How do I start to make lace in DSA2. I am not sure which tool would be best or do I use quickshapes and manipulate them??

I usually scan or photgraph a piece of lace and then cut it out. I have never tried to actually make lace.

I've always used an element from a DSA kit or a lace brush - can look very good set to very wide. Much as I love my quickshapes, I don't think I would have the time to go down that route! Harleygirl had some great lacy shapes in her early kits - I remember using one as a lace mat for a table (in DSA - not literally!).

Hi there

Although I've recently been pleasantly surprised by the range of tools built into DSA - including those inside Photolab, fx and the Cutout studio - I spent quite some time this morning trying to make lace. It's a fairly straightforward task in Photoshop, but sadly I've not managed to replicate or adapt the method to work in DSA.

I'll keep trying though...

TTFN

You can get some lacy filigree effects using dingbats-type fonts and doing copy/paste, flip horizontal/vertical etc. Does take a fair bit of experimentation!

The Kaleidoscope filter in PhotoLab should work well for this: type the dingbat character you want to use and then 'Convert to Curves' so that you can take it into PhotoLab. 'Distort > Kaleidoscope' is accessed via the 'Quick Add Filter' button on the right-hand side of the PhotoLab window.

Alfred

Yes... the kaleidoscope filter applied to all sorts of things, dingbat fonts, filigree swirls etc - they will all form the pattern of a good lace 'doyley' ... but what about true lace panels, edges or ribbons? They need a good web-like/loose weave backing.

In Photoshop you can get a really good basic lace texture by applying a small scale stained glass feature to a rectangular shape and then selecting/deleting (en masse) the interior of the cells with the magic wand tool. This is where I'm coming unstuck in DSA... with potentially thousands of cells to delete, DSA just can't seem to match Photoshop's 'magic wand' tool, I'm afraid

Iris

Thank you for tips I have been practising with the kaleidoscope and stitching but can't get it to look much like lace, the photo I have nor tried yet as I can't find anything lacy in the house.

Hi Mary i tried to make a new lace brush from lace brush 04 in photos brushes, draw a line of it then go into tools & convert to bitmap, then you can rub out the bits you don't want leaving you with a single thread, then you can turn it into a new brush by exporting it and bringing it in through the digikit creator.make your own brushes (melinda's tutorial on making your own brushes.)

Hello ladies

I have been trying to produce a lace texture file with DSA, but I've not managed to do it. So I made one in Photoshop and I have used it a few times on the page below... I'm referring to the lace texture/net fill effect. Everything else - the shapes, lettering, borders and shadows - is entirely done in DSA.



With next month's 'Hearts and Lace' challenge coming up, I'm happy to share the lace texture PNG if anyone wants it - please send a PM.

TTFN
Iris