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New script – Corduroy texture

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Remember those pants you had in corduroy? or maybe some furniture upholstered with corduroy fabric? This script will let you recreate those textures using any color, gradient, pattern, or even photos. Maybe you never saw a corduroy-ed photo, but you can do it with Paintshop Pro and this script now!

This is a simple script that lets you choose the design, and the width of the “wales”. So in the end, you have 12 different options for texture, but since you can apply it to just about anything, the possibilities are endless.

You can find this script in my stores: Creation Cassel and DigiScrapWarehouse.

And for a chance to win this script, go add your name to the RAK thread, here, and tell me of one thing you have that is made of corduroy.

New products – Fancy Text paths and script

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A few weeks ago, i coded a script to write text inside a specific shape, using special types of path and matching script coding. This made up for one missing feature of Paintshop. At that point, you could write text inside a simple shape (like a rectangle, or a circle), or a more fancy shape (like the alphabet shapes, school theme shapes). Then, my script mentor, Suz Shook, told me it would be great if the script could work on non-horizontal or wavy, but that meant a whole lot of different type of coding. But, this became a challenge for me. And this challenge led me to code this script for you. Now, this set includes two products: one script and one set of 12 paths.

The script will let you write out your own text, in your own font. You can use the path to give you an idea of how much space you will be using. Once you have all your text typed, you run the script. Depending on the paths, you can still align left, right or center (not all paths can be center aligned). The text stays as vectors so if you notice a typo, it is still easy to edit. If you want to edit your text, change it, add or remove more than just a letter, you can simply undo the script and rerun it. The path will stay untouched, so you can also reuse it.

The set of paths include various types of curves or angles. Some paths are doubled so you can have a left and right version when applicable (never mirror a path unless you want the text to write from right to left!). One little trick to use these paths (or any other paths): copy the path on your layout and run the script from there. That will save you the headache of copying and pasting the many layers that will be created by the script. In addition, it will make it easier for you to edit the text if needed.

You can find both those products in my stores: Creation Cassel and DigiScrapWarehouse.

This week, i have a RAK at the DST forum where you can with BOTH products as a set. So, go over there, add your name, and tell me if you have ever done text on a layout in this manner, and if you did, how you did it (of course, a link to the layout would be great too).

FREE script – Switch it all

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Here is a little utility script for you. Although, in Paintshop Pro, you can rotate all the layers in one operation, you cannot do the same if you want to flip or mirror an image with several layers. So, this script will solve that. Now, you will not have to flip or mirror layer after layer, which can be tedious if you are using a template with 20 layers or more.

There are surely other use for this script, but i think that template makers and template users will find it the most useful.

Best of all, this script is FREE. So just check out my store and grab it!

New Script – Custom Calendar

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It might be a good time for you to plan to make some 2011 calendars for Christmas presents or for yourself. This script will let you create a base for a calendar that you can customize with the format of the boxes but also their look. You can floodfill them, outline them, add a tube, a shape, a cutout, use any color, gradient, pattern. Then, you can choose any color and font for the dates, various formats for the days (in any language). Create similar calendars for each months, or change colors, or accents, or designs. Use this calendar to create desktop, wallpapers, plain calendars, or even to place in your Project 365 album!

 

You can get this script in my stores: Creation Cassel and DigiScrapWarehouse.

 

And if you want a chance to win this script, check out this thread in the DST forum.

 

cass-CustomCalendar Now, you probably would like to get a closer look at the result of this script, so i made up this desktop calendar for you. The zip file includes 3 formats. This calendar was made using elements from KimericKreation.

You need to be logged in to download this sample. You can either login, or register on the top of this page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would prefer to have a French calendar, Guyloup has made one with this script and it can be downloaded on her blog, here.

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New script – Flip It UP

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This new script will give VOLUME to your layouts and make your elements… STAND OUT. You can flip any text, design, shape in many ways. You can flip the top, the bottom, both, or flip from the middle. You can flip toward the left, the right or the center. Also, YOU decide where you want the fold to be, as it will not necessarily need to be in the center of the element. The script will also provide you with a shadow on a separate layer. You can copy the paper below, or cut out from it for even more creative use.

How flexible is that script? How many ways can you think of using it?

This script is available in my stores at Creation Cassel, Do It Digi and DigiScrapWarehouse.

And if you want a chance to win this script, you can go add your name to this thread in the Happy Place of the DST forum, and i will draw for a winner on Monday night.

 

cass-FlipItUp-Arrows In the mean time, i have a little something for everyone. Here is a set of three arrows for you to use. They are layered PSD files so the shadow can be modified as you wish. Each arrow is about 800-900 pixels long. I am sure you can find some very creative ways to use those.

You need to be logged in to download this sample. You can either login, or register on the top of this page.

 

New script – Template resizer

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Do you create templates? Do you use templates? Do you want to offer templates in square AND rectangular formats for your customers? Do you sometimes find a great template but it is not in the format you like to scrap? This script will be a useful tool for both scrappers and designers. In seconds, it will turn a standard 12 x 12 layered template into a rectangular one (horizontal or vertical) or vice versa. Of course, you will still have some tweaking to do especially if some elements have a particular alignment, spacing or overlapping, but most of it would be done.

You can find this script in my stores: Creation Cassel, Do It Digi and Digiscrap Warehouse.

This script would be great in combinaison with the Template Maker and the Layer Separator.

If you want a chance to win this script, just go add your name to the thread in the Happy Place and tell me if you usually scrap with square or rectangular format.

New Script – Custom Sequins

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Create a string of sequins with the color or colors you want. You can create flat or facetted sequins, with a solid color, monochrome color, variegated colors or even iridescent colors. Then, you get a string of directional sequins that you can use in any direction, to draw with, to color with, to write with or place anywhere you want. Play with the steps to have the sequins tightly placed or more spread apart.

You can get this script in my stores: Creation Cassel, Do It Digi and DigiScrap Warehouse.

And if you want a chance to win this script, just go add your name to the RAK thread at DST. Tell me what comes to your mind when you hear of the word “sequins”. I will draw for a winner on Monday night.

 

 

cass-SequinSampleRainbow Now, just for the fun of it, here is a little something made entirely with sequins created with this script. It is about 3500 pixels wide so you can use it in just about any layout you want, by sizing it down. It is a png format so useable with just about any program.

You need to be logged in to download this sample. You can either login, or register on the top of this page.

New script – JPG Bleed

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If you ever wanted to print your layouts either for individual pages or in a photo book, you needed to know how to add some “extra” margin around your design. Have you ever wondered why printers will ask you to add some margin, just to trim them after? To put it simply, it is too hard to be perfectly exact when trimming the paper, and if the cutter is just a few pixels short of the edge, you will get a tiny unsightly white line along that border. Having the paper or the design wider where the printer can cut in, will make sure that there is no such white line. But what if you dont add such a margin (called “bleed”)? The risk is that it will trim INSIDE your margin and you MIGHT loose some details if they are on the edge (like fine borders, journaling, etc.).

All that to tell you why it is important to have a bleed around your pages before you send to print. But what if you did your whole layout, and forgot to add the bleed? If you still have the layered file, it should be fairly easy to enlarge the background paper while leaving the more meaningful details intact. But what if you do not have those layered formats, for whatever reason? This script will take any jpg image and add a margin around it, in matching colors. You even have the option to choose different margin for each side so that you can match the specifications required by any printing service.

Someone mentioned that she had made paper scrap pages and photographed them. Of course, this will give only a flattened image, with no margin. This script would be perfect for her, dont you think?

This script is available in my stores: Creation Cassel and Do It Digi.

If you want a chance to win this script, just go add your name to the RAK thread at DST and tell me why you need this script. I will draw for a winner Monday night.

New Script – Text Wrapping

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Do you sometimes, wish you could place text within a shape and have the text automatically wrap to the next line? You know that PSP does not have that feature. So, do you find yourself having to add spaces here and there to make the text somewhat fit the shape or the space you want to use? This script will now do it for you. Use one of the multiline shaped paths included (others will be made available soon), enter your text, and run the script. You can modify the size of the shape if you want and the text will fit that size/shape. If you want to add another paragraph, just go ahead. (be sure to read the instructions before using this script for better results and no frustration!).

Available at my stores: Creation Cassel, and Do It Digi.

And if you want a chance to win this script, go add your name to the RAK thread at DST. I will draw for one winner on Monday night.

New Script – Contact Sheet

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This script falls in the category of TOOLS. If you are a digiscrapper, you might want to be able to have a visual catalogue of the content of your kits. If you are a designer, maybe you want to provide such a catalogue to your customer. If you are a fan of photography, maybe you want to have some thumbnails of all the cat photos, the vacation photos, etc.

You have several options to choose from but you can include: full path of the folder, frames around the images, shadows, filename. And the script will create (and number) as many pages as needed to display all the graphic files in the folder. It will generate a preview of files with these extensions: jpg, png, psd, psp, pspimage, tiff, wmf.

This script is available in my stores (always on sale until Sunday night): Creation Cassel, Do It Digi.

If you want a chance to win this script, check out this thread at the DST forum and add your name. A winner will be picked Monday night.