I do a bit of paper crafting. I love making pyramids. I wondered if a similar sort of thing could be done on Elements. After a lot of trial and error, I came up with this.
I had wanted just a slight shadow round each layer, but could not find out how to do it. So I used a bevel each time, instead.
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Quote - I do a bit of paper crafting. I love making pyramids. I'd like to see some of your paper pyramids. As for doing it in elements, do you have an example of what you are trying to achieve?
Is this anything like the kind of thing you’re after whippet.
I drew out a white rectangle shape over the photo and gave it an Overlay blend mode and added a drop shadow. Duplicated that layer and resized it to suit. I just judged the resizing by eye.
Second example I drew out a black rectangle shape and gave it a blend mode of Lighten. Pic from morguefile
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There are many ways to do the same thing. With the visibility hide method: No need to repeat image layers (clipping masks). Using blending modes is not needed but still an option.
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Notes: 1. Inner Stroke 2. Drop Shadows around the whole pyramid rectangle. (Drop Shadow Distance 0) 3. Stroke, drop shadow and visibility hiding only needs to be done once. Just copy and resize for each additional layer. 4. Linked pyramid layers to make it easier to move whole pyramid around. 5. I used PSE 15 for pyramid grouping and layer colors.
I had done my attempt on my laptop, which has Elements 2. After the time it took, I wasn't inclined to start all over again with eleven.
Whippet, it doesn't take long to make a pyramid if you fellow these steps.
It's way quicker and easier to do than writing out the steps. Try it.
After making the first pyramid layer, all you have to do is duplicate the layer and resize it with the move tool, for each additional layer.
Use Elements 11. To make the technique simple to learn, use a colored layer for the background.
Pyramids - Visibility Hide Method
1. Make a new layer above the bkgrd image layer.
2. Draw a shape or selection (rectangle or oval) for the base of the pyramid. Fill selection with color.
3. Add a Stroke and Drop Shadow-optional.
4. Go to Effects, Styles, Visibility and click on Hide. If neccesary click on the little menu on the top right hand corner and click Show Names.
5. Duplicate the pyramid layer. Use the Move tool to click and drag a corner while holding down the Alt key (windows) to reduce the size of the pyramid.
6. Repeat step 5 for as many pyramid layers as you want.