Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Five:
Now, thus far, we've just used one of our
regular photos from the shoot as our back-
ground image, but if you use images that
were designed to be backgrounds, you get
an entirely different look. For example, the
image shown here is a background image
I bought from iStockphoto. I just went
to their site (
www.istockphoto.com)
, did
a search for “photo frames,” and this came
up as one of the results. So I bought it,
then imported it into Lightroom. Once
it appeared in Lightroom, I dragged it into
the collection where I wanted to use it,
then I dragged it onto the Background
Image well in the Backdrop panel for the
effect you see here. (
Note:
I buy royalty-
free stuff like this from either iStockphoto
or Fotolia
[www.fotolia.com]
, but almost
every microstock site has lots of frames and
borders you can buy for just a few bucks.)
Step Six:
Here's another example of the kind of
simple backgrounds you can download
for your slide shows. Once you've imported
the background image into Lightroom,
remember to drag that image into the
collection where you want to use it, then
drag it onto the Background Image well
in the Backdrop panel. Now, as your slide
show plays, the images will appear inside
the phone. The only tricky part of this
is getting the image to fit right inside
the phone. The trick is to (1) go to the
Options panel and turn on the Zoom to
Fill Frame checkbox. Then, (2) go to the
Layout panel, click on Link All to turn
this off, make your guides visible, and
move them so they're just about the
same size (on all sides) as the phone's
window. It's easier than it sounds, since
you can just drag the guides around
right in the Preview area.
