I'm working on a wall to go with my VS and want to incoporate the 3 pictures in it. I just can't seem to come up with any ideas to make it blend more smoothly and not look so "forced" upon the background. Anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? I'm using Photoshop 7 just so you know. Thanks.
Here is a link to the wall so far:
Maybe you could get rid of the writing?, but otherwise it looks pretty good! Eva looks hot too!
If u want the pictures to blend in more smoothly, then drop the inside-shadow concept on the borders. Use a knock-out gradient layer instead. This will create a viewport-effect:
1) Arrange the layers in this order: Knockout gradient layer first(top), background-layer second and, pictures-layer 3rd(bottom). Use the "background from layer" command on the pictures-layer though, or it will also be knocked out.
2) Apply the knock-out layer to the background-layer, in so doing revealing the pictures of Eva.
3) Apply a light, (meaning not too dense) drop shadow to the background-layer, or you could skip this. Whatever is visually pleasing. Although pictures of Eva are visually pleasing all on their own:d
And yeah, I'm also game with the idea of masking the text in the pictures, we don't want it to steal focus now do we?
I would LOVE to get rid of the text but I don't know how to go about it right. I've searched and searched for the pics w/o the text but I've had no luck 
Very good, maybe if you could get rid of the text under the pictures and I think that they could be smaller, if you make a 1600x1200 resolution, version then you could put them this size, but for 1024x768 they are too big. Last thing is about background. Could you flip it horizontally so the white area on the left is on the right or just add more brown strokes to the left area. I'm saying this because I have my icons on the left and the white background makes the text under them harder to read.
I would LOVE to get rid of the text but I don't know how to go about it right. I've searched and searched for the pics w/o the text but I've had no luck
Here you go: http://forums.superiorpics.com/ubbthreads/.../0/fpart/1/vc/1
Dude you are the man. Thanks a million. I'll post my final product later on in the day. Thanks for the all the suggestions guys.
Dude you are the man. Thanks a million. I'll post my final product later on in the day. Thanks for the all the suggestions guys.
No problem, just fix the white on the left please. 
If u want the pictures to blend in more smoothly, then drop the inside-shadow concept on the borders. Use a knock-out gradient layer instead. This will create a viewport-effect:1) Arrange the layers in this order: Knockout gradient layer first(top), background-layer second and, pictures-layer 3rd(bottom). Use the "background from layer" command on the pictures-layer though, or it will also be knocked out.
2) Apply the knock-out layer to the background-layer, in so doing revealing the pictures of Eva.
3) Apply a light, (meaning not too dense) drop shadow to the background-layer, or you could skip this. Whatever is visually pleasing. Although pictures of Eva are visually pleasing all on their own:d
And yeah, I'm also game with the idea of masking the text in the pictures, we don't want it to steal focus now do we?
I'm not quite sure what you mean. More so about using a knock-out gradient layer.
Check out the zip I have attached. This contains a psd that illustrates what I mean. Hope it helps you along;)
Still not helping. I have 3 layers:
Layer 1 is the gradient.
Layer 2 is the brushe strokes.
Layer 3 is the pictures.
I've tried applying the same settings and it does nothing.
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