Comments on Homework (week1)

[kimi_boo]

Post your comment here. :)

[kimh]

Sounds fun Kimi. Right now I am overwhelmed w/eclectic montage. Will try though.
Thanks, kimh

[kimi_boo]

Thought a nice hump day challenge would be good. We all want more creative things to do. But I am finding I need a push to get things done.
Hopefully we will see a few entries. :D
I'm off to look for pictures...

[kimi_boo]

Christine :D :D :D It's Wonderful! You did a great job.

Looks like he is about to roll over.

[ChristineV]

Thanks Kimi .. it was his first season of soccer (age 4) tough life.

I really like the elements in yours. I did not think about using non people. I think I will try it with some other photos I have taken.

It took me a while to get it just right with the gradient positioning but I am pleased with how it turned out and I had had this image in my mind just didn't know how to blend the images together.

[kimi_boo]

4 is a very tough life. ;)

I found those on goggle. I too had to play with my gradient a few times to get just the look I was after.

[Shari]

Kimi - I finally fount the Clipping Mask video but when I click on the download nothing happens. Is there something else I should be doing or downloading? Thanks.
Shari

[peaches]

Shari, it takes awhile to load. A few minutes.
suzi

[kimi_boo]

Kimi - I finally fount the Clipping Mask video but when I click on the download nothing happens. Is there something else I should be doing or downloading? Thanks.
Shari

Shari.. try right clicking at the download and go to save target as, save to your desktop and watch from there.

[kimi_boo]

Oh Deb, I am so glad you came to play with us.:)
You did a great job.
If you work out the other pictures, do post it.

[kimi_boo]

Yeah!! Peaches came to play too! :D

Great work. Sometimes you need a push to try. You did a fantastic job. :D
Why is she so sad? Did she loose?

[peaches]

Thank you so much, Kim. No she didn't lose, her coach (daddy) would not let her play when she wanted too. So she was pouting.
suzi
is it ok if i post 2 images

[Shari]

Kimi - I tried saving to target as - and got quite a scare. Originally the video came up and I did see it - then I got this sign = week2mp4 is encoded using MPEG=4 profile that Quick time currently does not support. Then I got this box saying something like No Windows Disc - and I could not get rid of it. I turned the computer off and it restarted with the same thing. Then I turned it off and left it for a while and it came on OK and I deleted the download. Don't know what happened. Looks like there are some good lessons there. Maybe I can load them into my husbands Ipod.
WEll - I tried.
Shari

[peaches]

Shari, on the subscriber page in the upper right corner is a killer pod sign, click on that and it will load here in elements. it takes a few minutes but works.
suzi

[kimi_boo]

Shari
I had to change something in my Quick Time settings. I have no idea what thread that was in. I will dig around for it.

[kimi_boo]

Shari... here is the thread. It helped me and a bunch of others. I reposted it as the last reply but you may want to read thru the whole thing.

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?p=208263#post208263

[Shari]

Suzi - I get the tutorial subjects OK but when I click on download nothing happens. Now Kimi - there is nowhere I can see to download to desktop. I don't want to fool around with what he says in that thread because the way I feel right now I just cannot deal with any problems if it does not work out. I think I will pass on your challenge for now. Thank you for your help though. I do have Itunes but nothing seems to be straight forward these days. Or maybe it is the mind behind the fingers that is not working well - whatever
Shari

[peaches]

shari, it looks like nothing is happening but look at the bottom left on puter screen, it should say downloading etc. it takes a few minutes to completely download. then it should automatly (sp) start.
suzi

[Shari]

Thanks Suzi. The video does come on but with the notice that "week2 mp4 is encoded using MPEG4 profile that Quick time currently does not support" Then I can watch it but cannot save it or download it. I am going to leave this for a while - but thank you very much for your help.
Shari

[peaches]

bill, that is so cool, how did you do that.
suzi

[billz]

Thanks Suzi ... glad you enjoyed it. It's just two clipping groups. The bottom one is a custom shape and the top one is text (stencil font). The top layer has a 'buzz' filter on it ... hence the unimaginative text.

Thanks again. I like both of yours, but the dog is my favorite. Very nicely done.

Bill

[kimi_boo]

Bill... so glad one of the guys chimed in. :D

Cool image! Thanks for the explanation. I too looked and wondered. ;)

[kimi_boo]

Julie... your gradient worked perfect! :D
Did you use one of the crop shapes?

[ChristineV]

I haven't had a chance to comment on all of them yet but I wanted to say how good Julie's turned out!

Be back later!

[JulieM]

Thank you for the compliments, Kimi and Christine. Hope to see another homework assignment next week...

[JulieM]

Kimi: What's a crop shape? I used an eraser to create the edge effect. Maybe I should know about crop shapes though! :eek:

[kimi_boo]

Julie! :eek:

you did that with an eraser? You did very well. Check out Corey's other killer tips. One is with a crop shape. And Matt has a video in the subscriber area about crop shapes.

It is in with your cookie cutter tool. You drag it over your photo and it crops it in that shape. Let me know if you can't find it...

[kimi_boo]

Karen... yah! :D I was wondering were all my creative girls were?
That is really cool. And the color of the dirt. Fantastic.

Not too late. It will be here until next Wednesday. Then I will try and come up with something else. If someone has suggestions please send me a PM. I hope to push us all to try something creative. Seems like that is what most of us are after. Hope enough people come to play.

[dsfisher421]

Pauline,
Wow, that really did turn out cool.

[kimi_boo]

As always, I am in awe of the creativity of every possess. :D

Pauline, WOW!! What a fantastic image. What challenge were you participating in?

Steven, I can't tell where your image changes. It has a very lovely feel to it. :)

Andie, Love the church.

Linda, Great job on the blending. How dare you call that sweet baby a stinker. :eek:

Glad to see everyone!

[nkeevers]

Kimi, haven't had a chance to check out the "clipping mask" video yet! I've been so busy with my other class homework :eek: . I'm not an expert on "masks" yet either so I'm sure I'd be taking forever.

But...I just wanted to say how great all the entries are so far! Congratulations everyone! I'm going to have to check out that video this weekend.

[Pauline]

Thanks Debra and Kimi. That challenge was for the friday challenge at www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com (http://www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com) I love doing this kind of work. The big thing is to make sure that all the pieces have the proper perspective and colour matching or it just looks wrong. Also setting things behind other things help to fool the view that it was actually in the picture. For this one the grasses were pulled up in front of the building and then the trees in the foreground also go in front of the building. All of this is accomplisheed with careful masking so that it doesn't look cut and pasted into place. After everything was where I wanted it, my last step was colour balancing it all so that they fit together. I changed the colour of the building to a blue rather than grey and then did a photo filter over the whole image as blue means cold and I wanted it to have that chilly wintery feeling to it.

[lindajay]

Linda, Great job on the blending. How dare you call that sweet baby a stinker. :eek:

Only when she's wearing her skunk costume ;)

[apasskey]

Kimi - I knew you'd come up with a fun way for all of us to 'play.'!! I remember that cool red sky from a long time ago. I loved it then and I love it now. Do I remember that your hubbie didn't understand it??

The entries are all so creative!! Good job everyone!! And thanks for playing. Andie

[kimi_boo]

Kimi, haven't had a chance to check out the "clipping mask" video yet! I've been so busy with my other class homework :eek: . I'm not an expert on "masks" yet either so I'm sure I'd be taking forever.

But...I just wanted to say how great all the entries are so far! Congratulations everyone! I'm going to have to check out that video this weekend.

Norma.. shame on you. That class will be gone and all you will be left with is us. :eek: :p

Do watch when you get a chance. It involves grouping your layer with a gradient. very easy. very cool.:D

[kimi_boo]

Andie, thanks for the push. ;) and no hubby did not like it. He doesn't like much of what I do. He think things look better real. (now how boring is that)

Pauline, I remember in my photography book it talks about a good photograph having a front middle and back. Your image truly is wonderful.

Awwww Carol!! Now that is way cool!! :D My idea of creativity.

Deb, this one looks great also. I love changing blend modes.

[Red Sky]

I remember that cool red sky from a long time ago. I loved it then and I love it now. Do I remember that your hubbie didn't understand it??

Why do you call me "it?":eek:

[CarolLHB]

Steven, LOL! Really it's a compliment:D-you're in a category of your own, my friend! I LOVE your stuff!

[kimi_boo]

Steven, :eek: :D

Very Nice Gary!

Karen I love it. Did you do it with the gradient or just a clipping mask?

Eleanor, You did a wonderful job. The gradient blended them together perfectly. Your daughters outfit is great.

To get your thumbnail to show up from Pixentral you look under your image and copy the entire link from the box that says forum.

[spotodog]

hi,
i had no problem following the method that corey described for merging two photos. but when i tried multiple photos i had lots of problems.
Diane, how did you manage to get yours to work?
What i did was the following, more or less.
1. open 4 photos.
2. create a clipping mask grouping two photos together and apply gradient to mask.
3. do the same with another photo - but the mask seemed to put black on the layers that were not grouped.
not sure if this makes sense.

thanks,
eleanor

[JulieM]

I second Eleanor's question. I'm not able to figure out how to use the clipping technique with multiple photos either. I hope someone is able to help! :confused:

[karen donnybrook]

I love it. Did you do it with the gradient or just a clipping mask?

I used the method exactly as Cory described - grouping each butterfly with a mask and using the gradient tool. In the remake, I have used a clipping mask (as Cory showed at the very beginning of the tutorial) with a very high feather on it.

Karen :)

[apasskey]

Why do you call me "it?":eek:

Awww Red Sky - you are "Red Sky" - I was talking about red sky.:D You are definitely not "It!"
Andie

[kimi_boo]

Karen... nice work but I liked your first one better. :o

[Red Sky]

You are definitely not "It!"
Andie

Andie, you sure know how to hurt a guy.:(

[spotodog]

hi julie,
i finally figured it out (using clipping mask technique with more than two images). What i had been doing, which DID NOT work, was first copying all my images into one file, so i had a layer for each image, and then went about creating the clipping mask layers.

what DID work, was to first just put two images in the file and do the blend.
Then add a third image and do the blend. then add a fourth , etc.

let me know if it works for you.

Yay!!!!

[apasskey]

Andie, you sure know how to hurt a guy.:(

Steven :eek: - you are very difficult to apologize to....:confused: :D
Andie

[JulieM]

Eleanor: Thanks so much! I got it to work following your instructions. I'll play with it a bit more and post the results. Where's yours?

[bayhli]

Arrrrrrgh... I finally found these podcasts on iTunes and downloading the clipping mask I wanted.

Thanks Spotodog - I only found it through the Subscribers Area as you suggested. Part of the problem I think, was that my iTunes is connected to the Canadian Store and its a bit different; I was wandering around forever with no success. The casts sure take a while to download....

Thanks for your help too Kimi - I have it now!

[kimi_boo]

Julie

It looks Great!! :D

I am happy that so many particpated. Tomorrow I will post
Hump day homework week #2. ;)

[spotodog]

hi everyone,
first of all, thank you kimi for this thread. it is great...i'm trying to learn lots of things and it's good to have a focus...

so i'm still struggling a bit with blending multiple images. i find that when i apply the gradient to, let's say, the third image, it ends up with a black thing over the first image. I can fix this up by using the Eraser tool on the gradient layer.

Is this necessary, or am i doing something wrong.

thanks again,
Eleanor

[kimi_boo]

Eleanor

I have only used the technique with 2 photos. If I want to add more I use a layer mask to paint them in. I have a Paris collage in my gallery and that is how it was done. Have you downloaded Grant's tools? They have a layer mask in them and they are free. :D

[nkeevers]

Kimi, looking forward to your next assignment. Maybe this time I can come up with something a little more original!:D

[uniqcrafts]

What is the "Clipping Mask" supposed to accomplish? I did not use it, but to me it looks like the others.

[lindajay]

It's a way to blend multiple photos into one, with a nice, smooth transition. When you say "it looks like the others," I'm not sure which others you're referring to. Give it a try, and you'll see the potential, I think. :) And, by the way, welcome to the forum. I don't think I've had the chance to tell you that before. :)

[JulieM]

uniqcrafts: I think your honeymoon images are beautiful and would lend themselves really well to the clipping mask technique. It would make the transition between the couple and the ocean much more gradual. Give it a try and see what you think...

[uniqcrafts]

Thank you, the Honeymoon picture was my Christmas present to my sister and her new husband. They took the picture of their cruise ship.

Do you have to be a subscriber to download or can you just be a registered member?

And thanks for the "Welcome" everyone says to hang out and you learn a lot of things. Boy if that's not the truth, it's unbelievable what I have learned already.

Thanks.

[JulieM]

Uniqcrafts: the clipping mask tutorial is actually available on iTunes, so you don't have to be a subscriber here to view it. It's free to subscribe to iTunes (and you don't need an iPod, just a computer). I think watching the Killer Tips videos there would be a great way to find out what the video tutorials here are like. But I'd sure recommend subscribing here - it is money well spent!

[JulieM]

Eleanor: Nice job on the apple picking images. Have you tried Kimi's suggestion using the layer mask technique? I'm going to experiment and see whether it's easier than the clipping mask because as you said, it can be quite tricky to get the gradient just right when applying it to the 2nd clipping group.

[spotodog]

hi julie,
i haven't tried the layer mask technique...not exactly sure what it is referring to...i'm guessing it is just adding another image, and using a layer mask to mask out the edges more or less....i will try it...of course i'm at work and am supposed to be working, but i am addicted to this forum!!!! will try playing more with the masks tonight...

eleanor

[uniqcrafts]

I am going to subscribe, it sounds like ya miss a lot if you don't. I just wanted to wait until after I move to subscribe. So much involved with moving.

Does anyone have a link or website address for this IPod thing?

[JulieM]

Uniqcrafts: You'll be happy you subscribed. In the meantime, iTunes can be downloaded here:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Be sure your computer meets the minimum requirements listed on that page, particularly for video.

Once you have iTunes installed on your computer, start it. Click on iTunes Store on left side of screen. On the next page, click on Podcasts. If you type "Photoshop Elements" in the search box at the top right, you'll be taken to a page where you can subscribe to the podcast. Specifically, its called "Adobe Photoshop Elements Killer Tips". That should get you going.