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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 within 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

  1. Intro to Scrapbook Layering
  2. Paper: Your Layout Foundation
  3. Building Paper Strips & Blocks
  4. Create Chevrons with the Shape Tool

    Traci teaches the easy way to use the rectangle tool in Adobe® Photoshop® to make a chevron design.

  5. How to Line Up Repeating Shapes
  6. Custom Shapes with Polygon Tool
  7. Make Your Own Pennant & Banners
  8. How to Add Interest with Your Photos
  9. Creating the Perfect Cluster
  10. Embellishments with the Visual Triangle
  11. How to Use the Visual Triangle with Pictures
  12. The Rule of Three
  13. Using the Power of White Space
  14. Using the Rule of Thirds
  15. Learn the Importance of Shadowing
  16. What is the Brush Tool?
  17. Using Brushes in a Layout
  18. Using Paint in a Layout
  19. Understanding Blend Modes
  20. Creating Mixed Media Mash Ups
  21. Using Layer Masks
  22. How to Blend Photos
  23. How to Blend Papers
  24. How to Blend Text
  25. Lighting Effects: Learning Radial Gradient
  26. Lighting Effects: Learning Inner Shadows
  27. Dodging & Burning Washi Tape
  28. Creating Custom Journaling with Text Tool
  29. Journaling with the Pen Tool
  30. Incorporating Journaling in the Design
  31. Making Stamps from Fonts
  32. Different Ways to Cluster with Alphabets
  33. Adding Embellishments to Titles
  34. Drawing Banners to Title Cluster
  35. Creating a Stitch Brush
  36. 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.