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

[Cindyrelly]

Originally Posted by frogfish

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.

Roger that!

[Cindyrelly]

Originally Posted by frogfish

Let's up the max folder size to 25mb this time. Too many people are having trouble compressing any further...

It's a fine line... trying to walk it though....

[frogfish]

Originally Posted by Spacecadetswife

What about shadowing? I'm doing a sequin scatter, with some of the sequins overlaping. Those overlaps are going to need custom shadows. If we shadow, we should all use the same angle.

I think as long as you use a common angle (top left or top right, for example) it will be fine. I have had to horizontally (and sometimes vertically) flip elements to get the shadows to match the ones I want to use on my layouts.

[Valoree]

OH BOY! This sounds amazing! I think I am going to give it a try! Thanks for putting this together and for all the helpful posts... Have fun everyone! I can't wait to see what this bunch comes up with!

[Valoree]

Originally Posted by jr4mni

I'm going to try designing. Please don't laugh at whatever the outcome is.
I am going to do a "build your own castle" element pack.

Oh man, I'm scared and excited all at the same time!

I feel the same way, Jennifer! I am so nervous but I really want to give it try.
Good Luck to you!

[jr4mni]

Originally Posted by Valoree

I feel the same way, Jennifer! I am so nervous but I really want to give it try.
Good Luck to you!

Good Luck to you too! I've only started digi scrapping the past 4-5 months or so. I don't even have Photoshop anymore. My trial ended but, I'm getting it at work in a week or two. I'm just waiting for the software to start attacking this challenge.

[hichchei]

I want to try this too!!! Sounds like fun !

[larkd]

Originally Posted by jr4mni

I'm going to try designing. Please don't laugh at whatever the outcome is.
I am going to do a "build your own castle" element pack.

Oh man, I'm scared and excited all at the same time!

ooooh...Fun!

[afirmbeliever]

Originally Posted by jr4mni

I'm going to try designing. Please don't laugh at whatever the outcome is.
I am going to do a "build your own castle" element pack.

Oh man, I'm scared and excited all at the same time!

I'm right there with you. I'm not sure what exactly I'm going to do yet. I'll decide by the end of the night though and post then. I haven't designed before, so I may try my hand at a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

Ok, I may just be able to pull this off... I didn't realize how many CU resources I actually had until I started going through my supplies.

I plan to post something, already listed what in the other thread. Whether or I actually do all depends on HOW the stuff turns out, lol.