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"U@14" by Janine Buckles
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
Creating a cohesive layout with a lot of photos on it can be a real challenge, especially when the photos are taken on different days under different lighting conditions. One way to make the photos coordinate is to manipulate their colouring. For this layout, I changed the colour of all of the smaller photos and left the larger, focal photo in full colour. To do this I first clicked on my Foreground Colour and, using the Dropper Tool, I selected a brown from my background paper. Then I chose a picture by clicking on its thumbnail image in the Layers Palette, clicked Ctrl+U to bring up the Hue/Saturation window and checked the "Colorize" box. Then I moved the sliders until I was happy with the result. I wrote down the numbers in the Hue, Saturation and Lightness boxes and then repeated the process with the remaining small images, using the numbers from the first image. This way, all of my small photos have a similar colour palette.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Create a layout using five or more photos.
Journaling: I know parents are supposed to have all the answers. We're suppose to know how to make all of your hurts feel better, make every bad dream you dream fade away, never to return, and make every sadness you feel turn into joy, but in reality we are learning about you at the same time you are discovering yourself. So, please be patient with us as we join you on your journey, and know that with each and every step we love you more than we could ever tell you. You see it's hard to put into words the "bigness" of the love in our hearts for you but we'll keep trying! Love, Mom & Dad
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"Paris" by Jennifer Wight
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To make my embellishments stand out more, I decided to create a white background around each one, making them look more like stickers. To do this, I first made sure my foreground color was set to white. With one of my embellishments highlighted, I went to Edit> Stroke Selection. I then adjusted the settings so that the width was 8 pixels and the location was set on "Outside." I then added a realistic shadow using Sarah Batdorf's ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501. I repeated these steps with each one of my embellishments and word art.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Create a layout using five or more photos.
"Venezia" by Armi Custodio
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To create my blended background, I clipped my photo to Brandy Murry's ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Background Blenders and used Brandie Valenzuela's Brush Set: Grungelle to erase some parts of the blender template and photo. I then merged the two layers and decreased its opacity to about 55%. Next I duplicated the merged layer and clipped it to Melanie Johnson's ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Definition Masks.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Create a layout using five or more photos.
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Journaling: One of our favorite cities in Europe is Venice. There is just something magical about that place that I can't quite put to words. I hope you and I can return one day.
"Meet Ike" by Amy Flanagan
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I wanted this layout to emphasize Caroline's ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Stroke 9901 PSE. After I ran the stroke action on all of the photos, I wanted to maintain the artsy painted effect throughout. To do that, I chose ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Edgy, BOLD and overlayed it over my background, and I chose ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Artsy - Watercolor 1 to overlay my title. Normally I like tons of embellishments with many layers; this time I minimized the embellishments on the layout to keep the focus on the photos and the art effects.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0
Name of challenge: Create a layout using five or more photos.
"Our Crazy Kids" by Jo Corne
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To thread my ribbon through the wire mesh, I placed the ribbon on the layer above the wire mesh layer. I gave the ribbon layer a layer mask and reduced its Opacity so that I could see the wire mesh behind the ribbon. Making sure my foreground color was black, I then used my Brush Tool, with a small enough brush tip, to erase the part of the ribbon that I wanted to appear behind the wire. I zoomed right in so that I could erase carefully enough so as not to erase any other part of the ribbon. If I did this, I changed my foreground color to white and 'painted' back in the area I had erased by mistake. Once I was satisfied, I returned the Opacity of the ribbon back to 100% to check that it looked the way I wanted it to.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Name of challenge: Create a layout using five or more photos.
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Journaling: Time spent at the Enchanted Maze was time well spent. Nothing like having you guys sit on a pelican, push over a motorbike, ride a metallic spider and... stick your fingers up a tree mans' nose!! Take you guys anywhere but out, LOL!!
"Colorful Fall" by Elisha Barnett
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I wanted to leave quite a bit of "white space" on this layout, so instead of using the 12x12 version of Caroline Kaiser's ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: Squares and Strips, I opened the letter-sized PSD file in my 12x12 layout. Then, to get the cluster in the position I wanted it, I linked all the layers together and flipped the entire cluster by clicking Image> Rotate> Flip Layer Horizontal, then I moved the cluster to the lower left of the document. After I'd added all the photos I wanted, I deleted the unused layers of the template.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0
Name of challenge: Create a layout using five or more photos.
"I Love Trucks" by Kara Swanson
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To achieve the look I wanted, I combined two papers into one. I first opened the gray paper and opened the black paper over it. Under Blending Modes on the black paper, I chose "Overlay" and 100% Opacity.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Name of challenge: Create a layout using five or more photos.
"Day Out with Thomas" by Amy Lemaniak
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To get a faded effect of the background photo of Thomas, I put my photo onto my layout, set the Blending Mode to "Screen" and lowered the Opacity to be around 50%. I then took one of the brushes from Brandie's Brush Set: Worn Threads and with my Eraser Tool selected, I erased away a part of the edge of the photo until I achieved the desired look.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Name of challenge: Create a layout using five or more photos.
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