How To #3: Layering
posted by peter Oct 28th, 2008
Brenda, our Community Liaison in Charge of Flickr Operations, has handily put together a short video tutorial on Layering (now in Premium Preview):
As seen in the video, Layering is done through the Photo Basket which can be found at the bottom of your Picnik window while in the Edit or Create tabs.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Wow! I didn’t know that was possible! Thanks… time to get back to editing. :D
October 29th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Do u need premium to do this
October 29th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Thanks Brenda!
October 30th, 2008 at 3:49 am
how come i dun see any picnik basket??? O_O
October 30th, 2008 at 5:42 am
cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for that!
October 30th, 2008 at 6:44 am
do you have to have premium to do this
October 31st, 2008 at 5:18 am
do we have premium to do this kind of thing??hope you response..^_^
October 31st, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Yes; you have to have premium.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Wow, I too didn’t even know this feature exhisted! Thank you so much for the tip!
November 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
do we need to pay to have premium
hope you response
November 1st, 2008 at 3:40 pm
where do you get the great background from?
November 1st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Where do you get the backgrounds from???
November 1st, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Will picnic be providing any textures to be used for layering? I would love to try this, but I don’t know how to get any layers or or textures like the one used in the video. Hope you respond!
thanks.
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
umm do u have to have the piknic premium too do the layering
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
thi is s exciting thank you so much for this!
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
why won’t anyone put up where you get the backgrounds from
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 am
i don’t see a picnik basket! also, do you have to have premium to do this?
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am
Do you have to have premium to do this? Because i don’t see the picnik basket!
November 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
how come i dont have the picnik basket. do you need to have premium?
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
For everybody’s info…I’m pretty sure you need premium for this feature.
November 4th, 2008 at 8:42 am
where do you get cool backgrounds like the one used, and how do you upload them? do they need to be in pdf form?
November 4th, 2008 at 9:02 am
can this only be done through flickr?
November 4th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Here is a great Flickr group for background and layers: http://www.flickr.com/groups/textures4layers/
November 5th, 2008 at 12:13 am
This is so cool. Like everyone before me has asked, do we need to have premium picnik to do this?
November 8th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
where do you the cool backgrounds you use?
November 8th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
YES you need premium picnik to do this
November 10th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
;_;
The video wont show. can anyone either send my a quicktime player link or tell me how to do it over my email?
kikipetee@hotmail.com
November 16th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
where can you get the textures/backrounds from?!!
December 4th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
yes, you do need premium for layering.
This was a great tutorial, very clear!
Can you tell us about textures and how to use them? I see all the other issues answered, almost, but the ones about textures. some folks want to know where to get backgrounds and such.
I have some textures already downloaded, but I would like to contol where they DONT go, like over a face for instance, or different textures in different places in the compostition.
It this possible with picnik?
Thank for all your work in putting this together!
December 5th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Wicked thanks! I’ll have to do some testing now! Much appreciated.
December 9th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Wonderful. I had not idea how to do that. Thank you Brenda.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I thought this program was a little pricy because you pay by the year. But for someone who wants quick and steamlined effects I would have to give Picnik a thumbs up. I just bought the premium version and it is easy to use, plus the added features are great. Simplicity is a wonderful thing? I do use Adobe photoshop and for the price it is more than enough for the average user,it is however a little more complex. Today I am exploring all the features ,benefits ,comments and blogs on the web site. P.S. and the archives. Thanks for the fun—Dan
December 19th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
WOW! I love layering, its so cool and helpful.
But I have a problem…the layering video only talkes about using a whole photo to cover the WHOLE space…what if you only want to use a part of a photo, like a stock one, cut out the figure(s) that you want and use that over the background picture but also make it bold?
How do you get the two photos to stick together???
December 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
i have premium but i dont see my picnik basket can someone help please
January 17th, 2009 at 8:25 am
y do u have to have premium for this?
i mean not everybody is allowed to have it for their parents o.O
and my friend payed for it once but didnt get premium, so she had to pay again, u cant exactly trust stuff like tht
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 am
I have premium and want to use this layering feature but cannot find the Picnik basket. I only have a Photo basket
January 26th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Hey Cathy and everyone else!
To start layering, open the photo you want on the bottom of the layer. Then in the Edit or Create tab pull up the Photo Basket (located in the bottom left corner of the page) and drag and drop the images you want over the photo and resize them.
Check out this video tutorial:
http://flickr.com/photos/curiouskiwi/2979206175/
Enjoy!
-Sonia, Team Picnik :)
April 19th, 2009 at 6:14 am
heey it´s the best!!!!!
April 20th, 2009 at 5:19 am
I was wondering if you still offer the layering effect? I have premium, I’ve gone through the tutorials and I still do not see where I have that option. I have no picnik basket, only a photo basket. Can you advise me as to what to do? Is this something you no longer have? Thanks for your help- your site is amazing!! Dani
July 15th, 2009 at 7:07 am
You can do this in the FREE version. You do NOT need the Premium to do this. You just need to realize what she’s doing. It does go by awfully fast, so watch it a few times, and look at it REALLY close.
She put one picture on top of another and then used the (Advanced Blending Modes in the Photo Properties box) on the top picture until she found one she liked (Multiply) and it worked great for those two pictures.
It won’t always work like this just any two pictures. Get and use two that are similar to what she used. It worked so well because there was a lot of white area in the top picture that disappeared with the mode she chose (Multiply), leaving the remaining edges blending with the “texture” of the bottom picture to make a really layered look.
Once you see how it worked for her, by doing exactly what she did with similar pictures, then play around and try all the different blending modes on two other pictures. The more you play around with it, the more you’ll start to understand the blending modes. Or even if you don’t understand them, you’ll still come up with some really cool results. :)