Friday Freebie – Page 8

Friday Freebie ~ Sticker Action

There are only two things that you need to know about the Friday Freebie. First they’re only announced on a Friday and second… well you can probably work that one out for yourself.

For this Friday freebie I’m giving away a Photoshop action. First up let me say sorry to the Elements users as this really is an action for Photoshop only but it should work on just about any version of Photoshop with the CS name.

To download the action from here: www.gavtrain.com/free/sticker-action.zip

So what does this action do you may be asking. Well it takes your image, crops it to a square and then makes a round sticker effect, complete with a peeling edge. Depending on the speed of you computer it takes a minute or so to run so please be patient.

It will work on any image but size matters as the effect will vary a little. I recommend a minimum size of 1000 pixels on the SHORTEST edge but ideally 2500 pixels on the shortest edge.

Usual rules apply. The action is copyright Gavin Hoey 2012. You may use it for personal, non-commercial purposes only and please do not redistribute without permission. Thank you and enjoy

Friday Freebie No.2

I know a lot of you enjoyed using the Friday freebie grungy frame I uploaded a few weeks back, so I’m going to give away another one.

This time the grungy border has a more industrial feel with peeling paint and screw heads. The centre of the image has a smoother painted look which makes it perfect for for blending with other photos.

If you like your photos to have grungy feel you’ll love this grunge photo frame. This is a very high resolution file of 4666px by 3500px in size, which makes it perfect for print use or down sampling for use with your web based images.

In the photo above I added a colour image as a new layer above the grunge border. Combining the two images is as simple as changing the layer blending mode to Multiply. You might need to use the dodge and burn tools and a levels adjustment layer at the top of the layer stack might be a good idea.

I’d also suggest using images which have lots of sky, large areas of simple colour/tone or lots of nice blurred parts in the photo. Basically a photo with lots of fine detail tends not to blend so well with a textured template like this.

If you create a photo using the Friday Freebie then let me (and everyone else) know by leaving the link in the comments below.

Usage rules
The image is copyright Gavin Hoey 2013. Use is limited to any personal, non-commercial purposes. Please share the Friday Freebie by linking back to this page. Do not redistribute the original image without my permission.

Download instructions
Click the link https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Mmmm3K1utNZEx4MEdDNEJldkU/view?usp=sharing

1. Click the Download button

2. The download should start automatically

Friday Freebee

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Friday Freebee, so let me correct that right now…

If you like your photos to have gungy feel you’ll love this grunge photo frame. This is a high resolution file of 4000px by 3100px in size, which makes it perfect for both web and print use. The canvas texture has lots of mottling and even a small rip, all of which was there in the original photo.

In the photo above I dropped on a mono image and changed then layer blending mode to Hard Light. This template works best either with black and white images but can also work with colour images, especially if you desaturate the template back to black and white.

I’d also suggest using images which have lots of sky, large areas of simple colour/tone or lots nice blurred parts in the photo. Basically a photo with lots of fine detail tends not to blend so well with a textured template like this.

You can download the 5mb high res file from here

If you do use the template and create an image that you share on Facebook, Flickr, 500px, Google+ etc. then remember to leave the link in the comments below. Enjoy!

Usage rules
The image is copyright Gavin Hoey 2012. Use is limited to any personal, non-commercial purposes. Please share the Friday Freebie by linking back to this page. Do not redistribute the original image without my permission.

Download instructions
Click the link https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Mmmm3K1utNbzlxdjVrODlrd0E/view?usp=sharing

1. Click the Download button

2. The download should start automatically