1) Create a circular selection, feather the selection, fill with the colour you want (this is but one way to do it)
2) Image -> Image Size, if you want to resize a selection, try the transform (or numeric transform)
I really appreciate the help… but neither of these answers is actually helpful. Neither answer really explains how to actually do anything.
If somebody can actually walk me through the process of both of these questions, I would appreciate it.
Tim
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1) Create a circular selection, feather the selection, fill with the colour you want (this is but one way to do it)
2) Image -> Image Size, if you want to resize a selection, try the transform (or numeric transform)
Tim – it does explain how.
If you need more details, consult your manual or the online help.
No, in fact it explains nothing… there is no numeric transformation in Photoshop. And there is no "draw a circle and feather it" in Photoshop.
I elected to consult the experts in this group AFTER I consulted the online help and the manual. Normally, the folks in the group are more than willing to help those of us in need. I made it clear that I needed specific help in the actual steps to carry out those two tasks, and what I got back was 1 sentence answers that did not explain the actual process in ANY WAY.
But I won’t belabor it any further. If someone wants to offer some actually useful solutions to numeric transformation in Photoshop 7.0, I would certainly welcome the help and be very grateful. Same would go for drawing out a simple vector object and feathering the edge…..
Tim
wrote in message Tim – it does explain how.
If you need more details, consult your manual or the online help.
#2 image> image size
#1 is easier read. as chris said. in help (f1) go to search and put in feather as the search term. you should be able to follow that.
He gave you the answers.
The exact steps would depend on what you’re trying to do — and only you know that.
AND the manual does explain how to do both of these things. (ditto the online help since it’s a copy of the manual)
You guys just don’t get it do you….
Image size resizes the entire project on the canvas, not just ONE bitmap of many in the project – a question I very clearly stated originally.
And obviously I did put in feather in the search terms, there is NOTHING in there that specifically describes how to simply draw out a shape and feather the edge to X number of pixels.
If you are unable or unwilling to actually be helpful, do not respond further.
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#2 image> image size
#1 is easier read. as chris said. in help (f1) go to search and put in feather as the search term. you should be able to follow that.
Heh.
Oops. I’m not helping.
I shouldn’t have typed this.
Please disregard.
Now, see that’s funny!! 🙂
T
wrote in message Heh.
Oops. I’m not helping.
I shouldn’t have typed this.
Please disregard.
Actually what was posted was correct.
If you hold down on the rectangular marquee tool, you get the option to use an elliptical marquee. While using it if you hold down your shift key you will make a perfect circle. You can also pre-select what feather you want added to it or add the feather to the selection afterwards.
As you draw the circle you’ll note the height and width given in you info window.
You can feather your selection by going to select at the top drop down and choosing feather.
Image size is done by going to the image part of the drop down and selecting size. There will be a few options depending on what you want to do.
If you’re on a layer use the drop down edit/transfor and scale. Again the size will be given to you in the info box.
they’re not called bitmaps, that’s a type of image. they’re called layers. if you can’t get the terms right, then chastize people for answering the wrong thing because of your own stupid (failed to look up the correct terms) mistakes, then i guess I can’t help you either. jeez, some f-ing people just don’t get it!
Let me explain something to you Dave. Instead of sitting in a little dark room hiding behind your keyboard, spewing out your useless garbage, why don’t you go back and read my original question…. which was about resizing BITMAPS. I most certainly do have the correct terminology. If I am speaking of a raster object, it is a bitmap. So unless you have positive to offer the group, just sit there in your little dark room and cower, but mostly just keep quiet. You know just exactly enough of Photoshop to be useless to other users seeking help.
T
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they’re not called bitmaps, that’s a type of image. they’re called layers. if you can’t get the terms right, then chastize people for answering the wrong thing because of your own stupid (failed to look up the correct terms) mistakes, then i guess I can’t help you either. jeez, some f-ing people just don’t get it!
Robbie,
Ahhhhhhh….. finally…. exactly what I needed. I knew someone like you would eventually come along. Thank you so sincerely for taking a minute to spell these processes out for me. It still seems there is no way without going to Image Ready to actually just select an image and type in new pixel measurements for it though. I see "numeric resize" in Image Ready but not in Photoshop 7. If that is true, that is a real shameful oversight on the part of Adobe. But that’s for another discussion…. unless I’m just missing something simple.
But again, thanks for coming along and offering the help that was actually helpful~!!!! 🙂
T
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Actually what was posted was correct.
If you hold down on the rectangular marquee tool, you get the option to use an elliptical marquee. While using it if you hold down your shift key you will make a perfect circle. You can also pre-select what feather you want added to it or add the feather to the selection afterwards.
As you draw the circle you’ll note the height and width given in you info window.
You can feather your selection by going to select at the top drop down and choosing feather.
Image size is done by going to the image part of the drop down and selecting size. There will be a few options depending on what you want to do.
If you’re on a layer use the drop down edit/transfor and scale. Again the size will be given to you in the info box.
Actually, Dave was right. They are layers of a Photoshop document, (which is raster for the most part, yes) but to call them bitmaps is a little bit of a misnomer.
Because a .psd can contain all sorts of data, from text layers to raster info to vector info, you got us confused. Calling it a bitmap implies you are talking about a FLATTENED image with no layers on it, (such as a .jpg or .gif) in which case "image->Image Size" would have done what you wanted, NOT Ctrl-T for transform.
BTW, most of the people on here assume that you have read the manual and understand these terms (layers, transform, feather, selection, etc…) before you ask a question. Hence, the short, concise answer that was given, not the detailed, boring, drawn-out one you asked for.
Oh yeah, and, just so you know, you insulted one of the more knowledgeble members of this board about a basic question in Photoshop (Dave), and also one of the PROGRAMMERS of Photoshop (Chris). These guys know their stuff. IMHO, you owe them an apology.
Hey, ReactionaryTimmy…
Just so we all get on the same page:
An image that is in "Bitmap" mode, as pertains to working in Photoshop, is NOT the same as the generic term "Bitmapped image" and indicated with a "*.bmp" suffix under Windows.
In Photoshop, an image in Bitmap mode is one with pixels that are either "on" or "off" (commonly, it looks like either Black or white). No gray, no color. Those of us who use Photoshop everyday understand this and do not refer to just any ole raster image with the generic term of "bitmap." It would behoove you in future communications to speak in specific terms in order to avoid the sort of confrontation that has bubbled up here.
The Photoshop Glossary o’ Terms is worth studying. Things go much more smoothly when everybody speaks the same language.
Oh, and please turn off the AutoQuote feature of your newsreader.It upsets the natives. The large majority of visitors view the forums via a web browser, and the persistent autoquotes are needlessly superfluous.
You’re welcome to quote messages, but please do it manually. You can use most HTML.
Tim, you explained that to Dave so well, I hope you get a few more explainations about how we all feel about Dave here… you ignorant jerk.
Have a rotten day 😉
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