Filter Designing

Here is the layer mask with Rough Pastels being applied. The layer mask is what is showing in the preview window and not the layer because we are ON the layer mask in the L palette.

Here I've chosen another layer by clicking on the eyeball and went right the filter gallery and chosen Ink Outlines after searching and trying a few out. It turns out that I liked this one so I kept it. I didn't duplicate the layer (which I should have) but that's ok because I want to make this change permanent and have the original image nearby anyways.

 

Since the whole document is starting to turn into a filter effect design I might as well go and put on a filter that works on this layer. From now on people must be referred to as 'layers' (esp. if family)..

I'm going to add a stroke to this layer to give it some more strength and to stand out from the blackground.

I've chosen another layer and run the Ink Outlines filter on that too. The consistency works in this case because both layers are not competing with each other and balance out the rest of the design with the one other text effect on the other layer.

This extra black and stained glass windows is just not going to work against the lighter layer behind it so 'E'rase it.

Now a certain theme is appearing and it's actually evolving into a design. You see, as a Photoshop Designer you can just experiment around with not even having a goal or plan in mind and run across all sorts of new avenues and try things here and there until you come up with different elements that 'work' and start to piece them together and just keep moving forward. That's exactly what happened here.

So hopefully you picked up a few more things that you can take back to your Photoshop realm. This is just vintage. So I've added some vintage looking text. You can just smell the nubuck shoe leather...Nice day for a white wedding.

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