  |
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Post by hmca on Mar 10, 2022 14:49:19 GMT
Thank you, cats4jan. I took those pictures this past summer and wondered how I might use them. Glad you liked it. Lillias, you chose three beautiful paintings and I like the way you have arranged them. The background is a perfect color match. Beautifully presented as a triptych. |
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Post by cats4jan on Mar 10, 2022 22:01:08 GMT
The Bald Eagles have come back to our pond. Hadn't seen them much these last few years since their nesting area was disrupted while finishing this part of the community. The pond has since been restocked with Carp to keep the weeds down and these fish attract Eagles as well as White Pelicans. This guy was fishing, grabbed a huge Carp, and was unable to lift it to fly away. I think the weight may have pulled him under because I've never known our Eagles to drag a fish to shore like this one did. He was soaked and after he was able to get to shore, he was again unable to fly away with his catch. He sat there enjoying his meal while my neighbor took a dozen photos. That 'shadow' at his feet is not a shadow at all - it's the Carp. Look carefully, you can see the Eagle is soaking wet. After he had his fill, he flew away and the vultures came to finish the feast. Although I have seen Eagles fishing in our pond - as well as one dad training his son in the art of fishing - I was not in town for this wonderful sight, but I did get to see it second hand from her wonderful photos. OOPS! Broke the cardinal rule - I forgot to date this layout. 
That has been remedied on the original.
- to make a talk bubble outline like the one shown here -
Outline Talk Bubble
Click on photo to go to full resolution copy
Photos: Sylvia B
Kit: Krystal Hartley - Uncharted |
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Post by hmca on Mar 10, 2022 22:46:38 GMT
What a great page, Janice. Like everything about it....pictures, layout, and all the elements that give it its unique look.
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Post by cats4jan on Mar 10, 2022 23:37:34 GMT
Helen - it was kinda funny. After I had most of the basic page done, I went back to the kit and grabbed a few more things. I actually left them pretty much just where I dragged them. It took me a while to get this done, but after I chose a kit, it seemed to go faster. That block of color in the lower right quadrant is one of the arrows - resized, skewed, and rotated -- Needed something to back up the journaling and set it apart from the rest of the page.
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Post by srmoment on Mar 11, 2022 0:36:42 GMT
Used the tutorial and then used art brushes and textures to achieve this effect. Lots of fun!  |
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