Storybook tutorial

[acomb9709]

Hi just about to follow storybook tutorial on a large blank document.  When I creat shapes, clip and insert pictures do I sharpen each picture before inserting or sharpen at end. This is very new the document will be approx 60 inches by 40 inches so the shapes will be large? Hope this makes sense

[Damien Symonds]

I cover this at length in the Sharpening Class.  Time for a re-read?

[acomb9709]

1 hour ago, acomb9709 said:

Hi just about to follow storybook tutorial on a large blank document.  When I creat shapes, clip and insert pictures do I sharpen each picture before inserting or sharpen at end. This is very new the document will be approx 60 inches by 40 inches so the shapes will be large? Hope this makes sense

 

[acomb9709]

I read the it a out the averages of the radius,s etc but the bit I am unsure of is when you creat the shape  it may be a different size to the image size. So I am confused ?

[Damien Symonds]

Do not sharpen before putting the images in the design.

[acomb9709]

Ok that's what I thought so when finished and there are shapes how do you calculate sharpening numbers? 

[acomb9709]

Hi why when i am trying to place files in shapes created in storybooks they keep coming up as cannot place as file would be too big?  Do I need to resize images as I thought when placed they automatically resized to fit no cropping or resizing was necessary?  

[Damien Symonds]

May I see a screenshot of that error message?

[acomb9709]

 

[acomb9709]

I think i have just answered my own question is it becaused it is a fixed size do i need to change it?

 

[Damien Symonds]

No, not at all. That shouldn't make any difference.

Something is strange here.  Why can I see a black shape in your layers panel thumbnail, but I can't actually see it on your image?

[acomb9709]

because i have created shape and then gone to file place, it come up with the place lines over the top but the picture does not appear just the message hope this makes sense

 

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, I see.

How big is the file you're placing?  In megabytes, I mean?

[acomb9709]

approx 300 mb ranging from 308 - 320 tried a number

 

[Damien Symonds]

Can you do this for me?

[acomb9709]

I have a PC laptop running windows 10 and Elements 14. It is over 2 years old, and has 4 gbGB of RAM. Its hard drive has 330GB free out of 578GB. The last time I shut down was more than 24 hours ago. I rarely run a cleanup program.

[Damien Symonds]

Oh yeah, it's probably the 4GB of RAM

Well, that sucks, but you'll probably have to save jpeg versions of your PSD files in order to be able to place them.

[acomb9709]

ok thanks for all your help go back to the drawing board and try on my desktop mac when i am home was trying on laptop whilst away