Ande43 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 To be able to recolor embelishments on a LO....Just blows my mind....just think of all the supplies paper scrappers must buy and use once....and I never had the right color so had to go shopping LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I agree Carol! I often re-color things to suit my layout - fun to do! Sure beats paper scrapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbc72 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I know exactly what you are saying, Carol! I get so frustrated when I do paper crafts because I can't change things with a mouse click! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I still do a little paper scrapping and have at times wished I could just change the color of a paper to make it match the photos better. I also enjoy the ability to alter some color in a photo - especially one wedding photo I had of a friend's wedding and the groom's mother was wearing a very bright pink dress which stood out too much on the layout so I just altered it to be a softer lilac and it looked a lot better. Digital scrapbooking is so much easier to do than paper scrapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggieB Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Now that's a great idea, Anne-Marie. All brides should be aware of this option, think of all the fights that could be avoided. Personally, I love recoloring. I would have to think to try to remember a layout where I didn't change the color or at least the shade of something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieGrace Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I love being able to recolor to get the exact shade I need for a layout but sometimes when I do, I wonder how the designers feel about my adjustments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I love being able to recolor to get the exact shade I need for a layout but sometimes when I do, I wonder how the designers feel about my adjustments. Katie, I don't think the designers mind if you re-color their products. I was taught that we should make a note of any product alterations in the product descriptions. Usually when I list my products in the EXIF properties, I just type "re-colored" in parentheses after the product name. The same holds true for retired products or products altered in any way. Examples: SNU_JIF6_WWonderful-PaintedHeart (re-colored) DEB_Felicity_WordArt_2_Friend (altered) DEB_Desire_Garden (retired) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I always recolor just about anything. I usually say, 'Adjusted' after the product name but thanks for the reminder Theresa. I will make sure I remember to always do it in future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I always recolor just about anything. I usually say, 'Adjusted' after the product name but thanks for the reminder Theresa. I will make sure I remember to always do it in future. Belle, I think "Adjusted" probably works just as well. Personally, I just prefer to differentiate between re-coloring and altering. (I don't think the digital scrapbooking police will come searching for anyone - at least I hope not) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I love the ability to recolor, but I really miss the Undo button when working with paper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrapGram Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Oh my! I recolor and adjust a lot too. I never knew to list that in the credits. So sorry. Will definitely do from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhbren Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 When I list credits, I try to make note of any changes I've made - recoloring, resizing, and/or blending, styles applied. I record these details for my own use; I save the finished page with all the information in case I ever want to go back and figure out how I did something. And I copy that info into the File Info attached to the page before I crop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieGrace Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I will try too remember to make some notes on my layouts in the future. Thanks for the feedback. I know when I have altered something but without checking to see if something is still in the boutique, is there an easy way to know if something is retired? I know I probably have a lot of retired products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I will try too remember to make some notes on my layouts in the future. Thanks for the feedback. I know when I have altered something but without checking to see if something is still in the boutique, is there an easy way to know if something is retired? I know I probably have a lot of retired products. Hi Katie, other than checking the boutique, I don't know of an easy way to find out if a product is retired. Maybe someone else will have some ideas. Once I know a product is retired for sure, I usually rename it in the folder I have it in with a "z" in front of the name, and for products I have from designers who are no longer with SG, I rename them with "zz". Then later, if I use that product I know it's retired. Example: I have a folder among my collections named z-BMU Going Dutch. This tells me the collection is retired, but the designer is still with SG. I have a product named zz-CVA_SSTools_Scripts_SupplyTracker. The double Z tells me the product is retired and the designer is no longer with SG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieGrace Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I will try too remember to make some notes on my layouts in the future. Thanks for the feedback. I know when I have altered something but without checking to see if something is still in the boutique, is there an easy way to know if something is retired? I know I probably have a lot of retired products. Hi Katie, other than checking the boutique, I don't know of an easy way to find out if a product is retired. Maybe someone else will have some ideas. Once I know a product is retired for sure, I usually rename it in the folder I have it in with a "z" in front of the name, and for products I have from designers who are no longer with SG, I rename them with "zz". Then later, if I use that product I know it's retired. Example: I have a folder among my collections named z-BMU Going Dutch. This tells me the collection is retired, but the designer is still with SG. I have a product named zz-CVA_SSTools_Scripts_SupplyTracker. The double Z tells me the product is retired and the designer is no longer with SG. Those are good ideas going forward, but I have so much, it would take me forever to backtrack and rename everything. I think that each time a do a layout, I'll check to see the product status and then make a list that I can access in the future. I know I have a lot of products from designers that are no longer with SG so that will be a good start. Thanks for the suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngRoCamp Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 That's one of probably my top 3 reasons for having made the switch from paper to digi I LOVED being able to *perfectly* color coordinate my photos and layouts. The freedom and never-ending possibilities kind of blew me away in the beginning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ande43 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 That's one of probably my top 3 reasons for having made the switch from paper to digi I LOVED being able to *perfectly* color coordinate my photos and layouts. The freedom and never-ending possibilities kind of blew me away in the beginning! Recoloring, Resizing anything and everything, and no paper scraps on the floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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