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Jaydee45 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-22-2006

Hi, I am trying to get the hang of digital scrapbooking and hoping to pick everyone's brains.
I have psp 8 and used to use it for tags etc but find it quite different making something as big as a scrapbook page. I have had a few goes using free pages, it's great fun and has made me realize how many of my photos have never seen the light of day. Thanks for sharing all the lovely art work.

deniseb30 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-22-2006

Hi Jaydee, welcome to sbb you will find a warm bunch here can't wait to see your work, not much help as far as your program goes but just wanted to say hi

senninha3 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-24-2006

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Originally Posted by Jaydee45

Hi, I am trying to get the hang of digital scrapbooking and hoping to pick everyone's brains.
I have psp 8 and used to use it for tags etc but find it quite different making something as big as a scrapbook page. I have had a few goes using free pages, it's great fun and has made me realize how many of my photos have never seen the light of day. Thanks for sharing all the lovely art work.

welcome ! (c'est tout ce que je sais dire en Anglais !)

kellbuckley · #4 (**permalink**) 04-24-2006

hello and welcome! I have PSPX, but don't know how different it is than version 8. Hopefully Tracey (Haley64) will chime in. She is the master of PSP

Can't wait to see what you create!

Tracey R (Haley64) · #5 (**permalink**) 04-24-2006

Hi!! So happy to have another PSP user unboard!! I never used 8 I went from 6 to 9 and then X. But I do know you need to get all the patches available for PSP8 if you haven't already. If you don't have them you will not be able to view the .png files correctly, they will always show a background color for you instead of a transparent background!
Go to this site and select your PSP8 http://www.jasc.com/support/updates/default.asp and then get the patches you need. They will self install to the correct location for you!

I really understand what you are saying about working at these large image sizes. I also just played with the fun little tubes for years. The one thing to remember now is that most all of the tubes are only made at 72ppi and appear really tiny on your Layout if you try to use them on a 300ppi Layout. You really can NOT deform/stretch them larger for the to work!! They will look modestly OK on your monitor but they will print out horrible!!
This goes for almost everything that was originally made for PSP older resources, brushes, patterns, textures and frames, you almost have to start fresh with all new items and create them at 300ppi. However the good thing is creating a brush at 300ppi 500x500 pixels, you can deform this rather large and it looks great!!

) Same thing with tubes created at 300ppi, then we can still use them as easy tubes like we always could, creates big files, but so does saving them as .png's and as a tube I can easily adjust the size being a tube. Also I can make them follow a path with the vector tube script @ pixelnook.com!!

LOL Kelly!!!

I just love to spread my love of PSP around!! hehe

Diamante · #6 (**permalink**) 04-24-2006

Welcome to SBB!!

emm@ · #7 (**permalink**) 04-24-2006

Hi Jaydee45 - I'm also still new here, and it's true, you won't find a nicer bunch of gals anywhere else ...

Rae · #8 (**permalink**) 04-24-2006

Welcome!