[DDecker]

Join me at 3:00 for a 30 minute class on Creative Cropping. Please have your program and the pdf open and ready to go!

pdf link http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...5UnFsMHcwTVE9PQ

[KellyChron]

This sounds fun... but I can't get the link connect to the download page...

[jhbren]

Me, neither! The link opens, but I have no idea what to do with it. It seems to want me to subscribe to a service, not download a PDF.

[Launa]

Ya Dee, It's the front page of You Send It.....I'll check back later

[Priscilla9901]

I third that....NO PDF to download

[DDecker]

You do have to registar with YouSendIt but it is a free service. Let me know if you still can't download after you have registared.

[DDecker]

It should work now!

[Launa]

Hey Dee, Will this only work for PSP?

[DDecker]

We will have PSE helpers in the class although the pdf is in PSP

[Launa]

Ok sounds fun!

[anna]

Launa, the PDF is written for PSP, but I'll be there to help PSE users and there will be someone there to help PS users. So come! Even if you don't use PSP!

[anna]

LOL-I was too slow posting! Dee's on top of it!

[JackieR]

is this only for paint shop pro?

never mind...just read about me

[anna]

Jackie, the tutorial was written for Paintshop Pro (PSP), but there will be people there to help you with Photoshop Elements (PSE) and Photoshop (PS). So come and join in on the fun!

[Zaz]

I might try to stop by and do this, but I get a customer I'll disappear with little notice. So don't mind me. And I'm one of those obnoxious PS users anyway.

~Zaz

[JudyD]

I am a total "newbie" and have never even posted a message before. It was the idea of learning digital scrapping techniques that brought me here. So -- I have loaded the PDF (currently resting at the bottom of my computer). What happens next? How does the interaction work? Do you hae to go to the live chat room when the class starts? I've snuck a peek and it's fast and furious. I'm not even sure how to send this back.

Thanks, Judy

[DDecker]

Yes the class is in the chat room. Just click the link a little before 3:00 pm and we will see you there. Just have your program and the pdf open and ready to go!

See you there

[Shelbi]

which link? the chat room link or which room?
michelle

[anna]

A little before 3 PM, jsut click on the Live Chat button up at the top of the screen. Today's classes are all taking place in the main lobby, so don't worry about a room! See you there!

[anna]

There were so many people in this class (it was a really great class!) that the PSE translations were getting lost, so I promised to post it all here. It's kind of long, so sorry about that!

PSE Translation of “Creative Cropping in PSP”

Rounded Corners using Custom Shapes Tool:

1. Create a new document.
2. Open a photo. Click and drag it onto the new document.
3. Choose the Shapes Tool from the Tool Palette (right under the Gradient Tool).
4. Up at the top of the screen, there are now several choices for shapes. Click on the Rectangle with Rounded Corners.
5. Changing the Radius number changes the amount of roundness on the corners. You probably want a number between 50 and 100.
6. Draw your rectangle on top of the picture. PSE automatically creates a new layer.
7. Select the Magic Wand tool from the Tools Palette.
8. With the Rectangle Layer still active, click on the Rectangle. A message window will open, telling you that you must simplify the layer before proceeding. Click OK.
9. Now that the layer is simplified, you will see marching ants all around it. This means that everything inside the rectangle is selected. But, you need everything EXCEPT what is inside the rectangle to be selected (so that you can delete it), so you need to select the inverse. Shift + CTRL + I (Shift + Cmnd + I for Mac users) will select the inverse (opposite). Now, you should have marching ants around the rectangle AND around the edge of the document. Everything between them is selected.
10. Select the Photo Layer from the Layers Palette.
11. Press Delete. Everything outside the rectangle should disappear. The rectangle is still covering the part of the photo that remained.
12. Delete the Rectangle Layer by Right-Clicking on it, and choosing Delete Layer from the dropdown window.

Cropping A Photo using the Text Tool:

1. Select the Text Tool from the Tools Palette.
2. Up at the top of the screen are some different text options. To the left of the window where you choose which font you will use are 4 different Text options. The first is regular text. Next is vertical text. Then is the Text Crop Option. It looks like an outline of a T, with dotted lines and a white center. This is the one you need to use.
3. Choose a thick chunky font. Make your font very large (you can type larger numbers than are listed).
4. Click on your photo, choosing where you want to type (this will be the part that is cut out of the photo). The screen will turn red, letting you know that you aren’t using the regular text tool.
5. Type your text. Click somewhere else on the photo. The red disappears and your text is outlined with Marching Ants.
6. Again, you need to select the inverse so that everything except your text will be deleted. Shift + CTRL + I (Shift + Cmnd + I) will select the inverse.
7. Press Delete to get rid of all the excess.
8. CTRL + D (Cmnd + D) will deselect (get rid of the marching ants).
9. To add a stroke, make sure the photo/text layer is still active. GO Edit>Stroke (Outline) Selection.
10. When the window opens, you can choose the color and thickness of the stroke.

Cropping With the Eraser/Brushes:

1. In the tutorial, Lori Cook’s Photo Edges Brush Set was used.
2. Choose the Eraser Tool (not the brush tool for this example).
3. Select a brush size large enough to frame the section of photo that you want to keep.
4. Click on the photo, erasing a section.
5. Select the Marquee Tool from the Tools Palette. Draw a rectangle around the part of the photo that you want to keep (the part inside the erased “frame”).
6. Now you have Marching Ants selecting the photo. Get the inverse (Shift + CTRL + I). Press Delete to get rid of the excess photo.

[Shelbi]

Thanks for posting this!!!
Michelle

[fiona_m]

thanks for the pse/ps info Anna

[Mindy]

Thanks for the directions in PSE Anna! I couldn't go to class (working - drats!), but I can't wait to dive into the info. May not be today though with all of the fun stuff planned!

[K Scrappy]

I missed this one, but I did snag the pdf. Thanks!