Text Workshop 2024

[Ann Seeber]

29 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

PSP is playing tricks on me.

2023 is notorious for those little tricks. I just shrug, work around it and go on...

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

@Susan Ewart Hallo, heb je het klembord al leeggehaald? Vaak staat die op herhaling. 

[Daniel Hess]

2 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

For some reason, my version is less "glitchy" than others have reported.

I've got a license with the Humble Bundle but haven't downloaded or installed 2023.  I just keep hearing about it's quirks and bad joojoo, including in this thread.  Looks like its making @Susan Ewart (Congrats on the Gold Star Award Susan !!) crazy on one of her projects.

[Susan Ewart]

1 hour ago, Ann Seeber said:

2023 is notorious for those little tricks. I just shrug, work around it and go on...

Me too.  I wont give up on it because I love how you can see the blend modes in real time.  I do have 2022 as a back up, if need be.

[Susan Ewart]

18 minutes ago, Daniel Hess said:

I've got a license with the Humble Bundle but haven't downloaded or installed 2023.  I just keep hearing about it's quirks and bad joojoo, including in this thread.  Looks like its making @Susan Ewart (Congrats on the Gold Star Award Susan !!) crazy on one of her projects.

thank you Daniel for the congrats.  I'm humbled by it.  I think I'm the owner of the mistakes this go around.  although 2023 has it's issues, some of "my" issues are actually me!  🤔.  It's great for seeing the blend modes and it's for this reason I keep using it.  It would be nice to use the right click and move a selection, but there is a work around (edit selection tool) that I don't mind using.  Best would be to keep your current one(loaded) and load 2023 and try it out.  Ann isn't having a lot of the issues some of us are having and you might not either.  

[Susan Ewart]

1 hour ago, Jannette Nieuwboer said:

@Susan EwartHello, have you cleared the clipboard? It is often on repeat. 

Actually, I never knew you could do that.  How do you do that?  I do constantly clear the temp files and do a disk clean up on the hard drives.  then I'll do a reboot.  And before the masterclasses and Q&As I clear the browsing cache.  Thank you for the info about the clipboard.  I'll start doing it once I learn how.  

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

3 minuten geleden, Susan Ewart schreef:

Eigenlijk heb ik nooit geweten dat je dat kon. Hoe doe je dat? Ik wis constant de tijdelijke bestanden en doe een schijf opruimen op de harde schijven. dan doe ik een reboot. En voor de masterclasses en Q&A's wis ik de browsecache. Bedankt voor de info over het klembord. Ik zal het gaan doen zodra ik leer hoe.

hahaha Misschien hebben we het over hetzelfde. Noemen wij het ANDERS.  Ik ben geen genie in uitleggen. 🥵 je zou je paletten opnieuw kunnen installeren. Dat kan binnen een minuut gedaan worden en dat maakt je klembord ook leeg. Dan zijn ook je paletten weer op de juiste plaats. Links onderin PSP: het kan bij werkvlak: werkvlak herstellen, of bij voorkeur: Voorkeuren herstellen. Succes.

[Corrie Kinkel]

Susan I think that temporary files and "klembord" are the same, this might be a language issue. In spite of being Dutch I use PSP and some other programs in English, so I don't have to deal with those issues.

[Corrie Kinkel]

I have been a bit MIA for the last days of the workshop and have had some time now to see all the great projects you all did, but it is way to much to comment on them all. I had to take photos on an event of my swim group and make an album out of it. I have just sent it off to the printers and keep my fingers crossed that it will turn out nice. Maybe I'll finish the workshop in the coming days as I have noticed that I'm not the only one that hasn't completed it yet.

[Anne Lamp]

 

My day 6

[gwen jewitt]

Finally got lesson 7 finished I used papers from DCS Artsy mars24 and elements from vecteezy.

Used my own photos , added a stich tube around the letters I was going to use the rope but couldn't 

get it to work in  2023 had one of those glitches and had to shut it down ended up redoing it in x5.

Tango and tara stayed with us 4 days out of 7 as my son and his wife both worked,we loved having them stay.

 

[Susan Ewart]

Lesson 7

I started out with the template and then deviated from there.  The sunflower is extracted and is the what the front side looks like (as compared to the back side on lesson 6).  I didn't even know it was growing in the sunflower patch until I went down to the end of the yard and saw two of these odd looking fluffy sunflowers.  Font is called "The Metal," not sure if It's Google fonts or Creative Fabrica.  the background was a gradient I added texture to.  The frame is beveled and was a pattern in PSP.  I find the word sunflower not that readable and the big sunflower is quite distracting.  I wanted to see how this would end up.

PSP behaved beautifully for this layout and any epic bouts of stupidity was all me.  

Thank you Carole, for another wonderful workshop.  I had forgotten most of what we learned in the workshop.  

Edited November 25 by Susan Ewart

[Dan Greenwood]

Here is my lesson 7. Sort of a different valentine.  I added the outlines because I think it makes it look like a travel brochure!

[Anita Wyatt]

Here is my day 4. Papers and scatters are from Digital Scrapbooking.The fonts are from CF:Cat Mischievous and Blinten. Photos of Siegfried are mine. I caught him sleeping so peacefully, until I woke him up as I was taking his picture. He was not amused.

[Cassel]

@Carolyn Rye Good to see you catch up. That layout of Matthew is lovely. I wonder if you forgot to add shadows on the ribbon on the bottom. That is the only element unshadowed.

@Daniel Hess Well, you did a fantastic job combining those two fun images! I hope all those techniques will find some use in future projects, even if they are not ALWAYS used! And about Humble Bundle and PSP2023, yes, that version has some quirks and bugs, but also some advantages so if you have the chance to have both 2023 and an older version, you might get the best of both versions.

@Cristina Great use of supplies and tutorials!

@Jacques For picture tubes, unlike brush strokes, you can't change the colors. The only thing you can do is change it AFTER it is applied using one of the various tools/commands available.

@kasany That is a different take on the text wrapping, but effective!

@Jannette Nieuwboer To change the font on the individual letters, you don't need them on separate layers. Is that what you were trying to do?

@Susan Ewart It is an interesting take for a photo from the back of the flower. Very unique but also beautiful from that angle too. From time to time, I find that if a paper has been moved slightly, it is not as "easy" to trim it because some parts are left outside and can mess up shadows and such.

@fiona cook Those a beautiful skies. You might want to consider adding shadows to your components to go along with the bevels you used.

@Anne Lamp Great work on aligning the photo and the characters in the title.

@gwen jewitt You have to be careful with the shadow on the heart. If you look carefully, you will see that the light source is from the top left, so the shadow SHOULD be toward the bottom right instead of the bottom left. You can probably add regular shadows on all the components of your layout to give it a 3D effect consistent with that thick heart.

@Dan GreenwoodThe outline is a great addition. It really makes your components stand out.

@Anita Wyatt I LOVE that font!!!! so creative and perfect for those photos!

Although we have already gone through the seven lessons, if you have not finished, don't worry. You still have seven more days to access those tutorials. That should be plenty of time to catch up. And if you are among the lurkers, I would LOVE to hear from you, whether you post a project or just a comment about this workshop. We have over 100 registrants, so many are just watching, and working on their own. Come and join in!

[Linda J Walker]

I have missed several days. Had some time this evening to play with the vector script from Day 6.

It took a good deal of 'playing' to get something I liked, and PSP2019 was playing tricks on me too 😞

This week we will have Thanksgiving, so that was my word for the day. Maybe I will use it in a layout when I am done cooking.

PS--This workshop is overlapping the 'Black Friday Event'....how do I add another 5-8 hours to my day...???😂🤣😂

 

Edited November 25 by Linda J Walker

[Jacques]

Very busy day. Didn't have time to find a nice photo and a corresponding text. I still wanted to do a test. 😞

[Susan Ewart]

5 hours ago, gwen jewitt said:

Finally got lesson 7 finished I used papers from DCS Artsy mars24 and elements from vecteezy.

Used my own photos , added a stich tube around the letters I was going to use the rope but couldn't 

get it to work in  2023 had one of those glitches and had to shut it down ended up redoing it in x5.

Tango and tara stayed with us 4 days out of 7 as my son and his wife both worked,we loved having them stay.

 

I love the green paper in the middle, the design is so cool.

[Susan Ewart]

3 hours ago, Dan Greenwood said:

Here is my lesson 7. Sort of a different valentine.  I added the outlines because I think it makes it look like a travel brochure!

What a great idea to add the outlines.  I should have done that with mine as it's so very readable.

[Susan Ewart]

3 hours ago, Anita Wyatt said:

Here is my day 4. Papers and scatters are from Digital Scrapbooking.The fonts are from CF:Cat Mischievous and Blinten. Photos of Siegfried are mine. I caught him sleeping so peacefully, until I woke him up as I was taking his picture. He was not amused.

So very sweet.  it's cuteness overload!

[Susan Ewart]

2 hours ago, Cassel said:

From time to time, I find that if a paper has been moved slightly, it is not as "easy" to trim it because some parts are left outside and can mess up shadows and such.

Thank you for explaining that.  I'm glad I figured it out, it really was a headscratcher and it took two days to really see what was happening.  All me and not PSP, it did it's job, I did not.  

[Susan Ewart]

1 hour ago, Jacques said:

Very busy day. Didn't have time to find a nice photo and a corresponding text. I still wanted to do a test. 😞

Wow, good thinking on this one.  That really looks cool to see him sliding down the word.  

[Carolyn Rye]

@Cassel Thank you and yes you are right about the ribbon.  Looks like I did miss the shadow on that one.

[Carolyn Rye]

Day 7.  I found it hard to give a font wide enough to be able to see the photo through it.  I think the one I found is the best I could find in my assortment of fonts. It was fun working with this. This is a precious photo of our five grandchildren.  It is rare for us to be able get together as we live so far away.

[Jeni Simpson]

Day 4
This one took me a couple of days to play with. The colours just didn't seem to work for me, so many changes later, and I went with summer colours, the sun, and the blue sky.
Coopers Creek is outside of Invercargill, the southernmost city in New Zealand, and about a half-hour west of where I live.
As teens, we would head out there to party and I had no idea there was a small village there, until recently. 
This lighthouse building really appealed to me. I'm unsure what it is; and it could be a children's playhouse.
The sun paper and the daisy came from Janet Kemp at DigitalScrapbook, the quote is one Marisa Lerin had created and I used the quote itself.