December Daily : Day Five
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Today's December Daily focuses on some shots I took around the house. The foundation for the page is a baseball card page protector that I cut to size to fit in my album.
A couple people mentioned in the comments yesterday that they were happy to see that I was not strictly adhering to content that happened on that particular day (re: seeing Santa in November and including it yesterday). My goal with this project is to capture and document the season. The photos I am using for today's entry were taken on Thursday...it all goes together just fine and in the end will be a look at the entire season of celebration.
One of the requests I often receive is asking for directions on how to put together a gathering of photos in Photoshop. This gathering can be printed out and used all together on a project or printed out & cut up before adhering (saving paper by printing them all on one sheet).
1. Open a new canvas/document in Photoshop. I usually do 8x10 inches at 300 dpi.
2. Open your first photo. Resize + crop each photo. For me (in Photoshop CS3) this entails going to Image/Image Size where I change the resolution to 300 dpi and, for these pockets, I set the height to 3.5 inches. Setting the height first allows me to get the most content from my original image rather than cropping first. From there I use the crop tool to select an area of the photo that is 2.5 inches wide (use the rulers as a guide) and then move it around on the photo (in this case to the left or to the right) to select the area I want to feature and hit enter to crop.
3. Move the photo to a new canvas (300 dpi, 8x10 inches) that can accommodate all six photos (or more). I simply drag and drop the photo onto the new canvas using the move tool.
4. Repeat #2 and #3 for the other photos you want to include.
5. Print.
I cropped my photos using my Fiskars trimmer and adhered them back to back so I ended up with three glued back to back to slip into the pockets (see completed image below).
[ See & Stamp Jumbo Uppercase Alphabet Stamps
(large alphabet stamps), Hero Arts Basic Uppercase (small alphabet stamps), Fontwerks Dotted Arrow Stamp, Art Warehouse Dear Santa patterned paper ]
Here's the before photo:
[ Baseball card page protector cut to size - look for these at a local office supply store; Every Jot + Title Red Circle Numbers ]
Celebrate the season.Read more about the concept of a December Daily Album and links to all related posts here. See many more examples from participants in the Flickr December Daily Group.
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Love this project. Love that you took time out of your weekend to spend with your "peeps". Love that I don't let the day go by without journaling. Love a day that includes me learning how to do something with Photoshop.
Thanks, Mac
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Ali, I thought of you today when I was indulging my passion at my favorite used book store. They had all Christmas books half-price and when I saw one called "Santa Remembered," an old Leisure Arts book, I said, "Ali would love this!" My next thought was I had to scan a couple of the wonderful color illustrations to put into my December Days book. I could not resist another bargain--for 50 cents I got a paperback by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It is "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus." Definitely something to document today, along with a photo (not done yet). These will go in MY book basket. And, I am definitely having fun with my December book--although I fear I'm spending too much time on it.Adding that I was on the same wave link re: small photos around the house (mine are decorations) in baseball card protectors. Have a great weekend and I'll tune in tomorrow.
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Beautiful pics! Hope you are enjoying the weekend! :)
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You WON a Fabulous Blogger Award...see my blog for details: http://unforgettable-peggraham.blogspot.com/
hugs-Peg
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Thank you for sharing your Photoshop tip. I will certainly try that one of these December days. Your album is taking so many interesting twists and turns this year. I love opening your blog each day!
This project is so much fun! I look so forward to working on it each day. It's become a "Daily Essential" (great class).
Thank you for all you give us. I hope I can do something for you someday... or at least pay-it-forward in some way.
Joni
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What a super idea to put the small pictures in a cut down baseball card protector. You just gave me the answer to how to put more pictures on a day. I love this.
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Like it a lot - need to learn this in photo shop.
Thanks for posting
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Bless your heart for ALWAYS giving such detailed descriptions on how your create things and what you've used! You are such a lovely woman to be kind enough to take the time to share your God-given talents!! Merry Christmas!!! And thank you!!
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I love the page! Plus the circle #6 card is terrific!
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hi ali, hope you're well. congratulations on your pregnancy! im prego too, only 3 months... your decorations are beautiful. where did you get your doormat? feel good!
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