Photoshop Templates and Clipping Masks Tutorial Guide by Paint the Moon

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Usage Steps

This covers everything from downloading to placing your images and customizing your templates.

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Download your templates. You will be directed to a page where you can click on the words "Click here" to immediately download your products after the payment goes through. You will also receive an e-mail at your payment address with the link in it.

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Locate the downloaded file and open the folder. If it is not unzipped (if it still has the .zip extension at the end), unzip it. Most machines have pre-installed software that allows you to double click it to unzip. If you do not have unzipping software, you can download free software to do this online. A popular, highly rated FREE one are for the Mac is YemuZip. A popular, highly rated application for PC users is 7zip.

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Follow instructions located on page four to use the templates.

First time template user?

click to see some tips, tricks and a short video showing how to use templates and some tips for getting the most out of your products

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Easy steps to place images You may want to resize the image to a smaller size (look at the the Image Size in File > Image Size for an idea of what size your image will need to be). You don’t need to do this, but doing this first makes it easier to resize the image in the template if you are working with a high res image.

There are three ways of placing your images into the templates: 1. Drag the image onto the open template window.

2. You can also go to File > Place and navigate to your saved image file to place the photo in the template.

3. Or you can also select the image (Edit > Select All or command/control + A) then copy it (command/control + C) and then go back to your template and paste it {command/control + V).

After your images are in your template document, position your photo(s) layer directly under the layer “Place Your Photo Under This Layer” according to where you want each image.

Once you have dragged your image layer into the correct spot in your template this will “clip” your image to the image box. If it did not “clip” ... meaning, you can still see ALL of the image, even outside the image box area ... then see the page in the “Clipping Shortcuts” to “clip” the image (it’s easy - don’t worry!). Then come back to this step and continue. :) Now we will resize it to fit. Hit Command (Mac) or Control (PC) + T to Transform (resize). Grab the corner of the box while holding the shift key down and drag one of the four corners to resize as needed.

When satisfied, hit return/enter. In Elements, you don’t need to hold the shift key down if you have “Constrain Proportions” checked at the top of your window while transforming.

You may now use your move tool (press the letter V to select this tool) to move the photo around within the area to your liking.

Repeat the steps above with additional images as needed.

Note that some of the templates may not have a gray box to clip your image to, in which case you simply place your image under the layer as noted, no clipping required.

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What your layers will look like

Be sure to take a look at the video tutorial for storyboards and tempates to see templates in use Š a l l

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Clipping Mask Shortcuts - 2 Easy Ways to Clip!

If, for some reason, your photo doesn’t automatically become clipped to the gray box layer when placed directly under the “Place Your Photo Under This Layer” layer, you can do one of the following, easy shortcuts to “clip” the photo to the box yourself. First make sure your photo layer is directly above the gray image box you want to place it into (as shown below).

Either shortcut will work ... just choose which method you want, the both do the same thing (only do one).

Be sure to take a look at the video tutorial to see templates in use

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Note that most of the time your image will “clip” automatically with Paint the Moon templates and some don’t need clipping (if there are no gray box layers).

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