Monday, January 18, 2010

Tip of the Week - Photo Swap

This weeks tip is about how to swap out a current photo in your project with a different photo.

As you can see, I am using the 20x20 Canvas Poster I created last week as our example.
I am going to swap out the picture of my family on the right with another picture.
There are two ways to do this.

Step 1
Go to the top left hand corner of your studio and click Edit, then scroll down to Lock,
then over to Lock All on Page (now, this is more useful if you have lots of pictures
you want to swap out in your project).

OR
Click on the photo you want to change (make sure it is highlighted with
the green border or whatever color the quality color code is indicating).
At the bottom right of your Toolbox is a LOCK. Push the lock button.
You will notice when something is unlocked, it will be open, and closed
when locked.

Step 2
The picture below is now locked. When a photo is locked and highlighted,
the color around the photo will change to red, and a little box will appear
which says, "drop photo here to swap".

Step3
Next, bring up your photo tab in the bottom left hand corner,
open the desired album. Click and drag the new ph0to into the
small red box on the old photo, making sure that the arrow is
somewhere within the red box. Your photo will re-size automatically.

This picture below shows the new photo.

The second way to do this is without locking. I will not have
photo's for this demonstration. The photo's above can be used
as a reference.
Step 1
Highlight the photo you desire.
Step 2
Open the photo tab in the bottom left hand corner. Open
your desired album.
Step 3
While holding the ctrl button, click and drag your new photo until
the arrow is over your old photo. Release the mouse button before
you release the ctrl button. The photo will swap and adjust
automatically.