1 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:05,620 Welcome to class, I'm so glad you're 2 00:00:05,620 --> 00:00:07,881 here. I truly believe digital 3 00:00:07,881 --> 00:00:10,491 scrapbooking is at its best when it's 4 00:00:10,491 --> 00:00:13,101 fun, relaxed, and free from too much 5 00:00:13,101 --> 00:00:15,711 technical stress. I can't wait to cheer 6 00:00:15,711 --> 00:00:18,694 you on as you explore, play, and discover 7 00:00:18,694 --> 00:00:21,304 what you can create. We'll keep things 8 00:00:21,304 --> 00:00:23,541 light, enjoyable, and full of creative 9 00:00:23,541 --> 00:00:26,524 joy every step of the way. So let's 10 00:00:26,524 --> 00:00:29,205 get started. A popular 11 00:00:29,205 --> 00:00:31,987 element that can be found in many kits 12 00:00:31,987 --> 00:00:34,766 is washi tape. I love using washi 13 00:00:34,766 --> 00:00:37,759 tape in real life projects because it's a 14 00:00:37,759 --> 00:00:40,377 bit translucent and it doesn't have the 15 00:00:40,377 --> 00:00:42,995 same amount of adhesion as regular or 16 00:00:42,995 --> 00:00:45,614 masking tape, so it can be easily 17 00:00:45,614 --> 00:00:48,534 repositioned, which I love. In the 18 00:00:48,534 --> 00:00:51,136 first two lessons of this class, we're 19 00:00:51,136 --> 00:00:53,738 going to use washi tape in unexpected 20 00:00:53,738 --> 00:00:56,385 ways. I'm in advanced 21 00:00:56,385 --> 00:00:59,214 mode of Photoshop Elements and I've 22 00:00:59,214 --> 00:01:01,572 already opened the border template 23 00:01:01,572 --> 00:01:03,930 document from the class files. 24 00:01:04,870 --> 00:01:07,740 Made a duplicate copy and closed the 25 00:01:07,740 --> 00:01:10,515 original. I've also opened the 26 00:01:10,515 --> 00:01:13,043 washi tape document from the class files. 27 00:01:13,043 --> 00:01:15,572 This document contains all the washi tape 28 00:01:15,572 --> 00:01:18,100 elements that will be using in this 29 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:20,990 lesson and the next. That way we don't 30 00:01:20,990 --> 00:01:23,519 have to open a bunch of separate 31 00:01:23,519 --> 00:01:25,686 elements. But I have included the 32 00:01:25,686 --> 00:01:28,214 separate washi PNG files in the class 33 00:01:28,214 --> 00:01:31,104 files if you would rather use them that 34 00:01:31,104 --> 00:01:32,910 way or for future use. 35 00:01:33,870 --> 00:01:35,935 Now there's no need to make a duplicate 36 00:01:35,935 --> 00:01:37,743 copy of the washi tape document, because 37 00:01:37,743 --> 00:01:39,550 we'll just close it when we're done. 38 00:01:40,890 --> 00:01:43,639 OK, activate the border template document 39 00:01:43,639 --> 00:01:45,930 and get the Move tool. 40 00:01:46,470 --> 00:01:49,382 And let's tile our two document tabs so 41 00:01:49,382 --> 00:01:52,294 that it's easier to drag our washi tape 42 00:01:52,294 --> 00:01:55,120 to the template document. In 43 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,560 the Menu Bar, choose 44 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,390 Window > Images > Tile. 45 00:02:00,470 --> 00:02:03,352 Next, hover your cursor between the tabs 46 00:02:03,352 --> 00:02:06,235 of the two document windows until a 47 00:02:06,235 --> 00:02:09,117 double arrow appears, and then drag the 48 00:02:09,117 --> 00:02:11,999 washi tape window to the right until 49 00:02:11,999 --> 00:02:14,470 the entire template document is visible. 50 00:02:15,030 --> 00:02:17,761 And you can use the scroll bar at 51 00:02:17,761 --> 00:02:20,493 the bottom of the washi tape document to 52 00:02:20,493 --> 00:02:22,883 reposition your document so that all the 53 00:02:22,883 --> 00:02:25,781 tape is visible as well. To 54 00:02:25,781 --> 00:02:28,514 make things easier while adding our washi 55 00:02:28,514 --> 00:02:31,247 tape to our template, open the Tool O 56 00:02:31,247 --> 00:02:33,590 ptions and check Auto Select Layer. 57 00:02:34,510 --> 00:02:36,670 We usually have this unchecked during our 58 00:02:36,670 --> 00:02:39,447 lessons, but it will cut down on time in 59 00:02:39,447 --> 00:02:41,916 this lesson and you'll see what I mean 60 00:02:41,916 --> 00:02:44,734 here in a bit. The washi tape 61 00:02:44,734 --> 00:02:47,251 elements are in the order. We'll use them 62 00:02:47,251 --> 00:02:49,967 in the next lesson. Make it easy. 63 00:02:49,967 --> 00:02:52,539 We'll add the tapes in the same order to 64 00:02:52,539 --> 00:02:54,824 our template and then move them around a 65 00:02:54,824 --> 00:02:57,515 bit. First, let's activate the B 66 00:02:57,515 --> 00:02:59,742 ackground layer of our template document. 67 00:02:59,742 --> 00:03:02,340 Click with your mouse somewhere on the 68 00:03:02,340 --> 00:03:04,196 white background of the template 69 00:03:04,196 --> 00:03:06,795 document, and then Right click or Control 70 00:03:06,795 --> 00:03:09,764 click on a Mac roughly in the same 71 00:03:09,764 --> 00:03:12,734 spot, and a contextual menu with a list 72 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:15,417 of layers will pop up. Go 73 00:03:15,417 --> 00:03:17,497 ahead and choose Background and voila, 74 00:03:17,497 --> 00:03:20,270 now you can see that the Background layer 75 00:03:20,270 --> 00:03:22,350 is active in the Layers panel. 76 00:03:22,990 --> 00:03:25,840 I use this trick all the time to 77 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,622 activate specific layers without having 78 00:03:27,622 --> 00:03:30,115 to navigate the Layers panel. This saves 79 00:03:30,115 --> 00:03:32,609 me so much time, especially when I'm 80 00:03:32,609 --> 00:03:35,459 working with a lot of layers now. This 81 00:03:35,459 --> 00:03:38,310 only works when you have the Move tool 82 00:03:38,310 --> 00:03:40,091 active. Otherwise the contextual menu 83 00:03:40,091 --> 00:03:42,585 will show options for whatever tool you 84 00:03:42,585 --> 00:03:45,435 have active, which is also cool and very 85 00:03:45,435 --> 00:03:48,285 handy. Now it's time to add the washi 86 00:03:48,285 --> 00:03:51,008 tape to our template. Let's 87 00:03:51,008 --> 00:03:53,655 click on the white background of the 88 00:03:53,655 --> 00:03:55,925 washi tape document. The background layer 89 00:03:55,925 --> 00:03:58,572 should be the active layer in the 90 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:01,219 Layers panel. Starting at the top left 91 00:04:01,219 --> 00:04:03,866 side. Click and drag around all of 92 00:04:03,866 --> 00:04:06,514 the washi tapes on the document to 93 00:04:06,514 --> 00:04:09,478 activate them. Next, click on one 94 00:04:09,478 --> 00:04:12,374 of the washi tapes and drag them over 95 00:04:12,374 --> 00:04:14,908 to the left side of your template 96 00:04:14,908 --> 00:04:17,579 document. And then click on 97 00:04:17,579 --> 00:04:20,289 one of the washi tapes and position 98 00:04:20,289 --> 00:04:22,1000 them so that the washi tapes are 99 00:04:22,1000 --> 00:04:25,323 partially tucked behind the Gray paper 100 00:04:25,323 --> 00:04:28,195 mask. Looking at my tapes, 101 00:04:28,195 --> 00:04:31,073 I'm not happy with the way the 102 00:04:31,073 --> 00:04:33,951 red Chevron tape looks here on the 103 00:04:33,951 --> 00:04:36,829 top left. So I want to flip 104 00:04:36,829 --> 00:04:39,708 it. And to do that, let's activate 105 00:04:39,708 --> 00:04:42,586 the washi tape quickly using one of 106 00:04:42,586 --> 00:04:45,464 our new tricks by Right clicking or C 107 00:04:45,464 --> 00:04:48,342 ontrol clicking on a Mac on the 108 00:04:48,342 --> 00:04:51,221 red Chevron washi tape on the document 109 00:04:51,221 --> 00:04:54,099 and choose Red Chevy from the contextual 110 00:04:54,099 --> 00:04:57,019 menu. This activates it in the Layers 111 00:04:57,019 --> 00:04:59,836 panel. Next, in the M 112 00:04:59,836 --> 00:05:02,030 enu Bar, choose Image > 113 00:05:02,630 --> 00:05:05,390 Rotate > Flip Layer H 114 00:05:05,390 --> 00:05:08,152 orizontal. OK, now I 115 00:05:08,152 --> 00:05:11,049 also want to mix it up a 116 00:05:11,049 --> 00:05:13,945 bit, so I'll go back to the M 117 00:05:13,945 --> 00:05:16,429 enu Bar and choose, Image > Rotate, > 118 00:05:16,429 --> 00:05:19,155 Flip Layer Vertical. Now this 119 00:05:19,155 --> 00:05:21,737 is optional, it's just an easy way to 120 00:05:21,737 --> 00:05:24,496 change how your tape looks. Next, 121 00:05:24,496 --> 00:05:27,263 we can click on the red Chevy tape 122 00:05:27,263 --> 00:05:29,684 and move it into whatever position you 123 00:05:29,684 --> 00:05:32,499 like. Or use your arrow keys to nudge it 124 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:34,310 right or left or up or down. 125 00:05:35,470 --> 00:05:37,792 Since we have Auto Select Layer enabled 126 00:05:37,792 --> 00:05:40,778 in the Tool Options, we can just click on 127 00:05:40,778 --> 00:05:43,432 any of the tapes on the document to 128 00:05:43,432 --> 00:05:46,087 activate them and then we can move or 129 00:05:46,087 --> 00:05:48,790 reposition them. Now you can leave all 130 00:05:48,790 --> 00:05:51,590 the tapes as is, but I like to have each 131 00:05:51,590 --> 00:05:54,377 of my tapes. So that the visible portions 132 00:05:54,377 --> 00:05:57,363 are all closer to the same length. Follow 133 00:05:57,363 --> 00:05:59,603 the previous steps to reposition the 134 00:05:59,603 --> 00:06:01,470 remaining washi tapes if desired. 135 00:06:02,710 --> 00:06:05,507 OK, now that I've made it down to 136 00:06:05,507 --> 00:06:08,305 the periwinkle dots tape, I want to move 137 00:06:08,305 --> 00:06:11,102 the Aqua tape below it further down. This 138 00:06:11,102 --> 00:06:13,900 may sound odd, but I like to alternate 139 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:16,697 colors that are on the left side or 140 00:06:16,697 --> 00:06:19,495 the right side of the color wheel if 141 00:06:19,495 --> 00:06:22,292 I can. Not always. And again, you can 142 00:06:22,292 --> 00:06:25,143 arrange yours however you would like. So 143 00:06:25,143 --> 00:06:27,955 I'll click on the Aqua dot tape and move 144 00:06:27,955 --> 00:06:30,890 it down out of the way. And 145 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:33,610 then click on the second piece of yellow 146 00:06:33,610 --> 00:06:36,330 hound's tooth tape and move it up under 147 00:06:36,330 --> 00:06:38,710 the periwinkle dots tape and position it. 148 00:06:39,510 --> 00:06:42,326 Next I'll click on the Aqua dots tape 149 00:06:42,326 --> 00:06:44,790 and move it up under the yellow 150 00:06:44,790 --> 00:06:47,613 houndstooth tape I just moved. OK, 151 00:06:47,613 --> 00:06:50,010 you can continue to refine the positions 152 00:06:50,010 --> 00:06:52,750 of all your tapes if you would like. 153 00:06:52,750 --> 00:06:55,148 There is no secret recipe for the 154 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:57,545 placement of your tapes. Just have fun 155 00:06:57,545 --> 00:07:00,285 with it. We've now 156 00:07:00,285 --> 00:07:02,968 successfully created a vibrant and fun 157 00:07:02,968 --> 00:07:05,614 washi tape border. Now, we're 158 00:07:05,614 --> 00:07:08,590 not going to need the washi tape document 159 00:07:08,590 --> 00:07:11,194 for the remainder of this lesson, so 160 00:07:11,194 --> 00:07:14,170 let's activate it and we can go ahead 161 00:07:14,170 --> 00:07:16,030 and close it without saving. 162 00:07:17,150 --> 00:07:19,984 Let's add the same border to the right 163 00:07:19,984 --> 00:07:22,818 side of the paper mask. To help us 164 00:07:22,818 --> 00:07:25,651 do so, we'll group our tape layers. So 165 00:07:25,651 --> 00:07:28,485 in the Layers panel, click on the red 166 00:07:28,485 --> 00:07:30,965 gingham layer right under the paper mask 167 00:07:30,965 --> 00:07:33,444 layer to activate it, and then holding 168 00:07:33,444 --> 00:07:36,278 down the Shift key, click on the green 169 00:07:36,278 --> 00:07:39,112 dots layer so that all your washi tape 170 00:07:39,112 --> 00:07:41,945 layers are active. Now if you moved your 171 00:07:41,945 --> 00:07:44,425 tape layers around in the Layers panel, 172 00:07:44,425 --> 00:07:46,550 you'll need to choose whichever tape. 173 00:07:46,670 --> 00:07:49,337 Under the Paper mask layer and the tape 174 00:07:49,337 --> 00:07:52,003 layer that is on the layer above the B 175 00:07:52,003 --> 00:07:54,550 ackground layer. So that all your washi 176 00:07:54,550 --> 00:07:57,214 tapes are active and then we can click on 177 00:07:57,214 --> 00:07:58,990 the Create a New Group icon. 178 00:07:59,790 --> 00:08:02,516 Next, double click on the name 179 00:08:02,516 --> 00:08:05,242 of the group and rename it W 180 00:08:05,242 --> 00:08:07,983 ashi Left. Then press Enter 181 00:08:07,983 --> 00:08:10,738 or Return to commit the change. Now press 182 00:08:10,738 --> 00:08:13,493 Control J or Command J on a Mac 183 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:16,119 to duplicate the group. Next, 184 00:08:16,119 --> 00:08:18,763 in the Tool Options, uncheck 185 00:08:18,763 --> 00:08:21,627 Auto Select Layer. If we 186 00:08:21,627 --> 00:08:23,853 leave this checked then it will not allow 187 00:08:23,853 --> 00:08:26,357 us to move the whole group at the same 188 00:08:26,357 --> 00:08:29,214 time on the document. Now on the 189 00:08:29,214 --> 00:08:32,158 document, click on one of the washi tapes 190 00:08:32,158 --> 00:08:35,102 and drag the duplicate group over to the 191 00:08:35,102 --> 00:08:37,310 right side of the paper mask. 192 00:08:37,990 --> 00:08:40,809 Right click or Control click on the photo 193 00:08:40,809 --> 00:08:43,627 mask on the right side of the template 194 00:08:43,627 --> 00:08:46,093 to open the contextual menu and choose 195 00:08:46,093 --> 00:08:48,822 Photo Mask 1 to activate it 196 00:08:48,822 --> 00:08:51,573 in the Layers panel. This can be helpful 197 00:08:51,573 --> 00:08:54,324 if you're not sure which photo mask is 198 00:08:54,324 --> 00:08:57,075 which on your document or if you have 199 00:08:57,075 --> 00:08:59,826 a document with many layers. Now that the 200 00:08:59,826 --> 00:09:02,577 Photo Mask 1 layer is active in the 201 00:09:02,577 --> 00:09:04,984 Layers panel, we can click on the 202 00:09:04,984 --> 00:09:07,391 visibility icon to hide it. Now activate 203 00:09:07,391 --> 00:09:09,110 the duplicate Washi Left group. 204 00:09:10,030 --> 00:09:12,648 Next, in the Tool Options, check Auto 205 00:09:12,648 --> 00:09:15,266 Select Layer. This will once again allow 206 00:09:15,266 --> 00:09:17,884 us to move the individual tape layers 207 00:09:17,884 --> 00:09:20,502 around on our document without having to 208 00:09:20,502 --> 00:09:23,494 take the time to activate each one in 209 00:09:23,494 --> 00:09:26,108 the Layers panel first. Let's 210 00:09:26,108 --> 00:09:28,975 flip our washi tape layers by 211 00:09:28,975 --> 00:09:31,843 going to the Menu Bar and 212 00:09:31,843 --> 00:09:34,232 choosing Image > Rotate, > Flip Layer 213 00:09:34,232 --> 00:09:37,224 Vertical. Let's follow the 214 00:09:37,224 --> 00:09:40,092 same steps by going to the M 215 00:09:40,092 --> 00:09:42,960 enu Bar and choosing, Image > Rotate > 216 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,350 Flip Layer Horizontal this time. 217 00:09:46,510 --> 00:09:48,985 Now you can use your arrow keys to move 218 00:09:48,985 --> 00:09:50,910 all of the tapes right or left. 219 00:09:51,790 --> 00:09:53,794 Let's ungroup the duplicate washi tape 220 00:09:53,794 --> 00:09:56,466 group so we can quickly move the separate 221 00:09:56,466 --> 00:09:58,470 tape layers around on the document. 222 00:09:59,150 --> 00:10:02,124 So in the Layers panel, Right click or C 223 00:10:02,124 --> 00:10:05,098 ontrol click on a Mac on the active 224 00:10:05,098 --> 00:10:07,820 group. And choose ungroup L 225 00:10:07,820 --> 00:10:10,543 ayers. Now on the 226 00:10:10,543 --> 00:10:13,420 document, Right click or Control click on 227 00:10:13,420 --> 00:10:16,298 a Mac on the green Chevron washi 228 00:10:16,298 --> 00:10:19,175 tape and choose Green chevy from the 229 00:10:19,175 --> 00:10:21,230 contextual menu to activate it. 230 00:10:22,070 --> 00:10:24,870 Since we have Auto Select Layer enabled 231 00:10:24,870 --> 00:10:27,270 in addition to clicking and dragging 232 00:10:27,270 --> 00:10:29,270 individual elements around on our 233 00:10:29,270 --> 00:10:32,049 document, we can also click and drag 234 00:10:32,049 --> 00:10:34,404 around 2 or more elements to quickly 235 00:10:34,404 --> 00:10:37,330 activate and move them. Just 236 00:10:37,330 --> 00:10:40,130 make sure not to accidentally drag around 237 00:10:40,130 --> 00:10:42,930 something nearby, such as the gray Paper 238 00:10:42,930 --> 00:10:45,796 mask. OK, now all you 239 00:10:45,796 --> 00:10:48,728 need to do is follow the same process 240 00:10:48,728 --> 00:10:51,660 we did for the border on the left 241 00:10:51,660 --> 00:10:54,592 side of the template to move, rotate and 242 00:10:54,592 --> 00:10:56,792 position the individual washi tapes on 243 00:10:56,792 --> 00:10:59,357 the document until you are happy with 244 00:10:59,357 --> 00:11:02,108 their placement. And now 245 00:11:02,108 --> 00:11:05,042 this template is ready for you to 246 00:11:05,042 --> 00:11:07,137 add papers and photos, journaling 247 00:11:07,137 --> 00:11:10,070 elements and more to complete the page. 248 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:13,219 Here's my template with a paper added to 249 00:11:13,219 --> 00:11:15,768 the mask and some elements added. I still 250 00:11:15,768 --> 00:11:18,317 need to find a picture and add journaling 251 00:11:18,317 --> 00:11:21,185 but I love how it turned out and justice. 252 00:11:21,185 --> 00:11:23,734 Imagine all your kits that you have that 253 00:11:23,734 --> 00:11:26,283 already have washi tape in them. You can 254 00:11:26,283 --> 00:11:28,832 use any of your washi tape with this 255 00:11:28,832 --> 00:11:31,619 template. Now make sure to save 256 00:11:31,619 --> 00:11:34,224 your document as a layered PSD file in 257 00:11:34,224 --> 00:11:36,830 the class folder for this lesson. Well, I 258 00:11:36,830 --> 00:11:39,436 hope this gives you some fun ideas for 259 00:11:39,436 --> 00:11:41,716 adding washi tape to your templates and 260 00:11:41,716 --> 00:11:44,647 more and I'll see you in the next lesson. 261 00:11:44,647 --> 00:11:45,950 This is Syndee Rogers.