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Sample – Photo Mask

January 19, 2021June 15, 2014 by Cassel

I ran the script a few times until i got a simple edge that was then turned into a mask. Here is that mask, in black and white (and grey).

You can use this mask in Paintshop Pro but also in other programs, like Photoshop and Photoshop Element.

What will you do with it? Show us a layout or a project you make using this mask.

I know this will be downloaded by a lot of viewers. Are you just going to let it gather digital dust?

Comment below if you want, with a link to your blog or your gallery so we can see it, or you can post it on our Pinterest board!

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A while ago, as i was looking through galleries, i noticed that some scrappers are using masks to add a fun edge around their photos. That gave me the idea to try making a mask for my own photo, but i had a hard time figuring something “different” and i wished i had a way to randomize my effects.

Randomization is a great function that can be coded into scripts, so i thought a script was going to help me. And it did.

This script will use several regular effects in Paintshop Pro and combine them to create unique edges around photo AND has the additional function to create the mask in a black and white image so that the exact same effect could be obtained with another photo if needed.

Initially, this script was only working on a regular full size image, but i know that some interesting masks are not rectangular, but round, elliptic or in any other shape. In addition, the focus is not always in the center so this script allows you to make a selection where you want the focus to be, if it is not in the center.

See other examples of photo edges and matching masks can be generated with this script.

Isn’t that interesting that you will get the mask based on the photo edge instead of the other way around?

Go grab this unique script in the store: Photo-Masks. It will be on sale until Tuesday, June 17th.

Do you want a chance to win this script? Check out this thread in the DST forum and add your name to the thread, while answering the question in the opening post. I’ll be back next week with the name of a winner.

Alpha-Tokens digits

January 19, 2021June 7, 2014 by Cassel

Everyone loves numbers. You can obviously use digits to write a date, you can use it to identify an anniversary or a birthday. You can use it to make a list of the 10 things you like or the 5 places you want to visit. You can use them to count elements or people in a particular photo or at a particular event.

Using the Alpha-Tokens script, i created this set of digits (with a few useful symbols if you want to write a date).

I used the font called Curlz MT. It is a fun and curly font and a wooden base.

Each token is 600 pixels in size so you can size it down if you need to.

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In this example, i created a little eyelet with the vector tool, in white and then, applied a Super Blade Pro gold effect. I made a hole in the tokens themselves too. The string was done with using a Twisted Rope tube on a vector path with the Vector Tube script. Then, in order to “thread” the rope in and out of the eyelet, i used the simple interlacing technique illustrated in this tutorial.

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New Script – Alpha-Tokens

June 7, 2014June 6, 2014 by Cassel

Wooden or plastic tokens are a fun variation on tags to place letters or numbers. Having them cut out of the token is another fun change.

Although one can probably easily create a cutout from any shape or material token, it quickly becomes tedious to create several for a whole alphabet or a date with 8 digits.

This PSP Script will let you create a whole alpha, with any font you want, on any type of token you want, round or square, with or without a decorative edge.

You can also create blanks (if you want to add a painted effect) or others with designs on them, like preset shapes or hand drawn ones.

Although you can, in theory, use any font, some of them might not give a great result. This is the case if you have a font that is excessively tall or wide. The script will try to resize the height or the width, but if the other measurement is a lot more important, the resizing will not yield a suitable result.

You can grab this fun script in the store: Alpha-Tokens script.

Twisted Text – Sampler

January 19, 2021June 1, 2014 by Cassel

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Using a kid like font and three primary colors, i created this fun series of digits using the Twisted Text script.

This series is about 900 pixels long, so you can repeat it over and over again around a photo or a layout for a kid related theme layout or even a school themed layout.

Each digit is well separated so you can also cut some out and use the individual digits separately if you prefer. Why not?

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New script – Twisted Text

May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 by Cassel

Although we often like to have regularly placed and perfectly aligned text, on some occasions we really want something funky and irregular. Do you know how to place each letter individually to create a funky text?

One method will require you to type one letter at the time, and rotate it and move it. Then repeat for the second letter, and the third. It is not hard, but it is definitely time consuming especially if you have more than just a handful of letters.

The other method is to type your text, normally, and then go with Objects > Convert Text to Curves > As Character Shapes. This will separate individual characters and convert them to shapes. Although they would remain as vector objects, they lose their Text properties: you can no longer change the font.

Finally, the third method is using this PSP script. In fact, the script will use the first method for you but much much faster. You can choose any text (any length), any font, any color (or even a gradient or a pattern), you choose how much rotation and displacement you want, and if you want to have the colors (in case you picked more than one) to appear in sequence (like in the alphabet in the preview) or in random order (like in the “Suzanne” of the preview).

Each letter is left, at the end, as individual vector objects, and still as text so you can, if you want, change the font for one or some letters/characters. You can also change the colors if you want or rearrange the letters. In fact, you can just use the randomly rotated letters and place them all around your layout if you prefer; no need to keep them in line either!

Grab this time saving script and have fun with Twisted Text.

If you want to learn how to create that kind of effect, manually (hopefully for only a handful of letters) and other fun text tricks, check out the Texting Again Master Class in the Scrapbook Campus.

Multi-Photo Frame – Sampler

January 19, 2021May 24, 2014 by Cassel

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What would you do with a multi-photo frame? Here is one such frame created with the Multi-Photo Frame PSP script. Each photo placeholder is 600x800 pixels, which would match a 3x4 inch photo (just resized).

All the layers are left unmerged (including the shadows), so if you prefer to combine two adjacent photos into a larger one, you can do it on another layer, and remove the initial two.

How about removing the middle placeholder and have the photo under the white mat? Yes, you can do it as there is a hole hidden under that placeholder, complete with its shadow too!

This frame is in PSD format, so even non-PSP users can play with it.

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What will you do with this? Show us. You can either post in the comments below, or on the FB page HERE, or pin on our Pinterest PSP Scrapbook Pages board.

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New script – Multi-Photo Frame

May 24, 2014May 23, 2014 by Cassel

In many situations, one would like to have multiple photos in a single frame. Maybe you want to have all 12 school pictures of your child, or one photo for each of your 3 kids, or a calendar of 30 photos for a month. Whatever the purpose of a multi-photo frame, it is fairly easy to do, BUT it is tedious.

To get a perfectly aligned set of photos, you need to use guides, many guides, especially if you also want to have the spacing even.

This PSP script will take the aligning, and measuring task off your hands. Simply start with a single image in the size you want the photo placeholders to be, choose how many rows and how many photos per row, the spacing and the size of the mat and watch it do all the work for you. Go grab a coffee and it will be done when you come back.

The script will create everything on separate layers, including the shadows. And if you don’t want the photos to be on top of the white section, no problem. That white section is actually a mat with matching holes so if you remove the photo placeholders, you will still get a multi-photo frame, where you can slip a photo or many photos underneath (and that mat also has a drop shadow!).

One additional detail you MIGHT have noticed: this is CU4CU, meaning you CAN create templates for CU purpose.

Grab this time saving script: Multi-photo frame script.

You can change the spacing and the size of the outer mat to get completely different frames, even if you are using the same placeholder size. And since everything is on a separate layer, you can always tweak the result, remove some placeholders, replace others for a completely new look.

What would you use such a frame for? Tell me in this thread, and you will get a chance to win this script.

What is a resolution?

May 18, 2014 by Cassel

Have you seen those mentions of 72ppi, 200ppi, 300ppi and wonder what they are?

Check out the detailed explanation on what “Resolution” means in your graphic projects and how it can affect (or not affect) your work.

READ ABOUT IT.

New script – Worn overlay

January 19, 2021May 16, 2014 by Cassel

I have looked through my stash of overlays and although i have a pretty good number of them, i always feel like i don’t have the one i want. I have lots of standard size and shape ones, but they are a bit awkward to use on a different shape element, especially if the edges are worn too.

So this script for Paintshop Pro was created. It will use any shape you have, any size. This means that you can have a photo in an odd format, you can have a frame, you can even have individual letters for an alpha and the script will create something exactly for that shape.

And with the random feature, every run will give you something different, even for the same starting element. Isn’t that fun? That means that if the script gives you a particular overlay and you don’t like it, simply undo it, and run it again, and you will get something else. Repeat until you have something you like. It is so fast, that you can run the script 10 times in the time it would take you to create a single overlay, manually.

Grab this script in my store: Worn Overlay script.

See a couple of examples of other results, one with a photo and one with a simple arrow to be use in a project.

Let’s have a closer look at what this script can create. I started with a simple tag shape, in grey. I left it in vector format as the script knows what to do with it (meaning, if it is a vector, it converts it to a raster to continue). I ran the script 4 times on the same image. Since the image was less than 1000x1000 pixels, it worked on a resized version of the image (because the effect, done on a smaller image is not as good). However, the script is smart enough to resize the overlay once it is created so it will match the starting element.

On 3 runs, i asked to have an obviously worn border, so you can see the white edge. On the last run, i chose not to have an obvious border. It still adds a faint edge in some spots, but it is definitely not as obvious as the other three!

All four overlays AND the base tags are included in the zip file, so you can use the tag shape as a template and just layer the overlay. Then, it is up to you how you want to “merge” them. Depending on the color or pattern of the tag, you can darken the overlays and make them black, or you can use a blend mode. Also, since they all fit on the same shape, you can even layer more than one overlay for an even more tattered look!

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