I know there are a lot of 12x12 scrappers out there. I want to take a quick minute to walk you through how to convert these to 12x12, in case any of you were wondering...
Just one note - these are in Photoshop CS2. I think it converts to PSE as well, but don't have the program on my computer to confirm that. So if anyone can either validate my claim or add any steps I've missed, I'd appreciate it.
1) Open Template
2) Under IMAGE in the menu bar, select IMAGE SIZE
3) In the Image Size box, change the width and height to 3600 pixels (it should say 2400 originally) -- this should be 12x12 at 300dpi
4) Add your photos
It's best to resize the template BEFORE you add all the photos. The squares of solid color convert easily without losing quality, while photos may not convert quite as nicely.
Hope this helps!
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Friday, August 3, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Tips & Tricks: Justified Text
I received a comment from Sarah G regarding justified text. As PSE users know, it's not possible to justify text in the program. This was also true in Photoshop 5.0, which was my original version of Photoshop.
For those of you who like to have the nice, even, square journaling, I'm sure this has proven to be a major frustration. I know it was for me in Photoshop 5.0. It was SUCH a pain to type each line on its own layer or individually kern each line. There are always way around the problems, but sometimes they prove to be such a headache.
Anyway, Sarah told me that the force justification on the templates DOES come across in PSE. To quote my 2-year-old: "Hooray!"
So my tips:
1) If you want to use force-justified journaling on a layout which doesn't use the templates, SELECT THE JOURNALING LAYER from my template and DRAG IT INTO YOUR NEW LAYOUT. While I don't have PSE to test this on, it *should* work. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
2) To change the size, shape of the force-justified journaling: PUT YOUR CURSOR IN THE TEXT and SLIDE THE ANCHOR POINTS. You can pull it up, down, diagonally -- just as you would in resizing an element.
For those of you who like to have the nice, even, square journaling, I'm sure this has proven to be a major frustration. I know it was for me in Photoshop 5.0. It was SUCH a pain to type each line on its own layer or individually kern each line. There are always way around the problems, but sometimes they prove to be such a headache.
Anyway, Sarah told me that the force justification on the templates DOES come across in PSE. To quote my 2-year-old: "Hooray!"
So my tips:
1) If you want to use force-justified journaling on a layout which doesn't use the templates, SELECT THE JOURNALING LAYER from my template and DRAG IT INTO YOUR NEW LAYOUT. While I don't have PSE to test this on, it *should* work. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
2) To change the size, shape of the force-justified journaling: PUT YOUR CURSOR IN THE TEXT and SLIDE THE ANCHOR POINTS. You can pull it up, down, diagonally -- just as you would in resizing an element.
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