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01/19/2010 04:33:04 PM · #1 |
I am preparing an order of service booklet for my mother's funeral on Friday, and am including a photograph of a snowdrop on the front page, under her name. I want the photograph to merge with the background (cream textured card), a sort of soft or 'ragged' edge, rather than the straight edge it has at the moment. I have no idea how to go about this, and am hopeful that a DPC member will come to my rescue. I have uploaded the photo to my portfolio in a big enough size for what I need. If anyone is able to help I would be really grateful - I am going to have to go to bed now, and will be going straight to work early tomorrow, but will check in again tomorrow afternoon (UK time).
Thanks in advance, Sara. |
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01/19/2010 05:42:07 PM · #2 |
My sympathies to you and your family.
I think the problem is maintaining the transparency of the fade on the edges. Here's what I did with it, but when I save and flatten it to any of the formats I can upload to DPC, it loses the transparency.
I also saved it as a .PSD file, which should preserve the transparency of the faded edge. I uploaded it to Yousendit, and you can download it from this link
Message edited by author 2010-01-19 18:04:02. |
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01/19/2010 05:47:30 PM · #3 |
The problem is JPG does not support transparency. So the BG on the printed image has to match the color of the stock it's being printed on, basically. I don't know of any workaround on this offhand. But someone might... There are lots of actions that can be downloaded to do a "paintbrush" effect around the edges.
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01/19/2010 05:51:48 PM · #4 |
PNG does seem to preserve transparency, though. I downloaded the PNG I posted above and when I opened it, the transparency was still there. I think my fade is too close to the frame edge however. Redoing it...
I think the PSD file I linked above is probably the better option if you want to use my edit. Getting the PNG to a reasonable size to upload causes some serious posterization of the image.
Message edited by author 2010-01-19 18:05:44. |
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01/19/2010 06:32:31 PM · #5 |
Hi Sara,
My condolences for your mother, it's very touching to see that you can think about these kind of details.
I just gave some of my thinking as to what would look sober yet a not-flat look, and these are three attempts. Could also do it in black border.
Best wishes to you,
Joao
  
Edit: I'm in GMT as well, so if you need something just PM me.
Message edited by author 2010-01-19 18:33:35.
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