4 Picture Frame Idea.....

[StagePhotography.co.uk]

Here's a idea I had on the train today...

For 4 samey kinda shots, would work
nicely with studio portaits....

[StagePhotography.co.uk]

Here's how you do it...

Using Paint Shop Pro...

1. First Add a Black Border round the images,
easier to position and for the shadow I found..

2. Then layer the shots in the workspace so you get
them looking like what you'd want to..

3. Create a NEW image 3 times larger than the
images you are using...

4. Working clockwise, copy the images
and place them on the white NEW image
using SHIFT CONTROL + E (Selection Paste).

5. THEN add a 3D DROP SHADOW to each
exactly the same. For the above...

Offset x = 3 and y = 3.
Blur = 15
Opacity = 100
Colour = Black

Ok so now they to round clockwise
but now you've got wrong overlap with
image 1 and 4. Where 4 is over 1...

You want to now put 1 over 4...

To give that impression of those art pictures
of the never ending cannel and things...
you know what I'm talking about...

6. Copy an area Bottom Right of image 1
which doesn't go to image 2.

7. Section paste the "part" onto the NEW image
exactly where it is and do the DROP SHADOW
as above...

You will see now that there's a slight blur
where the left and top side of image 4 on
image 1...

8. You need now to copy and paste the parts
of the image which has the slight shadow on
image 1 from image 4.

So it all matches up now...

Easy eh?

Now then for big portrait jobs, of course you'll
need to size everything up a bit...

But this would also give you huge poster size
images to sell.....

Just an idea... Hope someone finds it useful...

Any questions drop me a line here..

[Stemmy]

Yep the kind of thing that goes well in these digi wedding albums.

Have commited it to memory.

[lostmysnorkel]

Yep, that's cool George.
I'll try and build a template for it and post it here for people.

[Alan Schofield]

Yep, that's cool George.
I'll try and build a template for it and post it here for people.


Photoshop or Paintshop

[Bindii]

Photoshop or Paintshop

*Please let it be Photoshop, please let it be Photoshop*

[Alan Schofield]

If we ask nicely do think we might get Bindii

Please Please Please Photoshop

[lostmysnorkel]

Me two-year old's poorly, me six week old has decided she just DOESN'T LIKE sleeping at night time, and I've just taken a last-minute booking for a party :partydance: this weekend. :russian_r

I WILL GET AROUND TO IT!!!!!! - it's on my list of 'new' templates to create and YES! It will be in PS CS2.
:dizzy:
(Remind in a week if I haven't done it by then!)

[Alan Schofield]

It's more important that your little one gets better:grin:

[Bindii]

Me two-year old's poorly, me six week old has decided she just DOESN'T LIKE sleeping at night time, and I've just taken a last-minute booking for a party :partydance: this weekend. :russian_r

I WILL GET AROUND TO IT!!!!!! - it's on my list of 'new' templates to create and YES! It will be in PS CS2.
:dizzy:
(Remind in a week if I haven't done it by then!)

There is a god!

We are very patient people, and while I can't speak for anyone else; but as a busy parent myself I know that your first concern is your family. I hope your little one feels better soon. ;)c

[lostmysnorkel]

OK, whilst sitting up until the early hours I have manged to create something akling to George's idea - although it is obviously ope to interpretation.

I have altered the borders a bit, but think it's going to work OK.

Now, I have it saved as a tif in layers, but it is a huge file even by Broadband standards. So I have flattened it & saved as a tif, and it is a not-so-huge file but still huge nonetheless.

This is because I am working it as a double page spread across a storybook. If anyone wants me to email it to them I am happy to do so if you let me know what size & format you would like it in.

To Use:
(And this is where I show my Photoshop clumsiness)
The frames are made to fit a 3:2 aspect ratio.

Open the four images you want to use

Basically, resize your image to fit within the inner border and drag across, starting at the top one and working clockwise. (I have left the green rectangle as an example)

If you drag the images in the right order, they will stack over one another until you reach the last one (the one with the green in).

Drag your last image to cover the green rectangle, then use the Rectangular Marquee tool to select a square 'box' around the bottom left corner of the top frame. (The bit you can't see!)

Once selected, just use the eraser brush to take out the corner of image four, revealing image one and it's frame.

Simple...I think....try it and see...if you have any questions I probably won't know the answer but you are more than welcome to ask.

[lostmysnorkel]

....it's a shame noone else here use PSP!!!!!!!!!:grin:

[Earl53]

I found that if you lower the opacity of the photo you want to cut it will be easier to see what you?re cutting away from behind the photo you can see. If this makes sense.:doh:

Paul

[Dotty.c]

oooh i like that

[StuG]

thought I'd have a go at this using my favourite model :grin:
what d'ya think?

[Tim]

I like that.. Well started George... Snorky can you email that on to me please?

[Waif]

Woo thats cool - not seen this thread before.

Bumping for all the rest who might have missed it.

[tonymidd]

Woo thats cool - not seen this thread before.

Bumping for all the rest who might have missed it.

another way of doing this using layers.

open and size the images you want to use, I find it pays to do a rough pencil layout first.
open a new canvas large enough to take your images
drag each image onto the canvas, each will have it's own layer,
position the images by high lighting it's layer, you can move the layers up and down to place one image over another and at 100% opacity it will hide whats under it.
When you've got it the way you want flatten and save or if you think you may change your mind just save.
I hope this screen grab explains this.

[bartonflyer]

Just had to have a go - my partner Lynne, slogging up Clints Gill, climbing up towards High Pike - cracking idea - Thanks George!!