Photo Matting Adds Impact to Your Layouts
Saturday, October 10th, 2009Hi Sarah here. I want to focus on a technique that I find myself doing on a lot of my layouts. I want you to try matting photos. When you use several coordinating papers underneath your photos, it not only makes your photos pop, but also brings depth to your pages. I’ve seen this technique used a lot on paper pages and love the way it looks.
I use PSP to scrap with but I’m sure this is just as easy to do in other programs. The way I do this is by placing a new layer under my picture and then making a rectangle slightly larger than the picture itself. I cut/clip a paper to the rectangle shape. I will move the rectangle behind the clipped paper and expand just a little bit more and add another paper layer and repeat the process until I have the desired look that I want.
Another way I mat my pictures is by choosing the same paper as my background and then reducing it down until it’s approximately the same size as I want
the mat to be. The color of the mat is a little bit deeper than the background and the color on color looks great after shadowing.
Here’s another page from Maria using the color on color matting.
Your challenge is to create a layout with a matted picture. You can use just one mat or go crazy and do ten! You can make your mats just a touch bigger than your picture or vary in sizes. Once you’ve completed your LO, upload it to the Saturday Special Gallery, and be sure to link to the challenge post in the forum.
A few reminders:
* You will receive one point for your entry
* You will receive one extra point for using a NEW product within the first week of its release – PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THIS IN YOUR POST
* You have until the end of October to complete your layout
* No double dipping – please keep your layouts unique to each challenge
* HAVE FUN!
