How do you print two cropped photos on one blank file?

suej2401  wrote I believe I have tried ALL the tabs. In the past, I would: 1) Create new blank 4"H x 6"W blank file. 2) Open and crop a photo (to say 3" x 3"). 3) Use the move tool to drag the cropped picture onto my 4"H x 6"W blank file. 4) I would repeat this procedure with a second photo. My previously blank file would now have two photos, side by side, with a 1" white band at the bottom, since the photos were only 3" tall and the file is 4" tall. As far as I know, I wasn't using layers, or possibly something was turned off. I would then save and print my file/picture, getting two photos on one 4" x 6" photo. With this method, I could crop my photos to the exact size I wanted, and save money on printing photos. When I try to crop on Elements 2018, my pictures still seem to be full size, as if the portion that remains has just been "spread out" to be a full-sized photo. Also, I don't seem to be able to move the cropped photos onto a blank file. I believe it's a layers issue, but don't understand them enough to do what I'd like. I am very much a newbie and would appreciate any help you can offer. Please list each step as clearly as possible. Thanks in advance!

There have been changes in the way you drag pictures from your photo bin to your opened canvas.

The idea is that most of the time, the purpose is to move several (many ?) images to make a final composite image from those various pieces (scrapbooking, page layout for books...)

- No change for the final canvas. You define the size and resolution as usual.

- You don't care about the original size nor about the final size of each added piece (inches or pixels). No calculations, you move and adjust the size, position visually in accordance to the other pieces. You are free to move and change each piece any time later.

- You drag each piece from the photo bin to the canvas. The rectangle showing your piece will be shown maxed out over the canvas, to enable you to resize, move and rotate easily. At that stage, what you see is not the definitive pixels layer for the piece, it's a preview to help you adapt the layout visually. The layer is a special 'smart layer', which means there is a link between the preview and the original piece. If you shrink, then enlarge a piece, the result is calculated from the origin. No risk to lose quality, no need to do long calculations. When you are ready, you can 'simplify' the layer, that is transform it in a regular pixel layer. That makes smaller final file size and that allows you to apply effects and filters which are not available for smart layers.

If you want to work in your old workflow, the solution not to drag from the photo bin. It's to open the files together in the editing space. Then you can move layers from the layers pallet of a file to another (the canvas for instance). That keeps the size in pixels of the moved layer. You can also use the 'place' function. I expect other users will explain that better than me.