Anyone know how to make a picture template?
 

so i was trying to make a picture template, such as the ones on the phone already like the chef, the clothes line, the MAN WOMAN, etc... what i was trying to do was get a fail stamp one.. ive tried to make my own but it doesnt show up as a template just as a picture file.. does anyone know how to do this or can someone make one? if some one has any ideas etc. please let me know.. thanks

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The gif file is two frames..


you got an image that your trying to use. Ill make it up for yah real quick.

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yea i got one... thanks a lot..
heres the link
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...inisu/FAIL.jpg

also how do u make a picture two or three frames?
thanks again

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lol @ fail

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*snickers* that IS funny.

I'd also be curious how to make these..

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Wow I really thought it would be easy when I first looked at it..and it probably is but I just cant figure it out..
I read a tutorial on how to make them but I still cant figure it out.
Here
http://www.modaco.com/content/smartp...-photo-themes/

That tutorial is just about 4 years old and all the images showing progress are gone so its really hard to figure it out.. Its something like an animated gif file though with some sort of layer mask.

Anyhow if somebody knows how please share cuz Id like to make some myself. Or Ill keep trying to understand how to do it when I get a minute every now and then.

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dang.. yea i think i read somewhere it had to be 3 layers but i dont know how to do that

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the "fail" template would have been good for what i did on saturday:

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3429/image022yd1.jpg

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:laughing6:That will be the last time I lend you the car!!!

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I'm also interested in figuring this out. I would like to make some photo templates.

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Yes sir I knew Id get it...


Weeew I figured it out totally by accident when I was working on another animated gif file..

What I had to do was get an image in this case it was the fail stamp. And set it on a transparent background. Then make a new layer colored completely black on top of that layer. Now it will cover the first layer. Then I selected just the stamp on the bottom layer. Switched to the top layer while still leaving the selection active. Then I cut out the black which was on top of the stamp. Then the stamp showed through the top layer. I know I lost alot of people. I pretty much lost myself trying to write that..

I then saved as an animated gif file. In gimp there is a selection for frame disposal. Set that on cumulative(combine) and the delay to 0ms. Then your all set with the image.

Copy that to the templates folder. And your ready to take some failed pics...lol


So here it is in a zip folder.

Edit: Heres the pic that I tested it with.

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great! I knew I was missing something simple.... those directions at modico were hard to follow without pictures....
I had some moderate success, but the "failed" was just a slight embose on the image, so you couldn't hardly see it....
since I have the afternoon off, I may make some,,,,

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lol I had to.

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You guys can ask this guy here: Website dedicated to Camera Themes I had asked that some time ago, I'm glad you guys are on it! Hope to see some fresh stuff!!!

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:mrgreen: i almost choked on the water i was drinking from laughing.

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your my hero.. i love you (no homo)

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so you just unzip and place in templates right?

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Yup thats all you should have to do just place the gif image not the whole folder though..
Let me know if not.


Anybody got any other ideas for some templates.

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It doesnt work for me...am I missing a step. I am using PS cs3. does it matter which program I create a gif file? any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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well, I haven't had any luck getting it to work yet, but I found more stamps that would be cool to have..
http://www.webdesign-guru.co.uk/icon...free-graphics/

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Im not sure where the setting is in Photoshop for the loop/delay of the frames and the frame disposal option...
What messed me up was not setting the disposal option to cumulative(combine). After I figured that out it worked fine.


Im gonna make those other stamps into some templates right now..

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Where is the templates folder located?

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Its under... My Device\My Documents\Templates



I made these but they dont look like that last one. I tried a couple of different things. Probably something with the color but Ive messed with it a few times and cant figure it out. The stamp is kinda transparent but still shows up fine. Some people might like it better.

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how about a pwned/owned stamp.. im looking for a pic.. unless someone already has one

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so just placing any png file in the template folder wont work?

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no, unfortunatetely that would be too logical... no actually it is this way so you can do multiple shots in the same image.. I'm still not able to make it work, but I've been low on geek-time lately.. also prefer to figure it out in gimp and animation shop

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Hey Ray they are actually animated gif files not png files.

There is two layers with a 0ms delay and combined. And what makes it even weirder is the fact that black is transparent... Anywhere where you want the pic to show through has to be black on the second frame. The first frame has whatever image that you want on the pic set on a transparent background. Then where ever there is an image on the background has to be transparent on the second frame which is black.

Im probably gonna make up a tutorial one day. I use GIMP so all the pics will be of that program but Im assuming Photoshop would be similar.

Hey shaggy maybe thats where your going wrond using animation shop..You can save animated gifs in gimp. Once you save it as a gif file an option will show up to combine layers or save as animation. Then the next box that comes up has the delay option and the drop down list to combine layers. Hope that helps.


Well I made that pawned stamp up real quick. This one came out fine like the first one. I still am not sure what happened with the second set I did the other day. Only thing I can think of is both this one and the first one started as jpg files. While the second set was originally gif files. Maybe Ill try to save them as jpg's and try again.

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lol, yea, thanks, still getting used to gimp.. nice to know it does it...

I also noticed the difference with jpg's.. wonder if it has something to do with using true black... I think on modico there was a mention of using something besides #000000

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Sort of works on the Vogue too but you get some 'noise' along the top

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2788/image017ty2.jpg

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Yeah its like that on my mogul too... I havent had a sec to figure why it does that. In the first pic I took that I posted it has that too. Any ideas??

I just tried one that I had and it didnt work.

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so is there a step by step instructions on how to make a template?
I tried the process but i failed many times. I just dont know what i am doing wrong

my outcome always turn to be good on first shot, then on the second shot, it messes up the whole capture (ie it blends into the first shot and the frame)

any suggestions?