Jen Scraps Layouts: 2011

Saturday, December 31, 2011

The "Get Fit Layout Lift" Link

Earlier this year, I did a week-long layout lifting series at MMS. Here's a link to the LOs if you are looking for some fresh inspiration. The tutorial parts were for MMSv2 but I think they all still apply in the new v3.

http://getfitlayoutlift.blogspot.com/

**None of the prizes are up for grabs any more**

Thursday, December 29, 2011

My Memories Suite - Shadowing Tips

It's hard to know where to start with shadowing! Rather than an in depth tutorial, check out this flick album of a couple of my layouts and screen shots showing my shadow settings for specific elements on the page!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61278410@N06/sets/72157627525332690/

Here's a link to a great tutorial by Albums to Remember on shadows in MMS:

http://albumstoremember.blogspot.com/2011/11/shadows-in-memory-mixer-and-my-memories.html

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Facebook Timeline Cover Photo with MMSv3

Want to use an MMSv3 Template for your Cover Photo? Check out http://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=ARBP-AT-1112-10141r=albums_to_remember - there are templates in Aqua Bliss, Pink Bliss and Black & White!

Facebook is coming out with a new format and you can add what is called a "Cover Photo" to your "Timeline" (which is the new "Profile").

Now that you can make custom designs in MMSv3, this means you can scrap your Custom Photo on your Facebook Timeline!

The official size of the Cover Photo is 850x315 pixels. You cannot just enter this as your size in MMS because the embellishments and papers are designed for 3600x3600 pixels and will be too huge to work with. See below for suggested size settings.

Here's a brief tutorial on how to do it.

Step #1 - Design Your Own Album

Step #2 - Select "Landscape Album" and "Custom Size". Change Units to "Pixels" and enter 3600 for Width and 1334 for Height. You can compress later - you need to be around this size for your embellishments to show up at their proper size.

**Normally, we say you shouldn't resize your embellishments to be any larger than what they are when you first import them or else you could compromise print quality. This is less of an issue for making a cover photo because you aren't going to be printing it!**


Step #3 - Create your Cover Photo Layout - Do NOT put anything in the area I've shown with the yellow square. This spot has your current profile photo. (see below)


Step #4 - Go to "Share" and Export your layout as a JPEG. I chose size "Small" and 100% compression for clearest resolution. According to Facebook, your image must be at least 720 pixels wide so the "Web" size would be too small