Join in Creatively - Check it Out!

[GaryK]

Mike

I wonder who was holding things up :roll: :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Pauline]

Mike is always so quick with the answers but I guess asking him to do a little creative showing off was just too much for him. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[MikeH]

Well I was thinking about it... and as they say it's the thought that counts :wink:.

Mike

[GaryK]

Mike

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Pauline]

Which is exactly why men get themselves in so much trouble!! Thinking about it doesn't always count. :lol: I'd better shut up now or Mike will refuse to help me any more!! :wink:

[jazzfisher]

Pauline,
Or they are thinking with the wrong part of their bodies... :lol: Sorry Mike just had to say it. :lol:

[MikeH]

That's it... i'm taking my mouse and going home http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/babyboy.gif (http://www.millan.net)

Mike

[Pauline]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Mike!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I really need to check into those smilies, but for now dinner is finally ready!!

[GaryK]

I burned mine :o

Had to reheat the frozen spaghetti sauce :lol:

[willpresley]

Some of this dialogue has made me :oops:

Sorry you had a rough go of it for supper Gary -- I like the microwave when I have to fend for myself -- it will cook or heat and then sit there and get cold all over again at times. :roll:

[Pauline]

I'm starting to learn to SHUT down elements prior to cooking dinner. Even looking at e-mail is a no no, since there will probably be a forum notification waiting, and then....................... Well Gary knows. :lol: :lol:

I think I'll close for now and go pay some attention to my son. The only one of my kids who still wants me to be around him. :cry:

[starkarlis]

I am NEW!!! New to Photoshop Elements and message boards. I am a scrapbooker so I was attracted to your forum. I am having problems figuring out how to do just the basics in PE, so the photos in your galleries are awesome to me. Please give me advice on the best place to start getting familiar with PE. I signed up for the online class and I have even bought the book PE 3.0 Classroom in a Book. It just doesn't seem explicit enough for me. Do I need to be more patient??
All advice is welcome!
Thanks!

[triciadoll]

I added my element to the page and uploaded it.

[MikeH]

starkarlis,

Welcome to the forums :)

The best place to get familiar with PSE3 is here!! The on-line classes are an excellent way of learning. Have you subscribed? You'll get access to the latest video tutorials and the magazine has features like a Beginners Workshop.

There are so many features in PSE3 and so many things you can do with it that knowing where to start with and what can seem daunting. But with practice and patience you will soon the get to know the software.

Also... you can get all the help you want here on the forum. One of the "rules" here is that no question is too simple or dumb.

What do you want to first with Elements?

Mike

[Pauline]

Welcome Starkarlis and ditto what Mike said. Spend some time at the forum and become a subscriber to this site and we will all have you up and running in no time. It's a fabulous group. :lol:

[willpresley]

Mary - it is your turn now. Please refer to early on in the thread for the instructions on how to go about this. Thanks.

[jvolpe]

Tricia, your work is fantastic. You should offer classes for your scrapbook pages and I'll sign up for sure. I have no clue where to get started w/these kind of pages.

[Pauline]

I had to peek. Mary, nice addition! Won't somebody be surprised. :lol: I can't give away the secret to those that haven't peeked yet.

[Mary]

Thanks Pauline - thanks for keeping a secret. :wink:

[MikeH]

Mary,

I've had a peek as well - what a neat idea to add a... ooops nearly gave it away :twisted:

Mike

[Mary]

Thanks Mike :D

[willpresley]

Mayva it is your turn for the scrapbook page -- instructions can be found at the beginning of the thread

[Kathy]

Mike,

I just can't resist this ...... :D

Notice the turnaround time when it's the "female's" turn ...... :lol:

They DO say that the female is the better organized of the sexes.

I certainly hope that you are not offended.

Kathy

[willpresley]

I think y'all have picked on Mike enough -- he is a good guy and does a lot for the forum. I understand most of it is meant in good humour. We're moving on now.....

[bwolford]

Kathy, I resemble that remark and clearly feel organized men are just as female, but get sometimes we attention don't pay details to. Hold it don't against us!

Brice

[Kathy]

Brice,

That was precious!!! :lol:

Mike and Will,

:oops:

Kathy

[MikeH]

Kathy,

Hey it's all good fun... :lol: :lol:

Mike

[willpresley]

Mayva -- it has been 4 days and you haven't posted your results -- I know you were looking for help along these lines. I have moved you to the end of the list -- so we can keep this project moving along.

[willpresley]

Pauline it is now your turn to work with the scrapbook page -- the links are at the beinning of this thread.

[Pauline]

I am finished in record time since I worked hard on this last weekend, or was is the weekend before. My spot was still left open so I am happy!
Sewing with PSE I think took longer than if I'd done it 'for real'. The first result I wasn't happy with but the second attempt was much better and quicker.

[MikeH]

Pauline,

You should have used glue like I did... :wink: :lol:

Mike

[Pauline]

:lol: I'm just not a glue kind of person Mike!

[willpresley]

Lynn Dryer it is your turn for the scrapbook page...

[MikeH]

Pauline,

Give it a try... you'll stick with it...

Mike

[Pauline]

:lol: HA HA The humour on this list just kills me! :lol:

[willpresley]

Lynn won't be able to take her turn for a while.

Lulu it is your turn at the scrapbook page.

[ThomasT]

Looks like I will be joining you all. Thanks!

Thomas

[Wendy]

Hey Thomas ...

... look forward to seeing your work :)


Wendy

[willpresley]

Thomas came up with an idea that is a good idea -- but I think we'll stay on course with the current plan. There are some of us that would like to see the final product so adding more to it would delay that outcome.

[ThomasT]

That is true Will but we could always do it later.

Thomas

[willpresley]

It seems some of the folks tired of waiting or forgot they indicated an interest in this project. So on we trudge towards the end and 2nd chance before we close out this project. It needs resolution so after giving someone a 2nd chance to participate I'll drop them from the list. Granted there have been circumstances and I understand those situations but some people are not reading the PM or the Thread so I figure they have lost interest.

[willpresley]

Jazzfisher -- your turn lady! Knock 'em dead with that new PSE 4 stuff.

[Pauline]

I think that if we do something like this again, we will have to give each person a deadlline in order to keep the ball rolling. I for one enjoyed it and look forward to seeing the end result! :lol:

[willpresley]

I've spent some time thinking about future activities of this sort and one idea that seems right to me is to limit the number of participants -- giving each project a code name -- I'm thinking 10 would be the maximum in a group. That will give plenty of room for expression and should accelerate the project completion.

[Wendy]

Will ...

That sounds like a really good way of doing it ... count me in !!!


Wendy

[Kathy]

Ditto to what Wendy said.

Kathy

[Mary]

It sounds like a great idea! :)

Maybe also post a link to the latest iteration of the project as it develops so people can be thinking or..... if they don't want to peek then you could post a warning before the link.

Thanks again for all you do Will - you are wonderful :D :D :D

[Pauline]

Yes Will. Great idea. It seems that the longer something takes, the less interest some people have. It's also more fun when the ball rolls faster.

[bwolford]

So, put people into the team, start the same project for each team at the same time, and let it rip.

Brice

[Jodi Frye]

I'm in

[MikeH]

I'd like to play, but best not... in case I'm away...

Mike

[Pauline]

Oh Brice, I like your idea. A little competition thing happening!!

Mike, I think you were just hiding last time because you didn't want to do your sewing you naughty boy. :twisted:

Maybe we should have the "Apprentice" challenge........woman against the men!! :P

[willpresley]

Mike since it will be like being on a team -- you can work it out with your team mates where your turn will coincide with being home. I think everybody understands that work can take away from play time.

[willpresley]

Any ideas for names of this new approach?

I've thought of Phoenix, Orion, Epsilon so far -- but am open to other ideas that may be more in tune with scrapper type language.

[MikeH]

Maybe we should have the "Apprentice" challenge........woman against the men!!
Would that be fair..? Guess so because not all of the women are apprentices..

Mike

[MikeH]

Mike since it will be like being on a team -- you can work it out with your team mates where your turn will coincide with being home. I think everybody understands that work can take away from play time.

Oh Ok well count me in then...

Mike

[Pauline]

Mike are you afraid of having a challenge of men against the woman? Is it because of Jodi and Wendy? :lol: :lol: I know they would sure be an asset on any team!

[MikeH]

Pauline,

No... not afraid at all... I was just wondering whether pitching the "apprentices" against the men was fair...

Mike

[Dorrie H.]

I would like to join in on the next one if it's alright with everbody. Doesn't matter what team you put me on, I'll do my best.

Dorrie

[bwolford]

I wasn't thinking of team from a competition point of view more from a grouping of work point of view. If you want to make it a competition, I want to pick teams :) Everyone with professional experience on my team. Mike gets everyone else.

Brice

[Wendy]

Brice ...

You want to take Mike on ... Ohhhhh I wouldn't do that :lol: :lol: :lol: \

Wendy

[lindajay]

Count me in :D

--Linda

[ThomasT]

Mike I got ya back buddy! MIKES TEAM RULLLEESS!!! mike on 3!

Thomas

[willpresley]

And just where will we find IMPARTIAL judge(s) for this competition? I think teams are great but hadn't really thought to pit one against the other.

It could be fun but we'd have to get the Guru's at the front office to referee -- since we'll be involved in the project.

Maybe Tami could arrange for judges/referees depending on the situation.

[ThomasT]

Very good idea!!! I love it!

[willpresley]

Tony W - it is your turn at the scrapbook page. The links are at the beginning of this thread.

[willpresley]

Nine more entrants to complete this project. Please be sure you have Maximize Compatibility turned off to keep this file small and more manageable. Thanks.

I'm not worried about space on my site as I have plenty -- it will just speed up the download/upload process.

[willpresley]

Current list of participants to complete the project.

Tony W (done)
Tami Fry (done)
Crafty Cabin (done)
Mayva (done)
Thomas T
Jill

[Karin Sue]

I am enjoying this.

Here is a quick peek (http://home.earthlink.net/~kari1957/PSEScrapbookProject/) for other lurkers. I tried to set them in the order done.

I think on the next project you should start with a set of photos. The current project seems rather sparse in that aspect.

I am sure there are plenty of people on this forum who would donate some photos that they would like to see on a nicely done scrapbook page. And with your new team scheme they would have several variations of the final page. :D

[GaryK]

Karin Sue

You almost trapped me. ...I'm trying not to peek :lol:

[Jodi Frye]

I haven't peeked yet either....but then i still can get a shot of a sunrise or sunset...totally bummed about it. Rather see the finished scrapbook page than think about the shot...

[willpresley]

Jodi -- Don't despair -- I got so wound up in the Wacom CD that arrived I missed an absolutely colorful sky this evening. Oh well, there will be more and maybe this time I'll have driven to the right spot to capture it. Trees are too close in here to get a picture of anything including the sky.

[Wendy]

Ummm ...

No sunsets or sunrises here either ... they are all hidden by the clouds and rain :(


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Jodi,
Don't worry about the sunrise/sunset shots--you do other work so beautifully that you don't have to do everything.......
:) :)

[Jodi Frye]

Sherry, thanks so much for those uplifting words but I cannot proceed with a clear mind until I succeed at getting that shot. Super foggy the past few mornings and to be honest by the time the sunsets I'm ready to set as well....I would have to leave my home in the vehicle to find a sunset. The side of the house where the sunsets has alot of tall trees. No chance of getting any sunset shots from home. As far as sunrises i am lucky since I live near a farm that has a very large field...no trees and that is where the sun rises. Just haven't been able to catch any good shots. Almost did last week but was about 38 seconds too late :( Lately my mind has been on getting my kids Halloween costumes made. Started yesterday and hope to be done with them in a couple of weeks. Told myself that I wasn't going to wait t'il the last minute this year. Want to get them done and over with. Ease my mind of one less worry.

[jazzfisher]

What are they going to be this year or is it a surprise??

[Jodi Frye]

Southwestern Cowgirl and Naughtly little Pirate :)

[ThomasT]

Sounds very nice Jodi... Thank god I live about 5 minutes from the beach well 10 on skateboard. I can just go down to relax and get crap off my mind because latley everythings been getting very very heckatic with school and I just found out today that I have 2 projects due on the same day one is a 2 page paper and another is a poster a page paper and a presentation.... YEAAA!!!! :shock: :shock: I think I am going to go crazy if anyone else gives me more...So you won't be seeing me around alot unless something just amazing comes up like a day with big wind and kiteboards!

Thomas

[willpresley]

Jill it is your turn for the scrapbook page. Remember the link and all is at the beginning of the thread.

[Wendy]

I gave in and peeked .... :oops:

Wow it is looking good!!!


Wendy

[ThomasT]

It does doesn't it!!

[Pauline]

Wendy, you lasted a lot longer than I did!! :lol:

[willpresley]

Well we could have about 3 more weeks to go before we finish -- so I can see peeking. 15 people have contributed to the scrapbook page. It is looking pretty good.

[Wendy]

I waited as long as I could but I just couldn't take another day :oops:

Can't wait to see the final result !!


Wendy

[willpresley]

Tami it is your turn for the scrapbook page I just love using Indigo for a color :lol:

[tfry]

Done :)

Next....

[willpresley]

Crafty Cabin it is your turn at the scrapbook page

[Wendy]

Tami ...

Wow you are fast :shock: :shock:


Wendy

[tfry]

:wink: I already knew what I was going to do, so I had it ready in advance:) With so many things going on at once sometimes, I try to plan ahead anywhere I can...

[willpresley]

Drummermom it is your turn at the Scrapbook page!

You have 3 days to do your finest work, good luck and enjoy!

[willpresley]

Mayva it is your turn at the scrapbook page
PM me if you have questions etc.

The links are at the beginning of the thread. 3 days to do it up right!

[willpresley]

Lynn Dryer it is your turn at the scrapbook page.

[willpresley]

For those of you who have peeked and those that haven't -- we're down to the final three participants.

[lulu]

Is there still time for me to take a turn? :oops:

[willpresley]

Lulu I just about gave up on you -- I had PMs waiting for you and you never read them.

Keep an eye on here and I'll get you a turn soon.

[Wendy]

Will ...

I can;t wait to see the final one ... :)

Wendy

[willpresley]

Thomas it is your turn at the scrapbook page. and only one more person to go and we're finished with this project.

[ThomasT]

Done Will You can disregard my message!

Thomas

[willpresley]

We have Lulu to take her turn and she said she has her part done so it should not be much longer til the finale.

[Wendy]

Will ....

Can't wait for the final image ... should be interesting to see it :)

Wendy

[GaryK]

I'm starting to get a little excited about it.. haven't peeked yet.

[Pauline]

Gary, you've never peeked? WOW good for you. I think you'll love what I added. :lol:

[ThomasT]

LOL go gary go gary!

[GaryK]

Will

I know you have been converting some to jpg.(so you have been peeking) Just a heads up before the final posting ..I just noticed the size dropped from 5.? mb down to 3.? mb.
It might not be a problem but t does seem odd.

Do you have jpgs of the other project? I was looking for them..maybe another link than the download/upload page?

[willpresley]

Well Gary ---- I did have a copy of all the stages up until that murderous free download cut the throat of my computer so completely I had to get divine intervention and still had to rebuild my computer from nothing all over again.

So for this project we lost most of it and what is on the site is all that remains -- so for safe keeping I've left them where they are. But I plan to do a pixentral posting of the final version -- and plan to post it under Pixel Hangout to get more coverage in case people don't get to the scrapbook forum.

I think a part of the change in size is due to whether or not someone has maximize compatibility on/off. I did a 16 mb file and saved without maximize and it reduce the file size by half.

Pardon my typing I'm on a narcotic pain killer so I may not make sense to anyone including myself.

[GaryK]

Will

Thanks for the update.... I hadn't checked the page since before your crash. I didn't realize that you had them local.

No problems with the typing :lol: .. I never noticed anything,

[ThomasT]

When I saved it... someone said somewhere when in the post it would help to turn maximize compatibility off....

Thomas

[Mary]

Will - sorry to hear you are feeling poorly and on pain medications - hope tomorrow dawns better all the way around for you :)

[lulu]

Sorry I didn't get the message sooner....was at my son's house helping with the sheetrock!

Anyway, I've added my contribution and tried to upload it...but I don't see it posted. Does it take a while? And where do you turn off maximize capibility?

Can anyone comment? I know you're all waiting on me!

[lulu]

I did it! (and answered my own questions)
Wasn't that fun!

good night all! :wink:

[Wendy]

Will ...

Sorry you are not well ... do hope that you feel better soon :)

Wendy

[willpresley]

Just a bit of surgery and the pain killer prescribed is a narcotic. I am doing fine, thanks for your concern.

[Wendy]

Will ...

Glad to hear that you are OK :)


Wendy

[willpresley]

With being off work until Monday I'll get some elements work done that I have before me. So it'll be producitive time during the initial recovery period.

[ThomasT]

Watch I can see it now your going to get tired with it and be sitting there like me and watching the fourms waiting for someone to post!!

Thomas

[Jodi Frye]

I haven't peeked yet......I can be patient :) Tho, like Thomas says, every time i see this thread flagged i am hoping it is a ' FINAL RESULT ' posting....I'm sure I'll miss it on the first day....

[willpresley]

I plan on posting here and in Pixel Hangout with a link to the JPEG file on pixentral - figured we'd get a little more response if I take it outside this forum.

Now we need to start thinking about the team idea -- I've had a few thoughts about it and am thinking we'll make it a timed drill where all the team members have to hop-to in order to meet the deadline.

[Jodi Frye]

...oh geeze..I'm still trying to catch up on the Photo Assignments....no sunrise/sunsets in these patrs for a while as we have had a wet rainy week since early Sat with not much relief in site t'il perhaps mid next week. I 'do' plan on catching up all my shots in one good day tho...

By the way Will, my thoughts are with you as you recover...on cloud 9 ;) ,,,give me some ! Take care and stay relaxed my friend.

[jazzfisher]

Hey Jodi,
Don't feel bad, I'm way behind too
Just started the portrait classes, & trying to catch up with all the tutorials, that I never had time to look at, & sort through the 2000 photos I took last weekend & send those out to the people who asked me for some...Yesh--anybody got sometime to spare---send me some please!!!

[Wendy]

Will ...

I think that most people check all the sections of the forum :)

Wendy

[willpresley]

And the moment so many have been waiting for -- the project is complete! Yes and I have made a copy on pixentral for viewing.

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1MXdrNQ7MiG2gZD0YcJwmfAPKhLvI

Anyone interested is looking at the history of the project via the layers palette can download Project20.psd and review it that way.

[Jodi Frye]

Glad I hadn't peeked :D That is really really cute ! Looks like a really 'happy' image.

Bravo everyone !!

...maybe next time we can actually use photos ;)

[Pauline]

That was a lot of fun and turned out great. It was a wonderful learning experience and great to see everyone work together to make it all look so good.

[Wendy]

Hey it has turned out really good ..

.... well done everybody !!!

Wendy

[GaryK]

Well worth the wait
:) :)
Great job to all involved.. and a special thanks to Will for hosting
http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Yeahh.gif

[jazzfisher]

:D :D :D
Yeah---everybody did a great job!!!!!
:D :D :D


Thanks, Will!

[Pauline]

Yes, thanks to Will for putting this all together!! :lol:

[Kathy]

Thank you Will. It really was fun. :D

The project is very colourful I agree with Jodi ..... some photos would be nice.

Kathy

[willpresley]

Well in the next set we'll be doing teams and a photo would work good in the new ones -- In this one we really didn't know how much space would be needed. With over 20 participants a photo would have been interesting.

I'm thinking of keeping the teams around 7 people and that will give more leeway for photograph(s) and other embellishments. It'll also take less time to see the results which is as much fun as working on a project with other PSE Users.

[Wendy]

Will ..

Like the sound of that .... Just let us know when you are ready :)

Wendy

[Pauline]

Yes, count me in Will.

[Mary]

Thank you Will - that was great fun and count me in for the next one :) :)

[jazzfisher]

Me too, me too!!!! :D

[willpresley]

You're all welcome, I enjoyed having something to share and that was the web space for the two projects. Unfortunately the beginner one didn't go too well. So anybody have ideas for team names; such as primary colors, secondary colors, greek or latin names, etc.

I'll start a new thread: Team Scrapbooking so we can discuss how to go about this next round.

There are 383 posts to this thead; Wow :P :P :P

[willpresley]

I've made a decision to remove all the links to the storage of pictures because someone saw fit to delete all the files -- so in future projeccts the link will be controlled via PM and not make it public. Just a little more work, but worth it to preserve our efforts from some mindless maniac devastating our works of art.

[Wendy]

Will ...

That really is awful ... !! how could someone do that.

Wendy

[Pauline]

I will never understand the maliciousness of some people. To what point? Where is their thrill?? If one link was deleted, it could be considered an accident by one of the people on the forum but not ALL. :x