well, I’m more confused than ever and thinking the original image looks better than the altered ones I’ve received (and noting I opened a debate of sorts; I seem to excel at that, which I guess is good, for years I got paid for it)…rubber stamp, paintbrush, divining rod, autoclave, crevice tool, flyswatter, clone machine, smoke and mirrors….no, tears not likely, I have so many "originals" of the image, on my computer and on screensavers of the lorn (not shorn); I’m babbling now, it’s a curse typing 110 wpm because sometimes you cannot STOP unless a tire blows…or you hit a guardrail…
"Ben" wrote in message
On Apr 27, 9:15 pm, Graham Waiffers wrote:
Ben wrote:
On Apr 25, 11:59 am, Graham Waiffers
wrote:
It’s also a good idea to save your image under a new file name right away so you still have the original image available in its original form
should you need it for any reason.
Or just create a new layer to practice on.
The OP said he was a rookie with PS. That suggests the entire layers thing and what gets saved, merged, transposed, confused and/or mixed up with the original would be likely to end in tears.
Gotcha.
Rook, if you’re still reading, if you want to manipulate an image w/o fear of ruining it, try the following:
– Open the image in question
– Maximize the layer pallette – one of the little free-floating, horizontal bars in PS/CS (has layers/channels/paths tabs)
– Click on the "layers" tab
– Right click on the little thumbnail image that says "background" and choose "duplicate layer"
– Double click on the "background copy" text when the new layer pops up
– Re-name it "practice layer" or something along those lines so you don’t munge up the original, which is, always by
default, "background"
– PRACTICE on it!!
This is a starting point for me on most images in need of repair…and a good way to begin to learn your best friend in PS/CS – Layers!