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6. A dialog box appears. Browse for the photo you want to import and open it.
The photo appears in your document.
7. Resize and reposition the imported photos using your mouse to achieve a
finished product, like the one in Figure 15-20.
FIGURE 15-20
A calendar created using Microsoft Word
Making Novelty Items
Scanning projects are so easily accomplished that most of the challenge is simply
coming up with an idea. The purpose of this final section of the chapter is to provide
you with some fun ideas and examples.
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Templates for many of the projects included in this section are included with
PhotoSuite. You’ll also find templates for a couple of the projects in PhotoDeluxe and
other image-editing programs. If your image-editing program doesn’t come with a tem-
plate for a project such as a gag magazine cover or fake sports card, don’t let it deter
you. Create your own template for these projects, using the tips provided in this section.
Produce Magazine Covers
Fake magazine covers, like the one shown in Figure 15-21, are fun and stylish. They
make enjoyable projects for kids—something they can really show off. With a little
imagination, you can also turn your fake magazine covers into announcements,
invitations, and posters, like the example in Figure 15-22.
FIGURE 15-21
A fake magazine cover created with a PhotoSuite template and a
scanned photo
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FIGURE 15-22

Fake magazine covers make great invitations.
Creating a Fake Magazine Cover with a PhotoSuite Template
You can access a special template in PhotoSuite for creating fake magazine covers by
following these steps:
1. Click the Compose button on the Navigation bar. The Navigation bar is
located below the Menu bar.
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2. Click Fun Stuff on the Activity panel.
3. Click Magazine Covers on the next Activity panel displayed. A number of
thumbnail pictures of layout templates are displayed in the work area.
4. Double-click the thumbnail of the magazine cover template you want to use. It
then appears on your screen full size.
5. Click the Add Photos button to add photos to the template, and the Add/Edit
Text button to add and modify the text and captions, using the text editor as
discussed earlier in this chapter.
Creating a Fake Magazine Cover from Scratch
Creating a fake magazine cover without the aid of a template takes a little more time
and effort. It also allows you a lot more flexibility, since you can pick just about any
magazine cover to scan and reproduce.
The first step to creating your own magazine cover is to scan the cover of a maga-
zine you’re planning on spoofing. Save the scanned image of the magazine cover to a
project file before you begin experimenting. Import pictures of people and objects you
want on your cover, using your mouse to reposition and resize the imported images as
necessary.
Some of the editing tools you’ll probably find useful for this type of project, pre-
viously discussed in Chapter 10, include the following:
Cutting and cropping These tools allow you to cut heads, faces, and bodies out
of existing photographs, save them, and transplant them onto the magazine cover

you’ve scanned.
Edge softening or blending These tools help you make images you’ve inserted
into a magazine cover look more realistic by allowing you to softly blend the
edges of the imported image into the background.
Clone tool This tool allows you to take samples of color from the background of
the imported image and cover blank spots or portions of the photo you don’t want
in your image with an exact color-matched “patch.”
All the above tools are discussed in more detail in Chapter 10.
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Gag IDs
Creating a gag ID, like the one shown in Figure 15-23, is very much like creating a
fake magazine cover.
FIGURE 15-23
Try creating a fun fake ID from a scanned photo.
If you’re using PhotoSuite, you can access the PhotoSuite templates for creating
this project by following the steps for creating magazine covers above, except you
must click the Fake IDs button in Step 3.
If you don’t have PhotoSuite, you can scan an ID card and import face and body
images onto it by following the same procedures for creating your own fake magazine
cover without a template, as described above.
Bookmarks
Bookmarks make great party favors, promotional items, and thank-you items. You can
experiment with different quality papers. You can also laminate them by taking them
to your local photocopy shop or purchasing an inexpensive laminating machine from
an office supply store or website. Currently, you can find laminating machines for less
than $50 at www.pbplastics.com.
Figure 15-24 shows a bookmark created with a PhotoSuite template. To access the

PhotoSuite bookmark templates, follow these steps:
1. Click the Compose button on the Navigation bar, located below the Menu bar.
2. Click Cards & Tags on the Activity panel.
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