What are you working on (in February 2025)?

[Julie Magerka]

  On 2/7/2025 at 11:26 AM, Cristina said:

Yesterday I was working with Affinity. 

There are so many things I like in Affinity, and one of them is how we can centralize an image using the Green and Red Lines.

I learned two techniques with Text (Text Warp and Text on a Circle) from two different channels that popped up on YouTube.   I watch many videos that have nothing to do with Scrapbooking, PSP, PSE, or Affinity, and I never searched for anything of the kind on YouTube. Still, the algorithm knows and keeps suggesting those videos, and that it's good. 🙂

Text Warp:

• I like very much the effect.  It was not on the video, but I added some bevel and shadow.
• I would have liked to have the Bevel and Shadow shown more in the P and R characters, but I don’t know (yet) how to do it.

So, first the original pepper image and then the warped text.

 

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So cool!

[Julie Magerka]

I am so grateful when I can find inspiration for layouts in the artistic work of others, such as their layouts or their photos. These pix come from a FB page called "Chasing Yesterday" by a woman in Saskatchewan who takes photos of old abandoned buildings in her province. Her images resonate with me, and remind me of Sue Thomas's excellent work in capturing her surroundings and sharing them with us.

I took two of them to use here. Old schoolhouses are important to me b/c I've been working for two years documenting the history of one-room schoolhouses in two townships where I grew up, including histories and old class photos. It became a much bigger project than I expected and is taking longer than I imagined. 

The photographer's name is Susan Smith Brazill.

 

Edited February 8 by Julie Magerka

[Susan Ewart]

  On 2/8/2025 at 3:03 AM, Julie Magerka said:

I am so grateful when I can find inspiration for layouts in the artistic work of others, such as their layouts or their photos. These pix come from a FB page called "Chasing Yesterday" by a woman in Saskatchewan who takes photos of old abandoned buildings in her province. Her images resonate with me, and remind me of Sue Thomas's excellent work in capturing her surroundings and sharing them with us.

I took two of them to use here. Old schoolhouses are important to me b/c I've been working for two years documenting the history of one-room schoolhouses in two townships where I grew up, including histories and old class photos. It became a much bigger project than I expected and is taking longer than I imagined. 

The photographer's name is Susan Smith Brazill.

 

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This is stunning Julie.  You have really mastered this style (that I love so much).

[Cristina]

  On 2/7/2025 at 2:48 PM, Rene Marker said:

@Cristina, may I make a suggestion? Could you post your text information in the Affinity forum? That way the information doesn't get lost in these threads in the future. Maybe make a thread for "examples" using Affinity. 

I haven't played with it lately, actually have been working in PSP on a project I'm way behind on. I haven't even gotten around to playing with text so I'm glad you posted what can be done. I do need to try the text on a path and reverse text. I could never get it to work right in PSP. User error I'm sure. 

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Thank you, Rene, for the suggestion.   I have to look up this Affinity Forum.  I never used it, as I probably won't have the program, and I don't think there will be a great offer—at least not soon... maybe around Black Friday.

[Cristina]

  On 2/7/2025 at 5:12 PM, Susan Ewart said:

Wow Cristina you are on a roll (or would that be a circle? 😄).  These are fabulous and I absolutely love the pepper, so creative.  Neat to see what other programs strengths are.  I have been lucky with reverse text in PSP, in that it works for me, still need the instructions sometimes though.  Have you had a chance to do some layouts in one program and then took it into another program to use an effect (assuming you'd have to convert to psd first) because it's easier or it's an effect the one program doesn't have?  I wonder how hard or easy it is, or is it a hassle?  You are trilingual in 3 (or more?) programs, that's so impressive.  

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"You are trilingual in 3 (or more?) programs, that's so impressive." ..... This is a stretch of reality.😆 

Don't be impressed because I watched a few videos and replicated the technique.  I am only starting to learn the basis of PSE and Affinity.  Even after all these years, I am still learning PSP.  Imagine how long it'll take to learn about the other apps.

The only layouts I created in PSE and Affinity were the ones I posted here, which were very basic.  I usually take too long to make a layout I like, choosing papers, templates, etc.  I want to focus on learning now, as my Affinity Trial version will eventually run out.   I'm running against the clock. 😄 

 

[Cristina]

  On 2/7/2025 at 2:48 PM, Rene Marker said:

I haven't played with it lately, actually have been working in PSP on a project I'm way behind on. I haven't even gotten around to playing with text so I'm glad you posted what can be done. I do need to try the text on a path and reverse text. I could never get it to work right in PSP. User error I'm sure. 

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I learned the text-on-a-circle technique more than five years before I knew Carole. A family member asked me if I could create a logo for a tour he was participating in, and I had no idea how.  So, I searched the Internet and found a site that still exists.

There are more steps in PSP, which is why I found it much easier in Affinity: a few clicks, and you're done.

 

[Cristina]

  On 2/8/2025 at 3:03 AM, Julie Magerka said:

I am so grateful when I can find inspiration for layouts in the artistic work of others, such as their layouts or their photos. These pix come from a FB page called "Chasing Yesterday" by a woman in Saskatchewan who takes photos of old abandoned buildings in her province. Her images resonate with me, and remind me of Sue Thomas's excellent work in capturing her surroundings and sharing them with us.

I took two of them to use here. Old schoolhouses are important to me b/c I've been working for two years documenting the history of one-room schoolhouses in two townships where I grew up, including histories and old class photos. It became a much bigger project than I expected and is taking longer than I imagined. 

The photographer's name is Susan Smith Brazill.

 

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Great job, Julie! I love this style and agree with Susan; you have mastered it.

[Cristina]

  On 2/7/2025 at 4:02 PM, Corrie Kinkel said:

A good idea to post everything directly related to Affinity on a different part where al the tips and tricks are assembled, everybody can benefit from them.

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So, I'll create another thread with what I have found so far in Affinity Photo,  and others can post it there if they want to. I am not sure about sharing the YouTube video links.

I'll wait and see what Carole has to say about this.

[Cristina]

  On 2/7/2025 at 9:43 PM, Julie Magerka said:

Cristina is now tri-app'd!

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Not really. I'm just trying to learn Affinity before my trial version expires while also learning PSE.

 

[kasany]

Dirty Apo Dances. Dirty Apo=Apo with a black background. 

 

[Rene Marker]

  On 2/8/2025 at 3:03 AM, Julie Magerka said:

I took two of them to use here. Old schoolhouses are important to me b/c I've been working for two years documenting the history of one-room schoolhouses in two townships where I grew up, including histories and old class photos. It became a much bigger project than I expected and is taking longer than I imagined. 

 

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Wait until you see my letter "O" for the ABC Challenge. My grandfather attended a one room school and my grandmother taught in 2 other one room school in our county in the 1920's.

[Julie Magerka]

  On 2/8/2025 at 11:56 AM, Cristina said:

Not really. I'm just trying to learn Affinity before my trial version expires while also learning PSE.

 

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Busy girl!

[Ann Seeber]

I used the cass-CustomGameCard script to make a little birthday card for great-grand Logan who just turned 4. 

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 2/8/2025 at 3:03 AM, Julie Magerka said:

I am so grateful when I can find inspiration for layouts in the artistic work of others, such as their layouts or their photos. These pix come from a FB page called "Chasing Yesterday" by a woman in Saskatchewan who takes photos of old abandoned buildings in her province. Her images resonate with me, and remind me of Sue Thomas's excellent work in capturing her surroundings and sharing them with us.

I took two of them to use here. Old schoolhouses are important to me b/c I've been working for two years documenting the history of one-room schoolhouses in two townships where I grew up, including histories and old class photos. It became a much bigger project than I expected and is taking longer than I imagined. 

The photographer's name is Susan Smith Brazill.

 

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Julie this is fantastic, you use the aA supplies to its fullest! You really mastered this style!

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Template by Annie C Designs, ALFLT blog train, February, 2025. The Kentucky wordart was also created by Annie. Right after I adopted Poppy, we were invited to visit Kentucky. I didn't feel I could leave her at 5 weeks old and in my home for 1 week, so I took her with me.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

MsFish template, ALFLT blog train, February, 2025. Metal paw print brad in the corners by Sheila Reid, Furry Friends Kitty, Pixel Scrapper.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Template by MsFish, Days Captured 1, template 04.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Template, Lab 15-02. Wordart by Creative Fabrica.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Template by SCR, ALFLT blog train, February, 2025.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Template by MsFish, ALFLT blog train, February, 2025. 

[kasany]

  On 2/11/2025 at 1:50 AM, Bonnie Ballentine said:

Template by Annie C Designs, ALFLT blog train, February, 2025. The Kentucky wordart was also created by Annie. Right after I adopted Poppy, we were invited to visit Kentucky. I didn't feel I could leave her at 5 weeks old and in my home for 1 week, so I took her with me.

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Realy sweet Poppy:). You took  fine  shots of her.           

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 2/11/2025 at 1:50 AM, Bonnie Ballentine said:

Template by Annie C Designs, ALFLT blog train, February, 2025. The Kentucky wordart was also created by Annie. Right after I adopted Poppy, we were invited to visit Kentucky. I didn't feel I could leave her at 5 weeks old and in my home for 1 week, so I took her with me.

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I love how you used this template, it was made for your poppy 🐈

[Bonnie Ballentine]

  On 2/11/2025 at 6:26 PM, Corrie Kinkel said:

I love how you used this template, it was made for your poppy 🐈

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Thank you, Corrie!

[Bonnie Ballentine]

  On 2/11/2025 at 10:20 AM, kasany said:

Realy sweet Poppy:). You took  fine  shots of her.           

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Thank you, kasany!

[Mary Solaas]

Lab 13 Mod 10. This was a memorial statue in front of the Cary, Illinois Fire Station that caught my eye on my annual visit to my cousin. The lab module called for a newspaper paper and a line pattern: circles, straight lines and dots. The fire truck is a watercolor from Free Clip Art. The Fire Station logo is also from Free Clip Art.