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choose a flexible album p. 74

  • Photos with white or light edges, say a light sky, look odd in albums that don't use borders. Your eye can't tell where the photo stops and the page begins. Use the graphics tools in Editor's Standard Edit mode to add a thin outline or border to such photos.


know the print area p. 77

  • When deciding whether to go outside the imaginary box formed by the header, footer, and page number, consider the importance of the item you're placing in the unpredictable zone. Placing text boxes near the right or left edge of the page is especially risky.


adjust captions p. 80

  • Page 1 is the first page that has captions, so it makes sense to learn about adjusting captions now. For the rest of your album, however, you should hold off entering captions until you're certain you like the order, position, and size of your photos for each page. Switching the photo order after creating captions and other text elements could force you to redo text changes.


lay out one photo p. 81

  • If you like full-page photos that bleed off the page, check out the Full Bleed Book album style. In its default layout, single photos fill the page, bleeding on all sides.

  • When a resized photo covers a text element, you can choose to leave the text element in place. (A header that winds up in a section of blue sky, might look OK, where a header in a tangle of branches might not). Text elements always print over photos. You might want to adjust the text color, make it lighter to print over a dark photo or vice versa so that it stands out more in print.

  • If you want complete freedom in creating layouts, use Editor's Standard Edit mode tools to create a single file for each album page. Set the document size to 8.5 by 11 inches for print-it-yourself album pages; 10.25 by 9 inches for photobooks. Combine photos, text, and graphic elements any way you want. You might, for example, place a dozen small snapshots on a page, year-book fashion. Then import those files as the "photos" for your album. The Full Bleed Book style, was created specifically to facilitate this type of layout.


lay out two photos p. 84

  • Using the arrow keys to move objects in albums can be tricky. Even when the selection marquee appears around an item the Album Creation wizard may not realize that item is selected. If you press the arrow keys and your selected object doesn't move (you may see buttons and menus highlighting instead), the wizard isn't recognizing your selection. It's safest to click the object you want to move, pause, then click again before pressing the arrow keys.


lay out four photos p. 92

  • When creating color text, you can make darker or lighter versions of default colors. Drag the slider (next to the color space) up for lighter colors, down for darker.


make text-only pages p. 99

  • Album text boxes handle just one font and one size at a time. To combine text of different sizes (for a decorative capital, for example), use separate text boxes aligned to look like one paragraph. Click the Add Text button. In the Text dialog, choose a larger font size than in the paragraph; use the same font or a different one. Type the first letter of the paragraph and click Done. Resize the text box to fit closely around the letter. Double-click the paragraph where you want the large capital. In the Text dialog that opens, select the first letter of the paragraph and replace it with spaces to make room for the large capital; then click Done. Drag the large-letter text box over the paragraph. Position the text boxes so the large letter fits on the first line of the paragraph.

  • To improve line breaks, double-click the text to open the Text dialog. Click between characters and type in a hyphen. Click the Done button. Resize the text box so the hyphen falls at the end of the line.


fix page numbers p. 101

  • Most albums don't need numbered pages. You can simply remove the default page numbers. Skip task Steps 1 through 9; just follow Steps 10 through 12.


do a critical review p. 103

  • No matter how carefully you edited your photos before creating your album, you're likely to see something else you'd like to fix when you start reviewing your album pages. Unfortunately, if you edit the photos that you've placed in the album, you risk corrupting the album and losing all your work. To avoid that problem, return to Step 2 in the Album Creation wizard. Select the photo you'd like to edit and click the Remove Photo button at the top of the work area. Click the Close icon to exit the wizard. A dialog opens asking if you want to save changes. Click the Yes button; the wizard saves your album. You can now open your photo in Editor and make any needed changes. Return to Organizer's Photo Browser; double-click the album thumbnail to open your album; the wizard takes you to Step 3. Click the Previous Step button to move back to Step 2. Click the Add Photos button to reimport the edited photo. The wizard puts the photo at the end of your album. You'll need to drag the photo back to its proper place in the work area. Then click the Next Step button to move on to Step 3, where you can review each page again. The corrected photo should appear in place in your layout just fine. If necessary, make any further adjustments to your layout.




    Creating a photo album in photoshop elements for windows
    Creating a Photo Album in Photoshop Elements for Windows: Visual QuickProject Guide
    ISBN: 0321270819
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 110

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