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Sun, 04 April 2010 20:16 Go to next message
GordonP (Advanced Photoshop user)
I need to clip out a circular part of a photograph and then place that image
on a printed page with text wrapping around the circular photograph. I'm
using Photoshop Elements 7 and Publisher 2007, both running under Windows
Vista. I know how to wrap text around a circle in Publisher.

Should I use PE to create the photograph in a circle? If so, how?

Can anyone suggest how I can proceed?

Gordon
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Mon, 05 April 2010 17:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Alan (Photoshop expert)
"Gordon Padwick" <gpadwick@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>I need to clip out a circular part of a photograph and then place that
>image on a printed page with text wrapping around the circular photograph.
>I'm using Photoshop Elements 7 and Publisher 2007, both running under
>Windows Vista. I know how to wrap text around a circle in Publisher.
>
> Should I use PE to create the photograph in a circle? If so, how?
>
> Can anyone suggest how I can proceed?
>
> Gordon
Hi Gordon,
I'm not sure about PE but in Photoshop I would use the eliptical marquee
tool. Holding down shift while you drag across the image will create a
perfect a circle. Ctrl J will copy it to its own layer. Double click the
background layer and then delete it. Save the resulting image as a PNG
file.

In MS Word (I assume Publisher is similar) I would then insert the image
into the text and select "Text Wrapping / Through". That should wrap your
text around the image.

Best of luck.
Alan
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Tue, 06 April 2010 20:45 Go to previous message
GordonP (Advanced Photoshop user)
Thanks for the suggestions, Alan. I'll try out what you suggest.

Gordon
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> "Gordon Padwick" <gpadwick@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:SqSdnXjOwfh1tiTWnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>>I need to clip out a circular part of a photograph and then place that
>>image on a printed page with text wrapping around the circular photograph.
>>I'm using Photoshop Elements 7 and Publisher 2007, both running under
>>Windows Vista. I know how to wrap text around a circle in Publisher.
>>
>> Should I use PE to create the photograph in a circle? If so, how?
>>
>> Can anyone suggest how I can proceed?
>>
>> Gordon
> Hi Gordon,
> I'm not sure about PE but in Photoshop I would use the eliptical marquee
> tool. Holding down shift while you drag across the image will create a
> perfect a circle. Ctrl J will copy it to its own layer. Double click the
> background layer and then delete it. Save the resulting image as a PNG
> file.
>
> In MS Word (I assume Publisher is similar) I would then insert the image
> into the text and select "Text Wrapping / Through". That should wrap your
> text around the image.
>
> Best of luck.
> Alan
>
>
>
>
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