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By: Photo Text Mats 1 « LS Cottage Designs

Photo Text Mats 1 « LS Cottage Designs — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:53:23 +0000

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By: Rose Mary

Rose Mary — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:40:14 +0000

I did it! Thanks so much!

By: Linda Sattgast

Linda Sattgast — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:29:33 +0000

Are you in the Maximize Mode? You will only be able to see one photo at a time in the Maximize mode. To see both documents at once, choose Window > Cascade.

If you’ve already moved your photo onto the mat document, you may just have a very large photo, or it could mean that the original document you made was at a very low resolution. Try creating a new document that is 12 x 12 inches at 300 ppi and trying it again. Very few photos would be larger than that.

Even if your photo covers everything up you can still go on to the next step, which is to group the photo with the word frame by pressing Ctrl G (Mac: Cmd G). If your photo is large, though, you will need to resize it. Get the Move tool and make sure Show Bounding Box is checked in the Options Bar. If you can’t see the outline of the photo choose View > Fit on Screen. Click and drag from a corner handle to resize the photo. Click on the green check mark to confirm the change.

By: Rose Mary

Rose Mary — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:09:22 +0000

I really want to do this, but I must be missing something. I can get to the part where you open the picture, but when I open the picture it covers everything and becomes the background and nothing else is visible on the left. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks so much for the great tutorials.

By: Janine

Janine — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:30:01 +0000

I just love to get the TOTW. They are all so good. Thank you for such creative and innovative ideas.

By: Mandee

Mandee — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:02:08 +0000

Thanks so much for this tip. I did this a different way, but I think this is simpler.

By: Sara Horton

Sara Horton — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:04:47 +0000

Hi Julie!
If you save it as a .psd file, you’ll have the layers so you can go back and use it as a mask again.
If you want JUST the mask on a transparent background, click the layer visibility icon (looks like an eyeball) on the left side of the background layer.
It will look like the mask on a grey/white checkerboard background. Save this as a .png file to preserve the transparent section.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions,

Sara

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:27:56 +0000

I have a question – I just loved this tutorial and did a neat photo mask but because I’m new I saved it along with the bg paper. How do you save just the mask or clipped photo without the paper behind it? I feel like such a dummy!!! My email is: lapoints1207@yahoo.com. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help this newbie!!!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:36:50 +0000

Thank you so much Sara. I’ve seen this described before but never as clearly as you have done here. I’m going to use this today!

By: Chris Chalker

Chris Chalker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:10:21 +0000

I have been wanting to learn how to do this for so long, I bought a set like this a few months ago, but wanted something different for another layout..thank you thank you thank you ..I just love Scrappers Guide.