Mary Solaas

Nope. I even closed PSP after I added it in File Preferences Plug Ins and then reopened it and it doesn't show.

I finally contacted AbstractCurves and told them my problem. Lets see what they say.

The downloaded version does not have a .8bf file which you need to show up in plugins. I think. I went ahead and installed the full version so that I could work in it if I wanted to. Seems it saves as .bmp files which can be loaded as .jpg files (I think).

Yes

Turned the computer off and then turned it back on and opened PSP and it still doesn't show Abstract Curves.

Tried that several times. I will now restart my computer or maybe turn in off and then turn it on.

2022 Ultimate - it is a 64 bit; I uninstalled Abstract Curves and then reinstalled it as a full + plugin and it still doesn't show. I have closed PSP and reopened it and it still doesn't show. I can run it as a standalone. Which is interesting. However, I want to use it as a plug in.

OK - I installed Abstract Curves as a plug in but I don't see it when I add it to my File Preferences. So what am I missing????

Playing further. I got some freebies, I think from CF, they are from "T" and the picture for them showed them as metal outlines. Well, when I got them, they were just outlines! So, I've been playing around with 2 alpha creation tutorials that were here last month, but were old. Well, one was to create an alpha metallic, so I used it to apply to my freebie. This is the result.

And so, just playing again - can't seem to focus on the layouts I need to be doing to finish my attempt at the Double Page Workshop, and to finish up on my Chattanooga Trip and the Alphabet Soup from 2022. This was just playing around with the flora element in the Desert Kit.

Carole - what is the advantage of having that as a plugin? I already have FilterForge and don't use it as often as I probably should - need to investigate it more, I guess. I have your script to create enamel elements and have been playing with the various scripts I have bought, not just on your birthday, but through the years. I'm going to post the best of the enamel elements I made. The ones I made with a flat element with no contours didn't come out except as a sort of tray, but they are nice too, so I guess I'll post them also.

Thanks, Susan. Yes, I made the circle paper some time ago but liked it and it worked with the blues in this layout. The background paper I made some time ago in a lab (I usually make several different colors when doing a paper in a lab. It's the background that I used for the Aquarium layouts. I'm trying to keep some kind of theme going in this group as I plan on getting the trip printed.

Back on Chattanooga. This is about the park surrounding the Aquarium. Anna and I enjoyed this day - it was full. The picture Anna is taking of the Aquarium sign is what I chose to be a title for this layout. I put a Cass stitch around the journaling paper; I made a brad from the Aquarium sign. The background is the same one I used for the 2 Aquarium layouts I did (which were the first layouts of this trip that I did).

Ann, I really like that layout - and I think changing the outline of the title would help it stand out more.

Couldn't find where to post so I'll post here. Carole, I hope you had a simply marvelous, happy birthday. You are so special to all of us in the campus. Hobbits give gifts on their birthdays, but I know you are not a Hobbit. Thank you for your gift. My favorite script of the ones I purchased on your birthday is the folded flower one. I will post my flowers.

Bonnie - beautiful group of layouts for your basketball team. Well done! Way to go!

I seem to have overlooked those frames in PSP. Thanks, Ann. I am going to post my playing with it using a background paper I played with.

The museum is also a memorial for Zane Grey (obviously Zanesville is his family home). Zane Grey wrote 3 books about his Zane ancestors which are very good even though they are novels and not biographies. I was really impressed with that museum which is located off the highway (believe it is federal highway 40).

OK, Project 3. I've used photos with less opacity before, but this is the first time using one on 2 separate layouts and combining them in a double page. As you may see, this wasn't really done well, but as they say, it's good enough for government work LOL. I'm not going to redo it. The subject matter is dear to me. I discovered this monument when Laurie, Joe and I took our RV trip out west to visit family and extended family members after the Covid lockdown; it is located in South Dakota. I love history and am fascinated by the desire to link various areas of the country by highways. There is another highway out east that I discovered on a trip with a friend many years ago. The monument to the road developed from Washington DC to Springfield, IL is located in Zanesville, Ohio. It is located in a building and the monument is a beautifully done series of dioramas showing its development as time went on. And then, of course, we now have Interstate 90 which links New York to Seattle, Washington. Interstate 40 is a very busy highway also and goes from near the eastern seaboard almost to the western seaboard in California. As I love to travel by car, the history of roads really appeals to me.

Well, I did do Lesson 2.

I've only completed Day 1. But here it is.

Back to the drawing board! Back to the Chattanooga trip. This is about the bus trip we took the day after we got there. Unfortunately I didn't take as many pictures as I should have. Too busy just looking, I guess. The dragon climbing the sculpted tree trunk really fascinated me. Woops - the file I saved as 600 px wouldn't load - just over size. Hold on and I'll change it. Well - seems I didn't check to see that it was resizing by % and not by pixels - increasing the size to 600% was quite a load!! LOL.

Another mask I made the night I stayed up and played. Oh, the background paper was one I was playing with that night also - used a Blossom gradient and effect - colored foil

Just playing one night last week when I couldn't sleep. Made a mask, and just leaving the mask group as a group, I played with adding the silver shimmer paper as a b ackground to the picture, and then still without merging the mask group I added frames on different layers. Fun.

I've always enjoyed your pictures of your Drive-In.