Cutout Calling Cards


Let's do some cards, then!!!!!!!

  • Open a new image, 300 x 225, transparent. (This size is for the horizontal big card. The little ones has a 70 % rezise.)
  • Fill with your pattern or plain color. I'll use #CFB4AD.
  • Go to Selections/Select all. In the same menu, go to Modify/Contract, type 15 pixels, and then Invert the selection. You must have something like this:

Figure 1

  • Without deselecting, add two layers ("cutout" and "shadow"), and apply my cutout settings, as you learned in my "Cutout & .png" tutorial (Click Here to see it). After merging the layers, you will see this:

    • Figure 2

    (It's a good method to keep the frames in .png. It will save you a lot of words if you want to make another card later. Click Here to remember how to do it!).

  • Now, fun and creativity, please! It's time to decorate our card. Use dingbats, decorative fonts, all what you want. If you have cutout files saved in .png, just open the image you want, copy it and paste as New layer in your card. See how it works!:
Figure 3
Figure 3
  • Add some text:

Figure 4

  • When you've finished your decoration, fo to Image/Add borders; symmetric 10 px. With the Magic Wand, click the border you've just added. Fill the selection with a darker color or pattern. (I'm using #A07272 here):

Figure 5

  • Don't deselect, and go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel, and apply these settings:

Border bevel

  • Deselect, save as .jpg, and... ready!!! (Sorry, I'm going to have lunch right now!!!!)

Let's eat!!!

 

Variants: I've added here an Eye Candy Glass filter; in the other one, a Xero Porcelain. Play with your filters!

Glass
Porcelain

 

Note: if you want a little card, resize it at 70% before adding borders. It's better to do all kind of resizes without all layers merged; you'll get a better image (adding a Sharpen or not). In this case, you can add 10 px. borders too, or use the same proportion and add 7 px.

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