Fresh and Cool remade eBook and Full Wrap Book Cover

Turbulent Fields - Basic Photo Composite

Simple Composite of background and model.  Started this design to enter for Cathleen Tarawhiti's book cover design contest.  Did not complete in time for the submission deadline.  Spent to much time wandering around playing with different technique's.  Loved the lavender's in the model's dress, and how the colors play along with the sky. 

Credits:
Model - Beth Wellington - Cathleen Tarawhiti Stock
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Background - Countryside - Cathleen Tarawhiti Stock
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Moon - pixabay.com/en/moon-super-moon…

You can check out my page on Deviant Art at DesireeCompton-DA

Finding corners of large object or layer in Photoshop

Mixing and matching different photos, pngs, vectors, etc. is one aspect that makes photo manipulation so addictive.  Most of these are various sizes and shapes, and have to be resized to 'fit' with what your vision is.

A headache that I kept coming across working on different book covers, was adding an object/background/etc. and not being able to find the edges to 'transform' it to a manageable size.  {Hard to find a trick for it on-line.}

But, I did stumble across how to get this done.  And even managed to do it a second time, and a third!  So... in case you have been trying to find a work around for this.  Here ya' go!

1) Have your PS doc open {I think this is a given, but...}

2) Select the layer that needs to be reduced, and open transform tool.  'Ctrl' + 'T'

The X and Box will now show up, but the corners {all of them, or just two} won't be within the doc bounds.

3) 'Ctrl' + '0' {zero} moves the view back til the bounds of the layer are visible.  Ta-Da!!!

Now you can size down the image, move it around, flip it, etc. without struggling to find the corner and see where the layer will end up in relation to your other layers.

4) Now click on a different layer, or close out of the transform tool {click on brush tool or something}, then 'Ctrl' + '0' {zero} will take you back to your background size layer filling the window.

Now you can keep the layer uncropped for fast resizing if needed, and still find the corners easily. Hope this helps speed up your Photoshop processes!

Sources used in this image:
Model: Diana 3 by CathleenTaraWhiti
Background: Countryside by Cathleen TaraWhiti
Smoke Brushes: from Smoke Action Pack by Seven Styles
Gate: Minaya86 Stocks

Unique look at a premade ebook cover - Before & After

Here is the finished eBook Cover of Cover Design - Technicolor Fantasy

Photos used before photoshop magic wielding ensued:

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These images can be found on Pixabay.com.

Add a Sky Overlay to your photos

Adding a sky overlay can add a lot of depth to your landscape, or wide perspective, photos, and it is an easy edit using your gradient tools.

{Original Photo from Pixabay.com}

Using a gradient allows you to show off the cloud overlay, while helping the overlay to blend seamlessly with the content of your photo.

My post, Playing with Sky Overlays, has links to the tutorial that I found helpful in using gradients as a blending method when substituting skies in your photos.

Additional retouching to this photo:

Whiten Highlights

Trash Removal

Contrast & Color Boost

{Photo from Pixabay.com}

 Want to see more of edited photos?  Check out these retouched images.  Thanks for visiting!

Freebie - Organizing Desktop Background of Fall Lake

Happy New Year y'all!  Here is another organizing background for your pleasure.

This background highlights the gorgeous fall colors around this peaceful lake.  Fall colors are something I sorely miss seeing out my back window here in Texas.  A seasonal background helps fill that gap, but I still daydream about taking a trip up the east coast to see the seasonal display the trees there make each fall.

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Enjoy!

Paranormal Premade Book Cover - Before and After

The finished cover as shown ready for purchase:

Images used to create the finished cover:

Thanks for joining me for this Before & After.  Finished cover is available for purchase at TheBookCoverDesigner and the photos used were from Pixabay.com