Photoshop CS PSD’s into a pano without Flattening?

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Sep 23, 2004
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Hello to the group. I’ve got a project that I’d like to get some input on. As far as I know, and can tell, I cannot do what I want to do, but want to run it past the folk here.

XP-PS CS. I have four images that are an assembly of 2 image layers: (Layer 1 = exposure through windows with interiors dark, Layer 2 = interior shots exposed properly, Layer 2 has Layer Mask so that the window exposure shows through. Each image has about 3 Adjustment Layers, primarily for Color Balance, Levels, Hue/Sat). So far, so good, as everything looks great. Now, I want to assemble these four images into a pano, which they were shot for. What I would like to do, is copy the existing PSD’s, un-Flattened, to my new image, so I can create Layer Masks, as is necessary, and still have the option of using the existing Layer Masks, and Adjustment Layers. Normally, I’d just assemble the pano from the unaltered images, then do all the tweaking, but with the windows, and the fact that the client would like each image, plus the pano, I like to get the Layer’ed PSD’s into the new pano image. Does anybody know of a way to do this (without first flattening the PSD’s)? I can obviously Flatten, then assemble and tweak with new Adjustment Layers, which is the way I about to start. Thanks for the input and thoughts.

Hunt

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bagal
Sep 23, 2004
Well blow me! Hunt asking for advice?

I’ll try me humble arty phacting best but I am sure there will be more vibrant brain cells along in a minute or 2 (not my own ones unfortunately 🙂

The technique you describe sounds to me more like an animation effect

I have seen some onderful tutorials by the efferescent Dr Russel Brown <applause>

No – that’s not right, how about this:

By the amazing and efferescent
<queue applause>
DOCTOR

RUSS-ELL

BROWN
</queue applause>

of how to do wonderful things as exports into PDF format.

I was saving the tutorial for when I can have undiluted 3 or 4 weeks to spend working through it and absorbing the consequences.

Have a look at http://www.russellbrown.com/body.html and dig around a bit.

It really convinces me that the application software you seek is probably the Creative Suite bundle rather than PSCS in singularity.

There again – I may be mistaken. If I remember rightly the tutorial describes how to sequentially progress through layer sets (ooo-eeee-ooo) as a basis for animation effects.

There again there may be a simple animation program to do what you want that I just plain and ordinarily don’t know enifink about guv.

Scuse me a mo

Hecate <louder> H-E-C-A-T-E </louder> I’ve advised Hunt! Rooty tooty too!

Artie
"Hunt" wrote in message
Hello to the group. I’ve got a project that I’d like to get some input on. As
far as I know, and can tell, I cannot do what I want to do, but want to run it
past the folk here.

XP-PS CS. I have four images that are an assembly of 2 image layers: (Layer 1
= exposure through windows with interiors dark, Layer 2 = interior shots exposed properly, Layer 2 has Layer Mask so that the window exposure shows through. Each image has about 3 Adjustment Layers, primarily for Color Balance, Levels, Hue/Sat). So far, so good, as everything looks great. Now, I
want to assemble these four images into a pano, which they were shot for. What
I would like to do, is copy the existing PSD’s, un-Flattened, to my new image,
so I can create Layer Masks, as is necessary, and still have the option of using the existing Layer Masks, and Adjustment Layers. Normally, I’d just assemble the pano from the unaltered images, then do all the tweaking, but with the windows, and the fact that the client would like each image, plus the
pano, I like to get the Layer’ed PSD’s into the new pano image. Does anybody
know of a way to do this (without first flattening the PSD’s)? I can obviously
Flatten, then assemble and tweak with new Adjustment Layers, which is the way
I about to start. Thanks for the input and thoughts.

Hunt
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noone
Sep 23, 2004
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Well blow me! Hunt asking for advice?

I’ll try me humble arty phacting best but I am sure there will be more vibrant brain cells along in a minute or 2 (not my own ones unfortunately 🙂
The technique you describe sounds to me more like an animation effect

[SNIP]

Not only did I not see the forest for the trees, I had my answer before I could even open the file up and it works like a champ!!!!!! IMHO, this is what the Usenet is for – though I don’t want to get into a debate on THAT topic.

Possibly, even better, I had two answers, that, while similar and will yield the same results. Dang, these two groups are great.

Appreciatively,
Hunt

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