Making a Filmstrip Template
Dave shows you how to make a reusable filmstrip template for your photos.
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Eleanor Abramson
April 10, 2010 at 9:27 am
This was great!! So many times I’ve wanted to do a filmstrip of images but what I had available wasn’t suitable. This is good for those series of images I take so often of my grandson or puppy. Thanks!
Sarah Schriver
April 11, 2010 at 4:02 pm
I was able to do this one which isn’t always the case. I like it and will use it in the future.
Irving Berliner
April 12, 2010 at 6:21 am
Well presented lesson. Very useful for many different projects.
Nick
April 20, 2010 at 11:31 am
Can anyone please help? I have tried to follow the instructions to the letter but I continually hit a roadblock. Every time I try to move (duplicate) the line of “sprockets” to the opposite side of the filmstrip, my program automatically creates another layer. I have been unable to move on to the next step from there. I am using Photoshop Elements 8 in Windows 7.
Cynthia
April 20, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Nick,
You’re holding down the ALT and SHIFT keys before attempting to move the section?
Cindy
Nick
April 20, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Hi Cynthia,
Yes, I have done every possible combination using the ALT and SHIFT keys, including the way Dave Cross describes it in his video. Each time when I release the mouse and keys a new layer (layer 2 copy) is formed. A appreciate you trying to help
Nick
Cynthia Samco
April 20, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Make sure the Move Tool is selected before you hold down ALT+SHIFT to move the selection.
Nick
April 23, 2010 at 3:33 am
Its a little early to try the “filmstrip” again, but I’ll give it a shot later today. I believe I did have the move tool selected, but we will see.
Thanks,
Nick
Nick
April 24, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I still have the same problem, any ideas from anybody?
Allen
June 18, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Nick, did you wait until you were actually dragging the sprockets across the film strip before holding down the Shift key?
The problem I’m having with this video is when Dave says “Once I’ve defined [the sprocket] as a brush, I really don’t need it as a layer anymore,” and he does something and apparently the little sprocket vanishes. I can’t figure out what he does to make it vanish, and when I stamp in a line of sprockets, this little bugger is there, messing the line up. Can somebody help me get rid of this nasty little sprocket?
Thanks!
Kim
June 29, 2010 at 10:26 am
This was such a great help. I used this as a sidebar on the cover of the dvd insert of Graduation we filmed. It made a nice little hightlight of events for the Seniors. Thanks!
Mary
March 20, 2011 at 7:46 am
Hi Dave,
Great tutorial! Thanks!
I know that I’m entering the conversation a little late (sorry about that!), but I think I can help Allen and Nick.
First, your question, Allen. Dave got rid of the sprocket shape after he created the brush by simply hitting the ‘Delete’ key. He still had the sprocket shaped selected (there were marching ants around the shape), so he could delete it by just hitting the ‘Delete’ key. If you’ve already de-selected the shape and you want to delete, you can re-select it by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the thumbnail for the layer. This will select the shape on the layer (you should see marching ants) and then you can delete that shape by just hitting the ‘Delete’ key. Hope that helps!
And, Nick, I think the problem you’re having is because you don’t have the actual sprocket shapes selected when you do the drag with the Move tool. So, what you’re doing is duplicaating the layer instead of the shapes. Try it this way. First, select the sprocket shapes by pressing down the Ctrl key as you click on the thumbnail for the layer. This will select all of the sprocket shapes on that layer. Then, with your Move tool selected, hold down the Alt key and start moving the sprocket shapes across the page. After you begin the move, press the shift key to constrain the movement to a straight line. Hope that helps!
-Mary
Millie
May 17, 2011 at 10:12 am
This is one of the more fascinating tutorials I have seen. I too was having the problems above. There is a part of the video that goes pretty quickly and there is where I incurred problems. This is a great tutorial, which it could be redone to overcome the problem area, so it was more fluid. Great tutorial though. I have been able to colorize it and add other design elements to it for a very professional look. Thanks again…