Paper Tutorial for Photo Editor 2008

Designing a Paper in Photo Editor

I am using a color scheme from http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/807471/girlfriendfactory

1. Open New Document (Ctrl-N). To Select the color, for the background, click on Custom in the drop down box. Click on the small box next to it to choose your color. You can either find a color using the cursor or you can enter a HEX code in the box on the bottom left. I have entered a HEX code from the color scheme I found on colourlovers.com. Click OK.

1. Make sure your settings are at 12 x12 and 300 dpi and click OK.
2. Now you need to save this as a jpg . Close the file. Double click on the paper that is in your Image Basket. This will open the jpg paper up as its own layer in your Object Palette.

1. Click on the paper and then go to Adjustments| Noise| Add Noise. Choose your settings that you want. Here I am selecting an Intensity of 50, Gaussian and Monochromatic.
2. I want a soft but splotchy feel to this paper, so next I am going to use Adjustments| Artistic| Oil Paint. Play around with the, Brush width, Variance and Vibrance until you get a look that you like.
   I used a Brush Width of 17, Variance of 40 and Vibrance of 3.
3. Now I want to add some interest to it. Using a Swirlie Q brush by Carla Gibson, I am going to stamp swirls onto the paper.
4. As I stamp the swirls, they can be rotated and resized just as a regular object can be. Click on the Navigation Tool (the arrow) then on the object layer. The stamp will have a bounding box that can be resized by dragging the corners.

1. I want to mirror these swirls in the opposite corner. To do this, Select all layers and Create Group. Click Ctrl-D to duplicate the layer. Then you rotate the layer and place it on the top right corner. Then I am going to resize by clicking on the layer and dragging on corner on, to make it smaller. I also added in a third color from this palette with some small swirls for additional depth.

1. Save your project as a jpg at 100 quality.

If anyone would like to downlaod the paper, use this link.

Making Sticker Styled Word Art in Photo Editor 2008

Sticker Word Art Tutorial

1. Open new document (Ctrl-N). I am using the settings Scrapbook 12×12, at 300 ppi. To choose the base color for your paper, select Background color| Transparent

2. Click on the Text Tool.

3. Select a plain font and type out your quote. We’ll dress up the fonts in a little bit.

4. Play with some different fonts. Use fonts that match the sentiment of your quote.The fonts I used here are Angelina and Adorable.

5. You can also play around with the way the words are sized, or arranged. To do this, duplicate the word art (Ctrl-D). Hide the Top Layer by clicking on the eye on the Object Layer.

6. Click on the bottom layer, then click on the first box in the Edit Mode: Edit Image (Mask Visible). Select the Eraser Tool and erase the part of the word art you want to change.

7. Hide the bottom later, and reveal the top layer, by clicking the “eye” on each Object Layer.  Click on the top layer, then click on the first box in the Edit Mode: Edit Image (Mask Visible). Select the Eraser Tool and erase the part of the word art you want to change.

Here, I rotated the You on the Top layer 90 degrees and transformed it slightly larger. I moved it closer to the horizontal words so my photo will fit in at the corner nicely.

TIP: Rename the layers in the Object Palette to make it easier to remember which words are on which layer.

8. Select both layers, Right click and make into a group.

To make your word art look like a sticker, click on Adjustments| Artistic| Colored Edges. Select the Edge Color to White. I have the Intensity set to 4.

9. . Save as a .png file.If necessary, crop .png image so there is not an excess of transparent pixels around it.

Here is the word art in action:

Credits:
Kit is Natural Beauty by Nina Scraps, at Oscraps.com

Word art by me

Download the word art here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/62383986/8a3018e8/friend_word_art.html