This week I released a new set of Go Large Templates.
I love layouts in which photos take center stage. These templates are based off of some of my own recent pages.
Here is a look at how my creative team and the SSD Babes put them to use.
If you like these templates, be sure not to miss Go Large 1 and Go Large 2.
Welcome to the special Wednesday edition of Quick Picks. Today I are visited the shopfront at Design House Digital.
New today at Sweet Shoppe Designs, Photo Edgers, a set of photo clipping masks and a variety of edging lines fitted to the inner perimeter. These are perfect for adding a little detailing to your photos.
The set includes five edging styles; dashed line, dotted line, postage stamp, thin line and wide line. Each style comes in four shapes 4×6″ rounded corner rectangle, 4×6″ rectangle, 5×5″ rounded corner square and 5×5″ square. Here is a close up of each variety.
Funny Moments to Treasure by Cindy
Cindy is a virtuoso at layering papers and elements. Her unique style and templates will be recognizable to anyone who has spent much time around Sweet Shoppe Designs. Check out just a few of the artful touches the make the page shine.
Click on Cindy’s page above to see it in the SSD gallery with a complete credit list.
Add a touch of elegant detailing to your pages and save with the Scrollwork Templates. The Border Templates and Page Mat Templates are available individually, or you can pick up the Bundle and get them both for added savings.
SUBJECT: Using a Layered .PSD template
PROGRAM: PSE8 (can be adapted for PS and/or other versions of PSE)
PREREQUISITES: Basic understanding of layers, be able to open a document in PSE/Photoshop, be able to use the move tool to drag and drop, rotate and resize items
RELATED DOWNLOAD: Layered Template
A layered template is a stack of shapes each in their own layer. Digital scrappers use each shape layer as a clipping mask to ‘clip’ their photos and papers to the shapes. This tutorial covers the basics of using a layered template.
Open PSE (or Photoshop). Open a layered template. You can download the template shown in this tutorial here. Go to File>Save As and save this project under a new name so you don’t accidentally save over your original template.
Open a photo.
Use the move tool to drag your photo onto the template canvas. Position the photo so that it covers the spot for the photo in the template.
Go to Layer>Create Clipping Mask (Keystroke Ctrl+G in PSE, Shft+Ctrl+G in PS).
With the photo layer active, use the move tool to resize and rotate the photo until the desired portion is visible.
Right click on the photo layer in the Layers Palette and select “Merge Down” from the drop down menu to merge your photo into the template layer (see red arrow below). Alternatively go to Layer>Merge Down or Keystroke Ctrl+E.
Open a paper from any of your digital scrapping supplies.
Click and drag your paper onto the template canvas.
Click on the paper layer in the Layers Palette and drag down until it is directly above the template layer you want to clip it to (see red arrow below).
Go to Layer>Create Clipping Mask (Keystroke Ctrl+G in PSE, Shft+Ctrl+G in PS).
Right click on the photo layer in the Layers Palette and select “Merge Down” from the drop down menu to merge your paper into the template layer (see red arrow below). Alternatively go to Layer>Merge Down or Keystroke Ctrl+E.
Continue this process with photos and/or papers until you have used all the pieces in the template.
Some templates come with drop shadows already set, others don’t. Either way add or delete drop shadows as desired. Templates are a good starting foundation for any layout. Add your own personal touches to finish off your page.
Further Application
Credits: ABC & 123 by Misty Cato, Font – Last Words
By request, I’ve put together another pack of Go Large Templates. Like the first set, each Go Large 2 template features space for one (or two) large photos, several smaller photos, bold titlework and journaling with customized text paths.
Here is a look at my original pages, plus a couple my team put together using the templates.
Looking for a new take on the year-in-review layout? Check out the new 100 Things Template Set released today at SSD. The set comes with both a one page and two-page version with built in text paths.
Here’s a look at my two page version (you can see the one page version in the preview above).
Your family makes the headlines with the In the News Templates.
These templates are idea for sports pages, documenting current events, chronicling family history, creating Christmas letters and more. You’ll receive 4 newspaper-inspired templates in .psd format. Also included, a bonus materials pack with white and black newsprint, ‘stacked’ papers and 9 weather icons.
Here is just a sampling of the possibilities.
