10 Replies to Break out of the Box:

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   constance

   August 17, 2011 at 5:34 pm

   I would like to create an OOB but have Photoshop Elements 8. I know the OOB effect can be done with Elements 9 but I do not want to buy Elements 9, I’m reading about too many problems with Elements 9. SO…is there a way-around “things” so that I can make an OOB useinf Elements 8? Is there a plug-in that I could get?

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   Rick

   August 17, 2011 at 7:54 pm

   Constance,

   You only have to have Elements 9 if you want to use Adobe’s Guided Edit version of the OOB – our tutorial doesn’t require Elements 9, or even version 8. People have been doing these for years.

   best,
   Rick

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   Hope

   August 20, 2011 at 3:20 pm

   I could not find the image to practice on so downloaded the entire article and cropped the image in the article. After using the marquee tool to make the border, the inside of the border turned white rather than making a frame. I followed the directions exactly.

   Where did I go wrong?

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   Hope

   August 21, 2011 at 9:46 am

   Instructions for the frame said 55 pixels…when I reduced it to 5, it worked for me. Completed the project and it came out perfect. Anxious to try it with one of my own photos.

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   Robert

   August 30, 2011 at 9:17 pm

   I liked using and Transform Perspective and Shear for the first time. I didn’t know what skewing looked like so that step went past me. Also I liked using the Crop tool to expand my canvas size instead of going up to the menu Canvas resize and having to guesstimate what I’ll need. That’s going to come in real handy. My OBB macaw came out great.

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   Vivian

   October 11, 2011 at 6:21 pm

   I had so much fun doing this with a pic of my cat. But what do I do with it now? How do I save this to use on a scrapbook page later? PSD? JPG? Help

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     Diana

     November 3, 2011 at 9:49 pm

     Hi Vivian,

     If you wish to save the OOB image with a transparent background so you can add it to another image or scrapbook page, turn off the background layer by clicking the eye beside that layer. This should give you a version with just the “snapshot,” along with the portion of your subject protruding, and the frame, with no background. Save this version in PNG format, which will preserve the transparency. Then when you add that PNG file to your scrapbook page, the background of your scrap page should show through. Hope this helps.

     Diana

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   Lynne

   October 14, 2011 at 4:17 pm

   Why not save one of each?

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   Wendy

   December 29, 2011 at 5:19 pm

   Great tutorial! Did the first one with the photo you supplied then tried it again using my own photo, came out great.

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   Frank

   April 27, 2012 at 5:02 pm

   This is the best creative PDF tutorial I found on this web site, it was tons of fun doing, I really enjoyed getting that macaw bent and hanging out of the box. I am now searching my photos to find images to hang out of the box. The PDF was well written and instructions were easy to follow. I will be looking for more articles by Diana Day. I use PhotoShop Elements 8 and it worked very well with this exercise.

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