I Need A Tutorial...

[Jaggz]

I am looking for a tutorial (or some help doing it) that will teach me how to create a layered psd file with the photo borders and etc...with my logo (initials) already in place, where I can just drop the edited image into and Save As....make sense?

Jake~

[Sonny]

lemme see what I can find

[Jaggz]

Here's the best I have come up with:

1. Create a new document with a transparent background.
2. Apply background color (image, etc...) on new layer.
3. Using selection tool sized at appropriate size for the image - make selection and press "Delete".
4. Apply layer style (stroke, drop shadow, etc...).
5. Put text/logo on new layer.


That's kind of where I am at now. I hope to have something to show soon!

[Sonny]

[Jaggz]

Here's what I came up...

[mramos]

Thanks Jake, just made me one. Know I need it as an action where it will take the picture, fit it to the size of the opening, and than resize . Thanks again for the tutorial.

[Jaggz]

Yep... I need that too! I'm still searching for the best way to do that! Let me know if you find something on it...please!

[fstops]

jake-if you paln to do this often. check this link out
http://www.autofx.com/products/PGE/detail.html

[Wil_Bloodworth]

I spent all of Sunday creating actions to do just that. It is quite time consuming to make an action that is generic and will work 100% of the time.

- Wil

[J Eddington]

It is a way down in his blog but Cory discusses putting a frame and logo on his photographs for the web.

http://corysphotoschool.blogspot.com/

[Jaggz]

I know this is a tedious project...but I have to have a better way to "streamline" the workflow and put something better out there visually. Thanks Janice for the link...I'm gonna have to go do some reading as there is a ton of info on that blog!

[J Eddington]

Originally Posted by Jaggz

I know this is a tedious project...but I have to have a better way to "streamline" the workflow and put something better out there visually. Thanks Janice for the link...I'm gonna have to go do some reading as there is a ton of info on that blog!

I spent 5 hours trying to follow his directions and got noda. BUT i am PS clueless. If I could just figure out how to save my logo with no background I would have it made.

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Janice,

You need to create your logo with a transparent background. Then, it can sit on top of other layers and only overwrite the parts that it is intended to.

- Wil

[Norma_S]

I use Ditto for this for images to be posted on the web. Once you create a template, it's a one click process to do this from within Bridge.

One of my templates adds borders and shading to create a frame and then applies my logo anchored to the lower right corner that is sized according to a percentage of the image. I have created another template to do the same thing but apply the logo to the lower left corner instead. You can add effects to the logo including adjusting the transparency. This is assuming that you have already created a logo with a transparent background as described above.

Here's an example:


Norma

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by Norma_S

I use Ditto for this for images to be posted on the web. Once you create a template, it's a one click process to do this from within Bridge.

One of my templates adds borders and shading to create a frame and then applies my logo anchored to the lower right corner that is sized according to a percentage of the image. I have created another template to do the same thing but apply the logo to the lower left corner instead. You can add effects to the logo including adjusting the transparency. This is assuming that you have already created a logo with a transparent background as described above.

Here's an example:


Norma

Another member suggested Ditto to me months ago. Needless to say I failed miserably trying to use it. There's not much if any "How-to" literature on that software.

It sounds really great, just wish I could learn to use it.