HELP again

[Deborah]

I would love suggestions on this photo?????
My daughter sent this to me, and wants to add this to her scrapbook....I'm at a lost what to do with this.
I was think of just making this an old photo, I'm at a lost
To me it looks like a meeting on what to do with the new calf. :lol:
I know I'll get some fantastic suggestions from this creative group
Many thanks
HELP

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1tK9JEVSobJBiFqvQkkm1EUbCUrx

[Pauline]

Well I don't have any ideas at the moment, but it is a strange looking photograph. What comes to my mind is that the men are trying to decide on who gets to change the little tyke! :lol: Or where he came from? :wink:

[tfry]

Mooooooo! :wink:

[Wendy]

Deborah,

About all I can think of at the moment is using the technique from the Wedding Video tip and putting a funny caption under it.

Maybe we could have caption suggestions :)


Wendy

[Punkinsmom]

Is everyone related in this photo? If so, you could do something with generations/relatives, like passing on the farming gene to the baby. Othere than that, I don't have a clue.

[JennB]

To me, it seems like the baby either "did" something loud or "said" something loud for the first time...and everybody just looked down in shock! :shock: :lol: I still think it's a cool photo! :)

[Deborah]

Oh My what clever ideas. Love it ,,
I've been playing a bit.....

What ya think????






http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1fd5C9JxMWSfjZbGpbgUonL3sCYh

[Pauline]

Deborah, I love it. What a great idea!! The centre square being on an angel looks great. Did you ever find out the "real" story to that picture?? There must be one. :lol:

[Wendy]

Deborah,

That is really good ... its very effective. A show stopper :)


Wendy

[Mary]

What a great idea! You sure nailed it Deb! :)

[JennB]

Deborah, that looks awesome! Will you please tell me how you did the background? (Can you tell I'm a newbie? :wink: ) I love it! :D

[Wendy]

Jenn,

It looks like Deborah duplicate the background layer, did a motion blur on the duplicate and then reduced the opacity of it :)


Wendy

[mayva]

Deborah what a nice layout....What font did you use...I love it.


Anna

[bwolford]

Nothing fancy...

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1CvxC1Wqc2b57KNiBnDFvjoMOT1mU

[JennB]

Thanks, Wendy! :D Now I have something else I have to try...and I haven't even started on the one you posted about the montage! :shock: So many things to do with PSE...so little time. :(

[Wendy]

Jenn,

I try to set aside a little time and do a new tutorial at least three times a week ... doesn't always work :(


Wendy

[carmelnap]

Deborah,

Both versions are nice. But my favorite is the 1st one. Your attention is immediately drawn to the photo in that one.


I have so much learn!!!!

[GaryK]

Brice

OOOhhhhh ... that's where they come from :lol: :lol:

Gary.

[Wendy]

Gary ...

:lol: :lol: :lol:


Wendy

[Deborah]

WOW, That was a great phrase........I loved it I'm still cracking up. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Thank you for all the suggestions. I sent her the picture & she loved it.
I may have to change the bottom and add bwolford's phrase..

I'm still looking for the grograin ribbon effect. :shock:

All of you are pure energy to my soul. !!!!!!!
Thanks for making me feel confortable :wink:

Deborah

[Deborah]

BTW:
The story is that the baby crawled over to hear all the tall tales :o

The baby is my grandson, the tallest fellow is grandpa, the other guy in the t-shirt is my son-in-law....
My daughter took the photo...

Grammie (me) just added flavor

[Wendy]

Deborah,

Aww ... what a nice little story. He sure is cute :)


Wendy

[Deborah]

Wendy,
I'm running into another problem. I've tried to work on a picture page from one of Tim Shelbourne's site. I'm not able to get clear pictures. And Not able to put a frame around the pictures also.
This is one attempt that I was able to do. What am I doing wrong?
My next mission is trying the calendar. May be I should work on the calendar.

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1vUS9EW3eB6WC8kfvyKPT9xb7WTCX

Deborah

[Wendy]

Hi Deborah ...

Did you use the marquee tool on the small images ?? ... I think that you may have a feather set on it :( Just select the tool then look at the top of the screen, check the feather box and set it to zero.

Just had a thought ... that maybe why you can't get the frame to show.

Try it again on just one image and see if it works this time ... Do let us know how you go on :)


Wendy

[Deborah]

Wendy,
I've doubled checked the marquee tool box. I did have them at zero.
I noticed when I add the frame around the small box, i'm getting another layer over the photo, instead of the frame ....
any other suggestions?


Deborah

[Wendy]

Hi Deborah ...

Try this for me:

Create a new image 800 pixels x 800 pixels RGB, white background
Now add a new layer and fill it with red
Next get hold of the rectangular marquee (the one under the eyedropper)
make sure that there is no feather set and that the mode is normal
draw a rectangle with the maequee tool and do Edit>Copy then Edit>Paste
Open up the layers palette and you shoud have three layers:
Layer 2 (small red square)
Layer 1 (all red)
Background (all white)

Now set your foreground colour to white
then hold down the Control key and Click where it says layer 2 (in the layers palette) and the marching ants should show up.
Do Edit>stroke Selection 10 pixels

Hopefully you now have the small square outlined in white ?

Wendy

[Deborah]

Wendy,
I've tried that procedure, The only problem is that I cant get the squares to rotate without moving the image.
I just cut and pasted all the images then added a background. I'm not to pleased with the results.
Back to the drawing board again. This is probably very simple and I'm making it hard. Sorry for being a pain.

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1g09abcJiXECPWqUku9Jrq9LK52y

Deb

[Wendy]

OK Deb ..

My instructions were just to test that you could indeed get a clean selection and do the stroke on the same layer ... and you seem to have done. So now we need to apply that to the tutorial.

In Tim's tutorial I think he uses the template method ??

So just start again and create your template on a new layer ... rotate that that template and then use the selection it gives you to create your individual small images.

Try it out on just a couple of small images and see if you can get it to work OK this time. Don't worry about it, we will get it working OK :) just make sure that there is no feather when you use the rectangular marquee to create your template.

Wendy

[Deborah]

Wendy
I'm still struggling with it, I think I'll let it rest a day or two then try again

Here's a couple of no brainers to view. I guess my problem is that I still cant sit for long to really work on projects...
Thanks Millions again.
Deb

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=12WaTWDPAGiUO0Otf6sLjzTCJ49t0

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1nmo9shErahcIYf0EI1sqkfdRZWa

[Wendy]

Debs ...

Don't get discouraged ... I'll help as much as you need and we will get you there in the end.

Let me know when you are ready to start again :)

The two new images are lovely ... very nice effects you have used in them. Well done!!


Wendy

[Deborah]

This is the first time I've made cornors and they look like cornors.
Thank you Dave Cross








http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1lVY6dYLiD2KovhgMNPvPEmdHe9Zfi1

[Pauline]

and I see that you got fancy with your colouring on your corners too! Nice job Deborah!!

[Deborah]

Shhhhhhhhhhh,
dont tell the teacher........... :lol:

[Pauline]

Personally, I think the teacher likes it when we take his lessons one step beyond. It shows him that we were interested enough in the class to do the homework! (hey and maybe he learns something from us??? :lol: )

[Deborah]

Pauline,

There's a first for everything, me listening. :lol:

Just viewed your gallery again, you do such beautiful work. I've been stuck on the kids lately. (not that I mind) I'll be happy to finally get out of this house to take some new photos. I wish I had an eye for out door scenes....
Pauline, you did one of Tim Shelbourn's tutorals, I'm having such a hard time with one of them, Yours looks fantastic...

Deb

[Wendy]

Deborah ...

You have done a great job on that ... it really does look good and makes a really nice image. Very well done indeed ... :)


Wendy

[Deborah]

:shock:
I love this forum,

Thank you Wendy,
I'm going to try again on Tim's tutorial......

Deb

[Pauline]

Thanks Deb. Listen, don't get frustrated. I have always loved art and done some kind of creative thing all my life. Some things come easier than others. I love the way the Tim Shelbourne tutorial turned out. Problem is it was "his" vision not mine. I struggle with trying to come up with my own ideas. I have always been a great copier and that's something I'm trying to change.

There are so many avenues that you can go down with your art. You just have to find the one that suits you the best. Kids are wonderful subjects. Mine are teens now though so they don't want to have their pictures taken.

It does get easier. Believe me. Have fun with it, and don't hesitate to ask for help. I do remember that in that tutorial I did skip some steps and there was some things that PSE was not capable of. (I can't remember what off the top of my head). So what I did was leave out the step or make one up that I thought would substitute. It's all trial and error. :lol:

[Wendy]

Deb ...


When you are ready to do it ... start a new thread then when you are uncertain as to what to do ... I will talk you though it step by step.

His tutorials are really very complex ... so don't worry about it. You will get there :)


Wendy

[Deborah]

Great words of advice....

Just do what feels right. Thanks !!!!!!
I think I finally did it...........................oh my goodness...!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1WH6VdoZnPeZNbDqOhgulS18aPXDrW

Thanks

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1PK8G4YiHwVVIQg2YRpAhgXeyFahXS0

[Pauline]

Hey Deb, that one turned out great!!

[Wendy]

Hi Deb ...

Hey you did it !!! ... and it looks brilliant!!

See I told you that you would get there :) ... and all that work has been worthwhile!!


Wendy

[Wendy]

Hi everyone ...

I decided to try out the corners tutorial too ... and it works so well :

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1bfmsJWCqUwN1lmoD34XvjB3hTbgd


Wendy

[Mary]

Hi Deb - you did a great job on both of those. I love the first one and actually both have given me ideas and inspiration.

Thanks for sharing :)

[Deborah]

Wendy,
Absolutely beautiful.....exquisite.

Your right Wendy, I havent finished the photo yet, just kept it simple to make sure I had the technique right...................(Hope that she remembers what she did) I'm not a quitter. Just takes me a bit.

I do have a question (AGAIN) what is or where is the blending mode? alot of tutorials talk about. I have PE3, It asks for it in the tutorial
I'm stumped.

Thanks Wendy

[Wendy]

Deb ...

Open any flattened image ... then duplicate the layer

Now do Enhance>Adjust Colour>Hue & Saturation and increase the saturation a lot (on the duplicate layer)

Now open up the layers palette and you will see at the top there is a box that says normal ... click on it and you find the blending modes are there. Experiment with them ... and watch your image change :)

What is happening is that the blending mode changes how the top image (your increased saturation one) interacts with the other one :)

Wendy

[Deborah]

Wendy,
I've tried your suggestion,
How'd I do on my granddaughters photo.. :?:





http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1E2DigNk9UjAVHZ3jzwDjEyTUJt91

[Wendy]

Hi Deb ...

Nicely done ... it gives a toitally different feel to images :)


Wendy

[Pauline]

Deb that is beautiful. Such a nice feel to that picture.

[Deborah]

Thank you both,
Your right, Love the results from that suggestions.

I do have another question, which probably has been asked hundreds of times. I seem to have a problem getting my gallery link in the message box. I went and looked several times. What am I missing?

Yeah...!!!!! I can play today. g-baby free.

Deb

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ZGufLba1RLIj67XHnlJnXIISbDPg0

[Wendy]

Hi Deb ...

Go to your profile and insert this:

[333url=http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/viewgallery.php?user=xxxx] Deb's Gallery[/url]

Just copy and paste it into there then ...

... remove the 333 at the beginning
... and put your user no where is says xxxx

Let me know if you need any more help :)


Wendy

[bayhli]

Hi Deborah,

Great projects in this thread - would you happen to remember the name of the Text Style you used for "Our Family" in the family collage you were working on ? I think it is just beautiful and would like to obtain it ...

Thanks / Pat

[Deborah]

Hi Pat,
Thank you

I use a few from Adobe, Edwardian script, or Vladmer script,
The one for the family I think I used Lucida Handwriting.

When I need a new font I find several free ones from DaFont.com Hope this helps

Deborah

[bayhli]

Sure does Deborah and thanks for adding the site, I'm sure it will be a real bonus for me.

[Wendy]

Pat ...

Don't forget to look in the Helpful Links section for lots of great links ... :)


Wendy

[Deborah]

Hello Wendy,

I need a boost, any other suggestions on this page????
I'm looking for a barber poll

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1D5V3Z3tcYQOsRph16eCc31fXk7x0

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ysSvbGZeSh0OhBNq2Pv8PMowbTu941

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1BtqCZP2dZu5AihSgIdMAyX2HiX7i20

[Pauline]

:lol: Thanks for the laugh Deborah. Boy do I remember those days!! I just ended up buzzing my son with the clippers and that lasted for years. Over the last year he has decided he doesn't like it that short and insists that I cut it. I took him to get it done once and he didn't like the way she did it. I'm clueless with the scissors and never want to do it, but he still wants me too. The last time I cut one patch too short and he got his dad to buzz it all off (I prefer it that way anyway). I keep hoping he'll quit asking me to do it. :lol: (he's 12.5)

[Deborah]

Pauline

Your welcome .....I adored reading that story. It reminded me of my son also. Now he doesnt even ask me any more, He likes the bald look...lol
Hes 34.

I had a tear in my eyes when my daughter sent me that picture. (snif-snif)
Kids are wonderful, keeps our hearts full of happiness

Thanks Pauline for the warm thoughts:

Deborah

[Pauline]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Oh I needed that laugh. The bald look. Too funny. Poor guy. My one kid isn't keeping my heart full of happiness right now. It's sadness and depression. I really don't like 14 year olds!! I know we'll get over the hump but it sure is a tough time.

[Deborah]

Amen to that,
I remember those days quite well. I'm glad my kids are in that seat now.
Pay back....lol

My prayers are with you Pauline teenagers age us rapidly.. :( :( :(

[Pauline]

Thanks. I'm really glad we stopped at 3 kids!! One more to go after this and it's my son. Hopefully it will be easier than the girls!! I find it mentally draining, and far to depressing some days.

[Wendy]

Deborah ...

Oh those are so lovely ... they tell such a wonderful story :)

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/index.php?search_log=true&termsBol=any&terms=barber
http://www.barberpolesdirect.com/barber-poles-4--barber-poles.html


Wendy

[Deborah]

Oh my goodness, you are such a jewel
perfect to add to the picture

mucho hugs & thanks

[Wendy]

Deborah ...

Just glad to help :)


Wendy

[Deborah]

Changed the image a bit







http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=136ruazY23JIjiI1om4zTKe5hXbE0

[Wendy]

Deborah ...

I like it ... in years to come that is going to be the picture that keeps coming out for viewing :)


Wendy

[Pauline]

Deborah, I love the way that one turned out. It looks like he's mourning the loss of his hair with those bits off to the side. :lol: So sweet. He'll have a good chuckle over that one when he's older!

When my son was about 2 one Christmas he was mad about the present he got the night before. It was a glow in the dark blanket and he wasn't impressed (that is until he discovered it glowed, then he liked it.). I have a picture of him and my two daughters standing in front of the Christmas tree and his back is turned to the camera and his arms are crossed. It's just so darn cute.

[Wendy]

Pauline ...

... that sounds a great image :)


Wendy

[Pauline]

Wendy, I wasn't very amused at the time, but it's sure is funny now. I also have another one of him like that with his sisters and cousins. I believe that was a Christmas too and I lined the kids up along the wall to take their pictures. Arms crossed, back to the camera. When he was younger (I believe 2 or younger), he would wear a baseball cap pulled right down over his eyes so that you couldn't see his face. No one was allowed to touch it, and i don't know how he ever saw where he was going!
Now he doesn't turn his back as much on the camera, he just holds his hand in front of his face. :wink:

[Wendy]

Pauline ...

That is so funny :) :) ... have you tried threats??


Wendy

[Pauline]

:lol: :lol: He's almost 13 now and eats too many treats as it is. When I actually get a picture of his face he crosses his eyes! He'll be sorry in a few years when he has a girlfriend and I bring out the pictures!!! Now with my 10X zoom camera, I might be able to sneak in a few shots!