Have Your Way With Paper

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: 29 Oct 2007

This may be a really stupid question, but it baffles me. (hush, Jenny!

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So....I save a digital kit to my computer, I extract all to "open" them. Well, on some of them, there are several items and I can't figure out how to make them individual instead of "the page".
Do you know what I'm talking about? Can you explain??

when i upload and etract a free digi page, i always end up with 1-3 pages that are completed. i don't think you CAN separate those.

you just have ot use the other individual stuff.

at least this has been MY experience.

Trisha, I jsut did a digital card and know what you are talking about.

There are couple ways of doing this..copy/paste then erase or

crop what you want. hit copy then paste to you work sheet. You can erase any excess stuff. make sense?

Now, if there is another way...maybe someone else has an answer...

Hope I helped some..

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: 29 Oct 2007

Paula, surely there is a way? I mean, they threw in buttons ribbons, and flowers, stuff like that. Surely you are just suppose to use it like that??

See Roe, I tried that, but it always leaves white around the back where I didn't erase...I don't know.

You need to have a layer. I don't know what program you are usng, but say I have my work sheet open. Then I open the 'buttons'. That will be on a new page. I'll crop one button. Hit copy. Now, when you click paste, I have a choice and I paste as new layer.

When I paste that to the worksheet, I can rezise it, move it (with another tool) and then erase around the button. Since the button is on top as a layer, it will erase down to the next bottom layer. Does that make sense?

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

Trisha caught me this afternoon. She can't use it because she doesn't have the correct program to take it. That's what I think. Hopefully she can get updated so she can use these goodies!

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: 29 Oct 2007

Thanks for your help, Marlene. Glad it wasn't JUST ME this time:)
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i downloaded a bunch of free digi kits and NOW i see what trisha's talking about ( i think ).

most of the downloads ahve thier files. when i open the file, it opens in PSE. I have to play to figure out how to use those. never had them download like that before.

i have an alphabet all in ONE sreen and have yet to figure out how to pick letters to add to a LO.

??????

Paula, try what I was saying...

When I opened the buttons, there were 3 on the 'page'. I cropped one then copied it. when to the sheet and hit paste as new layer\

Paula or trisha, give me the download site...I want to see what happens when I download it..Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

OH! you're still IN PSE (or wherever it opens up). i was trying to pull it from PSE into power point where i was creatign my LO. i'll send you the link with the alpha i was talking about.

http://scrapbooking.about.com/gi/.../www.cottagearts.net/samples.html
2nd row, middle one (Rusty Copper Desitnation Alpha Set)

guess i need to learn to use PSE for LO's and such.

Do you have PSE or PSP? Didn't I send you PSP? Ok, going to open the link..

Ok, I got it...

Paula, I'm heading to bed. when I opened the shee of alpha, I cropped around the one I wanted and then clicked the check mark to secure it. That will make the rest of the sheet close. I then did the copy/paste. Now if Iwanat another letter, I need to open the sheet again and follow the same steps.

I did not have to erase anything.

Just make sure when you paste you have 'new layer'..

If you have PSP8, I can walk you through it. but not now..

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I'm sure I'll be one tomorrow..

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

Roe is right. You crop out the bit you want, then use it. Save the original as it was the begin with.

don't have psp or copy/paste function on pse (that i can find) but i DID figure it out! thank you so much! NOW i see why people use PSE and such for LO. i got it now.

just gotta play with it a bit more to get used to it. but, i like it!

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts