Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 266

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Saving Images
Customizing picture package layouts
You can customize existing layouts or create new
layouts using a text-editing application. The layout
options in the Picture Package dialog box are
determined by text files that are stored in the
Layouts folder (inside the Presets folder).
For example, the following text describes a layout
with two 5 x 7 images:
I 8 10
(2) 5x7
0.5 0 7 5
0.5 5 7 5
First line
document size.
Second line
appears in the Picture Package dialog box.
Subsequent lines
sions of each image in the layout.
To customize a new picture package layout:
In a text-editing application, create a new file,
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or open an existing file in the Layouts folder
(inside the Presets folder).
In the first line of the file, enter the following
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elements (separated by a space):
A letter for the unit of measurement: i or I
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(for inches), p or P (for pixels), or c or C (for
centimeters). All numbers in the file use the
specified unit.
The width of the document.
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Defines the unit of measurement and the
Contains the name of the layout as it
Define the position and dimen-
• The height of the document.
Note: The width and height of the document should
not exceed the printable area of the paper. For
example, if you plan to print on 11 x 17 paper,
specify 10 x 16 as the document size.
3 In the second line of the file, enter the name of
the layout as you want it to appear in the Picture
Package dialog box. You can enter up to 75
characters.
In the subsequent lines of the file, enter the
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position and dimensions for images in the layout
using the following elements (separated by a
space):
The position of the image in relation to the
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left edge of the document (the x position of
the image).
The position of the image in relation to the
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top edge of the document (the y position of
the image).
The width of the image.
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The height of the image.
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Enter the position and dimensions for each image
in the layout on a separate line. You can specify up
to 50 images per layout.
To add comments to the file, start the line with
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a semicolon (;). Lines beginning with a semicolon
are ignored, as are blank lines.
Save the file in the Layouts folder.
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