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020 Slide Mount These
instructions are for Adobe Photoshop Elements but can be used
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Open a scrapbook page (File > Open) or create a new document (File > New). Click and hold on the Shapes tool and choose the Rounded Rectangle Tool. |
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Click on the Foreground Color Chip and choose a color for your slide from the Color Picker, then click okay. I chose a light gray. |
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In the Options Bar set the radius for the corners of your slide. The number you use will depend on the resolution of your page. My page is 200 ppi so a radius of 10 worked for me. If your resolution is higher you’ll have to use a greater radius number. |
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With the Rounded Rectangle tool, click and drag a square. If you want to see how big your square is, keep the Info Palette open and watch the numbers in the bottom, right corner as you drag. Actual slides are approximately 2 x 2 inches, but feel free to fudge a bit. (I made mine 2.5 x 2.5.). | ||||
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Click on the “Simplify” button in the Options Bar to change your square from a shape that can’t be edited to pixels that can. (Photoshop: *1) | ||||
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Click on the Rectangular Marquee tool and draw a rectangle in the middle of the square. |
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Press your backspace or delete key to remove the rectangle and choose Select > Deselect from the Menu Bar. | ||||
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From the Layer Styles palette choose “Low” drop shadow. (Photoshop: *2) |
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Look at your
Layers palette and double click on the “f” icon that
is now on the slide layer. Move the distance slider to the left
to decrease the distance slightly. |
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Open the photo you plan to use by choosing File > Open. Navigate through your files to the photo and click on “Open.” With the Rectangular Marquee tool, click and drag a selection around the area you want in your slide. Choose Edit > Copy from the Menu Bar to copy the contents of your selection to the clipboard. Choose File > Close to get rid of your photo |
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In the Layers palette click on the layer below the slide layer. Then choose Edit > Paste from the Menu Bar. |
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Most
of the time you’ll need to resize your photo to fit your slide.
To do that, press “c/c T.” If you still don't see the Transform bounding box, click on the right lower corner of the document window and drag it outward until gray shows around your photo. |
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To resize your photo, hold down your shift key to constrain proportions, click on a bounding box corner, and drag inward. Click inside the bounding box and drag to reposition the photo. When you’re satisfied, double click inside the bounding box to accept the transformation, or press escape to try it again. |
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Here are some ideas for dressing up your slide mounts:
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• Add your own words. | ||||
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• Change the color and/or decorate with shapes from the Custom Shape tool. Put a plain colored layer behind the slide. Use the slider at the top of the Layers palette to lower the opacity of this layer to simulate transparency. Add words and a shadow to complete the look. |
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Here’s a spread showing how I used slide mounts to dress up my pages.
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