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January 6: Dispersion (Technique Challenge)

For those of you having trouble, I was having a hard time too for a bit until I realized I needed to make sure the MASK was selected before using the brush. If you have Photoshop Elements 2018 it will look like this in the layers area. Make sure the mask is highlighted the light blue, not the image.
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I do most of my scrapbooking in Artisan too and played with this challenge for a bit this morning. I used a similar technique to GennieJoy (GennieJoy- the smudge tool was a brilliant idea!), but did some things differently so I thought I'd share. I think my technique is slightly more complicated, but gives you more control.

I used the wand to extract the flower (the other day) and copied it so I had two. I smudged the bottom one (with the largest smudge and the largest brush size) and then saved it as a jpeg, imported it to my photos panel, and then hid it on the main page. I used the erase brush to erase the edges of my original flower and then brought in a few splatters and filled them with the smudged flower from the photo panel.

The end result, without turning it into a page or spending much time on it was this:
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I hope this helps, feel free to message me if you need help fellow artisan users! :)
 
shastahun said:
For those of you having trouble, I was having a hard time too for a bit until I realized I needed to make sure the MASK was selected before using the brush. If you have Photoshop Elements 2018 it will look like this in the layers area. Make sure the mask is highlighted the light blue, not the image.
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YES, thank you so much! I did have that issue when I first tried it as well!! I'm going to add that info to the first post!
 
AlannaH said:
I do most of my scrapbooking in Artisan too and played with this challenge for a bit this morning. I used a similar technique to GennieJoy (GennieJoy- the smudge tool was a brilliant idea!), but did some things differently so I thought I'd share. I think my technique is slightly more complicated, but gives you more control.

I used the wand to extract the flower (the other day) and copied it so I had two. I smudged the bottom one (with the largest smudge and the largest brush size) and then saved it as a jpeg, imported it to my photos panel, and then hid it on the main page. I used the erase brush to erase the edges of my original flower and then brought in a few splatters and filled them with the smudged flower from the photo panel.

The end result, without turning it into a page or spending much time on it was this:View attachment 252441

I hope this helps, feel free to message me if you need help fellow artisan users! :)
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YOU ROCK! Thank you so much for this information and for being so helpful!!! I truly appreciate it! And the flower looks gorgeous, can't wait to see it on a page!!
 
Genniejoy said:
Gosh you girls know how to stretch us! :) I've had a play in Artisan. So far I've gotten a photo, cut it out from the background, saved and copied it and have done the blurred effect. Below is the original and the blurred flow on. I'm still trying to find a way to cut it out using a splatter. Fortunately for me it's Saturday afternoon here and my plan for today and tonight was scrapbooking in my air conditioning as it's 108oF outside right now!!! :) Is this on the right track?View attachment 252327
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Still reading posts in the thread. I have not tried this yet, but you are on your way. Add an Effect, Mask to your blurred layer to get it "splattered". Then for your top layer, you also want to add a mask, but you will need one that keeps the main part of your photo intact.

Another way to do this that comes to mind is instead of using the masks, use the erase tool. Set the brush size to have lots of fussiness and randomly erase portions, varying the size of the erase tool.
 
marijke said:
This is a real challenge for me ... I look for a photo and give it a try!
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You can do it!! It really does look longer and harder than it actually is :)
BevG said:
Still reading posts in the thread. I have not tried this yet, but you are on your way. Add an Effect, Mask to your blurred layer to get it "splattered". Then for your top layer, you also want to add a mask, but you will need one that keeps the main part of your photo intact.

Another way to do this that comes to mind is instead of using the masks, use the erase tool. Set the brush size to have lots of fussiness and randomly erase portions, varying the size of the erase tool.
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Thank you so much for more helpful advice! :yourock
 
berniek said:
I like the idea, it's working for me, but it sure is not looking any good after I 'finish'! I have tried several photos now. I need to find one that works. It probably has to do with the fact that I such at extracting so there's too obvious lines showing.
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I also suck at extracting, but even if you only have a very rough edge as long as you mask that away in the original un-distorted layer it doesn't really matter. I only have a very VERY rough extraction and all the jagged edges I just removed with my fraction brush. After all you are removing parts of the object, so all the outside edges that aren't perfect can just go...
 
Rikki said:
I also suck at extracting, but even if you only have a very rough edge as long as you mask that away in the original un-distorted layer it doesn't really matter. I only have a very VERY rough extraction and all the jagged edges I just removed with my fraction brush. After all you are removing parts of the object, so all the outside edges that aren't perfect can just go...
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Yes, this!
 
gwany1999 said:
Honestly, I ready to throw in the towel. I will come back to this at some point. But right now it's just to hard for me, which I understand is the point of the challenges, but there needs to be a balance.
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giving you a big hug and vote of confidence...we are all here to help, and will do what we can to get you thru this!
smile, you are gonna rock this, and once you get it, will be unstopable!
 
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