Designing With Shapes
Corey shows you how to use masking layers and the Twirl filter to make a very eye-catching composite photograph.
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Related Tags: borders and edge effects, mask, Twirl Filter
Brent Dunn
April 13, 2010 at 8:16 am
Another one of my favorite tutorials using simple tools for great effects. Thanks for making me look like a great graphic artist.
jose
April 21, 2010 at 4:39 pm
One of my favorite video You make it look so easy but I have not been able to do it,I’ll keep trying.
Thank You.
Charlotte
April 27, 2010 at 6:47 am
I love this. I have been able to try this and I love the look of it. It will do well on my Senior photos.
Sally
May 18, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Would like to know how to put two shapes (cookie cutter shapes) on one page. Can’t find any info on your site for this.
Rick
May 18, 2010 at 3:23 pm
The Custom Shape tool will let you put shapes on a page quite easily, Sally. Here are a couple of things’ we’ve done on it:
The Shape Tools
Tool Tips: The Shape Tools
The Cookie Cutter tool is a different beast, and used for selections and cropping. You can find out more here:
Crop, Cookie Cutter and Straighten tools
Making a Cookie Cutter Text Effect
Rick
Bonnie
August 21, 2011 at 2:05 pm
I have tried and tried and tried, so aggrevating and have no idea what I am doing wrong. I do the control J to make a new layer. Then I go to the bottom corner and make a new layer. Then I drag the new layer under the top layer. It says to get the marque eclipse tool and start it outside the picture in the gray area. Mine will not start out there. I have tried and tried. I shrink the picture thinking that might help. I put the arch on the picture thru half of it by starting it on the picture, cuz I can’t get it there any other way. I fill it with white. I pull the picture down with the alt key pressed and then click it to join the two layers. My middle layer ALWAYS shrinks where the Marques arch is, once I join them. I also can’t move my photo over cuz it is cut on the arch and that whole section moves. I have done this first three steps about 30 or more times. It is laid out so easy why am I not getting this. I want to try it ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh any help, is anyone out there yet to answer questions?
Thank you Bonnie
Bonnie
August 21, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Ok in reguard to the post above I finally got it. Usually when I ask for help I get it within the next four tries. Love it it was fun to work on.
Shaun
January 23, 2012 at 12:26 pm
I have tried to do this, but when I get to the part where I drag the layer 1 half way between layer 2 I am not getting the two little circles…I have elements 8…what am I doing wrong? is this supposed to be a clipping mask? …when I do the steps after that it doesn’t work? HELP!!!!