Doll Maker Instructions

How to Save Your Glitter Girl Dolls

1.      Drag and drop the doll pieces and align them to make your doll

2. When you have finished, in order to capture the image of the doll you just made, hit the "Print Screen" button. This is usually situated next to the F12 key and above the Insert button on your keyboard. This will take a "screenshot" of everything on your computer screen.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

3.      Open Up Microsoft Paint.

Click your Windows “Start” button  select “Run…” type “MSPAINT.exe” and hit enter
The MSPaint programme should start.

If you are using Windows you can also find it under Start / All Programs / Accessories / Paint

4.      Select “Edit” from the Menu and “Paste” or use CTRL+V

5.      The image of your Print Screen should now appear (including your doll)

6.      Choose the “Select” tool from the MSPaint options, this is the rectangle with the dotted lines

7.      Draw a box around your doll

8.      Right click inside the box and select “copy” from the drop down menu

9.      Click “file” and then “new” from the toolbar



Select “no” if asked to save the previous picture

10.  Select “Edit” and “paste or use “CTRL+V” to paste your doll image into the new file.

11.  Grab the bottom right hand corner of the image to resize the background to the size of your doll

                         

12.  Select “file” “save as” and give your doll image a name


Choose GIF format for MSN images or Bitmap format image if you want to print it out. Saving in GIF will give you a warning message that the number of colours will be reduced, click OK to this.

13.  Open MSN and change your display picture to the file you just created.

14.  If you need further assistance, post your questions in our forum at http://www.glittergirl.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=15