Camping at Birch Bay Montage

[w7vp]

Here is a montage of some of our activities.
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/17WFGto9XBvxGYssTOz6XgJThh2_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=17WFGto9XBvxGYssTOz6XgJThh2)

[w7vp]

Here is a shot at sunset.
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1s8ZFtLGEdCpXOGcNFp0TAqwvOWYp_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1s8ZFtLGEdCpXOGcNFp0TAqwvOWYp)

[kevq]

Bill,
nice work on both of them.
Glad to see that Thomas the Tank Engine has made it over the pond.
Kev:D

[Wendy]

Hi Bill ...

Oh very nice !! ... I love the text in the first montage its a perfect match for the images :)

Wendy

[BettyC]

Love the camping one, especially! The text is great!

[karen donnybrook]

Bill,

Both shots are marvellous. It looks like a wonderful place to go camping - I am envious.

Kren

[GaryK]

Bill

Great job and super photo :)

hmmmm.... didn't see too much camping going on though. :D

[mswnow]

Looks great. looks like you had fun. I love the text. How did you do that, could someone explain please? Only think I noticed was in the first pic, the one of someone driving a go-cart (I think) its a great shot, but the white car blends to the border and becomes distracting. Maybe swap it for a darker pic, or change the border. Otherwise, all the shots look great.

EDIT: I LOVE the layout in the first pic, I'll have to remember that next time I try to work with horison lines. It really draws your attention back to the center as your eyes wander arround the pic.

[w7vp]

Kren
My wife works with the elderly and she just lover your motto. At my age I feel the same way, of course.

Gary: Yeah. Actually we stayed at a Thousand Trails campground with our 26 foot fifth wheel trailer with the slide out and electricity, water and sewer. A far cry from my early days of backpacking. My wife (Linda) thinks roughing it is a hotel without room service!

Michael: Each of the letters is placed on a separate layer. First establish the background picture and then choose a picture for each of the letters and bring each one up separately in the Editor. Select the Type tool and the font you want to use (probably a bold in order to get the width you need) and the font size (usually a big one) then click on the Horizontal Type Mask Tool in the toolbar. Type the first letter on the first picture and then go to the move tool and cntrl C (copy). Now go to the background picture with the move tool selected and type cntrl V (Paste). Make sure you have the grid enabled and resize the letter and place it accordingly on the background. Now you can use edit>stroke(outline) selection for a border. Continue with the other pictures placing and resizing them and then when you have all the letters you can merge them and apply a drop shadow.

I hope that explains it. Wendy would be more detailed but let me know if I can help more.:) :) :)

Bill

[NRiceDesigns]

Bill - the text in the first one is perfect for the image.

[mom to 4]

They are both great images! So different too! I love the way you added separate pictures to each of the letters! I have done that technique before, but using one photo for the whole word...would never have though of doing what you did! It looks GREAT!


GREAT WORK!