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From: Des on 14 Jun 2010 08:55 On Jun 14, 1:18 pm, Johan W. Elzenga <nom...(a)please.invalid> wrote: > Des <desotuat...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > Thanks for this. I have had another idea but dont know how to do this. > > If I copy the image and enlarge it. This could be a mask mke it white? > > Does this make any sence. > > I get the feeling that you are making things more complicated than they > need to be. If you add a small image to a bigger one by drag and drop, > the small image becomes a new layer floating on top of the big image. > All you need to do now is double click next to the layer icon, to bring > up the layer styles dialog. In that dialog you can give the layer a > stroke (an edge) of any color and any thickness you want. You can also > give it a drop shadow, which looks very good in collages like this. > > -- > Johan W. Elzenga, Editor/Photographer,www.johanfoto.com Ok I have the layer style. I have ticked the box Stroke. This gives me a red border. How do I change this to white and change the thickness please. Desmond.
From: Des on 14 Jun 2010 09:08 On Jun 13, 10:42 pm, tony cooper <tony_cooper...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:14:21 -0700 (PDT), Desmond > > <otuat...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > >Hi I am not a professional and am using PS7. I want to merge images. I > >have a large base image and want to add smaller ones inside. I have > >cut around some images as gif and wanted to add a few pixels (white) > >around them so that when I add the images they would be distinctive > >with the small white border. > >If anyone can tell me of another way? I dont want to merge them > >without border as this would look poor in quality. > > There are always several ways of doing anything in Photoshop. The way > I would do your project is to open your base file and open your file > with the smaller image. Go to Window>Documents>Tile and click. > > That will put both images on the screen side-by-side. Now use your > Lasso tool* to cut around the part of the smaller image file. Once > you've completed the lasso, use the Move tool and drag the cut-out > from the smaller file to the base file. You can position it anywhere > you want in the base file. Close the secondary file. > > Then go to the next secondary file and do the same thing. Each > addition will be a new layer, and you will flatten the image at the > end. > > As to your white border, on the layer with the small image, click the > Magic Wand in that layer, then Select>Inverse. You now have "marching > ants" around your small image. Then Edit>Stroke> with white to the > width you want. > > *You can use other tools to make your selection. > > -- > Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida Thanks for your help. I have got it to work. My question is if I make a copy of an image (gif) enlarge it and paint it white, why when I add the original do I not get an even border around the image. I made the copy 30 pixels wider (keeping proportions? Desmond.
From: tony cooper on 14 Jun 2010 10:11 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:08:51 -0700 (PDT), Des <desotuatail(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Jun 13, 10:42�pm, tony cooper <tony_cooper...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:14:21 -0700 (PDT), Desmond >> >> <otuat...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> >Hi I am not a professional and am using PS7. I want to merge images. I >> >have a large base image and want to add smaller ones inside. I have >> >cut around some images as gif and wanted to add a few pixels (white) >> >around them so that when I add the images they would be distinctive >> >with the small white border. >> >If anyone can tell me of another way? I dont want to merge them >> >without border as this would look poor in quality. >> >> There are always several ways of doing anything in Photoshop. �The way >> I would do your project is to open your base file and open your file >> with the smaller image. �Go to Window>Documents>Tile and click. >> >> That will put both images on the screen side-by-side. �Now use your >> Lasso tool* to cut around the part of the smaller image file. �Once >> you've completed the lasso, use the Move tool and drag the cut-out >> from the smaller file to the base file. �You can position it anywhere >> you want in the base file. �Close the secondary file. >> >> Then go to the next secondary file and do the same thing. �Each >> addition will be a new layer, and you will flatten the image at the >> end. >> >> As to your white border, on the layer with the small image, click the >> Magic Wand in that layer, then Select>Inverse. �You now have "marching >> ants" around your small image. �Then Edit>Stroke> with white to the >> width you want. >> >> *You can use other tools to make your selection. � >> >> -- >> Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > >Thanks for your help. I have got it to work. My question is if I make >a copy of an image (gif) enlarge it and paint it white, why when I add >the original do I not get an even border around the image. I made the >copy 30 pixels wider (keeping proportions? > >Desmond. I really don't understand why you are working with a gif. For what you want to do, you need to work with a .jpg. Gifs can have transparent areas, but they lose that when brought into a .psd as a layer. Working with a .jpg, you can bring it into the base file as a full rectangular layer or as a selection if you select in the secondary file and them move the selection to the base file. Once you move the secondary image into the base file, you can use Free Transform to adjust the size of it. With Free Transform, you can retain proportion or change proportion. I don't understand the "painting it white" desire. If the secondary file is a gif to begin with, use the Save As function and save it as a .jpg and work with that. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Johan W. Elzenga on 14 Jun 2010 10:28 Des <desotuatail(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Jun 14, 1:18 pm, Johan W. Elzenga <nom...(a)please.invalid> wrote: >> Des <desotuat...(a)aol.com> wrote: >>> Thanks for this. I have had another idea but dont know how to do > > > this. >>> If I copy the image and enlarge it. This could be a mask mke it > > > white? >> >> Does this make any sence. >> >> I get the feeling that you are making things more complicated than > > they >> need to be. If you add a small image to a bigger one by drag and > > drop, >> the small image becomes a new layer floating on top of the big image. >> All you need to do now is double click next to the layer icon, to > > bring >> up the layer styles dialog. In that dialog you can give the layer a >> stroke (an edge) of any color and any thickness you want. You can > > also >> give it a drop shadow, which looks very good in collages like this. >> >> -- >> Johan W. Elzenga, Editor/Photographer,www.johanfoto.com > > Ok I have the layer style. I have ticked the box Stroke. This gives me > a red border. How do I change this to white and change the thickness please. Select the word 'stroke' in the left pane. That should bring up the stroke settings in the right pane. Now you can change the default red color and the default thickness. You can save this as a new preset so that next time you only have to select the preset. -- Johan W. Elzenga, Editor/Photographer, www.johanfoto.com
From: Des on 14 Jun 2010 10:30 On Jun 14, 3:11 pm, tony cooper <tony_cooper...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:08:51 -0700 (PDT), Des <desotuat...(a)aol.com> > wrote: > > > > > > >On Jun 13, 10:42 pm, tony cooper <tony_cooper...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:14:21 -0700 (PDT), Desmond > > >> <otuat...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > >> >Hi I am not a professional and am using PS7. I want to merge images. I > >> >have a large base image and want to add smaller ones inside. I have > >> >cut around some images as gif and wanted to add a few pixels (white) > >> >around them so that when I add the images they would be distinctive > >> >with the small white border. > >> >If anyone can tell me of another way? I dont want to merge them > >> >without border as this would look poor in quality. > > >> There are always several ways of doing anything in Photoshop. The way > >> I would do your project is to open your base file and open your file > >> with the smaller image. Go to Window>Documents>Tile and click. > > >> That will put both images on the screen side-by-side. Now use your > >> Lasso tool* to cut around the part of the smaller image file. Once > >> you've completed the lasso, use the Move tool and drag the cut-out > >> from the smaller file to the base file. You can position it anywhere > >> you want in the base file. Close the secondary file. > > >> Then go to the next secondary file and do the same thing. Each > >> addition will be a new layer, and you will flatten the image at the > >> end. > > >> As to your white border, on the layer with the small image, click the > >> Magic Wand in that layer, then Select>Inverse. You now have "marching > >> ants" around your small image. Then Edit>Stroke> with white to the > >> width you want. > > >> *You can use other tools to make your selection. > > >> -- > >> Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > > >Thanks for your help. I have got it to work. My question is if I make > >a copy of an image (gif) enlarge it and paint it white, why when I add > >the original do I not get an even border around the image. I made the > >copy 30 pixels wider (keeping proportions? > > >Desmond. > > I really don't understand why you are working with a gif. For what > you want to do, you need to work with a .jpg. Gifs can have > transparent areas, but they lose that when brought into a .psd as a > layer. > > Working with a .jpg, you can bring it into the base file as a full > rectangular layer or as a selection if you select in the secondary > file and them move the selection to the base file. > > Once you move the secondary image into the base file, you can use Free > Transform to adjust the size of it. With Free Transform, you can > retain proportion or change proportion. > > I don't understand the "painting it white" desire. > > If the secondary file is a gif to begin with, use the Save As function > and save it as a .jpg and work with that. > > -- > Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - The reason for using the gif is that I want the shape of a person or a car. If this was an image of a car in a car park I would have the whole image (rectangle) inserted. If I cut around the shape in a gif file then I only get the shape.
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