Having a photo on top of another

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Dec 30, 2005
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After searching Google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bob Vance asked:

I have Photoshop adobe7
I want to have one photo(Colour) added to the top of another (B&W). The colour photo is just a small pic I want to add to the large B&W, But I want to be able to see the B&W pic underneath it!

Thanks in advance………Bob Vance

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Harry Limey
Dec 30, 2005
"Bob" wrote in message searching Google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bob Vance asked:
I have Photoshop adobe7
I want to have one photo(Colour) added to the top of another (B&W). The colour photo is just a small pic I want to add to the large B&W, But I want to be able to see the B&W pic underneath it!

Put the colour picture in a new layer on top of the B&W picture (you can drag and drop one layer onto the top of another image) then adjust the opacity of the colour layer (in the layer palette)
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Bob
Dec 31, 2005
I must be Stupid I just cant get one picture to layer over top off the other!!……Thanks Bob

"Harry Limey" <harrylimey(at)Lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
"Bob" wrote in message searching Google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bob Vance asked:
I have Photoshop adobe7
I want to have one photo(Colour) added to the top of another (B&W). The colour photo is just a small pic I want to add to the large B&W, But I want to be able to see the B&W pic underneath it!

Put the colour picture in a new layer on top of the B&W picture (you can drag and drop one layer onto the top of another image) then adjust the opacity of the colour layer (in the layer palette)
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Charley
Dec 31, 2005
Both photos have to be set to "color mode" and they usually need to be the same DPI before you try anything. Change the mode of the B/W photo from B/W mode to Color Mode. Then with both photos open, click on the color photo and drag it on top of the B/W one. A copy of the color photo will be placed on top of the B/W photo as a new layer.

From there you can vary the opacity of the color photo to make it partly transparent and the B/W photo will show through it.


Charley

"Bob" wrote in message
I must be Stupid I just cant get one picture to layer over top off the other!!……Thanks Bob

"Harry Limey" <harrylimey(at)Lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
"Bob" wrote in message searching Google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bob Vance asked:
I have Photoshop adobe7
I want to have one photo(Colour) added to the top of another (B&W). The colour photo is just a small pic I want to add to the large B&W, But I want to be able to see the B&W pic underneath it!

Put the colour picture in a new layer on top of the B&W picture (you can drag and drop one layer onto the top of another image) then adjust the opacity of the colour layer (in the layer palette)

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nomail
Dec 31, 2005
Charley wrote:

Both photos have to be set to "color mode" and they usually need to be the same DPI before you try anything.

No, ppi (not dpi) is irrelevant. Only the pixel dimensions count. Two pictures with the same pixel dimensions will fit exactly, no matter what the ppi setting is on both of them.


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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Bob
Dec 31, 2005
Ok sorry they are 2 scans and the original backdrop is in B&W and I want to enter a small colour photo onto it about 1/8th the size of the B&W in the corner
Thanks Bob

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
Charley wrote:

Both photos have to be set to "color mode" and they usually need to be the
same DPI before you try anything.

No, ppi (not dpi) is irrelevant. Only the pixel dimensions count. Two pictures with the same pixel dimensions will fit exactly, no matter what the ppi setting is on both of them.


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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Charley
Dec 31, 2005
OK, lets stay away from that form of dimensioning and use resolution instead. If you drag a photo of a different resolution on top of another photo the scale of the image being dragged will change to match the resolution of the base photo. Does that make anyone happy?


Charley

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
Charley wrote:

Both photos have to be set to "color mode" and they usually need to be
the
same DPI before you try anything.

No, ppi (not dpi) is irrelevant. Only the pixel dimensions count. Two pictures with the same pixel dimensions will fit exactly, no matter what the ppi setting is on both of them.


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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Charley
Dec 31, 2005
Bob,

Both photos need to be in "color Mode. Then drag the color photo on top of the B/W. Then use "Transform" and hold down the shift key while dragging a corner of the color photo to size it (not holding the shift key will allow non proportional scaling). Hit enter when through. Now adjust the opacity of the color photo layer so that the B/W photo shows through it to your satisfaction. You can also use the "move tool" to drag this smaller photo to the position that you want.


Charley

"Bob" wrote in message
Ok sorry they are 2 scans and the original backdrop is in B&W and I want
to
enter a small colour photo onto it about 1/8th the size of the B&W in the corner
Thanks Bob

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
Charley wrote:

Both photos have to be set to "color mode" and they usually need to be the
same DPI before you try anything.

No, ppi (not dpi) is irrelevant. Only the pixel dimensions count. Two pictures with the same pixel dimensions will fit exactly, no matter what the ppi setting is on both of them.


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

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Bob
Dec 31, 2005
Changing the BW to Colour is…..Hue, Saturation , moving Saturation to 100% ?….thanks Bob
"Charley" wrote in message
Bob,

Both photos need to be in "color Mode. Then drag the color photo on top of the B/W. Then use "Transform" and hold down the shift key while dragging a corner of the color photo to size it (not holding the shift key will allow non proportional scaling). Hit enter when through. Now adjust the opacity of
the color photo layer so that the B/W photo shows through it to your satisfaction. You can also use the "move tool" to drag this smaller photo to
the position that you want.


Charley

"Bob" wrote in message
Ok sorry they are 2 scans and the original backdrop is in B&W and I want
to
enter a small colour photo onto it about 1/8th the size of the B&W in the corner
Thanks Bob

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
Charley wrote:

Both photos have to be set to "color mode" and they usually need to be the
same DPI before you try anything.

No, ppi (not dpi) is irrelevant. Only the pixel dimensions count. Two pictures with the same pixel dimensions will fit exactly, no matter what
the ppi setting is on both of them.


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

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Tacit
Dec 31, 2005
In article <dp4plp$3el$>, "Bob" wrote:

Changing the BW to Colour is…..Hue, Saturation , moving Saturation to 100% ?….thanks Bob

No.

Click on the Image menu. You will see a command called Mode. Move your mouse pointer over the word Mode and you will have many choices: bitmap, grayscale, RGB color, CMYK color, Lab color, and so on.

In order to put a color image in your B&W photo, you must convert the B&W photo to RGB color.


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Bob
Dec 31, 2005
Both are in RGB mode but when I select the the colour picture (with the rectanglar tool ) aera then drag it on to the BW picture i just get a moving outline..Thanks bob

"tacit" wrote in message
In article <dp4plp$3el$>, "Bob" wrote:

Changing the BW to Colour is…..Hue, Saturation , moving Saturation to 100%
?….thanks Bob

No.

Click on the Image menu. You will see a command called Mode. Move your mouse pointer over the word Mode and you will have many choices: bitmap, grayscale, RGB color, CMYK color, Lab color, and so on.

In order to put a color image in your B&W photo, you must convert the B&W photo to RGB color.


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Avery
Dec 31, 2005
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:31:31 +1300, "Bob" wrote:

Both are in RGB mode but when I select the the colour picture (with the rectanglar tool ) aera then drag it on to the BW picture i just get a moving outline..Thanks bob

No Bob,

While in the color picture goto Layer > Duplicate Layer> OK

Select the pointer tool – the little arrow head.

Point click and hold down the mouse button on the colour picture. Drag it over to the other B&W picture Position it where you want it
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nomail
Dec 31, 2005
Charley wrote:

OK, lets stay away from that form of dimensioning and use resolution instead. If you drag a photo of a different resolution on top of another photo the scale of the image being dragged will change to match the resolution of the base photo. Does that make anyone happy?

‘Use resolution instead’? ppi *is* resolution! The point is that you cannot see the difference between a 400 x 600 pixel image @ 72 ppi and a 400 x 600 pixel image @ 300 ppi when they are on screen. And if you drop one on top of the other, you do not notice any effect of the difference in ppi value either; they just fit. So forget about ppi; only the size in pixels matters.


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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Tacit
Dec 31, 2005
In article <dp552t$otj$>, "Bob" wrote:

Both are in RGB mode but when I select the the colour picture (with the rectanglar tool ) aera then drag it on to the BW picture i just get a moving outline..Thanks bob

You are using the wrong tool.

The rectangular tool is the Marquee tool. It makes selections.

You need to use the Move tool. It moves layers and moves images. It is to the right of the Marquee tool; or, just hit the letter V on your keyboard to choose it.


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Tacit
Dec 31, 2005
In article ,
Avery wrote:

While in the color picture goto Layer > Duplicate Layer> OK
Select the pointer tool – the little arrow head.

Point click and hold down the mouse button on the colour picture. Drag it over to the other B&W picture Position it where you want it

You do not need to duplicate the layer in order to use the Move tool to drag one image into another. It works fine on a background layer.


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Bob
Dec 31, 2005
BRILLIANT Im not that stupid after all …Thanks

"tacit" wrote in message
In article <dp552t$otj$>, "Bob" wrote:

Both are in RGB mode but when I select the the colour picture (with the rectanglar tool ) aera then drag it on to the BW picture i just get a moving
outline..Thanks bob

You are using the wrong tool.

The rectangular tool is the Marquee tool. It makes selections.
You need to use the Move tool. It moves layers and moves images. It is to the right of the Marquee tool; or, just hit the letter V on your keyboard to choose it.


Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

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