Display Kit Basic Instructions
 

I'm using the bubbles template as an example

There are many computer programs on the market today and it would be impossible for me to know them all. Many of them are greeting card, calendar, brochure, and craft type programs. These easy to use programs are wonderful for creating craft type items, but they limit your ability to manipulate an image. The first thing you need to do, is learn the program you are using and know what it can or can not do for you.

In order for you to use my Display Kits properly, you need a graphics program that has the following tools available to you; Selection Tool, Crop Tool, Fill Tool, Transform Tool and Eraser Tool.

If you want a real graphics program that will allow you to manipulate an image, you'll have to use something like PaintShopPro by Corel, PhotoImpact by Ulead or PhotoShop by Adobe.
PaintShopPro probably has the most Tutorials and You can get a free 60 day trial HERE
 

  This is the master bubble image. When working with images, always make a duplicate of the original. Never save to your original images/templates.

 The templates you will be working on will eventually be placed on top of this image.

  

 

 
Since we really won't be working with the bubble image itself, you can colorize it at any time or you can just leave it white.
 		  

 

  This is the bubble label that we will be working with. You will need to use your Selection Tool to select the different parts of the image we will be working with.  

 

 

I am using the bubble template from my Single Set 'Bear In Blue'. The first thing I did was reduced the size of the seamless tile which is included in the collection to 100 pixels X 100 pixels. This is a more suitable size to use when Flood-Filling your bubble label and cap top as seen on the left.

  

 

  Working on a copy of the bubble template from 'Bear In Blue', I selected the portion of the wrapper that I wanted to use on my bubble label.

Using my Transform Tool, I resized this image to 156 pixels high - the same height as the bottom portion of my label.

  

 

  Using my crop Tool, I cropped the sides off so that my image measured 107 pixels wide. So now my image is the same height and width as my bubble label.  

 

  I took my image and placed it on top of my bubble label. As you can see, the image needs to be adjusted to look right.

This is where you need to be able to manipulate your image. You may have to distort it or adjust it to fit so it looks like a real bottle.

  

 

  I temporarily made my image transparent so that I could see my label underneath. This will allow me to accurately erase part of the image I don't want.

I very carefully erased the top and bottom portion, only to the edge of my label. When I was satisfied, I set the transparency back to '0'.

  

 

  I selected the bottom portion of my label and the image I created, and merged them as a single object. I then outlined it in a matching color so you couldn't see any flaws.  

 

  I added text to my bottle cap label. You can do this any way you want. It doesn't have to be on a curve.

Using my Paint Airbrush Tool, I added a darker shading to each side. You only need to make one or two swipes down each side to get this effect.

  

 

  Now you select your entire bubble label including the cap and place it on top of your bubble template. Make sure you align it to fit perfectly.

You now have an image that looks like a real bubbles bottle and is ready to be placed on your web site.

  

 

  If you didn't colorize your bottle, you can still do it now if you want.  

 

These are just samples of what you can do using your Display Kit templates and labels.