Forum Topic - *P365 2/5/11
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Lisa J. Posted at 6:01 PM, Feb 07, 2011 |
Here's a fun little "daily" project you could do for yourself, or for your family! There are some fun ideas here at PhotoJojo.com. Now some of the instructions here are given to set up your page in another program - and surely we know it can be a LOT less work in a program like MMS. So, to set up your page, just create a layout with a photo box the size you like, and then duplicate it as many times as you need to create the number of "faces" you want on your page. It's fun and easy. Use the alignment tools to make sure your boxes are lined up, or arrange them a little tilted for a fun look! Here's the article with the idea - and you can take it from there! Hope you have a great weekend! ...and don't forget to make a memory today! Lisa J.
Make a Daily Profile Photo…For Your Fridge!
It’s inevitable; sooner or later (probably sooner) you’ll find yourself trapped in the dreaded Fridge Zone: forever peering into an open fridge pondering “What am I in the mood for?” There is only one way out of The Zone; you gotta dig deep and discover your mood…with photography! Get in some acting practice, snap some photos and make a handy magnetic go-to-guide of your emotions. You’ll be wearing your heart on your sleeve and your mood on your fridge. How To Make a Daily Photo Emoto-Magnet Put your face front and center with an awesome magnetic spectrum of your emotions. It’s got a grid of your many moods and a magnetic frame to announce your current temperament. Turning your photos into magnets is easier than mac n’ cheese. So go make some faces and we’ll teach you a new way to express your magnetic personality. Find a good, sturdy, blank wall to stand in front of. Set up your tripod and/or friend then put some tape on the floor so they stay in the same spot for the whole photo shoot. Set your camera to manual or aperture/ shutter priority so that all of your photos have the same settings (to keep their chart worthy uniformity in top form). Might we suggest as a starting point: happy, sad, afraid, excited, surprised, hopeful, angry, meh, tired, hyper, anxious, peaceful, disheveled, confused, confident, and hip. It’s easy to get carried away here but you can always edit them down later. Do any necessary editing and crop each picture to 1”x 1” If you are using 16 photos you’ll need a file that is 5.75”x 6.75”. To make a guide simply click on the ruler and drag your mouse either down or to the left. The math here sounds a little tricky but you’re a smart cookie! First, make a guide that sits ½” in from the edge all the way around. Second, make a new vertical guide an inch in to the right from the border. Then, make another vertical guide a quarter inch to the right of that guide. Make a third vertical guide an inch to the right from the newest guide… Keep it up, inch then quarter, inch, quarter – until you hit the other side. For the horizontal guides the pattern is inch, quarter inch, quarter inch; inch, quarter, quarter. That extra quarter is for our super important text labels. Savvy? You left yourself a 1”x ¼” space for this which should be perfect for a 12 or 14 point font. You can place a black border around your grid in Photoshop to tell you where the edges are before printing. Once your magnetic paper prints, trim it down to size. Glue the colored paper you choose to a blank sheet of magnet paper. Then, draw and cut out a fun shape that is at least 1 ½” x 1 ¾”. With your steadiest hand measure and cut a rectangle to the measure of 1”x 1 ¼” in the middle. Now you have a window into your emotional well being. Oh why, hello there! If you got carried away and the grid is huge you can print it in pieces or on cardstock and hold it up with magnets on each corner. And look at that, you’ve got a fancy-pants selector piece. |
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