DO MORE WITH YOUR PHOTOS
8
Choose a layout
Photoshop Elements will import your images into a
new document, rotate and scale them, then add other
assets such as a background texture and text fields. If you
click the Layouts icon at the bottom right you can experiment
with different photo and text arrangements.7
Choose a theme
Go to the Themes section and scroll down to choose a
theme for your design. There’s a range to suit occasions
such as Father’s Day or Christmas. Here we’ve gone for the
Family theme. Click the third icon in the Preview window
and tick the Auto Fill with Selected Images box. Click OK.10
Customise the design
Click the Graphics icon at the bottom right. Here
you can add extra assets such as frames and
backgrounds. Click a photo and then choose a frame such
as Scalloped Frame. We’ve also added the Old Frame to our
foreground photo and added the Beige Scratched background.9
Recompose the images
The scaled and rotated photos may not be displayed
correctly, which will spoil their original composition.
Double click a photo and a slider will appear at the top. Drag
this slider to the left to scale down the image so that you can
see more of its content. Click the tick when you’re satisfied.12
Save the design
When you’ve finished customising your card, click
Save. This will save the file as a Photo Project
Format document. You can open a Photo Project Format (.pse)
file and continue modifying the text, layout, frames and
background. This makes it easy to reuse good designs.11
Personalise the text
To add a message to your card, grab the Type tool,
double click a text field and type your message.
Click the tick to apply the change. You can reposition an
edited text field by dragging its bounding box, or you can
resize it by dragging one of the box handles.