{"id":4063,"date":"2010-08-11T18:40:19","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T23:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/?p=4063"},"modified":"2010-08-11T18:40:19","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T23:40:19","slug":"how-to-digital-die-cut-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/how-to-digital-die-cut-title\/","title":{"rendered":"How-to: Digital ‘die-cut’ Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

ngg_shortcode_0_placeholdermichelle shefveland. everyday 6 papers<\/a>, click.masks 2<\/a>, stitchies sampler<\/a>, buttons&blooms<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

How about another quick how-to?! When I was creating this page with our new papers and Click.Masks, I wanted a speedy, yet creative title. Hmmm…a ‘die-cut’ chunky title cut out of the paper with an off-set border sounded fun (and cheaper than the paper cut replica!)<\/p>\n

Here’s how in Photoshop Elements. Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro would be almost identical.<\/p>\n

fyi…yes, as the layout shows I just got a Lensbaby 3G Control Freak lens. You can see some of my first captures on my photography site here<\/a>. Too fun!<\/p>\n

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  1. Open Photoshop Elements<\/li>\n
  2. Open paper<\/li>\n
  3. Open Click.Masks 2<\/li>\n
  4. Open photos<\/li>\n
  5. Drag photos and Click.Masks onto paper<\/li>\n
  6. Position photos above corresponding Click.Mask in layer palette.<\/li>\n
  7. Choose Layer>Group with Previous (Ctrl-G or Cmd-G on a Mac) to clip photo to mask.<\/li>\n
  8. Repeat step 7 for each photo. Image below shows layer palette of photos and Click.Masks. ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/li>\n
  9. Add desired elements<\/li>\n
  10. Select Type Tool.<\/li>\n
  11. Choose chunky font for fun title. I used MTF Pork Chop<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  12. Set type color to accent paper. I used color picker to pick up a green in the photos.<\/li>\n
  13. Type title in desired location on page. ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder<\/li>\n
  14. Select title layer in layer palette. Select title shape by pressing Ctrl-Click (Cmd-Click on Mac) on type thumbnail in layer palette. Should have dancing ants around the title shape. ngg_shortcode_3_placeholder<\/li>\n
  15. Select paper layer in layer palette. Copy\/Paste the shape selection with Ctrl-J shortcut (Cmd-J on a Mac). ngg_shortcode_4_placeholder<\/li>\n
  16. Select the new die-cut title layer right above the paper. ngg_shortcode_5_placeholder<\/li>\n
  17. Move die-cut shape to top layer by pressing Layer>Arrange>Bring to Front (Shift-Ctrl-J, Shift-Cmd-J on a Mac).ngg_shortcode_6_placeholder<\/li>\n
  18. Using arrow keys move this layer a tad to the left and top.<\/li>\n
  19. Done! ngg_shortcode_7_placeholder<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Keep learning! Michelle<\/p>\n


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    michelle shefveland. everyday 6 papers, click.masks 2, stitchies sampler, buttons&blooms How about another quick how-to?! When I was creating this page with our new papers and Click.Masks, I wanted a speedy, yet creative title. Hmmm…a ‘die-cut’ chunky title cut out of the paper with an off-set border sounded fun (and cheaper than the paper cut replica!) Here’s how in Photoshop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-inspiration","category-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4063"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4085,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063\/revisions\/4085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}