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Challenge #12: Making your own photostrip

#1 User offline   Paula

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 09:42 AM

Last week Michelle asked about creating photostrips so I decided to do that for this week's challenge. I'm providing instructions for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for this challenge.

Here's my layout:
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Steps:
1. Create a new canvas 4x20, 300 dpi.
2. Open the 4 photos that you want to include in your strip and crop them each to 4x5.
3. Drag each photo on to your larger canvas so that you have the 4 photos filling the canvas.

Photoshop instructions:
1. Select the top layer and add a layer style (the f in a circle in the layers palette) -- select stroke (last entry in the styles box) and choose a size of about 50, set the position to Inside and change the color to white (unless you want a red outline!). You should now see a white box around the first layer.
2. Right mouse click on that top layer and select Copy Layer Style from the fly out menu. Again, in the layer's palette, select the second layer and right mouse click to Paste Layer Style. Your second layer should have the white box around it.
3. Repeat step 2 for all remaining layers.
4. Flatten your image by going to the Layer menu and selecting Flatten Image.

Photoshop Elements instructions:
1. Ctrl Click on the top layer in the layers palette to make a selection from that layer (you should see marching ants around it).
2. Create a new layer above the selected layer (using the New Layer icon in the layers palette). Go to Edit, Stroke and select a Width of 50, Color white and Locations Inside. You should now have the white outline.
3. You can copy this layer (right mouse click to select Duplicate layer) and move the copies over the remaining layers.
4. Flatten your image by going to the Layer menu and selecting Flatten Image.

Finally printing (instructions are the same for Photoshop and PSE): Drag your flattened image onto a new 8.5x11 canvas and resize to whatever size you want to print. A typical photobooth strip is around 8 or 9 inches. I printed mine at 10 inches.
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 03:55 PM

Awesome!! Thanks Paula...can't wait to try this!! :)

BTW...your layout is super cute!!! Love those pics!!
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 05:22 PM

OK Paula I will try this sense I asked for it. I will print this out and give it a go this week!

Thanks so much!
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 06:41 PM

first: too funny and too cute! second: what an awesome lesson and third: LOVE the colors and the glitter on the title.

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Posted 06 March 2009 - 04:24 AM

Great LO Paula - and thanks so much for those instructions!
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Posted 08 March 2009 - 05:26 PM

OK Paula I am going to attempt!
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Posted 08 March 2009 - 06:03 PM

Help Paula! OK I was so close! But I need help because I can not spend all day on this Posted Image

I got all the pieces on the screen and then when I dragged my cropped photos onto the canvas they did not fit perfectly they pieces of them would kind of disappear. Then when I put the boarders around them some wouldn't show I am assuming because of this sizing issue.

When I am cropping the photos do I need to adjust anything other then the 4X5 or do I have to change the dpi there too? I have no clue. I was doing so well though, the first photo popped up on the strip and I thought hot diggity I can do this then I got the first boarder on and I thought yipee. But no go I couldn't get them all on.

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Posted 12 March 2009 - 07:54 PM

I'm so sorry Michelle - somehow I completely missed your post! My mom was visiting all last week so that has thrown me off my game :)

You would want to set your dpi to 300 when cropping. Some versions default to that and some don't - that's helpful eh? :) If you set it to 4x5 and 300dpi, it should fit exactly on your 4x20 strip. Another thing that might help is to set "snap to grid" on -- you can find that in the View menu.

Again, I apologize for missing this earlier!
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Posted 13 March 2009 - 12:56 AM

Here's my attempt:

http://debbiehodge.c...allery/displayi ... ?pos=-2878

Thanks Paula...I just loved this challenge!!! :)
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Posted 13 March 2009 - 02:11 AM

Great job!! this is awesome

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Posted 14 March 2009 - 08:37 AM

Fun challenge Paula! I went all digital of course! Laugh
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Posted 15 March 2009 - 06:02 PM

Oh I think I got it! I'll post a layout later this week if I am lucky Yipee!!!! Posted Image
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Posted 15 March 2009 - 11:18 PM

Loved this challenge Paula! :) And geez, I'd already posted this! Guess I just needed to say it again :)
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 12:25 PM

Just got it up Paula! Thanks so much!
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 03:56 PM

Great LOs guys!!!
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Posted 28 March 2009 - 06:39 PM

Finally did this one Paula - I'm so far behind in everything at the moment. This was fun and I can see so many different uses for the process.

Thanks for the inspiration !!

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