{"id":152,"date":"2018-02-05T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autoclasscomposite.com\/site\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2018-02-05T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T15:00:39","slug":"custom-shapes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.autoclasscomposite.com\/site\/custom-shapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom shapes"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

CUSTOM SHAPES<\/a><\/h2>\n

Let’s create now a pictures composite framing the pictures in a custome shape. You may create shapes of any form and then reuse them for your picture composite creations.<\/p>\n

Please follow this steps:<\/p>\n

1.- In Photoshop create a new document with the appropiate size for your composite, or open one of the Auto Class Composite templates and resize it
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\n2.- As told you may use any form for the shape, you only need to have a selection; but sometimes hand drawing in Photoshop is not so easy and therefore we are going to convert a clipart into a selection. Please open the clipart in Photoshop
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3.- Select the clipart silhouette, this can be done with the magic wand tool in Photoshop and clicking at the whit part of the document, then press CTRL – Shift – I to invert the selection. Now you will have the clipart border selected
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\n4.- At Photoshop’s layers palette select the Paths tab and click at bottom at the icon “Make work path from selection”
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you will get a work path with the same form as the clipart \/ selection.<\/p>\n

5.- Select this path layer and at Photoshop’s menu select Layer – New fill layer, name it “Shape”
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\n6.- Select a color for filling this layer and you will get a new shape layer with the form of your clipart.
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7.- Now you may delete the clipart layer, you will not use it. Select the shape layer in Photoshop.<\/p>\n

8.- It’s time to duplicate the shape layer for all your pictures, start Auto Class Composite and select “Adjust template”
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\n9.- Input the number of rows and pictures per row you need and click at create shapes
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\n10.- If needed reposition the shape layers to have enough space for the names bellow. In Auto Class Composite select the folder with your pictures and click at “Fill composite”
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\nYour composite will be automatically filled with the pictures, the pictures will have the shape of the initial clipart \/ selection. Of course you may add an style to the layer like a bevel, shadow, etc.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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