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Step 11:
When I searched “photo frame” in iStock-
photo earlier, I found this antique-looking
photo frame. We're going to use this as a
graphical Identity Plate, but before we do
that, you'll need to use the same Photoshop
technique I mentioned in Step Seven (and
showed you in the bonus video), to make
the center and surrounding area transpar-
ent (if we don't do that, you'd see a white
box inside and around your frame, instead
of the background around the frame, and
inside being transparent, so it would totally
wreck the look). Also notice how a slight
drop shadow appears inside the frame,
so it appears the photo is actually inside
the frame. Anyway, once you've done the
Photoshop transparency trick, go to the
Overlays panel, turn on the Identity Plate
checkbox, click on the triangle in the
bottom-right corner of the Identity Plate
preview, and choose Edit from the pop-up
menu. When the Identity Plate Editor ap-
pears, click on the Use a Graphical Identity
Plate radio button, then find your frame
file, and click OK. Once it appears in the
Preview area, resize both the Identity Plate
and the image for the look you see here.
Step 12:
Make sure you have the Render Behind
Image checkbox turned off, if you want
the photo frame to appear in front of
your image (like it does in Step 11), or
for a slightly different look, turn it on
(as shown here), so the image appears
on top of the frame—you won't get the
drop shadow appearing on the inside of
your image, adding depth. The final layout
is shown here (or in Step 11, depending
on whether you turned the Render Behind
Image checkbox on or off). I hope these
few pages spark some ideas for you of
what can be done with background images,
Identity Plates, and using both together.
 
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