Design Options

The Print Shop offers you many ways to design and revise your project. You can use The Print Shop QuickStart Layouts that are complete predesigned projects with graphics and text already in place.

If you decided to design your project from scratch:

 • You can use either the graphics that came with The Print Shop or your imported images and family photos stored in iPhoto.

 • Headlines with a wide array of shapes, styles and effects will help to attract attention to important messages and information in your project.

 • Add a color, box, shadow or radiant glow to set the object off from the other objects in your project.

 • Rotate or flip the objects to create an eye-catching design element.

TIP: If you plan to tinker a lot with an existing design, you may want to save it before you begin. That way, if your experimentation leads to results you are not happy with, you will be able to go back to your original setup by using the Revert to Saved command in the File menu and start over.

Refer to one of the following topics for more information:

Selecting a Design Method

Selecting a Layout

Graphic Types

Importing Images

Adding or Changing a Backdrop

Panel Background

Aligning Objects

Rotating Graphics

Flip

Scaling Objects

Applying a Box

Using Color

Tint

Opacity

Drop Shadow

Radiant Glow

Special Effects