Filmstrip
Canvas size, width- 8inchesheight- 5 inchesresolution- 150
Step 1. Create a new layer, label this layer “film strip”. We are going to use the rectangular marquee tool. If you click on the letter ‘M’ on the keyboard it will be highlighted. Create a long rectangle on your canvas as shown below:
step 2. We are going to fill the rectangle with black. Set your foreground to black in the tool bar. You may now click on “alt-option-delete” and the selection will fill in with black.
step 3. Click on the rounded rectangle tool (letter U on the keyboard). We will create the “holes” in the film strip now with this shape. In the tools options bar please set your radius to 30 pixels and begin to place your first shape on the canvas. Duplicate this first shape and place them into a folder. Continue to duplicate these until they
get all the way across the filmstrip.
Step 4. Once you have created the shapes and they are across the entire strip, duplicate the group and drag that new group to the bottom of the strip to create the two sets of holes for your filmstrip.
We need to merge these layers into on layer by highlighting all the layers, right click, and “merge layers”, please label this layer filmstrip.
Step 5. We will now create the area for where the picture will go. We are going to use the rectangle shape again but this time set your radius to 20 pixels and place them between to two smaller sets you have already created. Once you have placed them onto the canvas, merge all the layers into one and label it once again, filmstrip.
Step 6. Click on your magic wand and high light any of the large shapes on the filmstrip.
Step 7. With one of your own pictures open we are going to place it into the shape. On the new picture, click “command-A’, “command-C”. We are selecting the picture and copying the picture.
Step 8. Click back onto the filmstrip canvas, click Edit, Paste into to place the image into the highlighted area. You may move the picture around until you are happy with its location. Repeat this until all shapes are filled up.
Step 9. Once all the pictures are placed into the shapes merge the layers again into one.
Step 10. We are now going to duplicate the layers and create the wave effect. First we are going to break up the strip into 3 parts. Do this by clicking on the rectangle marquee tool and make a selection around first two panels as shown below:
Click on “command-shift-J” on the keyboard. Now click on the original filmstrip layer and repeat this process with the next two panels, the last picture alone. You will end up with three layers like the example below:
Rename these layers as left, middle and right.
Step11. We need to duplicate these layers at this time. Once you have duplicated them, “hide” the eyeball so they are now hidden.
Step 12. Click on the left layer and click on the Edit, Transform, warp.
Move this layer up to make it look like it is now twisting in that direction. Apply this same principal to the second and third layers.
Step 13. Hit the eyeball in the left, middle, right copy layers and click on edit, transform, flip vertical as to start create the mirror effect. Move them below the other set and again, click on edit, transform, warp and go through the warping of each layer to mirror the one above it.
the bottom layers, Merge these together and click on the Quick mask button. The top layers can stay the way they are, if you wish to merge them you may.
Step 14. Enter Quick Mask, the button at the bottom of the tool bar.
We will be using the black,white gradient along with the quick mask.
Create a gradient on the canvas that looks similar to what you see here:
Get out of Quick mask and click on the Delete button, you should end up with what you see here:
Click on Command-D to deselect the selection and save your work.
Final
