Colors
Palette - Select a color by clicking one of the color squares.
Combos - When you select a color, complimentary color combinations are created for you.
Swatches - A range of colors, select a color by clicking one of the color squares.
HSB - (Hue, Saturation, and Brightness) add or remove white, black, gray, lighten or darkening a color.
1. Move the slider next to the color bar up and down to choose the desired hue or type it into the H field.
2. Click on the circle in the large color box and drag it around to add or remove white, black, and gray.
You may type values directly into the HSB boxes, or click on the up and down arrows next to the box.
RGB - (Red, Green, and Blue) standard method of choosing colors.
Move each slider bar back and forth to add or reduce the amount of each color in the composite color.
An absence of the color is 0, while 255 represents the maximum amount of that color.
Picker- This tab allows you to pick a specific color that is on the current page.
1. Move your mouse around in the page preview area at the top left of the tab.
2. The zoom area at the top right of the tab will show a pixel by pixel view of your cursor’s position in the preview area.
3. To select a color, left-click when the black crosshair is over the color you would like to select.
4. The color will now appear in the Preview area at the bottom of the window.
If the current page does not have the color you want, click on the Prev or Next buttons to move to a different page.
Favorites - To save a color to the Favorites tab, select a color and click on the Add to Favorites button.
Store up to 40 favorite colors. The oldest color will be removed the next time you add a new color to your favorites.
Remove a color by clicking on it and then clicking the Remove Favorite button.
To choose a color from the Favorites tab, click on the color square.
Gradient - This tab only appears if you have chosen a gradient fill for Word Art, to add a multicolor gradient.
1. Change the Gradient Colors by selecting one of the color squares above the gradient bar.
2. Then click on the larger Color Square below the gradient bar.
3. Drag the circles in the Preview area to manipulate your gradient.
4. If you click in the Preview area, the nearest circle will jump to your mouse.
5. Use the Style drop-down menu to choose between Linear and Radial gradients.
6. Change the type of your gradient to Reflect or Repeat.
7. Click in the Reverse box to use the colors in the Gradient Colors bar in reverse order.
Toolbar
The main toolbar contains the most common program functions.
New Album - Closes the current album and opens the new album options.
Open Album - Closes the current album and opening an existing album.
Save - Writes the album in its current settings and state to disk.
Template - Add a set of selected template pages after the current last page to the album.
Import - Add pages from other albums into the current album.
Page - Creates a new page in the album.
Layers - Change the layer of a selected object or bring up the layers window. Drag and drop object above or below.
Rulers - Displays rulers along the top and left side of the page. (Toggle on or off.)
Page Guides - Allows you to add guide lines to your page for easy alignment. (Toggle on or off.)
Align - Brings objects into alignment with each other or the page.
Cut - Removes a page object from the page, but saves it in memory.
Copy - Saves a page object in memory.
Paste - Pastes the page object from memory onto the page. Pasted object will be slightly offset.
Paste in Place - Places the page object from memory on the page without an offset.
Undo - Cancels the last operation.
Redo - Reverses the effect of the undo operation.
Background - Choose the background for the current page.
Embellishment - Select an embellishment to add to the current page.
Photo - Choose a photo JPG or PNG to add to the current page.
Text - Creates a new text box in the center of the current page.
Shape or Line - Select a shape to add to the current page.
Imprint - Select an imprint to add to the current page.
Calendar - Add a calendar month to your page.
Word Art - Creates a new Word Art in the center of the current page.
Paint - Add a color box to your page, you can paint over or behind images with a unique color.
Check Spelling - Checks the album for spelling errors and suggests changes.
Preview Album - Displays the album as it will appear in different types of output.
Export Pages - Prepares the album to be output to JPG, PNG, PDF, or SVG files.
Print - Opens the Album Print Wizard for printing the album on a local printer.
Online Content - Opens www.mymemories.com to browse for additional content.
MyMemories Help - Opens the My Memories topics, and index help system.
Global Search & Add - Search all content within the program using key words, select a found image to add.
Control Panels
Backgrounds - Tools to edit the background for the current page, papers, colors, transparent.
Embellishments - Tools to edit embellishments, add, recolor, shadow.
Photos - Tools to edit a photo, add, shape, recolor, effects, rip, shadow, tile.
Text - Tools to edit text, titles, captions, casing, fonts, styles, shapes, curve.
Shape or Line - Tools to edit shapes, add, custom shapes, colors, papers, photos, shadows.
Imprint - Tools to edit imprints, add, color, shadow.
Calendar - Tools to add and edit a calendar month or year, lines, days, months, colors.
Word Art - Tools to add Word Art, titles, fonts, styles, shapes, textures, gradients.
Paint - Tools to add a color box to your page, paint over or behind images with a unique color, brushes, and eraser.
Album - Tools to check your album details, spelling, errors, and preview.
Share - Tools to share your album at home with Printing, as JPG, PNG, PDF, SVG, or Professional Book & Calendar.
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