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January 15: Painted Edges

Thanks Rae for a fun challenge.
[I love to use the painted edge to age things on my layouts to make my page look sort of vintagey and tea stained or coffee stained. I did the painted edge on the BG paper, the little matte paper under the photo and on the edges of the doily all to age using blend modes of color burn and linear burn.] Thanks!!

 
rchansen said:
Can one of the Artisan pros explain how to do this in Artisan? I’ve never tried...hoping it’s as easy as it looks in PS.
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I have always found that whatever they can do in PS or PSE we can do in Artisan. I'll have a play soon but others might beat me to it. I probably should go to bed actually and try tomorrow. It's getting late here in Aussie land! :)
 
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@rchansen Is this ok? I did it in Artisan.
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As in, is this effect okay? I could make it wider and change the colour etc, but it's the paper I want to use for a layout I want to do. Please let me know! :)
 
we don't have clipping to layers in Craft Artist - elements etc are not each on a separate layer like in PS etc. This technique can be done, but it's going to be a bit more complicated.
So in Craft Artist:
  1. Place the item to be painted on the page
  2. paint along the edges - it will overlap
  3. set the blending mode for each brush stroke
  4. select all the paint strokes and group them together.
  5. select the item and copy it
  6. paste the copy ontop
  7. Select the paint strokes group and the top item - right click and choose crop.
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Easy peasy!:dance Your example page is beautiful. I am sure my paint will be less subtle.:giggle:giggle:lmao:lol
 
Thanks to all for including such useful tips and steps to complete technical aspects of these challenges! It helps a scrapper like me who doesn't stay outside her comfort zone very often.
 
rchansen said:
Can one of the Artisan pros explain how to do this in Artisan? I’ve never tried...hoping it’s as easy as it looks in PS.
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I saw your example and it looks like you figured it out! Woohoo!

For Artisan 5 users: It's very simple to do. You just need to play around with the effect to get the look you want. Thankfully there's that wonderful "undo" feature! (I do believe that's my favorite feature on the whole program. :lol)

Go to the Touchup tab on the Toolbar. From there choose either the Lighten or Darken option. The other options can also be fun as well, but Lighten and Darken are the best place to start. On the right of your screen you'll need to choose the amount, pattern, diameter and opacity that you'd like, then start playing around! I find it's best to start with the Amount set at 1 and use the most diffused/soft pattern (the option to the right).

For Artison 4/SBC 4
  1. Go to your Format Photos tab.
  2. Click on the Touchup icon (located in first box on the left side of the ribbon). An image editor will pop up onto your screen.
  3. Choose to Lighten or Darken. From there you have two choices: Brush Size and Brush Pressure. You can also add or change your color using the different options.
Have fun playing around with the different settings to see what you can do. Let me know if you have any other questions!

This is also a great way to add extra dimension and shadowing to elements that otherwise aren't there, such as darkening the edge of an element to make it look like it's wrapped or bending around something, like the ribbon sample below. The ribbon didn't have the dark shading at the top - that's something I added in. It's a fun technique to learn and use.

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