You can link the frame and picture together by highlighting both layers (use cntl + click) and then clicking on the icon in the top or bottom of the layers panel (depending on if you are using Photoshop or Elements) that looks like two links in a chain. If you move the frames around, the pictures will not move with them. Add some other elements, and move the frames around a little if you need to.Īnother hint. Add background papers and clip them to template shapes as well.
DIGITAL TEMPLATES FOR PHOTOSHOP HOW TO
Now that you know how to clip a photo to a frame, do the same thing with your other photos. Isn't that cool? Don't you wish you could do that with paper scrapping? (See below.) Now you can re-size and position your photo inside the frame. Now, instead of overlapping the frame, your photo will be completely inside the frame. This shows that the photo layer is clipped to the frame layer. Your photo layer will bump to the right in the layers panel.
While holding down the Alt key, click the mouse (left click). The icon will change to two linked circles with a small arrow. In the layers panel (that's the panel you see in the image above, hover your mouse between the frame layer and the photo layer. Most people create a clipping mask, but this is a quick short cut that does the same thing. (Drag it over or right-click on the photo layer, select duplicate layer, and then select the template file from the drop down menu.) In the template, drag your photo layer so that it is the layer above the frame layer you want to use. Open the template and copy your first photo into the file. Fortunately, by the time I used the template again for the letters E, V, and W, I had it all figured out! Ready to learn how to use a Photoshop template? I'll show you how I should have created the J page. I created it using a template from PurpleTulipDesigns. I can't help it.Ībove is the J page from my first book. If I want to buy Adobe Photoshop Elements and start digital scrapping, I can't just start with a simple layout. I have to add something difficult, like ribbon edging. If I am going to make an apron, I can't just follow the pattern. If you know me at all, you know that I like to do everything the hard way. I wish I had known how much time they save! I painstakingly cropped and re-sized every image and paper to fit over the shapes on the template. I used templates, but I created my designs on top of them-using them like a guide. When I began, I did everything the hard way. I wish I had known how when I first started digital scrapping. Since I've been sharing templates lately, I want to show you how to use a Photoshop template.
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