{"id":57932,"date":"2025-07-29T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/?p=57932"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:35:38","slug":"tutorial-tuesday-photoshop-elements-251","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/2025\/07\/tutorial-tuesday-photoshop-elements-251\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Tuesday (Photoshop Elements)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quick Trick: Twisted Template\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What do you do when you really want to create a layout, can see it in your head, want to use a template but don’t have one that matches the layout you see in your mind’s eye? You alter one to give you what you want! Let me show you.<\/p>\n

I had a vision of how I wanted to use some seaside photos I took on my first trip to Ireland. I wanted a blended\/masked area for the lighthouse and two horizontal photo spots for the other photos I wanted to include. I went through my templates, using the keyword search technique I shared with you many tutorials ago. But alas, I didn’t have anything in the dozens and dozens I looked at that would work. But I DID find one that could be twisted to my purposes, so I went with it.<\/p>\n

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This is what I chose. It’s from JB Studios’ JDoubleU V.29<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. It doesn’t have a blended\/masked area, but it does have potential white space where I could add one. And the photo spots are vertical, but that’s fixable too!<\/p>\n

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The first thing I did was to decide how I wanted the page to be oriented, then made some decisions about how to get there. I clicked on Image>Rotate>Flip Vertical<\/strong>. (I know… still not horizontal, but give me a minute!)<\/p>\n

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Here’s how I got them oriented correctly. Image>Rotate>90\u00b0 Left<\/strong>. There’s still no white space for my masked photo, but don’t worry! It’s coming!<\/p>\n

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But first, I had to put the clusters toward the centre of the page, not the left edge. So I clicked Image>Rotate>Flip Horizontal<\/strong>. Getting close now!<\/p>\n

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I decided there were some elements there that I wasn’t going to use, so I just made them invisible. Now I can get things sorted.<\/p>\n

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I wanted to move that entire centre block of photos and elements over to the left of the page. I could do it one item at a time, but that’s not my schtick! So I Selected<\/strong> all the layers I want to shift by holding down the CTRL\/CMD<\/strong> key and clicking on each layer, one at a time. It sounds time-consuming but it takes little more than a minute or two. I kept one eye on the Bounding Box<\/strong> so I could avoid including things I didn’t want in there. Once I had all the desired layers Selected<\/strong>, I just… moved them over!<\/p>\n

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I also nudged it up a bit. The cluster in the upper left corner could stay there, but I don’t think that’s what I want. I’d like to have a cluster in the lower RIGHT corner!<\/p>\n

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So I used the same process to Select<\/strong> all the layers there, and moved it too. There was one random little flower left out in the field, so I moved it down. Now to create a layout…<\/p>\n

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I used a mask from Prelestnaya-P, who was a GingerScraps<\/strong><\/span> designer once upon a time but isn’t currently. You might notice that the lower of the two horizontal photos has been made a bit wider; I wanted more of the waterfront in there. I’m quite pleased with the result. It looks nothing like the original template, and it was easy to achieve!<\/p>\n

The next time you hear from me, it’ll be Designer Spotlight<\/strong><\/span> time again! August’s a two-fer and you’re going to love what I learned about these two ladies. See you later!<\/p>\n

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