I hardly ever had fun homework like this when I was a kid. This is my work from the second Out-of-Bounds Class. In the first session, we learned how to create an OOB photo effect using a so-called destructive method.
We outlined the portions of the photo that would go beyond the frame and then copied them to new layers. It’s kind of like creating a puzzle. Make a frame. Outline and copy the part of the photo that will be within the frame. Then copy all the parts that will reach out of the frame and move them above the photo frame so the picture looks seamless.
Problem with a destructive method like this is that if you make your cuts and later decide you should have cut out more of the image, you have to start all over again. Just like with paper and scissors.
For the second class we learned a non-destructive method: using a layer mask. When you put a mask over a photo and then work on the mask, you use a digital brush loaded with white to reveal the parts you want to see and black to conceal them. You can go back and forth – reveal … oops, conceal … no, don’t like that … reveal again and so forth.
My layout was done using Photoshop CS3 and graphic design products by the following Scrap Girls designers: Angie Briggs, Brandy Hackman, Brandy Murry, Brandie Valenzuela, Erica Hite, Melissa Renfro, Mandy Steward and Paula Wright.
I made the lobster sticker embellishment using art from the Print Shop art gallery.
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