Hello everyone…. This is Cyndi, and I am hosting this next edition of your Saturday Special challenge. Today we are going to try our hand at a Double Pager… but we’re not going to stop there. We’ll follow it up by dividing the layout and displaying it in the gallery looking it’s very best!
Let me start by walking you through how I create my double pagers. I’m using Adobe Photoshop CS3.
For me, it’s easiest to start with one big 12×24 canvas (or template). You can turn on the Guide to show you the middle of the full layout, and help you not place any important faces or journaling right where the pages will divide. If you’re using a template, hopefully your template designer already had this in mind with the creation of the template. You can turn on the Guide feature if you want to be sure, or if you are in the habit of altering templates.
To add the guide, click View > Show Rulers to make the rulers appear. Then, with the move tool on the left side ruler, click and drag your cursor onto the page. You should be dragging a teal Guide line into position. You can place this guide line anywhere on the page. It’s an invisible line that will not show up on your actual page. Click View > Show Guides to turn the guides off and on. Let’s place the guide in the center of our 12×24 layout.
When I’m done scrapping my page, I flatten my image (some scrappers like to keep a layered version of their layout in their files. For me, when I’m done, I’m done. I flatten and move on.) After flattening my full 12×24 layout, I open two separate 12×12 new documents. I drag my flattened 12X24 into the first of the 12×12 documents so that only the left side is showing. (This actually makes a copy of the image so that my 12×24 is still intact.) I merge the layers and save to my Finished Layouts folder. Then I repeat for the right side in the second of the new 12×12 documents. Before closing these 12x 12 documents and after I’ve save the full size image, I reduce the images to 600×600 pixels and save for web. I also make a 700-800 pixel wide version of my full 12×24 layout and “save for web” so that I can add the image to my credits (instructions to follow) and people can see what the two pages look like together. Now I have 2 beautiful, high resolution images to print for my albums and 2 separate, clear, web images to display in the gallery.
Oh, and remember that 12×24 image we saved for web? I upload that to an offsite photo hosting site (I use Photobucket) so that I can display the full layout in my credits. This is what your link should look like in your credits…{IMG}http:// url of hosted photo{/IMG} but change { to [ and } to ].
And to makes things even better….. Jen Davey has created a double template just for us! If you’re a little intimidated by double pagers, this might just be the help you need. 
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So on with your challenge… Your job is to create a double page layout, uploading each side individually into the gallery with your full layout preview in your credits. Be sure to upload to the SATURDAY SPECIAL GALLERY and post back to this SATURDAY SPECIAL THREAD so I know you’re playing and you get your points!
Now check this fabulous Creative Team Inspiration 
from Me
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from Ophelia
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from Kim
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from Ami
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from Kairyn
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from Heidi
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Okay!!! Now your turn!
Challenge reminders:
-You will receive one point for posting in this thread & in the Roadmap to Scrap gallery. You can receive an additional point for using new Scrap Matters products; please make a note of new products in your post. And at the end of the month (August) you’ll be entered into a random drawing that could earn you some bonus points!
- You have until the end of August to complete this challenge for August MOS points!
-Remember no double dipping…your photo and/or layout must be unique to this challenge.
-You don’t have to use Scrap Matters products, but remember your SM gallery must contain at least 50% SM products as of July 8, 2011.
