January 4: Blending Photo Technique

[nhudao]

 

[tinkerbell1112]

You probably have a mask or two in your stash. Or you can start with a shape. Then use the eraser tool with an opacity of less than 100% to soften the edges. You can also add other elements to it. However, you need to flatten them together before you start erasing - you also need to fill it with black. What I did was group the items, copy them off to the side, and then flatten the original, erase, etc. That way if you need to go back, you can delete the flattened "mess" and use the grouped items to start over. I suggest you build the mask over your picture so you can see if it will cover it.

When you have the mask built, select, Ctrl-C, then go the photo, add a mask effect, but in the drop down box for the mask selection, do a Paste and it will pop in your mask. If you don't like it, backup a few steps and repeat.

This is what I did, I took a ton of different masks I already owned and flattened them together to get one blended photo



It might be a little hard to tell the blended photo is black & white, but it is!

 

[Becky]

I love being pushed to try techniques I would never think of doing!

January 4 - Blending Photo Technique

• Becky
• Jan 7, 2019
• 2

 

[carrie1977]

Playing catch up after being away a few days...

 

[Jazz2000]

Thanks for hosting this challenge! I did have some trouble with trying to add a frame around the rectangle. But great instructions and I really appreciate that you included the shortcut keys for Mac.

 

[cfile]

Thanks for hosting this challenge! I did have some trouble with trying to add a frame around the rectangle. But great instructions and I really appreciate that you included the shortcut keys for Mac.

Angi, where did you get stuck re the frame edge? I put a white stroke on mine using a style but any frame would have been fine to add. What program do you use? If you want me to clarify for future reference, please let me know and I will help you further. I am sorry you had some trouble making the frame.

 

[cla]

Thank you for the fun challenge. I used PS watercolor brushes and a WA mask from a kit (acknowledged in my credits).

 

[juljul13]

 

[adejong]

 

[chloe_digiscrap]

Super fun technique, thanks for the challenge!

 

[NettieBee]

Love this technique and learned a couple of different ways to do it. Thanks!

 

[twinsmomflor]

MOC7 Day4 Blending Technique

 

[bjc]

 

[Ruthe14]

 

[jjpederson125]

 

[scrippyscrapper]

Here is mine!

 

[weaselwatchr]

 

[heathert]

Great challenge, thank you! I wanted to challenge myself a little, so I duplicated the B&W version, and used different brushes on different layers, to have varying depths of opacity.

 

[huyentrang43]

 

[barbaraj]

Fun technique!