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Post by maghdalena on Oct 26, 2016 5:10:05 GMT
We'd like to do a homage to the movie intro to the movie "Alien". Same slow reveal and font, different word. The letters wouldn't be white. They'd be a different color. The background might be different, the music would have to be. Pretty clear on what, not so great on how. Here's a sample from "artofthetitle.com":
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 26, 2016 4:43:00 GMT
Jan, I got the rulers turned on OK, so...cool! That's nice to know I have that option. As for the move + arrow keys, I only had to move it 2 pixels to the left and I got it! My husband measured it with a T- Square, but I think we can consider this solved. Thanks so much, and if we have any questions for and about other projects, we will be certain to come back and ask if that's OK with you. Thanks to all of you who helped. Bright Blessings. To center something, the rulers can be a great help view> rulers to turn them on Actually, your design is centered - based on the center of the design - you see that little circle in the center in your screenshot. I suggest you eyeball it and place it where it's most pleasing to your eye. Remember, to move a layer one pixel at a time, grab the move tool and use the arrow keys Save
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 25, 2016 5:55:22 GMT
OK. That worked. Now that I know how to get rid of the lock, then changing the color with the paint can was very easy, in part because the starting and stopping points are so defined, and because each symbol is separated from the others. I never thought of having three different colors for each symbol. Both I and my husband really liked the colors you chose, though, it was an example. So that works OK. Now the only thing I have to do is put the foreground symbol and the diagonal design together. I'm guessing I put it in the bin then add it to the diagonal background and it becomes a layer, right? Except when I put a copy of the crescent, star and sickle, it was too big. Oh, I just figured that part out, resize it with the handles. Because the object is still vector, since I didn't simplify it, so I could make it proportional. But the problem is how do I center it so it's smack dab in the center? See screenshot. (My husband likes the color yellow-gold, btw.) See screenshot below: Other than that centering the foreground symbol, I'm just about done. Again, thanks to you, Sepiana and the other forum members who have generously donated their time and advice. In PSE, there are always numerous ways to do things - we all have our favorites.____________________________________________ My first step is always to change a 'background' layer to a regular layer. As we previously discussed, dragging the lock to the trashcan -- on the background layer (in the layers panel) - will change your layer to "layer 0" -- I know this is probably unnecessary in this case, but getting your layer unlocked before you start any work, is always the simplest way to avoid problems that can occur with locked layers.
____________________________________________ This is what I would do to change the color: You have very defined edges to your graphic, plus you have starting and stopping points to parts of your graphics which are also very well defined, so the paint bucket will work very well in this instance. Choose a foreground color, grab the paint bucket, make sure 'contiguous' is checked in the tool options - then click on the section of your graphic you wish to change. Make sure you are clicking inside the parameters of the part you are colorizing and make sure you are on the correct layer. Realize that any part of the graphic that is connected, will change, too. Only areas with definite space between sections can be colored separated. Realize, the paint bucket isn't always a good choice - say, if your edges are not defined or your item is multi-colored - but in this case - where your graphic is so well defined - the paint bucket is the simplest way of changing the graphic's color. I did not even have to put the sections of the graphics on individual layers. Saveimage
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 25, 2016 4:56:29 GMT
Glad to hear the paint bucket did the trick FYI - to do small incremental movement of layers, choose a layer by clicking on it in the layers panel. Grab the move tool. Use the arrow keys to move the layer one pixel at a time. Thanks, Jan, I'll try to remember that! Save
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 21, 2016 5:00:20 GMT
Jan, Yes, the paint can worked. I had to futz around with it, and get it just right, but it worked for both the red and green. I wasn't really sure about how to move the layers closer together, but since the paint can worked, I don't have to crop it, as far as I can see, and I deleted the "background" layer without any problem, as you can see from the screenshot below. Thanks a lot all of you. This part is done. So all that is left is working with the foreground image and working with the colors. Your layers are slightly askew, however, rotating just a little will be difficult. Have you tried filling those areas with the paint bucket? Another option is to move the two layers closer together to fill that center gap and then cropping the whole project (using the crop tool) to get rid of the gaps around the outer edge. I'd also get rid of the background layer, it's not needed. To delete the background layer, you may need to unlock it first. Savefree
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 19, 2016 4:58:04 GMT
Jan, Thanks. That explains everything. I was giving it the wrong command. Trying the duplicate layer, with it selected, and the rotating layer command, and it did what I wanted. Still feel a little awkward with the polygonic lasso, though. Thanks so much. I do still have a problem with too much white on three corners (see screenshot below) Any way to make these white spots disappear without screwing it up? Then all I have to do is put in the foreground symbol, I guess, but one thing at a time. The 'rotate' option has two sections - the top section rotates the entire image (all the layers), the bottom section rotates only the layer you are on. You want the option that says "rotate LAYER" _________________________ In answer to your questions about how to you know which layer you are on -- look to your layers panel - the active layer is blue Save
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 17, 2016 10:29:19 GMT
I tried it again, with a white background, and used the polygonal lasso, then made the layer with the control J command, then duplicated the layer like you said to. But then the problem came in when I tried to rotate the duplicate layer, with it highlighted, and both layer one and layer 2 rotated. I had layer 1 hidden, and it still rotated. I thought I had the duplicate layer, so why is this not working. I thought it wasn't supposed to see the "hidden layers". Am I doing something wrong with the layer selected? I only have 3 layers, the background, the layer 1 (both of which are hidden) and layer 1 copy, but they both are switching together. Argh! How do I make sure I'm working with the right layer, the duplicate one? That's on the top, and layer 1, then background on the bottom. See screenshot. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Hellp! The other way seems to work better, but I still don't know what I did right there, and wrong here. Thanks for your patience, sorry to be such a pain. Trying to hang in there. :/ Maghdalena I need to make a flag design that has two colors that are diagonal as follows: What we want to do is put the upper left half on one layer and lower right half on another layer, then put the two together, after we determine the colors so we don't mix one area with the other. How do we do this the fastest way. We need to divide this pattern into the upper left half and a lower right half on two layers so we can color-edit them.
If you want to start from scratch, . . .
1. Create a new file (File>New>Blank File). 2. Activate the Polygonal Lasso tool and draw a diagonal panel.
3. Place the panel on its own layer (Ctrl-J).
4. Duplicate this panel layer (Ctrl-J).
5. Go to Image>Rotate>Rotate Layer 180°.
6. Ctrl-Click on this duplicate layer thumbnail (not on the layer name). NOTE: This will load it as a selection. You will see marching ants around it.
7. Go to Edit>Fill Selection and fill it with the color you want.
8. Go back to the other panel layer and repeat Steps 6 and 7.
9. Save your file as PSD or TIFF to keep the layers intact. (In this way, you can go back and change the colors of the panels if you want.)
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Create a composite layer, a combination of all your visible layers. The advantage of creating such a layer is that you can work on it without affecting the other layers. When you run the Stamp Visible command, Elements automatically creates a new layer at the top of the stack and then fills it with the contents of the other layers. 1. Make sure the top layer is selected.
2. Run the Stamp Visible Command by pressing Shift-Alt-Ctrl-E.
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 17, 2016 9:52:16 GMT
OK. Trying to do it from scratch, and got the polygon lasso, and make a diagonal line and triangle, but when I try to put it on it's own layer, it says: "Could not make a new layer from the selection because no pixels are selected. Here's the screenshot. What am I missing. Am I doing the panel wrong? I'm not understanding this. What am I doing wrong? I feel so stupid sometimes, and I'm not an artist. Could you help me? I can't even complete the first step. Magbdalena I need to make a flag design that has two colors that are diagonal as follows: What we want to do is put the upper left half on one layer and lower right half on another layer, then put the two together, after we determine the colors so we don't mix one area with the other. How do we do this the fastest way. We need to divide this pattern into the upper left half and a lower right half on two layers so we can color-edit them.
If you want to start from scratch, . . .
1. Create a new file (File>New>Blank File). 2. Activate the Polygonal Lasso tool and draw a diagonal panel.
3. Place the panel on its own layer (Ctrl-J).
4. Duplicate this panel layer (Ctrl-J).
5. Go to Image>Rotate>Rotate Layer 180°.
6. Ctrl-Click on this duplicate layer thumbnail (not on the layer name). NOTE: This will load it as a selection. You will see marching ants around it.
7. Go to Edit>Fill Selection and fill it with the color you want.
8. Go back to the other panel layer and repeat Steps 6 and 7.
9. Save your file as PSD or TIFF to keep the layers intact. (In this way, you can go back and change the colors of the panels if you want.)
OPTIONAL:
Create a composite layer, a combination of all your visible layers. The advantage of creating such a layer is that you can work on it without affecting the other layers. When you run the Stamp Visible command, Elements automatically creates a new layer at the top of the stack and then fills it with the contents of the other layers. 1. Make sure the top layer is selected.
2. Run the Stamp Visible Command by pressing Shift-Alt-Ctrl-E.
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 17, 2016 9:40:38 GMT
OK. Where do you go to find the tool options? I'm not sure I'm looking in the right place. it's not in "Preferences"? EDIT In another thread, it was pointed out that my paint bucket instructions may have missed a point in it's usage. After you grab the paint bucket tool, make sure 'contiguous' is clicked in the tool options - that will make the tool behave as I have outlined above. Save
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 17, 2016 9:36:46 GMT
OK. I got rid of the original layer that I unlocked, and I'm still getting the diagonal transparent line. See Screenshot here: Hope this helps and I'm not screwing it up too much. Trying to do what your instructions are saying Maghdalena A funny thing happened when I did this. I did like you said, and unlocked the background which did like you said. I have a Windows and not a Mac, but I did the magic wand and the Command/Control J, and it goes into layer 1. Fine. But when I do the second one, the lower right, and I do the Command/Control J, it makes Layer 2, but the second one is...transparent. I tried it again with the lower right first, and again it worked, the first time, but the second time, no matter if it's the upper left or lower right, it goes to a layer but is shown as a transparent layer. Once there with the layer 1, the color changes just fine. But what do I do about the second layer. Is there a workaround with it? Like making a duplicate layer (for layer 1) and then rotating it. Will that actually work? And why does it show the second time with the second half as transparent no matter which one I start with. Any advice guys and gals? There is no need for a workaround. Janice's instructions work just fine.
If your image says "background" in the layers panel, you need to turn it into a regular layer. On the right edge of the layer in the layers panel, you will see a lock - drag that to the trashcan and your layer will change to "layer 0". Using the magic wand, select one of the triangles. Command/Control J will put that triangle on it's own layer. Select it again, hit delete on your original. You now have two layers. Each will have transparency on the half that doesn't have color.
After you place the first triangle on its own layer (Layer 1), you need to load it as a selection. Ctrl-Click on the triangle layer thumbnail (not on the layer name). You will see marching ants around it. Now go back to the original background layer (the one you unlocked -- Layer 0) and press the Delete key. You should end up with this.
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 17, 2016 9:22:56 GMT
That sounds like what was happening. I duplicated the wrong layer. It seems to be working now (other than the thin transparency line, which is now. It's sure easy to get the layers confused, lol! Here's the screenshot for the transparent diagonal line. It has the layer stack, here. So let's work with that first, then add in the symbol, but at least I can change colors for the symbol with the fill layer, and it doesn't seem to go into the transparent layers, so it's just the diagonal line that I want to worry about now, then add in the foreground symbol for the flag after I get this problem solved. Here it is: Hope you can help with this. As far as you being too busy for professional work, OK. I understand. Had to ask, right? Thanks anyway, and thanks so much for the help. I haven't gotten rid of the original layer yet, (Layer 0) is it OK to delete that or what? I'm not 100% yet, because I'm not sure how to get it back if I need to. Thanks again, Oh, and by the way, thanks for the instructions to do it from scratch. Nice to have if I need it. Thanks again. Yes, that is what I'm talking about, and this is what that post was talking about. That symbol would go in the foreground with the diagonal background. We would want to test the different colors to see what would work well with the two panel background, so the colors wouldn't conflict.
maghdalena,
It looks like we have two different issues being addressed here -- the problem with the symbols image and the diagonal flag design. I moved the discussion about the symbols to a thread of its own.
www.photoshopelementsandmore.com/thread/2916/change-colors-image
As I explained in my previous post, the problem was that you seemed to be working on the wrong layer.
Can you post a screen shot of the image in the workspace in Elements (including the layer stack)? Thanks!
As much as this proposal sounds interesting, I would not be able to consider it. I just don't have the time. Thanks anyway!
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 16, 2016 4:47:32 GMT
Yes, that is what I'm talking about, and this is what that post was talking about. That symbol would go in the foreground with the diagonal background. We would want to test the different colors to see what would work well with the two panel background, so the colors wouldn't conflict. I'm glad I don't have to use the clipping mask or a layer mask. Makes things a lot simpler and less headaches. The way Janice described I tried that and one half keeps coming up in the layers as transparent. They have two different colors, so how can one half work and the other half not. I can change the colors of layer one with the paint can, no problem, but when I try with layer 2, well, that shows as transparent, even with the layer 1 hidden, the paint can puts one color in the whole canvas. OK. Tried it again, with layer 2, and it worked. I'm not sure what I did right, but I put in the magic wand, then control J command, and it worked. It didn't work before. That's weird. As to the line my husband drew, yes it was the line tool, so yes, that does explain the simplify tool However, part of the diagonal flag is transparent. Not a lot, Not sure how big it is, but it shows as transparent. How do I even the two colors up so there's no transparent part showing? How do I solve that issue? Also, would you consider helping us with other projects next year in a professional capacity? Why or why not? We also have a foreground image that we can't change the color of. Not in Inkscape, or in Photoshop Elements. I've tried everything that the board members recommended, but the color will not change. At all. I am using Photoshop Elements 12 on a Vista Machine. Do I need to put it as a clipping mask, a layer mask or how do I split it so the program sees it as 2 layers or a layer mask instead of just one image.? We tried to change the colors of the image above in PSE, didn't work. I tried to change them in Inkscape. Nothing worked. So I thought maybe we could do it ourselves, and we got a line drawn by my husband, but then we got stuck. I tried to paint each half (but I had to simplify it), and I could, but I painted over the lines with the second color.) Did I do wrong to simplify it, and do I have to start over? Hi maghdalena,
As you said in another thread -- "I'm a total newbie on PSE 12." - let's take one step at a time. There seems to be more than one issue going on here.
1. Which foreground image are you talking about? Are you referring to the image you are getting help with in this thread?
www.photoshopelementsandmore.com/thread/2864/activating-color-overlays-photoshop-elements
2. There is no need to use layer masks or clipping masks for your flag project. If you just want to change the colors of the two panels on the image you posted, Janice has already shown you one way to do it. As far as filling the panels with different colors, you are not limited to using the Paint Bucket tool. You can use the Edit>Fill command or the Alt-Backspace shortcut.
3. Which tool did your husband use to draw the line? Did he by any chance use the Line tool? If so, this would explain why you need to simplify the layer first. Would you please give us more details?
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 16, 2016 3:48:25 GMT
What we want to do is change all three symbols as shown below: The original was shown as black, and we don't want black; we wanted to test different colors to see what worked best. The symbol would be the foreground. And that's what we're having issues with. We can't seem to contact the artist. He doesn't answer our emails, so we're having to do it ourselves. But it's just the symbol color we want to change, not colorize the whole image. I hope that clears things up somewhat. Oh, by the way, when we tried to put the original file in Photoshop CS2, it was marked as an Illustrator image. Not sure which version of Illustrator he was using. I'm assuming it is a recent or current version.
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 16, 2016 3:13:17 GMT
A funny thing happened when I did this. I did like you said, and unlocked the background which did like you said. I have a Windows and not a Mac, but I did the magic wand and the Command/Control J, and it goes into layer 1. Fine. But when I do the second one, the lower right, and I do the Command/Control J, it makes Layer 2, but the second one is...transparent. I tried it again with the lower right first, and again it worked, the first time, but the second time, no matter if it's the upper left or lower right, it goes to a layer but is shown as a transparent layer. Once there with the layer 1, the color changes just fine. But what do I do about the second layer. Is there a workaround with it? Like making a duplicate layer (for layer 1) and then rotating it. Will that actually work? And why does it show the second time with the second half as transparent no matter which one I start with. Any advice guys and gals? OK. I tried making a duplicate layer, hiding layer 1, then rotating layer 2...and both layers 1 and 2 rotated 180 degrees, and the other half showed as transparent. I can't change the color for half of it. The image we used as a guide, was originally a svg file, but how do you put a color into half what is transparent. What will work or do I need to do it from scratch? And when I show the layer 0, and use the paint can, the whole image gets filled with the same color, so no different-colored halves. So what's going on here? If your image says "background" in the layers panel, you need to turn it into a regular layer. On the right edge of the layer in the layers panel, you will see a lock - drag that to the trashcan and your layer will change to "layer 0". Using the magic wand, select one of the triangles. Command/Control J will put that triangle on it's own layer. Select it again, hit delete on your original. You now have two layers. Each will have transparency on the half that doesn't have color. On each layer, choose a new foreground color and use the paint bucket to change your color.
Note: you could change the colors of each triangle without putting each triangle on it's own layer by simply using the paint bucket and clicking on each triangle, but I wanted you to have each triangle on it's own layer so you can work independently on each triangle. Note: if this does not work, it might be the format (actually, that might be the problem with your other image, too). Open the photo and save it as a jpg or a psd and that should solve the format problem. Another thing to look at is the mode (image> mode) - you need to be in RGB SaveSave
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 14, 2016 9:36:44 GMT
I still can't color-edit the design/symbol, though. It still didn't work. I'm at a loss as to how to change it. It's like the artist locked the color, which was black, and we wanted to test different colors. I couldn't even change it in Inkscape or Illustrator CS2. As I said, I'm at a loss as to what to do now. Maghdalena OK. That did it. The padlock went away and I was able to clear the layer. Now if I can just change the color with the hue/saturation thingy you told me about, lol! Thanks a lot Sepiana! Maghdalena Maghdalena,
You are most welcome! Great news indeed. Success with your project!
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