Download
my 2008
Calendar
PDF and
Save
it somewhere
on your
hard
drive,
then
start
Photoshop. From
within
Photoshop open
the
PDF*.
You'll
open each month's page in the PDF as an individual Photoshop
document. The one-month calendar in your Photoshop document
is a single layer. You can’t
edit the text, but you can erase whatever you want and
add your own special touch. For instance, you might want
to select the white area with your Magic Wand Tool and
remove it and either let your photo show through, or
change the color or opacity. You might want to erase
the a date’s number
and put in, for instance, a firecracker photo with a big
4 on it on the 4th of July. You can Transform (control/command-t)
the shape of the calendar to your heart’s
content.
Above
are a few
samples
from 2006.
I
used
the same
image in
each, and
the same
month,
and came
up with
different
calendars
for different
purposes.
To
do the one in the lower right, above, which is six pages
printed back to back, stitched or stapled in the middle
where they fold to reveal the next month, you'll need
paper which won't "bleed" through, and you'll need to
do the "pagination" below:
So the
backs of the pages (indicated in red) will seem to
be upside down if you turn them like a normal book,
but will look right side up if you "tumble" them,
turning top to botom.
Think of ways to make your calendar
different from store bought calendars. |
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You might put in special
birthdays or anniversaries with some appropriate art in
that box. You could make a whole calendar from scans of
your childrens' art and give copies to each grandparent
(with an inset photo of the "artist"). You could put a
favorite poem on each photo. What will you do with the
blank space where the begining or end of the month only
has a few days? That's another place for a favorite saying
or poem.
If you're seen by family
friends as a chef as well as a photographer, you could
photograph your twelve specialties (maybe to match the
month) and either leave room in the photo to superimpose
the recipe or put it next to the calendar rectangle on
the bottom half of the page.
The possibilities are limitless!
Please send me a photo or screen capture of what you do
with your calendar!
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You can click on
File>Open and browse to the PDF, or
in newer versions you can right (control) click
on the PDF in your Photoshop Browser or Adobe Bridge
and select Open with Photoshop.
You’ll
be offered a selection: which of the twelve
(month) pages do you want to open? (back
to the top)
