Shortcut for Resizing Out of Proportions

Shortcut for Resizing Out of Proportions
by Jen White

Discover a quick and savvy shortcut to resize pretty papers out of proportion for your next greeting card or portrait-sized scrapbook page.

For this tutorial you will need:
  • A 6×4 inch document
  • A 12×12” background paper
  • Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements

 

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Card: Happy Birthday by Jen White
Kit: Life Captured by Snickerdoodle Designs by Karen Schulz
Fonts: Claudia, Broadwell

 

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Comments (22)

  1. Ruth Everson

    I loved learning this shortcut! Too many times I’ve adjusted 12×12 background papers and lose some of the edges. Can’t wait to try it soon.

    May 18, 2020 at 9:13 am Reply
  2. Cynthia

    WOW awesome tip. Thanks Jen

    May 18, 2020 at 9:29 am Reply
  3. Thanks for this great tutorial, Jen! What a quick and easy way to resize papers!!! (And thank you for the birthday wishes!!)

    May 18, 2020 at 12:48 pm Reply
  4. Lisa M

    Great tip Jen! Thank you for your awesome knowledge!

    May 18, 2020 at 1:01 pm Reply
  5. Rose

    Thank you so much for the this tutorial. I will be using it a lot.

    May 18, 2020 at 2:32 pm Reply
  6. Dorrie

    What a nice tip and very easy to do. I think it’s better than using Ctrl + T and quicker. You are so talented.

    May 18, 2020 at 5:19 pm Reply
  7. Margaret Wood

    Great info, Jen. Thank you so much.

    May 19, 2020 at 4:15 am Reply
  8. Linda Schroeder

    Wow! Thank you so much for this tip. I can see I will be using this many, many times. It will be a great help to me.

    May 19, 2020 at 9:06 am Reply
  9. RACHELLE GUIREMAND

    This is a brilliant tutorial. Thank you so much Jen

    May 19, 2020 at 10:22 am Reply
  10. Julie

    Thank you for this handy tip!! 🙂

    May 19, 2020 at 11:33 am Reply
  11. Jo Campbell

    My first reaction? WOW! Just Wow. All these years fiddling with all those papers.
    Will we ever learn it all? Thanks for this tip.

    May 19, 2020 at 12:28 pm Reply
  12. Sandi

    Wonderful tip!

    May 19, 2020 at 12:36 pm Reply
  13. Tina Wilson

    Jen – You have no idea what a timesaver this will be for me! I decided to try this method with a scrapbook template that was oversized for my page to see if I could get the same results. I mostly use an 8×10 horizontal page format for making photo books. I’ve always had to manually adjust all the elements/frames on a typical 12 x 12 template to fit the 8 x 10 page format after dragging and dropping.
    First I duplicated the 12 x 12 template as my source document and named it the original name plus 8 x 10 after it. Next, I selected all the layers of the template. I had an 8 x 10 target document open in another window. I followed your instructions and it resized the layered template without flattening it. From here I could save this document as an 8 x 10 template for future use and also drag and drop to the target document. If needed I could adjust the frame or element size on the target document. This tutorial made my year!!! I’ve been making a wedding book for my son and daughter-in-law and this will save me so much time. Thank you!!!

    May 19, 2020 at 2:42 pm Reply
    • Jen White

      YAY!! I’m so glad you tried it on templates!! 😀

      May 20, 2020 at 3:05 pm Reply
    • Kathy Geddie

      WOW – Tina – Great idea – I, too use landscape pages for my digital book pages and the resizing and adjusting of 12×12 templates is a pain. I can’t wait to apply this method to my books!

      May 21, 2020 at 10:52 pm Reply
  14. Maggie Adair

    Brilliant! An absolutely MUST REMEMBER THIS tutorial. Wow! Thanks Jen, this is a really really great tip

    May 19, 2020 at 7:31 pm Reply
  15. Marsha Tennant

    What a great tip. Thank you so much!

    May 19, 2020 at 11:52 pm Reply
  16. Brenda Suplita

    This is an awesome tip. I struggle with this all the time. You’re amazing.

    May 20, 2020 at 1:37 pm Reply
  17. Barbara C Gandy

    Jen, this is sooooo cool!! Been having so much fun playing around with different papers!!! Thx!!!!

    May 21, 2020 at 8:17 pm Reply
  18. Sherill Wells

    This is wonderful. I only scrap in 8.5×11 and like Tina Wilson I spent much time readjusting 12×12 templates to my preferred size. This technique works perfectly using templates and save so much time. This will be one of the tips I will use the most going forward. Thanks Jen. Sometimes it’s the little things that make the most difference for me.

    May 27, 2020 at 12:53 am Reply
  19. This is a GREAT tip and I know it will come in handy!

    June 25, 2020 at 4:48 pm Reply
  20. Sherry

    This is a wonderful tip! I can’t wait to try it out. Thank you!

    May 15, 2021 at 3:45 pm Reply
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