PHOTO BOOKS, COLLAGES,CALENDARS AND CARDS - Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 for Photographers - page 408

Edit an existing design
As we have seen, the Photo Book feature creates a multi-page document complete with pho-
tos in frames on a background and the Photo Collage option uses similar features to create
single page documents. In producing this design Elements will make decisions about the size
and position of the frames and the pictures within them. On many occasions you will prob-
ably want to use the pages that the feature produces with no alterations, but there will be
times when you will want to tweak the results. At these times use the following techniques
to edit the automatically-produced designs.

Adjusting the frame and picture
To move the picture and frame combination to a new position
on the canvas just click and drag the combination. The size and
orientation of the frame/picture can be altered by clicking on the
picture and frame first, to select it, and then using the corner,
edge and rotate handles to scale or pivot. Click on the Commit
button (green tick) at the bottom of the selected picture to apply
the changes. To disregard the changes click the Cancel button
(red circle with diagonal line through it) instead. Other adjust-
ment options are available via the right-click menu when the
Move tool is selected. Selections in this menu allow you to:

Rotate 90° Right or Left - Pivot the picture by a set amount.
Position Photo in Frame - Switch to Picture Select mode to al-
low scaling, rotating and moving the photo within the frame.
Fit Frame to Photo - Automatically adjust the frame size to
accommodate the dimensions and format of the placed photo. Use
this option if you don't want to crop the photo with the edges of
the frame.
Replace Photo - Displays a file dialog where you can select a
new photo for the frame.
Clear Photo - Removes the photo but keeps the frame.
Clear Frame - Removes the frame but keeps the photo.
Bring to Front/Bring Forward - Moves the frame and photo
up the layer stack.
Send to Back/Send Backward - Moves the frame and photo
down the layer stack.
Edit Layer Style - Displays the Style Settings dialog when a style
is applied to the frame.

The frame and its contents can be edited using
either the handles on the edge or options in the
right-click menu.

Right-clicking the picture when the frame is selected
produces the menu above.