January 4: Blending Photo Technique

Discussion in 'MOC 2019 Challenges' started by cfile, Jan 4, 2019.

  1. crazsquaw

    crazsquaw I can totally make that...

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    Another awesome challenge- and those pages are WOW! ♥
     
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  2. marijke

    marijke Weekends are for wine.

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  3. michelepixels

    michelepixels A pun is not fully matured until it is full groan.

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  4. kelley

    kelley Gets excited over little green things.

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    Oh my goodness - I am so pumped for this challenge!! In all my years of scrapping, I've never done this! I've used the technique of a background photo blended with the same photo framed on the page before, but never where I leave the duplicated photo in the same spot - what an awesome idea!!
     
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  5. bonnenuit

    bonnenuit Why do I always have to be Captain?

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    Sent you a PM.
     
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  6. weaselwatchr

    weaselwatchr Viva, Las Vegas!

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    I have done this before. Love the look it gives. It really is easy to do ladies!! No freak outs allowed!!!
     
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  7. lynning

    lynning Makes wishes come true

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  8. DigiGrace

    DigiGrace Make mine a purple passion

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    Wow, fabulous technique challenge and amazing pages! I will be out today and hope to do the challenge tonight.
     
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  9. tracymonica

    tracymonica Well-Known Member

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    Christa would you mind providing me with some detail on step 12. I know how to do the drop shadows but I am unsure about the white stroke in relation to your frame.
     
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  10. michele hillam

    michele hillam Loading up the bookmobile

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  11. AmandaJ

    AmandaJ Adagio, or Allegro? I can't decide.

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    Great challenge! Thank you!
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  12. Saar

    Saar Well-Known Member

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    Here's my layout.
    This was such a fun challenge!

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  13. KellyM

    KellyM Kickin' cancer's butt!

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    So fun to learn something new!!!
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  14. jang

    jang Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

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    Thanks for the great tutorial. I hope this is close to what you were looking for. If not, please let me know and I will play again:
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  15. mcurtt

    mcurtt give me all the paleo brownies

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    This was totally fun!

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  16. amien1

    amien1 I do enjoy a good exclamation point!

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    Can we use more photos as long as we meet the b/w & color requirement? :)
     
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  17. djp332

    djp332 She sells seashells down by the seashore

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    Fun Challenge!
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  18. dancingJaye

    dancingJaye Well-Known Member

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    These pages are all so incredible!

    Here's mine:
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  19. BevG

    BevG If I can't remember it, it didn't happen

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    You probably have a mask or two in your stash. Or you can start with a shape. Then use the eraser tool with an opacity of less than 100% to soften the edges. You can also add other elements to it. However, you need to flatten them together before you start erasing - you also need to fill it with black. What I did was group the items, copy them off to the side, and then flatten the original, erase, etc. That way if you need to go back, you can delete the flattened "mess" and use the grouped items to start over. I suggest you build the mask over your picture so you can see if it will cover it.

    When you have the mask built, select, Ctrl-C, then go the photo, add a mask effect, but in the drop down box for the mask selection, do a Paste and it will pop in your mask. If you don't like it, backup a few steps and repeat.

    This one is not very blendy, but I created this mask in A5. The small butterflies are part of the mask and were a separate element that I added to the stack of things in the mask. If you have any questions, ask away.
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  20. Ursula

    Ursula Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the challenge and the tutorial.
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