How to make Cut-Out Banners.

I'm going to show you how to make this: out of this: 
I tried to do this with GIMP using this tutorial, it took me like three days to flip the brushes and figure out how to install the fram, and then I got the idea that I should try to do it with PF. It took me ten minutes with PF.
Of course, for this banner or wallpaper or whatever it is, I used other tutorials, too:
- This blending method to put Lucy Hale on it.
- This blending method to put Jasper on it.
In this tutorial I'll show you how to make the frame.
You're going to need 3 images: a to-be-framed image, a cute little brush and a grungy frame.
1. Open PF, go to File-Open and find the image you want to be framed, then go to Image-Image Size. Write it's size down or try to keep it in mind.
You have the size? Good.
Close the image. You don't need it for now.
2. Go to File-New and open a new image with white background. Make sure that it's slightly bigger than the to-be-framed image. In my case, the to-be-framed image is 800x450, so the new image will be 820x494. Make it transparent using this. (I left it white so you can see)
3. Open the brush you want to use. Mine is this:
Make sure to resize it so it's not too big.
Go to Edit-Copy, then go to your white image and Edit-Paste Special-Mask.
4. Move your brush to the corner you want it in, flip if necessary (using these), then repeat the steps so you have a brush in each corner.
Your image should look like this: 
5. Open the frame you want to use. Mine is this: 
Resize it. My image with the brushes is 820x494, so the frame will be 800x496.
Now go to Edit-Copy, then go to your image with the brushes and Edit-Paste Special-Mask. Move the brushes around until it looks good.
Your image probably looks like this:

I used the Eraser Tool to make it look more 'believable', if you know what I mean. It looks like this.
6. Open your to-be-framed image, go to Edit-Copy. Activate your image with the brushes and the frame, and click on the first layer, it's name is Background.

Go to Edit-Paste and move everything around until it looks good. Use the Eraser Tool if needed, and then click on this to get rid of the white spaces. It's better if you use GIMP for that, though. Add text, effects, whatever you want, and you're done.

Blending Different Images.

I'm going to show you how to blend two or more images that have different background, because most of the blending tutorials use images with the same background, but I think there are cases when you want to use different images.

1.First, open PFS, then go to File-Open and open your images.

I will use this and this. Let's call them image 1 and image 2.

Choose an image, this will be your base (you're going to put the other image on this), in my case, that's image 1.

If your base is smaller than the other image, you need to resize the other image. Find out which is the right size this way: change the size (Image-Image Size), then Edit-Copy and Paste it onto the base. Then click this to remove the image from the base:  Repeat these steps until you find the right size.
2. Now that you have the size, go to Edit-Copy and Paste it onto the base image, and move it around to where you want it to be. It should look like this:

3. The third step is to remove that ugly black background from image 2. Click the Erase Tool:
  (People usually use the Clone Stamp Tool to do this, but it just doesn't work for me. The Erase Tool does the same thing, anyway.)
Set the radius (the bigger it is the better it erases) and the pressure, and then start erasing the background. Be careful!
After you're finished, it should look like this:

That's it, you're done!
I like to use the Blur Tool to make it look smoother.
I use this method to all of my banners that include blending, like this and this. In the latter I used this tutorial to put Jasper on the banner.

Meet PhotoFiltre.

The program that I use to make graphics is called 'PhotoFiltre', and it looks like this:

I've been using this program for a long time, more than three years, so I know what I'm talking about.

At first I used the simple PhotoFiltre, but then I found PhotoFiltre Studio X. Been using it ever since, and it looks like this:

There are only a few differences between the two: PF Studio X has brushes and more features, and it uses layers, which, if you ask me, is a very good thing.

You can download it from HERE.

Now I'm not going to start explaining what each tool is; I believe that the best way to learn is to test them.

And now you can ask me why. Why do I use PF Studio instead of Photoshop, GIMP, Paint Shop Pro or any other much better program.

The answer is simple: I've tried them, and I don't like them. They're too complicated for my simple mind.
I'm learning how to make banners in GIMP.
I sometimes use Dreamlight Photo Editor and PhotoInstrument. Dreamlight is good if you want to add special effects to your image, and PhotoInstrument is good to change hair color, add make-up, etc.
I used PI to make this out of this.

Hi!

Hello everyone!
So, as you can see, I decided to make myself a blog.
Go, navigate, read my stories, stare at my banners and wallpapers, or just read my tutorials. You're welcome to do anything you want.