help needed badly

[ely2207]

Hi , i'm trying to achieve the same effect - but with real people - so i want to have a trail of pictures of the same person dancing around - and i want to kinda have a shadow behind them thats kind of dragging the picture but leaving a sort of blury picture behind - dnt know if that makes sense - please help - thank you

http://www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/images-new/amscan_disco_invitation_lrg.jpg (http://www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/images-new/amscan_disco_invitation_xlrg.jpg)

[Wendy]

Hi ...

... which version of Elements are you using and how much experience have you at using it ??

Wendy :)

[ely2207]

Hi Wendy,

Thanks for getting back to me, its verion 7, and i have little to no experience using it .. its my friends bday this saturday so we wanted to put a collage together for her , and i was thinking of doing something like this.

If you can help at all it would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

[cats4jan]

As a novice with little time to complete this project, I'd scale back my idea. How about using graphics like you see on the poster and working with them as your starting point?

That would eliminate the need to learn how to select around the shape of a real person - a process that takes skill and knowledge and lots of time and patience.

If you had lots of time, I'd say "go for it" - but since you have a deadline, I'd simplify to an easier project.

[Wendy]

Yes I agree with Janice ... its easier at this stage to keep it simple :)

Wendy

[ely2207]

Thank you so much for the replies,

How would you suggest i do this within my dead line ?
And i would like to try in after also to see if i would be able to do it proper, if you can help that would be great

Thank you

[Wendy]

Hi ...

If you take a look at Adobe Studio Exchange http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=productHome&exc=16

and do a search on Silhouettes then you should be able to find some silhouette brushes or custome shapes

Ypou can then use those to create the images :)

Wendy
(http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1044829)

[ely2207]

Hi,

thank you very much for all your help
and i love your pics - you are very good - especially all the baby pics - how did you do that ?

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/uploads/thumb/10312.jpg (http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/view_img.php?id=10299&skip=12)