Mid-Dec.& New Years

[Bob Woolley]

Here are a few backgrounds, I don't believe I have posted? These can be used this month and some for the New Years also. I'll post more later.

[Bob Woolley]

A few more to add...

[Cindi Hammons]

Bob,

What program do you use to ad you text? How did you get that white "glow" behind the words "Helpin Hands" ?

Thanks for all your slides and helpful hints.

[Bob Woolley]

Hi Cindi,

I use Adobe Photoshop for a lot of stuff...but if you want to go cheaper, get someone to buy you "PhotoImpact" for Christmas. Adobe Elements is another great program.

The process is called, "shadowing" - inner glow, outer glow. You can make the glow any color you wish but some colors standout much better than others.

Here is something that might be useful to you? It is called a color schemer and you might have seen them in a good paint store. Usually it is displayed on a wall of a paint store and gives you the matching colors to a color. Very useful in selecting colors for your spring time repainting in a room. Select a pretty cushion, large painting, etc., and select the colors to match. Also good for matching colors in a background which has a main color in one object or theme. A color wheel is usually what they use in a paint store ...opposite the color are the matching ones. Clerk in a store will show you how it works.

Click here "Color Schemer (http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html)" and click on a color, use the "lighten" on the left" for backgrounds because you would want pastels (light colors) so you can see the text well...unless of course you do what I have shown...shadow the text to make it stand out!

Adding a few more backgrounds to this post while I am at it.
Blessings to you and yours this Christmas Season! hugs, Bob

[Cindi Hammons]

Thanks Bob. I use photoshop 7.0 but have not been able to master their text applications. The problem could be me! Thanks for the shadowing and glow suggestions. I'll try them. Is this how you have some of your photos fade into the others? Just curious.

[Cindi Hammons]

Thanks for the words I needed to look for! You nudged me enough that I just figured out the text application!

Thanks a million!

[Bob Woolley]

Thanks Bob. I use photoshop 7.0 but have not been able to master their text applications. The problem could be me! Thanks for the shadowing and glow suggestions. I'll try them. Is this how you have some of your photos fade into the others? Just curious.

Cindi,

Fading is done with gradients. I am familiar with only one way of doing gradients (drag and drop) but I know there are other ways. If you are like me, I am no good at following instructions in books; they just give me a starting point. If someone shows me I can master it easily, so I am self-taught.

If you have MSN Messenger, I can teach you a few tricks on Photoshop I've learned. Sorry, I don't use AOL messenger. I have taught another Naznetter this way using AOL but I deleted that program.

Enter my contact by going to "contacts" > "add a contact" > via email address > type in "woolleyns@hotmail.com" You will see me when I come on line..page me...just make sure you tell me who you are..so I can add you to my list.

- Bob

[Bob Woolley]

Cindy,

Forgot about NazNet Flash chat....if you go there I am there now! I can talk you into some things if you have time! - Bob

[Cindi Hammons]

Sorry, I don't have IM.

Thanks anyways.

[Bob Woolley]

Gradients or fades using drag and drop

Make sure your images are relatively the same size. Bring up the two windows in Photoshop. Using the two windows open - Drag the smaller flower image into the larger background by using the "arrow".

Do next step only...

Now go to your Layers box (right of screen) and click on the little icon bottom "second from the left" (box with a circle in it) Now on the left screen bottom, you should see the selection color boxes....should be black and white. Select black and use your paint brushes (large brush size - using opacity and flow at top) to shade around the end of the flower photo until you get the fading effect you want. Then click on "Layer" -top > "Flatten image" at the bottom of that selection. < This completes the image.

Follow the steps on the screen shots below

[Cindi Hammons]

Thank you so much. That makes perfect sense...I'll try it.

Thanks Bob.