http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips en-us http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips ActiveKB NX randy@designerdigitals.com Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:05 UTC 20 http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/246/ When you are working with a brush in Photoshop, you sometimes need to tilt, turn or flip it. Here's how: In Photoshop, select Window > Brushes to activate the Brush Presets. Choose ... Sara Horton Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:25:52 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/15/ If you are purchasing a brush set, these are the digital equivalent of rubber stamps. They are in colors on the preview because the designer "stamped" them in color. These come as both .png ... Sara Horton Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:29:10 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/180/ Yes you can! You can bring in external jpgs and pngs. Make sure to unzip the download file first.If you are getting an error, it might be because you didn't get them unzipped correctly. Creat ... Randy Pertiet Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:26:06 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/74/ Ali Edwards' handwriting font (Ali's hand) is available free of charge at Life Art Media. Sara Horton Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:53:09 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/255/ A Photoshop Brush is an ABR file that contains images that you can use to sweep across your digital page (like a paintbrush) or stamp to transfer the image (like a rubber stamp.) You'll us ... Sara Horton Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:46:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/283/ Here are designer Pattie Knox's instructions for placing a drop shadow under acrylic (transparent) elements:1. Create a duplicate of the acrylic element. (In PS you would right click and choose " ... Sara Horton Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:45:48 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/280/ Chances are, when you receive this message, you have forgotten to unzip the file before opening it in your software.All of our products are delivered as zipped (compressed) files and must be unz ... Sara Horton Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:20:51 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/278/ Photo paper will give you the best results. Be sure to check for paper and ink compatibility before purchasing photo paper. Printer manufacturers design papers and inks to work together for optima ... Sara Horton Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:15:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/265/ When you use a clipping mask, photo block, or make an extraction you may want to save the resulting image. The image will have both opaque and transparent sections.To save the file while preservin ... Sara Horton Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:39:01 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/264/ First, save the 24x12-inch layout as a layered psd file. Now select Layer > Flatten image. Get the Crop tool. In the Options bar, choose 12 inches by 12 inches at 300 pixels/inc ... Sara Horton Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:31:23 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/248/ When you are working with a layered template, there are sometimes items included that you'd rather not use.For example, some templates have labels for photos or titles that you don't want to see i ... Sara Horton Thu, 27 May 2010 00:35:45 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/245/ All of our products are delivered as zipped (compressed) files and must be unzipped before importing them into Photoshop, Elements, Word or any other software. You will receive an error message if ... Sara Horton Thu, 27 May 2010 00:14:04 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/244/ The .psd file format is a graphics or photo file created in Adobe Photoshop or Elements. It can be read by both Mac and Windows computers using image editing software.Programs that read .psd file ... Sara Horton Thu, 27 May 2010 00:04:48 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/243/ Unfortunately, this is one of the limitations of Photoshop Elements. It does not give you the capability of creating a path for text. The good news is that you can use text paths that are created ... Sara Horton Wed, 26 May 2010 23:54:45 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/235/ Get the Type tool.Double-click the text thumbnail in the Layers Panel. This looks like the letter T surrounded by a box.This highlights the text. You can change the font, font size, and color in ... Sara Horton Sun, 02 May 2010 03:06:52 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/233/ You can order individual prints of your scrapbook pages at Shutterfly.You can also upload your layouts to create a photo book there. Sara Horton Sun, 02 May 2010 02:55:45 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/226/ 1. Place paper centered (edge to edge) on the layout.2. Place torn/curled edge on the layout MAKING SURE it is edge to edge. Occasionally you have to expand it to about 102% or so, just to make su ... Sara Horton Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:52:34 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/22/ In order to use the products, you'll need to download the zipped files and then unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded. If not, there is a list of free unzi ... Sara Horton Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:43:16 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/221/ Ali has created a video tutorial that walks you through the process of using her Half-Circle Embellishments.You can view it here on YouTube. Sara Horton Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:04:17 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/218/ Like paper scrapbooking, digital scrapbooking utilizes a combination of digital kits, papers, alphas, stamps, ribbons, and a variety of other digital scrapbooking embellishments. Un ... Sara Horton Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:15:01 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/215/ When you want to frame your photos with photo overlays like Ali Edwards' Days + Months Title + Journal Photo Overlays in Paint Shop Pro, here are the steps:Open PSP. Select Window > Casc ... Sara Horton Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:14:11 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/147/ The digital rub-ons in our shop are the digital equivalent of the popular traditional rub-ons you might have purchased at a craft store. Instead of having to rub them on with a lollipop stick, you ... Sara Horton Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:19:56 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/209/ Open the Layered template (PSD) file in ACDSee Photo Editor.Open a photo.You will be able to see thumbnails of both the photo and the template in the bin below the editing window.Double-click the ... Sara Horton Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:51:59 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/71/ We chose to name our download files the same as the store product number to make the download files easier to manage. With over 5,000 products in the store and growing it makes it very easy ... Randy Pertiet Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:05:20 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/199/ Interlacing is done for web graphics. It has to do with how the images load on a web page. Noninterlaced images load in rows while interlaced images load with random pixels in each row, so they ... Sara Horton Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:13:54 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/195/ To refill a solid PNG image such as the images that come packaged in our Brushes-n-Stamps sets, begin by downloading and unzipping the products. Make a note of where you have placed the unzipped ... Sara Horton Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:38:27 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/81/ Yes! There are two ways you use Designer Digitals brush files in Paint Shop Pro:1. Use the .png images included with Designer Digitals brush sets2. Convert the .png images to PSP brushesHere are ... Sara Horton Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:31:07 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/192/ Yes, when you purchase the 12x12 templates, you can resize them to 8x8 (or any other smaller square size.)After the pages are complete, flatten the layers and use the Crop Tool to resize each page ... Sara Horton Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:15:26 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/191/ We have a product that will help you create text in a circle in Photoshop Elements.Text Bytes Shaped Text Templates No. 1 will allow you to type words in a circle.Just drag the template onto your ... Sara Horton Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:09:31 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/190/ Yes! Here's how:All of our products are delivered as zip files. When you download the product, save it on your computer as a zipped file or "all files."Right-click on the zipped file and choose ... Sara Horton Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:58:53 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/189/ Yes! All of our products are created at 300 pixels per inch, which is print resolution. Sara Horton Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:45:22 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/186/ The font is called “The Maple Origins" at DaFont. It is a free download for personal use. Sara Horton Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:04 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/179/ 15 FUN THINGS TO DO WITH OVERLAYS 1. Change the Blending Mode and/or Opacity: Drag the overlay onto a piece of digital paper. Change the blending mode of the overlay to see what happens. ... Sara Horton Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:45:33 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/172/ Occasionally, PSE gets bogged down and behaves strangely with presets and other functions. When this happens, try shutting down and restarting the software. If that doesn't work, you may nee ... Sara Horton Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:13:38 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/173/ Occasionally, PSE gets bogged down and behaves strangely with presets and other functions. When this happens, try shutting down and restarting the software. If that doesn't work, you may nee ... Sara Horton Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:13:04 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/168/ You'll need to begin with a graphics editing program. We recommend Photoshop Elements or Photoshop from Adobe.You might like to begin with a tutorial to get started on your digital journey. Our ... Sara Horton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:50:59 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/165/ As long as you are working with a graphics editing program that supports layered .psd files, you can change the titles. The Book of Memories sets are delivered as layered templates. In Photoshop ... Sara Horton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:22:15 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/160/ When you want to crop one layer of your layout without cropping the entire document, first select the layer you want to crop.Get the Marquee tool and drag out a selection around the portion of the ... Sara Horton Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:18:41 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/155/ The first thing you need to do is create a folder on your computer titled Wallpapers (or really whatever you want it to be titled). You will probably want to create your new folder inside the f ... Sara Horton Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:17:43 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/37/ There are many approaches to recoloring elements, but here are a couple of simple ways for recoloring in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.Method 1: Using the Fill Shortcut (for solid colored eleme ... Sara Horton Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:41:37 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/21/ In Photoshop CS3: Open a document. Using the Move tool, drag a Photocut Mask onto your document, Drag a photo on top of the mask (covering the mask completely.) In the Layers Pal ... Sara Horton Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:48:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/14/ We have a number of resources to help you learn to scrapbook the digital way. Here's a link to our Getting Started Guides. We also have a wonderful community of members and Creative Team mem ... Sara Horton Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:42:12 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/149/ Using a graphics editing program, you can digitally scrapbook your photos using the products at Designer Digitals. Save the finished page as a flattened .jpg file. Upload it to Shutterfly the sa ... Sara Horton Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:22:15 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/30/ In order to use the frames, you'll need to download and unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded. If not, there is a list of free unzip programs at TheFree ... Sara Horton Sat, 16 May 2009 17:44:00 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/46/ If you are using a kit where the embellishment pieces are all on one page, Here are some simple steps for using these on your layout: Open the png embellishment file. Select your Marquee OR ... Sara Horton Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:00:14 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/23/ If you are using an alpha or a kit where the embellishment pieces are all on one page, Here are some simple steps for using these alphas on your layout: Open the png Alpha file. Select your ... Sara Horton Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:58:35 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/101/ In order to use the products, you'll need to download the zipped files and then unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded.If not, there is a list of free unzip pro ... Sara Horton Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:49:43 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/100/ Print directly from Photoshop Elements. When you finish the layout, save it then select File > Print. Print from the .psd file if you have created a layered project file.Our products ... Sara Horton Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:39:25 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/99/ If you want to change the color of the Rockets Red Glare Fireworks or any other glitter element, follow these steps:Select the item you want to recolor. Make sure the fireworks layer (or ot ... Sara Horton Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:24:57 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/98/ If you purchased the Year In Review Layered Template Set by Katie Pertiet, you may wish to change the date from 2008 to a different year.The Messy Stamped Numbers and Extras Brushes and Stamps set ... Sara Horton Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:40:38 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/96/ How to use a Quick Page in Photoshop: Quick pages and Quick books are designer pages with transparent "windows" for you to place your photos in. The transparent "windows" contain a ... Sara Horton Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:40:21 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/95/ How to use a Quick Page in Photoshop Elements: Quick pages and Quick books are designer pages with transparent "windows" for you to place your photos in. The transparent "windows" contain a ... Sara Horton Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:05:14 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/43/ In order to use the overlays, you'll first need to download and unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded.If not, there is a list of free unzip programs here.We ca ... Sara Horton Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:51:05 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/76/ Overlays can be a bit tricky. Here are a couple of tips:Open the overlay and a scrapbook page in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Make sure that your scrapbook page is created at 300 ppi so that ... Sara Horton Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:59:56 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/89/ Once you download your calendar kit, you'll need to unzip it to a folder on your computer. Photoshop and PSE cannot open a zipped file, so that's an important first step. Your computer proba ... Sara Horton Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:55:03 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/86/ Sometimes you might need to stamp a brush image in a certain size. For example, you may want to use a craft punch to cut out the image and you need to make sure it will fit inside the punch dimen ... Sara Horton Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:37:08 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/28/ In order to use the overlays, you'll need to download and unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded.If not, there is a list of free unzip programs at TheFreeSit ... Sara Horton Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:23:33 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/85/ Once you have placed a photo, element or overlay on your document, you may wish to resize it.Begin by getting the Move Tool.Select the layer of the item you wish to resize.Move your cursor to the ... Sara Horton Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:53:02 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/26/ Select the Brush tool and click on the brush picker dropdown from the Options bar. In the brush picker window, look on the right side for a small double-arrow, click that for a flyout menu. Fr ... Sara Horton Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:50:24 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/39/ Yes! Our kits, papers and embellishments are compatible with PSP.With the exception of the brushes, actions some layered templates and text bytes, our products can be imported into Paint Shop Pr ... Sara Horton Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:19:38 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/47/ In order to use the overlays, you'll first need to download them to your computer and unzip them. Your computer probably came with unzip software already loaded. If not, there is a list o ... Sara Horton Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:15:12 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/44/ To use the Photo Clusters, Open PSE or Photoshop. Katie has included both the .png version and the .psd version for many of the frames. You can open either the .png version of the fram ... Sara Horton Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:42:29 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/78/ In order to fully justify your text, you have to draw out a text box first. You need the text box so that PS knows where you want the boundries of your text justification to be.Here are the instru ... Sara Horton Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:22:48 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/75/ These templates are just a bit different than the other layered templates you may be used to, but the skills are basically the same. Here's an easy way to use them:Open PSE or PS and open the la ... Sara Horton Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:58:56 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/54/ No, the Photographer/S4O License is a limited use license that allows photographers to sell printed photo cards to their customers and those that scrap-4-hire to use our products in scrapbooks t ... Randy Pertiet Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:51:08 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/35/ For more information, check out Getting Started with Templates Sara Horton Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:26:15 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/45/ Perhaps your image is too large. Photoshop and PSE allow you to create brushes no larger than 2500 pixels square.Try resizing your image under 2500 pixels.For more information, check out HTDT? No ... Sara Horton Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:20:03 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/66/ There are two ways to use a 12x12-inch template on an 8.5x11-inch page. 1. You can resize the square template to a size that will fit (8x8-inches or 8.5-inches square) by getting the Crop Tool. ... Sara Horton Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:16:51 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/49/ To use a template in Photoshop Elements:Open the template. Get the Move Tool. Select a layer you want to cover with a photo by clicking on the layer in the Layers Palette.Open a photo. Still usi ... Sara Horton Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:05:18 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/64/ These kits contain a different type of quickpage than you might be used to using.To use the quickpage in PSE:1. Open a photo and the layered quick page (.psd file)2. Double click the photo to ma ... Sara Horton Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:08:14 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/53/ You can add text to your photos using any font you have installed on your computer. Open PSE in the Edit Mode. Make sure you are in Full Edit (not guided or Quick.) Open the photo (Fi ... Sara Horton Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:32:11 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/51/ If you just want to print the pages, you can use any graphics editing program or even a Word processor like Microsoft Word to create the document to print.In Word:First make sure that you have unz ... Sara Horton Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:02:57 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/52/ Here are the directions for both Photoshop Elements and Photoshop. (Tested in PSE7 and PSCS3)In Photoshop Elements:Create a new document and select the Cookie Cutter tool.In the Options Bar, choos ... Sara Horton Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:59:21 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/42/ Begin by downloading and saving the font file. Make note of the location. Downloading to your desktop is a good idea for easy access. Windows Vista: 1. To extract the file, right click on th ... Sara Horton Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:29:35 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/34/ Yes! Our kits, papers and embellishments are compatible with FotoFusion.With the exception of the brushes, actions some layered templates and text bytes, our products can be imported into FotoFu ... Sara Horton Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:55:55 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/32/ If you've found a website with a pleasing color palette that you would like to use on your layout, you can use the eyedropper tool outside of Photoshop and PSE to capture the colors. Here's how:I ... Sara Horton Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:11:45 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/27/ To resize your layout or an element, open it in Photoshop or PSE.Duplicate your file by selecting Image | Duplicate.Select the Crop tool, then in the Options bar across the top of the editing win ... Sara Horton Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:07:19 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/25/ An alphabet set is not like a font. You will not be able to load and type with these sets like a font download. What you can do is open them in Photoshop and drag them onto a background to create ... Sara Horton Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:04:46 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/33/ Quick pages and Quick Books describe "fixed" pages with windows for your photos. You can add text or more embellishments to them, but you can't change the components of the flattened page.Layered ... Sara Horton Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:54:28 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/24/ This is a common problem with PSE6. A new feature with this build causes elements to lose transparency when dragged up from the Project Bin onto a page. Fortunately, there is an easy work-around ... Sara Horton Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:46:44 GMT http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/tips/questions/29/ A grey and white checkerboard in Photoshop and PSE indicates transparency. When the program needs to show you that the file is transparent, it uses this checkerboard pattern.(It can't use white si ... Sara Horton Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:28:22 GMT