I set up my first scrapbook page to be 8x8...

[LKlopfer]

...and I'm pretty proud of how it turned out for my first try. But now I'm wondering what would happen if I wanted to print it 12x12? Would it lose quality? I realize from reading other posts that I should have set it up as 12x12 and then printed 8x8. Is there a way to change it to a 12x12 page?

Thanks for your help.

~Laurie K

[troush]

There's not going to be a good way to resize it to 12 x 12 without losing quality. You can just make a new 12x12 page, and just reuse (use the move tool) any journaling from your 8x8.

-Trish

[dmrdm]

Yup, going from small to large is not a good thing as Trish said. I usually save my PSD layered files so I can move stuff like Trish mentioned.

I am NOT familar with Elements as I use CS3-but does Elements use SMART OBJECTS? Had I done this in CS3 I would first give this a try since you are just moving to a file with the same ratio (IE 8 x 8 to 12 x 12...not 8 X 8 to say a 5 x 7). I would make a new clean 12 x 12 layout and do a FILE>PLACE to bring the old 8 x 8 LO in. It brings the layered file in as a flat file but as a SMART OBJECT. You might be able to make the SMART OBJECTS bigger without a loss of quality. (if you already saved your 8 x 8 as a JPG, just place the JPG)

[landorasue]

Yup, going from small to large is not a good thing as Trish said. I usually save my PSD layered files so I can move stuff like Trish mentioned.

I am NOT familar with Elements as I use CS3-but does Elements use SMART OBJECTS? I had I done this in CS3 I would first give this a try since you are just moving to a file with the same ratio (IE 8 x 8 to 12 x 12...not 8 X 8 to say a 5 x 7). I would make a new clean 12 x 12 layout and do a FILE>PLACE to bring the old 8 x 8 LO in. It brings the layered file in as a flat file but as a SMART OBJECT. You might be able to make the SMART OBJECTS bigger without a loss of quality. (if you already saved your 8 x 8 as a JPG, just place the JPG)

Interesting. I use CS2, but have never learned to use Smart Objects. Would make a great tutorial!

[troush]

Actually, in PSE, using file->Place does NOT create a smart object.

-Trish

[dmrdm]

Ah, that's why I added my disclaimer about Elements....

I went back and read a thread on the 26th that I remembered where SO's were discussed in Elements.

Please forgive me, I don't know how to do anything other than copy and paste...

"I suspect you are dragging up from the project bin to you layout? In PSE 6.0, they changed it so when you do that, it creates a smart object. Uhg!"

Not knowing if you have PSE 6 or 7, don't know if you would be able to do the above (drag it in to your new blank 12 x 12))-but if you can, assume you'd save yourself some time, because all you would need to do is rescale it then. SO's allow you to scale and rescale without non-destructive editing so you shouldn't loose your quality.

Another option in CS3, is that you can OPEN AS A SMART OJECT also. If you have that, maybe you could open your 8 x 8 as a SM, then bring it in to your 12 x 12.

If you have a complicated LO with many layers, I'd give it a shot. (I'm going to stop reading & responding to Elements threads after this one, since I haven't had it installed in a long time and don't want to lead anyone astray) :-)

Have fun!

[troush]

The thing with smart objects - they are memory hogs, at least in PSE they are. I know when I have intentionally used them, they really slowed PSE down. (Okay, that was back with my old system that only had 1 gig of ram, but still...)

You could TRY putting the blank frame from the frame objects (look in the effect pallet) on a 12 x 12 layout, resize the frame to be 12 x 12, and then double click in the frame to open the 8x8 layout, and *see* if you can zoom in enough for the 8x8 to fill the 12x12 without losing quality. I don't know if PSE can really handle that. You can't make more pixels than are really there.

-Tris

[Sharpli]

My temptation would be to try removing the photos, enlarging everything to 12 x 12 and then replace the photographs in the layout after you've enlarged it. You might lose some quality in the papers and elements - but what people are really looking at is the photo.

[Sonita]

Or just print it as an 8x8. It will look great anyway.