I am a graphic designer and an expert with Photoshop, my family expects a creative, homemade Christmas card every year. This is the one I did for 2007. I had only one santa hat so I had to take each of the kids photos at different times and put them together in Photoshop. I have them stand against a plain wall (no artwork on the wall) so it will be easier to "drop out" the background and use my own.
I designed this one for my daughter's 18th birthday. I googled People magazine covers, downloaded an image as something to go by and reset the magazine using photos of my daughter and my own captions. This was a big hit with everyone and I received numerous requests to do one for other people. Have fun!
This poster I did for my son for his birthday. He was on the HS football team that year and used the digital images from the teams website. I did this one in InDesign but you can use any page layout program. I then bought a real nice but inexpensive frame at Michaels. It will be something he can cherish forever.
By Tina from Rochester, NY
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Great job, those all look fantastic! I am just getting started in using a photo program, and this is exactly what I want to be able to do someday. Looks fun!
What a beautiful family and lucky you to have the knowledge to do this special thing for your kids!
Beautiful! I envy you and your talent.
WOW!! Great job and just like you said, a real keepsake for the recipient. These would be a nice and thoughtful Christmas present-- everyone likes to see "their name in lights."
I am TOTALLY IMPRESSED! What a professional job you did! Maybe I'll try to do this in the future.
wow. great job
could you tell us how you did it?
I could tell you how I did it...but then I'd have to kill you! Just joking. Unfortunately for you it's 15 years of experience. I've worked in a print shop and you get a lot of ideas and experience. I am an expert in the Adobe products. For the People magazine one I googled covers.
I could tell you how I did it...but then I'd have to kill you! Just joking. Unfortunately for you it's 15 years of experience. I've worked in a print shop and you get a lot of ideas and experience. I am an expert in the Adobe products. For the People magazine one I googled covers. I put one next to my new document, then recreated the whole thing. I was lucky enough to have hi-res files of my daughters senior pictures to use. I did one for my bosses daughter's birthday as well. They were a big hit!
Have you ever thought of creating a step-by-step tutorial of how to do this? If you could make it crystal clear for the complete novice to be successful, I'm certain people would buy it.
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