OH NOES! WHAT THE HECK, LJ? (aka SisterRed muffed up again)

[red_satin_doll]

This morning I marked 5 comments in my inbox to be deleted - and LJ deleted 900.

???????????????????

Granted that solves my problem of having 900+ entries in my inbox but that wasn't what I wanted it to do! That 900 included some lovely recent PM's & conversation from y'all I'd been saving on purpose, birthday listings, how-to advice. In fact it deleted EVERYTHING except stuff I'd red flagged as "important" - about 21 comments.

(ok so maybe the fault isn't with LJ; maybe I clicked on a box that said "delete all" without paying proper attention. I am woman enough to admit it. albeit in small font.)

Damnity damnity damn damn it.

Comments

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

I looked on the instructions at Ipiccy and it looks doable. Do you use an Apple computer rather than a PC?

I looked on youtube and found a video about cutting out images here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVMNPYWwIDo

I searched for Ipiccy layers. I kind of get it. Don't let the term vector mask throw you. It is just a way of starting with some random shape like a circle and then configuring it to fit the shape you want to cut out.

How did you get that rose in the picture that you put over Buffy's face? Because you must have had 2 layers there, right?

Or here's a tutorial about adding a logo. That's using 2 pictures to create 2 layers.

http://ipiccy.com/help/how-to-add-logo-and-text

I'm going to get on Ipiccy and see for myself

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Oh thanks sweetie you are THE BEST! *hugs you* I really appreciate you doing this. And yes I do have a Mac. I'll take a look at those tutorials the first thing in the morning. because I have no experience with layers I just don't know where to begin.

How did you get that rose in the picture that you put over Buffy's face? Because you must have had 2 layers there, right?

Actually no, I went into Textures and the Own Textures option to chose the rose photo from my computer. I did the same thing with the Buffy/Spike images with a rose for debris4spike's bday gift, and also this:



I used the image of The First as Buffy from Sleeper as a "texture" behind the image of Buffy in Faith's dream. (I was just lucky I think that it aligned correctly.) It's no different to using a photo of a pattern inside a yogurt jar:


So using images as textures has been my way of "cheating" but it obviously has limits. For instance, if I want to do more than two images in a single picture, or I want to cut out part of an image.

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

I did see something on YouTube about being able to cut out part of an image, but I didn't try that. Do you want me to see what I can do with that?

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Do you want me to see what I can do with that?

My goodness if you're up for it sweetie I won't say no! You're a doll. *hugs*

Oh something just occured to me...

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Or here's a tutorial about adding a logo. That's using 2 pictures to create 2 layers.

I don't know why I'm so slow on the draw - but this is basically how icon awards banners are created, isn't it?

Re: Oh something just occured to me...

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

Well the point was that another layer was being added. Doesn't really matter if it is a background and a logo or two images. It's just about merging two different pics. That was the point I was making.

But yes, it is most likely how icon awards banners are created.

Re: Oh something just occured to me...

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Right, exactly - but it took me a little bit for my brain to start to process what I'd seen and begin to think about how it could be applied. Thank you again!

I finally watched the first vid you linked me to about cutting out an object (thank you, very helpful) and found and Australian lady who does all sorts of useful ipiccy tutorials as well.