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Post by Paul Whiting on Sept 16, 2015 18:14:11 GMT
Sepiana,
I should have added that I couldn't find the Place command in the index... but when you mentioned Smart Object a few messages back, I found Smart Object in the index and yes, the Place command was on that page. Sorry, my comment about her book was not very complete. It's an excellent book, I refer to it constantly. Took it down to a copy shop and had it bound in a spiral binding - makes it very easy to use, the pages lie nice and flat.
And thanks for the link!
Paul
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Post by Sepiana on Sept 16, 2015 18:20:56 GMT
Paul, no problem. The important thing is that you found the information. Spiral binding -- What a great idea! A couple of my copies of The Missing Manual are falling apart. I guess I use these books a lot.  |
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Post by Paul Whiting on Sept 17, 2015 22:30:00 GMT
I was hoping to see this thread very useful thread end with that upbeat post by Sepiana. But no, I must add something I learned - this will be a positive message!
I've seen in several places how to resize a "placed" photo in a project. We are told to hold the shift key down as you grab a corner and try to resize it. My trouble was the aspect ratio was not preserved. Then, I noticed at the top of the page, there was a box you could check called "Constrain Proportions" and it was already checked. So, I had two things going to keep my aspect ratio and they canceled each other out. When I ignored holding down the shift key and simply relied on checking the box up at the top, I could grab a corner and resize to my heart's content.
Small discovery perhaps, but it was giving me some frustration for a while.
HTH,
Paul
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Post by cats4jan on Sept 18, 2015 2:00:30 GMT
That shift thing was in earlier versions, before 9, I believe.
I have been successful just using the corner, but now you have me interested. I'm going to see if I have "constrain" in 11. And maybe I have 9 on my other computer.
I'm going to check this out tomorrow.
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Post by Sepiana on Sept 18, 2015 2:12:31 GMT
The Constrain Proportions option has been available in Elements going back at least to version 7 (the earliest version I have installed on my computer). Holding the Shift key as you drag a corner handle is just another option. According to the Help file.
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Post by cats4jan on Sept 20, 2015 17:30:30 GMT
Thanks Sepiana - that's my experience also.
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