New Tutorial "Creating Pushpins"

[Inspeqtor]

I noticed today a new written tutorial Creating Pushpins which looks pretty easy By Susan Hobbs. I do not recognise that name. Is she a regular member here? I am guessing she is! :)

[photoshopsusieq]

Hi Charles,

I like to think of myself as a "regular" member ;) I'm the one posted the before and after WITHOUT A TRIPOD!!!!! last night.

Thanks for noticing my new tutorial. It's a supplement to my article "Slice and Dice Your Photos" in the current issue of the newsletter. I hope you'll give them both a try.

[kimi_boo]

Oh Susie... that's you? :D

Very Nice Article!

[Inspeqtor]

AAAhhhhh Susie! You did such a good on the 'Without a Tripod' And with a username like photoshopsusieq now it all makes sense :)
I would like to have you and about a dozen other members here as my next door neighbors so I could get some real good one-on-one training :D:eek::D

[Orphanannie]

Hi,

Didn't realize that was you.. Thanxs for the tut will have to try that out. Back on the thread in Before and After. How do you do that background, that is pretty cool. Would love to have the steps.....:)

[Dorrie H.]

Hi Susan,
Glad Charles asked the question on who did the wonderful tutorial on Push-Pins. I was wondering the same thing. Glad you joined the forum and are so willing to share. Going to give the tut a try soon. Checked out your before & after photo too. Great Job!!

[photoshopsusieq]

Charles, Andrea, and Dorrie,

Thanks for the kind words. I really hope you'll give both of the tutorials a try.

Andrea, I'm not ignoring your request for the steps to my before & after. It's not difficult but has several steps to write down. Hmmmmmm.... I think I see another tutorial coming soon. I'll keep you posted. ;)

[Inspeqtor]

Andrea, I'm not ignoring your request for the steps to my before & after. It's not difficult but has several steps to write down. Hmmmmmm.... I think I see another tutorial coming soon. I'll keep you posted. ;)

Cool! I am curious myself to know how you did that WITHOUT a tripod! :)

[dedean]

Susan, I have a question with respect to the "slice and dice" in Issue 4-4.

When I try to create the square in step 2 it completely fills my template layer. The picture in the issue shows just filling a small section in the upper left hand corner. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong.

Also, is this tut listed anywhere in greater detail? It seems like the editors cut out a lot of the pictures and made a number of assumptions which is really frustrating for us beginners.

Thanks

[photoshopsusieq]

Hi David and thanks for checking out the tutorial,

I assume that your original image is larger than 4x4.

1. Press D to set the default colors
2. Press X to change foreground color to white
3. Create a new blank layer
4. Use the following settings for the Marquee Tool

http://heart2heartdesigns.xportcms3.com/siteresources/data/images/PSE%20Gallery/option_bar_fixed.jpg

5. Click once on the new layer to create a 4"x4" square selection
6. Press ALT+Backspace to fill with the foreground color

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

[dedean]

Susan,

I've gone through the steps you described. But when I do them my "template" shows a full white square. The picture in the issue shows just a small white square on the template in the upper left corner.

The main picture I'm using is the file on the web site and I have my marque square set for 4*4. So I'm not really sure what's going on.

Thanks,