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January 4: Blending Photo Technique

amien1 said:
Can we use more photos as long as we meet the b/w & color requirement? :)
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Amie, sorry for the delay in answering. The challenge is to use only one photo that is in b/w for the blending into the background and using that same photo in color cropped/framed.
 
I want to play around with this technique a bit more. Don't love it for this photo the way I thought I would. I may try another layout for it.
 
BevG said:
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 one is not very blendy, but I created this mask in A5. The small butterflies are part of the mask and were a separate element that I added to the stack of things in the mask. If you have any questions, ask away.
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Thanks Bev for helping!
 
Well, that took some brain power, but it sure was fun!

[edit] And then I uploaded the wrong pic! Apparently I used all the brain power on this layout. LOL!
[edit2] The layout here doesn't have the B&W background, but if you click through to the Gallery it's the correct version.
 
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Great challenge! This is not something I ever would have tried without the tutorial!

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easyeyes4you said:
My kind of challenge!!!! Question... Does the top (color) image have to be rectangular or can it be another shape?
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Any shape is fine Liz. I have that noted in step 10:

10. Make a Rectangle shape using the marquee tool, and flood fill (using the paint bucket tool) with any color over the b/w photo that you want to have framed and pop out. I am using the rectangle marquee over the area of the tree in the window. (Fill the marquee rectangle using the paint bucket tool with any color as your foreground. You will be clipping your photo to this area.)

[Note: If you choose to use a custom shape that is fine too. You can use whatever shape you want as long as it is over the b/w photo and framed.]

Enjoy!
 
londoncuppa said:
Christa wrote this at the bottom of Step 10:

[Note: If you choose to use a custom shape that is fine too. You can use whatever shape you want as long as it is over the b/w photo and framed.]
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Thanks Margaret for answering.. I was out with Hubby today!
 
This was a great challenge - very fun and informative. I do hope the masking makes the grade, if it doesn't I can redo with brushes only.




Credits at link
 
This is my very first time using this technique... thank you so much for your very detailed tutorial! I'm not totally satisfied with this, but I'm so glad I tried and I will certainly try it again on another layout!

 
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