Random Tips

I was thinking, I have an assortment of tips I've shared in Yahoo groups, why not post them on my blog? Many of these are links to tutorials. I'll see what I come up with. Here is the first:

Out-of-Bounds photos are currently very popular. I got these links together for anyone interested in trying it themselves. Look them all over to get a clearer idea of what to do. The steps shown can be adapted for any program. You are basically tubing (PSP term; "extracting" for PS users) half the photo, then put the frame over it, remove the portion of the frame covering the tube half that sticks out and add an appropriate shadow for the portion sticking out of the frame. The name of the tool may be different for different programs, but they do the basic same thing. That's also why I suggest reading through the tutorials, following the progression of what is happening to the graphic and basically how it is done. You can then apply the same principals to the program you are using.

http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161043

For more on the shadows of OOB: http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161135

Also highly recommended:

http://www.freakingnews.com/hosted/tutorials/OOB_Tutorial_Serrator.pdf and it's companion on frames:
http://www.freakingnews.com/hosted/tutorials/OOB_Tutorial_Frame_Warping_Serrator.pdf

A few more:

http://www.biorust.com/tutorials/detail/184/en/

http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/wordpress/?p=975

http://www.empiredezign.com/version2/portfolio/pages/tutorials/3dphoto.htm

For ideas on your own (or just to oh and ah at what other's have come up with)
http://www.worth1000.com/galleries.asp?rel=Out+of+Bounds&display=photoshop&id=14161
http://www.freakingnews.com/Out-Of-Bounds-Pictures--1395-0.asp