Friday, August 28, 2009

TUTORIAL: How to resize and save a layout for the web

Back again with another tutorial. This time I am showing how I save my layouts to view on the internet and in all the galleries online. Ok here we go!

Step One:

If you haven't flattened your layout yet, you need to go up to the top toolbar and click on Layer and then down to Flatten Image as shown in the image below.



Step Two:

Now you need to go back up to the top toolbar and click on Image and then down to Image Size or to make it quicker use the shortcut keys, Alt+Ctrl+I as shown below.



Step Three:

Now you need to change the Resolution from 300 to 72 in the Document Size and then you need to change the Width and Height from 3600 pixels to 600 pixels in the Pixel Dimensions as shown below and hit the OK button.



Step Four:

Now that your page has been resized down to 600X600 pixels you need to go up to the top toolbar again and click on Filter and then down to Sharpen and then click on Sharpen as shown below. This will sharpen your layout and give it a beautiful crisp look so it still looks gorgeous when you upload it to a webpage or gallery online.



Here is an example of my non-sharpened layout that has been saved for the web:



And here is an example of my sharpened layout that has been saved for the web:



Step Five:

Now all you need to do is save your layout. To do this you need to go up to the top toolbar again and go to File and then down to Save for Web & Devices as shown below.



Step Six:

Now in the window that pops up you need to change the settings. You need to set the image type to JPEG, Quality to anything that keeps the file size down but keeps the layout looking beautiful. I usually work around 60. For this one though I have 65. As you play with the Quality you will notice on the bottom left side that you can see the size of the file. I change the Quality to get a good size so that is acceptable in all galleries, as shown below.



Step Seven:

All you need to do now is hit the Save button and your done. Now you can go and upload your layout into all the galleries and show off all your gorgeous work or onto your blogs, well pretty much all over the place. LOL! Enjoy and I hope this helps :)

TUTORIAL: How to save a high quality JPEG Layout

G'day G'day Everyone!

I am back but this time I have a tutorial! hehehe! My friend Joan requested a tutorial on how to get all those gorgeous but rather LARGE layered layouts saved and ready to go on disc so I thought, why not share it with everyone else too. :)

This is what I do to save and preserve my layouts, might not be what everyone else does but I am so set in my way and it works perfectly for me. AND more importantly, it saves more space on your computers to be able to put more and more kits on it to scrap with. hehehehe!

Oh and before I start, I make all my layouts as 12x12 inches with a resolution of 300dpi/ppi but this will work on any sized layout that you make. Ok here we go! LOL!

Step One:

Once you have finished making your layout you need to go up to the top toolbar and click on Layer and then down to Flatten Image as shown in the image below.



Step Two:

Now you have only one flattened layer in your Layers Palette as shown in the image below.



Step Three:

Now you need to go back up to the top toolbar and click on File and then down to Save As. OR to make it quicker you can use the shortcut, Shift+Ctrl+S shown in the image below.



Step Four:

You will now need to name your layout in the File Name field and once you name it make sure you change the Format to JPEG as shown below.



Step Five:

And one more final step. You will now need to set the Quality to anything between 10-12. I have had layouts printed with all 3 settings and they have all come out so perfect and identical so there isn't that much difference. Now click OK!! All shown below.



That's it, all done!! Your beautiful layout is now ready and prepared to go onto a disc with the rest of your gorgeous pages to preserve your amazing work! Enjoy and hope this helps out. :)


Thursday, August 27, 2009

StarLight Designs.....New Hope!!

Ok I know i said I had finished but StarLight Designs just brought out her latest and GORGEOUS GORGEOUS new kit at Digital-Crea.fr, New Hope and I just HAD to show it off!!



Here is the gorgeous page I made this morning with this kit with little Taitey Tot on it. How adorable is he in the pots. hehehehe!


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Ok I am SERIOUSLY gone for the night. No more blogging tonight!! HAHAHA! Nighty nights everyone. Mwahhhh xoxoxox


Some very SPECIAL layouts.....

Ohhhh I almost forgot the very very special ones. Duh Tara! Can ya tell I need sleep?? HAHAHAHA! I have been doing some RAK's for my girlfriends and here they are. I am soooo proud of them and love them to bits. I hope you do too!

The first one was made for my very very dear friend & Sissie, heather (wildchild). I have known this girl for so many years now, I have lost count and we were talking about one of her best friends who she lost many years ago and I decided to make a special page in memory of her mate, Murphy. I was sooo happy with the way it came out and so was my Sissie. Love ya Sis!! xoxoxoxoxo


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And the other ones have been made for my gorgeous Tassie girlfriends across a fair few paddocks, Trace (swathe/bearcrazy) and her daughter, Sammy Lee. hehehe! Yeah I know, a LOT of bloody paddocks then. ROFL! They are all layouts made using photos of Sammy Lee's GORGEOUS little man Taitey. Check him out, isn't he just sooo gorgeous!


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to see full credits and to leave some lovin.


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Ok I will seriously get off this blog now and shut up. ROFL! I think I have loaded the blog well and truely now and I need some sleep. HAHAHAHAHA! I hope you are all going awesome and I hope you all have an awesome weekend! Tomorrow's FRIDAY! YAYYYYYYYYYY!


Lots more new pages.....

Yep, I have been one very busy busy girl. I think my scrapping addiction is WELL back into swing here. I have mojo coming out all over the place. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Here are some gorgeous pages I have created using Lily Designs GORGEOUS creations.


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And a page using the awesome Pickle Barrel 2009 collection from Shabby Pickle Designs.


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See, told ya I had been busy. HAHAHA! I am soooo loving these pages and getting into Photoshop to just create them. If you haven't brought these goodies yet, I urge you to go grab them cause man they are gorgeous!!

Ok I am off for a bit I reckon. ROFL! Think I have loaded my blog enough for the night. HAHAHA! Hope this finds you all going awesome!


New goodies from my designers.....

Been a bit slack on the blogging front again. My bad! LOL! But I have a good excuse, I have been scrapping too much. HAHAHA! Come on, it really is a good excuse when you really think about it. ROFL! I have also been for a drive over to Launceston with my Hubby also yesterday to see the specialists for his hernia which took a lot out of me but I managed to get home and scrap a page. HAHAHAHAHA! See, I have an addiction. LOL! I don't know how I am going to go when we have to go back for his operation on Monday. No computer and no Photoshop. HOW WILL I COPE??? Might have to take my camera instead and snap up a LOT of new things to scrap I think. HAHAHA!

Ok onto my designers new goodies. There is lots to show too so enjoy and go snag yourselves up some gorgeous new goodies.

I will start of with the latest gorgeous new kit from StarLight Designs. This kit is sooooo precious! It's called Music Soul and wow it's gorgeous!!



And here is my layout I created using this gorgeous kit:


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Now onto Albina Design! I am guesting with Albina for the month of September and I got straight to work and got her gorgeous gorgeous baby kit, Little Angel.



And here are my pages using this gorgeous kit:


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Now onto Genedes gorgeous new kit, Fruits Rouges. This kit is so rich in colours. YUMMY!



Here are my pages made using this gorgeous kit:


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Ok I will be back soon with another post. I so have to stop getting so far behind! LOL!
Hope this finds you all going awesome and thanks for looking. :)

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Brand new Chriscrap goodie......

More brand spankin new goodies from one of my designers! This time the gorgeous Chriscrap has a gorgeous new kit out called Walk In Wood. This kit is sooooo cute!




Here are 2 layouts I have made using this gorgeous kit:


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Ok I shall be back soon with another post. I got side tracked last night and ended up in bed early as. LOL! Ok I will return. hehehehehe!


Friday, August 21, 2009

Green Illusions by the gorgeous StarLight Designs

Yep, that's right!! StarLight Designs has a gorgeous gorgeous new kit called Green Illusions that has just hit the stores! It's so beautiful!



Here are my 2 pages using this gorgeous kit:


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Ok I shall be back later on with a new post. I am so far behind tonight. LOL LOL!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

**WIN 3 of your FAVOURITE Chriscrap kits**

Yep thats right, Chris has an awesome competition going at the moment to win 3 of your favourite kits and all you have to do is make a layout using her products (no a freebie) from Digital-Crea or The French Frog, email your layout to her and then the Creative Team will select the winner. To easy hey!! Good luck to everyone who participates. You'll LOVE your prize!!

Here is Chris' promo below and to check her blog out Click Here.

Ok I shall be back later on :) Hope you are having a great day/night.