Design Challenge #1 - March 2012 (a little early)

[kaylalovesminnie]

I am planning on doing a mini kit (with just general elements). Then offering a coordinating add-on on my blog. Do you want us to make lists of items that way we make sure we don't end up with like 100 different flowers and not enough other elements?

Thanks!

[Fran98765]

totally sounds fun!

[tinkerbell1112]

Sounds awesome. I haven't a clue how to design, but I do know how to spend! LOL

[Wahoomrm]

I created a blue alpha last night and have zipped the files. I don't have a blog and haven't used a file sharing program. What would be the best free file sharing site for me use? Thanks.

[kaylalovesminnie]

Originally Posted by Wahoomrm

I created a blue alpha last night and have zipped the files. I don't have a blog and haven't used a file sharing program. What would be the best free file sharing site for me use? Thanks.

4shared!

[kaylalovesminnie]

My part is completely done and ready, BUT there is absolutely no way it's going to be 10 MB. I'm using winRAR to zip it, but it's still at around 30 MB! Eeesh, and I still haven't even put in a TOU! Does anyone possibly know how I can adjust it to compress it further?

[Cindyrelly]

Originally Posted by kaylalovesminnie

My part is completely done and ready, BUT there is absolutely no way it's going to be 10 MB. I'm using winRAR to zip it, but it's still at around 30 MB! Eeesh, and I still haven't even put in a TOU! Does anyone possibly know how I can adjust it to compress it further?

I'm kinda wondering the same thing about the 10M? How do you do that and not sacrifice quality? Hmmmmmm....

[frogfish]

Originally Posted by kaylalovesminnie

My part is completely done and ready, BUT there is absolutely no way it's going to be 10 MB. I'm using winRAR to zip it, but it's still at around 30 MB! Eeesh, and I still haven't even put in a TOU! Does anyone possibly know how I can adjust it to compress it further?

Originally Posted by Cindyrelly

I'm kinda wondering the same thing about the 10M? How do you do that and not sacrifice quality? Hmmmmmm....

That limit may be something we have to play with a little...

The concern is that this collab could be massive (which is good ) and we don't want to bog anything down with lots of really big individual contributions.

As far as what you can do to limit size: First make sure the individual elements aren't too big (it's not necessary to have 6x6 inch flowers for example). Think about the size you would want them to be in one of your layouts. Second, when saving the files in your original program, look for a compression option. When I save a jpg in photoshop, right after hitting the OK button in the save menu, it asks me about the compression (on a scale of 1-10). Third, as Kayla said, zip the folder by right clicking on it and selecting the compress option.

If your folder is still huge, send me a pm with the link and I'll look at it. If I can't compress it any further without losing quality they we may have to make an exception or change the limit. I don't want to sacrifice quality just to stay within the 10MB limit.

[frogfish]

I just started another thread where you can list the items you are going to make for the challenge. Hopefully that will limit duplicates and encourage variety in the kit.

Thanks to all of you who suggested listing items (it never crossed my mind ).

We are also going to use the new thread to reveal the final kit at the end of March!

Please continue to use this thread for comments, questions, and chit-chat.

[frogfish]

Originally Posted by Usagi

Is anyone working on a solid paper pack? I would love to donate something but I have never made something. I figured I could try my hands at making solid paper pack.

Or I could work on it with someone...?

Originally Posted by Linece

I never done that but i would like to try. Is there a site where i can find some kind of tutorials ???

Here are 2 websites I found that have lots of tutorials for making elements, etc. using several different programs.

http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/a-tut...sh/index.shtml Select your program on the left to get to the tutorials.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com...utorials.shtml The element creation stuff is at the very bottom of the page.

I hope they help!