"Composite Image Possibilities" (Masking)

[debngar Profile Private message]

Have you ever wanted to cover up a portion of an image, say for instance, and then superimpose/blend another image on top?

You can utilize gradient masks in Producer to create your own custom slideshow images.

Here is a simple demonstration of how this can be done.

"Composite Image Possibilities" 1:10 min

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewsho ... alb=127032

Debbie

(The user needs a basic working knowledge of Producer to follow along and make use of this tutorial.)

[57Corvette Profile Private messageWebsite]

Good stuff Debbie .......... Thanks

Bob

[debngar Profile Private message]

Thanks Bob.

I like to find ways to take advantage of Producer's capabilities without using something like Photoshop if possible.

Now that we have a specific tutorial section I thought I'd re-post the links here to some of these short tutorials.

I don't use voice over audio so I hope hope people can follow them ok.

Debbie

[dcbyrne Profile Private message]

I can follow them very well Debbie. Thanks for the education in Producer. These tutorials are very helpful to me and I appreciate you doing them for someone like myself who is still learning this program.

Regards,
Douglas

[marmart Profile Private message]

Thanks Debbie! Simple but great technique-thanks for sharing!

Peace,

Mary

[twodoor55 Profile Private message]

Thanks for sharing that idea Debbie, it was great

[Penny47 Profile Private message]

Thanks Debbie,
What a great idea, I think I can follow it. It just takes me a little longer to work it out, but I usually get there in the end. For me to be able to use PSP rather than Photoshop is great as I have only learnt about 5% of Photoshop if that. So thanks again it looks great and I am now going to try it out.

Cheers Penny

[flyrobynfly Profile Private message]

Thanks Debbie, its much appreciated, it's not only a great trick but you inspired an idea in me, since I have no pics of my great grandparents together, I'm going to try that technique and put them together in the same pic without having to use photoshop!

[HunnyB Profile Private message]

THANKS. That was short and sweet and easy to follow!!!

HunnyB

[debngar Profile Private message]

You are all welcome.

So now let's see some shows where you have put that to use. LOL

I think it's interesting how each person puts their spin on things!

Debbie

[PhotoMagicCreations Profile Private message]

What a great technique. Thanks for not only telling us the idea, but showing how to do it. Great job.

Kelly

[debngar Profile Private message]

Kelly,

I really cannot take the credit as it's not my idea. I was just trying to present how to do this in a way people might be able to grasp. It took me a while to "get" the gradient mask thing in Producer. I think if I had a visual like this, it would have come to me a lot quicker.

This was inspired by another show I saw. What is interesting to me is that the possibilities are so many. If you have a lot of different images, you might be able to make some really interesting combinations with them.

I thought I might mention too that I used the colorize feature in Producer to turn the images to sepia. The image on the left you may already recognize. It is actually a B&W image from Photodex's content backgrounds folder. The other is a color photo I took one day of an old building in the California gold country area. I think Producer did a good job matching them.

Debbie

[pwholmes Profile Private message]

Excellant!

Paul Holmes

[jeanc Profile Private message]

Debbie, thanks so much for sharing with us. I especially like this one!

Smiles,
Jean

[Camlork Profile Private message]

Hi Debbie

First thing that cught my eye after returning from Vacation - something to get the creative juices flowing - thanks for sharing

Ted