SandyFishGirl

https://www.createspace.com/Help/Book/A ... spworker00 Myrddin - thanks for the explanation re; layer size. Yes! It does help & make sense

It was a ZIP downloaded from http://www.createspace.com/Index.jsp. Converted to a Paint.NET, the file size is 3.12 MB - too big for the forum requirement of 2 MB. "Actual" template size is 12x18 Thanks!

I'm not sure if this is an issue with my file [downloaded from CreateSpace] or my inability to use/understand the "view" in Paint.Net. I have used layers in projects prior - but not with a template. OK, so I open the template file, select my image size, and then proceed to add layers - sizing them the same as the template. What happens as I add layers is the first layer [the template] 'shrinks' in size. I'm not sure WHAT I am doing to cause this to happen? One other question - when I open the template - the image or actual template does not 'fill' the layer - there is a white border around it. Should I crop the white off? to maintain the actual size I need? I am working with a book template 6x9 - actual size is 12x18. It's a PNG file. [tried to attach, error says it's too big] THANKS!