Title- Photo Project Templates

Software- PhotoImpact 10

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Skill Level:  Beginner/Advanced

Please read: Terms of Use

Additional Files: Templates, download Here

Photo's of your choice

You will be using:

* copyright free, photos of your choice or photos from the Copyright-Free Photo Sites

scrapbook elements or embellishments

Author: Ginny

This tutorial is designed to help you edit a PhotoImpact Scrapbook Template

We would like for the original layout to be recognizable,
* Feel free to change
*the colors or add layers
*the background by using any fill in PI
*please add at least one element from the PI-I Scrap booking site
*add some words or journaling
*re-size to BW forum guidelines

Choosing your colors

Working with the background

Using the eye dropper in your tool panel select your color from your photo

if you have a pattern fill or a background to compliment your photos by all means use that.

On the menu bar select edit/fill when the box opens select ok,

Make sure nothing is selected.

I will be using a solid color for this one.

Note- You can always leave the background as is if you like.

If you do leave the background as is skip to

Edit the title.

Use Hue and Saturation to change your background colors

tool bar Adjust/Hue and Saturation

Make the changes you want click ok

By changing the color with the fill tool

you will see the grid is gone, Not a problem

we will add the grid after the next step.

Menu bar

Choose selection/all

selection border us these settings

Border width 60

Direction Both

Shape box

OK

Edit/ fill /color/ white, right click convert to object

select enter on your keyboard or left click to deselect

Making the grid

On the menu bar select Web/Grid and Partition use these settings

Row 5

Column 5

Grid line 2 color white

tick off draw border line

Adding your photo and elements

Adding your photo to your workspace.

We are going to use the copy and paste method to add your photo and elements

Select your photo,or whatever image you are going to use right click and copy.

left click to select your template object (the white rectangle)

Duplicate the matt (the white rectangle)

Go to Edit/paste/ fit into selection.

You can now reposition / resize your photo

Continue till you have all your photo's where you want them, You can add a texture to one or all of the photos/ elements

Add your elements where you want..

.Don't forget if your doing this for the Beginners Workshop be sure to use a Scrapbook Embellishment from the PI-I Scrapbooking Site

One final thing to add....your water mark and date right click Merge all optimize and save as pg..

I did some journaling here...

Remember If you're doing this for the BW, please be sure to re-size according to the guidelines.