Help finding a post....

[droseball]

Hey Everyone! Just recently (I think?) I read a post that I thought I printed out but can't find now. It talked about how to reduce the size of a .psd file by doing something to get rid of those elements that are outside of the borders of your layout. It was really simple but I can't remember and I have used every word I can think of to search for it! I know some of you are better than me at finding these things. Help!

[grandma lynnie]

This was Katie's Tip of the Week a couple of weeks ago. These are archived in the Knowledgebase. You'll find the one you want here:
http://www.designerdigitals.com/digi...Trim+the+Bloat

[droseball]

Thanks so much Lynnie! I knew one of you wonderful ladies could find this! You are awesome!

[hulseyfam]

Being new to digi, I'm not quite grasping this concept! lol Any explanation is appreciated!

[droseball]

Well, let me see if I can explain. When I start a new document to do a layout, let's say 12x12, and then drag an element like a piece of paper to the new layout, sometimes the edges of it stick out over the sides or the canvas of my layout. In other words, if I don't use the entire sheet of paper on my layout but just have it on a portion of my layout (like the top half or something), it will still be there, just not showing. You can see the outlines of it when you select that layer in the layers palette. Although I can't SEE the portion sticking out over the edges of my canvas, it is still there and takes up memory space when saved. This can happen with other things that you copy/paste or drag to your layout. It isn't a huge deal but it also prevents me from just seeing the layout when I use the View/Fit to Screen command, because PS includes these things as part of the layout even though you can't see them.

I have probably just confused you more but when you make a layout and try what I said, you will see what I mean hopefully!

[dugarner]

DRose said it just right---it's sort of like doing a paper layout but not cutting anything to fit your background paper. So it's like taking a 12X12 piece of paper, and then instead of cutting the mat to fit on the paper, you leave the whole thing hanging off the sides, and you don't cut your ribbon to fit the paper, it hangs over the sides, that kind of thing. What is on the paper looks good, but that extra stuff needs to go! So you "trim" the layout digitally to get rid of all that stuff hanging off. I've reduced file sizes by as much as 20-30 megs by doing this.

Thanks for that great tip, Katie! My friends and I were trying to figure that out but we couldn't remember, then boom! It was in the tip thread. Thanks!

Sarah