LumaPix FotoFusion Tips and Tricks

carly · 07-23-2008, 08:54 AM

These directions are great, Sarah!

Now what may be a silly question - how can I make the background something other then white? I did a search in help, but am still confused...

Sarah · 07-23-2008, 08:59 AM

Click on the canvas background. See the box that pops up? Notice that if you hover over the square over the top it highlights either "Image", "Border", or "Shadow". To change the canvas background click on "image" then under "background fill" you can type in the RGB codes for the color you want, or click on the little white square (white is always the default) and it brings up a color bar.

Let me know if that doesn't work.

carly · 07-23-2008, 10:30 AM

Sarah, I got it to work and honestly, I am not even sure what I did! I tried the way that you said though and it didn't happen, but since I got it to work, I am not going to worry about it until I am home and trying to do it again. I will post what I did too, for anyone else who uses this thread as a learning device.

Helen_S81 · 07-24-2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Morgan

UPDATE- both looked good. Although 300dpi is considered ideal, lower dpi images can still work.

I set my biggest dimension (width or length) to 2000 pixels and see what my dpi ends up being. I have made even 12x12 photobooks and the resolution was good.

For the 11x14 collage, I made a 5.5 x 7 page at the highest resoltion I could. The collage poster printed nicely.

I am happy to see the essentials program I bought can do everything I need so far. I had a hard time deciding to spend $40 for the program & now I use it all the time. Everyone's christmas presents were made with lumapix. I have definitly gotten my money's worth.

The other thing I've noticed essentials won't do is allow you to make a margin to keep the pictures from getting tucked in the cracks of the book. I just have to make sure not to put pictures too close to the edge. The better versions of the program will draw a red line their for you. You can get the line with essentials, but you have to remove it before exporting.

Thanks Sarah for getting my hooked on lumapix! I'm going to take some pictures & post my recent projects this weekend. I have a box full of them to take home for Christmas.

I hope you don't mind answering a couple of questions for me. BTW I find myself thinking of ideas for pages to create whilst I'm doing other things! This can become addicting :)

I downloaded LumaPix and I've been playing around creating a few pages.

1. Do I need to allow a margin when I create a page? Say (for example) the size of the book in Snapfish is 12x12 should an allowance be made for a margin? Of approximately how much? Should the margin be the same for all size of books? Or do different manufacturers have different margins?

2. If I have a picture that is rectangle and would like it to be oval, can I do this with Lumapix or should I do it before in another program? (I do have the full Adobe suite but find it too intimidating, but I can get Katie to edit pictures for me if necessary).

Thank you for your help and inspirational ideas!