{"id":26493,"date":"2018-09-11T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T03:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/?p=26493"},"modified":"2018-09-10T21:13:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T04:13:03","slug":"tutorial-tuesday-photoshop-elements-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/2018\/09\/tutorial-tuesday-photoshop-elements-77\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Tuesday (Photoshop Elements)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making a Stylish Sandwich<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A few days ago I got a private message from Heidi1472<\/strong> wanting to know more about using styles. I linked her up to some of the tutorials wherein I’ve used styles, but then I thought, “Maybe I should do a quick tut about putting multiple styles on a single layer, because maybe people don’t know that’s a thing.” So here it is!<\/p>\n

First, does everybody know how to load styles into the Photoshop Elements<\/strong>? In Versions 12 and up<\/strong>, it’s super-easy. All you have to do is open the Styles menu<\/strong> on your workspace then click on the icon<\/strong> that looks like a stack of paper in the upper right corner. This sub-menu opens up. Click on Load Styles<\/strong> then find the folder holding the styles you want to use and it’ll do the rest.<\/p>\n

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I wanted to load the styles that Natasha<\/strong> of Ponytails Designs<\/strong> had created for the GingerScraps 10th Birthday MEGA<\/strong><\/a> collab Indian Summer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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So I found them in my stash and loaded them up. They’re BIG files, so they do take a few minutes. Don’t panic!<\/p>\n

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I had this great photo I found on Pixabay of some Amur maple leaves with some gorgeous bokeh in the background. So I decided to punch it up with a brush and a combo of styles.<\/p>\n

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I never did get to use the lovely brush Wendy<\/strong> of Neverland Scraps<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 created for us for the July 2018 Brush Challenge<\/strong><\/a>. It seemed perfect for this technique.<\/p>\n

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I created a new layer above my photo, shrunk the brush down a little to fit into the left-side area of bokeh and dropped it down. Then I added another layer, adjusted the angle of the brush and did it again. I ended up doing this process a total of 4 times. Putting each brush on its own layer lets me have a lot more creative control over what happens next.<\/p>\n

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Here’s what I mean about putting the brushes on their own layers.<\/p>\n

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Now it just looks like a bunch of fruit flies on a chunk of mango, but it’s not going to stay like that. See how most of the brush bits are inside the bokeh area?<\/p>\n

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Because I want the technique to highlight the bokeh and not the leaves, I went back and erased the bits of the brush that sit on top of the leaves, one layer at a time.<\/p>\n

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Then I made a copy<\/strong> of EVERY<\/span> brush layer. You can do it the hard way, selecting the layer, right-clicking on it, selecting Duplicate Layer<\/strong>, waiting for the pop-up then clicking on OK<\/strong>, or you can WSNH<\/strong> and just hit CTRL\/CMD>J<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In some spots, the brush still peeks out from behind the leaf, and that’s what I wanted. Then I hid all the COPY layers for later.<\/p>\n

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Now for the fun part! I clicked on the Styles<\/strong> button and found my GingerScraps Indian Summer glitter<\/strong> styles.<\/p>\n

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I started with my first brush layer and used the medium orange glitter style on the sparkles.<\/p>\n

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I let the colour and intensity of the bokeh guide my colour choices. The second brush set was over a lighter golden area so I went with the gold glitter.<\/p>\n

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The third (original) brush layer is in a darker area, so it got the darker orange glitter.<\/p>\n

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The brush at the top was over a darker area so it seemed the red glitter was right for it.<\/p>\n

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It looks really good, but where’s the layering part? I started unhiding the COPY<\/span> layers one at a time and applied a glitter style to each of them too.<\/p>\n

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For the most part, I put a lighter colour of glitter on top of each original layer. I also decreased the Opacity<\/strong> of the COPY<\/span> layers to 40%<\/strong>. That gives the brush layers a soft glow and a slightly different colour.<\/p>\n

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When I got to the red glitter layer, nothing looked right until I tried the GRAY glitter on the COPY layer.<\/p>\n

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You can see the red around the edges but it’s mostly covered up. But wait. I’m still going to decrease the layer’s Opacity<\/strong> to 40%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Voil\u00e0! A sort of ruby look to it now.<\/p>\n

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Oh but wait, we’re not done yet! I selected all the layers and Merged<\/strong> them together. (CTRL\/CMD>E<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

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If you’re a faithful reader of this tripe, then you know I still had another idea. So I made a copy of the merged brush layer.<\/p>\n

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I chose to use a soft yellow gloss style from Misty’s<\/strong> Miss Mis Designs<\/strong><\/a>‘s Hustle and Heart styles set<\/strong><\/a> (not shown). Then I again lowered the Opacity<\/strong> to 40%<\/strong>. It looked “okay”…<\/p>\n

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But when I moved that layer to underneath the glitter layer, it really gave a lovely glow to the brushes. I LOVE how it looks!!<\/p>\n

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Sadly, just as I was getting to the very tail end of my layout, my laptop crashed. So if you were hoping to see the final result, I’m afraid you’ll have to wait… I have to do it all over again, from the beginning…… and that’s gotta wait until after I play with y grandchildren for a few days. See ya next week!<\/p>\n

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