Are you ready for fall? I know fall is in the air because I’m getting a glimpse of cooler weather. Now you can be ready for fall fun with this new template. It can be used for many occasions, Halloween, Seniors and even Christmas cards. You can easily change the colors with a Hue/Saturation slider. Then match the stroke and text and you are set to go. Includes a clipping mask for your photo. And feel free to stretch the photo box to any size that you need!
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This month’s free template was inspired by those cool Wrigley gum boxes.
Here are a few tips for using the template:
The boxes have been aligned pixel by pixel so if you decide to move them or change the size or if you accidentally move them, they may not print perfectly.
You will need to clip your photos in the boxes. Here is a Photoshop tutorial for clipping. For Elements, in the layers panel add the photo above the box you want to clip it to then select the photo and press Cntl+G to group it with the box.
You can use can change the colors of the boxes to coordinate with your theme by double clicking the shape box in the layer palette and choosing a new color.
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Have you been over to Animoto lately? They have some fun new themes that include fire, water and dirt.
I created this video using a recent shoot I did with little Colby. He’s a tough guy so the dirt theme worked well. Check it out below. If you want to learn more about Animoto click here.
I recently received the following question from Ric:
I was looking at the templates in Poster Pro Quick Kit Vol5 and in the Idea Zone template 6 of 9 it was the swimming one how did you do that one? Was the one picture in the lower right corner a cut out? It looks like she had a white glow around her. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
I’ve been having a lot of fun creating samples for the new Hockey Cutouts coming out this week.
Hockey is a sport near and dear to me because my boys played hockey for many years. My camera and skills were not as good then as they are now but below is what I created for my son who was about 8 years old in these pictures and is now 16. He played many positions including a season or 2 of goalie and this was from the goalie time period.
I hope you can get creative with this set and show me your masterpieces!
One trend I’ve noticed in Real Estate photography is the use of HDR techniques in the photos that show the house. Have you considered enhancing your photos with Topaz Adjust? This would put you a step above the competition.
Here is a photography company that consistently does something like this, they call it “Enhanced Lighting Compression”. I can give you a few suggestions to do this yourself.
Formula:
Always save a back up of the original image or make new layer that won’t be used.
Start with a quality photo. Below is a snap shot I took with my Nikon COOLPIX s610 at a model home in Phoenix, Az. I used natural lighting with no flash.
Enhance the photo by removing noise and fixing the exposure by watching this 3 part tutorial series.
If the image has any noise, run landscape noise reduction again.
Final Tip: Always post your photos around 1024px on the largest side, people should not have to struggle to see the images. Also try to reduce any room clutter.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this formula. Please give feedback below.
This series is based on many requests I receive for similar posters. Use your creativity to change it and make it your own design.
Part 1: This tutorial covers creating the Poster size, adding 3 images and blending the edges.
Part 2: This tutorial covers adding text, and sizing.
Part3: This quick tutorial covers adding a tint to the photos.
Keep an eye out for the June newsletter where I’ll give a link to a free template of this to save you a little time! Not signed up for the newsletter? Sign up here.
I’ve had some requests for sports posters similar to the one below. I’m currently editing a tutorial that will walk you through the process to create this without a template. It’s 3 short tutorials that walk you through the steps from beginning to end to make this poster. I hope you enjoy it and give me feedback so that I can help you with your future needs.
Are you ready for fall? I know fall is in the air because I’m getting a glimpse of cooler weather. Now you can be ready for fall fun with this new template. It can be used for many occasions, Halloween, Seniors and even Christmas cards. You can easily change the colors with a Hue/Saturation slider. Then match the stroke and text and you are set to go. Includes a clipping mask for your photo. And feel free to stretch the photo box to any size that you need!
