Photo Strip Template

About this freebie

The Photo Strip Template is a free layered page template for your everyday projects. The download gives you 8 PNG layers sized at 3600 x 3600 pixels. These stack to build a 12 x 12 inch page at 300 dpi. You will find gray shapes marking spots for three tall photos on a horizontal paper band. The layout also includes designated areas for a title, journaling and an element spot. A flattened guide JPG and a text file show the correct layer order. This simple design works well for highlighting a sequence of pictures.

Ideas for using it

1. Use the three 3.2 x 5.6 inch photo spots to show a sequence of events. This works nicely for a morning routine or a short walk.
2. Fill the paper band layer with a bright pattern. Add solid colors to the background to make your three photos stand out clearly.
3. Place three portraits of the same person in the tall photo spots. Add their name in the title space and write a short story in the journaling area.

How to use it

• Read our guide on how to use page templates to get started. You just need an image editor that supports layers to arrange the 8 PNG files.
• Stack the files according to the included text file. The background goes on the bottom, followed by the paper band and then the three photo spots.
• Use your software tools to clip your photos to the gray shapes. This keeps your pictures perfectly sized at 3.2 x 5.6 inches without manual cropping.
• The 0.6 MB ZIP file contains a flattened guide JPG. Keep this image open on your screen as a quick visual reference while you build your layout.
• Place every PNG layer at the top left corner of a 12 x 12 inch, 300 dpi page and they line up.
• Clip a paper or a photo to each gray shape, then delete or hide the gray.

What is inside the ZIP

One folder named photo-strip-template with the files below (file names start with photo-strip-template-), plus README.txt and LICENSE.txt.