So what have I been doing this morning? Just playing around with the new Creative Memories software I picked up at the Type A Mom Conference. Here’s what I made.
So what did I like about it? It was really easy to use. Click, drag and drop. But it was also easy to manipulate and personalize if you didn’t want to stay within the confines of the the templates. Whether you use the book options or just a page, there is a lot of variation. I am looking forward to tracking down more templates for other options.
What didn’t I like? While I loved that you could publish it right away onto facebook or a slide show, I wish it was easier to capture and save as a jpg or image on my hard drive. But I am still learning it all so maybe if I was a tad more tech-savvy I could figure that out too.
UPDATE:
In the comments below, I got some great tips from two Creative Memories experts so I thought I would just put them up here too.
Great news – you can pretty easily save your pages as .jpgs to your harddrive. On the “home” tab, simply click on “Save pages as” (make sure you choose the save PAGES as rather than the save as)… then you have options for your resolution, selecting certain pages, etc.
Here is another trick you might like to give your page a 3-d look. You can add a shadow (choose light or heavy) .
Format tab is where you will find the shadow option. If you hold down control and click all the elements you want to add a shadow to (for example the red mat/photo, the “beat it” tag and the star) it will add the shadow to all three with one easy click!
Sometimes on pages with many elements I will do a ctrl A and highlight every element, then just unclick the few I don’t want a shadow on (like a text box).
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Oh, yeah. The most memorable moments of the whole conference. Next time we all get together, we must DANCE!
Hiya! ROCK ON!! These are GREAT pages! :)
Great news – you can pretty easily save your pages as .jpgs to your harddrive. On the “home” tab, simply click on “Save pages as” (make sure you choose the save PAGES as rather than the save as)… then you have options for your resolution, selecting certain pages, etc.
Thanks for the tips Jenny!
Oh, man! I was rocking that Asheville beer….
Love it! I’ll never again hear Beat It without thinking of you guys.
“Save pages as” under Home tab will do the trick!
Here is another trick you might like to give your page a 3-d look. You can add a shadow (choose light or heavy) .
Format tab is where you will find the shadow option. If you hold down control and click all the elements you want to add a shadow to (for example the red mat/photo, the “beat it” tag and the star) it will add the shadow to all three with one easy click!
Sometimes on pages with many elements I will do a ctrl A and highlight every element, then just unclick the few I don’t want a shadow on (like a text box).
Great pages!
@KarisCM or if you have any questions feel free to e-mail me (since I struggle with 140 character limit) at KarisCM@cox.net
Have fun playing!
I am loving traveling around and finding everyone’s pages! Love them! Mine are up too.
And Karis, I was looking for how to do a shadow last night, so thanks! YAYYY!!!
Karis – This is such a great help. I can’t wait to try that out!
I’m excited that you are digitally scrapbooking!!! I love scrapbooking and I started with Creative Memories. There is a myriad of good products out there and the more you get into it, the more you discover. I’m definitely wanting to switch over to digital because of time, space, etc., but I love my paper products!!! <3 Caro!! Bravo!
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