Shyrell,
There are some limitations to what you can do to THE background layer
so sometimes it's easier if you duplicate it by dragging it to the
little paper icon at the bottom of the layers palette. Once you
duplicate it, you can trash the original background layer or just
click on the eyeball to the left of it to turn it off so it can't be
seen.
Once you have several layers, to work on one specific layer you have
to 'activate it' by clicking on it in the layers palette OR by
putting a check in the 'auto select layer' option. This allows your
mouse to activate layers by clicking on them. This is a much faster
way to go than always having to go over to the layers palette.
Scott Kelby has written several GREAT, WONDERFUL, EXCELLENT, SIMPLE
books on Photoshop and I can't recommend them highly enough.
Hope this is of value.
Lea
On May 4, 2006, at 9:06 AM, Marilyn wrote:
Hi Shyrell,
I'm glad to see that I am not the only one struggling with
Photoshop. It can be a frustrating and confusing program, no
matter how many books and tutorials are available.
Photoshop classes are not being offered at our local community
college at this time, so the opportunity to learn from another
"real" person, isn't always there.
I am learning a lot from the responses to your questions, however.
Take Care,
Marilyn
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Subject: Photoshop backgrounds/foregrounds
snip - Another thing I can't figure out is how to get the new
background useable for the clone tool to clean up the lines
connecting the two photos. I can clean up the lines on the top
layer but can't do anything to the new
background. Hope I haven't said so much it's hard to understand.
(Or not
said enough.) - snip
Submitted earlier but no response...
What I'm trying to do is take a piece of one photo out (i.e. -
person, animal, flower, etc.) and add it to a different background
but be able to work on the new background as well as the
foreground. I know how to erase the background of the original
photo and copy/paste the subject into the new background. But how
do I make the new background changeable (workable - able to be
worked on)? If I'm not making sense, ask me some details.
Thanks,
Shyrell
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