Crop Shapes

[Newport]

Can anyone help me with Crop Shapes. I keep reading the tutorials and nothing helps. I want to have the edge of my photo assume the shape of one of the Crop Shapes available on the Artwork and Effects palatte.... I can't find any posts on this.

[GaryK]

Hi

Welcome to the fourms.:)

You need to ues the cookie cutter tool from the tools bar to crop a shape.

The ones in the A&E folder are more for adding to your photos. I am pretty sure all the shapes are the same in either.

One thing you could do, is use the A&E shapes as a clipping mask to "crop" your photo.

[Newport]

Wow!
That was easy.... after at least 20 attempts using the wrong method. It worked beautifully.
Can you give me an example as to how one would use the A & E Crop shapes
I know how to activate them and get them onto a photograph.... but what do you do with them..... write text in them?

[GaryK]

HI

LOL .. ya text is good for the talk bubbles.

Sorry for laughing, but that is all I can come up with as well. I know there are probably a cagillion uses, but my "creative" talents are way below those of some of the folks around here.

Hopefully one of them will be around soon enough.:)