Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Personalized Postcard

This is my postcard!

The first this was to make the card 6x4 inches, Then I went to a different document, and made a brush.
To do it I Typed my name, using a font I liked, then I right clicked the layer icon and clicked select pixels,
Then I went to Edit, Define brush preset, and named it Corrina.
I then exited out of that document and went to my 6x4 and stamped my name is green on a new layer (Corrina), I then went to Edit, Free Tramsform and angled the stamp so it started from the bottom left corner to the top right corner, (whie holding the shift button the whole time),  Next, I went and downloaded puzzle stamps, and I picked out 8 that I, and started to put the stamps on all separate layers using the Brush Tool, Next I opened a bunch of different photos and resized then all to 3x2 inches going to Image, Image size. Then doing the same for all the pictures (one at a time though), after I resized the picture I then would split the screen so I could see the picture I wanted and the postcard, I then drug the picture layer over the the postcard document and exited out of the picture document, (so could see only the postcard) then I moved the picure layer above the puzzle piece I wanted to create a Clipping Mask for.
After the picture was above the right puzzle piece layer I then right clicked the picture layer icon and selected Create Clipping Mask this made the picture go behind the puzzle piece, but you were still able to see the picture through the puzzle piece shape, I then went to Edit, Free Transform and just moved the picture around and sometime changed the size of the picture (I did all those steps for all 8 puzzle pieces and pictures).
The last thing I did was, I opened a picture of really colorful flowers and I made the color of vibrante using the Vibrance, I then merged the visable layers together, then once again I split the screen, drug the layer if to the postcard and then exited out of the flower picture document, once on the postcard document I put the layer right after the Corrina (stamp) layer and created a Clipping Mask, by right clicking the icon and so forth. once I had the clipping mask created I when to Edit, Free Transform again and made the picture really big so it colored all the letter of my name, (I kind skewed the picture to, so it would only have the flowers and not the stuff around the flowers that were not colorful).

I think this postcard kinda explains me,(this going to sound corny, but) when you put all the puzzle pieces togther, this is what forms me, I'm kinda puzzling, I love my family, friends, nephews, my cat, horse backriding, and I love crazy bright colors. =] 

2 comments:

  1. I really like how you made all the pictures into puzzle pieces. It's pretty cool looking. :)

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  2. This is awesome! The puzzle piece idea was very creative. I can tell you put a lot of work into it!! Great job!

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