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Contents Applying gradient transparency ... 130 Changing transparency type ...

88 Working with photos To zoom into or out of the image, use the Zoom tools. Retouching photos When you select a photo on the page, the Photo c

Working with photos 89 You can also cut out your own photo frames using the Frame Editor, see Creating your own photo frames on p.101. Opening Cut

90 Working with photos 4. Click and drag on the image to mark the areas you want to discard/keep. As you do so, Scrapbook Artist locates similar ad

Working with photos 91 To create an alpha-edged bitmap: 1. On the Output Settings tab, in the Output Type drop-down list, select Alpha-edged Bitma

92 Working with photos Refining the cutout area (alpha-edged bitmaps only) 1. On the Output Setting tab, click the Preview button. (You can use thi

93 Adding photos to frames 6

94 Adding photos to frames

Adding photos to frames 95 Adding photo frames to your scrapbook Scrapbook Artist Digikits include a wide selection of photo frames that you can add

96 Adding photos to frames Adding frames to the page 1. Drag a frame from the Frames tab onto your page. 2. Once the frame is added to the page,

Adding photos to frames 97 Fitting photos to frames Once you have added your photos to the Photos tab, it's easy to frame them on the page. You

Contents Copying an object's formatting ... 162 11. Using brushes...

98 Adding photos to frames Adjusting the frame If a photo has been cropped inside a frame, you can adjust the size and shape of the frame to suit it

Adding photos to frames 99 5. Click to return to the tool. Rotating, zooming, and panning 1. Select the photo, and then click the Crop button.

100 Adding photos to frames 3. To pan the photo inside its frame, click and drag on the photo. 4. To use the Rule of Thirds grid to help with yo

Adding photos to frames 101 Deleting frames from the page Select a frame and press the Delete key. If the frame contains a photo, this will also

102 Adding photos to frames Creating your frame 1. On the Pages Context toolbar, click . The Digikit Creator dialog opens. 2. Select the Frames c

103 Working with text 7

104 Working with text

Working with text 105 Working with text You can create artistic text and shape text in Scrapbook Artist. Both text types are fully editable, and yo

106 Working with text Adding artistic text 1. On the Standard toolbar, click the tool. 2. To create text at the default size, click on your page

Working with text 107 To set text attributes before typing, adjust the settings on the Text context toolbar. (See Formatting text on p. 112.) T

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108 Working with text To edit a text item: Select the text item or shape, and then click the button that displays below the item. A text edit cu

Working with text 109 To rotate a text item: Select it and drag its Rotate handle. To apply text formatting: Select the text, and then adjust

110 Working with text You can edit and delete artistic text and shape text directly on the page, or in the Edit Text dialog (for details on working

Working with text 111 4. Type your new text. To cut, copy, and paste text, use the standard Windows keyboard shortcuts. To delete an entire te

112 Working with text Formatting text You can select and format artistic text and shape text directly on the page using the Text context toolbar, th

Working with text 113 Select a text size from the Point Size drop-down list. Shows the height of the selected text in points. Select a font

114 Working with text Using the Format menu 1. Select a text item, a letter, or a group of letters. 2. On the Format menu, click Character, Paragr

Working with text 115 Line tab button Effect achieved Solid Dash Double Calligraphic 4. Adjust the line width by dragging the slider.

116 Working with text 3. On the Brushes tab, select a brush stroke style. The stroke is applied to the text outline. 4. Use the following Lin

Working with text 117 Adding fringed edges to artistic text 1. Select a text item with the tool. 2. Open the Line tab. 3. Click the Edge butt

1 Welcome 1

118 Working with text

119 Applying effects 8

120 Applying effects

Applying effects 121 Adding drop shadows When you Start with a Theme via the Startup Wizard, preset drop shadow effects are selectable and availab

122 Applying effects Skewed offset shadow (adjusted X Shear) Once you’ve created a basic shadow, you can further edit it as needed using the Filt

Applying effects 123 Applying other 2D filter effects Changing material depth If you've been manipulating materials you've added to th

124 Applying effects Applying filter effects For more advanced control of filter effects, Scrapbook Artist provides a variety of filter effects that

Applying effects 125 To apply 2D filter effects: 1. Select Filter Effects... from the Format menu (or via the right-click menu). The Filter Effects

126 Applying effects Applying 3D filter effects As well as 2D filter effects, Scrapbook Artist provides a variety of 3D filter effects that you can

Applying effects 127 Customizing 3D filter effects Once an effect has been applied, you can customize it via a Filter Effects dialog. 1. Select the

2 Getting started

128 Applying effects 3. Choose one of the thumbnails and adjust percentage Scale and Opacity if needed. 4. Click OK. The button will change to in

Applying effects 129 Solid transparency distributes the transparency equally across the item. Gradient transparencies are created by drawing a path

130 Applying effects Applying gradient transparency Just as a gradient fill can vary from light to dark, transparency can be applied as a opacity

Applying effects 131 Changing transparency type By default, the Transparency Tool will let you apply only a linear transparency on the drawn path.

132 Applying effects The dialog lets you fine-tune the actual spread of transparency between pairs of key values, and displays the transparency grad

133 Cutting, cropping, and erasing 9

134 Cutting, cropping, and erasing

Cutting, cropping, and erasing 135 Cutting items Use the Scissors tool to cut any item or group of items on your page. For example, you might want

136 Cutting, cropping, and erasing 3. On the Scissors context toolbar, select a scissor type from the drop-down list. 4. Optional: To adjust

Cutting, cropping, and erasing 137 To adjust the depth of each unit of the cutting edge, change the Amplitude setting. You can't adjust wav

Getting started 3 Welcome to Digital Scrapbook Artist from Serif!—the fantastic scrapbooking solution which combines scrapbooking fun with powerful

138 Cutting, cropping, and erasing Click the tool and then click a cut section. Drag the section into its new position. Applying preset cutt

Cutting, cropping, and erasing 139 2. On the Standard toolbar, click the Scissors tool. 3. On the Scissors context toolbar, select a scissor typ

140 Cutting, cropping, and erasing To delete a cut section, click it. To retain a cut section, hold down the Shift key, and then click the

Cutting, cropping, and erasing 141 Combining, cropping, and joining items Scrapbook Artist provides the powerful Combine, Crop, and Join tools (Add,

142 Cutting, cropping, and erasing Clip to Top The bottom item is clipped to the outline of the top item. Clip to Bottom The top item is clipped t

Cutting, cropping, and erasing 143 Join/Intersect Retains the overlap and discards the rest. Add, Subtract, and Intersect produce a permanent new

144 Cutting, cropping, and erasing Erasing portions of an item 1. Use the tool to select an item. 2. On the Standard toolbar, click the Era

Cutting, cropping, and erasing 145 6. Release the mouse button to erase the area drawn. Adding to an item 1. Use the tool to select an item.

146 Cutting, cropping, and erasing 5. Position the cursor over the item and drag over an item boundary. You'll see blue shading, which rep

147 Adding lines and shapes 10

4 Getting started Key features Scrapbook essentials Themes and Digikits (p. 12 and p. 43) Choose the type of scrapbook theme you're looking f

148 Adding lines and shapes

Adding lines and shapes 149 Drawing lines and shapes Lines can be either straight or curved. They have properties like colour and weight (thickness

150 Adding lines and shapes 4. (Optional) To set the degree of smoothing to be applied to the line (and subsequent lines), set the Smoothness valu

Adding lines and shapes 151 (1) (2) (3) 5. To extend an existing line, click beyond the end of your current curve to create a new point (thu

152 Adding lines and shapes Changing line and fill colours on p. 157) when the line or curve is closed. To close an existing line or curve (with a

Adding lines and shapes 153 Using QuickShapes QuickShapes are pre-designed items that you can instantly add to your page. QuickShapes are added fr

154 Adding lines and shapes To adjust the appearance of a QuickShape: 1. Select the item with the button (Standard toolbar). 2. Click the butto

Adding lines and shapes 155 Changing line style All lines, including those that enclose shapes, have numerous properties, including colour, style,

156 Adding lines and shapes Changing line style A series of buttons arranged along the top of the Line tab set the line style. Solid, Dash, Doubl

Adding lines and shapes 157 Two styles called Stroke and Edge let you apply a brush, chosen from the Brushes tab, to your line or your shape's

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158 Adding lines and shapes The Line/Fill swatches on the Colour tab govern whether the selected colour is applied as a line colour or a solid fil

Adding lines and shapes 159 Changing fill colour 1. Select the item. 2. Set the Line/Fill Swatch in the Colour tab so the Fill Swatch is active,

160 Adding lines and shapes Once you've drawn your line or shape you can use the Fill Tool to draw a fill path across the item, and then edit

Adding lines and shapes 161 Editing gradient paths 1. Select an item with a gradient fill. 2. Click the Fill Tool button on the Standard toolba

162 Adding lines and shapes 2. Right-click the selected item and choose Format>Fill... (or choose the command from the Format menu). Use the Fi

163 Using brushes 11

164 Using brushes

Using brushes 165 Adding brush strokes Add artistic flair to your scrapbooks with the Brush tool. The Brushes tab galleries include both natural

166 Using brushes You can draw and paint with your mouse or with a pen tablet. The tablet’s pressure-sensitive pen tip allows control of stroke wid

Using brushes 167 Grunge Add aged and grunge effects to your layouts. Natural Media Apply paint, charcoal, pencil, pen, and other natural media

6 Getting started within Scrapbook Artist. Use brushes to discard uniform backgrounds (sky, walls, etc.) or keep subjects of interest (people, objec

168 Using brushes Document category The Document category shows the brush types used in the currently active scrapbook. This category is useful fo

Using brushes 169 Workspace category The Workspace category displays the themed brushes added from the Digikit Browser. Adding brushes from Digiki

170 Using brushes Creating brush strokes You can apply brush strokes directly to the page using your mouse or pen tablet. If you're using a p

Using brushes 171 2. On the Brushes tab, choose a brush from a category. At the top of the workspace, notice that the Brush context toolbar is dis

172 Using brushes The properties currently defined on the Brush context toolbar settings will be adopted for all brush strokes. After this first

Using brushes 173 - or - To set properties of an existing brush stroke, select the stroke. The Brush context toolbar displays. 2. Change the b

174 Using brushes Set the brush stroke width on the Line tab. 5. Adjust the Opacity of the brush stroke. (100% opacity = no transparency; 0% opa

Using brushes 175 Enable this option if you want to fill the unclosed curve produced with a brush stroke with the fill colour defined on the Co

176 Using brushes

177 Arranging items 12

Getting started 7 freeform lines with the Pencil Tool. Join any line's ends to create irregular filled shapes! Artistic and shape text (p. 1

178 Arranging items

Arranging items 179 Rotating and shearing items Rotating items 1. Select the item(s) with the tool. 2. Hover over the rotate handle and, when y

180 Arranging items 2. Drag the repositioned rotate handle. The item rotates about the new origin point. Additional rotation options are pro

Arranging items 181 To copy and shear an item, press and hold down the Ctrl key while dragging—this preserves the original item, while shearing

182 Arranging items Ordering items The items on your scrapbook page are ‘stacked’ on top of each other, the front-most item (e.g., blue button

Arranging items 183 To change an item's position: On the Arrange tab, click one of the following buttons: Bring to Front Send to Back

184 Arranging items Grouping items Grouping items prevents you from accidentally altering them. Grouping also allows you to move, rotate, and resi

Arranging items 185 To select an individual item within a group: Press and hold down the Ctrl key and then click on the item. The item is selected

186 Arranging items

187 Sharing and publishing 13

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8 Getting started Installation System requirements Minimum: Windows-based PC with CD drive and mouse Microsoft Windows® XP (32 bit), Windows®Vis

188 Sharing and publishing

Sharing and publishing 189 Sharing via website You can share your scrapbook by print, as a distributable electronic PDF, or via the www.daisytrail.

190 Sharing and publishing The main website features include: Scrapbook rating Rate and comment on other people's scrapbooks—and have your o

Sharing and publishing 191 Registering 1. Click on the Standard toolbar. 2. If you've not registered before, click the Join Now! button. Yo

192 Sharing and publishing the accompanying Reset Password and Register buttons. For the latter, you'll be directed to the Registration page o

Sharing and publishing 193 Basic printing Scrapbook Artist supports printing directly to a physical printer (e.g., All-in-ones, Inkjet and Laser pri

194 Sharing and publishing Exporting as PDF The cross-platform Adobe PDF file format is a worldwide standard for document distribution which works

Sharing and publishing 195 Uncheck Preview PDF file to stop your PDF file from displaying in your currently installed Adobe Reader immediately aft

196 Sharing and publishing

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Getting started 9 Getting started 2

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Index 2D, 123 filter effects, 123 add/delete pages, 69, 72 adjusting photo frames, 98 pictures, 88 QuickShapes, 153 Adobe Acrobat (PDF files), 194 p

Index ellipse transparency, 128 Erase Tool, 143 Export as PDF, 194 exporting, 194 PDF files, 194 features, 4 key, 4 Fill-on-Create, 151, 170, 172 fil

Index smoothing, 149 straight, 149 styles for, 155 turning into shapes, 149 loading Digikits, 63 margins of page, 67 mesh fills, 157 Open dialog, 40

Index Select on Create, 172 Send to Back, 182 shadows (drop), 121 shape text, 105, 109 shapes, 149, 153 combining, cropping, and joining, 141 drawing

Index Weight of line (width), 155 Welcome, 2 zooming, 72

10 Getting started

Getting started 11 Using the Startup Wizard Once Scrapbook Artist has been installed, you're ready to start. By default, a Serif Digital Scrap

12 Getting started To start with a blank page, you can also click the Cancel button in the upper-right corner of the Startup Wizard. This will ski

Getting started 13 The Scrapbook Artist Digikits offer a selection of themed page layouts, backgrounds, frames, materials, letters, embellishments,

14 Getting started In the Layouts section, select the pages you want to add to your scrapbook by clicking their thumbnails. If you select a lay

Getting started 15 6. Running horizontally along the lower edge of the workspace, the Pages tab displays the pages you chose to add to your scrap

16 Getting started The File name text box displays the name you typed in the Digikit Browser dialog. To save your scrapbook with different file na

Getting started 17 To remove a photo from the Photos tab, click its Remove button. Adjusting and replacing framed photos 1. Select the framed

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18 Getting started 3. To pan the photo, click and drag on it. 4. To close the Crop window, click , or click elsewhere on the page or pasteboard

Getting started 19 Adding scrapbook letters 1. In the Content tabs at the left of the workspace, click the Letters tab to open it. 2. To add an i

20 Getting started To resize a letter or group, select it, and then drag a corner handle. To rotate a letter or group, select it, and then dra

Getting started 21 To ungroup, select the group and click the button. To create your own letters, see Creating your own Digikits on p. 53.

22 Getting started 4. Click a drop shadow effect to apply it to your selected item. Sharing your scrapbook To share your scrapbook, you need t

Getting started 23 - or - If you have a middle mouse button/wheel, and multiple scrapbooks open, hover over the document's tab and click the

24 Getting started Starting a scrapbook from scratch If you decide to create your scrapbook from scratch, the first step is to select your page back

Getting started 25 5. Click the background(s) that you want to use in your scrapbook. - or - To add all items from the Digikit, click . If

26 Getting started 7. When you've finished selecting backgrounds, click Done. 8. Drag the background you want to use onto the blank page dis

Getting started 27 Scrapbook Artist periodically autosaves your work to a temporary file. You can set autosave frequency under the General option

28 Getting started Once the frame is added to the page, you can move, resize, and rotate it. (See Arranging items on p. 177.) To create your own

Getting started 29 Click the Remove button to remove a photo from the Photos tab. 4. Drag a photo from the Photos tab and drop it onto the fra

30 Getting started 7. Once an item is placed on the page, you can move, resize, and rotate it as required. (See Arranging items on p. 177.) To cr

Getting started 31 To remove a letter from the Letters tab, click its Remove button. 7. You can now move, resize, rotate, and delete these letter

32 Getting started To apply an effect to a selected item: 1. Select the item to which you want to add a drop shadow or other effect. 2. In the Stu

Getting started 33 Applying transparency You can apply transparency quickly and easily using a slider on the Colour tab. For more advanced effects,

34 Getting started transparency applied Adding text 1. On the Standard toolbar, click . 2. To create text at the default siz

Getting started 35 Creating brush strokes 1. On the Standard toolbar, click the Brush Tool. 2. At the right of the workspace, open the Brushes t

36 Getting started Adding Digikit brushes The Brushes tab's Workspace category displays the brushes added from Digikits. If you've previou

Getting started 37 Arranging items and groups on the page To select a single item, click , and then click the item or group. To select multipl

Contents Contents 1. Welcome ... 1 Key features ...

38 Getting started To rotate an item or group, select it, and then drag its rotate handle. To delete an item or group, select it, and then pre

Getting started 39 (See also Adding, moving, and deleting pages on p. 69.) Sharing your scrapbook To share your scrapbook, you need to do the follow

40 Getting started Opening and displaying scrapbooks You can open an existing scrapbook from the Startup Wizard or the File menu. If you have more t

Getting started 41 Opening a scrapbook from the File menu 1. On the File menu, click Open... 2. In the Open dialog, navigate to and select the sc

42 Getting started

43 Digikits 3

44 Digikits

Digikits 45 Browsing The Digikit Browser provides access to your installed Digikits, plus access to featured free and purchasable Digikits from Dais

46 Digikits included in each Digikit. To make browsing easier, you can expand and collapse the Digikit categories to hide or reveal the items. 5. (

Digikits 47 Ctrl-click to select more than one filter. Click to remove the filter(s). If you've searched via the Browse Digikits ta

Contents Applying drop shadows and other effects ... 31 Applying transparency ...

48 Digikits If you've searched via the Browse my items tab, click on each category, e.g., Frames, to reveal the relevant items. Adding items t

Digikits 49 Tagging Scrapbook Artist allows you to add searchable tags to individual items and Digikits via the Digikit Creator. Tags are keywords,

50 Digikits 6. When you've finished tagging, Save your Digikit. See Saving Digikits on p. 62. The tags are now active and can be used as filte

Digikits 51 To delete a tag, select it in the Current Tags pane and click Delete. 6. When you've finished tagging, Save your Digikit. See

52 Digikits 5. Click Visit Shop. The DaisyTrail.com shop opens in your web browser for you to proceed with your purchase. If you've not a

Digikits 53 3. Click the Digikit you want to download and scroll through the categories to browse included items. You can also use the search contr

54 Digikits 3. Click . Items already added to the workspace display in the Digikit Creator window. 4. Choose a category from the list on the

Digikits 55 6. Save your Digikit. See Saving Digikits on p.62. Adding embellishments & materials 1. From the Digikit Creator’s category list

56 Digikits Adding backgrounds 1. From the Digikit Creator’s category list on the left, click Backgrounds. Backgrounds already added to your worksp

Digikits 57 Adding frames See Creating your own photo frames on p.101. Adding and adjusting letters You can add your own letters, numbers, and sp

Contents Adding brushes ... 60 Adding swatches ...

58 Digikits 6. Click OK. 7. If you added multiple files, the next character displays. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all characters are assigned. 8.

Digikits 59 Adding layouts Method 1: Adding from Digikit Creator 1. From the Digikit Creator’s category list on the left, click Layouts. Layouts a

60 Digikits Adding brushes See Creating custom brushes on p.175. Adding swatches You can add colour swatches from the Digikit Creator dialog or fr

Digikits 61 Click the Colour Picker and then click and drag over your page. The magnified colour swatch updates as you drag. Release the mouse

62 Digikits 2. In the Colour Selector dialog, click the Colour Picker and then click and drag over your page. The magnified colour swatch updates

Digikits 63 4. (Optional) By default, Digikits are saved to the (My) Documents\My Digikits folder. To save to a different location, click Browse Fo

64 Digikits

65 Setting up and viewing your pages 4

66 Setting up and viewing your pages

Setting up and viewing your pages 67 Choosing page size If you choose to use a scrapbook theme from the Startup Wizard (see p. 11), you can set you

Contents Replacing, resizing, and deleting photos ... 84 Replacing photos ...

68 Setting up and viewing your pages For Regular documents, select a Document Size, then set the orientation (Portrait or Landscape) if using a no

Setting up and viewing your pages 69 Adding, moving and deleting pages A scrapbook can consist of a single page, but more typically a series of page

70 Setting up and viewing your pages Adding blank pages If you don't plan to work from a pre-designed layout, Scrapbook Artist lets you add bl

Setting up and viewing your pages 71 Moving pages From the Pages tab, you can either: Click and drag a page to its new position in the tab (illus

72 Setting up and viewing your pages Panning and zooming Use panning to move around zoomed in areas of your scrapbook. To zoom, a variety of tools a

Setting up and viewing your pages 73 To zoom to a particular view: On the Hintline toolbar, click Zoom Out to decrease the current zoom percenta

74 Setting up and viewing your pages Navigating with the Pages tab Once you have added pages, use the Pages tab to quickly navigate between pages.

Setting up and viewing your pages 75 The above example illustrates how grass-like brush strokes can be added to a canvas once it has been rotated 2

76 Setting up and viewing your pages Applying the Rule of Thirds Traditionally a technique used in photography, the Rule of Thirds grid can also be

Setting up and viewing your pages 77 Isolating items For focused editing, Scrapbook Artist provides Solo mode. This allows you to temporarily isolat

Contents 7. Working with text ... 103 Working with text ...

78 Setting up and viewing your pages

79 Working with photos 5

80 Working with photos

Working with photos 81 Adding your photos You can use the following methods to add photos to your project: Use the Photos tab to store photos tha

82 Working with photos 3. Click Open. Your photos are added to the Photos tab. Adding photos to the page To add a photo from the Photos tab: Dr

Working with photos 83 To add a photo from the Standard toolbar: 1. On the Standard toolbar, click . - or - On the Insert menu, click Photo&g

84 Working with photos Replacing, resizing, and deleting photos Once you've placed a photo on your page, you can replace, resize, or delete it

Working with photos 85 Resizing photos 1. Select the photo with the tool. 2. To resize the photo, drag a corner handle. The photo's aspe

86 Working with photos Cropping your photos Scrapbook Artist includes the Crop Tool for cropping objects and photos on the page. The Crop context to

Working with photos 87 3. A 3 x 3 grid is superimposed on top of the photo. 4. Drag an edge handle to crop the photo. As you do so, the grid re