In my Digital Media Arts class I’ve learned to create and use templates with Photoshop Elements … and here is my first attempt. Each lettered space is a different layer on which to insert photos. Our instructor is a Scrapbooker and wanted us to use a 12 by 24 inch format to create two book pages together. I’m not sure I’ll continue this practice for blogging purposes … but I see why she likes it.
Using this template in last night’s class, I entered ten photos of Molly and Ms. Kitty … used the Control G (or ‘group’ command) to link each photo to the appropriate layer … added stroke outlines (blue for Molly and red for Ms Kitty) … shadows … and bevels to each … then used one photo with the opacity lowered as a background.
I separated the left and right pages using the cropping tool,
In order to make this a T-13, this morning I repeated last night’s steps to add 3 additional photos … below. I do love the Control G command because it doesn’t require me to crop photos and finesse them into the correct spot. I suspect that with practice (and some experimentation) I’ll figure out simple ways to combine these new skills with ones I’ve mastered previously … and discover new techniques of my own.
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June 4, 2009 at 8:02 am
Janet
Nicely done!!!
June 4, 2009 at 9:22 am
Comedy Plus
Looks very complicated to me, but you certainly have this down. Excellent.
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June 4, 2009 at 10:22 am
Kristen
Your cat looks just like mine. Beautiful pictures.
June 4, 2009 at 10:43 am
Wifey
Awww… what cute photos. Happy TT and thanks for visiting my blog.
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June 4, 2009 at 11:03 am
jillconyers
Nice job. I’m a huge fan of PSE and multi-photo templates.
June 4, 2009 at 11:20 am
aliceaudrey
That’s pretty cool.
June 4, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Shelley Munro
I think this is cool as well. I think I need to look for a class because it sounds interesting. Great photos BTW.
June 4, 2009 at 3:02 pm
colleen
Lookin good. I’m lost when it comes to that sort of stuff.
June 4, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Sue
You are very talented. I have no idea how to do that. Happy TT!
June 4, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Gattina
Very interesting and very nice result too ! I have photoshop since last year but have only tried it once, I have no time to really go into it. It’s such a nice tool !
June 5, 2009 at 6:37 am
Joyce T.
The results of the new technique are BEAUTIFUL!!!
June 5, 2009 at 10:07 am
Alisha
Very cool technique! You did a wonderful job and I just adore your furry friends!
June 5, 2009 at 1:16 pm
celticlibrarian
Dog and Cat pictures! You certainly know how to make my day.
June 6, 2009 at 4:47 am
Denise
Beautiful! I love how this was done. So clever!
June 7, 2009 at 8:29 am
seniorhiker
I’m very impressed with all the things ou are learning to do with your photos.