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AmyJ · #5 (**permalink**) 08-14-2004

Cropping will resize the entire file.

Here's what I would do-

First I would suggest creating a backup file for each of your elements. This can be as simple as putting tem all on a CD-R. This will help in several ways. Take it from me, a computer can crash andyou may loose everything. In addition, CD's can get scratched or worse. Plus, you really don't want to take the chance of saving over your element with something modified.

I would crop the background to 8 by 10. Then either

1) Copy and Paste the background into your new image- CTRL "A" will select the entire image. Great for this kind of task. And of course Ctrl "C" will copy and Ctrl "P" will paste. When you close the background image that you cropped do not save the changes.

2) Save the file as the name of your layout and build your layout on top of that background.

Now, cropping and photos. I prefer when possible to crop my pictures in their original (or backup) file to the size I want in my layout. This does two things. It allows me to easily cut out the part of the picture I don't want and it keeps my 300 dpi image clear when I copy and paste.

Sometimes, of course, I want to change the size. Once you choose move/resize in your toolbar you can see a chain icon in the tool options toolbar. You can click on this to lock the aspect ratio. Then you can re-size the image.