corner frams

"Discoduck" wrote in message

Hello,
I’m new to photoshop and have version CS2.
I figured out how to make corner frames (i.e. emulates looking like photos in a scrap book) but when I use the included corner frame, it ends up creating them so that a border exists between and along the corner bits and simply looks less real.
Am I clear enough? Please help?

Not really,
Are you using the "Photo corner action" that ships with CS? Open Actions palette if not open, alt+F9 and scroll down the list untill you see "Frames"
Click on the Frames triangle to expand it and find and highlight Photo Corners.
Choose your image and hit the play button on the Action palette tool bar.

TWK

On May 20, 3:17 am, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won > wrote:

"Discoduck" wrote in message

Hello,
I’m new to photoshop and have version CS2.
I figured out how to make corner frames (i.e. emulates looking like photos in a scrap book) but when I use the included corner frame, it ends up creating them so that a border exists between and along the corner bits and simply looks less real.
Am I clear enough? Please help?

Not really,
Are you using the "Photo corner action" that ships with CS? Open Actions palette if not open, alt+F9 and scroll down the list untill you see "Frames"
Click on the Frames triangle to expand it and find and highlight Photo Corners.
Choose your image and hit the play button on the Action palette tool bar.
TWK

Thank you, but that is exactly what I have been doing. But it ends up making another gray layer behind the photo, thereby causing those bars I tried describing. And it is that layer causing the issue. How can I get rid of it? I have deleted it, but then when I export the photo as a jpg, the background just comes out as white. So instead of having a photo looking like it’s in place by holders, it looks perfectly squire with triangular corners.

"Discoduck" wrote in message

On May 20, 3:17 am, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won > wrote:

"Discoduck" wrote in message

Hello,
I’m new to photoshop and have version CS2.
I figured out how to make corner frames (i.e. emulates looking like photos in a scrap book) but when I use the included corner frame, it ends up creating them so that a border exists between and along the corner bits and simply looks less real.
Am I clear enough? Please help?

Not really,
Are you using the "Photo corner action" that ships with CS? Open Actions palette if not open, alt+F9 and scroll down the list untill you
see "Frames"
Click on the Frames triangle to expand it and find and highlight Photo Corners.
Choose your image and hit the play button on the Action palette tool bar.
TWK

Thank you, but that is exactly what I have been doing. But it ends up making another gray layer behind the photo, thereby causing those bars I tried describing. And it is that layer causing the issue. How can I get rid of it? I have deleted it, but then when I export the photo as a jpg, the background just comes out as white. So instead of having a photo looking like it’s in place by holders, it looks perfectly squire with triangular corners.

D,

I have just tried the action and I get the original background image, a grey layer and a reduced in size image layer with the corners afixed. The grey layer is there to give some separation and maintain the illusion that the cornered image is fixed to an album page or similar. If you delete this layer you will jusy have a smaller image with corners floating on top of the original image layer.
What are you doing with final image? Do you want what was grey to be transparent? If so you need to rename the background layer as this does not support transperncy until you do (alt + click on the layer thumbnail) and then save your image as aGIF or better, a PNG file.

TWK

On May 20, 10:49 am, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won

wrote:
"Discoduck" wrote in message

On May 20, 3:17 am, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won > wrote:

"Discoduck" wrote in message

Hello,
I’m new to photoshop and have version CS2.
I figured out how to make corner frames (i.e. emulates looking like photos in a scrap book) but when I use the included corner frame, it ends up creating them so that a border exists between and along the corner bits and simply looks less real.
Am I clear enough? Please help?

Not really,
Are you using the "Photo corner action" that ships with CS? Open Actions palette if not open, alt+F9 and scroll down the list untill you
see "Frames"
Click on the Frames triangle to expand it and find and highlight Photo Corners.
Choose your image and hit the play button on the Action palette tool bar.

TWK

Thank you, but that is exactly what I have been doing. But it ends up making another gray layer behind the photo, thereby causing those bars I tried describing. And it is that layer causing the issue. How can I get rid of it? I have deleted it, but then when I export the photo as a jpg, the background just comes out as white. So instead of having a photo looking like it’s in place by holders, it looks perfectly squire with triangular corners.

D,

I have just tried the action and I get the original background image, a grey layer and a reduced in size image layer with the corners afixed. The grey layer is there to give some separation and maintain the illusion that the cornered image is fixed to an album page or similar. If you delete this layer you will jusy have a smaller image with corners floating on top of the original image layer.
What are you doing with final image? Do you want what was grey to be transparent? If so you need to rename the background layer as this does not support transperncy until you do (alt + click on the layer thumbnail) and then save your image as aGIF or better, a PNG file.

TWK

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Hi there,
That is exactly what I want. Thank you very much. I’m not following the logic of the gray giving any illusion, since it just looks like a square on a page (unless the background happens to be the same gray). I’ll give your help a try. thanks again.

On May 20, 10:49 am, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won

wrote:
"Discoduck" wrote in message

On May 20, 3:17 am, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won > wrote:

"Discoduck" wrote in message

Hello,
I’m new to photoshop and have version CS2.
I figured out how to make corner frames (i.e. emulates looking like photos in a scrap book) but when I use the included corner frame, it ends up creating them so that a border exists between and along the corner bits and simply looks less real.
Am I clear enough? Please help?

Not really,
Are you using the "Photo corner action" that ships with CS? Open Actions palette if not open, alt+F9 and scroll down the list untill you
see "Frames"
Click on the Frames triangle to expand it and find and highlight Photo Corners.
Choose your image and hit the play button on the Action palette tool bar.

TWK

Thank you, but that is exactly what I have been doing. But it ends up making another gray layer behind the photo, thereby causing those bars I tried describing. And it is that layer causing the issue. How can I get rid of it? I have deleted it, but then when I export the photo as a jpg, the background just comes out as white. So instead of having a photo looking like it’s in place by holders, it looks perfectly squire with triangular corners.

D,

I have just tried the action and I get the original background image, a grey layer and a reduced in size image layer with the corners afixed. The grey layer is there to give some separation and maintain the illusion that the cornered image is fixed to an album page or similar. If you delete this layer you will jusy have a smaller image with corners floating on top of the original image layer.
What are you doing with final image? Do you want what was grey to be transparent? If so you need to rename the background layer as this does not support transperncy until you do (alt + click on the layer thumbnail) and then save your image as aGIF or better, a PNG file.

TWK

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Since that seems to work I have another question I hope you don’t mind addressing, related to that. Is there a tool that allows me to change text colour automatically? You’ll understand what I mean when I tell you what I am trying to do.
I have a picture which has text over flowing throughout it. But of course colour change in the picture, often making the text more difficult to see and read. So is there a tool that change all those awkward text parts, automatically?

"Discoduck" wrote in message

On May 20, 10:49 am, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won

wrote:
"Discoduck" wrote in message

On May 20, 3:17 am, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won > wrote:

"Discoduck" wrote in message

Hello,
I’m new to photoshop and have version CS2.
I figured out how to make corner frames (i.e. emulates looking like photos in a scrap book) but when I use the included corner frame, it ends up creating them so that a border exists between and along the corner bits and simply looks less real.
Am I clear enough? Please help?

Not really,
Are you using the "Photo corner action" that ships with CS? Open Actions palette if not open, alt+F9 and scroll down the list untill
you
see "Frames"
Click on the Frames triangle to expand it and find and highlight Photo Corners.
Choose your image and hit the play button on the Action palette tool bar.

TWK

Thank you, but that is exactly what I have been doing. But it ends up making another gray layer behind the photo, thereby causing those bars I tried describing. And it is that layer causing the issue. How can I get rid of it? I have deleted it, but then when I export the photo as a jpg, the background just comes out as white. So instead of having a photo looking like it’s in place by holders, it looks perfectly squire with triangular corners.

D,

I have just tried the action and I get the original background image, a grey
layer and a reduced in size image layer with the corners afixed. The grey layer is there to give some separation and maintain the illusion that the cornered image is fixed to an album page or similar. If you delete this layer you will jusy have a smaller image with corners floating on top of the original image layer.
What are you doing with final image? Do you want what was grey to be transparent? If so you need to rename the background layer as this does not
support transperncy until you do (alt + click on the layer thumbnail) and then save your image as aGIF or better, a PNG file.

TWK

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Since that seems to work I have another question I hope you don’t mind addressing, related to that. Is there a tool that allows me to change text colour automatically? You’ll understand what I mean when I tell you what I am trying to do.
I have a picture which has text over flowing throughout it. But of course colour change in the picture, often making the text more difficult to see and read. So is there a tool that change all those awkward text parts, automatically?

D,

I know what you mean this time 😉
When I have had a similar problem and I didn’t fancy changing each character manually, I changed the blending mode of the text layer to either Difference or Exclusion. Success depends on original text and background colours. Giving the text layer a style can also help, experiment with the glows again set to diff or exc.
If you are interested in framing (and other) actions have a look at the following site
http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task =category&sectionid=4&id=13&Itemid=27>

Have fun!
TWK

You were a great help last time. I have another issue now, likely due to my inexperience.
I have a pamphlet I wish to be several pages long. The text (tat I addressed before) I wish to be on top of the images but SPAN multiple pages. Right now the only way I can do this is cutting text off on each page, and continuing to the next. But if change anything it can throw the entire thing (font size, etc) out of wack and I have to edit the text again on each page.

Actually when I think about it, so far I’ve had to create a separate file for each page of the book. Is that normal?

Suggestions?