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Oh, that is interesting!! Thanks for sharing. However, this is specifically a Windows 11 feature. But it is great to know!

Thank you Jannette. I did not know about Restore Database.

I use Microsoft Edge and it also has live captioning. Drop down the ellipse (...) at the upper right and choose "Settings." Click on the three stacked lines to the left of the word "Settings" and choose "Accessibility." Finally, choose "Open system preferences for captions." Turn on captions and allow the caption update to download. You can set caption styles here (font size and color, background color and transparency, etc.). Then use the Windows logo key + Ctrl + L to turn on live captions, while on a page with sound.

I love reading this Dutch to see what words I can translate on my own. I've been trying to learn Dutch in Duolingo for several years but am yet to be fluent in it lol and no where near but I like to challenge myself when I see Dutch text or hear it spoken 🙂

I am not particularly attracted to take pictures of "bugs", but butterflies and moths are a different story. I have had the chance to encounter Luna Moths a few times, and now, this one. Do you have encounters with fascinating "bugs"?

Another lab done - Lab 14 Mod 5. The font is Bell MT; requirements: knot in a rope (not really happy with it, but it is what it is); and craft paper envelope. The photo was taken by my daughter as we were following along with a FedEx plane in the sky and a Goodyear Blimp (I'll use the blimp sometime later). The ledger paper I made in another lab (in several colors); the background paper was made from a picture I took of my cousin's couch pillow (I'm always looking for textures and interesting items to make into a pattern for papers, etc.) I have the pillow pattern in several different colors using Hue,Saturation,Lightness.

might be more clear to you if I show you a pic. You can fin it on the first page of your device . Here it is called restore Database. Every PSP number has its own restore database.

I'm in! For some reason I did not receive the newsletter announcing the workshop 🤔

Susan I haven't heard you about the repair kit for the '22. and the '23. If you don't have them you can ask Aludo about them I think. If you have multiple PSP numbers on your device Microsoft links them together. They will then also get that problem together. (that's how I experienced it) We once had a survey about how many fonts we have and I remember that you scored very high isn't it Susan? It could well be that it also affects PSP. Translation was done by Google Translate.

I'll be there either alternating between PSP and Affinity or both, to be continued...

I'm in. I'll be using Affinity and hopefully this time I'll finish the workshop - I didn't manage with PSP...

thank you for mentioning this. It's good to know all the quirks so I dont spend hours wondering what "I" did wrong. I have been saving at various steps all the way with layouts, just in case I need to go back to them. and the Auto preserve comes in handy when forget to save often. At least I'm only a few steps behind with the auto-preserve files. I never knew what they were for before and I used to delete them. Now I keep them, but wonder if I should only keep them until the layout is complete, then delete them. Any thoughts on that?

I just saved it to my desktop and put it beside my PSP icon shortcut. I know it's got to be from too many clicks and hits two keys at once or something like that.

I think I will try this in the next couple weeks. After the next workshop. I ended up starting from the template I created for the Alphabet Photo Challenge. it was quick, just add the photo in and do the text. It worked as normal. But I think I got some commands that were overlapping each other or that somehow with over clicking or using the key board and using shift but accidently hitting another button at the same time, may have corrupted the file. Thank you for posting this as I remember something about resetting it but couldnt remember where I saw it. You have saved me some time in having to search. Thank you.

I love this layout, it's art! And it's therapy too to create when you in a darker headspace. I know people that make great works when they are in a darker phase. I am more paralyzed mentally if I'm stressed and can't focus enough create...usually that's when I organize(for some reason I find it destressing). (Note: dont read that as me being an organized person, I am organized to the T with work, but at home all bets are off- I'm a hot mess these days).

Something else that happens, on occasion, with the text tool is that I can't edit it at all, and my cursor disappears when it is over my image. When that happens, sometimes, I can select another tool, and come back, but most of the time, I have to save my work and restart PSP.

Well said, Corrie!

Thank you, I remember Carole once said the same and I have written those instructions on the first page of the paper map I keep for important PSP things

Julie, I'm glad you are back and feel a bit more your normal self! The top 2 layouts are great and I can imagine your friend being very happy with those. The last one has indeed a somber and unhappy vibe around it and I think that although you were down, you have managed to convey that feeling very well, which in itself is an achievement.

In the end you made a lovely card with that lock, which to me looks like a heart too. We, at least I, always think things have to go smoothly ..........but in reality they often don't. Thanks to our great community there is help on hand!

This is a layout I did when I was feeling really down & out in early May. It's about my own feelings and reactions to life at the time.

This is one with my friend & her dogs with her mom and sister at their cottage.

For quite a while, I was producing mostly really bad layouts that I would then discard. Then I'd start again and repeat the discard. It was so disappointing b/c working on layouts is a great stress reliever and distraction for me (usually). Then a good friend sent me some of her old family pix which were mostly bad snapshots (the newer ones). I told her I could work with them and produce something more viewable for her. So that's what I started to do. It helped to get me back in the saddle, so to speak. And she seems happy with what I've done so far. It's interesting to me that the older B&W photos are much better than the colour ones from the 70s and 80s. Here's an extraction I did from one of the snaps of her mom. Don't remember what I used but likely elements from Anna Aspnes. I'll post a couple more separately, without the preamble.

Susan, I had no idea what might have caused this issue, but I imagine how lost we feel dealing with this. When my PSP starts acting up and doing things I don't know how to fix, I reset it to factory default settings.

This is even better, Michele!