Reply #1 - July 16, 2007, 09:17:43 AM
Fun effect, however your picture doesn't match the opening in the first frame.
This is how I do it:
Using the selection tool that makes straight lines - select the inside of the frame, keep in mind you can't always just go corner to corner, you can select small sections at a time and work up the straight line, also be careful about making your corners perfect 45 degree angles, you may want to round them off just a touch, so it doesn't look fake. Now in the select menu go to feather and feather it a couple pixels, 2-3 or a few more depending on how big the image is. Now open the picture you want to put in the frame and select it (doesn't matter it's size) then go back to the original. Hit CTRL - Shift - V. This will paste the picture into the selected part but let you resize it. Make sure you click the little link/chain looking thing when you start resizing so that it will keep the proper dimensions and not stretch one way or the other. Also make sure you tilt your image to fit.
Selecting it first and feathering it just a touch makes it look so much more real. Also pasting the image inside using CTRL - Shift - V gives you more control.
That was a lengthy explaination for a simple process, sorry. Let me know if any of it doesn't make sense and I will explain better.
Anyway, it is a neat effect, I would imagine that high school seniors would like it.
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