discover exactly how to make the DIY: picture Art featured in designer as well as blogger Jacquelyn Clark of Lark & Linen‘s home excursion on H&H TV. turn your own pictures into gorgeous prints for your house using Photoshop with these easy step-by-step instructions.
Open your picture of option in Photoshop as well as convert it to black as well as white (click picture > mode > grayscale).
In Photoshop, click data > new > modification the width as well as height to 50cm each.
Drag your black as well as white picture into your new 50cm x 50cm canvas. add a new layer, modification your paint color to your striped color of choice, click on the rectangle tool as well as produce a stripe that spans across the whole of your canvas.
In the layers palette, play with the opacity of your stripe (I set mine at 60%).
Highlight all of your layers (including the background), click on the “move tool” and, in the top toolbar, click on the “align vertical centers” as well as “align horizontal centers”. This will make sure your picture is put completely in the center of your canvas.
Add a new layer. click on the “ellipse tool” as well as in the top toolbar make sure “paths” is chosen (it’s the icon with the dots as well as the pen tip). Holding down the shift key, produce a big circle in the center of your canvas. ideal click on the circle > make choice > click “ok”.
In the top toolbar, click choose > inverse. highlight your “pink stripe” layer as well as click edit > clear. highlight your “photo” layer as well as click edit > clear. You then may requirement to play around somewhat with the place of your circle to make sure it’s still centered.
Have your picture printed full size (50cm x 50cm) at your regional print shop, as well as it must in shape completely into an Ikea Ribba frame! Note: if you’re producing a series of them you may want to play around with the place of your stripe on each picture to produce added interest.