How do I create a premade page with "cut outs" for photos?

[Scrapper007]

I am interested in doing this, but the program I currently use is limited. I downloaded Gimp recently. Is there a way to do this with this program? I am interested in making premade digital pages. TIA!

[Jazz2000]

Hi Kim!

sorry I didn't see this sooner. Is GIMP the only program you work with or do you have another?

To be honest, I never worked w/GIMP before. I usually use Photoshop Elements.

The premade pages, or quick pages, are fun to make. Make a digiscrap page, usually w/a frame.

I think what I do is after I finished designing my layout & added all the drop shadows, I save it & flatten it. That is merger all the layers together. Then I use a cutting tool to cut out the middle of the frame. Save it as a .png file.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Also, it helps when you first open a blank page to start your layout, have the background be transparent.

I'll try to check out GIMP next week. hope this helps.

I think there are some GIMP tutorials in the forum.