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Photoshop Tutorial
Once you have your file you want to edit opened you want to use the selection tool in the upper left corner to select the image you want to
move to a new file. You want to click and drag while holding the mouse
button down and create a rectangular marquee around the image you want
to paste into a new file.
You want to select new to create a new file.
If you want to paste the piggy into another digital scene pick a transparent background.
It will give you a new file the same size as what you selected in the previous page. Hit paste.
There is your piggy by himself! You then want to pick the magic wand tool and click on the background space so you can cut it out. You can see the
magic wand on the right hand side of the image in the grey area.
magic wand on the right hand side of the image in the grey area.
Select cut to remove background.
Background free!
Repeat same steps but with an outfit!
Select and copy the outfit.
Paste into piggy file.
Use the move tool to slide the outfit down onto piggy.
The outfit will be the top file because you pasted it onto the pig. Name them so there is no confusion by double clicking on the name and typing
new name.
new name.
If you want to edit the outfit to fit better, when you cut them out manually it is not as important if it fits perfectly.
Pick the select tool.
Right click and click on transform to change the size of his outfit, larger or smaller.
This is how it will look. Go to a corner and click on it then hold down your shift key so that the size increases proportionately. See arrow.
Outfit is bigger!
Click on erase tool.
Make sure you are on the outfit!
Erase overlapping spots. Don't worry about the pig, he is in another layer and won't be erased! YEAH!
If you like you can now paste him into a background. Because he is white you won't see the background through him. If you just want to print him you
can flatten the image and it will give it a white background. If you
save as a PNG file or photoshop document you will retain the clear
background.
can flatten the image and it will give it a white background. If you
save as a PNG file or photoshop document you will retain the clear
background.
Dressed up Piggy!
I always print through photoshop as I find it so easy to resize it right in the print page. I have found that with print wizard, files come up
as a full page fax and if you try to make them smaller they get cut off.
as a full page fax and if you try to make them smaller they get cut off.
Openoffice has a decent word program that you can download for free and it is easy to import images there and print them off and resize them. Get
photoshop though cause it is just so FUN!
photoshop though cause it is just so FUN!
Now tell me....who the heck would want to stamp with rubber when you can do this! If you have a computer I guess! LOL!
Hope you guys like this, any questions feel free to ask!
If you loved this share some love with a comment!
Good question from Patricia:
I'll try Patricia. All these steps would apply to that. You would start by opening the file you want in the background. Here are the steps:
1. open photoshop
2. Click on File>open>browse your files to find the image (your background say the chair)
3. open it.
4. Again click on File>open>browse your files to find the image
you want to add (say the pig to stand on the chair). Now you will have
two files open separately.
5. You want to select the we file completely (the piggy) with the select tool. Then go to Edit>copy.
6. Now click back onto your old (chair) file. Now click on
Edit>paste. Don't panic, as it will cover your background. It's OK!
7. Look in the upper right corner, you will see you now have two
layers, and you will be automatically on the second layer. Now go to
the left tool bar and pick the magic wand. Click on the background area
close to the image(piggy) and it will select the background of that one
image. You will see the dotted line around it. Click on Edit>cut.
8.You will now have your piggy, background free, ready to move onto
your chair. You can use the move tool top left corner of tool bar to
move it onto the chair OR go to the select tool, click on it. Then
right click over the image and click on free transform. You can then
make it bigger by dragging the corners or turn in side to side by
hovering until you see the bent arrows.
Hope this helps Patricia!
xoxox
Good question from Patricia:
I'll try Patricia. All these steps would apply to that. You would start by opening the file you want in the background. Here are the steps:
1. open photoshop
2. Click on File>open>browse your files to find the image (your background say the chair)
3. open it.
4. Again click on File>open>browse your files to find the image
you want to add (say the pig to stand on the chair). Now you will have
two files open separately.
5. You want to select the we file completely (the piggy) with the select tool. Then go to Edit>copy.
6. Now click back onto your old (chair) file. Now click on
Edit>paste. Don't panic, as it will cover your background. It's OK!
7. Look in the upper right corner, you will see you now have two
layers, and you will be automatically on the second layer. Now go to
the left tool bar and pick the magic wand. Click on the background area
close to the image(piggy) and it will select the background of that one
image. You will see the dotted line around it. Click on Edit>cut.
8.You will now have your piggy, background free, ready to move onto
your chair. You can use the move tool top left corner of tool bar to
move it onto the chair OR go to the select tool, click on it. Then
right click over the image and click on free transform. You can then
make it bigger by dragging the corners or turn in side to side by
hovering until you see the bent arrows.
Hope this helps Patricia!
xoxox
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Permalink Reply by Shannon Hebert on -
WOW Thats how you do that!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Prairie Fairy on -
Cool huh!
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Permalink Reply by Shannon Hebert on
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way tooo cool I am going to play some tonight with this new tutorial!!~ If I can stop coloring ;-)
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Permalink Reply by Prairie Fairy on
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Hey! Just to let ya know. Baby oil and blending stumps works with watercolor pencils too. I lie it better than blender pens!
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Permalink Reply by Shannon Hebert on
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GIRL I SO HAVE MINE ON ORDER!!!! my blender pens have had it anyway, time to replace them...
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Permalink Reply by Stef Hughes on -
i have photoshop 7 and i'm just now getting used to it. it is NOT easy. but once you learn it i'll bet it is. i'm liking it so far! this was great!
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Permalink Reply by Prairie Fairy on
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Hey Mama! If you have any questions just ask! I remember not having a clue what all the icons meant! I am working on a tutorial that just explains that right now!
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Permalink Reply by Patricia St Martin on -
Roberta, Will this work with Elements 7??????????
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Permalink Reply by Prairie Fairy on
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Yep! They look different but really they are mostly the same.
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Permalink Reply by Patricia St Martin on
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When you start with you tutorial you already have your images on the page. For me you have to start right from the START getting the images on the page, setting the size, I mean everything..... I have sat at my computer for hours and hours trying to get my elements 7 to work and you have to go to HELP all the time so your clicking out and in and that drives me crazy and when you go to HELP there is a million HELP things you can go to. All I want to do is put an image on the screen with another image and merge them or put a chair and out someone sitting on it. HELP ME IF YOU CAN!!! PLEASE.
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Permalink Reply by Prairie Fairy on
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I'll try Patricia. All these steps would apply to that. You would start by opening the file you want in the background. Here are the steps:
1. open photoshop
2. Click on File>open>browse your files to find the image (your background say the chair)
3. open it.
4. Again click on File>open>browse your files to find the image you want to add (say the pig to stand on the chair). Now you will have two files open separately.
5. You want to select the we file completely (the piggy) with the select tool. Then go to Edit>copy.
6. Now click back onto your old (chair) file. Now click on Edit>paste. Don't panic, as it will cover your background. It's OK!
7. Look in the upper right corner, you will see you now have two layers, and you will be automatically on the second layer. Now go to the left tool bar and pick the magic wand. Click on the background area close to the image(piggy) and it will select the background of that one image. You will see the dotted line around it. Click on Edit>cut.
8.You will now have your piggy, background free, ready to move onto your chair. You can use the move tool top left corner of tool bar to move it onto the chair OR go to the select tool, click on it. Then right click over the image and click on free transform. You can then make it bigger by dragging the corners or turn in side to side by hovering until you see the bent arrows.
Hope this helps Patricia!
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Permalink Reply by Kristine on -
This is awesome!! Now I'd LOVE to have some digi sets like paper dolls that you can piece different outfits! LOL! HOW FUN! i have an old "limited' version of Photoshop 7 but it will do things like this. I still have a lot to learn abotu this program but am learning every time I get in there and TRY. In fact I learned something cool yesterday and for the life of me I can't remember what I did to get the results! ;) Anyway, THANKS for the great tutorial Laurie!
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