What are you working on (in Nov 2022)?

[Michele]

Mary, that is just too cute!

[Ann Seeber]

Utilizing Carole's freebie SLATS. I was waiting to use this great photo of my great-grand, Magic and her mother, Lucy. The block alpha is from cass. The heart is from a Valentine's kit. The date font is Aviation Cocktail Aged 1. I used a lot of inner bevels. Hopefully, I'll learn how to do shadows on a black background soon!

 

 

 

[Sue Thomas]

I'm making headway on my cards.  The sort of theme for this year, is to keep it simple, favouring my favourite colours, earth tones with a hint of a  Victorian feel to them.  I've done several  different  templates.  To add an extra touch to this simple front cover, I  used a sellotape that I  had  created some time ago, to  hold down the   embellishments.

 

 

[Corrie Kinkel]

Sue as usual fantastic and I like the simple touch as a theme for this year's cards very much. I have to start on mine, but due to my health problems I haven't done much this last 7 weeks. I managed to finish my calendars but I still have to print hem. Hopefully the coming workshop on cards will give me some ideas. In the mean time I'll enjoy everybody's work.

[Sue Thomas]

Corrie, thank you. I trust you will make a full recovery in time. I suppose it's a case being patient, in order for the body to repair. I'm making progress at a steady pace. Like you I have to print my calendars. The 2 advent calendars, are finished, and the reusable labels have been added. I will post them on Wednesday. In ample time for 1st December. There was a time when I could rely on the postal services to deliver within a specific time frame. Not any more.

[Sue Thomas]

After watching today's masterclass on blending.  I thought I'd  I show you some  examples of   the pages I have created using the  same techniques  demonstrated today.   I  have always  used masks, and adjustment layers, as Carole said, they  can be  reopened at any time to be edited.  I suppose I do have some advantage.  I  always use my own photos, which  more often than not means that the backgrounds are almost identical or at least very similar. Especially when the shots are taken in the same area on the  same day.  Correct  lighting should always be taken into account when blending,  for the best  realistic blend result.

[Cassel]

Sue, I definitely thought of you when I was working on those birds! :)

[Sue Thomas]

Carole, as was I, thinking of you thinking of me, and my birds. ?❤️

[Susan Ewart]

Those are great Sue, thanks for showing them.  It's unreal how it looks like it was shot that way.  The master class was outstanding.  More ways to blend that I expected.

[Susan Ewart]

Mary that is wonderful.  I love the honeycomb background on the 3 picts.  Your colors are perfect for capturing the feeling of the world of Pooh.

[Ann Seeber]

I guess the format here in the Forum has changed because the images don't open nicely in a larger version when I click on them. Of course, posting the link from the Gallery gives a much larger version but I'm still struggling to get those aligned with my text here in the Forum.

 

And Carole Cassel: as I mentioned, the Selection tool set to Fixed size is giving me headaches as it won't acknowledge the new, larger image I want to work with. Many times I have more than one open in my PSP and it seems to get stuck on a previous, smaller size and won't adjust to the image I have newly activated. Sometimes, in frustration, I end up closing my PSP2022 down altogether and re-opening with just the image I was attempting to use the selection on. Hoping for a tip or trick to fix this. Thanks.

[Michele]

We tend to focus on inner bevels so I thought I would show any newbies what can be done with the 3D Outer Bevel effect. I don't know how visible the effect is in this 600 pixel pic, but I used it around the party pic and the text. The background is simply an enlarged version of the party pic blurred (gaussian) with a 75 radius. The font is EightTrack, free from fontspace.

[Ann Seeber]

Nice, Michele. Always glad to view your Fab Divas! I've tried Outer Bevels but have no luck with black or very dark borders. Do you have any tips?

[Sue Thomas]

I do admire your work Michelle. You page is great, as always. I agree, myself included, tend to use the inner bevel more. Although I do use the outer bevel in many of my frames and framing. It looks great on the text. I use the dimension script a lot, for 3D effects, especially on text and shapes.

[Sue Thomas]

Thank you Susan. Hopefully, they will help inspire others to have a go at creating that effect. As I said using my own photos gives me an advantage, and correcting lighting is paramount.

[Mary Solaas]

I've noticed the small pictures that are produced when you click on a LO. But, I have discovered that if you right click on the pic and choose "open in a new tab" it comes up about the size we had become accustomed to before.

[Marie-Claire]

Sue, what I love the most in your projects, is how you often let something of your subject come across a frame, I can't quite translate what I mean, it's like in your project of the house sparrow female. the tail comes over the frame, it's always so beautifully extracted. What tool/technique do you use if I may ask?

[Marie-Claire]

Mary (#85863)  I have also small pictures now ?, I tried the right click "image open in a new tab", it is indeed much better !

[Marie-Claire]

AprilDawn (#85493) You're welcome!

[Sue Thomas]

Marie-Claire, thank you for the kind words on my work. I'm pleased that you and many others notice, as they are meant to be small subtle details, that give that special touch to a page.

 

Carole refers to that technique as out of bounds. There is a masterclass on it.

 

Extract the area using the eraser tool. Very very carefully, I might add. Leaving one pixel behind will destroy the effect. Move above the frame. It's imperative that everything retains its original sizes and position. These are the basic steps. I will use other tools and techniques depending on the project. I u always use a mask when I do extracting. Check out the masterclass called Out of this world.

[Ann Seeber]

Mary, thank you! That does open a larger view.

[Cassel]

I also noticed that the images were no longer showing as large as before. At first, I thought maybe someone just saved as a smaller size, but maybe it is due to an update :(

 

 

[Ann Seeber]

Riffing on Carole's class on Blending Photos I just put these two together. My granddaughter and her new husband from the wedding ceremony on Sept 9 and later on honeymoon in Key West, FL. The word art is from Marisa Lerin.

 

[Marie-Claire]

Thanks Sue, I'm going to take a closer look at those masterclasses.

[Marie-Claire]

Ann, very well done ?