1 00:00:02,930 --> 00:00:05,450 Welcome to class, I'm so glad you're 2 00:00:05,450 --> 00:00:07,721 here. I truly believe digital 3 00:00:07,721 --> 00:00:10,331 scrapbooking is at its best when it's 4 00:00:10,331 --> 00:00:12,941 fun, relaxed, and free from too much 5 00:00:12,941 --> 00:00:15,551 technical stress. I can't wait to cheer 6 00:00:15,551 --> 00:00:18,534 you on as you explore, play, and discover 7 00:00:18,534 --> 00:00:21,144 what you can create. We'll keep things 8 00:00:21,144 --> 00:00:23,381 light, enjoyable, and full of creative 9 00:00:23,381 --> 00:00:26,364 joy every step of the way. So let's 10 00:00:26,364 --> 00:00:29,096 get started. A popular 11 00:00:29,096 --> 00:00:32,078 element that can be found in many kits 12 00:00:32,078 --> 00:00:35,060 is washi tape. I love using washi tape 13 00:00:35,060 --> 00:00:38,043 in real life projects because it's a bit 14 00:00:38,043 --> 00:00:40,652 translucent and it doesn't have the same 15 00:00:40,652 --> 00:00:43,262 amount of adhesion as regular or masking 16 00:00:43,262 --> 00:00:45,872 tape, so it can be easily repositioned, 17 00:00:45,872 --> 00:00:48,712 which I love. In the first 18 00:00:48,712 --> 00:00:51,705 two lessons of this class, we're going to 19 00:00:51,705 --> 00:00:53,950 use washi tape in unexpected ways. 20 00:00:54,790 --> 00:00:57,715 I'm in Adobe Photoshop and I've 21 00:00:57,715 --> 00:01:00,153 already opened the border template 22 00:01:00,153 --> 00:01:02,590 document from the class files. 23 00:01:03,550 --> 00:01:06,385 Made a duplicate copy and closed the 24 00:01:06,385 --> 00:01:09,192 original. I've also opened the 25 00:01:09,192 --> 00:01:11,717 washi tape document from the class files. 26 00:01:11,717 --> 00:01:14,241 This document contains all the washi tape 27 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:16,765 elements that will be using in this 28 00:01:16,765 --> 00:01:19,650 lesson and the next. That way we don't 29 00:01:19,650 --> 00:01:22,174 have to open a bunch of separate 30 00:01:22,174 --> 00:01:24,338 elements. But I have included the 31 00:01:24,338 --> 00:01:26,862 separate washi PNG files in the class 32 00:01:26,862 --> 00:01:29,747 files if you would rather use them that 33 00:01:29,747 --> 00:01:32,706 way or for future use. Now there's 34 00:01:32,706 --> 00:01:35,030 no need to make a duplicate copy of the 35 00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:36,579 washi tape document, because we'll just 36 00:01:36,579 --> 00:01:39,568 close it when we're done. OK, 37 00:01:39,568 --> 00:01:42,317 activate the border template document and 38 00:01:42,317 --> 00:01:45,114 get the Move tool. And 39 00:01:45,114 --> 00:01:48,026 let's tile our two document tabs so that 40 00:01:48,026 --> 00:01:50,938 it's easier to drag our washi tape to 41 00:01:50,938 --> 00:01:53,830 the template document. In the Menu B 42 00:01:53,830 --> 00:01:56,590 ar, choose Window > Arrange > Ti 43 00:01:56,590 --> 00:01:59,230 le All Vertically. 44 00:02:00,070 --> 00:02:02,952 Next, hover your cursor between the tabs 45 00:02:02,952 --> 00:02:05,835 of the two document windows until a 46 00:02:05,835 --> 00:02:08,717 double arrow appears, and then drag the 47 00:02:08,717 --> 00:02:11,599 washi tape window to the right until 48 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:14,070 the entire template document is visible. 49 00:02:14,630 --> 00:02:17,350 And you can use the scroll bar at 50 00:02:17,350 --> 00:02:20,070 the bottom of the washi tape document to 51 00:02:20,070 --> 00:02:22,450 reposition your document so that all the 52 00:02:22,450 --> 00:02:25,386 tape is visible as well. To 53 00:02:25,386 --> 00:02:28,161 make things easier while adding our washi 54 00:02:28,161 --> 00:02:30,935 tape to our template, go to the T 55 00:02:30,935 --> 00:02:33,710 ool Options and check Auto Select Layer. 56 00:02:34,550 --> 00:02:36,710 We usually have this unchecked during our 57 00:02:36,710 --> 00:02:39,487 lessons, but it will cut down on time in 58 00:02:39,487 --> 00:02:41,956 this lesson and you'll see what I mean 59 00:02:41,956 --> 00:02:44,898 here in a bit. The washi tape 60 00:02:44,898 --> 00:02:47,320 elements are in the order we'll use them 61 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,741 in the next lesson. To make it easy, 62 00:02:49,741 --> 00:02:52,466 we'll add the tapes in the same order to 63 00:02:52,466 --> 00:02:54,887 our template and then move them around a 64 00:02:54,887 --> 00:02:57,632 bit. First, let's activate the B 65 00:02:57,632 --> 00:02:59,854 ackground layer of our template document. 66 00:02:59,854 --> 00:03:02,447 Click with your mouse somewhere on the 67 00:03:02,447 --> 00:03:04,299 white background of the template 68 00:03:04,299 --> 00:03:06,892 document, and then Rght click or Ctrl 69 00:03:06,892 --> 00:03:09,855 click on a Mac roughly in the same 70 00:03:09,855 --> 00:03:12,818 spot, and a contextual menu with a list 71 00:03:12,818 --> 00:03:15,535 of layers will pop up. Go 72 00:03:15,535 --> 00:03:17,603 ahead and choose Background and voila, 73 00:03:17,603 --> 00:03:20,361 now you can see that the Background layer 74 00:03:20,361 --> 00:03:22,430 is active in the Layers panel. 75 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:25,924 I use this trick all the time to 76 00:03:25,924 --> 00:03:27,708 activate specific layers without having 77 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:30,206 to navigate the layers panel. This saves 78 00:03:30,206 --> 00:03:32,704 me so much time, especially when I'm 79 00:03:32,704 --> 00:03:35,558 working with a lot of layers now. This 80 00:03:35,558 --> 00:03:38,412 only works when you have the Move tool 81 00:03:38,412 --> 00:03:40,196 active. Otherwise the contextual menu 82 00:03:40,196 --> 00:03:42,694 will show options for whatever tool you 83 00:03:42,694 --> 00:03:45,548 have active, which is also cool and very 84 00:03:45,548 --> 00:03:48,403 handy. Now it's time to add the washi 85 00:03:48,403 --> 00:03:51,114 tape to our template. Let's 86 00:03:51,114 --> 00:03:53,659 click on the white background of the 87 00:03:53,659 --> 00:03:56,378 washi tape document. And then 88 00:03:56,378 --> 00:03:59,369 starting at the top left side, click and 89 00:03:59,369 --> 00:04:02,360 drag around all of the washi tapes on 90 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,154 the document to select them. Next, 91 00:04:05,154 --> 00:04:08,066 click on one of the washi tapes and 92 00:04:08,066 --> 00:04:10,978 drag them over to the left side of 93 00:04:10,978 --> 00:04:13,971 your template document. And then 94 00:04:13,971 --> 00:04:16,670 click on one of the washi tapes 95 00:04:16,670 --> 00:04:19,370 and position them so that the washi 96 00:04:19,370 --> 00:04:21,683 tapes are partially tucked behind the g 97 00:04:21,683 --> 00:04:24,451 ray Paper mask. Looking 98 00:04:24,451 --> 00:04:27,417 at my tapes, I'm not happy with the 99 00:04:27,417 --> 00:04:30,383 way the red Chevron tape looks here on 100 00:04:30,383 --> 00:04:33,349 the top left, so I want to flip 101 00:04:33,349 --> 00:04:35,954 it. Since all of 102 00:04:35,954 --> 00:04:38,760 our washi tape layers are active, 103 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,100 let's click somewhere outside the 104 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:43,907 bounding box on the white background 105 00:04:43,907 --> 00:04:46,804 to deactivate them. And now we 106 00:04:46,804 --> 00:04:49,367 can click on the red Chevy washi tape on 107 00:04:49,367 --> 00:04:52,254 the document to activate it. Next 108 00:04:52,254 --> 00:04:55,150 in the Menu Bar, choose 109 00:04:55,150 --> 00:04:57,350 Edit > Transform > 110 00:04:58,190 --> 00:05:00,938 Flip Horizontal. OK, now 111 00:05:00,938 --> 00:05:03,930 I also want to mix it up a 112 00:05:03,930 --> 00:05:06,922 bit, so I'll go back to the Menu B 113 00:05:06,922 --> 00:05:09,166 ar and choose Edit >Transform > Flip 114 00:05:09,166 --> 00:05:11,784 Vertical. Now this is optional, it's just 115 00:05:11,784 --> 00:05:14,776 an easy way to change how your tape 116 00:05:14,776 --> 00:05:17,651 looks. Next, we can click on 117 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:20,437 the red Chevy tape and move it into 118 00:05:20,437 --> 00:05:22,974 whatever position you like. Or use your 119 00:05:22,974 --> 00:05:25,326 arrow keys to nudge it right or left or 120 00:05:25,326 --> 00:05:28,265 up or down. Since we have A 121 00:05:28,265 --> 00:05:30,588 uto Select Layer enabled in the Tool O 122 00:05:30,588 --> 00:05:33,574 ptions, we can just click on any of the 123 00:05:33,574 --> 00:05:35,896 tapes on the document to activate them 124 00:05:35,896 --> 00:05:38,550 and then we can move or reposition them. 125 00:05:39,190 --> 00:05:41,818 Now you can leave all the tapes as is, 126 00:05:41,818 --> 00:05:44,738 but I like to have each of my tapes so 127 00:05:44,738 --> 00:05:46,782 that the visible portions are all closer 128 00:05:46,782 --> 00:05:49,571 to the same length. Follow the previous 129 00:05:49,571 --> 00:05:51,774 steps to reposition the remaining washi 130 00:05:51,774 --> 00:05:54,344 tapes if desired, and remember to quickly 131 00:05:54,344 --> 00:05:56,914 deactivate any of the active layers. You 132 00:05:56,914 --> 00:05:59,117 can click somewhere on the white 133 00:05:59,117 --> 00:06:01,687 background. OK, now that I've made it 134 00:06:01,687 --> 00:06:04,624 down to the periwinkle dots tape, I want 135 00:06:04,624 --> 00:06:07,561 to move the Aqua tape below it further 136 00:06:07,561 --> 00:06:10,498 down. This may sound odd, but I like 137 00:06:10,498 --> 00:06:13,435 to alternate colors that are on the left 138 00:06:13,435 --> 00:06:16,372 side or the right side of the color 139 00:06:16,372 --> 00:06:19,137 wheel if I can. Not always, 140 00:06:19,137 --> 00:06:21,890 and again, you can arrange yours however 141 00:06:21,890 --> 00:06:24,770 you would like. So I'll click on 142 00:06:24,770 --> 00:06:27,605 the Aqua dot tape and move it down out 143 00:06:27,605 --> 00:06:30,294 of the way. And then click 144 00:06:30,294 --> 00:06:32,778 on the second piece of yellow houndstooth 145 00:06:32,778 --> 00:06:35,616 tape and move it up under the periwinkle 146 00:06:35,616 --> 00:06:38,544 dots tape and position it. Next 147 00:06:38,544 --> 00:06:41,376 I'll click on the Aqua dots tape and 148 00:06:41,376 --> 00:06:43,854 move it up under the yellow houndstooth 149 00:06:43,854 --> 00:06:46,678 tape I just moved. OK, you 150 00:06:46,678 --> 00:06:49,084 can continue to refine the positions of 151 00:06:49,084 --> 00:06:51,834 all your tapes if you would like. There 152 00:06:51,834 --> 00:06:54,584 is no secret recipe for the placement of 153 00:06:54,584 --> 00:06:56,990 your tapes. Just have fun with it. 154 00:06:58,110 --> 00:07:00,794 We've now successfully created a vibrant 155 00:07:00,794 --> 00:07:03,030 and fun washi tape border. 156 00:07:03,550 --> 00:07:06,537 Now, we're not going to need the washi 157 00:07:06,537 --> 00:07:09,150 tape document for the remainder of this 158 00:07:09,150 --> 00:07:12,137 lesson, so let's activate it and we can 159 00:07:12,137 --> 00:07:14,750 go ahead and close it without saving. 160 00:07:15,830 --> 00:07:18,740 Let's add the same border to the right 161 00:07:18,740 --> 00:07:21,649 side of the paper mask. To help us 162 00:07:21,649 --> 00:07:24,559 do so, we'll group our tape layers. So 163 00:07:24,559 --> 00:07:27,468 in the Layers panel, click on the red 164 00:07:27,468 --> 00:07:30,014 gingham layer right under the paper mask 165 00:07:30,014 --> 00:07:32,560 layer to activate it, and then holding 166 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,469 down the Shift key, click on the green 167 00:07:35,469 --> 00:07:38,379 dots layer so that all your washi tape 168 00:07:38,379 --> 00:07:41,360 layers are active. Now if you moved your 169 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,557 tape layers around in the Layers panel, 170 00:07:43,557 --> 00:07:46,068 you will need to choose whichever tape is 171 00:07:46,068 --> 00:07:48,580 under the Paper mask layer and the tape 172 00:07:48,580 --> 00:07:51,091 layer that is on the layer above the B 173 00:07:51,091 --> 00:07:53,288 ackground layer so that all your washi 174 00:07:53,288 --> 00:07:55,890 tapes are active. And then we can click 175 00:07:55,890 --> 00:07:57,710 on the Create a New Group icon. 176 00:07:58,470 --> 00:08:01,213 Next, double click on the name 177 00:08:01,213 --> 00:08:03,956 of the group and rename it W 178 00:08:03,956 --> 00:08:06,698 ashi Left. Then press Enter 179 00:08:06,698 --> 00:08:09,439 or Return to commit the change. Now press 180 00:08:09,439 --> 00:08:12,180 Control J or Command J on a Mac 181 00:08:12,180 --> 00:08:14,817 to duplicate the group. Double click 182 00:08:14,817 --> 00:08:17,710 on the name of the active group 183 00:08:17,710 --> 00:08:20,603 in the Layers panel and rename it 184 00:08:20,603 --> 00:08:23,483 Washi Right. Then press Enter or 185 00:08:23,483 --> 00:08:25,150 Return to commit the change. 186 00:08:26,390 --> 00:08:29,367 Next, In the Tool Options uncheck 187 00:08:29,367 --> 00:08:31,742 Auto Select Layer. If we leave this 188 00:08:31,742 --> 00:08:34,457 checked then it will not allow us to 189 00:08:34,457 --> 00:08:37,172 move the whole group at the same time 190 00:08:37,172 --> 00:08:39,984 on the document. Now on the 191 00:08:39,984 --> 00:08:42,953 document, click on one of the washi tapes 192 00:08:42,953 --> 00:08:45,923 and drag the duplicate group over to the 193 00:08:45,923 --> 00:08:48,150 right side of the paper mask. 194 00:08:48,750 --> 00:08:51,569 Right click or Control click on the photo 195 00:08:51,569 --> 00:08:54,387 mask on the right side of the template 196 00:08:54,387 --> 00:08:56,853 to open the contextual menu and choose 197 00:08:56,853 --> 00:08:59,781 Photo Mask 1 to activate it in 198 00:08:59,781 --> 00:09:02,242 the Layers panel. This can be helpful if 199 00:09:02,242 --> 00:09:04,703 you're not sure which photo mask is which 200 00:09:04,703 --> 00:09:07,164 on your document, or if you have a 201 00:09:07,164 --> 00:09:09,317 document with many layers. Now that the 202 00:09:09,317 --> 00:09:11,778 Photo Mask 1 layer is active in the 203 00:09:11,778 --> 00:09:13,932 Layers panel, we can click on the 204 00:09:13,932 --> 00:09:15,470 visibility icon to hide it. 205 00:09:16,670 --> 00:09:19,190 Now activate the Washi Right group. 206 00:09:19,990 --> 00:09:22,622 Next, in the Tool Options, check Auto 207 00:09:22,622 --> 00:09:25,254 Select Layer. This will once again allow 208 00:09:25,254 --> 00:09:27,886 us to move the individual tape layers 209 00:09:27,886 --> 00:09:30,518 around on our document without having to 210 00:09:30,518 --> 00:09:33,150 take the time to activate each one 211 00:09:33,150 --> 00:09:35,030 in the Layers panel first. 212 00:09:36,030 --> 00:09:38,830 Let's flip our washi tape layers by 213 00:09:38,830 --> 00:09:41,630 going to the Menu Bar and choosing 214 00:09:41,630 --> 00:09:43,990 Edit > Transform > 215 00:09:44,630 --> 00:09:46,950 Rotate 180°. 216 00:09:48,190 --> 00:09:50,665 Now you can use your arrow keys to move 217 00:09:50,665 --> 00:09:52,590 all of the tapes right or left. 218 00:09:53,450 --> 00:09:56,337 Now on the document, Right click or 219 00:09:56,337 --> 00:09:59,224 Control, click on a Mac on the 220 00:09:59,224 --> 00:10:02,111 green Chevron washi tape and choose green 221 00:10:02,111 --> 00:10:04,585 Chevy from the contextual menu to 222 00:10:04,585 --> 00:10:07,430 activate it. Since we have A 223 00:10:07,430 --> 00:10:10,230 uto Select Layer enabled in addition to 224 00:10:10,230 --> 00:10:12,230 clicking and dragging individual elements 225 00:10:12,230 --> 00:10:15,167 around on our document. We can also 226 00:10:15,167 --> 00:10:17,877 click and drag around 2 or more elements 227 00:10:17,877 --> 00:10:19,910 to quickly activate and move them. 228 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,525 Just make sure not to accidentally drag 229 00:10:23,525 --> 00:10:25,895 around something nearby, such as the g 230 00:10:25,895 --> 00:10:28,721 ray Paper mask. OK, now 231 00:10:28,721 --> 00:10:31,646 all you need to do is follow the 232 00:10:31,646 --> 00:10:34,571 same process we did for the border on 233 00:10:34,571 --> 00:10:37,495 the left side of the template to move, 234 00:10:37,495 --> 00:10:39,689 rotate and position the individual washi 235 00:10:39,689 --> 00:10:42,613 tapes on the document until you are happy 236 00:10:42,613 --> 00:10:45,249 with their placement. And 237 00:10:45,249 --> 00:10:48,183 now this template is ready for you 238 00:10:48,183 --> 00:10:50,697 to add papers and photos, journaling 239 00:10:50,697 --> 00:10:53,630 elements and more to complete the page. 240 00:10:54,270 --> 00:10:56,819 Here's my template with a paper added to 241 00:10:56,819 --> 00:10:59,368 the mask and some elements added. I still 242 00:10:59,368 --> 00:11:01,917 need to find a picture and add journaling 243 00:11:01,917 --> 00:11:04,785 but I love how it turned out and justice. 244 00:11:04,785 --> 00:11:07,334 Imagine all your kits that you have that 245 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:09,883 already have washy tape in them. You can 246 00:11:09,883 --> 00:11:12,432 use any of your washi tape with this 247 00:11:12,432 --> 00:11:15,215 template. Now make sure to save 248 00:11:15,215 --> 00:11:17,814 your document as a layered PSD file in 249 00:11:17,814 --> 00:11:20,413 the class folder for this lesson. Well, I 250 00:11:20,413 --> 00:11:23,012 hope this gives you some fun ideas for 251 00:11:23,012 --> 00:11:25,286 adding washi tape to your templates and 252 00:11:25,286 --> 00:11:28,211 more and I'll see you in the next lesson. 253 00:11:28,211 --> 00:11:29,510 This is Syndee Rogers.