Layering in Adobe® Photoshop® for Digital Scrapbookers
Lesson 23 of 36
How to Blend Papers
Layering in Adobe® Photoshop® for Digital Scrapbookers
Lesson 23 of 36
How to Blend Papers
Lesson Info
How to Blend Papers
So this is a really neat background and it's neat to me because I know that it's actually two different papers blended together and um what happens is is it gives this pattern and this blue paint sort of feeling it mixes them together and we can blend papers to create new papers all the time and I'm going to show you how to do that so I'm gonna open up this file which already has these two exact same papers blended together and we're just going to experiment a little and then I'll show you exactly how I got that effect so we have the blue paper on top and the pattern paper on the bottom and if I took this to multiply it darkens if I took it to color burn it doesn't do much we can go through all of these layer styles and they all are going to do different things that would make you go away completely so we can make the pattern blue by using the color overlay so what I did to get this effect because I really liked I really wanted to rich effect rather than a more of a muted effect that t...
hese different blends will give you I actually created let's go back to normal two copies of the blue and the top when they set to color and then the bottom one I set to linear burn and then I dropped the opacity down to sixty percent and it gave you that gives you that really intense kind of look, but not as as crazy as it's going to be distracting. So you want to really play and it's going to depend on what papers you're using on what colors you're using. These papers really work well together, because because of the painterly effect. But if you don't want to use your paper straight out of the box, it's. A really fun way to change things up.
Class Description
Learn how to make your layers lovely in Layering in Adobe® Photoshop® for Digital Scrapbookers! Traci Reed will teach you how to assemble papers, photos, and embellishments so your scrapbook pages look professional and polished, not cluttered.
There are so many fun elements to work with in digital scrapbooking, but making pages that are pleasing to the eye can be a surprisingly difficult task. In this class, Traci will teach you how to use basic Adobe® Photoshop® tools to improve the overall look of your layout. You’ll learn:
- How to create realistic depth
- Enhancing using the dodge and burn tool
- Designing with lighting effects
In Layering in Adobe® Photoshop® for Digital Scrapbookers you’ll learn how to layer from the ground up. Traci will show you how to lay the perfect foundation and how to finish it off with advanced final touches like painting and stitching.
For even more advanced scrapbooking tips check out Shadowing in Photoshop for Digital Scrapbookers & Design Layouts in Photoshop.
Lessons
- Intro to Scrapbook Layering
- Paper: Your Layout Foundation
- Building Paper Strips & Blocks
- Create Chevrons with the Shape Tool
Traci teaches the easy way to use the rectangle tool in Adobe® Photoshop® to make a chevron design.
- How to Line Up Repeating Shapes
- Custom Shapes with Polygon Tool
- Make Your Own Pennant & Banners
- How to Add Interest with Your Photos
- Creating the Perfect Cluster
- Embellishments with the Visual Triangle
- How to Use the Visual Triangle with Pictures
- The Rule of Three
- Using the Power of White Space
- Using the Rule of Thirds
- Learn the Importance of Shadowing
- What is the Brush Tool?
- Using Brushes in a Layout
- Using Paint in a Layout
- Understanding Blend Modes
- Creating Mixed Media Mash Ups
- Using Layer Masks
- How to Blend Photos
- How to Blend Papers
- How to Blend Text
- Lighting Effects: Learning Radial Gradient
- Lighting Effects: Learning Inner Shadows
- Dodging & Burning Washi Tape
- Creating Custom Journaling with Text Tool
- Journaling with the Pen Tool
- Incorporating Journaling in the Design
- Making Stamps from Fonts
- Different Ways to Cluster with Alphabets
- Adding Embellishments to Titles
- Drawing Banners to Title Cluster
- Creating a Stitch Brush
- Creating Other Types of Stitching
Reviews
Corrina
I have recently discovered digital scrapbooking and have been using a great scrapbooking software that I downloaded on-line. There are limitations with the software that prompted me to look deeper for ideas. Traci's course was fantastic! I learned so much from her not only in scrapbooking layouts and using different elements in a page but my level of understanding of photoshop has improved dramatically. The presentation was easy to follow and broken into perfect chunks to go back and review the techniques. Thank you so much Traci for presenting this awesome course. I will look for more of your courses. Your scrapbooking is beautiful and inspiring!
ChristyWhitehead
I'm a photographer. I do a lot of graphic design for my business. I feel like I'm fairly knowledgeable. I saw this class being shown for free on Creative Live one day and it wasn't my first choice to watch, but was the best out of the list... I was wrong. This is a great class. I didn't expect to learn that much and I've been learning a lot! Great info!
LourdesM
This course was amazing. I learn some things I didn't know how to do. Traci is simple and straight forward in her teaching. Very easy to understand.