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11/08/2005 12:22:43 PM · #1 |
Can someone nudge me toward a good tutorial or tell me what to look for in my Big Fat Book. I'd love to RTFM.
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11/08/2005 01:07:42 PM · #2 |
not sure about a full tutorial but I will tell you how I will be doing it if I get the chance. From what I've read in the threads this is an acceptable way...and I would appreciate anyone that can tell me otherwise. It would also be helpful to know what photo editing software you have to know what your capabilities are.
a) I will be editing each image to the way I like them, cropping, brightness, whatever the rules allow and save as to retain originals in case I win and have to show them...(ha ha ok I just made myself laugh at that far fetched statement)
b) In probably PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro I will create new document with transparent background at about 640 x ?
c) paste in each image to their own layer so they can be moved as I need
d) I will most likely leave a gap around each so that I can flood fill the background and when I flatten the image it will create the usual frames. You could also create the frames other ways but this seems easiest to me.
e)save
It may be a lot harder than that, I haven't done it yet and it is certainly NOT the only way to do it. I think I saw that some people are going to overlay their images without borders, this is an interesting idea I may try also.
Good luck.
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11/08/2005 01:16:57 PM · #3 |
If it helps, I outlined the process I did on this one in the comments section. Was done on a single image.
Using 3 images would not be that different in many ways. If you are using 3 equal width images, resize them to around 210 pixels wide each. Create a new image with final dimensions of say 640x480, then go back to your resize panels, Cntrl-A to select each on a at a time, copy, then go to your new blank 640x480 and paste. Use the move tool to move to desired location. Go to the next resized panel, select it, copy & paste and move again. Once all 3 are in their proper positions, flatten the image and then using the basic method I outlined in the above shot, do your framing/borders. |
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11/08/2005 01:21:02 PM · #4 |
3 consecutive shots placed on a blank photoshop canvas...
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11/08/2005 09:39:30 PM · #5 |
| Thanks, Gang. I'm glad I have a three-day weekend to figure this out! |
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11/11/2005 02:28:11 PM · #6 |
Thanks, Gang. You've been a big help. I think I've got the basics down.
I did some googling and found this article which was also helpful -- sort of an "all of the above".
//www.atncentral.com/PDF/Melissas_Picture_in_Thirds.pdf
Thanks again. The rest is up to me. |
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11/11/2005 03:15:40 PM · #7 |
try this
for the previous link
Message edited by author 2005-11-11 15:16:04. |
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11/11/2005 03:15:53 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Germaine:
Thanks, Gang. You've been a big help. I think I've got the basics down.
I did some googling and found this article which was also helpful -- sort of an "all of the above".
//www.atncentral.com/PDF/Melissas_Picture_in_Thirds.pdf
Thanks again. The rest is up to me. |
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11/12/2005 01:53:23 AM · #9 |
Is anyone else having the problem of when it comes time to resize the pictue to 640pixels, and saving it to web, the file size is way too small ????
I've been so frustrated, I have 3 square images, but after I get them on my canvas and downsize it, the files size is only about 101kb's no matter what I do ??????? |
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11/12/2005 02:22:31 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by SandyP:
Is anyone else having the problem of when it comes time to resize the pictue to 640pixels, and saving it to web, the file size is way too small ????
I've been so frustrated, I have 3 square images, but after I get them on my canvas and downsize it, the files size is only about 101kb's no matter what I do ??????? |
Makes perfect sense: in the extreme case, if you linked 3 normal, horizontal images together into one, You'd have 3x640 = 1920 pixels width, and the height would be around 420 pixels or so. When you shrink the assemblage by 2/3 to make it 640 pixels wide again, the vertical dimension drops to 140 pixels. 640x140 is a LOT less pixels than 640x420. So it's not gonna be a very big file, especially if the BG is a solid color with no detail.
Robt.
Ah, I see yours are square: 640x640 is a LOT biiger than 640x213 :-)
Message edited by author 2005-11-12 02:23:50. |
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11/12/2005 02:36:11 AM · #11 |
This one was feeding on some mushrooms...
...OHHHH - I thought you said "How Do You Make A Tick Trip. ;-P
Just had to get that out of my system. |
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11/12/2005 02:38:58 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by SandyP:
Is anyone else having the problem of when it comes time to resize the pictue to 640pixels, and saving it to web, the file size is way too small ???? |
Makes perfect sense: in the extreme case, if you linked 3 normal, horizontal images together into one, You'd have 3x640 = 1920 pixels width, and the height would be around 420 pixels or so. When you shrink the assemblage by 2/3 to make it 640 pixels wide again, the vertical dimension drops to 140 pixels. 640x140 is a LOT less pixels than 640x420. So it's not gonna be a very big file, especially if the BG is a solid color with no detail.
Robt.
Ah, I see yours are square: 640x640 is a LOT biiger than 640x213 :-) |
So. . .do you think we are going to have a lot of really small pics??? I don't want to enter mine if it's the only one who can't figure out how to fix it. . .but if there will be a lot of small ones, maybe it will be okay ???? You think??? |
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11/12/2005 02:43:08 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by SandyP:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by SandyP:
Is anyone else having the problem of when it comes time to resize the pictue to 640pixels, and saving it to web, the file size is way too small ???? |
Makes perfect sense: in the extreme case, if you linked 3 normal, horizontal images together into one, You'd have 3x640 = 1920 pixels width, and the height would be around 420 pixels or so. When you shrink the assemblage by 2/3 to make it 640 pixels wide again, the vertical dimension drops to 140 pixels. 640x140 is a LOT less pixels than 640x420. So it's not gonna be a very big file, especially if the BG is a solid color with no detail.
Robt.
Ah, I see yours are square: 640x640 is a LOT biiger than 640x213 :-) |
So. . .do you think we are going to have a lot of really small pics??? I don't want to enter mine if it's the only one who can't figure out how to fix it. . .but if there will be a lot of small ones, maybe it will be okay ???? You think??? |
Mine's 640x287 pixels and 60Kb, and it looks terrific to me. Don't worry about it. Unless you make a triptych out of 3 very skinny components so the whole thing has a normal-to-square aspect ration you're not gonna get close to 150Kb I don't think.
R. |
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