Tutorial to Easily Resize Scrapbook Kits Using Photoshop Elements | Nitwit Collections™

[@patriciamaeanthony3838]

This is exactly what I have been looking for! Excellent, clear information.

[@NitwitCollections]

Thanks for taking the time to let us know @Patricia Mae Anthony ! We are happy to hear that our video helped you and we know this will open up your crafting ability!

[@missygilly9917]

Thank you, very helpful! I’ll check out more of your videos

[@NitwitCollections]

That's great to hear that you found this video helpful! We hope that it helps you to enjoy your crafting even more!

[@theshabbyhippie]

Great tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@NitwitCollections]

Thank you for your compliments and for taking the time to let us know! We hope that this helps you to enjoy your craft all the more!

[@sonyabond333]

This video has opened a whole new world for me. Now I am learning Gimp and how to use the 4 collections I have purchased from you for my crafting world. Love it, love it. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I am so blessed I found you and the Nitwit Collections. I am not able to walk very well to shop So I am in heaven here.

[@NitwitCollections]

Thanks so much for your comment Sonya! It is nice to hear that our video was so helpful to you and we are tickled to hear that you are happily learning this program and how it has opened up using our designs!! Happy Creating!

[@AmeliasMiMi]

Thank you for educating me. This is why I am a return customer to Nitwits collections because you don’t mind teaching us other ways to use the products. I feel like it’s only a matter of time that we learn how to do these things anyways but the fact that you guys embrace this and not try to stop us is why I keep coming back (Not as often as I would like but as often as I can) 🙂 So thank you for your help. Nice job.

[@NitwitCollections]

You are more than welcome Jennifer!! Thank you for your compliments and for letting us know that you are finding these videos helpful! We appreciate you taking the time to let us know...as we are trying to create videos that will help our customers find their creating more fulfilling!!

[@UandMeGod]

Wow!!! You have such an incredible way of teaching. I am typically so boggled by anything relating to computer's and I literally have been able to follow right along with you on a few of you instructional video's. I actually recently bought an Epson WF wide format printer and bought a handful of Etsy digital kits to try out and was so lost so I got on KZbin and landed on the Nitwitcollections channel and all of your tutorial video's popped up and now not only have I learned how to use my printer to print quality looking digi kits I also discovered an amazing online store to purchase truly top notched digital kits that way surpass anything I could buy on Etsy!!! Yippeeee !! Thank you!!! I look forward to using your kits from here on out!!! Especially with all this "extra" time I have on my hands with this awful pandemic. Hope you and your family and friends stay healthy and safe and talk to you again soon!

[@NitwitCollections]

Thank you very much for your wonderful compliments on our kits and videos! We are so glad to heat that our videos helped you to now become comfortable using and printing digital kits and we know that this opens up a whole new crafting world. Thanks again and we'll see you in our store!

[@adorableadornments1101]

It was a lot of information. I have saved it to watch again. Thank you.

[@NitwitCollections]

That's a perfect way to do it....and when you rewatch it, I am sure it will give you even more information!

[@joeberts9723]

This is awesome! Thanks so much.

[@NitwitCollections]

Thanks so much Jo for your compliments and we are happy to hear that you found our video helpful! We hope that this helps you to enjoy your crafting all the more.

[@mslaterva]

Great help - thank you!!

[@NitwitCollections]

We are glad that you found our video so helpful! We trust it will elevate your crafting and hope it gives you so much more opportunity with our kits.

[@janicedonahue7735]

Just found you guys. What a great tutorial. Thank you. Heading to download now. I'll be subscribing and watching a lot more. You are a very good teacher.

[@NitwitCollections]

Thank you so much for your compliments Janice.....and we are happy that you've found us and our store! We appreciate you taking the time to let us know that you found our tutorial helpful. We hope that you can now enjoy your hobby even more!

[@Bezjc1936]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I downloaded The Gimp many years ago but couldn't get my head round it. Off to download it again.x

[@NitwitCollections]

You are more than welcome Beryl Tyler! We are happy to hear that you found our video helpful and best of luck to now enjoy your crafting to a fuller extent!

[@veronicawhite398]

Very helpful. Thankyou.

[@NitwitCollections]

Thanks for taking the time to let us know that you found our video helpful @Veronica White ! We hope that it makes your crafting all the more fun and enjoyable!

[@donnatoledo1976]

LG, you and MaryFran are GREAT! I LOVE this tutorial. It's exactly what I've been needing for your beautiful background papers that are too large to upload into Cricut Design Space. I already downloaded GIMP the other day, but I was a little overwhelmed with the unfamiliar screen. Your tutorial explained how easily the process will be. My only question is that it looks like GIMP saves their files in an "xcf" format. I'm unfamiliar with this file extension. Can you save or perhaps export into a .jpg or .png format? I don't think .xcf is a recognized format in Cricut Design space. Thanks again LG. You have always been so responsive to my many questions. Nitwit digital collections are my absolute favorite.

[@NitwitCollections]

Thank you for your compliments on our video Donna!! We are glad that this tutorial helped you to now take the plunge into using GIMP and opening up several new options for you! Yes, you can save as a .jpg or .png format. To do this, simply go up to the top left of the GIMP screen and click on the File word (just like you were going to save). Instead of choosing "Save As" from the menu, choose "Export As" and it will give you all of the file types that you can then choose. This works just like a save, but you have to do it this way to not save as their default file type of .xcf I hope that this helps, and please let us know if you have any other questions.

[@tessacurrens3578]

Thank you for this tutorial. Very helpful!

[@NitwitCollections]

You are more than welcome Tessa! Thank you for taking the time to let us know that you found our video helpful and please let us know if you have any other questions.

[@dgmlmax]

Do you have a tutorial for working with and printing digital papers on an iPad?

[@NitwitCollections]

Your printing should work very similarly to our video on getting the best print from your home printer. In using an iPad you will need an app in order to work with the images as in this video, and one that comes to mind is the free app in the Apple Store called Image Resize. Then when you go to print, everything will be as on our videos as it enters the printer's software where you make your paper selections, print quality and any adjustments necessary.

[@ginareagan134]

Can you still upload the elements in Cricut so it can print and cut? And thank you for your videos. Very helpful.

[@NitwitCollections]

Hi Gina....yes you sure can! You can upload and resize our elements in Cricut Design Space, but currently some of our more elaborately designed background papers will not be accepted and you will get the error message about checking your internet connection. This is due to the file size. Thanks for your compliments on our video and we are happy to hear that you found it helpful!

[@brittanyrodriguez6651]

Hello, thank you for the super helpful video. I have a question... I resized my paper and saved it successfully but when I print it doesn’t print to 8.5x11 it prints smaller leaving about a half inch, or so, white boarder. How do I print the full size of the page in this program?

[@NitwitCollections]

Thanks for your compliments on our video Brittany! We are glad that you have found it helpful! The half inch border left is due to your printer. If you have a "borderless" printer that prints right to the full edge of the paper, you do need to select this option in your printer settings each time you print as it is not usually the default setting. I hope that this helps.

[@adorableadornments1101]

Gimp has updated their program and I have a Windows operating system, Windows 10. Is there a chance you have a newer updated tutorial on how to do this?

[@NitwitCollections]

Thanks for your questions and comments on this! There are always constant updates in these programs, but the overall operation (layers) and tool definitions will always be the same. They may have items located differently in the tool panel but the look and operation will be the same. If you find things still a little unclear, GIMP does have many tutorials on their site that will help in using their program. Hope this helps!

[@carolschlabach9826]

@@NitwitCollections What if I use an Apple IPad not a Windows operating System? Can I use Gimp?

[@NitwitCollections]

@@carolschlabach9826 Yes, you can use GIMP as well with your iPad....just make sure when you download that you choose Mac instead of a Windows download for this program.

[@conniehinojosa2201]

Thanks LG for this video 😀 I’m learning a lot, even that the version that I have downloaded is different hence it took me a while to find the scale icon 🤦🏼‍♀️😬. I have a question, I manage to write in the new transparency layer however when I move it to place it on the tag, the text is behind the tag hence I cannot see it. I have tried to find an option to send it forward but I couldn’t find that option 😥. If I move the tag or the text I can see it but I couldn’t place it at the front, perhaps my brain is not working being 1:25 am here in Melbourne 😛. Thanking you in advance for your help, 🇦🇺🦘☺️

[@NitwitCollections]

Hi Connie....thanks for your message and we are happy to hear that you are finding our video helpful! In order to move your writing so that it places it on the tag instead of behind it, simply look at your layer palette on the right side of your screen. Click on the layer with your writing in it, and hold down your left mouse button. Drag this layer by moving your mouse to place it higher, in sequence, than the layer with the tag and then let go of your left mouse button. Now when you move your words, their are above your tag! Hope this helps.

[@conniehinojosa2201]

NitwitCollections thanks a lot. I will try it tomorrow ☺️. Have a wonderful day.

[@conniehinojosa2201]

Thanks, I have tried it and worked perfectly thanks again ☺️.

[@NitwitCollections]

@@conniehinojosa2201 That's great to hear Connie!! Happy to have helped and hope you have a great time creating.

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Hi Araceli.....thanks for your question! I have checked our store and do not see an order completed for you. If you have added the products to your cart, be sure to complete the checkout to complete your order. Once you have completed your order, you can then find your download buttons for your order by clicking on the My Account tab in our store and then the View button on the line with your order number. I hope that this helps, but please email us through our store if you have any other questions.

[@junecleary4449]

Thanks for the informative video.A couple of questions if I may. 1. Is it possible to resize without cropping? ie. to condense the 12x12 to an 8-1/2x11 without any distortion? 2. I know an svg file can be imported into GIMP but is it possible to do a print n cut file similar to cricut design space? eg. import a 12x12 paper, place an svg over it, and only print out the svg shape with the pattern paper on it? In design space, the slice feature is used. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks.

[@NitwitCollections]

Thanks for your questions June! Firstly, no it would not be possible to resize a 12 x 12 to an 8 1/2 x 11 without cropping or distortion.....you do have to crop some. And to answer your 2nd question... yes you can place a paper in your Cricut Design Space, then add your shape on top of it, cut off any extra paper so you would just have the paper behind the image and then print and cut this. That's the beauty of Cricut!

[@junecleary4449]

@@NitwitCollections Thanks for replying. The second question may have been confusing and I apologise, but I wanted to know if the slice function or something similar could be used in GIMP.

[@NitwitCollections]

@@junecleary4449 yes GIMP has a tool called Guillotine that you can use in the same way. Here is an instruction guide for you that explains it in greater detail gimp4you.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/guillotine-the-gimp-way-to-slice-images/

[@maryortiz9036]

Could you please tell me which version of Gimp you are using? Thanks.

[@NitwitCollections]

Hi Mary....the video was done using version 2.8 of GIMP. I know that with updates, etc. it may seem that the video is no longer relevant, but these main features and it's overall operation stays the same. Hope this helps!

[@maryortiz9036]

@@NitwitCollections thanks, l'm sure it will.

[@paulaa.7798]

Do you have another program that will work for the new mini Mac? it will not download to my mini Mac...left it overnight and wasn't even downloaded. sigh

[@NitwitCollections]

Hi Paula....thanks for your message! I am not sure if you are referring to this graphics program or if you are having trouble downloading your products from our store. If you could let me know, I'd be happy to help!

[@NitwitCollections]

If you are referring to the GIMP program, just be sure that when you download, you are downloading the Mac version and not the Windows PC version. If you have chosen the Mac version and being that you left it overnight with it not downloading, that is just an internet connection error. I would simply try again and if it was their server error things should download quite quickly, but if not, I would check your internet connection at speedtest.net to insure that you are not experiencing temporary issues.

[@evaross7021]

i am new to cricut what it is the size

[@NitwitCollections]

Thanks for your question Eva and if you check out our Cricut Print and Cut video here on our KZbin Channel it will answer all of your questions.

[@sharonolsen6579]

Are your products not compatible with Photoshop Elements? ...

[@NitwitCollections]

Hi Sharon...thank you for your question! Yes our products are fully compatible with Photoshop!! We have many customers who prefer to print our designs rather than create with them digitally, and thus do not want to purchase a program such as Photoshop, so this is the reason for this video. We do have this same informative video using Photoshop Elements if you are looking for that for yourself. You can see it by clicking on this link kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5a0p5iknrOfpKs&index=3&list=PLFI_IzloZNiFCY3lt6K55HCXR5g3iHPsM I hope that this helps to answer your question.

[@sharonolsen6579]

Awesome !! thank you ! I already own photoshop elements so this is great news.... thanks again .. and for the prompt reply... : )

[@NitwitCollections]

That is terrific that you have Photoshop Elements and we hope that you find that video of ours helpful! You will be a pro in no time!

[@lesleywood7820]

Can you tell me if I can use your kits with CraftArtist Pro please

[@NitwitCollections]

Hi Lesley....yes you sure can! All of our background papers are saved in .jpg format and embellishments are .png format which CraftArtist recognizes easily. Hope this helps!

[@lesleywood7820]

@@NitwitCollections Thank you so much, it looks like im going to be buying more kits from you now then

[@NitwitCollections]

@@lesleywood7820 That is great to hear Lesley!! We hope that you enjoy creating with our kits and don't hesitate to email us through our store if you have any more questions...we're here to help.

[@sharonarmstrong4578]

I downloaded GIMP but it looks different to yours.

[@NitwitCollections]

Hi Sharon...yes they have updated the program since our video, but all of the processes are the same in order to follow along with video. Hope this helps, but please email us through our store if you have questions and we will be happy to help!

[@terepardo]

HELP!!!! I downloaded the program from Gimp but it did not give me a zip file, it automatically installed it in my programs and gave me the icon on my desktop, how do I work it? how do I get the screen you are showing on this video!!!

[@NitwitCollections]

Hi Terepardo...not to worry that it auto installed for you. Simply double click on the icon on your desktop to launch the program so that you can then follow along with the video.

[@terepardo]

@@NitwitCollections sad sad... no, I can't all it does is try to reinstall the program again.

[@NitwitCollections]

@@terepardo No problem. Simply uninstall the program for your computer and redownload it. Be sure to choose the right version for your computer, whether you are using Windows or a Mac. You should have no trouble then!

[@terepardo]

@@NitwitCollections I have Microsoft Windows but I was reading and saw your screen if I'd download it with GNU/LINUX but then I would have to install a flatpack

[@NitwitCollections]

@@terepardo You definitely do not want to go to the hassle of using the Linux version, simply download the Windows one and you will be good to go!