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shelleyrae · #1 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005

PROGRAM BASIC: Beginner's Layout in DIP 10 using a KIT
http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-scrip...icle_300.shtml

ELEMENT: Photo Mats
http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-scrip...icle_299.shtml

ELEMENT: Make your own Blinkie
http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-scrip...icle_298.shtml

PROGRAM BASIC: Resolution in Digital Image Pro
http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-scrip...icle_297.shtml

ELEMENT: Silver Metal Eyelet (using EyeCandy4000)
http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-scrip...icle_296.shtml

They are just todays ..if you haven't visited in a while you will find there are plenty more and more to come!

717sherry · #2 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I'm the one that asked for a tut using a KIT! I can't wait to try it out. I can't even figure out how to get a BG or an element on the page. I don't know what it's doing. I'm so used to my other program, which was so easy but very limited. I'm not used to all these features.

717sherry · #3 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005

I'm screaming right now!

I see pages that have differnet backgrounds on a page. It may have one full BG and then another that is set over it maybe tilted a little- or- cropped background off to the side where you can still see the first one. How do you resize the background without distorting it. Do you have to put it in a shape? I tried that and when I dragged the BG into the canvas it was big (not the size of the shape). Maybe I'm trying too much at once. Another question- in a kit- is it better to have all the papers, elements, alpha that goes with kit in one big folder that you open all at once into the files section. Or should you keep it seperate and keep doing the Control-O thing. And do you always have to copy and duplicate each element before using it? I must be missing some basic steps here. I need a local, visual, hands on lesson. Anyone from Houston area that can teach me?

kimlizzy · #4 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005

It's not vital to make a copy of your element and then close the original. It is a SAFETY thing. If you are working on your original and make changes and click on "save" instead of "save as" you will permanently alter the original. If you are sure you will always use "save as" and give it a new name then you won't alter the original.

If you have a canvas open and then drag the background onto it and the background is too big one of two things would be the problem:
1. Your canvas size is not the same as the background - alter the canvas size
2. The resolution of either the canvas or the background could be wrong.
If you have a 12x12 canvas at 300dpi and the background is too big it would mean the background is either at a smaller resolution or the designer made it larger than 12x12".

Check the resolution of your canvas and backgrounds.

You can open all the elements from a kit at the one time but it can hog memory. I open a couple at a time and once I have it dragged onto my canvas I close the original off.

shelleyrae · #5 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005

Sherry
"It may have one full BG and then another that is set over it maybe tilted a little- or- cropped background off to the side where you can still see the first one."
The easiest way to do as you have asked is to add the first background and then drag the second on in the same way, position as desired and then crop the second paper. You do that by selecting the second paper and then going to Format> Crop> Selected object. Drag out to cover the area you want to keep and then select Done. Here is the tutorial on cropping with the crop tool http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-scrip...icle_161.shtml

"in a kit- is it better to have all the papers, elements, alpha that goes with kit in one big folder that you open all at once into the files section. Or should you keep it seperate and keep doing the Control-O thing. And do you always have to copy and duplicate each element before using it? "

Opening that many elements at one time will slow done your program remarkably - you can use drag and drop which i much easier - tut is here http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-scrip...icle_125.shtml

In the tut I dont actually recommend making a copy of the original except when using backgrounds , only that after you drag the element onto the canvas,close the original file. This both prevents you accidently saving over your original file but also means your program will not be slowed down with memory problems.

HTH

Tammy Gary · #6 (**permalink**) 08-14-2005

I could olny see titles but no tut. Tried several

717sherry · #7 (**permalink**) 08-14-2005

Tammy,
That's strange. I just tried too, no tut. It was there the other day because I printed it. The format has changed since the other day. Must be missing a link somewhere.

shelleyrae · #8 (**permalink**) 08-14-2005

They are down temporarily - only a day or two - as we are fine tuning a few things. Sorry for any inconevneience