Tip - 11/8 - Some hints for using the "Schmootzy Frames" :)

[angedawn]

Today I was using Nancie's Schmootzy Frames on a layout I was creating, and I realized that there are some tips to using these frames that might be good for Tip Tuesday.

First, if your frame is not in the same dimensions as the photo you are wanting to use them on, go into the Brush Pallette and click on Brush Tip Shape. The "Roundness" setting in here can be used to adjust the proportions of the frame.

Also, if you go to your eraser tool and have the mode set to Brush, you can use these frame brushes to get some neat erased out effects with them as well.

OK - just two quick options for using these frames that make them a little more versatile! :)

Have a great week!

[Tiffbrady]

Thanks Ange,

I remember talking to you about these Schmootzy Frames and since then I thought of another way to erase the edges of your photo with them.

First put the frame over your photo and size it how you like
Then right click on the frame layer and hit Select transperancy
Then click on your photo layer and hit delete
Now just deselect and change your frames opacity to zero!

You're the one that taught me this little trick with doing font work so I hope this helps!

Tiff

[Vania16]

Great tips guys! The only tip I have is "use them on every layout" :) I can't stop using those things LOL!

[DianneRigdon]

I just like to say "schmootzy" - schmootzy schmootzy schmootzy! Hehe.

I enjoyed your tips and have a couple to share. I played with the frames a bit last week. For a fun look, try adding a outer glow layer style to them in a color complimentary to your layout. I also tried two other things. One was placing the frame carefully over a double mat so that the thinner outer mat hit the frame just right and gave it some extra highlighting. The other, I actually painted on a layer below (in addition to using the outer glow) and then blurred the painting so it just added to or complimented the glow without overpowering the frame. It just highlighted the frame so nicely.

[mom2maddy]

Thanks, Tiff, for the tip. I liked the erased edge effect and it was driving me crazy that I could not adjust the size of the frame when using the eraser tool. I know how to do it if it is used with the brush tool, but not with the eraser. This was great at getting around the problem with the eraser tool. Thanks!

P.S. What's the trick with the font work you mentioned? Please share!

Paula

[scrappinmamacita]

awesome thanks for the tips I love those frames!!!

[mphoinix]

Hello:
I'm confuse from Diane's tips the thinner mat. Hod you create a thin mat? and the outer glow. Any tips for psp?
Thanks
Maggie

[DianneRigdon]

Sorry Maggie my tips are for Photoshop, but you should be able to approximate them in psp. By thinner frame, I meant an open box that was in the layer beneath the schmootzy frame. Outerglow is a layer style in photoshop that adds a sort of colored shadow or "glow" around an element. I don't remember that psp has a similar effect, but you could simulate it, perhaps, by duplicating the schmootzy layer, applying a large blur to the lower layer and then colorizing that same layer in a color that is contrasting color the background of your layout. Wish I could be of more help!