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jlk3scrapper Vogue SISter (3006)	# Posted: 7 Feb 2008 19:11 could someone help me with .png files. how do you extract the separate elements, like with the GitRDone kit, i know you can use like the clips separately, but how?? please be gentle, i am a total novice here!! :D TIA! jen
cayla73 Favorite SISter (9113)	# Posted: 7 Feb 2008 19:58 I use photoshop cs2 but I think you can do it the same way in elements. Select the rectangular marquee tool in the toolbar. Then draw a rectangle around whichever element you want. To do this I usually click at a point above and slightly to the left of the element and drag my mouse down and right until you have encased your element in a rectangle of dotted line/crawling ants (aka marquee) Then copy and paste onto the document you're working on. CTRL + C to copy. Then, Click on the document where you want to move it to - then hit CTRL + V (to paste). Hope I explained that okay! Good luck!
NellieRose Model SISter (2034)	# Posted: 7 Feb 2008 20:05 What Cathy said.... And, if you happen to come across a set of elements so tightly nestled into a file that the Marquee Tool can't cleanly make a rectangular selection you can always just take whatever is in the Marquee, do your Copy/Paste and then erase the excess......OR, you can use your lasso tool to get into tighter spaces between elements and just Copy/Paste that way without having to erase. Hope this helps and didn't add any confusion. ~jayne :)
cayla73 Favorite SISter (9113)	# Posted: 7 Feb 2008 20:08 good point jayne :) I use the lasso tool sometimes too.
kerry lynn Favorite SISter (6465)	# Posted: 7 Feb 2008 20:26 yep... what the jayne & cathy already said! xoxo
jlk3scrapper Vogue SISter (3006)	# Posted: 7 Feb 2008 20:49 thank you sooooooo much! i new there was an easy answer to all of that! yippee!