Creating Photo Album Pages


This is one of my favorite things in Elements 4.0 because Adobe did such a slick job with it. They've created some great-looking templates for photo album pages and digital scrapbookingand all you have to do is choose which layout you want and it does the rest. Here's how to start using this way-cool feature:

Step One

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Start by going to the Organizer and Control-clicking on the photos you want on your first photo album page. Then, click the Create button (in the task bar above the Timeline) in the top center of the Organizer window.

Step Two

When the Creation Setup dialog appears, in the list of creations on the left side of the dialog, click on Album Pages, and then click the OK button.

Step Three

This is where you choose which layout you'd like for your album pages by clicking on one of the styles in the list on the right side of the dialog. As you click on a layout, it gives you a preview of that style on the left. Once you've chosen your layout, then choose how many photos you want to appear on your page from the Photos Per Page pop-up menu in the Options category on the bottom-left side of the dialog. Also choose to include any captions, a title page, etc., and then click the Next Step button.

Step Four

Now it's time to drag-and-drop the photos into the order you want them to appear. By default, the first photo imported winds up as the photo on the title page (if you chose that option in the previous step), so if you want a different photo on the title page, just click-and-drag it over into the first position. Once you have your photos in the order you want them, click the Next Step button.

Step Five

The first page you'll see is the title page, and you can edit the text above your title page if you'd like later, but for now, click the arrow button to the right of the title page preview to jump to your first photo album page.

Step Six

This is where you determine how your photos are cropped into their frames. If you click on one of your photos, you'll see a cropping border around the photo. You can move or resize the photo by grabbing one of the corner points.

Step Seven

In the example shown here, I grabbed the bottom-left corner point of the cropping border and dragged outward, which crops the photo in closer. The transparent areas that appear outside the fixed border of your photo will be clipped off when the photo album page is printed. To see how your crop looks, just click on any other photo. If you don't like the order of the photos, then click the Previous Step button and reposition your images (starting with Page 1, just after the title page).

TIP

If you want to edit your title page, now's the time to do it. Just click the Previous Page arrow button to the left of the preview window, double-click the placeholder text that appears, and enter your text in the Title dialog. Just click the right arrow button to return to your album page.


Step Eight

Once all the photos are in order on each album page, click the Next Step button. Now it's time to save your album pages, so just give it a name (in the Album Pages Name field on the top-right side of the dialog), and then click the Save button. Just one more step…

Step Nine

Now you'll see a list of things you can do with your photo album pages: create a PDF, print them out, or email 'em. Click on the one that sounds best to you, and you're done! By the way, if you want to edit or otherwise mess with your album pages, you'll find them in the Organizer window.



The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers
The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers
ISBN: 0321384830
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 201
Authors: Scott Kelby

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