September 2014 Video Tutorial -- Xara Photo Compositions Part 2

[Barbara B]

September 2014 Video Tutorial -- Xara Photo Compositions Part 2

Using Masking tools in Photo Compositions



Earlier this month, you saw Part 1, on how to blend and alter multiple images to make dramatic compositions. This month, Gary tips in the Mask tools, the ones in Designer Pro 10, some in version 9, and some in version 8. Come see how you can create a spotlight effect on a pile of gems and not even get arrested for breaking and entering a jewelry store!

Read more...then show us how you use Xara's Masking Tools.

[Gare]

Thanks, Administrator. :)

I'd like to add that Part II is not really a continuation of Part I we posted earlier this month. I'd say it's an intermediate to advanced tutorial and you need to have the Mask tools in your version of Xara; to the best of my knowledge, they started appearing in the Pro version 8.

The good news is that you don't have to work through Part I to benefit from watching Part II.

But Robert Downey Jr. had a cameo in Part I.


I'm lying,

Gary

[stygg2003]

Part 1 of part 2 I found there's a few ways to use the mask tools and one I like is to use the Rectangle Region Tool to cover the whole image then select the Mask painter tool, this applies the mask to the Rectangle then with the Mask painter tool + shift erase parts of the mask I want to work on.

Stygg

[Gare]

That was ambitious, stygg, and you did very well, very creative. It looks as though the clown's makeup artist is colorblind.


;)


-g

[stygg2003]

[QUOTE=Gare;514056]That was ambitious, stygg, and you did very well, very creative. It looks as though the clown's makeup artist is colorblind.



Thanks for the feedback Gary, I used this image to try most of the ways to use the new mask tools. These new mask tools are excellent. Moving on to Part 2 of Part 2

Stygg

[stygg2003]

Part2 of Part2, the techniques shown in this part are excellent, especially the second mask base for the jewels.
The overall Part 2 jewels is really worth doing. I used slightly different effects for the fininishing highlights, I did each one individual. May not be spot on but learned a lot from this tut.

Stygg