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  • #15180
    Cassel
    Keymaster
      • 2522
      • Superfan

       

       

       

       

       

       

      First of all, come and say HI once you register for this challenge.

      We want to know who else will be there, on our side to challenge us.

      Every page we will be making, will be different, based on each others’ photos, stories, and preferences but we can all get inspired by everyone’s projects.

      Once the Challenge is started, on October 23rd, you can post your pages in here.

      Remember to resize your image to about 600 pixels before uploading it so it won’t slow down the site when we have lots of your masterpieces.

      Now, let’s get ready and stay … up-to-date!

      (if you missed the registration link or if you found this thread before I announce it, HERE it is)

      #15185
      Cristina
      Participant
        • 1558
        • Superfan

        Hi, Cassel

        I have just registered for this challenge. Looking forward to it. 🙂

        #15213
        Marlene Lingham
        Participant
          • 241
          • Enthusiast

          Hi Cassel,

          I would like to join this challenge too, do I need to go through the register process only it is taking me straight to PayPal for payment?

          #15218
          Cassel
          Keymaster
            • 2522
            • Superfan

            Hi Marlene, as a DIAMOND member, you will be automatically registered. You should receive the confirmation email sometime today.

            #15219
            Anja Pelzer
            Participant
              • 65
              • Junior

              I want to try this challenge too  have registered a minute ago

              #15222
              Cris T.
              Keymaster
                • 11
                • Rookie

                I’d love to join this challenge! It will be a great way to learn PSP .

                #15255
                Shirley Wilson
                Participant
                  • 13
                  • Rookie

                  Hi Everyone, I’ve just joined and look forward to seeing your work and trying my hand on making the calendar.

                  #15277
                  Daphne Bowyer
                  Participant
                    • 19
                    • Rookie

                    Hi Cassel,  I have just joined and hope to enjoy doing your latest challenge… never been any good at forums so I hope this is the right place to be writing all this ..  Daphne

                    #15278
                    Cassel
                    Keymaster
                      • 2522
                      • Superfan

                      Welcome Cristina, Marlene, Anya, Shirley, Rizzi, Daphne. Take this time to browse and pick your favorite photos for this challenge. And you can always share the registration page with some friends too.

                      #15279
                      Daphne Bowyer
                      Participant
                        • 19
                        • Rookie

                        Hi Cassel,   For the challenge can the pictures be done in psp and do they have to be a certain size..??   many thanks

                        #15280
                        Cassel
                        Keymaster
                          • 2522
                          • Superfan

                          Daphne, the pictures can easily be simple photos directly from your camera. Of course, you can edit them in PSP but you don’t have to. The size of the pages will use 2400 pixels wide images but if you have them larger, I’ll show you what to do. If they are slightly smaller, I’ll show you what to do. If they are really much smaller, you might want to consider a different picture OR make a collage with others, but I’ll also address that.

                          Hope it helps.

                          #15284
                          AprilDawn
                          Participant
                            • 858
                            • Superfan

                            Hello  to  Everyone….. I have been registered for this  challenge  and looking forward to it. I enjoyed the last one so I am sure this will be great to.

                            #15287
                            Daphne Bowyer
                            Participant
                              • 19
                              • Rookie

                              Hi Cassel ,  Could i just have a bit more general information on the pictures we will be using , will we be adding the calendar to those pictures or is the calendar part separate to them … thanks for your help..

                              #15318
                              Cassel
                              Keymaster
                                • 2522
                                • Superfan

                                Daphne, If you have images that are 2400 pixels wide, you will be able to use them. You could have photos from previous years. It could be photos of your favorite subject (flowers, outings, etc.) or photos of your last vacation. And, if anything, you can always change your mind mid-challenge or even create more than one calendar so you can use more photos too 🙂

                                Hope it helps.

                                #15446
                                Daphne Bowyer
                                Participant
                                  • 19
                                  • Rookie

                                  Hi Cassel,  Because I can’t hear the video , could you please tell me are we supposed to go ahead and colour the background and add our own text where the month is, or are we too wait for further instructions…

                                  #15447
                                  Cassel
                                  Keymaster
                                    • 2522
                                    • Superfan

                                    Hi Daphne, here are the basic steps for the video 1 (it is ONLY about adding the new image as the other elements will come in the following videos)

                                    The main layers of the pages you downloaded include

                                    • the dates with the boxes,
                                    • the month (which you will be able to edit)
                                    • a group with a black and white mask with a white layer which is a placeholder for where you will add your photo
                                    • a background layer that you will customize later

                                    Open your photo, which should be close to 2400 pixels in width. If it is slightly smaller you can enlarge it, but if it is larger, then you can resize it down with Image > Resize or keep it as is and focus the subject in the center of the masked area.

                                    From your photo, copy it (Ctrl-C) and activate the layer called PHOTO HERE, and paste as a new layer (Ctrl-L or Ctrl-V). You will likely want to move the photo into the area to make it visible, so activate the Pick tool and using the center handle, move it up. if you need to resize the photo, make sure to use a corner handle, while the Mode of the tool is set to Scale.

                                    Now, you can save it as a .pspimage file so you can come back to it tomorrow and edit further. Save it with a different name so you can reuse the templates for other calendar projects.

                                    You can now repeat the same steps for both pages that you already downloaded with different photos, and then, wait until tomorrow.

                                     

                                    I hope this helps.

                                    #15448
                                    Daphne Bowyer
                                    Participant
                                      • 19
                                      • Rookie

                                      Thank you Cassel..

                                      #15469
                                      Anja Pelzer
                                      Participant
                                        • 65
                                        • Junior

                                        hello to all players here are my day 1 and day 2 pages,

                                         

                                        #15474
                                        Cassel
                                        Keymaster
                                          • 2522
                                          • Superfan

                                          Good start Anja!

                                          #15483
                                          Daphne Bowyer
                                          Participant
                                            • 19
                                            • Rookie

                                            Hello ,  still trying to figure out which colours etc I like but here is my first two

                                            #15486
                                            Daphne Bowyer
                                            Participant
                                              • 19
                                              • Rookie

                                              March and April

                                               

                                              #15494
                                              Cristina
                                              Participant
                                                • 1558
                                                • Superfan

                                                Anja and Daphne, very nice layouts. It is nice to see these different approaches to the same challenge.

                                                This is what I have for now, but not sure about colors, and depending on the next tutorials I might change them.

                                                #15496
                                                Cassel
                                                Keymaster
                                                  • 2522
                                                  • Superfan

                                                  That is the beauty of digital: you can always change your mind later! 🙂

                                                  #15511
                                                  Marlene Lingham
                                                  Participant
                                                    • 241
                                                    • Enthusiast

                                                    Had a big session and completed all pages up to Day 4! I used the Maphyilla font for the months, changed the Sundays to red and added a few Public Holidays. I haven’t done anything with birthdays or anniversaries, thought I might use an icon or something rather than changing the colour of the date. Looking forward to the next pages.

                                                    (I’ll upload in 2 goes just in case).

                                                    #15516
                                                    Marlene Lingham
                                                    Participant
                                                      • 241
                                                      • Enthusiast

                                                      Next months.

                                                      #15530
                                                      Daphne Bowyer
                                                      Participant
                                                        • 19
                                                        • Rookie

                                                        Hi Everyone,  I have redone the March and April that I had previously done and added the rest up to today… Changed the Font, coloured the dates and added birthdays with a picture as Marlene suggested, so thought that was great idea…   Look forward to the next pages.  You may have wondered about all the Pomeranians ,  I normally every year would buy myself the Pomeranian Calendar that came out , so this year it is a showcase of my own little Poms as I have been showing and breeding them for about 20 years and all Champions except for the puppies of course..  so I am very happy with what there is so far…. Love everyone’s work …

                                                        #15533
                                                        AprilDawn
                                                        Participant
                                                          • 858
                                                          • Superfan

                                                          Anja… Daphne…Cristina  and  Marlene … you have all created beautiful pages for this challenge… it has been a joy to view them.

                                                          I am still working on mine.   Best wishes to you all,

                                                          Dawn.

                                                          #15542
                                                          Daphne Bowyer
                                                          Participant
                                                            • 19
                                                            • Rookie

                                                            Hi Cassel,   Just a quick question… I have a picture that is 1795 x 1205  is this too small to resize to the 2400  required ??

                                                            thanks

                                                            Daphne

                                                            #15545
                                                            Cassel
                                                            Keymaster
                                                              • 2522
                                                              • Superfan

                                                              Daphne, if your picture is of good quality, I would say you can give it a try. Then, look at it at 100% to see if it blurs the details. If not, you will be good to print it. The quality ALWAYS degrades when you enlarge; the question is how much, and how much will be noticeable on the finish project.

                                                              #15554
                                                              Cristina
                                                              Participant
                                                                • 1558
                                                                • Superfan

                                                                Nice layouts here, ladies. I am still working on mine, looking for pictures, etc. I will post some of them in the next days.

                                                                I want to thank you, Cassel, for another great challenge. With those templates, we can make as many calendars as we want, and it is always fun to participate. Thank you!

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