Note: there may
be better and or easier ways to do what
I do using the various
features of Photoshop Elements.
This pictorial is just
my attempt to demonstrate how
I accomplish these projects
"my way".
If you have found an
easier tutorial or instructions on these tasks, please feel free to email
me and I will provide a link to your online resource for that information.
Open Photoshop Elements
(**and
Open the Deluxe
Hugbug Browser,
if
you will be using images or graphics from that resource.
I
own and use the Deluxe browser to take advantage of the feature of dragging
and dropping graphics from browser and placing in graphic software programs,
and when holding down shift key as I drag image, the image will be transparent
when brought into workspace of many software programs)
Click on "new document"
icon - looks like a piece of paper,
and create an image with
the size in inches -
for a Circle to fit on
a Jiffy Popcorn top -
the best size is 7.5
by 7.5 inches.
You can choose to make
the canvas white or transparent.
I will choose to make
the image workspace, "transparent"
then I will choose "marquee"
tool, and choose "eliptical" as the tool to make the Circle
I will place my cursor
at top of image canvas, and draw circle till it fills space.
**note screen below has
image with white background so that it shows circle shape better for this
example only
To fill in this circle,
with a background, click on Edit menu, then "Fill" then
choose custom pattern,
and select one from drop down menu,
and click Ok and it chosen
pattern will fill the circle.
Now I will show screen
shots of doing this as a transparent image and
adding graphics to the
circle, brought from the PC Hugbug Deluxe Browser
using the drag and drop,
while holding down the shift key to
make the image transparent.
To fill circle, go to
Edit menu, then "Fill", then choose
pattern from custom patterns
you have defined or saved.
**I have a folder in my
deluxe browser, just for backgrounds
and I have defined several
of them as "patterns" in
my Photoshop elements
program.
(See
below
for futher tips on adding patterns to Photoshop Elements)
*note - many of the background
images that I bring into
the program, are very
large - especially the PCCrafter images
so I try to resize them
before saving them as patterns.
for small patterns like
checks or small flowers, I resize to
50 x 50 pixels, as they
seem to tile best this way. But
you may have to play
around with sizing of various backgrounds
to get it just right
for your purposes.
I brought from Deluxe
Browser (dragging while holding down shift key)
the image from the
creatable "Honey Bunnies",
I resized, by going to "Image" menu
and choosing "resize"
and sized it to 315w x 342h pixels.
Then using the Move tool,
I moved it or dragged it over
to circle and placed
as seen below.
Then I brought over the
circle frame from the
creatable "Frames for
Today", and resized it, to
532w x 531h pixels and
using the Move tool,
dragged it to the image.
I did not place any text
on the image, but you can using the text tool
and choosing a font of
your choice.
At this point you can
save complete image from the File menu, Save choice or you can print (if
image looks OK) - on my printer a HP 895 deskjet, I am able to print exact
size, so image will print circle that shoud fit jiffy cover.
Some trimming adjustments
may need to be made to fit cover.
**I print my covers using
cardstock, and do not laminate.
Below is image - resized
for showing on the web.
Note: I wasn't careful
to look at image before saving
and saw that a bit of
the background shows through
frame at bottom right.
I should have dragged frame a
bit better to cover entire
background. But with
trimming this image fits
fine over cover of Jiffy popcorn.
Hugware used:
Round Frame from Frames
for Today,
Bunnies from Honey Bunnies
Here is link to full size
image
http://www.teas2dine4.com/done4jiffyvalen1a.gif
Related pic-tutorial page
I also made:
Creating Jiffy popcorn
covers using the
Microsoft PictureIt Photo
2002 software program
http://www.marynpauln.com/4jiffysbypictureit.html
Note: there may be better
and or easier ways to do what
I do using the various
features of Photoshop Elements.
This pictorial is just
my attempt to demonstrate how
I accomplish these projects
"my way". If you have found
an easier tutorial or
instructions on these tasks, please
feel free to email me
and I will provide a link to your
online resource for that
information.
Remember
to use the Help Menu located in top tool bar
of
your Photoshop Elements workspace, to search for tips and
information
about features and techniques using your
Photoshop
Elements program
Search
example - enter "Circle" as your search term
to
see information on how Adobe Photoshop manages or helps you create shapes.
And visit the Adobe.com
for product support, tutorials and forums
sign up for Newsletters,
etc.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/main.html
Tutorials
http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshopelwin.html
Related online links:
How Do I -
Jay Arraich's Photoshop Elements Tips
http://www.arraich.com/elements/pse_hhow1.htm
Creating and Managing
Images with Photoshop Elements
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.asp?p=30070&seqNum=2
Other
tips:
Adding patterns to Photoshop
Elements
Open background image
of your choice from your computer files,
or drag images from Hugbug
Deluxe Browser.
Resize image if necessary
- an image that is a small pattern, like checks
ect. should be about
50 x 50 pixels. Resizing images for filling in templates
and or backgrounds, requires
trial and error. PCCrafter images are very
large files and backgrounds
that are frames, or a scene, may have to
be resized by half or
more to fit on shapes or templates.
Then after image is resized,
or if the size you want already -
Go to Edit menu, choose
Define Pattern and name it.
See on the next
page - Examples of how I fill in
"simple" Blank
Templates using - the steps outlined above for
Filling with a background
and then adding graphics.
See also on that page
- tips/screenshots
for using your
Hugbug deluxe Browser
"Flitterbug" search function
to find backgrounds or
frames, images etc. that you may have
installed.
See these other pages
of interest that I have created:
Find several Online Resource
websites for
FREE
Blank
Templates or Templates already filled in
and ready to print and
assemble.
http://www.teas2dine4.com/4templatelinks.html
See also:
Saving templates to folder
in your Hugbug Deluxe Browser
http://marynpauln.com/savetemplates.html
Saving "other" image collections
within
HugBug Deluxe Browser
http://marynpauln.com/2saveinfolders.html
More pic-tutorials I
have made:
Pictorial for links to
information about: finding free sigtags, tutorials,
image formats, how to
find a spot online to host your images
(with the links to the
various helpful instruction junction posts too), and more.
http://marynpauln.com/sigtagimages.html
Moving in and setting
up an album at a MSN group for posting your sigtags or craft projects:
http://www.teas2dine4.com/msnhousehow2.html
Using sigtags from PCCrafter
Gallery and posting in forum postings
http://marynpauln.com/4siggallerytags.html
Downloading and installing
PCCrafter projects files, createables, past content and more
http://www.marynpauln.com/downloadinstall.html
Using Webstuff
http://www.marynpauln.com/4webstuff.html
and
Using Webstuff Stationary
using MS PictureIt Photo 2002 software
http://www.marynpaul.com/4usingwebstuff.html
and using Webstuff ebacks
for writing emails
http://www.teas2dine4.com/4webebackstuff.html
