Squirrel2014
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Post by Squirrel2014 on Dec 12, 2015 15:00:36 GMT
Hi
I'm wanting to crop just one of my layers, and not all the layers. Is this possible, please? The other other way I can think of is to save the particular layer as a jpg, bring it back into PSE and drop it into the file I want it in. I'll also be extending the canvas and flipping so as to keep the same overall size, as per Tom's (I think) method
Thanks very much for your help
Julie
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Post by shaun on Dec 12, 2015 15:32:02 GMT
I don't think you can crop just one layer. You could make a selection of the area you want to keep, press control and I to invert selection and then press delete key. You should then have just the selection surrounded by transparent pixels. If you hold down control key on the thumbnail and press enter, it will select just the object. Then press control and J to paste that selection on its own layer. Then delete the original layer. That's all I can think of.
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Post by Squirrel2014 on Dec 12, 2015 16:45:35 GMT
Many thanks Shaun Your idea worked very well  Now, I can't remember how to flip an image and have it come up beside the original. I thought it was Tom who posted that but I can't find it. If anyone can remember it, please would you point me in the right direction? Many thanks Julie |
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 12, 2015 17:33:19 GMT
Now, I can't remember how to flip an image and have it come up beside the original. I thought it was Tom who posted that but I can't find it. If anyone can remember it, please would you point me in the right direction? Julie, Craig posted this thread recently. It this what you are thinking of? Working with 2 views of the same project
And here is another possibility . . .
Duplicate your file (File>Duplicate). Go to Window>Images>Tile (This will display the two images side by side in the workspace.) Now you can work on the duplicate and at the same time compare it to the original.
Or just use the Layout button and select "All Column".
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Post by Squirrel2014 on Dec 12, 2015 18:33:30 GMT
Thanks for those techniques, Sepiana, but they are not the one I am thinking of. I still think it may have been Tom who described a technique which may have been to do with creating Mandalas, where you use Ctrl+T, R/c for menue, flip and go to Image, Resize, Show full image (or something in that line) The canvas just gets larger and, periodically, the image needs to be saved, reduced in size before continuing. Hopefully, this will ring some bells and someone will remember  Thanks |
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 12, 2015 18:54:47 GMT
I still think it may have been Tom who described a technique which may have been to do with creating Mandalas, where you use Ctrl+T, R/c for menue, flip and go to Image, Resize, Show full image (or something in that line) The canvas just gets larger and, periodically, the image needs to be saved, reduced in size before continuing. This is the only one I can think of. Taking Twirls to the next level
If this is not it, you may want to send Tom a PM.
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Post by Tpgettys on Dec 12, 2015 19:18:05 GMT
Thanks for those techniques, Sepiana, but they are not the one I am thinking of. I still think it may have been Tom who described a technique which may have been to do with creating Mandalas, where you use Ctrl+T, R/c for menue, flip and go to Image, Resize, Show full image (or something in that line) The canvas just gets larger and, periodically, the image needs to be saved, reduced in size before continuing. Hopefully, this will ring some bells and someone will remember Thanks Let's see if this does what you want: Duplicate the layer, then Image | Rotate | Flip layer horizontalResize the image: Image | Resize | Canvas size... Here you set the width units to percent, width 100 and in the 9-cell graphic click the left-middle box and then OK. Now you can use the move tool to slide one of the layers into the expanded space. One of the details that you need to remember is to flip or rotate just the layer; under Image | Rotate the top several items work on entire file, the items below the divider work on just the current layer. Ask again if this wasn't what you were wanting. |
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Post by Squirrel2014 on Dec 12, 2015 19:18:35 GMT
Thank you Sepiana That is almost there and that is one that I did find earlier. However, I found this tutorial, which was posted in October and, fortunately, just watching it, it then mentioned the one critical step I had omitted, hence it didn't work for me. Having clicked Ctrl+T, I had forgotten to select which edge I wanted the command to flip on! So simple but so devastating as the whole technique just didn't work! Here is the tutorial, just in case anyone else is wondering what I'm talking about or who wants to remind themselves - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfkWcNM9HUcThanks very much for all your help, Sepiana. I'm sorry I didn't explain myself properly in the first place Julie |
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 12, 2015 19:35:30 GMT
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Post by Squirrel2014 on Dec 12, 2015 22:00:15 GMT
Yes, I was searching for it using the search tool, looking all through all of Tom's threads, then looking through previous threads in the Editor section and eventually found it! Thanks for taking the time and trouble to look for it too. Julie |
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