layers help

"Charlie Brookhart" wrote in message

I am having a very difficult time trying to figure out how layers work. I have an image that I want to remove some text from. I know that there is a help section on layers in photoshop elements. I have tried following the steps, but the problem is that I don’t get the same options as shown in

the

examples. The example will say to click and drag the alt icon between the two layers until it changes to several circles linked together. The

problem

is, no matter how many times I try this, it doesn’t work. The only thing I can get to happen is selecting the layer by clicking. The order options on the layer menu have no effect on the image. In the layers tab, I did

notice

that once I created a new layer, there was an icon indicating the original layer has a painting on it. I am assuming that this "painting" is the text — this is what I want to get rid of. Since I don’t understand how to work with layers and since the help topic for this feature is not working for me, can anyone help me out?

Charlie,

You want to do something, but this must be a new product that Santa placed under the Christmas tree. Do you know how to post images to newsgroups? If you can post this image to a binary newsgroup –
alt.binaries.comp-graphics –

Then Peadge and I could have a look at the graphic with the locked layers and better understand what you are trying to accomplish

You need more experience with the feature of this graphic program Elements – Charlie, Layers are what separates graphic programs from toy drawing/painting stuff.

Think of layers as a stack of transparent sheets. You can and should do things on separate sheets, that way you can always go back and modify one sheet a year from now. Most beginners in graphic programs do not save their images in a form that keeps the images separated, they convert them to single layer images, in Elements they flatten them, and save them in .jpg instead of .psd files.

Charlie please get in the habit of saving your files in .psd, and then only modifying the name to flatten an image for e-mail use.

Let us know when you have posted in comp-graphics so we can help you some more…

JR the postman

"postman delivers" wrote in message

"Charlie Brookhart" wrote in message

I am having a very difficult time trying to figure out how layers work.

I

have an image that I want to remove some text from. I know that there is

a

help section on layers in photoshop elements. I have tried following the steps, but the problem is that I don’t get the same options as shown in

the

examples. The example will say to click and drag the alt icon between

the

two layers until it changes to several circles linked together. The

problem

is, no matter how many times I try this, it doesn’t work. The only thing

I

can get to happen is selecting the layer by clicking. The order options

on

the layer menu have no effect on the image. In the layers tab, I did

notice

that once I created a new layer, there was an icon indicating the

original

layer has a painting on it. I am assuming that this "painting" is the text — this is what I want to get rid of. Since I don’t understand how

to

work with layers and since the help topic for this feature is not

working

for me, can anyone help me out?

Charlie,

You want to do something, but this must be a new product that Santa placed under the Christmas tree. Do you know how to post images to newsgroups? If you can post this image to a binary newsgroup –
alt.binaries.comp-graphics –

Then Peadge and I could have a look at the graphic with the locked layers and better understand what you are trying to accomplish

You need more experience with the feature of this graphic program

Elements –

Charlie, Layers are what separates graphic programs from toy drawing/painting stuff.

Think of layers as a stack of transparent sheets. You can and should do things on separate sheets, that way you can always go back and modify one sheet a year from now. Most beginners in graphic programs do not save

their

images in a form that keeps the images separated, they convert them to single layer images, in Elements they flatten them, and save them in .jpg instead of .psd files.

Charlie please get in the habit of saving your files in .psd, and then

only

modifying the name to flatten an image for e-mail use.

Let us know when you have posted in comp-graphics so we can help you some more…

JR the postman

Thanks for the reply. I did locate the photoshop elements layer tutorial — the one that uses the start.psd file and has various layer elements. I am working on that tutorial.

I’ve actually had photoshop elements for a while now. The image I’m working with is one that I found on the Internet. I would like to learn more about Photoshop Elements so that I can do more than just simple image elements. I will send the picture to the binary group.

"Charlie Brookhart" wrote in message

"postman delivers" wrote in message

"Charlie Brookhart" wrote in message

I am having a very difficult time trying to figure out how layers

work.

I

have an image that I want to remove some text from. I know that there

is

a

help section on layers in photoshop elements. I have tried following

the

steps, but the problem is that I don’t get the same options as shown

in

the

examples. The example will say to click and drag the alt icon between

the

two layers until it changes to several circles linked together. The

problem

is, no matter how many times I try this, it doesn’t work. The only

thing

I

can get to happen is selecting the layer by clicking. The order

options

on

the layer menu have no effect on the image. In the layers tab, I did

notice

that once I created a new layer, there was an icon indicating the

original

layer has a painting on it. I am assuming that this "painting" is the text — this is what I want to get rid of. Since I don’t understand

how

to

work with layers and since the help topic for this feature is not

working

for me, can anyone help me out?

Charlie,

You want to do something, but this must be a new product that Santa

placed

under the Christmas tree. Do you know how to post images to newsgroups? If you can post this image to a binary newsgroup –
alt.binaries.comp-graphics –

Then Peadge and I could have a look at the graphic with the locked

layers

and better understand what you are trying to accomplish

You need more experience with the feature of this graphic program

Elements –

Charlie, Layers are what separates graphic programs from toy drawing/painting stuff.

Think of layers as a stack of transparent sheets. You can and should do things on separate sheets, that way you can always go back and modify

one

sheet a year from now. Most beginners in graphic programs do not save

their

images in a form that keeps the images separated, they convert them to single layer images, in Elements they flatten them, and save them in

..jpg

instead of .psd files.

Charlie please get in the habit of saving your files in .psd, and then

only

modifying the name to flatten an image for e-mail use.

Let us know when you have posted in comp-graphics so we can help you

some

more…

JR the postman

Thanks for the reply. I did locate the photoshop elements layer

tutorial —

the one that uses the start.psd file and has various layer elements. I am working on that tutorial.

I’ve actually had photoshop elements for a while now. The image I’m

working

with is one that I found on the Internet. I would like to learn more about Photoshop Elements so that I can do more than just simple image elements.

I

will send the picture to the binary group.

The image is posted in the binaries group. I posted the message with the image as an attachment, so hopefully that will work.