jtanddolly
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First, you don't need Photoshop to make your own DISigns. If you have MS Word on your computer...you can do 70% of what the DISigners do when they use Photoshop Elements and similar programs.
There are several amazing DISigners on the boards who have soooo many requests and things happening in their own lives that sometimes the threads can get backed up. When this happens consider personalizing their blank items on your own.
When I first found out about the Boards...I hated to ask DISigners to personalize things for me so I took some time to learn how to do it on my own just using MS Word. Here is how you can personalize things like Mickey Heads and other great things on the Boards yourself using MS Word:
Text Box
First copy and paste the image you want to add a name, word or words to into MS Word
OR
when you open up a new Word document, go to the top of the document and click on "insert" and in the drop down menu click on "picture" and "from file". Then find your image with your pictures and either double click on the image or click once and "okay".
Next make sure that your cursor is below the image that you want to insert a text box over by hitting "enter" twice.
Then look for the tab at the top of word that says "insert", click on it and scroll down and click on "text box".
Next, a big box will show up on the screen that says text box...ignore this box but look for your mouse that will show up as an +. Move the +/mouse to where you want your text box to go then left click and drag the mouse to make the size box you want for the area you want the wording to go.
Then go back up to the top of word and click on "format" and click on "text box" in the drop down menu.
Look for the tab that says "colors and lines". In the fill section make sure the color box says "no color". In the line section make sure the color says "no line". Then the background will show through behind whatever text you type in the box and there won't be a line around the text box.
Now you can type whatever you want inside the box by clicking inside the box and choosing font and size.
If the box isn't the right size you can drag the corners and sides to make it the right size.
This is great to use when you find a DISign that you like and want to add a name to it. For example, Natalie's great Mickey Heads.
Borders & SHADING
If you are going to use a dark transfer and don't want to cut out every little DISign...here is how to add a border around your work so that you will have to cut out is a square (or rectangle) to iron on to your shirt.
Go to the top of word and right clicking on "format" in the drop down box you will see "borders, page borders and shading"
The borders will allow you to add a border around an image and will let you choose the size of the line and color.
The page border tab will let you add a border to an entire page.
The shading tab will allow you to color the background if you don't want a white background behind the picture or words
To do this you will need to hit the "enter" key through the entire page or just the area of the page that you want colored
Then highlight the area that you want to be shaded by pointing your mouse at the top of the page, hold down the left mouse button and drag your mouse down the page and letting go of the button when you get to the bottom of what you want shaded. Then the section should be highlighted.
Next click on Format at the top of Word, and Borders and Shading in the drop down menu. When you see the popup, click on the Shading tab.
Then click on the color that you want for your background and click okay
Now the color should be on your word page.
If you want you can add a border to this by:
Again selecting the shaded area if it isnt already highlighted. Then go back to Format and Borders and Shading. This time click on the Borders tab and in the first row of items click on the box, shadow, 3-d or custom image in the second row choose the style, color, and width and then click okay
If you need to change the shape of your box:
1. To make the box taller point your mouse at the middle of the box and hit return until you are happy with the heighth.
2. To fix the width play with the margins by selecting the area using your mouse, then in the ruler at the top of the screen move the two arrows in or out.
"Disney Font"
It is always fun to personalize things with the actual "Disney" font. If you want to use the "Disney" font to personalize your items...here is how:
Go online to www.dafont.com
Search, find and open a font called Waltograph
Click on the Download button
Then click on Open
Next you will need to unzip the file. In most computers, a screen will pop up with a box on the left that says folder tasks and in the box click on extract files Follow the prompts by clicking next and finish making sure that the final box has a check mark next to show files
A new box will pop up. In this box, copy Waltograph42 and WaltographUI. Do this by holding down your control button on the bottom left corner of your keyboard and click each file. Then on the top of the screen click on edit and in the drop down box click on copy.
Next click on your computers Start button
Then click on Settings
Then click Control Panel
Then open the file that says Fonts
At the top of the font screen click on Edit and then in the drop down menu click on Paste
Word Art...NEW! Added 10-29-09
If you have already mastered the "textbox" this will be easy for you!!!! Word Art will help the names or words you want to add to an image POP. With Word Art you can rotate the word so that it can be angled if you don't want the lettering in a straight line, it will allow you to have multiple colors for each letter for example a blue letter with a black border, you can make the letters wavy...there is so much you can do with Word Art!
First insert the picture that you want text to go over
Then at the bottom of the program screen there is a drawing toolbar...look for a blue slanted A. When you hold your mouse over the A it will say "Insert Word Art"
Note: If you don't see the Drawing toolbar in the lower left corner of the program window, click on the "View" menu at the top of the screen and point to "Toolbars" and then click "Drawing".
Click on the A and a new screen will pop up. In this screen pick the word art style that you want to use for your lettering.
Then a new box will open up and you will need to type the name or words that you want to appear over the image. Then click "okay".
Now the word will appear above or below the picture depending on where the cursor was. Just like with a text box...you will need to change the text wrapping to "in front of text".
Note: You can do this by clicking on the word you typed. Then a new popup will appear. Look for the picture of the dog with lines behind it. This is the "text wrapping" tool. After you click on the dog a drop down menu will appear and you will need to click on "in front of text".
Now click and hold your left mouse button on the word and drag it to where you want it.
Playing with Word Art:
The great thing about word art is that you can drag out the corners to make it bigger or smaller.
You can click on "format" then "word art" and change the colors and lines to get a different color combination. and you can change the thickness of the line.
You can also rotate your image so that it is slanted by pointing at the green dot just above the word. When you see the circled arrow, hold your left button down and rotate the word in the direction you want it to slant.
Take some time to play with "Word Art" it is a lot of fun!!!
Now you can personalize everything and get the wording and color just right. Hope that helps!
HOW TO INSERT PICTURES INSIDE OF LETTERS...name fills!!!: Thanks Chris (CarrollChristoph) for this AMAZING tip!!!! POSTED 11/27/09
1. Open up Microsoft Word.
2. Go to insert > WordArt > then select the style of text you prefer
3. Type your text, choose the size you want the text to be, then click OK. If you want the image/pattern to show pretty well in the text, you'll need a bold or big text like Impact, Arial Black, etc.
4. Right-click on the text > Click 'format WordArt'
5. A window should pop up, then under 'fill', click 'fill effects'
6. Click the tab that says 'picture' > select picture > choose the image/pattern you want > Click OK.
7. Then VOILA! You should have your image/pattern filled text! You can drag the sides or corners/box to change the size of the text to your liking.
You can also follow the same instructions above but instead of using word art...use autoshapes and you can put disney images/wallpapers into shapes like circles, stars, squares, etc.
Thanks to cosine4...How to remove white from around an image so that you can put the picture over wording and not have the white block show up around the picture. Added 12-1-09
Also, if you make something using MS Word and want to post it to the boards...unfortunately, you can't upload it to Photobucket...but you can get a free 4shared account from www.4shared.com and upload MS Word documents there. You still won't be able to see the image on the Boards but you can post a link to it in your 4shared account where other people can view it.
P.S. If you take a little bit of time to learn how to do this and you have a request on a DISigners thread...PLEASE make sure that you delete the request so that it will free up their thread and personal time a little. THANKS!
P.S.S. If you are having problems with the image being extremely large when you paste it into word...go to page 2 and I have instructions for how to fix the image size.
Also, I think I'm showing my age...if I mention to use the "return" key that is a typewriter terminology. Return is another word for the "enter" key.
There are several amazing DISigners on the boards who have soooo many requests and things happening in their own lives that sometimes the threads can get backed up. When this happens consider personalizing their blank items on your own.
When I first found out about the Boards...I hated to ask DISigners to personalize things for me so I took some time to learn how to do it on my own just using MS Word. Here is how you can personalize things like Mickey Heads and other great things on the Boards yourself using MS Word:
Text Box
First copy and paste the image you want to add a name, word or words to into MS Word
OR
when you open up a new Word document, go to the top of the document and click on "insert" and in the drop down menu click on "picture" and "from file". Then find your image with your pictures and either double click on the image or click once and "okay".
Next make sure that your cursor is below the image that you want to insert a text box over by hitting "enter" twice.
Then look for the tab at the top of word that says "insert", click on it and scroll down and click on "text box".
Next, a big box will show up on the screen that says text box...ignore this box but look for your mouse that will show up as an +. Move the +/mouse to where you want your text box to go then left click and drag the mouse to make the size box you want for the area you want the wording to go.
Then go back up to the top of word and click on "format" and click on "text box" in the drop down menu.
Look for the tab that says "colors and lines". In the fill section make sure the color box says "no color". In the line section make sure the color says "no line". Then the background will show through behind whatever text you type in the box and there won't be a line around the text box.
Now you can type whatever you want inside the box by clicking inside the box and choosing font and size.
If the box isn't the right size you can drag the corners and sides to make it the right size.
This is great to use when you find a DISign that you like and want to add a name to it. For example, Natalie's great Mickey Heads.
Borders & SHADING
If you are going to use a dark transfer and don't want to cut out every little DISign...here is how to add a border around your work so that you will have to cut out is a square (or rectangle) to iron on to your shirt.
Go to the top of word and right clicking on "format" in the drop down box you will see "borders, page borders and shading"
The borders will allow you to add a border around an image and will let you choose the size of the line and color.
The page border tab will let you add a border to an entire page.
The shading tab will allow you to color the background if you don't want a white background behind the picture or words
To do this you will need to hit the "enter" key through the entire page or just the area of the page that you want colored
Then highlight the area that you want to be shaded by pointing your mouse at the top of the page, hold down the left mouse button and drag your mouse down the page and letting go of the button when you get to the bottom of what you want shaded. Then the section should be highlighted.
Next click on Format at the top of Word, and Borders and Shading in the drop down menu. When you see the popup, click on the Shading tab.
Then click on the color that you want for your background and click okay
Now the color should be on your word page.
If you want you can add a border to this by:
Again selecting the shaded area if it isnt already highlighted. Then go back to Format and Borders and Shading. This time click on the Borders tab and in the first row of items click on the box, shadow, 3-d or custom image in the second row choose the style, color, and width and then click okay
If you need to change the shape of your box:
1. To make the box taller point your mouse at the middle of the box and hit return until you are happy with the heighth.
2. To fix the width play with the margins by selecting the area using your mouse, then in the ruler at the top of the screen move the two arrows in or out.
"Disney Font"
It is always fun to personalize things with the actual "Disney" font. If you want to use the "Disney" font to personalize your items...here is how:
Go online to www.dafont.com
Search, find and open a font called Waltograph
Click on the Download button
Then click on Open
Next you will need to unzip the file. In most computers, a screen will pop up with a box on the left that says folder tasks and in the box click on extract files Follow the prompts by clicking next and finish making sure that the final box has a check mark next to show files
A new box will pop up. In this box, copy Waltograph42 and WaltographUI. Do this by holding down your control button on the bottom left corner of your keyboard and click each file. Then on the top of the screen click on edit and in the drop down box click on copy.
Next click on your computers Start button
Then click on Settings
Then click Control Panel
Then open the file that says Fonts
At the top of the font screen click on Edit and then in the drop down menu click on Paste
Word Art...NEW! Added 10-29-09
If you have already mastered the "textbox" this will be easy for you!!!! Word Art will help the names or words you want to add to an image POP. With Word Art you can rotate the word so that it can be angled if you don't want the lettering in a straight line, it will allow you to have multiple colors for each letter for example a blue letter with a black border, you can make the letters wavy...there is so much you can do with Word Art!
First insert the picture that you want text to go over
Then at the bottom of the program screen there is a drawing toolbar...look for a blue slanted A. When you hold your mouse over the A it will say "Insert Word Art"
Note: If you don't see the Drawing toolbar in the lower left corner of the program window, click on the "View" menu at the top of the screen and point to "Toolbars" and then click "Drawing".
Click on the A and a new screen will pop up. In this screen pick the word art style that you want to use for your lettering.
Then a new box will open up and you will need to type the name or words that you want to appear over the image. Then click "okay".
Now the word will appear above or below the picture depending on where the cursor was. Just like with a text box...you will need to change the text wrapping to "in front of text".
Note: You can do this by clicking on the word you typed. Then a new popup will appear. Look for the picture of the dog with lines behind it. This is the "text wrapping" tool. After you click on the dog a drop down menu will appear and you will need to click on "in front of text".
Now click and hold your left mouse button on the word and drag it to where you want it.
Playing with Word Art:
The great thing about word art is that you can drag out the corners to make it bigger or smaller.
You can click on "format" then "word art" and change the colors and lines to get a different color combination. and you can change the thickness of the line.
You can also rotate your image so that it is slanted by pointing at the green dot just above the word. When you see the circled arrow, hold your left button down and rotate the word in the direction you want it to slant.
Take some time to play with "Word Art" it is a lot of fun!!!
Now you can personalize everything and get the wording and color just right. Hope that helps!
HOW TO INSERT PICTURES INSIDE OF LETTERS...name fills!!!: Thanks Chris (CarrollChristoph) for this AMAZING tip!!!! POSTED 11/27/09
1. Open up Microsoft Word.
2. Go to insert > WordArt > then select the style of text you prefer
3. Type your text, choose the size you want the text to be, then click OK. If you want the image/pattern to show pretty well in the text, you'll need a bold or big text like Impact, Arial Black, etc.
4. Right-click on the text > Click 'format WordArt'
5. A window should pop up, then under 'fill', click 'fill effects'
6. Click the tab that says 'picture' > select picture > choose the image/pattern you want > Click OK.
7. Then VOILA! You should have your image/pattern filled text! You can drag the sides or corners/box to change the size of the text to your liking.
You can also follow the same instructions above but instead of using word art...use autoshapes and you can put disney images/wallpapers into shapes like circles, stars, squares, etc.
Thanks to cosine4...How to remove white from around an image so that you can put the picture over wording and not have the white block show up around the picture. Added 12-1-09
- Insert the picture you want to use in Word.
- Then make sure that the picture is highlighted. You will now it is highlighted if there are white dots around the perimeter of the picture. If you don't see them, click on the image to highlight it.
- This will open the "Picture" toolbar and there is a button that looks like stick and is half yellow and half blue that is called "Set Transparent Color". For images like these that have a white background you can use this tool, by clicking on the "set transparent color" button then point your mouse on the white area and click and the background will be removed. If the background behind the picture is not a solid color/constant it is more difficult to remove what ever is around the image that you want.
- Once you have done this you can click on the "text wrapping" button to move the image around and the white block around the picture will be gone.
Also, if you make something using MS Word and want to post it to the boards...unfortunately, you can't upload it to Photobucket...but you can get a free 4shared account from www.4shared.com and upload MS Word documents there. You still won't be able to see the image on the Boards but you can post a link to it in your 4shared account where other people can view it.
P.S. If you take a little bit of time to learn how to do this and you have a request on a DISigners thread...PLEASE make sure that you delete the request so that it will free up their thread and personal time a little. THANKS!
P.S.S. If you are having problems with the image being extremely large when you paste it into word...go to page 2 and I have instructions for how to fix the image size.
Also, I think I'm showing my age...if I mention to use the "return" key that is a typewriter terminology. Return is another word for the "enter" key.
I thought I would bump this as I have seen a few posts where people were able to use the directions to personalize their own things. I'm so glad that it is working for some and hope that others can use the directions as well. If I can update the directions to make them more helpful or if they worked for you...let me know.
