Blending Chat Notes

[katie pertiet]

Many people have asked for my notes on the blending chat, so here are the simple steps:

we're going to be making a layout similar to my winding road layout
http://www.designerdigitals.com/digi...p?photo=113215

Start by finding a large photo that can span the width of your page
with a focal point you can zoom in on

maybe a child playing in the yard
or a christmas tree with an ornament you want to focus on

make a new document
12x12inches

place your photo and enlarge or reduce to span the 12" width
add in the paper from your freebie as your background paper
place your envelope frame over the focal area
enlarge or reduce the frame as needed
remember to hold down the shift key to constrain the proportions
with the photo layer as your active layer
select the marquee tool
select the area just slightly larger than the frame opening
edit>copy
edit>paste inside

this pastes a copy of the focal image into a new layer in exactly the right spot

go back to your full page photo layer
image> adjust> saturation
adjust slides to desaturate without going completely to gray to tone down the color

on your envelope layer
set the layer blend mode to
color burn

add journaling strips
and other embellishments

and simple as that, you're done!
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Please keep in mind blend modes effectiveness varies based on the photos being used. Sometimes if color burn is too intense try soft overlay and if that's too light duplicate that layer and experiment with opacity etc

Also, people asked about how I did the effects with the journal strips--I used them as a mask and lightened only that part of the photo

Enjoy & I'll look forward to seeing more blending pages in the gallery!

[esther_a]

Oh, thanks so much! The chat was too early for me, but I did have those frames in my cart so I'll have to see how I go...

[Chris]

How nice of you to take the time to so this after your busy, busy, weekend! Your layout was beautiful and looks so much like some of the back roads of Ho. County, I'll have to remember to stop and take more pics of the area that I've taken for granted too long!

[Schokolade]

Thank you so much Katie for these notes. Yesterday, I spent the whole day on this technique with the help of your tutorial on Ali's blog and some screenshots I managed to take during the chat. I kind of got it, but now reading your instructions, it all seems so easy. Thanks again for this beautiful inspiration.
Take care
Marianne

[champsarahjoy]

thanks so much Katie...I really wanted to stick around for your chat, but life called. Now I can try it too!

[Serenoa]

Katie, in your notes, you use image>adjust>saturation on the large full page photo. What is the difference between doing the fading using "desaturation" and doing it by changing the opacity of that layer?

[katie pertiet]

it lessens the intensity of the colors. By changing the opacity you'll see more of the base paper show thru! HTH!

[Serenoa]

Thanks - I think I'll play around with the 2 to see the differences. I have been going the lower opacity method (because it was all I knew about). Will try desaturation to see if it looks better. There are so many things to learn with this software. TFH

[sweetpeony]

Thanks for the notes, Katie - sorry I had to miss the chat, looks like it was pretty interesting.

[Teri A]

Thanks so much for the notes Katie. I was there, but I didn't get past the first few steps. I will try it again now.

[marnie]

Thanks so much Katie!

[oldvwblues]

This is one beautiful lesson!

[LisaD]

Thanks Katie

[lisa.hinrichs]

Ditto, thanks so much. I didn't have my photoshop installed so I couldn't follow. I will save this post and get familiar before I work on this technique.

[digigal]

Just wanted to say thanks! REally enjoyed your chat and always learn something new.

[Denise Gormish]

Thanks Katie!

[Janet1949]

Being in Australia, I couldnt get the timing right, when I saw your blended layout, I was really disappointed I missed the chat.... soooooo thankful you have given everyone the instructions, now Im off to try it....
Thank you Katie..

[Amson]

Thanks so much for the instructions. I love this layout!