Photoshop Friday #15 VIDEO Instructions! :D

I’m back with the instructions for this week’s PS Friday, and boy did I do something cool this time. :D

 I actually recorded a video segment for part of PSF this week. Sorry if I sound tired.. I was up pretty late reveling in geekiness (and yeah, we beat up all the monsters, in case you wondered…).

So this week’s layout is right here:

 
Photoshop Friday #15 - click for larger

The coolest thing about it (well, in my opinion, anyway), is that the whole thing was done in PSE, including the big curving shape. AND just to test out my New Technology, I’ve recorded a video segment to show you how to put together that big curving shape, and then we’ll go through the rest of the instructions on the blog.

So you can be my Guinea Pig Experiment #35 (what happened to Guinea Pigs 1-34? Don’t ask…)

Video Demo for curving shape in PSE 

Click on the image below, and it will launch a new browser window with the video in it. I recorded the instructions for the curving element you see in this week’s layout.  (You will need a high speed internet connection to view it, okay? oh, and it might take a little while to start up, so be patient for up to a couple of minutes…) Ready? GO!

 

 

Okay, how did that work for you? Were you able to see it? Did it make sense? Did it take a long time to download?

Completing the Layout 

Alright, now that you have your curving shape, you can place your other layout components.

1. For my background paper (and most of the title), I used the A Boy digital kit from Jackie Eckles. Awesome stuff in there.
   
2. To match the accents in the background paper, I added a stroked line on the edges of my curving shape. I did this by Ctrl-clicking on the thumbnail of that layer in my layers palette, creating a new layer, and stroking the selection (Edit > Stroke Selection) with about 5 pixels of black.
   
3. I used 5 photos - one focal photo and 4 accent photos arranged as a grid. I placed them on layers behind my curving shape.
4. Then I created a new layer, placed it behind the photos, and added a white-filled rectangle marquee shape.
5. I rounded the corners of my top left and top right photos, and all four corners of my photo mat using a corner rounder brush with my eraser tool. I used a brush from Katie Pertiet’s Deco Scissors pack. Next week we’ll go over how to round corners, okay? :) 
6. I split apart the title strip from Jackie’s A Boy kit (which says “My Boy”), and in the middle I added some descriptive words over the curving strip in a rough typewriter font.

And that’s it! I hope you enjoy this week’s video! I’d love to hear what you think of it! :D

Have a great weekend!

-Jessica 

Comments

[martha m. in austin]

Coolio!!! Awesome video! Great idea! Thanks for sharing!

[Jenn H]

Jessica-love your Photoshop Fridays, I'm learning so much from you! the video was awesome and easy to follow, and getting to hear what you sound like was cool, too. :) Thanks!!

[Christine Traversa]

this is so cool! thanks so much! i really appreciate the video and help!

[maureen]

Jan 12....thanks for the class tonight at DD and the link to this video. Wonderful way to learn photoshop. You are an awesome teacher. Keep up the good work.
maureen

[Cindy]

Wow! Great tutorial! I just found your tutorials thanks to Christine Smith's Blog Carnival. Just wanted to say thanks for helping us learn how to do these things ... you're tutorials are very easy to understand and the videos are such a bonus!

[Cassie]

I am just starting out scrapbooking digitally (I only did one layout so far!). Seeing the instructions in video form is such a help to me. The video loaded in no time. I can't wait to try out this technique. Thanks!

[Dee]

Jessica...This is fannnnntasic! It took about 30 sec for mine to load..that was not long,I absolutely loved the video..clear and concise...I love your presentations..thank you so much. I can hardly wait till next Friday!!! Hugs, Dee 8^)

[scamptx]

This was the first time I'd used a video tutorial, and it was great! I had no problem with the download, and your instructions were easy to follow along. Thanks!

[Jackie]

Wow, I don't know how I missed this earlier but so glad I found it! The video tutorial is awesome. It loaded quickly and was very well put together. I understood the instructions quicker in this visual format. Thank you so much for sharing this. I feel empowered to go create an awesome layout using my new knowledge!

[Emily Stoltzfus]

The vidoe was excellent. It worked wonderfully. ~Emily

[christy]

I'm checking this tutorial out much later and for some reason the video doesn't work. I'd love to see how you do this.

[Sarah]

I too can't get the video...http 404 not found. I've tried the distort-shear technique and must be doing something wrong because when i move the squares on the vertical line to create a curve nothing changes in the preview or on the layout. The layer with the rectangle marquee is selected..so i don't know what i'm doing wrong. Can anyone help please?

[Cassie]

I'm not getting the video either. I would love to see it.

[Jem]

Tried this today but it doesn't work.

[Melissik]

One afternoon, I was in the backyard hanging the laundry when an old, tired-looking dog wandered into the yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home. But when I walked into the house, he followed me, sauntered down the hall and fell asleep in a corner. An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out. The next day he was back. He resumed his position in the hallway and slept for an hour.
This continued for several weeks. Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: "Every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap. "
The next day he arrived with a different note pinned to his collar: "He lives in a home with ten children - he's trying to catch up on his sleep."

I cried from laughter
Sorry, if not left a message on Rules.

[MommaC]

Video not found...I hope we get this fixed! I would love to see how this is done (and the WoW layout...my husband is an addict!)