I love the puppet tool. I was able to move the string around to bring the focus from the arrow to the picture. [/IMG]
Phew! Not as hard as I first thought. Thank you for giving us PSE users an alternative Once I started playing with the shadowing (and watching those tutorials you posted), I totally remembered how to do it. So, I've tucked the string over and under the picture as well as threading it through the watering can handle
Wish I had CS5 now! Thanks so much for the tip with the blending options, I've been struggling with the shadows on a lot of layouts!
I use PSE, but I had so much fun learning more about masks, how to get a separate shadow layer, smudge, dodge and burn, and so many other things with this layout! Thanks for the challenge!! I am not happy with this page, but I had to stop because it has taken me so long already. LOL
OH.MY.WORD y'all! I already did my layout for this, but discovered something that did not occur to me until today and it WORKED - the puppet warp works amazing for paper scatters/confetti! (i usually mask out the ones that are in my way but this way, you just drag the little buggars right where you want them - i could seriously do a dance right now!!)
This was a great challenge and is something I'll use again!! Thank you!! This is the "after" layout - I warped the string over the ticket element Here's the layout before I warped the string:
I'd been putting this one off, but turns out this is a really easy technique and I learned something cool. thanks!! I warped the string.
Oh wow! That is a great idea! I never would have thought to try that! I'm going to have to play with that too! Thanks for sharing!