A FREE action for your Shutterfly projects

[farabee]

Yes, I did and it downloaded as it should....just wasn't seeing it, it came down so quickly. Thank you so much. -L

[hulseyfam]

I've never printed anything at Shutterfly...been intimidated by it! Hopefully this will help!

THANKS KATIE!

[farabee]

Love the action. At first, I thought, I can do this through Image>size. And I could except it took more "clicks." Great job, Katie. Thanks. And going to Shutterfly through your "printing services" is so much easier than their front door! That's my only complaint with them....so hard to find things. You help make it easier. Kudos. -L

[hulseyfam]

I have PSE 5 and tried to install these, but cannot figure out the right path. Can anyone help me? I have Windows XP.

Thanks!

[readstoomuch]

Jaime ... I too have PSE 5.0 and have not been able to get it to work either.

It does look like Kathleen has 5.0 and it works for her, but I cannot figure it out. I will try to PM Kathleen and see if she can help us out.

[hulseyfam]

Mollie:

I've figured it out!

Here is the path that we need to use.

XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\5.0\Photo Creations\special effects
Vista: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\5.0\Photo Creations\special effects

(replace 5.0 with 6.0 if that is your version)

[kathleen.summers]

Yay! Glad Jaime was able to figure it out. I do have PSE 5 but I have Vista. I can't remember what I did exactly, but it looks like Jaime has the answer for both!

[sdwrdt]

OK, I can see the effects in my Adobe. But don't know how to use it! Can someone please completely talk me through this? To explain how new I am, took me a few weeks just to figure out how to work ctrl-g for layouts on templates.

[hulseyfam]

Originally Posted by sdwrdt

OK, I can see the effects in my Adobe. But don't know how to use it! Can someone please completely talk me through this? To explain how new I am, took me a few weeks just to figure out how to work ctrl-g for layouts on templates.

Whenever you are finished with your LO, select all your layers and right click and flatten your image and then click on the action and hit apply and then it should be resized to 11.95x11.95. Then save as a JPEG and it will be ready to print at Shutterfly!

[sdwrdt]

thank you so much! It's so easy when explained to me, but I am just not that intuitive with some aspects of this program!

[mickeerm]

Thanks so much Katie! I've been painstakingly resizing all my layouts one by one to upload to shutterfly.

[anxela]

Thanks, Katie!

[Squeak]

Katie, you so rock! Thanks so much!

[ValerieP]

Just wondering, would it work to just set the page size to 11.95x11.95 before I begin any pages if I plan for all of them to end up in a book at some point?

[muddygirl]

Just bumping the thread for Tara

[MarriedLadyTara]

Thanks for the bump Sam.

Does anyone know what the path would be for PSE 8 on a Mac?

[mymalloryboys]

Alright! I just gave my son his first shutterfly book and he loved it! I'll be making more books so thanks for the actions!

[maureenreynolds]

Thanks for these Katie. I have some psds that I want to get printed this week so it's really timely.

Now I also know that someone had the instructions/code for the missing .xml file so I can actually SEE it in my PSE actions. I found the action but right now it's just a black box in the effects menu. Anyone have that link pls?

[zannella1108]

Awesome - thanks!

[zannella1108]

Valerie and Sam - what do you meana by "bump".. I was looking for the answer to Valerie's question but didn't see it... ?? tx!

And Katie.. when I click on the action it does resize my layout but keeps it at 72 ppi - thought it was supposed to be 300 ppi? Do I do that manually?

Thanks!
Kristen

[ang66]

Thank you so much Katie I am working on my vacation album and have never printed at Shutterfly!! So this will help so much!!

[muddygirl]

Bump