ht e Templates Guide

for collages, cards, tags, etc.

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 Usage Steps

1. Download your templates. You will be directed to a page where you can click on the words "Click here" to

immediately download your products after the payment goes through. You will also receive an e-mail at

your payment address with the link in it. If it gives you an option, always choose “Save File” and not Open.

Pay attention to where it is saving your files if you are new to downloading files.

2. Locate the downloaded file and open the folder. If it is not unzipped (if it still has the .zip extension at the

end), unzip it. Most machines have pre-installed software that allows you to double click it to unzip. If you

find do not have unzipping software, you can download free software to do this online. A popular, highly

rated FREE one are for the Mac is YemuZip. A popular, highly rated application for PC users is 7zip.

3. Follow instructions located on page four to use the templates. Please note that templates do not install like

actions do. They are just saved in a convenient for you spot on your drive and opened s needed from there.

First time user?

click to see some tips, tricks and a short video showing how to use templates
and some tips for getting the most out of your producys

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 Easy steps to place images
1. You may want to resize the image to a smaller size (look at the the Image Size in File > Image Size for an idea of
what size your image will need to be). You don’t need to do this, but doing this first makes it easier to resize the
image in the template if you are working with a high res image.

2. Drag the image onto the open template window. Position your photo layer directly under the layer “Place Your
Photo Under This Layer.” If you cannot drag it over for some reason, you can also go to File > Place and navigate
to your saved image file to place the photo in the template. Or you can also select the image (Edit > Select All or
command/control + A) then copy it (command/control + C) and then go back to your template and paste it
{command/control + V).

3.
Once you have dragged your image layer into the correct spot in your template this will “clip” your image to the
image box (such as the “Bottom Pic” layer). If it did not “clip” ... meaning, you can still see ALL of the image, even
outside the image box area ... then see the page in the “Clipping Shortcuts” to “clip” the image (it’s easy - don’t
worry!). Then come back to this step and continue. :)

4. Now we will resize it to fit. Hit Command (Mac) or Control (PC) + T to Transform (resize). Grab
the corner of the box while holding the shift key down and drag one of the four corners to resize as needed.
When satisfied, hit return/enter. In Elements, you don’t need to hold the shift key down if you have “Constrain
Proportions” checked at the top of your window while transforming.

5. You may now use your move tool (press the letter V to select this tool) to move the photo around within the area
to your liking.

Repeat the steps above with additional images as needed.

Note that some of the templates will not have a gray box to clip your image to, in which case you simply place
your image under the layer as noted, no clipping required.

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 Hi. I’m Annie.

So nice to meet you!

I w a n t to th a n k you f or your sup p ort and b usiness. I truly ho p e y o u a r e t hr i l l ed w i t h y o ur Pa i nt t he M o o n
pro d ucts . Y ou r s a ti s f a c tion is my numb er one p riority, and I t a k e p r i d e i n p r o v i d i ng ex c el l ent c us t o m er s er v i c e.
I f yo u fin d, a fte r look i ng ov er the installation g uid e, troub l es ho o t i ng g ui d e a nd t ut o r i a l v i d eo s a v a i l a b l e, t ha t
yo u a re s ti ll i n n e e d of assistanc e, p lease feel free to e-ma i l m e a t a nna b el l e@ p a i nt t hem o o n.net a nd I ’ m m o r e
t h a n h a ppy to h e lp. Plea se understa nd tha t due to the over whelm ing num b er of d ownloa d s ever y d a y I a m
u n ab l e to p r o v i d e assi sta nce for free product downloa d s , b ut I invit e y ou t o vis it our s up p or t s ec t ion of t he
s ite an d lo o k th r o u gh the g uides a nd videos for a ssista nc e.

I w i l l n e e d to h a ve th e following information in ord er to g et y o u t a k en c a r e o f a s q ui c k a s p o s s i b l e:

• Pa i nt th e Moon produc t you are using

• Y o ur com pu te r’s operating system

• Y o ur ve rs i on of Ph otoshop or Elements

• W h a t e xa ctly you r i s sue is, or where in the installation p r o c es s y o u a r e r unni ng i nt o a hi c c up . T he m o r e

de t a i le d i n f orm a ti on I g et up front, the b etter and faster I c a n g et y o u t a k en c a r e o f a nd s t a r t ed us i ng a nd
e n j o y i n g you r n e w a ctions.

T h a n k you !

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 Clipping Mask Shortcuts - 2 Easy Ways to Clip!
If, for some reason, your photo doesn’t automatically become clipped to the gray box layer when placed
directly under the “Place Your Photo Under This Layer” layer, you can do one of the following, easy
shortcuts to “clip” the photo to the box yourself. First make sure your photo layer is directly above the gray
image box you want to place it into (as shown below).

Either shortcut will work ... just choose which method you want, the both do the same thing (only do one).

Note that most of the time your

image will “clip” automatically
Be sure to take a look at the video tutorial with Paint the Moon templates and some
for storyboards to see templates in use don’t need clipping (if there are no gray box layers).

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 Hi. I’m Annie.

So nice to meet you!

I w a n t to th a n k you f or your sup p ort and b usiness. I truly ho p e y o u a r e t hr i l l ed w i t h y o ur Pa i nt t he M o o n
pro d ucts . Y ou r s a ti s f a c tion is my numb er one p riority, and I t a k e p r i d e i n p r o v i d i ng ex c el l ent c us t o m er s er v i c e.
I f yo u fin d, a fte r look i ng ov er the installation g uid e, troub l es ho o t i ng g ui d e a nd t ut o r i a l v i d eo s a v a i l a b l e, t ha t
yo u a re s ti ll i n n e e d of assistanc e, p lease feel free to e-ma i l m e a t a nna b el l e@ p a i nt t hem o o n.net a nd I ’ m m o r e
t h a n h a ppy to h e lp. Please und erstand that d ue to the ov er w hel m i ng num b er o f d o w nl o a d s ev er y d a y I a m
un a ble to provi de a s s i stanc e for free p rod uc t d ownload s , b ut I i nv i t e y o u t o v i s i t o ur s up p o r t s ec t i o n o f t he s i t e
a n d l o ok th rou gh th e guid es and v id eos for assistanc e.

I w i l l n e e d to h a ve th e following information in ord er to g et y o u t a k en c a r e o f a s q ui c k a s p o s s i b l e:

• Pa i nt th e Moon produc t you are using

• Y o ur com pu te r’s operating system

• Y o ur ve rs i on of Ph otoshop or Elements

• W h a t e xa ctly you r i s sue is, or where in the installation p r o c es s y o u a r e r unni ng i nt o a hi c c up . T he m o r e

de t a i le d i n f orm a ti on I g et up front, the b etter and faster I c a n g et y o u t a k en c a r e o f a nd s t a r t ed us i ng a nd
e n j o y i n g you r n e w a ctions.

T h a n k you !

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Finding what you need
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