Making a Cut Out Template

[Jeanne511]

Dear Wendy
I have been following you template, and found Franciso's shapes, but couldn't bring them into Elements3. Also, you said you finished yours off by adding a "30-pixel stroke to the edge of the oval". I guess I need more details on how you did that!

Can you help me?

[kayser]

Hi- I'm not sure what tutorial you're following, but Wendy explained the stroke part in another tutorial: 9. Well there are still lots you can do to it such as add a stroke around the frames. To do that just create a new layer at the top of the pile then go to the layers palette and Control Click (Mac Command Click) on the template layer thumbnail. Choose a foreground colour and do Edit>Stroke 20 pixels, outside

[Jeanne511]

Thanks

I was following the "Making a Cut Out Template" in the subscriber tutorial section. I tried what you suggested and it worked. The only problem was that I wanted the stroke only around the oval, and I couldn't select just that. Otherwise it worked well. Thanks for the tip.

[Wendy]

Hi Jeane ...

To do the stroke I did a new selection of the oval ... but you can use control click etc .. then create a new layer above the image and do the stoke on that. To get rid of the stroke that you don't want just use the erase tool and erase it :)

To install the corners in PSE3, unzip the file (if it doenloads zipped) then put the go to your Elements folder and put the .csh file in Presets>Custom Shapes.

After that just restart Elements and load the shapes as you do your other custom shapes :)

Wendy

[Jeanne511]

Thanks so much for answering, Wendy. I really appreciate the help.

Do you also know where I can get help on the new Elements5 color profile? When I loaded Ele5, all the colors changed on my old pictures. The same thing happened when I loaded Elements3, and I had to download an EXIF file. Do you know where I can get it now?

Thanks again for all your help.

[msbrad]

A new queston to place in this thread...Wher would I find Francisco Shapes?
Thanks,
m

[Wendy]

Hi Jeane ...

I would copy the one you installed in PSE3 over into PSE5 and see if that sorts it out ... :)

Wendy

[Wendy]

Hi ...

The shape set Francisco's Corners are over on Adobe Studio Exchange :)

Wendy

[msbrad]

Thanks Wendy,
heading that way right now.
m