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You're welcome. Smart layers can be very useful when you are bringing in photos that are larger than your project. Saves you some time. They also protect the image from accidental changes. George

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You're welcome, glad I could help!

Glad it was helpful! And thanks for being a subscriber!

You're welcome! I try to make these videos the best I can.

You're welcome Edna!

You're welcome George

Thanks!

@@HTGGeorge To keep up with you, I got an Adobe upgrade yesterday.

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Thanks!! I am moving all newe PHotoshop Elements videos over to my new HTGPhoto channel starting in Sep. Make sure you go over there and subscribe so you won't miss any future videos. This channel is going pure gaming starting this fall. www.youtube.com/@HTGPhoto

You're welcome Jason

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You're very welcome! Check out my channel, I have hundreds of videos for Photoshop Elements

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Good comments Alan, thanks!

Hi Lisa, open the File menu and you will find the Place command right above Organize Open Files. Here is a video on how to set up Floating Document Windows kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jphmesRlz5qzaas.html

Hi Brian, the Place command reduces an image to fit the working file but does not do anything to the original. If the image being placed is smaller than the working file it will show it at 100% of original size, it won't enlarge it to fit. If you use the floating document trick where you drag and drop from one file to another PSE will not change the size at all. I normally use this technique, for no particular reason. George

@@HTGGeorge How do you resize or enlarge the picture you are photoshopping into a picture?

Hi Mark, I don't have anything specifically on that but I did do some sparkles in smoke in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZ6RoK6aysyyoKc.html. Give me a link to an image that shows what you are looking for and I will do a video showing how it can be done in PSE 2020

Hi Brian, go to the Window menu, click Image, and here you can set all windows to either tabs or floating.

Thank you!

Very sad, have said goodbye to almost too many pets over the years to count, I always wish they didn't lead such short lives. But the one I still think about the most was my pet dog that I grew up with. I understand the sorrow, hang onto the good memories. Take a look at this video, may have an idea or two you could use kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z-CYecR53t-RXYU.html

Hi Michele, you need to download the pictures separately. The download links are on the project web page right below the project zip download.

I only use Windows, so no experience with the Mac version. But I do know that PSE is written for Windows and then Adobe ports the coding over to Mac, this will often lead to problems.

Hi, you don't need to use Tiff and you don't need to do any flattening of layers. Just leave the file as a psd file, it will retain all of your work. Then save it out as a jpg if you want to share it or put it up on the internet. For all other uses just leave it as the psd file.

Hi Tim, make sure you are on the correct layer, then use the ctrl+t keyboard shortcut to bring up the transform options. This will also bring up the control handles on the image on that layer. You can then use those handles to resize that layer. Or if you want to Crop the image on that layer the best way to do that is with a Layer Mask. Using the rectangular marquee tool draw a rectangle on your image approximately where you want to crop the image, if you need to adjust that selection go to the Select Menu and choose Transform Selection, this will give you control handles on the selection. Get that selection perfect for your crop then click on the Layer Mask tool, rectangle with a circle in it, at the top of the layer menu. This will give you a layer mask showing just the area inside the rectangle selection. Everything else will be hidden. IF you want to crop the whole image then use the Crop tool in the tools panel. George

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Hi, if the area inside the blank frame is clear then just put your photo on a layer under the Santa frame photo. If the area is white then you will need to remove that first. Maybe this video will help, it is a similar idea kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJabhLOhksnGeYU.html

@@HTGGeorge Thats what I was trying to do and it wasn't working. I know that I'm doing something wrong. Ha. I really want to do this for a client that I just did some photos for. Will look at video.

@@HTGGeorge Your are making them from scratch.. which I love, but I'm trying to use a file I purchased. But I do learn quite a bit from your videos.

If you purchased a Photoshop Template that uses Smart Layers and Smart Objects you won't be able to work with that in Photoshop Elements, it will require the more expensive Adobe Photoshop

@@HTGGeorge ahhh..gotcha thanks so much for your help.. Merry Christmas.

Here is a video on how to set up Floating Windows kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jphmesRlz5qzaas.html

wow, the usual comment I get is that I talk too slow. I am guessing that you are not an English first speaker

@@HTGGeorge Well my first tongue maybe scouse but overall (English 1st)... I don't read anything about you talking to slow in the comments. There are 4 of us sat asking... what did he just say... stop it and replay please.. we moved on..!

Well, you can't please everyone. Since I am the most popular creator for Photoshop Elements videos on KZfaq I think I will continue to do things the same way I have done for the past 8 years.