gwen jewitt

Hi Suzy, thanks for your comments, I will try what you suggested and look at other things I might not of thought of using to create backgrounds with.

Hi Suzy I re-did my background using your suggestions, I really liked the effect that the cement photo added to the overall image.I did play around with textures etc but I liked it just the way it was. I added a photo frame around the edge of the background and used the buttonize effect, the tree came from a blogtrain but I can't remember which one. The Happy Birthday card in the shape of a birdhouse was one I made for my son a few years back, thanks again for passing on your knowledge. Is the size of the image okay?

Hi Sue the photo was taken in the Northumberland National Park on the Hadrians Wall

This is a photo of Sycamore gap before the tree was cut down, the beagle is Dash we looked after him as a pup for 7 months.

Hi all I was inspired by Cassel on the blending photos so I thought I would give it a go using the same photos as she used. I tried playing around with different methods and this is what I came up with, one rectangle and the other circle. I couldn't find the what are you working on to post it there, sorry.

Thank you Anne and Susan

C- Clematis

These are the two backgrounds I created from the clematis photo from my garden last year and the bridge photo which I took last year also. I used various blend modes and effects using the blind mode and balls and baubles. It may be difficult to see as the images are small. Thank you Suzy for igniting my curiosity in making backgrounds.

Hi Suzy did you post an image of your finished project, I don't see it if you did.

This is what it looked like before. Thanks for your help.

Hi Cassel thank you for your reply I looked through your video tutorials and found what you have suggested in your reply. I unchecked the small icons but it remains the same, I have taken off all the things I don't use I have managed some changes like windows tabbed. Tried lowering the resolution I have a 17 " screen but I didn't like the way it left black empty spaces down each side. I have attached a screenshot so you can see what it looks like now.

I have just reinstalled paintshop pro x5 on my new laptop, and it looks different to how it was displayed my old laptop. The icons are small and the workspace looks smaller. I know I did something with psp on my old laptop to make it look more like psp9 but as it was about 11 years ago I have forgotten what I did. Any help would be appreciated.