Quick Pages the Easy Way with Photoshop

Do you like to design quick pages? But hate how much of a pain it can be?
Have you ever wanted to make quick pages easily by masking out the area of your photo without having to go through the pain of erasing all the below objects that should be hidden or masking out each layer of an object below? Or maybe you want to create a PSD layered template to use like a quick page but being able to edit where you have your photos?
There is a little known tool in Photoshop called Knockout that is easy to use. It’s in your Layer Styles!
After creating the area you want the photo to be (using a marque tool, or maybe a brush like I did here in gray.
Double click your layer to bring up your layer styles menu pop up.
Notice under Advanced Blending there are some options there.
Take your Fill Opacity all the way to 0 (zero) to hide the layer.
Use the pulldown next to Knockout and select Deep.
Then click OK
Now you can save as a PNG file for a Quick Page, OR you can change your mind about the location of your Knockout mask and move as you wish and save as a PNG file for a new quick page.  Great for making fast two pager layouts!
Here is mine created with my Kit Sometimes.  All the checkered background you see is where my photo will show up behind the page.
And here is the finished page I made last summer using this quickpage by easily placing the photos on the bottom layer.
Added my title and some journaling and was done.

Just want the Quick page and not have to do the work?
I put this one and a 2nd one in my shop at Digitals today for a great price of only $1.50 each.

How to recolor multiple colors on a single element tutorial

ok, I have given in to the world of video sharing! lol  I was just going to make a post with the how to do this, but thought, “Why not just record it as I do it?”  So I did. :)  I hope I did this right as I have never used YouTube before, so cross your fingers!

PSE can do this also. The only difference is you go to “Enhance” in the top menu and then to “Adjust Color” and then to “Replace Color”. Then work everything else the same way.

In case the video doesn’t embed correctly, here is a Link to it on my blog. And here is the YouTube link too.  Still learning how all this video stuff works so bear with me. lol

And as I said, don’t ever be afraid to ask me something if you don’t know it.

Oh, and the kit that I was making that this was from?  It’s called Lovely in Lilac and was inspired by Digitals Monthly challenges which I’m a part of and run the Art Journaling Challenge.  I like it so much, that I decided to make a whole kit instead of just a mini kit for the bonus.

This was just an impromptu whim of mine.  Promise, I will learn how to make these better quality as I learn the ins and outs of YouTube. :)

Have an awesome day!

PS Tutorial – Showing the “Bump” for the Hidden Part of a Paperclip

When using a paperclip in real life, you can see the shape of the hidden part of the clip as a bump or raised area on the top of the paper. Getting this effect with a digital paperclip element on a digital layout is very easy. The following picture shows the end result of the tutorial.

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Intermediate Photoshop Tutorials

 

 

Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial – Blending Mode Basics in PS (PDF File)
Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial – Blending Photos into your Layout Using PS (YouTube Video)
Brushes & Stamps: Loading and Using as Masks (PDF file)
Creating Layers of Realistic Shadows in PS (PDF file)
How to Pin a Tag in PS (PDF file)
How to String a Tag in PS (PDF file)
How to Use Clipping Masks (PDF file)
Making Actions and Using Batches in PS (PDF file)
Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial – Making Color in your Photos Pop Using PS (YouTube Video)
Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial – Making Text Overlays in PS (YouTube Video)
Performing Extractions in PS (PDF file)
Selective Coloring Using Layer Masks in PS CS5 – PDF file)
Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial – Using Blend Mode for your Photos in PS (YouTube Video)
Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial – Using Clone Tool in PS (YouTube Video)
Warping Shadows in Photoshop CS or PSE – (PDF file)
Working with Style Effects in PSE – (PDF file)

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