Snowflake Challenge #4

[debris4spike]

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

1)    I have carried on with my icon making - but maybe I should see if I can find out how to make animated ones.

However what I really need to do is that of working on banners ... I can do basic ones, but what to be able to larn to make the multi-layered ones that I adore.

2)    The other thing I really want to do is work harder on my photography. I take (literally) thousands of photos a year ... but I want to see if I can work on the artistic side of the art, rather than just the documentary side of things.

Comments

[crookedspoon]

Good luck!

[fadedwings]

Very worthy goals! I wish you well with them ♥

[thenewbuzwuzz.livejournal.com]

Learning to make multi-layered banners is something I've been doing. If you like, I could probably link you to a couple of tutorials that I found helpful? They're very beginner-level, though, since I started from zero editing experience. Like, "what is a texture", "how to use a layer mask", "how layers even work"...

[debris4spike]

Thanks - I know the basics of layers, but just can't seem to get to grips with multiple images and multiple layers ... so that might be useful

[thenewbuzwuzz.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'll see what I can re-find, over the weekend :)

[debris4spike]

No hurries - whenever you "bump" into the links will be fine
*hugs*

[thenewbuzwuzz.livejournal.com]

These helped me.

https://digital-photography-school.com/beginners-guide-to-creating-and-applying-texture-overlays-using-photoshop/

https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/layers/layer-masks/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqVmGxvHaY

They're for Photoshop, but I do the same things in Pixlr, and I'm sure they work in some other tools too.

I didn't go looking for the "how to combine two images" tutorial, since I understand you're way ahead of that :), but one tip I got from that one was to give each layer a name straight away. Prevents chaos once you've got more than two or three.

[debris4spike]

Thank you - once I am feeling better I will sit and study!