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04/09/2004 01:11:43 AM · #1 |
Hi I need to create a collage 8x10 in canvas size using 4-5 photograph (after cropping them)
Each of these Photograph have two layers, one is the back ground one the main photograph.
Whenever I try to copy and paste photograph on a 8x10 canvas, I end up only copying backround layer of the the photograph.
Also i have noticed earlier when i did same and took them to get printed , Person at lab, would flatten the layer .
Should i also do this
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04/09/2004 01:17:25 AM · #2 |
When you copy you should "Select All".
If you flatten before saving the file will be smaller.
Message edited by author 2004-04-09 01:18:43. |
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04/09/2004 08:50:24 AM · #3 |
Hi
I have just created the canvas 8x10 pasted individual photographs on them.
I might need to resize the canvas, just a question, I see lots of layers ( as i pasted 4-5 phtographs) , do keep these different layers or should i some how make it as one layer, i mean my canvas, 4-5 pictures than become one layer.
How do i make 4-5 layers into one layer?
In order to print is it necessary to have all the layers used as one layer
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04/09/2004 09:03:41 AM · #4 |
You don't need to flatten the image into one layer to print.
If you want to flatten the image select the Layers menu and then select flatten image (Photoshop 6). |
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04/09/2004 09:07:37 AM · #5 |
thanks, BTW what is the purpose of flatten the layer
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04/09/2004 09:11:53 AM · #6 |
Layers are isolated from each other - so you can work on one layer and not affect the pixels in the layers above and below - means you can paint over an image and be able to easily undo it.
When you flatten the layers, you combine all the layers together in to one layer - losing the separation betweeen them. This makes for a smaller file - because you don't have multiple copies of every pixel, but means it is harder to 'go back' and undo changes.
Some file formats, like JPEG don't support layers and others, like TIFF only support layers for certain applications. When you print an image, you have to eventually flatten the layers, because you only print one copy of each pixel on the final print - so you may as well flatten the image before sending it off to the printer - otherwise you are just moving a lot of information around that will get combined in the end.
You can also flatten just certain layers, to combine finished editing, and leave other layers intact.
Photoshop also allows you to combine layers in to a hierarchy, so you can move them around more easily - that would probably help you with combining lots of images+ background layers.
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04/09/2004 10:49:49 AM · #7 |
I have found it useful/helpful to save the layer version as one file (for example, "P34980composite_1.psd" in Photoshop), and then flatten the image, and save it as another name (for example, "P34980composite_1.jpg"). This way they line up together due to file name so that you don't have to search for them, and then you have a printable jpg, and also the layers are still in the psd file for later edits if necessary.
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