Webinar, templates and more

July 22, 2010 webinar focused on many topics.  Covered were:

1) reviewing your book before printing

2) how to insert text from other sources

3) Memory Manager auto rotate of photos, and calendar find

4) shapes and changing their colors

5) create fast pages using your own design, predesigned pages

6) making templates and saving them for use later

Click here to download the recorded webinar Webinar, templates and more.

 

 

Here are some of the screen shots with instructions that were shown in the webinar.  Click on them to open in your internet explorer and then go to File> Print, to print and save.

Template tidbit

What is a template or blueprint you may ask?  Well simply put, it is a predesigned page with shades of greys or blue.  You select the element, and choose "fill the item with" and choose your background and embellishments.  Then you drag your photos on and your pages are done quickly.

When you download a free template, save it to a file on your desktop.  I like to save them in my "exchange folder."  After you have downloaded the template open StoryBook if it is not already open. 

• click on the home ribbon
• click on import page
• go to the folder, where you downloaded the template to
• click on the template and then in the bottom right corner click on get pages

This will bring the pages in at the bottom of your project.  You will then need to left click on the page and drag it into the order you want the page to be.  If you have never made a folder on your desktop, right click on top of the desktop.  Choose "New" then "Folder"  At this point name your new folder, as it should be highlighted in blue, unless you hit the enter key.  In which case you would right click again on the folder and choose rename, then you can name the folder "Exchange Folder" 

Remember that your exchange folder is for things going into or out of the folder.  Example:  you download a template and bring it into Storybook, or you save your page and want to upload it to your favorite photo center for printing.

Little tidbits

Would you like to get rid of the white edges some of our papers have?  Well there are three ways to accomplish this task.

• 1st - in the Elements panel unlock the background. Then click on Order, next click on Make normal (not the background)  Then you will be able to stretch the paper to eliminate the white edge. 
• 2nd - after your paper is on the page, right click and then choose flatten.  You will then be able to stretch the paper and eliminate the white edges.
• 3rd - choose your paper and drag it to your page instead of choosing make the background and then stretch it to eliminate the white edges. 

Another thing I have been doing, so that the paper can be used as "fill this element" option, is to cut the paper with the rectangle cuter.  Next, right click on the paper and choose "Save as Content"  Save it in Your stuff as paper and you can name the paper at this point.  Now you will be able to use the papers without the white edges. 

StoryBook Creator Plus Ideas

Here you will find several new ideas to touch up your pages. StoryBook Creator Plus is just the most fun program and you can get hooked real fast when using this program.

Tips and Helps

This page shows you how to do an angle cut and have two papers showing. There are other Useful tips to make your StoryBook Creator 2.0 even more fun to use.