{"id":4453,"date":"2016-11-16T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovepapercrafts.com\/?p=4453"},"modified":"2017-05-02T16:35:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T23:35:33","slug":"digitizing-handwriting-photo-overlays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovepapercrafts.com\/digitizing-handwriting-photo-overlays\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitizing Your Handwriting for Photo Overlays"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love adding text over my photos. Overlays are a fun, decorative element to add to photos. They liven up some of the boring photos of objects.<\/p>\n

I prefer my own organic handwriting instead of fonts. Seriously, someone invent a pen that allows me to doodle right on my photos. Until that happens, I will have to settle for digitizing my handwriting and adding it to photos digitally before printing.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial I will take you through the steps to digitize handwriting for photo overlays. You can also convert your own handwriting to clip art and cuttable SVG files. <\/p>\n

Write Something<\/h2>\n

For the first step, write down a fun phrase or word to digitize. I choose to do three different Christmas phrases. I used a black TomBow Dual Brush Pen<\/a>. I wrote each phrase down on some tracing paper. I used a grid as my background to help structure the letters.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t have to be perfect. Make it organic! The way you write should be uniquely your own and I think that should be reflected in your overlays. <\/p>\n

\"Handwritten<\/p>\n

Lets Digitize!<\/h2>\n

Once you have your phrase written down, scan it into the computer and open it up in Adobe Illustrator.<\/p>\n

Open up the Image Trace Window. I used the 3 Colors preset because my image was in black and white. The less colors you use the better.<\/p>\n

\"Tutorial<\/p>\n

Go to Object > Expand
\n\"How<\/p>\n

Now Ungroup the paths.
\n\"How<\/p>\n

Select each area that you don’t want and click delete. If you only used a few colors this step should be pretty easy. You can hold down Shift to select more than one path at a time. <\/p>\n

\"DIY<\/p>\n

I copied each phrase into it’s own document. You can skip this step if you only did one phrase.<\/p>\n

\"DIY<\/p>\n

For my overlays I changed the color to white so they would show up on dark photos but you can colorize them anyway you want. Go ahead and get creative with your coloring. <\/p>\n

\"Tutorial<\/p>\n

Save as a PNG and you are done. You have now created a stylish, handwritten photo overlay. <\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Handwritten Photo Overlay Examples<\/h2>\n

\"Photo<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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