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DESCRIPTION:
Make a beautiful blend with PI.
Tutorial:
Copyright © Inge Klement
PI
Version:
12 (but you can use earlier versions too)
Level:
Intermediate
Featured tools:
Transform Tool, Pick Tool
Additional filters:
None
Additional files:
2 photos, 1 background picture and 2 masks.
You'll get the material in the zip-file.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The photos I'm using are from PD
Photo.org, and the background picture I've made by myself.
You can use the background picture to redo this tutorial, but you
are not allowed
to offer it for sale, download it or use it for your own
tutorials.
I have resized the photos to fit the tutorial,
but if you visit the homepage of PD Photo.org you can
download them, and a lot of other beautiful photos free.
(Be aware: Not all of the photos are free to use, there are some
photos marked as copyrighted!)
The copyright © belongs ALWAYS to the original artist/designer!
No copyright infringement is intended.
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Before we
start, you should open the masks, and store them into your Easy
Palette. In case you need to freshen up your memory on how to save
a mask into the EP - you can take a look at one of my other
tutorials, where I explain a little bit more about how to use a
mask in PI. You'll find the tutorial here.
Important - in my tutorials my masks fit the chosen
background/object ... you achieve this by right clicking any mask
inside the original category Mask Library in your Easy Palette.
Now you choose the option Fit Mask.
Very important:
Do NOT merge the picture
before I tell you
to do so!
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Open the background picture, - 0014_inkl.jpg (2) and set the
Background color to 102/126/172 (white hand).
Open
the photo sandiego_1_bg_122003. Copy (Ctrl+C)
the photo (1) and paste
(Ctrl+V) the
copy on our background picture (2).
Close the downloaded photo ... the photo on the main picture should
still be activated.
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With
the photo sandiego_1_bg_122003 on top of our background picture, open
your Easy Palette/Libraries (white hand) and double-click the mask
... maske_71-kris_02 (1), which
you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into the EP.
On the screenshot you can see that the mask applied on
the photo (2).
Deselect the photo (Enter).
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Open
the photo dimage_4_bg_012706. Copy (Ctrl+C)
the photo (1) and paste
(Ctrl+V) the
copy on our main picture (2).
Close the downloaded photo ... the photo on the main picture should
still be activated.
Choose the Transform Tool (white hand) and flip the photo Horizontally (red arrow).
Right click the rotated photo, choose Properties/Position &
Size (3) and change the Position to:
Left: 113 (white arrow)/Top: 0 (should be already 0).
Click OK and keep the photo selected.
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Go
to Edit/Fade Out and use these settings:
Fill type: 6. (white hand)
Fill color: Two-color:
100% (red arrow) to 0 % (white arrow).
Click OK and keep the photo selected.
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Choose
the Pick tool (white hand), and change the Transparency of the
photo to 50 (red arrow).
Merge All.
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Open
your Easy Palette/Libraries (white hand) and double-click the mask
... tut_blend_016-mask (1), which
you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into the EP.
On the screenshot you can see that the mask applied on
the image (2).
Check that your background color fits your Blend - here
102/126/172 (red arrow), and push 1 x
the Delete button (alternatively - go to Edit/Fill/ Color and fill
with the color you want to use.)
Deselect the mask (spacebar).
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Adjust/Expand
Canvas/Expand
all sides equally (red arrow): 20 Pixels with the same color
(Background color) you used for the last mask.
Click OK.
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Right click/All, right click/Border,
and use these settings:
Border width: 1 (white hand)
Direction: Inward (red arrow)
Shape: Box and Anti-aliasing.
Click OK and keep the border selected. |
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Go to Edit/Fill/Color (white arrow) and fill the border with a
nice dark shade from your blend - here 4/17/55 (red arrows); Hex:
040B37 (white hand).
Deselect (spacebar).
Add
some text as you want, and your blend is finished :))
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Here's
the result in the original size :))
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it! A beautiful blend ... made with PI, two masks, 2 photos
and one background picture. HAVE FUN!!!
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If you need any help with
this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it -
please email
me!
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Copyright © inkl-Designs. All
rights reserved.
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