Making a Grid of Photos
Dave shows you how to break a photo into smaller photos and then play with their orientation to add interest.
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Waldemar
March 2, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Really need view your videos on iPads.
Kathy
March 4, 2011 at 8:21 am
I tried and tried and get as far as putting the border on each separate section. I do not know what I am doing wrong, I have followed your directions over and over to a T, so I thought. I have a nice pic on a colored background, but no borders. When I go to each layer and cl stroke outline it seems as if the moving thing comes back again, and nothing happens. Help, anyone. I really want to try this effect, it is so neat and your directions are so great.
Kathy
March 9, 2011 at 4:56 am
Hi Again,
Can anyone hear me??? I still cannot get frames around each invid pic. You would not believe what I have invented to do it!!! I drew around each with a brush in white, looked like a kindergarten drawing. Then I put inner shadows around them and that looked better, but what am I doing wrong? I get it up till the step where I have to frame each of the 9 parts in white. That does not happen.
help help help Can anyone out there hear me???? I am new at this, and will keep trying.
Rick LePage
March 9, 2011 at 11:12 am
Kathy,
Once you’ve got the individual parts each on their own layer, click on the layer you want to frame and choose Edit > Stroke (Outline Selection).
In the Stroke dialog box, you choose the color you want for your frame by clicking on the Color swatch, the size of your frame, and whether you want it Inside, Center, or Outside the portion of the image.
The other options shouldn’t need to be touched, but just in case: Blending mode should be Normal, Opacity 100% and the Preserve Transparency box unchecked.
I’ve checked this in Elements 6 through 9, and it works the same way in each version.
Hope this helps.
Rick
Charles
May 9, 2011 at 8:52 pm
I may have a solution to your problem of you have not figured it out yet. The photos used to demonstrate the videos are not very large, therefore if you are using larger photos like I do, a 6 pixel stroke width will be so small that you can’t tell it’s even there. I have to use a width between 20-30 pixels to get the same effect.
Ray
March 9, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Maybe I’m in the wrong forum but I’d like to “import” two or three other pictures/photos into the photo I’m working on, creating some sort of a grid I suppose. I can use OPEN, select the picture and it goes to the project bin below. Why can’t I just drag one of these photos into the Layers pallette and have both photos in the same picture? There’s nothing under Merge which I suppose I’m trying to do.
Lillian
April 2, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Rick ——– Would really like to be able to print out directions to look at ? It really helps learning. Thank you.
Bill
April 22, 2011 at 9:05 pm
A very cute, clever idea. I’ll be giving it a try first thing tomorrow. I found your directions easy to follow and to understand.
Bill
April 25, 2011 at 7:38 am
Hello Rick,
I am using PSE 9. I am trying to follow this tutorial, but there does not seem to have a CUSTOM SHAPES TOOL on the tools palette (as there was on previous versions). I tried the COOKIE CUTTER SHAPES TOOL, and I do NOT get the desired results. I am guessing that the tool is somehow hidden. Am I correct? How do I resolve this problem. Thanks in advance.
Eagerly,
Bill
Judith
April 30, 2011 at 9:13 pm
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