Trimming your Layouts

[mugsbigsis]

I thought it was cool when I read it in the email newsletter and I have been doing it ever since. . . it's the Trim the Bloat tip of the week.

Well, tonight I decided to test it out to see how much of a difference it really makes as I've recently had to buy a new EHD to save space on my internal (which kept giving me nasty messages about being full) . . . OMGosh! Trimming ONE finished page saved me 10MB! It makes me want to go through all my other layouts and trim them, too. Maybe another day. . .

Here's to another wonderful tip from DD!

[Elena]

Really? OMG. Add that to my "to do" list.

[katrinak]

Wow! That is some serious waste reduction!

[Mary Rogers]

ohhh! thanks for pointing that out kelly! i need to save some space myself, gotta make room for more digi supplies!!

[mugsbigsis]

Just trimmed my 365 page and saved 9.2MB on that one, too. I'm sold on this step being a must.

[Julie DeGuia]

Thanks for pointing us to this tip. I knew I had stuff hanging out, but didn't know it made a difference!

[Amikasmom]

Ok just one more thing to add to the "to do" list!

[Aino]

hmmm..... I wish it was that easy with the excess I have around my waist, behind and hips.... Now add THAT to my to do list.... *grin and wink*

[carollee]

I've started doing that too since the tip came out, but I haven't done a comparison, wow that's incredible.

[Myra]

I've also been doing that Kelly since Katie pointed it out. I never stopped to look at how much waste I had, and it's amazing isn't it?

[ashleygg]

Thanks for posting this!

[Kathie]

Who would have thought??! Thanks Kellie for pointing this out--and thanks Katie for the tips. I love them!

[kikimama]

Thanks for that, just trimmed 10 MB off a finished page, now to work through some more.

[beehive50]

Oh, wow... I had no idea that "extra stuff" actually took up space. Who knew? (Geez... where have I been? ) Thanks for pointing this out (again!), Kelly!

[anke]

I have been meaning to do this but have been putting it off. I guess it's time to go back over all the pages, because they do take up a lot of space. Thanks so much Kelly, I am so glad you reposted this!

[dugarner]

Bump!

I am currently going through and proofing my 365 pages (the first half of the year!) and I decided to merge unnecessary layers, then trim the LOs down.

In 10 pages, I have trimmed approximately 2 GB of extra junk. 2 GB!?! I had NO idea there was so much hanging around that I couldn't see.

Great tip! The average size of a 24X12 layout went from 600MB down to 350MB.

[deanie]

I'm with Aino-wish I could trim my middle as easily as we trim the LO's! Sarah, for 2 GB's I think I'll have to go trim my pages.

[kmartorina]

This tip is absolutely awesome!

[bluelemur01]

cool idea! Thanx for sharing. And I know what you mean about the nasty messages...my computer seems to think that it does NOT have limitless memory for me! I had to go through and clear out a bunch of older files and old raw files that I don't need...I'd even filled up the backup drive...yikes!

[shhbabymine]

i will have to do this anything to save space on here! LOVE these tips every week.

[maureenreynolds]

More trimming means more room for new stuff!

[Amy L]

I have loved this tip from the time it was posted; I had absolutely no idea about it before. Now I look in my pictures folder as I save my trimmed file and voila! the new reduced size comes up. Makes me feel like I saved lots of money at the grocery store with coupons lol!

[dugarner]

Amy, it's such a great tip, that's why I bumped it back up again on the forum---some recent-comers may not have heard it the first time around! But then with 1 TB EHDs running right at $100, storage space is quickly becoming a non-issue! I remember when I had to pay $2/GB for memory. Technology is frenetic and frankly, at times, it's a little creepy when I think about what they can do with this stuff!

[oldvwblues]

That is one of the best tips yet! it really does make a huge difference!

[Applechick]

I tried it as well and averaged around 10MB per page! Doesn't take long to do, so I'm working my way through my EHD trimming the bloat!...LOL Aino...I wish I could trim my bloat so easily as well Hehe!!

Fiona

[Debbyo]

Great of you to point out this fab tip to all of us again! I'm gonna use it...

[JALong]

THanks for sharing the numbers with us, Kelly. I better start doing that, too, because my computer is also sending "nasty messages" to me about not having any more space.

[mugsbigsis]

When I'm filing my psd pages away that little box always pops up telling me how many MB the layout is. My latest art journal page was 359!!! Well, I can't have that. I opened the page and started looking for a way to cut back without loosing my elements and paper layers.
First I trimmed the whole page. . . this saved me 50MB. Next I combined my text words. . . this didn't do much. After that, I trimmed the papers that were clipped to the elements. . . THAT made a difference. My page is now 147MB! Every little bit helps. :O)

[carollee]

That's a big difference. I do the trim the bloat thing but don't consider it too much after that. I must pay more attention.

[kikimama]

Well done! Those art journal pages do get big quickly, don't they!

It's hard to get a balance between saving space and clipping/trimming/merging so much that it'd be a pain to change if required. I like mine to end up below about 200Mb if possible.