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Preparation for Home Additions

you can draw them by hand or use a computer - aided design ( CAD ) software program to help you. Some CAD software is expensive, complex learn to use efficiently. Some CAD programs won't allow you to communicate

25 Tips for Keeping Your Budget on Track

corbels, or wood carvings for flair. 9. Seek out free advice. Take advantage of design services—through computer - aided design ( CAD ) programs or from on-staff professionals—at local boutiques, garden centers, and home improvement stores

25 Tips for Keeping Your Budget on Track

25 Tips for Keeping Your Budget on Track

corbels, or wood carvings for flair. 9. Seek out free advice. Take advantage of design services -- through computer - aided design ( CAD ) programs or from on-staff professionals -- at local boutiques, garden centers, and home improvement

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Create digital photo collages

Create digital photo collages

Use your computer and a handy template to create quick photo collages. Group Editor Melissa Inman walks you through the steps of using one of her digital templates.

Fri, 5 Nov 2010|More from Scrapbooks Etc.
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I'm just gonna go ahead and double click and open my 1st image . Then I'm gonna use the Select tool, and I'm gonna click on my image , and then just hold down the key as I drag it over to the template. You can see it all drop in there. The next thing I need to do is send it behind one of the template spaces, so I'm gonna go ahead and use the Clipping Mask function to the Create Clipping Mask. Just control or command G, and once you get used to doing this often, you'll be able to use those quick keys. Now I need to change the size because it's obviously too large, so I'm gonna go ahead and scale my image . Now you have a couple choices here. You can either use these little open-ended squares that are in the corner of your image , and use those to scale, or you can use the percentage indicators at the top of your screen. And that's what I'm gonna go ahead and do here because it's easier sometimes if you can't see all the corner points on your image to just enter a specific percentage that you want to reduce your image to, or enlarge your image to if that's the case. So I'm gonna go ahead and type that in, and then you'll see that the image has gotten a lot smaller. So it's about the right size. I don't need to make any more adjustments, so I can go ahead and click the little check mark that means it's okay. I'm gonna open another image . Drag it over just like I did the first one. I'm gonna go ahead and do my clipping mask, and then I'm gonna scale the image just like I did the last time. This time, I'm gonna use the little squares on the ends, move that into the right spot, and get it just the right size. And, as you can see, I've got a little bit of image bleeding over into my other photo, so I need to go ahead and remove that. So I'm gonna select the Mark key tool, and then I'm just gonna highlight that area of the image . Just go ahead and kind of surround it there with my little dotted line, and then you can go ahead and just go up and hit Clear or Delete, and that will get rid of the extra image . I'm gonna do that to this one as well. Just select that area that I don't want, go to Edit, and hit
that. And then, as you can see, I've got a lot of image on the sides that isn't working. So this time, I'm gonna select around my image , and then I'm gonna go out and actually do inverse, and then I'm gonna hit the Clear, and it's gonna get rid of all the excess image . So if you've got excess on both sides, that's an easy way to do it. And then I just hit D-Select there. So then that's all done. Your photo collage is finished. You can go over to your layers pallet, and you just wanna flatten the image now, and then it will just turn everything. All the grid lines will be white now instead of the grayed out that they were. You wanna go ahead and save. I'm doing a Save As. I'm gonna save it as a JPEG. Usually results in a little smaller file size, and that's it. You're ready to print out your image . Your photo collage is complete. Okay, once you've finished your collage and you've printed it out, you're ready to scrapbook your page.
Brother Quattro: Embroidery

Brother Quattro: Embroidery

Learn about the amazing embroidery features on the NEW Brother Quattro and see why it's called the Dream Machine.

Tue, 5 Oct 2010|More from All People Quilt
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of different things that you can do. It's kinda like having a computer in the machine.
that will have a USB direct connect from the machine into my computer so I can store----
Let's Start Scrapbooking

Let's Start Scrapbooking

Eager to join in the exciting craft of scrapbooking but a bit overwhelmed by all the gear, gadgets, and lingo? No worries! Scrapbooks etc. Group Editor Melissa Inman has all the answers.

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which gives me a large thumbnail image of each shot so I can pick exactly the right one. PC users may also wanna give Picasa a try. My friends
express a little creativity without having to create scrapbook pages for every image . Consider using a simple photo album designed to hold 4X6 photos.
make a really big statement on her page. And even though that image takes up space, she still fit in two more photos and some journaling. Here's how I interpreted Erica's original. I stayed pretty
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Easy Crafts with Photos

Easy Crafts with Photos

original photos. Instead, scan the originals into your computer , then use image -editing software to even a gravy boat. Scan old photos into your computer , or snap new ones with camera. Color them using image -editing software

Real Weddings: An Organic Farm Wedding

Real Weddings: An Organic Farm Wedding

using photo editing software, an autumn tree image from a royalty-free image Web site, and cream paper. The festivities find a pattern online or trace a real leaf. Scan into a computer to print pages of identical leaves, then handwrite

Ideas for Fall Decorating

Ideas for Fall Decorating

from directly overhead. Upload the image to your computer ; enlarge and crop to fit the top Match paint color to the printed image and paint the stool. Apply decoupage medium to the seat and adhere the image . Let dry. Apply a coat or two

Nature-Inspired Paper Projects

Nature-Inspired Paper Projects

coats of polyurethane over the top of the image . Love dreamy, stylized wall art? Create and pumping up the color saturation using an image -editing program on your computer . Print the image on an overhead transparency. Cover the surface

A Cozy and Sophisticated Living Room Makeover

A Cozy and Sophisticated Living Room Makeover

Using special decal paper, the plate is an easy do-it-yourself project. Make the Welcome Plate -- Scan a leaf into your computer . -- Print the leaf and "Welcome" onto waterslide decal paper. Let dry for 30 minutes. -- Trim the excess

Simple Low-Cost Christmas Projects

Simple Low-Cost Christmas Projects

little bit of the past to your present Christmas. Download copyright-free vintage Christmas clip art, or scan antique cards into your computer . Print the images onto clear matte labels. Trim and adhere them to pillar candles. Use antique urns

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