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PhotoMom
July 6th, 2006, 06:36 PM
I am creating a photo invitation for my son's 2nd birthday party. It is a work in progress, so after working on it for a while, I saved it last night as a psd document.
I just opened it and I want to make changes to the text, but when I click on it, I get a message dialogue box that says:

"Rerendering the text layer "We can't believe it's true!" will cause its layout to change. The existing pixel data will be used instead. Continue?"

I then need to choose between "Ok" "Cancel" or "Ok All"

Does anyone know what this means? What should I do?

Thanks!
Wendy
July 6th, 2006, 06:38 PM
Hi Maria ....

Just take a look at the layer in the layers palette ... does it still have a T to show its a text layer?

Wendy
PhotoMom
July 6th, 2006, 06:47 PM
Wow, that was fast.

It does still have the "T" icon to symbolize a text layer, but there is a small triangle with an exclamation mark in it. Actually, it appears in all my text layers in the palette. Do you know what this means?

Thanks, Wendy!
Wendy
July 6th, 2006, 07:03 PM
Hi Maria ...

It sounds as though Elements can't find the font that you used ...

Try this:

Open up the image
Duplicate it ... File>Duplicate
Then try to change the text .. just click om continue
it should substitute the font for another one.

... hopefully it will look identical

Sometimes this happens when you have two versions of the same font on your computer and Elements can get confused by it :)

Do let us know how you go on ...

Wendy
JonE
July 6th, 2006, 10:47 PM
Open up the image
Duplicate it ... File>Duplicate
Then try to change the text .. just click om continue
it should substitute the font for another one.

Wendy

I think Wendy means to click "OK" to continue, but you might want to chant "om" repeatedly while doing so as this may improve your chances of success. ;)
PhotoMom
July 6th, 2006, 11:31 PM
Too funny, Jon. I did chant when I clicked ok, and it worked. LOL.

So here's my final product:

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/viewgallery.php?user=478

I think it came out nice considering I'm no pro!
JonE
July 7th, 2006, 12:09 AM
Very nice.
Norm F
July 7th, 2006, 12:28 AM
Well done Maria. Your invitation is exceptional. Great pictures!
emkayess65
July 7th, 2006, 12:32 AM
Hi, nice job on the card.
Beautiful baby boy - his personality just shines!
MKS
PhotoMom
July 7th, 2006, 12:52 AM
Thanks! I just love doing this. Taking my photos and turning them into something more than just a snapshot.

And yes, my little guy is just a doll. He has a great little personality! :)
Shari
July 7th, 2006, 01:22 AM
Maria - that is just perfect - I love it (and your friends should too).
Shari
Wendy
July 7th, 2006, 03:37 AM
Maria ...

Oh you have done a great job on that ... well done it looks really good :)

By the way ... the "om" is just so important if you don't chant as you do it them all your work vanishes into space :eek:

Wendy
kevq
July 7th, 2006, 03:38 AM
Shari,
really nice, see what you get for chanting Om:D
Seriously, it's very good and what a handsome little fellow your son is.
Kev.
NMarti
July 7th, 2006, 07:14 AM
That's a beutiful job on the invitation. It is very nicely balanced and shows your son has a great deal of personality too. So cute!
OFD678
July 7th, 2006, 07:51 AM
How did you divide the sections in equal quadrants?

Looks great.

Brent
Wendy
July 7th, 2006, 08:11 AM
Hi Brent ...

There are a few ways to do it ... a couple are using the Rulers or the Grid.

Try View>Rulers and View Grid :)

Wendy
lindajay
July 7th, 2006, 08:27 AM
Maria -- that's so nice! What a handsome little guy you have. You should be proud of the invitation.
PhotoMom
July 7th, 2006, 08:42 AM
How did you divide the sections in equal quadrants?

Looks great.

Brent


Brent, I began with a new 4x6 document with a white background. I then used the ruler to create a 2x2 box at the upper left hand corner. Then I filled that box with the blue color of choice using the paint bucket. Then I duplicated that box two times by hoding the ALT key while dragging the box downwards (a technique I learned in one of the videos here). This creates a duplicate blue box. I did this again and positioned the two new boxes in the middle right and bottom left. The key is to do the math. The 4x6 size meant I could have two 2x2 boxes going across (one blue and one white space) and three going down. Then I just filled the white space with my photos.

I hope I explained this well....
karen donnybrook
July 8th, 2006, 01:59 AM
Maria, I add my congratulations to everyone else's. Your invitation is great and so unique - well done.
OFD678
July 8th, 2006, 07:58 AM
I thought I seen in a video or book once that there is way of coping a selection (one of the quadrants) and duplicating it so it is the exact size and shape?
PhotoMom
July 8th, 2006, 08:46 AM
Thank you, everyone! They are all printed up and ready to be mailed. :)

I thought I seen in a video or book once that there is way of coping a selection (one of the quadrants) and duplicating it so it is the exact size and shape?

Yes, the way I did it was to create the 1st blue square and then duplicating it two times by holding down the ALT key while dragging the square down. This creates an exact duplicate on its own layer.